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Because I posted my reply to dollsome 's meme thinger, I am now posting it myself. Have at it.
Lyric Ficlet Meme
I will post lyrics from 20 songs. You pick one (or more, if you feel so inclined) and write me a drabble/ficlet/epic novel/what have you based on it. Then post this on your own lj and I'll write something for you.
01. for it's my thoughts that bind me here
it's this love that I most fear
and this child I would destroy
for I hold her pain most dear
- My Medea, Vienna Teng
02. no pleasing drama
in subtle averted eyes
the swelling fermata
as the chord dies
- Between, Vienna Teng
03. All I ever learned from love
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
- Hallelujah, Rufus Wainwright
04. I feel too young to hold on
And I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done
- Lover, You Should've Come Over- Jeff Buckley
05. Your common sense, your best defense
Lay wasted and in vain
- Ophelia, Natalie Merchant
06. They say she died easy of a brokenheart disease
- One Headlight, The Wallflowers
07. Time has colored in the black and white of your sin
- You Cut Her Hair, Tom McRae
08. Watching our fantasies decay
nothing will ever stay the same
and all of the love we threw away
and all of the hopes we've cherished fade
- Falling Away With You, Muse
09. Can you tell me how it used to be?
Have we missed our chance?
Have we changed our hopes for fears
And our dreams for plans?
- Dreams for Plans, Shakira
10. Wait on me girl
Cry in the night if it helps
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, Elton John
11. This is nothing new, no, no just another phase of finding
what I really need is what makes me bleed
- Volcano, Damien Rice
12. For a sunrise or sunset, your lover is an actress-
Did you really think she’d stay?
- Sunrise, Sunset, Bright Eyes
13. It's with your sins that you have killed me
Thinking of your sins I die
Thinking how you'd let them touch you
- Auf Achse, Franz Ferdinand
14. The choice was yours and no one else's
You can cry for a body in despair
Hang your head because she is no longer there
To shine, or dazzle, or betray.
- Lament, Evita
15. Christ, you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're going to crucify me.
- The Ballad of John and Yoko, The Beatles
16. Drop of a hat she's as willing as a playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action, temporarily out of gas
- Killer Queen, Queen
17. Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die
- The Show Must Go On, Queen
18.I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered - yes
I must be out of my head!
Look at your blank faces! My name will mean nothing
Ten minutes after I'm dead!
- The Last Supper, Jesus Christ Superstar
19. Tonight tenants range from: a lawyer and a virgin
Accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie
- Build God, then We'll Talk, Panic! At the Disco
20. All the strange things
they come and go, as early warnings
- Here Comes the Flood, Peter Gabriel