Some random lyrics of songs that sometimes crawl through my head…
The National: Exile Vilify
Exile – It takes your mind again
Exile – It takes your mind again
You got sucker’s luck
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind
The way you trouble mine?
Exile – It takes your mind again
Exile – It takes your mind again
Oh, you meant so much
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind
The way you trouble mine?
Does it feel like a trial?
Now, you’re thinking too fast
You’re like marbles on glass
Vilify. Don’t even try
Vilify. Don’t even try
You’ve got sucker’s luck
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind
The way you trouble mine?
Does it feel like a trial?
Did you fall for the same
Empty answers again?
Vilify. Don’t even try
Vilify. Don’t even try
Vilify. Don’t even try
Vilify. Don’t even try
Trouble over Tokyo: The Dark Below
It’s been a while since I kissed and felt true pleasure
And I’d run a mile if I saw contentment in measures
Oh is it true that all my songs are merely songs, and not stories?
Written on pavements, written on the pavements
And if it rains, they’ll be washed away
Never to be seen again, never to repeat refrains
(Oh,) And if I leave – who is gonna care about me?
Who’s gonna look up to me?
Who’s gonna remember me?
Oh my god – if I don’t throw
All I’ve got – to the dark below
Oh my god – will I never know
How deep it goes?
The Notwist: Good Lies
We’ll remember good lies
When we carry them home
With us to our bedside table
And our coffee sets
We’ll remember good lies
When they’re always with us
In our beds, even when we
Shake our heads
Let’s just imitate the real
Until we find a better one
Let’s just imitate the real
Until we find a better one
Radiohead: How To Disappear Completely
That there, that’s not me
I go where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I’m not here
This isn’t happening
I’m not here, I’m not here
In a little while
I’ll be gone
The moment’s already passed
Yeah, it’s gone
I’m not here
This isn’t happening
I’m not here, I’m not here
Jon Brion: Here We Go
You’ve gotta hope that there’s someone for you
As strange as you are
Who can cope with the things that you do
Without trying too hard
‘Cause you can bend the truth ’til it’s soothing you
These things that you’re wrapping all around you
You never know what they will amount to
And your life is just going on without you
It’s the end of the things you know
Here we go
You’ve gotta know that there’s more to this world
Than what you have seen
Because we all have a limited view
Of what we can be
As we move along with our blinders on
Each one of us feels a little stranded
And you can’t explain or understand it
Each one of us on a different planet
And amidst all the to and fro
Someone can say hello,
Here we go
The feeling that someone really gets you
It’s something that no one should object to
It could happen today
So I suggest you skip your habit of laying low
It’s the end of the things you know,
Here we go
Because someone can say, “Hello
You old so and so,
Here we go”
Massive Attack: What Your Soul Sings
Don’t be afraid
Open your mouth to say
Say what your soul sings to you
Your mind can never change
Unless you ask it to
Lovingly re-arrange
The thoughts that make you blue
The things that bring you down
Only do harm to you
So make your choice joy
For joy belongs to you
And when you do
You’ll find the one you love is you
You’ll find you love you
Don’t be ashamed, no
To open your heart and pray
Say what your soul sings
To you
So no longer pretend
That you can’t feel it near
That tickle on your hand
That tingle in your ear
Oh ask it anything
Because it loves you dear
It’s your most precious king
If only you could hear
And when you do
You’ll find the one you need is you
You’ll find you love you