this is what we call Xtreme boredom
home sick again.
bored out of my mind.
so i'm gonna post a bunch of lyrics i like.
all different genres and stuff...
here goes...
(oh yeah, i'm on a bit of a rise against kick lately, so lots of their lyrics :D...)
**bolded(/italicized/underlined) parts are lyrics i am particularly drawn to... but i love all these songs and lyrics really. and some of the writing/words aren't necessarily amazing, i just like what they say; the message and such.**
Rise Against - Like the Angel
they turn the lights down low,
in shadows hiding from the world,
only coming out when it gets cold
the seas part when they hit the floor,
the voices carry on and out the door
and everything you touch turns into gold
like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest,
your eyes they penetrate me,
(your answer's always 'maybe')
that's when I got up and left
a beating heart and a microphone,
a ticking clock in an empty home
still tells of these times so long ago,
and even though I've come so far, I know
I've got so far to go and any day now I'll explode
like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest,
your eyes they penetrate me,
(your answer's always 'maybe')
that's when I got up and left
And each and everyday will lead into tomorrow
and tomorrow brings one less day without you
but don't wait up just leave the light on
cause all the roads that I might take will all one day lead back to you
And like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest,
your eyes they penetrate me,
(never cease to amaze me)
that's when I got up and left
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Rise Against - Voices off Camera
Can you hear the desperate cries that are calling out your name?
Twisting your arms, holding out their hands and tugging at your sleeve
Do you feel this underlying sense of urgency or are you as blind as me?
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere now
I can't bear the thought of losing,
I dread the attention winning brings
and ever since the day I came here
I can stand without your strings
I'm so sick of all these people
but I'm scared to be alone
and if this life has taught me anything
I forgot it long ago and so I
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
The heart is something you can't control
We either choose to follow or be left on our own
So we're leaving here on a less-travelled road
As desperate cries grow louder, I know we're getting close, getting close
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
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Rise Against - Dead Ringer
I never claimed to be something more than me,
your standards are something that I refuse to see,
I will answer only to myself,
so why don't you police someone else
the place I call home isn't there anymore,
with boards on the windows and locks on the door,
so pick up the pieces that never once fit,
let this be the end of it
once you held a place for me,
but now that I've left you went and gave up my seat,
don't expect me to share your visions of life,
I'll take the my chances somewhere else
the place I call home isn't there anymore,
with boards on the windows and locks on the door,
so pick up the pieces that never once fit,
let this be the end of it
give me the green light to get on with my life,
pick up the pieces then roll the fucking dice
I live in exile of you, your key no longer fits,
because the locks on my life are new
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Rise Against - Swing Life Away
Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move
The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go
We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand....until you hold my hand
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
Swing life away
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Rise Against - Paper Wings
One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings halfway round the world
Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
landed somewhere far from here with no one else around
to catch you falling down
and I'm looking at you now
and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I
"Swing for the fences son" he must have told you once
that was a conversation you took nothing from
so raise your glass now and celebrate exactly what you've done
just put off another day of knowing where you're from
and you can catch up with yourself if you run...
and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I
is this the life that you lead?
or the life that's lead for you?
will you take the road that's been laid out before you
will we cross pathes somewhere else tonight? somewhere else tonight...
and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I (x2)
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Ani Difranco - Not a Pretty Girl
i am not a pretty girl
that is not what i do
i ain't no damsel in distress
and i don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
i am not an angry girl
but it seems like i've got everyone fooled
every time i say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling
and i am sorry
i am not a maiden fair
and i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
and generally i agree with them
trouble is you gotta have yourself an alternate plan
and i have earned my disillusionment
i have been working all of my life
and i am a patriot
i have been fighting the good fight
and what if there are no damsels in distress
what if i knew that and i called your bluff?
don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
whether or not you ever show up
i am not a pretty girl
i don't want to be a pretty girl
no i want to be more than a pretty girl
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Ani Difranco - Back Back Back
back back back in the back of your mind
are you learning an angry language
tell me boy boy boy are you tending to your joy
or are you just letting it vanquish
back back back in the dark of your mind
where the eyes of your demons are gleaming
are you mad mad mad
about the life you never had
even when you are dreaming
who are these old old old people
in these nursing homes
scowling away at nothing
like big rag dolls just cursing at the walls
and pulling out all of their stuffing
ever day is a door leading back to the core
yes, old age will distill you
and if you're this this this full of bitterness now
some day it will just fill you
when you sit right down in the middle of yourself
you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair
so renovate your soul before you get too old
cuz you're gonna be housebound there
when you're old you fold up like an envelope
and you mail yourself right inside
and there's nowhere to go
except out real slow
are you ready, boy, for that ride?
your arrogance is gaining on you
and so is eternity
you better practice happiness
you better practice humility
you took the air, you took the time
you were fed and you were free
now you'd better put some beauty back
while you got the energy
you'd better put some beauty back, boy
while you got the energy
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Ani Difranco - Wish I May
losing my love of adventure
losing all respect for me and myself tonight
i wonder what happens
if i get to
the end of this tunnel
and there isn't a light
i've worn down the treads
on all of my tires
i've worn through the elbows
and the knees of my clothing
and i'm staring down the gravel
driveway of desire trying not to
wake up my sleeping self loathing
do you ever have that dream
when you open your mouth
and you try to scream
but you can't make a sound
that's everyday starting now
that's everyday starting now
don't tell me it's gonna be alright
you cant sell me on your optimism tonight
don't tell me it's gonna be alright
you cant sell me on your optimism tonight
it's a stiff competition
to see who can stay up later
the stars or the street lights
and all i really want
is to be alone with the darkness
no more wish i may
no more wish i might
it takes a stiff upper lip
just to hold up my face
i gotta suck it up and savour
the taste of my own behaviour
i am spinning with longing
faster then a roulette wheel
this is not who i meant to be
this is not how i meant to feel
do you ever have that dream
when you open your mouth
and you try to scream
but you cant make a sound
thats everyday starting now
thats everyday starting now
don't tell me it's gonna be alright
you cant sell me on your optimism tonight
don't tell me it's gonna be alright
you cant sell me on your optimism tonight
i don't think i am strong enough
to do this much longer
god i wish i was stronger
this song can never be long enough
to express every longing
god i wish it was longer
i don't think i am strong enough
to do this much longer
god i wish i was stronger
this song can never be long enough
to express every longing
god i wish i was ....
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Jason Mraz - Bright Eyes
Bright lights, big city
Was quite extraordinary.
The drive was pretty.
I was in perfect company.
The love of a lifetime,
Since we were elementary friends;
The one with the bright eyes...
Why can't I be optimistic?
I tried to find the logic logically.
I had a dream and I could not shake it.
I was standing up there naked.
There's fear in the truth at hand, frozen I forgot to understand
The live keep living; growing older more into a man...
And I let her grow away from me.
Love... love is not pretending.
Time... time was meant for mending
Memories into all is satisfactory,
Healthy smiles fill the page the day we spent in miles.
And I let her drive away from me.
The one with the bright eyes
Laughed her way inside this music box;
Stored away in the corner of my heart. And I let her get away from me.
But I'll never take that day away from me.
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The Early November - Baby Blue
it's a faster growing green that flows through these leaves. i have, i try. i guess we'll be alright. way to try. i got a line for you from me. better nice. a beautiful, baby blue, sky that's looking up at you now watch it slip away. i know you want it all and you got me. sorry i never was everything you ever hoped for, but kept at bay, just in case that day. it's ok to come around with nights like this are never ending. i try so hard to make this perfect but you and i somehow, we can't see eye to eye together. we always knew that you worked better. i don't want you to love me anymore. with my bags packed and ready to go, nothing ever hurt so much for me than to let you go.
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Fall Out Boy - Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me,
just to keep us warm.
light a match to leave me be.
light a match to leave me be.
i'll keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
and if you say this makes you happy,
then i'm not the only one lying.
[chorus]
keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
can i lay in your bed all day?
i'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
the hand behind this pen relives a failure every day. (x2)
and i'll keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
and if you say this makes you happy,
then i'm not the only one lying.
drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me,
just to keep us warm.
light a match to leave me be.
light a match to leave me be.
[chorus x2]
so wear me like a locket around your throat.
i'll weigh you down.
i'll watch you choke.
you look so good in blue.
you look so good in blue. (x3)
[chorus x3]
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Fall Out Boy - Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things to Do Today
Light that smoke, that one for giving up on me
And one just cause they’ll kill you sooner than my expectations
To my favorite liar, to my favorite scar:
“I could have died with you”
I hope you choke on those words, that kiss, that bottle- I confess
Now ask yourself, yeah, out on the insides, I said I loved you but I lied
Let’s play this game called “when you catch fire”
I wouldn’t piss to put you out
Stop burning bridges and drive off of them
So I can forget about you
So bury me in memory
His smile’s your rope
So wrap it tight around your throat
On the drive home
Joke about the kid you used to see
And his jealousy
Breaking hearts has never looked so cool
As when you wrap your car around a tree
Your makeup looks so great next to his teeth
Let’s play this game called “when you catch fire”
I wouldn’t piss to put you out
Stop burning bridges and drive off of them
So I can forget about you
So bury me in memory
His smile’s your rope
So wrap it tight around your throat
[x2]
So bury me in memory around your throat
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Fall Out Boy - It's Not A Side Effect Of The Cocaine. I Am Thinking It Must Be Love
why can you read me like no one else?
I hide behind these words
but I'm coming out
I wish I kept them behind my tongue
I hide behind these words
but I'm coming out
put your hand between
an aching head and an aching world
we'll make them so jealous
we'll make them hate us
an aching head and an aching world
we'll make them so jealous
we'll make them so jealous
all the ways you make my stomach turn
and all the long drives
with my friends blur
and I wish I kept them inside my mind
I hide behind these words
and think of all the places
where you've been lost
and then found...out
in between my sheets
in between the rights and the wrongs
put your hand between
an aching head and an aching world
we'll make them so jealous
we'll make them hate us
aching head and an aching world
think of all the places
where you've been lost and found...out
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Midtown - Hey Baby, Don't You Know That We're All Whores?
Hey baby, spare me your pretension
I know you can't spread an infection
Yeah the drama never ends
The doctors say that
It's too late now
Suffocation
Suffocation
Leave it alone
Hey do we stand at revelation
Jesus forgive my congregation
Yeah the drama never ends
The doctors say that
It's too late but I'm still waiting
I love the way conquer style
I love how children lack your vision
I love the way you're smothered
Suffocation
Suffocation
Leave it alone
Yeah the drama never ends
But now it's time you learn:
Baby, We're whores
Nothing less and nothing more
I love the way you conquer style
I love how children lack your vision
I love the way you're reaching for that gun
Leave it alone
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Midtown - Whole New World
Just because we're abandoned
Doesn't mean we're alone
Falling down when were empty
Because I know, yes I know
Nothing here really matters
Nothing helps when you're lost
Break me down to an atom
Because I know, yes I know
It's a whole new different world
What you've got to say
Save yourself
There's no salvation
Home is found where the heart is
Space is found in our homes
Shots ring out across the city
Because I know, yes I know
So what you've got to say
It's a whole new different world
What you've got
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Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Up and down on my legs my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
These bandages cover more than scrapes, cuts and bruises from regrets and mistakes
I've been hoping your moping around the street again
I've been tripping from sipping the dripping dirty water tap
I've been poking a voodoo doll that you do not know I made
These bandages are anonymity
I've been shaking from making an awful decision
I've been running and running
feels like my head is spinning round and round, around, around, around, around, around
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
I've been hoping your moping around the street again
I've been tripping from sipping the dripping dirty water tap
I've been poking a voodoo doll that you do not know I made
For you, of you, let's see what needles do
I've been shaking from making an awful decision
I've been thinking I'm drinking too many drinks all by myself
I've been running and running
Feels like my head is spinning round and round, around, around, around, around, around
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Don't worry now, don't worry now, don’t worry cause it's all under control
Don't worry now, don't worry now, don’t worry cause it's all under control
Don't worry now, don't worry now, don’t worry cause it's all under control
Don't worry now, don't worry now, don’t worry cause it's all under control
Don't worry now, don't worry now, don’t worry cause it will all turn around,
around, around, around, around, around, around, around
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Bandages, bandages, bandages
Bandages, bandages, bandages
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Catch 22 - Hard to Impress
You say that you don't know me and you couldn't if you tried and your ignorance amazes me with every single lie. You say one thing and mean it then but then you can't decide. I would like to know. What did I do to earn your disrespect? An overrated importance of superior intellect. The words I say are not as big but does that mean a thing. I guess that I'll just stop. Trying to impress. [Chorus] I look at you and wonder what you're thinking. And what you say when I turn my back to you. Your arrogance powers your ego. You say that I don't know you but I've tried and tried and tried and I don't know what you're thinking when you look into my eyes. Is it positive or is it negative the trend. And it's funny the way you thought of me when I thought that we were friends. I'm glad it all worked out. The way I knew it would. I'm glad that I can stop. Trying to impress. [Repeat chorus]
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Catch 22 - What Goes Around Comes Around
Pick you up in the suburbs tomorrow. We won't tell, they won't follow. Pack your bags, and put all your trust in me. Never had a gun to his head, that's what he said, that's why I shot him dead, with the vengance that his daughter fed. I've always been a sucker for a brown eyed, punk rock girl, and for her I'd shoot the world. [CHORUS] Shoot him down. Shoot him down for all the nightmares. Shoot him down. What goes around will come around. Shoot him down. your father is also your pain. I love you and for us I'll shoot him down.
No remorse. We've got no time to look back. The cop is on our trail and we're driving in a Topaz. Stuck in no-man's land, between the body and mind. "Drop your gun!... Put your hands behind your head!" Turn around, pop a clip, hit him in his chest. Home free, and we're headed for the border. Spending time in Mexico, Tijuana. Drown our shame then start our lives again, in California. [CHORUS] Next thing I know, I'm all alone in a motel. No explanation, no letter goodbye. I can't promise much, but I do promise this. I promise to find you. So I can remind you. I loved you and for us I shot him down.
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Catch 22 - It Takes Some Time
It takes some time, you look at me, you don't like what you see, i don't like who i am i can change, i can change it takes some time in your factory if there's a recipe just tell me what to do and i'll slowly rearrange, it takes some time so bare with me you're always there with me looking in the mirror it's much clearer now, i hear you now echoes in my ear i can change but do i want to? nevermind...everytime...what you say...when you want it find myself inside myself and no one else can find it for me find myself all by myself and no one else can find it for me, It takes some time, too much time with you, i don't know what to do, taking time is wasting time and i'm not wasting away mine, someone is telling me, yelling and selling me to their whole crew rendez-vous, it takes some time so don't bother me, you don't like what you see looking in the mirror it's much clearer now i hear myself echoes in my ears, i can change but i don't want to, fine the way i am, i can change but i choose not to. it takes some time but my watch is gone and all my clocks are wrong so i don't have the time to change, i can't change for you or anyone, i think i'm enough fun the way that i am and i'm finding new friends and i'm not gonna not gonna change who i am Find myself inside...
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Boys Night Out - I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other Peoples Business
You and me
You know that we were always funny in a
Car Crash sort of way
Watch me bruise and bleed for you
I always knew that I'd end up dead today.. today
So I'm going to tear down the sky
and all the dull stars tonight
So I can stay hidden and live in the black.
I hate being famous for my hits
and never for my misses
Bloody kisses from poison lips,
leave lovers dead in ditches.
So, pass another round around for the kids
Who have nothing left to lose
and for those souls old and sold out
by the soles of my shoes
then drag my corpse through the cities
I never got to visit.
Promise don't let me miss it. [x2]
You and me
You know that we were always funny in a
Car Crash sort of way
Watch me bruise and bleed for you
I always knew that I'd end up dead today
Baby, the blood's already been spilled
and no amount of crying
will wash the red from your guilty hands
but, what if I promised to hold on
long enough to suffer?
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Boys Night Out - I Was the Devil For One Afternoon
It's a good thing that I havn't slept in weeks
Because right now, it seems that times are hard for dreamers
I've got a broken neck sense of mortality
It clashes with your blood lust sentimentality
She says "It's wrong, but oh, we need it"
As she sits waiting up for me
But I'm not coming home
I've driven seven days of distance
and the dial tone on the end of this receiver
Is what's really wrong with me
One day dear, I'll come crawling through the front door
Just to fall into an empty room with a ruined view
I'm doing this for you
So I'll see to it that through me you dont have to
Suffer like this anymore
My impulsive impulses give me my excuses.
You know dear, I never think things through
But I'm doing this for you
For the first time I'm looking back on the time
I spend writing down lines disguised as warning signs
There was something in the way
You turned and looked at me
I started panicking. I started panicking
Until your hearbeat stopped...Until your body dropped
That will always be my favorite memory of you and me
And I've give anything to know the reasons behind the wreckage.
I ruined everything for you
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Anti-Flag - Outbreak
the president got caught getting head so soon some people will be dead iraqi bodies scattered around by the cluster bombs that land in their barracks and their homes they (i.e. u.s. representatives) get on t.v. and openly state that saddam hussein should be removed from his place if anybody said that about the u.s. president the u.s. military would rip them a new ass so where is the real terrorist? in the middle east or the u.s.? so who is the real terrorist? is it saddam hussein or the u.s. president?
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Anti-Flag - Tearing Everyone Down
I thought I'd begun, to see a change
But the more things change, the more they stay the same
Back stabbing and name calling, the trademarks of your act
You talk and talk of unity, but divide with your attacks
(You Say)
I'd like to see a change
I'd like to see a change
I'd like to see a change, but I'm too busy...
Tearing everyone down...
All us kids, we try to make a change
Some kids start a band, others start a zine
YOU!!!, no matter what your path
You throw a curve in what could be achieved,
Then give up and move onto some other thing
(You Say)
I'd like to see a change
I'd like to see a change
I'd like to see a change, but I'm too busy...
Tearing everyone down...
Take a break
from your fights,
try to open your mind tonight
When you feel
that's complete
then we can tackle this society!!!
You may not like
everything in life i do...
but that doesnt mean
I'm not trying to change
the same problems as you
(You Say)
I'd like to see a change
I'd like to see a change
I'd like to see a change, but I'm too busy...
Tearing everyone down...
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The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
coin operated boy
sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
but i turn him on and he comes to life
automatic joy
that is why i want a coin operated boy
made of plastic and elastic
he is rugged and long-lasting
who could ever ever ask for more
love without complications galore
many shapes and weights to choose from
i will never leave my bedroom
i will never cry at night again
wrap my arms around him and pretend....
coin operated boy
all the other real ones that i destroy
cannot hold a candle to my new boy and i'll
never let him go and i'll never be alone
not with my coin operated boy......
this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
i didnt think so but im still convinceable
will you persist even after i bet you
a billion dollars that i'll never love you
will you persist even after i kiss you
goodbye for the last time
will you keep on trying to prove it?
i'm dying to lose it...
i want it
i want you
i want a coin operated boy.
and if i had a star to wish on
for my life i cant imagine
any flesh and blood could be his match
i can even take him in the bath
coin operated boy
he may not be real experienced with girls
but i know he feels like a boy should feel
isnt that the point that is why i want a
coin operated boy
with his pretty coin operated voice
saying that he loves me that hes thinking of me
straight and to the point
that is why i want
a coin operated boy.
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The Dresdon Dolls - Girl Anachronism
you can tell
from the scars on my arms
and cracks in my hips
and the dents in my car
and the blisters on my lips
that i'm not the carefullest of girls
you can tell
from the glass on the floor
and the strings that're breaking
and i keep on breaking more
and it looks like i am shaking
but it's just the temperature
and then again
if it were any colder i could disengage
if i were any older i could act my age
but i dont think that youd believe me
it's
not
the
way
i'm
meant
to
be
it's just the way the operation made me
and you can tell
from the state of my room
that they let me out too soon
and the pills that i ate
came a couple years too late
and ive got some issues to work through
there i go again
pretending to be you
make-believing
that i have a soul beneath the surface
trying to convince you
it was accidentally on purpose
i am not so serious
this passion is a plagiarism
i might join your century
but only on a rare occasion
i was taken out
before the labor pains set in and now
behold the world's worst accident
i am the girl anachronism
and you can tell
by the red in my eyes
and the bruises on my thighs
and the knots in my hair
and the bathtub full of flies
that i'm not right now at all
there i go again
pretending that i'll fall
don't call the doctors
cause they've seen it all before
they'll say just
let
her
crash
and
burn
she'll learn
the attention just encourages her
and you can tell
from the full-body cast
that i'm sorry that i asked
though you did everything you could
(like any decent person would)
but i might be catching so don't touch
you'll start believeing youre immune to gravity and stuff
don't get me wet
because the bandages will all come off
and you can tell
from the smoke at the stake
that the current state is critical
well it is the little things, for instance:
in the time it takes to break it she can make up ten excuses:
please excuse her for the day, its just the way the medication makes her...
i dont necessarily believe there is a cure for this
so i might join your century but only as a doubtful guest
i was too precarious removed as a caesarian
behold the worlds worst accident
I AM THE GIRL ANACHRONISM
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The Shins - Kissing the Lipless
Called to see if your back
Was still aligned and your sheets
Were growing grass all on the corners of your bed
But you've got too much to wear on your sleeves
It has too much to do with me
And secretly I want to bury in the yard
The grey remains of a friendship scarred
You told us of your new life there
You got someone comin' around
Gluing tinsel to your crown
He's got you talking pretty loud
You berate remember your ailing heart and your criminal eyes
You say you're still in love
If it's true what can be done
It's hard to leave all those moments behind
You tested your metal of doe's skin and petals
While kissing the lipless
Who bleed all the sweetness away
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The Shins - Mine's Not a High Horse
After that confrontation
You left me wringing my cold hands
We shared some information
We might not recover from
And I watch your convictions
Melt like ice cubes in an ocean
You were so poorly cast as a malcontent
You've got them all on your side
That just makes more for doubt to slaughter
"I never knew he thought that!"
I heard you say falling out of the van
"Don't ask for his opinion
They ought to drown him in holy water"
Will you remember my reply
When your high horse dies?
We'd like to go the distance
But not a one of us is going
See no one is wise enough to turn the ancient boat around
These are the muddy waters I am swimming in
To make a living were I to drown in them
It should come as no surprise
You've got them all on your side
That just makes more for doubt to slaughter
"I never knew he thought that!"
I heard you say falling out of the van
"Don't ask for his opinion
They ought to drown him in holy water"
Will you remember my reply
one finger parallel to the sky?
i'm not even sure how many i just did, but i could keep going. i could definatly keep going... but i won't because i don't want to overdo it. although i probably already have... well, either way, it gave me something to do... anyone know a song with cool/good lyrics that they'd like to recommend to me? i love a song with good lyrics (as i'm sure you've realized) :-D