I needed you more, when we wanted us less. I could not kiss, just regress. It might just be simple and plain, that's just fine, that's just one of my names. (Glycerine, Bush)

A long December and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving, now the days go by so fast. And it's one more day up in the canyons, and it's one more day in Hollywood. If you think that I could be forgiven, I wish you would. (A Long December, Counting Crows)

I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star to wish on or pray on, or something like that. I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy whose reality I knew was hopeless to be had. (Paper Bag, Fiona Apple)

Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad oh it kills, cuz I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up. I got to fold cuz these hands are too shaky to hold. Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love. And I went a little crazy today, looking for a string to climb, looking for a little hope. (same)

A thousand lips a thousand tongues, a thousand throats a thousand lungs. A thousand ways to make it true, I want to do terrible things to you. (Suck, nine inch anils)

Wrap my eyes in bandages, confessions I see through. I get everything I want, when I get part of you. (Ringfinger, nin)

In the blur of serenity, where did everything get so lost? The flowers of naivete, buried in a layer of frost. The smell of sunshine, I remember sometimes. (I'm looking forward...., NIN)

I met a boy wearing Vans, 501's and a dope Beastie tee. Nipple ring, new tattoos and claimed that he was OGT, back in '92, the first EP. And inbetween sips of coke he told me that he thought we were selling out, laying down, sucking up to the man. (Hooker With A Penis, Tool)

All you know about me is what I've sold you, dumb fuck, I sold out long before you ever even heard my name. I sold my soul to get a record deal dipshit. (Same)

So you think you can tell, heaven from hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? (Wish you were here, Pink Floyd)

How I wish... how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming in the fishbowl, year after year, running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. (same)

The world has turned and left me here, just where I was before you appeared. And in your place an empty space, to fill the void behind my face. (The world has gone and left me here, Weezer)

I'm a lot like you so please, I'm here, I'm waiting. Oh I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me. (El Scorcho, Weezer)

I wish I could get my head out of the sand, because I think we'd make a good team, and you would keep my fingernails clean. But that's just a stupid dream that I won't realize cuz I can't even look in your eyes without shakin and I ain't fakin, I'll bring home the turkey if you'll bring home the bacon. (same)

It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it, right? And this bag was like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. (American Beauty) (cut n pasted with love from erin's page)

I let the beast in too soon, I don't know how to live without my hand on his throat I fight him always and still, oh darling it's so sweet you think you know how crazy, how crazy I am. (Fast As You Can, Fiona Apple)

And I'll be your girl if you say it's a gift and you give me some more of your drug. Yeah I'll be your pet, if you just tell me it's a gift. Cuz I'm tired of whys, choking on whys, just need a little because, because. (same)

Hey god, I really don't know who I am in this world of piss. (Terrible Lie, NIN)

You always were the one to show me how, back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now. This thing is slowly taking me apart, grey would be the color if I had a heart. (Something I Can Never Have, NIN)

Well, okay enough. You've had your fun but come on there has got to be someone, that hasn't yet become so numb, and succumb. And god damn I am so tired of pretending of wishing I was ending when all I'm really doing is trying to hide, keep it inside, fill it with lies. Open my eyes? Maybe I wish I could try. (Where Is Everybody, NIN)

Numb all through, I can still feel you. Hear your call, underneath it all. Kill my brain yet you still remain. Crucified, after all I've died, after all I've tried you are still inside. All I do I can still feel you. (Underneath It All, NIN)

Gonna take my time, I have all the time in the world, to make you mine, it is written in the stars above. (It's No Good, Depeche Mode)

I'll be fine, I'll be waiting patiently for you to see the signs and come running to my open arms. (Same)

Now everything is clear, I erase the fear. I can disappear, please I don't ever want to make it stop. You can never leave me, will you please complete me? (Please, NIN)

Need you, dream you, find you, taste you, fuck you, use you, scar you, break you. (Eraser, NIN)

Lose me, hate me, smash me, erase me, kill me. Kill me, kill me, kill me.(same)

And when you look in my eyes, please know my heart is in your hands. It's nothing I understand, but when in your arms you have complete power over me. So be gentle if you please because your hands are in my hair but my heart is in your teeth baby, and it makes me want to make you near me always. (Near You Always, Jewel. Every girl has this song on their quotes page, so now I do too.)

Past the mission, behind the prison tower, I once knew a hot girl. Past the mission, they're closing every hour, past the mission I smell the roses. (Past The Mission, Tori Amos with Trent Reznor on guest vocal)

She said they all think they know him well, she knew him better. Everyone wanted something from him, I did too but I shut my mouth, he just gave me a smile. (same)

So what do you do when somebody you're so devoted to suddenly just stops loving you? And it seems they havent got a clue of the pain that rejection is putting you through. (Breakdown, Mariah Carey)

In case you failed to notice, in case you failed to see, this is my heart bleeding before you, this is me down on my knees. And these foolish games are tearing me apart and your thoughtless words are breaking my heart, You're breaking my heart. (Foolish Games, Jewel)

You'd teach me of honest things, things that were daring, things that were clean, things that knew what an honest dollar did mean. I hid my soiled hands behind my back, somewhere along the line I must have gone off track with you. (same)

Turn to the gates of heaven, turn myself around, turn away from I. It's not enough, just a touch, it's not enough. I taste, I love, I bleed, I love, I hate, I'm now, I was, I want too much. Is it any wonder I can't sleep? All I have is all you gave to me. Is it any wonder I found peace through you? (Eye, Smashing Pumpkins)

Okay so it's five am and I still can't sleep. I took some medicine but it's not working. Someone's clinging to me and it's bittersweet, cause he's head over heels and it's still not that deep. (Crybaby, Mariah Carey)

Goodbye my friend, I know you're gone, you said you're gone but I can still feel you here. It's not the end, you gotta keep it strong before the pain turns into fear. So glad we made it, time will never change it. (Goodbye, Spice Girls)

I tell myself too many times why dont you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut? That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words that keep on falling from your mouth. (Why, Annie Lennox)

Let's go down to the water's edge and we can cast away those doubts. Some thngs are better left unsaid but they still turn me inside out. (same)

This is the joy that's seldom spread, these are the tears, the tears we shed, this is the fear, this is the dread, these are the contents of my head. And these are the years that we have spent and this is what they represent, and this is how I feel. Do you know how I feel? Because I don't think you know how I feel. (same)

I'm living in an empty room with all the windows smashed, and I've got so little left to lose that it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass. (Walking on Broken Glass, Annie Lennox)

I wouldn't know what to do with another chance if you gave it to me. I couldn't take the embrace of a real romance, it'd race right through me.

"Nice Jewish phone card Trissy!" (Corky the anti-semite)

And Rhia says shes dying, through the door I hear her crying, why, I don't know. And round here, we always stand up straight. Round here, something radiates. (Round Here, Counting Crows)

Rhia came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand, she said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis. And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land just like she's walking on a wire in the circus. (same)

She parks her car outside my house and takes her clothes off, says she's close to understanding Jesus. And she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood, she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous. (same)

Round here we talk just like lions, but we sacrifice like lambs. Round here, she's slipping through my hands. (same)

She said it's only in my head, she said, shhh I know. It's only in my head. But the girl on the car in the parking lot says man you should try to take a shot, can't you see my walls are crumbling? And she looks up at the building, says shes thinking of jumping, says shes tired of life, she must be tired of something. Round here she's always on my mind, round here hey man we got lots of time. Round here we're never sent to bed early, and nobody makes us wait. Round here we stay up very very very very very late. (same)

Was down into new amsterdam, staring at this yellow haired girl, mister jones strikes up a conversation with a black haired flamenco dancer. You know she dances while his father plays guitar, she'd suddenly beautiful, and we all want something beautiful, man I wish I was beautiful. (Mister Jones, Counting Crows)

My friend assures me, it's all or nothing. I am not worried, I am not overly concerned. My friend implores me, for one time only, make an exception. I am not worried. Wrap her up in a package of lies, send her off to a coconut island. (A song I don't know the title to, by Counting Crows.)

I am not worried, I am not overly concerned with the status of my emotions oh she says you're changing, and you were always changing, but it does not bother me to say this isn't love. Cuz if you don't wanna talk about it then it isn't love, and I guess I'm gonna have to live with that but I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey or something inbetween, and I can always change my name if that's what you mean. (same)

I am not worried if it's love she said, then I'm gonna have to think about the consequences, and she can't stop shaking and I can't stop touching her in this light. When kindness falls like rain, it washes her away, and Anna begins to change her mind. And seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days she said, and I'm not ready for this sort of thing. (same)

But I'm not gonna break, and I'm not gonna worry about it anymore, I'm not gonna bend. And I'm not gonna break, and I'm not gonna worry about it anymore, no, no, no, no. It seems like I should say, as long as this is love, but it's not all that easy, so maybe I should snap her up in a butterfly net, and pin her down on a photograph album. I am not worried cuz I've done this sort of thing before. (same)

But then I start to think about the consequences, and I don't get no sleep in a quiet room and this time, when kindness falls like rain, it washes me away, and Anna begins to change my mind. And every time she sneezes I believe it's love and oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing. (same)

She's talking in her sleep, it's keeping me awake, and Anna begins to toss and turn. And every word is nonsense but I understand it all, Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing. (same)

A cold charisma. Shotgun wedding. And I'm familiar with the kama sutra. She said yoo hoo. (Yoo Hoo, Imperial Teen)

All my life is on me now, hail the pages turning and the future's on the bound, hell don't know my fury. You're all I need, you're all I need. (On the Bound, Fiona Apple)

And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists. I never did anything to you man, but no matter what I try you'll beat me down with your bitter lies so call me crazy, hold me down, make me cry, get off now baby. It won't be long til you'll be lying limp in your own hand. (Limp, Fiona Apple)

I'm gonna make a mistake, I'm gonna do it on purpose. I'm gonna waste my time, cuz I'm full as a tick, and I'm scratching at the surface, and what I find is mine. And when the day is done, and I look back and the fact is I had fun fumbling around. All the advice I shunned, and I ran, when they told me not to run but I sure had some fun. (A Mistake, Fiona Apple)

I'm gonna fuck it up again, I'm gonna do another detour, unpave my path, and if you wanna make sense, what you looking at me for? I'm no good at math. (same)

I wouldn't know what to do with another chance, if you gave it to me. I couldn't take the embrace of a real romance, it'd race right through me. (The Way Things Are, Fiona Apple)

How many times do I have to say to get away? Get gone. Flip your shit past another lasses humble dwelling. You got your game, made your shot and you got away with a lot, but I'm not turned on. So put away that meat you're selling. (Get Gone, Fiona Apple)

How can I deal with this if he won't get with this? Am I gonna heal from this, he won't admit to it. It's nothing to figure out, I gotta get him out, it's time the truth was out that he don't give a shit about me. (same)

So be it, I'm your crowbar, if that's what I am so far, until you get out of this mess. And I will pretend, that I don't know of your sins, until you are ready to confess. But all the time, all the time, I'll know, I'll know. (I Know, Fiona Apple)

And you can use my skin to bury secrets in and I will settle you down. And at my own suggestion, I will ask no questions, while I do my thing in the background. But all the time, all the time, I'll know. (same)

So for the time being I'm being patient, and amidst this bitterness, if you'll just consider this, even if it don't make sense. Give it time, give it time. And when the crowd becomes your burden, and you've early closed your curtain, I'll wait by the backstage door. While you try to find the lines to speak your mind, and pry it open hoping for an encore. And if it gets too late, for me to wait, for you to find you love me and tell me so, it's okay, don't need to say it. (same)

Look at the stars look how they shine for you, and everything you do, yeah they were all yellow. I came along, I wrote a song for you, and all the things you do, and it was called yellow. So then I took my turn, oh what a thing to have done, and it was all yellow. Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones turn into something beautiful, and you know, you know I love you so. (Coldplay, Yellow)

I swam across, I jumped across for you, oh what a thing to do. Cuz you were all yellow. I drew a line, I drew a line for you, oh what a thing to do, and it was all yellow. Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones turn in to something beautiful and you know, for you I bleed myself dry. (same)

Overcome by your moving temple. Overcome by this holiest of altars. So pure, so rare to witness such an earthly goddess. And I lost my self control, beyond compelled to throw this dollar down before your holiest of altars. (Magdalena, A Perfect Circle)

I'd sell my soul, my self esteem a dollar at a time, for one chance, one kiss, one taste of you my black Madonna. (same)

Difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed and passed over but I look right through you, see you naked but oblivious, and you dont see me. But I threw you the obvious just to see if theres more behind the eyes of a fallen angel, eyes of a tragedy. Here I am expecting just a little bit too much from the wounded, but I see, see through it all, see through, see you. Cuz I threw you the obvious just to see what occurs behind the eyes of a fallen angel, eyes of a tragedy, oh well. Oh well. Apparently nothing. Apparently nothing at all. (Three Libras, A Perfect Circle)

And I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it, but I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without you. But in reality I'm slowly losing my mind, underneath the guise of a smile gradually I'm dying inside. Friends ask me how I feel, and I lie convincingly, because I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering. So I wear my disguise til I go home at night and turn out all the lights and then I break down and cry. (Breakdown, Mariah Carey)

When you gonna make up your mind? When you gonna love you as much as I do? When you gonna make up your mind? Cuz things are gonna change so fast, all the white horses are still in bed, I tell you that I'll alwatys want you near, you say that things change my dear. (Winter, Tori Amos)

Hair is grey and the fires are burning, so many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me, I always wanted that myself.... All the white horses have gone ahead, I tell you that I'll always want you near, you say that things change my dear. (same)

I am cool, cool as the deep blue ocean. I am lost, so I am cruel, but I'd be love and sweetness if I had you. I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you.... I am weak, but I am strong, I can use my tears to bring you home. (Milk, Garbage)

All the accidents that happen follow the dots, coincidence makes sense only with you.... All that no one sees you see, whats inside of me. Every nerve that hurts you heal deep inside of me. You dont have to speak I feel emotional landscapes... they puzzle me and confuse and then the riddle gets solved and you push me up to this state of emergency. (Bjork, Joga)

Stand up, you've got to manage. I won't sympathize any more. And if you complain once more, you'll meet an army of me. You're alright, there's nothing wrong, self sufficience please. And get to work. (Bjork, Army of Me)

We live on a mountain, right at the top. This beautiful view, from the top of the mountain. Every morning I walk towards the edge, and throw little things off. Like car parts bottles and cutlery or whatver I find lying around. It's become a habit, a way to start the day. (Bjork, Hyper-ballad)

It's early morning, no one is awake. I'm back at my cliff, still throwing things off. I listen to the sounds they make on their way down. I follow with my eyes til they crash. I imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks. And when it lands will my eyes be closed or open? I go through all this before you wake up so I can feel happier to be safe up here with you. (same)

You'll be given love, you'll be taken care of. You'll be given love, you'll have to trust it, maybe not from the sources you've poured yours into, maybe not from the directions you are staring at. Turn your head around, it's all around you. All is full of love, all around you. All is full of love, you just ain't receiving. All is full of love, your phone is off the hook, your doors are shut. (All is Full of Love, Bjork)

It's not right, but it's okay, I'm gonna make it anyway. Pack your bags, up and leave, don't you dare come running back to me. Close the door behind you, leave your key, I'd rather be alone than unhappy. (It's Not Right, Whitney Houston)

I pretend that I'm glad you went away, these four walls closing more every day, and I'm dying inside and nobody knows it but me. Like a clown I put on a show, the pain is real even though nobody knows and I"m crying inside and nobody knows it but me. (Tony Rich Project, Nobody Knows)

Why didn't I say the things I needed to say? How could I let my angel get away? Now my world is just crumbling down, I could say it so clearly but you're nowhere around. The nights are lonely, the days are so sad, I just keep thinking about the love that we had, and I'm missing you and nobody knows it but me. I carry a smile when I'm broken in two and I'm nobody without someone like you, I'm trembling inside and nobody knows it but me. (same)

I lie awake it's a quarter past three, I'd scream in the night if I thought you'd hear me, yeah my heart is calling you, and nobody knows it but me. How blue can I get? You could ask my heart, I'm like a jigsaw puzzle that's been torn all apart. A million words couldn't say just how I feel, a million years from now you know I'll be loving you still. (same)

I keep crying, I keep trying for you. There's nothing like you and I baby. This is no ordinary love, no ordinary love. (No Ordinary Love, Sade)