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Not Even Jail - Interpol
I’ll lay down my glasses,
I’ll lay down in houses,
if things come alive.
I’ll subtract pain by ounces,
Yeah, I will start painting houses,
if things come alive
I promise to commit no acts of violence,
Be it physical or otherwise,
If things come alive
I’ll say it now
I’ll say it now
I’ll say it now
Oh, I’ll say it now
Cuz I want it now
When personality is scarred tissue,
We travel South with disuse
I’m subtle like a lion’s cage
Such a cautious display
Remember take hold of your time here
Give some meanings to the means
To your end.
Not even jail.
We marshal in the days of longing,
We tremble like anyone’s children,
And wink towards the fire.
I’m erring on the side of caution,
Betraying no other symptom,
But girl, you shake it right.
I will bounce you on the lap of silence,
We will free up to the beats of science,
And girl, you shake it right
I’ll say it now
Oh, but hold it still, darling, your hair so pretty
Can’t you feel the warmth of my sincerity?
You make motion when you cry
You’re making people’s lives feel less private.
Don’t take time away
You make motion when you cry
we all hold hands,
can’t we all hold hands,
When we make new plans?
I pretend like no one else
To try and control myself.
I’m subtle like a lion’s cage.
Such a cautious display.
Remember take hold of your time here,
Give some meanings to the means
To your end
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The Smiths | Well I Wonder
Well I wonder
Do you hear me when you sleep ?
I hoarsely cry
Well I wonder
Do you see me when we pass ?
I half die …
Please keep me in mind
Please keep me in mind
Gasping - but somehow still alive
This is the fierce last stand of all I am
Gasping - dying - but somehow still alive
This is the final stand of all I am
Please keep me in mind
Well I wonder
Well I wonder
Please keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
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Tomorrow by Morrissey
Tomorrow
Will it really come ?
And if it does come
Will I still be Human ?
All I ask of you is one thing that you never do
Would you put your arms around me ?
(I won’t tell anyone)
Tomorrow
Does it have to come ?
All I ask of you is one thing that you’ll never do
Would you put your arms around me ?
(I won’t tell anybody)
Tomorrow
And what must come before …
Oh, the pain in my arms
Oh, the pain in my legs
Ooh, my shiftless body
Tomorrow
It’s surely nearer now ?
You don’t think I’ll make it
I never said I wanted to !
Well did I ?
Oh, the pain in my arms
Oh, the pain in my legs
Oh, yeah; oh, yeah
No, yeah; no, yeah
Through my shiftless body
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
All I ask of you … oh …
Is : would you tell me that you love me
Tell me, tell me that you love me
Tell me, tell me that you love me
Tell me that you love me !
Ah, I know you don’t mean it
Ah, I know you don’t mean it
Tell me, tell me that you love me
Tell me, tell me that you love me
Tell me, oh, tell me, oh
Tell me, oh, tell me, oh, tell me, oh -
Jeane- Sandie Shaw & The Smiths version
Jeane
The low-life has lost its appeal
And I’m tired of walking these streets
To a room with a cupboard bare
Jeane
I’m not sure what happiness means
But I look in your eyes
And I know
That it isn’t there
We tried, we failed
We tried, and we failed
We tried and we failed
We tried and we failed
We tried
Jeane
There’s ice on the sink where we bathe
So how can you call this a home
When you know it’s a grave?
But you still hold a greedy grace
As you tidy the place
But it’ll never be clean
Jeane
We tried, we failed
We tried, and we failed
We tried and we failed
We tried and we failed
We tried
Cash on the nail
It’s just a fairytale
And I don’t believe in magic anymore
Jeane
But I think you know
I really think you know
I think you know the truth
Jeane
No heavenly choir
Not for me and not for you
Because I think that you know
I really think you know
I think you know the truth
Oh Jeane
Oh we tried, and we failed
Oh we tried, and we failed
We tried and we failed
We tried and we failed
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Today by The Smashing Pumpkins
this feels so bleak to me.
Today is the greatest
Day I’ve ever known
Can’t live for tomorrow,
Tomorrow’s much too long
I’ll burn my eyes out
Before I get out
I wanted more
Than life could ever grant me
Bored by the chore
Of saving face
Today is the greatest
Day I’ve never known
Can’t wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I’ll tear my heart out
Before I get out
Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings
Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you
Today is the greatest
Today is the greatest day
Today is the greatest day
That I have ever really known -
And all I want is to save you, honey
Or the strength to walk away"Carrion by Fiona Apple -
There is not a doctor that can diagnose me. I am dying slowly from Patrick Stickles Disease. There is not a medication that can cure what’s ailing me. The only treatment they offer is to hang me from a tree. Life’s been a long, sick game of ‘Would You Rather,’ so now I’m going to medical school… as a cadaver."
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It Ain’t Gonna Save Me by Jay Reatard
it ain’t gonna save me
it ain’t gonna save me no-ho
I took a walk the other day
and thought about how things used to be
and then a cloud came in the sky
it shit on me and I don’t know why
and since that day I’ve never been the same
tired and lonely with no one to blame
and in this bedroom is where I sit
cause I don’t really give a shit
it ain’t gonna save me
it ain’t gonna save me no-ho
my negativity it takes its hold
it eats on me just like a bone
it scares away the things I love
it kicks and fights and push and shoves
and since that day I’ve never been the same
tired and lonely with no one to blame
and in this bedroom is where I sit
cause I don’t really give a shit
it ain’t gonna save me
it ain’t gonna save me no-ho
all is lost there is not hope
all is lost you can’t go home
all is lost there is no hope for me
for me -
‘We’re all depraved and disgusting’ I spew like a fountain,
‘And debased, defaced, disgraced and destroyed,
‘Most of all disappointed’ I say atop this mountain
As I urinate into the void
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Fuck I’m frustrated, freaking out something fierce
Would you help me, I’m hungry, I suffer and I starve
Oh I struggle and I stammer ‘till I’m up to my ears
In miserable quote unquote awe.Four Score and Seven by Titus Andronicus -
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I Don’t Like It Like This by The Radio Dept.
Words fail me all the time
I don’t even feel like talking
Still I go on and on
I’m dying here and you keep walking
Why are you asking me this?
Can’t you see I’m trying?
I don’t like it like this
No I think i’m dying
I can’t calm down at all
Panic is what panic feels like
Can’t we just stay silent?
Speaking now seems far too violent
Why are you asking me this?
Can’t you see I’m trying?
I don’t like it like this
No I think I’m dying -
And whatever amount you paid
For your many distractions, well, it was too much
Oh, and at the end of the day
To whatever extent that you hate yourself, it isn’t enough"lyrics from Richard II by Titus Andronicus off The Monitor -
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Time may heal the wounds
But I will kill you
Slowly fading all away
Look out your window
To what the wind blows
Slowly fading all away
I won’t stop until you’re dead
Because of voices in my head
I won’t stop until you’re dead
Helping you and hurting me
Time will heal the wounds
But I will kill you
Slowly fading all away
Hear the voices cry and
Watch the feelings die
Slowly fading all away
I won’t stop until you’re dead
Because of voices in my head
I won’t stop until you’re dead
Helping you and hurting me
Time will heal the wounds
But I will kill you
Slowly fading all away
