Favorite Music of 2005
Here is a list of my top 50 songs from 2005. Some of the songs may actually be from 2004 but are included in the list because I only just heard them in '05 or because I listened to the constantly in '05.
Some of the songs have sample lyrics included.
So without further ado...
1) Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Lyric: Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
2) Holiday - Green Day
Lyric: Hear the drum pounding out of time,
Another protester has crossed the line,
To find the money's on the other side,
Can I get another Amen?
There's a flag wrapped around the score of men,
A gag,
A plastic bag on a monument
3) Fix You - Coldplay
Lyric: Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
4) Helena - My Chemical Romance
Lyric: Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
5) Juice Box - The Strokes
6) Heard 'Em Say - Kanye West
Lyric: With every worthless word we get more far away
And nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today
And nothin lasts forever, but be honest, babe
Hurts, but it may be the only way
7) The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
8) Dare - Gorillaz
9) Middle of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat
Lyric: Don't get mad if I'm laughing
Blame the caffeine for all the 5 AM phone calls
I haven't slept a single night in over a month
And not even once did you start to make sense to me
Well, maybe I'm a little bit slow, or just consistently inconsistent
She said, "Unpredictability's my responsibility, baby."
10) Blue Orchid - The White Stripes
Lyric: You got a reaction
You got a reaction, didn't you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid and turned it blue
11) Soldier Side - System Of A Down
Lyric: They were crying when their sons left
God is wearing black
He's gone so far to find no hope
He's never coming back
They were crying when their sons left
All young men must go
He's come so far to find no truth
He's never going home
12) Violent Pornography - System Of A Down
Lyric: It's a violent pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit that's on your TV!
x3
It's on the TV.
It's on your TV.
Turn off your TV.
Can you say brainwashing? (brainwashing)
It's a non-stop disco.
13) All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
Lyric: I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
14) Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
15) Sometimes the Sun - The Lashes
16) Sad Statue - System Of A Down
Lyric: What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering?
Whoa!
Suffering now!
You and me will all go down in history
with a sad Statue of Liberty
and a generation that didn't agree
17) You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison - My Chemical Romance
Lyric: they all cheat at cards and the checkers are lost
my cellmate's a killer
they make me do pushups in drag
but nobody cares if you're losing yourself
am i losing myself?
and well i miss my mom
will they give me the chair?
or lethal injection?
or swing from a rope if you dare
oh nobody knows all the trouble i seen
18) We Are All On Drugs - Weezer
Lyric: and you twist in your seat
cause you wanna hit the street
when you're on drugs
and you cause such a fuss
cause there's no one you can trust
when you're on drugs
and the best of your days
will all vanish in the haze
when you're on drugs
and you'll wish you could quit
once you're really sick of it
but you're on drugs
19) Kill Rock 'N Roll - System Of A Down
Lyric: So I felt like the biggest asshole
(Felt like the biggest asshole)
When I killed your rock 'n roll
(Mow down the sexy people)
20) Ordinary People - John Legend
Lyric: I know I misbehaved,
And you've made your mistakes,
And we both still got room left to grow.
And though love sometimes hurts,
I still put you first,
And we'll make this thing work,
But I think we should take it slow.
21) Hypnotize - System Of A Down
22) B.Y.O.B. - System Of A Down
Lyric: Kneeling roses disappearing into
Moses' dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox stealing
Our intentions
Hangers sitting dripped in oil
Crying freedom
Handed to obsoletion
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth
Everybody's going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine
Everybody's going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sun
23) What If - Coldplay
Lyric: Every step that you take
Could be your biggest mistake
It could bend or it could break
But that's the risk that you take
24) The Ghost Of You - My Chemical Romance
Lyric: at the end of the world
or the last thing i see
you are never coming home, never coming home
could i? should i?
25) Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
26) Gold Digger - Kanye West
Lyric: She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walking around looking like Micheal with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey,(money, money)
27) Goodnight Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat
Lyric: So goodnight, goodnight
You’re embarrassing me, you’re embarrassing you
So goodnight, goodnight
Walk away from the door, walk away from my life
So goodnight…
28) Hey Mama - Kanye West
Lyric: Forrest Gump mama said, life is like a box of chocolates
My mama told me go to school, get your doctorate
Somethin to fall back on, you could profit with
But still supported me when I did the opposite
Now I feel like it’s things I gotta get
Things I gotta do, just to prove to you
You was getting through, can the choir please
Give me a verse of “You, Are So Beautiful To Me”
29) Instinct Blues - The White Stripes
30) Lights and Sounds - Yellowcard
Lyric: Stop, turn, take a look around,
at all of the lights and sounds,
let them bring you in..
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
and pull the curtain down,
wonder where you've been..
31) Talk - Coldplay
Lyric: Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
32) The Denial Twist - The White Stripes
Lyric: If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
C'mon, you got it all wrong, man
And if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Oh well, then do the twist
33) Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix) - Kanye West
Lyric: Though it's thousands of miles away,
Sierra Leone connects to what we go through today.
Over here - it's the drug trade, we die from drugs
Over there - they die from what we buy from drugs
The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms,
34) Hell Yes - Beck
35) All The Love In The World - Nine Inch Nails
36) Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave
Lyric: walk the streets of Japan till I get lost
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like studying faces in a parking lot
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like driving backwards in the fog
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
37) Cream and Bastards Rise - Harvey Danger
Lyric: You don't have to be a genius, but it helps to (helps to)
Fools and charlatans, they may get wise
But only cream and bastards rise -- and you can see it in their eyes
38) Question! - System Of A Down
Lyric: Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different then you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you all.
Are you...
Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different then you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you all.
Are you...
Dreaming, dreaming the night, dreaming all right
39) Lonely Day - System Of A Down
Lyric: Such a lonely day
Shouldn't exist
A day that Ill never miss
Such a lonely day
And its mine
The most loneliest day of my life
40) Don’t Phunk With My Heart - Black Eyed Peas
41) DOA - Foo Fighters
42) Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
43) Lose Control - Missy Elliott
44) It's Not The Fall That Hurts - The Caesars
45) The Suffering - Coheed and Cambria
46) Honest Mistake - The Bravery
47) Rock & Roll Queen - Subways
48) Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
49) I Like The Way - Bodyrockers
50) Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well - Mike Doughty
I highly reccomend checking out these songs if you've never heard them before.
Some of the songs have sample lyrics included.
So without further ado...
1) Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Lyric: Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
2) Holiday - Green Day
Lyric: Hear the drum pounding out of time,
Another protester has crossed the line,
To find the money's on the other side,
Can I get another Amen?
There's a flag wrapped around the score of men,
A gag,
A plastic bag on a monument
3) Fix You - Coldplay
Lyric: Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
4) Helena - My Chemical Romance
Lyric: Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
5) Juice Box - The Strokes
6) Heard 'Em Say - Kanye West
Lyric: With every worthless word we get more far away
And nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today
And nothin lasts forever, but be honest, babe
Hurts, but it may be the only way
7) The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
8) Dare - Gorillaz
9) Middle of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat
Lyric: Don't get mad if I'm laughing
Blame the caffeine for all the 5 AM phone calls
I haven't slept a single night in over a month
And not even once did you start to make sense to me
Well, maybe I'm a little bit slow, or just consistently inconsistent
She said, "Unpredictability's my responsibility, baby."
10) Blue Orchid - The White Stripes
Lyric: You got a reaction
You got a reaction, didn't you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid and turned it blue
11) Soldier Side - System Of A Down
Lyric: They were crying when their sons left
God is wearing black
He's gone so far to find no hope
He's never coming back
They were crying when their sons left
All young men must go
He's come so far to find no truth
He's never going home
12) Violent Pornography - System Of A Down
Lyric: It's a violent pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit that's on your TV!
x3
It's on the TV.
It's on your TV.
Turn off your TV.
Can you say brainwashing? (brainwashing)
It's a non-stop disco.
13) All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
Lyric: I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
14) Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
15) Sometimes the Sun - The Lashes
16) Sad Statue - System Of A Down
Lyric: What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering?
Whoa!
Suffering now!
You and me will all go down in history
with a sad Statue of Liberty
and a generation that didn't agree
17) You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison - My Chemical Romance
Lyric: they all cheat at cards and the checkers are lost
my cellmate's a killer
they make me do pushups in drag
but nobody cares if you're losing yourself
am i losing myself?
and well i miss my mom
will they give me the chair?
or lethal injection?
or swing from a rope if you dare
oh nobody knows all the trouble i seen
18) We Are All On Drugs - Weezer
Lyric: and you twist in your seat
cause you wanna hit the street
when you're on drugs
and you cause such a fuss
cause there's no one you can trust
when you're on drugs
and the best of your days
will all vanish in the haze
when you're on drugs
and you'll wish you could quit
once you're really sick of it
but you're on drugs
19) Kill Rock 'N Roll - System Of A Down
Lyric: So I felt like the biggest asshole
(Felt like the biggest asshole)
When I killed your rock 'n roll
(Mow down the sexy people)
20) Ordinary People - John Legend
Lyric: I know I misbehaved,
And you've made your mistakes,
And we both still got room left to grow.
And though love sometimes hurts,
I still put you first,
And we'll make this thing work,
But I think we should take it slow.
21) Hypnotize - System Of A Down
22) B.Y.O.B. - System Of A Down
Lyric: Kneeling roses disappearing into
Moses' dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox stealing
Our intentions
Hangers sitting dripped in oil
Crying freedom
Handed to obsoletion
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth
Everybody's going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine
Everybody's going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sun
23) What If - Coldplay
Lyric: Every step that you take
Could be your biggest mistake
It could bend or it could break
But that's the risk that you take
24) The Ghost Of You - My Chemical Romance
Lyric: at the end of the world
or the last thing i see
you are never coming home, never coming home
could i? should i?
25) Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
26) Gold Digger - Kanye West
Lyric: She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walking around looking like Micheal with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey,(money, money)
27) Goodnight Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat
Lyric: So goodnight, goodnight
You’re embarrassing me, you’re embarrassing you
So goodnight, goodnight
Walk away from the door, walk away from my life
So goodnight…
28) Hey Mama - Kanye West
Lyric: Forrest Gump mama said, life is like a box of chocolates
My mama told me go to school, get your doctorate
Somethin to fall back on, you could profit with
But still supported me when I did the opposite
Now I feel like it’s things I gotta get
Things I gotta do, just to prove to you
You was getting through, can the choir please
Give me a verse of “You, Are So Beautiful To Me”
29) Instinct Blues - The White Stripes
30) Lights and Sounds - Yellowcard
Lyric: Stop, turn, take a look around,
at all of the lights and sounds,
let them bring you in..
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
and pull the curtain down,
wonder where you've been..
31) Talk - Coldplay
Lyric: Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
32) The Denial Twist - The White Stripes
Lyric: If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
C'mon, you got it all wrong, man
And if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Oh well, then do the twist
33) Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix) - Kanye West
Lyric: Though it's thousands of miles away,
Sierra Leone connects to what we go through today.
Over here - it's the drug trade, we die from drugs
Over there - they die from what we buy from drugs
The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms,
34) Hell Yes - Beck
35) All The Love In The World - Nine Inch Nails
36) Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave
Lyric: walk the streets of Japan till I get lost
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like studying faces in a parking lot
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like driving backwards in the fog
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
37) Cream and Bastards Rise - Harvey Danger
Lyric: You don't have to be a genius, but it helps to (helps to)
Fools and charlatans, they may get wise
But only cream and bastards rise -- and you can see it in their eyes
38) Question! - System Of A Down
Lyric: Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different then you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you all.
Are you...
Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different then you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you all.
Are you...
Dreaming, dreaming the night, dreaming all right
39) Lonely Day - System Of A Down
Lyric: Such a lonely day
Shouldn't exist
A day that Ill never miss
Such a lonely day
And its mine
The most loneliest day of my life
40) Don’t Phunk With My Heart - Black Eyed Peas
41) DOA - Foo Fighters
42) Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
43) Lose Control - Missy Elliott
44) It's Not The Fall That Hurts - The Caesars
45) The Suffering - Coheed and Cambria
46) Honest Mistake - The Bravery
47) Rock & Roll Queen - Subways
48) Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
49) I Like The Way - Bodyrockers
50) Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well - Mike Doughty
I highly reccomend checking out these songs if you've never heard them before.