there's no smoke without fire [playlist]
"Bye Bye Bye," Plants and Animals
What's gonna happen to you?
You have woke up too soon,
and found the world rearranged,
and now your feelings have changed.
Say goodbye to before.
You are not welcome anymore.
The door's been shown to you,
but only if you go through.
"Dandelion," Charlotte Gainsbourg
Red river, keep on rolling down.
It's been a long time since I let my hair hang down.
I'll take my time before I go under the ground.
Oh, dandelion, tell me what you're thinking now.
Shape I'm in, I better get back home soon.
I got one eye on the road, and one eye on the big, black moon.
Dandelion, won't you tell me what to do?
"Fool That I Am," Etta James
Fool that I am
for falling in love with you,
and fool that I am
for thinking you loved me too.
You took my heart, then played the part
of little coquette,
and all my dreams just disappeared
like the smoke from a cigarette.
"Make Believe," The Burned
Who's to know my world?
And who's to share my worry?
Mountains rise and fall all the time,
and it doesn't mean a damn thing to God,
so make believe in miracles instead.
Who's to show no fear?
Then cast the first stone at the mirror,
and break the spell you put on yourself,
and crack your shell wide open again,
and make believe in miracles, my friends.
"Mayfly," Belle and Sebastian
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon,
you are tired of staying in.
You are waiting for a sign.
Mayfly, woken up when the skies are clear,
I don't mind you coming near.
Keep me company 'till she comes again.
You are the one who's making do;
I am the one who's privy to.
'Cause you saw him in the park,
'cause you saw him at the bridges
with the people in the dark.
"Myriad Harbour," The New Pornographers
All the girls falling to ruin, dropping out of school,
breaking daddy's heart just to run around.
"Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," Britney Spears
I used to think I had the answers to everything,
but now, I know life doesn't always go my way.
Feels like I'm caught in the middle,
that's when I realize:
I'm not a girl, not yet a woman.
All I need is time, a moment that is mine
while I'm in between. I'm not a girl;
there is no need to protect me.
It's time that I learn to face up to this on my own.
I've seen so much more than you know now,
so don't tell me to shut my eyes.
"Smoke Without Fire," Duffy
If I'd known you were cheating me,
I would have saved myself and set you free.
If I'd known you weren't the loving kind,
I would have saved some peace of mind.
My friends told me you would break my heart
and never last; we would surely part.
There's no smoke without fire.
Baby, baby, you're a liar.
"So Long," Ingrid Michaelson
You've made me into someone
who should not hold a loaded gun,
and now you sit upon my chest,
knock out my wind, knock out my best.
And so long to no distasters, and mornings, too.
And so long to ever afters. So long to you.
I am soft for only you.
Impale me with your tongue, it's true.
And slices of me piled sky-high -
the same old me to the naked eye,
but I can't find myself tonight.
"Strawberry," Paul Baribeau
To say that you are cute
would be like saying a strawberry is sweet,
'cause a strawberry has flavors that are
sharp and tart and red and deep.
"Vision in Red," Thao Nguyen
It's just like beautiful:
not quite, but close.
"Werewolf," Cat Power
Oh, the werewolf, oh, the werewolf comes stepping along.
He don't even break the branches where he's gone.
Once I saw him in the moonlight, when the bats were a-flying.
I saw the werewolf, and the werewolf was crying,
crying, "Nobody knows, nobody knows, body knows."
How I loved the man, as I teared off his clothes.
"The Woods," Stars
That day we walked a little deeper,
breathless and too alive to sleep.
You always said I was a dreamer,
but now I know who's dreaming deep.
You took me to the woods to show me something,
but I'll turn my face away.
You touched me in the shade, but then it got darker.
Let's save it for another day.