Cherry Pickin' Daddies
So, time to play around with another Internet meme. Why? Why not. Just in that sort of mood. This is another one of those ones where you're supposed to set your music player on shuffle, take the songs as they come up and apply them to a list of categories. The theme of this one apparently being "The Story of Your Life." Now, me being me, I'm going to break (or bend, or rewrite, if you like) a couple of the (implied) rules. First, I'm going to have to ignore a bunch of songs just because they're instrumental or not English and too difficult to find English translations for (do you know any sites online that'll translate Tuvan to English?) Second, I find it more entertaining to apply a certain degree of selectivity to the songs I include. (Hence the subject of this post.) The songs I've used are all ones that came up in my random playlist, and (except for switching two around so that I could begin and end with Queen songs (I like symmetry)) are in the order that they appeared. I'm also including a snippet of the lyrics from each song - whichever part seems to be most appropriate.
So, with all of that out of the way, it's time for a
Opening Credits:
“Somebody to Love” - Queen
Everyday - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm goin' crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Yeah - yeah yeah yeah
Oh Lord
Somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Waking Up:
“Swelling Itchy Brain” - Devo
The waves of nauseous pain
sets of the pressure pad alarm.
Gotta get out of here!
First Day At School:
“No Spill Blood” - Oingo Boingo
Rules are written in the stone.
Break the rules and you get no bone.
Cause all you get is ridicule, laughter, and a trip to the house of pain.
Falling In Love:
“Please my Favorite Don't Be Sad” - The World/Inferno Friendship Society
After all those years of living in fear I stopped
worrying about the bomb or the other shoe dropping
After all those years worried for my life I
started to enjoy myself
Fight Song:
“Awaken” - Dethklok
I'm the conjurer of demons,
I'm the father of your death.
I bring forth the ancient evil,
I control his every breath.
I instigate your misfortune,
With the birth of killing trolls.
I awaken armageddon,
Feeding on a thousand souls.
Breaking Up:
“Hello Sunshine” - Super Furry Animals
So hard to say goodbye
Meaning it today
I've said goodbye before
Leaving you alone
By the sea
So hard to say goodbye
Prom:
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” - Annie Lenox
We skipped a light fandango,
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.
I was feeling kind of seasick,
But the crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder,
As the ceiling flew away.
When we called out for another drink,
The waiter brought a tray.
Life:
“The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis)” - Kansas
When my world, starts to fade
I can only hope that every choice I made
Will endure, and carry on ... into the coming dawn
Mental Breakdown:
“Numb” - Disturbed
Bleeding now I'm
Crying out I'm
Falling down and I'm
Feeling nothing like
Laughing now I'm
Stopping now I'm
Reaching out and I'm
Feeling nothing
Driving:
“First Time” - Styx
It's the first time
The first time for love
There could be so many worlds and mountains
We could climb
Together, the two of us tonight
Flashback:
“Kids With Guns” - Gorillaz
Kids with guns
Easy does it, easy does it, they got something to say no to
And they're turning us into monsters
Turning us into fire
Turning us into monsters
It's all desire
Getting Back Together:
“I'm Alive” - Disturbed
The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I'd rather die
Though they will not understand
I won't make the greatest sacrifice
You can't predict where the outcome lies
You'll never take me alive
Wedding:
“O.D.'d on Life Itself” - Blue Öyster Cult
So don't you fear the trade in life
Life loves force but force loves life
This wedding by heaven was made up in hell
With the victim as bride and life, life itself
Birth of Child:
“Blue Angel” - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Your momma never told you
How you were s'posed to treat a girl.
Your poppa never told you and
Now you're all alone out in the world.
Final Battle:
“Pain Redefined” - Disturbed
Please believe me
That the world deceives me
Don't stand me up
Just leave
I have fallen again
This is the end
Pain redefined
Death Scene:
“A Day in the Life” - The Beatles
I read the news today oh, boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, i just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the house of lords
Funeral Song:
“Dirty Life and Times” - Warren Zevon
One day I came to a fork in the road
Folks, I just couldn't go where I was told
Now they'll hunt me down and hang me for my crimes
If I tell about my dirty life and times
End Credits:
“Who wants to life forever?” - Queen
Theres no chance for us
Its all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?
Who dares to love forever?
When love must die