Shriekback - Faded Flowers (1985)

this is the sound of poisons
the sickness no one knows
no one is crying for us this time
our shapes are blurring under miracles of snow
weave a circle round him three times
you have to plan your moves at these times
our hearts are breaking
one more song to go

these eyes are blind
this is a pure thing
these hands i kiss
tragic as anything
these eyes are blind
this is a pure thing
all splash and hiss
beyond my measuring

only the anacrucis
the main event remains
shameful and naked, out there in the
great cold outdoors
we have to do these things again
bathe in this incandescent glow
the leap to something i don't know
there is no doubt upon us when
the greasy men come back again

these eyes are blind
this is a pure thing
these hands i kiss
tragic as anything
these eyes are blind
this is a pure thing
all splash and hiss
beyond my measuring

these faded flowers
precious as memory
a veil of cloud
correct as energy
we had some good machines
but they don't work no more
i loved you once
don't love you anymore

these eyes are blind
this is a pure thing
these hands i kiss
tragic as anything
these eyes are blind
this is a pure thing
all splash and hiss
beyond my measuring

these faded flowers
precious as memory
a veil of cloud
correct as energy
we had some good machines
but they don't work no more
i loved you once
don't love you anymore

Left Of Center - Suzanne Vega (1986)

if you want me
you can find me
left of center
off of the strip
in the outskirts
in the fringes
in the corner
out of the grip

when they ask me
"what are you looking at?"
i always answer
"nothing much" (not much)
i think they know that
i'm looking at them
i think they think
i must be out of touch

but i'm only
in the outskirts
and in the fringes
on the edge
and off the avenue
and if you want me
you can find me
left of center
wondering about you

i think that somehow
somewhere inside of us
we must be similar
if not the same
so i continue
to be wanting you
left of center
against the grain

if you want me
you can find me
left of center
off of the strip
in the outskirts
in the fringes
in the corner
out of the grip

when they ask me
"what are you looking at?"
i always answer
"nothing much" (not much)
i think they know that
i'm looking at them
i think they think
i must be out of touch

but i'm only
in the outskirts
and in the fringes
on the edge
and off the avenue
and if you want me
you can find me
left of center
wondering about you

if you want me
you can find me
left of center
wondering about you

if you want me
you can find me
left of center
wondering about you

wondering about you
wondering about you

if you want me
you can find me
left of center
wondering about you

if you want me
you can find me
left of center
wondering about you

wondering about you
wondering about you

My Sister - The Juliana Hatfield Three (1993)

my sister
my sister
my sister

i hate my sister, she's such a bitch
she acts as if she doesn't even know that i exist
but i would do anything to let her know i care
but i am only talking to myself 'cause she isn't there

my sister

i love my sister, she's the best
she's cooler than any other girl that i have ever met
she had the greatest band, she had the greatest guy
she's good at everything and doesn't even try

she's got a wall around her nobody can climb
she lets her ladder down for those who really shine
i tried to scale it, but to me she's blind
so i lit a firecracker, went off in my eye

i miss my sister, why'd she go?
she's the one who would have taken me
to my first all-ages show
it was the violent femmes and the del fuegos
before they had a record out
before they went gold
and started to grow

i miss my sister
i miss my sister
i miss my sister
i really miss her

Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer (1992)

i blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagles' flights
i blame you for the moonlit nights
when i wonder why
are the seas still dry
don't blame this sleeping satellite

did we fly to the moon too soon?
did we squander the chance?
in the rush of the race
the reason we chase is lost in romance
and still we try
to justify the waste
for a taste of man's greatest adventure, whoa

i blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagles' flights
i blame you for the moonlit nights
when i wonder why
are the seas still dry
don't blame this sleeping satellite

have we lost what it takes to advance?
have we peaked too soon?
if the world is so green
then why does it scream under a blue moon?
we wonder why
if the earth's sacrificed
for the price of its greatest treasure, whoa

i blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagles' flights
i blame you for the moonlit nights
when i wonder why
are the seas still dry
don't blame this sleeping satellite

and when we shoot for the stars
what a giant step
have we got what it takes
to carry the weight of this concept?
or pass it by
like a shot in the dark
miss the mark with a sense of adventure, whoa

whoa yeah yeah
whoa yeah yeah

don't blame this sleeping satellite

i blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagles' flights
i blame you for the moonlit nights
when i wonder why
are the seas still dry
don't blame this sleeping satellite

whoa yeah yeah
whoa yeah yeah
don't blame this sleeping satellite

whoa yeah yeah
whoa yeah yeah
don't blame this sleeping satellite

Supernova - Liz Phair (1994)

i have looked all over the place
but you have got my favorite face
your eyelashes sparkle like gilded grass
and your lips are sweet and slippery
like a cherub's bare wet ass

'cause you're a human supernova
a solar superman
you're an angel with wings of fire
a flying, giant friction blast

you walk in clouds of glitter
and the sun reflects your eyes
and every time the wind blows
i can smell you in the sky

your kisses are as wicked as an M-16
and you fuck like a volcano
and you're everything to me

'cause you're a human supernova
a solar superman
you're an angel with wings of fire
a flying, giant friction blast
you're a giant, flying friction blast

'cause you're a human supernova
a solar superman (solar)
you're an angel with wings of fire (angel)
a flying, giant friction blast

Always The Sun - The Stranglers (1986)

how many times have you woken up and prayed for the rain?
how many times have you seen the papers apportion the blame?
who gets to say? who gets to work and who gets to play?
i was always told at school, everybody should get the same

how many times have you been told
if you don't ask, you don't get?
how many lads have taken your money?
your mother said you shouldn't bet
who has the fun? is it always a man with a gun?
someone must have told you, if you work too hard, you can sweat?

there's always the sun, mm (always the sun)
there's always the sun
always, always (always the sun)

how many times have the weathermen told you stories
that made you laugh?
you know its not unlike the politicians and the leaders
when they do things by half
who gets the job of pushing the knob?
that's what responsibility you draw straws for
if you're mad enough

there's always the sun, mm (always the sun)
there's always the sun
always, always (always the sun)

there's always the sun, mm (always the sun)
there's always the sun
always, always (always the sun)

(solo)

there's always the sun, mm (always the sun)
there's always the sun
always, always (always the sun)

there's always the sun, mm (always the sun)
there's always the sun
always, always (always the sun)

Charlotte Anne - Julian Cope (1988)

and in my room
i'm alone in my room
and maybe staying here for just awhile
and in my casket
i'm alone in my gloom
and maybe staying here for awhile

oh, can't you see light is only in your eyes?
would i be guilty?
oh, would i be?
the sound you bring is an antiquated thing
so please don't look to me for guidance

charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand

my splendid art
oh, my sad profession
now stick with me and i'll betray you
for should i lose my bad depression
my splendid art
i will betray you

charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand

haul me out of the water
haul me onto the land
beneath the sky
there is an open fire
i do understand

charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand

charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand
charlotte anne
i do understand

charlotte anne
charlotte anne
charlotte anne
charlotte anne

Golden Brown - The Stranglers (1982)

golden brown, texture like sun
lays me down, with my mind she runs
throughout the night
no need to fight
never a frown with golden brown

every time just like the last
on her ship tied to the mast
to distant lands
takes both my hands
never a frown with golden brown

golden brown, finer temptress
through the ages she's heading west
from far away
stays for a day
never a frown with golden brown

never a frown (never a frown), never a frown
with golden brown (with golden brown), with golden brown

never a frown (never a frown), never a frown
with golden brown (with golden brown), with golden brown

never a frown (never a frown), never a frown
with golden brown (with golden brown), with golden brown

never a frown (never a frown), never a frown
with golden brown (with golden brown), with golden brown

Closing Time - Semisonic (1998)

closing time, open all the doors
and let you out into the world
closing time, turn all of the lights on
over every boy and every girl

closing time, one last call for alcohol
so, finish your whiskey or beer
closing time, you don't have to go home
but you can't stay here

i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
take me home

closing time, time for you to go out
to the places you will be from
closing time, this room won't be open
till your brothers or your sisters come

so, gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
i hope you have found a friend
closing time, every new beginning
comes from some other beginning's end, yeah

i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
take me home

closing time, time for you to go out
to the places you will be from

i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
take me home

i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
i know who i want to take me home
take me home

closing time, every new beginning
comes from some other beginning's end

Everlong - Foo Fighters (1997)

hello
i've waited here for you
everlong

tonight, i throw myself into
and out of the red
out of her head, she sang

come down and waste away with me
down with me
slow, how you wanted it to be
i'm over my head
out of her head, she sang

and i wonder
when i sing along with you

if everything could ever be this real forever
if anything could ever be this good again
the only thing i'll ever ask of you
you've got to promise not to stop when i say when
she sang

breathe out
so i can breathe you in
hold you in
and now
i know you've always been
out of your head
out of my head, i sang

and i wonder
when i sing along with you

if everything could ever feel this real forever
if anything could ever be this good again
the only thing i'll ever ask of you
you've got to promise not to stop when i say when
she sang

and i wonder

if everything could ever feel this real forever
if anything could ever be this good again
the only thing i'll ever ask of you
you've got to promise not to stop when i say when

Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye (2011)

now and then i think of when we were together
like when you said you felt so happy you could die
told myself that you were right for me
but felt so lonely in your company
but that was love, and it's an ache i still remember

you can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
like resignation to the end, always the end
so when we found that we could not make sense
well, you said that we would still be friends
but i'll admit that i was glad it was over

but you didn't have to cut me off
make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
and i don't even need your love
no, you didn't have to stoop so low
have your friends collect your records and then change your number
i guess that i don't need that, though
now you're just somebody that i used to know
now you're just somebody that i used to know
now you're just somebody that i used to know

now and then i think of all the times you screwed me over
but had me believing it was always something that i'd done
and i don't wanna live that way
reading into every word you say
you said that you could let it go
and i wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

but you didn't have to cut me off
make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
and i don't even need your love
but you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough
no, you didn't have to stoop so low
have your friends collect your records and then change your number
i guess that i don't need that, though
now you're just somebody that i used to know

somebody (i used to know)
somebody (now you're just somebody that i used to know)
somebody (i used to know)
somebody (now you're just somebody that i used to know)
i used to know
that i used to know
i used to know
somebody

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991)

load up on guns, bring your friends
it's fun to lose and to pretend
she's over bored and self-assured
oh, no, i know a dirty word

hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello

with the lights out, it's less dangerous
here we are now, entertain us
i feel stupid and contagious
here we are now, entertain us
a mulatto, an albino
a mosquito, my libido, yeah
hey
yeah

i'm worse at what i do best
and for this gift i feel blessed
our little group has always been
and always will until the end

hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello

with the lights out, it's less dangerous
here we are now entertain us
i feel stupid and contagious
here we are now entertain us
a mulatto, an albino
a mosquito, my libido, yeah
hey
yeah

and i forget, just why i taste
oh yeah, i guess it makes me smile
i found it hard, it's hard to find
oh well, whatever, never mind

hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello, hello
hello, hello, hello

with the lights out, it's less dangerous
here we are now, entertain us
i feel stupid, and contagious
here we are now, entertain us
a mulatto, an albino
a mosquito, my libido

a denial, a denial
a denial, a denial
a denial, a denial
a denial, a denial
a denial

Radio - Lana Del Rey (2012)

not even they can stop me now
boy, i'll be flying overhead
their heavy words can't bring me down
boy, i've been raised from the dead

no one even knows how hard life was
i don't even think about it now because
i finally found you
oh, sing it to me

now my life is sweet like cinnamon
like a fucking dream i'm living in
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)
pick me up and take me like a vitamin
'cause my body's sweet like sugar venom, oh yeah
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)

'merican dreams came true somehow
i swore i'd chase until i was dead
i heard the streets were paved with gold
that's what my father said

no one even knows what life was like
now i'm in LA and it's paradise
i finally found you
oh, sing it to me

now my life is sweet like cinnamon
like a fucking dream i'm living in
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)
pick me up and take me like a vitamin
'cause my body's sweet like sugar venom, oh yeah
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)

sweet like cinnamon
like a fucking dream i'm living in
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)
sweet like cinnamon
like a fucking dream i'm living in
i've finally found you
(oh, sing it to me)

now my life is sweet like cinnamon
like a fucking dream i'm living in
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)
pick me up and take me like a vitamin
'cause my body's sweet like sugar venom, oh yeah
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)
oh, sing it to me

now my life is sweet like cinnamon
like a fucking dream i'm living in
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)
pick me up and take me like a vitamin
'cause my body's sweet like sugar venom, oh yeah
baby, love me 'cause i'm playing on the radio
(how do you like me now?)

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths (1984)

good times for a change
see, the luck i've had
can make a good man
turn bad

so please, please, please
let me, let me, let me
let me get what i want
this time

haven't had a dream in a long time
see, the life i've had
can make a good man bad

so for once in my life
let me get what i want
lord knows, it would be the first time
lord knows, it would be the first time

99 Luftballons - Nena (1983)

hast du etwas zeit für mich?
dann singe ich ein lied für dich
von 99 luftballons
auf ihrem weg zum horizont
denkst du vielleicht grad an mich?
dann singe ich ein lied für dich
von 99 luftballons
und, dass sowas von sowas kommt

99 luftballons
auf ihrem Weg zum horizont
hielt man für ufos aus dem all
darum schickte ein general
'ne fliegerstaffel hinterher
alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär
dabei war'n dort am horizont
nur 99 luftballons

99 düsenflieger
jeder war ein großer Krieger
hielten sich für captain kirk
es gab ein großes feuerwerk
die nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
und fühlten sich gleich angemacht
dabei schoss man am horizont
auf 99 luftballons

99 kriegsminister
streichholz und benzinkanister
hielten sich für schlaue leute
witterten schon fette beute
riefen: „krieg!“, und wollten macht
mann, wer hätte das gedacht?
dass es einmal so weit kommt
wegen 99 luftballons
wegen 99 luftballons
99 luftballons

99 jahre krieg
ließen keinen platz für sieger
kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr
und auch keine düsenflieger
heute zieh' ich meine runden
seh' die welt in trümmern liegen
hab' 'n luftballon gefunden
denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen

99 Red Balloons - Nena (1984)

you and i in a little toy shop
buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
set them free at the break of dawn
'til one by one, they were gone
back at base, bugs in the software
flash the message, "Something's out there"
floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by.

99 red balloons floating in the summer sky
panic bells, it's red alert
there's something here from somewhere else
the war machine springs to life
opens up one eager eye
focusing it on the sky
as 99 red balloons go by.

99 decision street, 99 ministers meet
to worry, worry, super-scurry
call the troops out in a hurry
this is what we've waited for
this is it, boys, this is war
the president is on the line
as 99 red balloons go by.

99 knights of the air
ride super high-tech jet fighters
everyone's a superhero
everyone's a Captain Kirk
with orders to identify
to clarify and classify
scrambling the summer sky
99 red balloons go by
99 red balloons go by

99 dreams i have had
in every one a red balloon
it's all over and i'm standin' pretty
in the dust that was a city
if i could find a souvenir
just to prove the world was here
and here it is, a red balloon
i think of you and let it go.