The return of the lyrics meme
Hello LJ! Let's do a lyrics guessing meme I've done in the past.
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first 25 songs that come up. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ/DW denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Cross out the songs that have been guessed.
5. Pass it along.
Note that if the first few lines of the song include the song's title, I may choose to censor those particular words if I think it's too obvious with the title left in, or I may leave it if the title isn't too distinctive a phrase. I also skipped a few songs that were especially obscure.
So shuffle came up with some that are pretty well-known and recognizable, but also a few that are tricky enough that I couldn't guess them from my own music library, so the difficulty varies vastly. Comment with your guesses!
1. [title of the song] you know I won't forget
How you kissed me strange to prove you were mythical
Oh my coquette you used my voice as your earthly vehicle
[title of the song] you know I won't forget
How you hurt me twice to prove you were cynical
Oh my coquette you are the death you are the pinnacle
2. [title of the song] with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care
3. Lost in the fog, these hollow hills
Blood running hot, night chills
Without your love I'll be
So long and lost, are you missing me
4. For the life of me I can't believe
The you're on your knees beggin' please
All the pushin' away and puttin' down
Can't you see you're gettin' the run around
Oh it's plain to see you'd rescue me
From my loneliness so called unhappiness
Oh I didn't mean to cause you pain
I've got nothin' to lose and nothin' to gain
5. Sister, I'm heading out of Alabama
So you better think fast.
The wind is gonna pick me up now
And the rain won't slack.
I'm headed down to Georgia
So don't lose track
Of where you been and where you're going now,
Who you've seen and what they lack
6. There are thieves, who rob us blind
and kings, who kill us fine
but steady, the rights and the wrongs
invade us, in innocent song
I'm not ready, I'm not ready
for [the title of the song], for [the title of the song]
7. I'll get tired of the heart attacks
Every time it rings
I'll put myself on the waiting list
And get it all cleared up
You're the one with the attitude
Don't try and make me out
To be the root of the evil in
The whole rotten affair
8. I said, I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of blue bonnets
In a blanket made of stars
9. Underline everything, I'm a professional
In my beloved white shirt
Underline everything, I'm a professional
In my beloved white shirt
I'm going down among the saints
10. It was a Monday when my lover told me,
"never pay the reaper with love only."
What could I say to you except I love you
And I'd give my life for yours.
11. I gave her cakes and I gave her ale
I gave her sack and sherry
I kissed her once and I kissed her twice
And we were wondrous merry
12. There's a nail in the door
And there's glass on the lawn
Tacks on the floor
And the TV is on
And I always sleep with my guns
When you're gone
13. Weep for yourself, my man,
You'll never be what is in your heart
Weep, [title of the song],
You're not as brave as you were at the start
14. Snow can wait, I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose, get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart when I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
15. Take away the sensation inside
Bitter sweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbing tooth ache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore
16. I search your profile
for a translation
I study the conversation
like a map
'cause I know there is strength
in the differences between us
and I know there is comfort
where we overlap
17. Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
18. Today my childish laughter falls away
The stakes were real and we won't feel okay
With a knot of bitter worry in my eyes
And a tearless year or two since the last day
The last damn day, the last day that I cried
19. Your father's gone a-hunting
He's deep in the forest so wild
And he cannot take his wife with him
He cannot take his child
Your father's gone a-hunting
In the quicksand and the clay
And a woman cannot follow him
Although she knows the way
20. I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.
21. You're like a dream
Dipped in delirium
You're my destiny
And my destruction
I desire you
I despair of you
And all endlessly
22. Don't place your bets on me
I'm tired and I'm lonely
With nothing to offer you
Nothing to offer you
The pavement stares gray and cold
Our lives are a story told
Coming to an ending
It's coming to an ending
23. Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
24. Wait, I'm wrong
Should have done better than this
Please, I'll be strong
I'm finding it hard to resist
So [title of the song]
Save me, I'm lost
Oh lord, I've been waiting for you
I'll pay any cost
Save me from being confused
25. Get off your catwalk, I want you to talk
To be the seer instead of the seen
There is a flower, a leaning tower
And all of the wonders standing between
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first 25 songs that come up. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ/DW denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Cross out the songs that have been guessed.
5. Pass it along.
Note that if the first few lines of the song include the song's title, I may choose to censor those particular words if I think it's too obvious with the title left in, or I may leave it if the title isn't too distinctive a phrase. I also skipped a few songs that were especially obscure.
So shuffle came up with some that are pretty well-known and recognizable, but also a few that are tricky enough that I couldn't guess them from my own music library, so the difficulty varies vastly. Comment with your guesses!
1. [title of the song] you know I won't forget
How you kissed me strange to prove you were mythical
Oh my coquette you used my voice as your earthly vehicle
[title of the song] you know I won't forget
How you hurt me twice to prove you were cynical
Oh my coquette you are the death you are the pinnacle
2. [title of the song] with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care
3. Lost in the fog, these hollow hills
Blood running hot, night chills
Without your love I'll be
So long and lost, are you missing me
4. For the life of me I can't believe
The you're on your knees beggin' please
All the pushin' away and puttin' down
Can't you see you're gettin' the run around
Oh it's plain to see you'd rescue me
From my loneliness so called unhappiness
Oh I didn't mean to cause you pain
I've got nothin' to lose and nothin' to gain
5. Sister, I'm heading out of Alabama
So you better think fast.
The wind is gonna pick me up now
And the rain won't slack.
I'm headed down to Georgia
So don't lose track
Of where you been and where you're going now,
Who you've seen and what they lack
6. There are thieves, who rob us blind
and kings, who kill us fine
but steady, the rights and the wrongs
invade us, in innocent song
I'm not ready, I'm not ready
for [the title of the song], for [the title of the song]
7. I'll get tired of the heart attacks
Every time it rings
I'll put myself on the waiting list
And get it all cleared up
You're the one with the attitude
Don't try and make me out
To be the root of the evil in
The whole rotten affair
8. I said, I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of blue bonnets
In a blanket made of stars
9. Underline everything, I'm a professional
In my beloved white shirt
Underline everything, I'm a professional
In my beloved white shirt
I'm going down among the saints
10. It was a Monday when my lover told me,
"never pay the reaper with love only."
What could I say to you except I love you
And I'd give my life for yours.
11. I gave her cakes and I gave her ale
I gave her sack and sherry
I kissed her once and I kissed her twice
And we were wondrous merry
12. There's a nail in the door
And there's glass on the lawn
Tacks on the floor
And the TV is on
And I always sleep with my guns
When you're gone
13. Weep for yourself, my man,
You'll never be what is in your heart
Weep, [title of the song],
You're not as brave as you were at the start
14. Snow can wait, I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose, get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart when I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
15. Take away the sensation inside
Bitter sweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbing tooth ache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore
16. I search your profile
for a translation
I study the conversation
like a map
'cause I know there is strength
in the differences between us
and I know there is comfort
where we overlap
17. Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
18. Today my childish laughter falls away
The stakes were real and we won't feel okay
With a knot of bitter worry in my eyes
And a tearless year or two since the last day
The last damn day, the last day that I cried
19. Your father's gone a-hunting
He's deep in the forest so wild
And he cannot take his wife with him
He cannot take his child
Your father's gone a-hunting
In the quicksand and the clay
And a woman cannot follow him
Although she knows the way
20. I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.
21. You're like a dream
Dipped in delirium
You're my destiny
And my destruction
I desire you
I despair of you
And all endlessly
22. Don't place your bets on me
I'm tired and I'm lonely
With nothing to offer you
Nothing to offer you
The pavement stares gray and cold
Our lives are a story told
Coming to an ending
It's coming to an ending
23. Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
24. Wait, I'm wrong
Should have done better than this
Please, I'll be strong
I'm finding it hard to resist
So [title of the song]
Save me, I'm lost
Oh lord, I've been waiting for you
I'll pay any cost
Save me from being confused
25. Get off your catwalk, I want you to talk
To be the seer instead of the seen
There is a flower, a leaning tower
And all of the wonders standing between