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(This took me 4-eva to do, so you better spend a long time on it.)
The rules are simple. I put my [iTunes] on random and wrote down lyrics I liked from the first 25 songs, skipping instrumentals and same artists. Your job is to figure out what songs go with which lyrics and tell me what they are. It's fun and everyone likes it. Some of them are pretty obscure, others should be a snap. DO IT! Amuse me. Oh, and don't listen to the songs or look them up on the internets. That's cheating.
(I like stealing from Paul.)
1. "Oh, but clever words on pages turn to fragments, circles, points and lines,
And they cover them like carpets with graceful, meaningless, ornamental designs." mewithoutYou -- "Seven...Sisters". Way to go, sincerecharades!
2. "When you're in Snowshoe PA / Doin' some play from Backstage/ That deals with AIDS and race and gays and/ Relationships and ballet/ And then you're like 'hey yay what'd you say? I can just sing my troubles away?'"
3. "I've got a windowsill that I mentioned earlier where you can rest your chin.
There is also a seat, that I've heard exists somewhere, for the perfect rest." Piebald -- "Just A Simple Plan", by the fabulous neff.
4. "He sees me when he pleases/ I see him in cafes/ And I only say, hello/ And turn away before his lady knows/ How much I want to see him/ She removes him, like a ring/ To wash her hands/ She only brings him out to show her friends."
5. "Making friends so you can use them/ that's the way you pick and choose them." Bleach -- "Said A Lot". I knew you had this one in you, turbo23!
6. "If you knew all that I knew / My poor Jerusalem/ You'd see the truth/ But you'd close your eyes./ While you live your troubles are many/ Poor Jerusalem/ To conquer death/ You only have to die." Jesus Christ Superstar -- "Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem". This one was too easy; kamikazitaxi gets credit but only because he got here first.
7. "I can't be Superman today/ She's taken my Up, Up, and Away/ The sky is falling and I've just begun/ To salvage pieces cause they'll be worth a ton." Self -- "Susie Q Sailaway". I will have you all know that dvoodoodatdrudo created a livejournal for the sole purpose of getting credit for this answer. Now that's dedication.
8. "Sounds like a radio tuned to whitenoise; softer, slowly softer. Can't this thing go any faster?
For everyone to see, it's only killing me." Futher Seems Forever -- Blank Page Empire, correctitiude by sincerecharades once again!
9. "Time keeps creepin' through the neighborhood, killing old folks, wakin' up babies, just like we knew it would." The Arcade Fire -- "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)", by turbo23 again! That's four, I think--you're officially in the lead. P.S.-- I love this lyric to the maxx.
10. "But in my heart I know it's rather sad/ That a life of great potential/ Is dismissed, inconsequential/ And only ever seen as being cute." Aida OBCR -- "My Strongest Suit (Reprise)". Good call, fallenidol!
11. "Being on the elevator when somebody shouts 'Hold the door!' ... Fuck you lady, that's what stairs are for!" Avenue Q OBCR -- Schadenfreude". Once again, fallenidol is teh awesome.
12. "You can meet me on an aero-plane, or in the back of the bus. You can throw me like a boomerang; I'll come back and beat you up!" -- Ashlee Simpson, "La La". Good job jessile!
13. "Oh we mumble loudly, wear our shame so proudly.
Wore our blank expressions, trying to look interesting." Modest Mouse -- "Blame It On The Tetons" by that pink-haired hottie, shinigami22!
14. "Watching how the dust/ Dances at the door/ Noticing my hands start to shake/ Contemplating taking up smoking." Footloose OBCR -- "Learning to be Silent". Magnificent, nightowl3c!
15. "And it seems you leaned on the wrong guy. And it hurt the place you held within your heart. It got erased and where it was has now gone dark." The Elected -- "The Miles Til Home". turbo23 nailed this one.
16. "You never knew why you felt so good/ in the strangest of places/ Like in waiting rooms/ and long lines that made you late/ and mall parking lots on holidays." Rilo Kiley -- "Spectacular Views". Superb, hutla!
17. "He wanted to say: By your side, I could be brave. If there's such a thing as justice, let me help you find you justice. This I do for you and for Sarah who lies in her grave! But all he said was...
'I know how to blow things up.'" Ragtime OBCR -- "He Wanted To Say". Yessssss, kamikazitaxi, you totally stole this one right out from under Neff's nose!
18. "And now I'm looking up to you from fields of white flowers. You were so proud of me; I'm so proud of you. All of the world and all of it's powers couldn't keep your love from me." Copeland -- "Priceless". Don't be down on yourself, shabudaquae! You've still got it even though you are an old fogie.
19. "Me and my darlin' keep love alive
even on texas time. ... Telegraph, telegram, telephone, telling you I'll be home soon." Ben Kweller -- "Lizzy". Way to go, bosito. Don't give me lip, just follow the rules like everyone else.
20. "I couldn’t keep the pace. I thought I was the only one moving in slow motion while the other kids knew something I did not." Ben Folds Five -- "Regrets". bosito is like butter.
21. "Up on the airplane/ nearer my god to thee/ I start making a deal/ inspired by gravity/ If I did wrong I won't do it again/ cause I can be sweet and good and nice." Indigo Girls -- Airplane. Stupendous, wonderpower22! I was wondering when someone would get that one.
22. "And I'll sit and wonder/ Of every love that could've been/ If I'd only thought of something charming to say." Death Cab For Cutie -- "The Sound of Settling". Ba baaa, ba baaa...this is the sound of sincerecharades getting another one; she's on fiyah!
23. "Are you listening? Your chance to live is right before you, so put it down on paper; sing it out loud." Brandtson -- "On Three". I figured you would be the only one to get this, turbo23.
24. "You taught me how to breathe/ without the pain of inhalation/ You taught me how to speak/ without the fear of explanation." Winston Audio -- "Recovered; In Recovery" identified very correctly by neff!
25. "I sat down and said/ 'I don't want to suffer'/ But she told me/ She had nothing to offer/ No more."