Belle and Sebastian
Get me away from here, I'm dying
["If you're feeling sinister", 1996]

Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying
Play me a song to set me free
Nobody writes them like they used to
So it may as well be me
Here on my own now after hours
Here on my own now on a bus
Think of it this way
You could either be successful or be us
With our winning smiles, and us
With our catchy tunes, and us
Now we're photogenic
You know, we don't stand a chance

Oh, I'll settle down with some old story
About a boy who's just like me
Thought there was love in everything and everyone
You're so naive!
They always reach a sorry ending
They always get it in the end.
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then
With a winning smile, the boy
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment, I cried
I always cry at endings

Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all
From where I'm sitting, rain
Falling against the lonely tenement
Has set my mind to wander
Into the windows of my lovers
They never know unless I write
"This is no declaration, I just thought I'd let you know goodbye"
Said the hero in the story
"It is mightier than swords
I could kill you sure
But I could only make you cry with these words"
get me away i'm dying

Juliette And The Licks
Death of a whore
["Four on the floor", 2006]

I feel dirty and cheap like I'm built from the street
Fresh blood and dead meat another child's been beat
Yesterday is always too far away
And all my tomorrows won't save me today
High heels clippin like clattering cans
You'll find the mark in the shadow of a man
I've been wronged by my wrongs again, oh lord

All my life has come and gone disappeared my mind
And I can't right my wrongs
I felt like nothing was real all tattered and blue like a gutted sheep
And oh I'm having visions again

Hawk eyes stare down a vacent hall
Down on your knees head blind to the call
One two oh surprise there's four
Locked in a room I ran for the door
Come on bitch or should I call you a whore
Knocked to the floor my head opened and poured
I been raped and battered and stuffed like a dog
A ravaged animal, a slaughtered hog
Black turns to white am I talking to god

All my life has come and gone disapeared my mind
And I can't right my wrongs
I felt like nothing was real all tattered and blue like a gutted sheep
And oh I'm having visions again

Fuck fuck fuck fuck you and fuck you and fuck you some more
Fuck you and fuck you and fuck you some more
Fuck you and fuck you and fuck you some more
Fuck you and fuck you and fuck you some more
Fuck you and fuck you and fuck you some more
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you some more

Hush hush little girl don't you cry
Oh my god wash from me please
Grace me my god, oh my god wash from me

Radiohead
True love waits
["I might be wrong-Live recordings", 2001]

I'll drown my beliefs
To have you be in peace
I'll dress like your niece
To wash your swollen feet

Just don't leave, don't leave

I'm not living
I'm just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kiss and smile

Just don't leave, don't leave

And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps

Just lonely, lonely..
Just don't leave, don't leave

Radiohead
Stop whispering
["Pablo Honey", 1993]

And the wise man say "I don't want to hear your voice"
And the thin man say "I don't want to hear your voice"
And they're cursing me, and they won't let me be
And there's nothing to say, and there's nothing to do

Stop whispering, start shouting
Stop whispering, start shouting

And the mother say we spit on your son some more
And the buildings say we spit on your face some more
And the feeling is that there's something wrong
Because I can't find the words and I can't find the songs

Stop whispering, start shouting
Stop whispering, start shouting

Dear Sir, I have a complaint

Dear Sir, I have a complaint
Can't remember what it is

It doesn't matter

It doesn't matter

Stop whispering
Stop whispering
Stop whispering
Stop whispering, start shouting

Manic Street Preachers
Autumnsong
["Send away the tigers", 2007]

Wear your eyes as dark as night
Paint your face with what you like
Wear your love like it’s made of hate
Born to destroy and born to create

Now baby what have you done to your hair
Is it just the same time of year
When you think that you don’t really care
Now baby what have you done to your hair

So when you hear this autumnsong
Clear your heads and get ready to run
So when you hear this autumnsong
Remember the best times are yet to come

Now baby what have you done to your hair
Is it just the same time of year
When you think that you don’t really care
Now baby what have you done to your hair

Wear your eyes as dark as night
Paint your face with what you like
Wear your love like it’s made of hate
Born to destroy and born to create

So when you hear this autumnsong
Clear your heads and get ready to run
So when you hear this autumnsong
Remember the best times are yet to come

So wear your hair in bunches
And your jacket loose
So when you hear this autumnsong
Clear your heads and get ready to run…

Pearl Jam
Wishlist
["Yield", 1998]

I wish I was a neutron bomb for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The Christmas tree I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence I wish I was the grounds
For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up
I wish...
I wish...

Smashing Pumpkins
Mayonaise
["Siamese dream", 1993]

Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling

So bad
When I can, I will
Words defy the plan
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Babyshambles
Merry go round
["Down in Albion", 2005]

You have always thinking of her
You're in love and you don't know what to say
But I saw her at the fair and she feels the same way
She was married by the merry-go-round

The merry-go-round
How merrily we go round
How merrily we go round
The merry-go-round

He was the first one of the day
He was the last one of the night
Oh hold me tight, hold me tight

They said you were wrongened
But I can see in your eyes
How you are gentle and wise
And you had the good stuff
Oh there's a parade of girls outside
That boy's so shy
Why'd you punch out his lights?

He was the first one of the day
He was the last one of the night
Oh mop it up, she'll be alright
Mop it up, she'll be alright

There's a parade on the hall outside
Come on and feel the air outside

Said what I like most about you Pete, is your girlfriend and your shoes
And it's nearly half past five
Can we swap again
Half past five, can we swap again

Oh there's a parade of girls outside
That boy's so shy, why'd you punch out his light?

You should get some sun on your face
You've been sitting like a lord in the bath for days
It's getting so I don't even know you

We get away with doing the little that we can
We mustn't take it too far my friend
The Albion needs every man woman and child she can get her hands on

Air
You make it easy
["Moon safari", 1998]

"Never been here- How about you ? "
You smile at my answer
You've given me the chance
To be held and understood

You leave me laughing without crying
There's no use denying
For many times I've tried
Love has never felt as good

Be it downtown or way up in the air
When your heart's pounding
You know that I'm aware

You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy

How'd you do it ? How'd you find me ?
How did I find you ?
How can this be true ?
To be held and understood

Keep it coming- no one's running
The lesson I'm learning
'Cause blessings are deserved
By the trust that always could

Be it downtown or way up in the air
When your heart's pounding
You know that I'm aware

You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy

You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy

Tool
Ænima
["Ænima", 1996]

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

Silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna watch it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
suck it down.
flush it down.

Bruce Springsteen
Born to run
["Born to run", 1975]

In the day we sweat it out on the streets
of a runaway american dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory
in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin out
over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop,
baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild,
girl I want to know if love is real

Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones
scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes
on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run

Babyshambles
You talk
["Shotters nation", 2007]

You talk,
you talk a good game
Wish I could talk the same
A song is just a game
I'm getting good at cheating at

You talk,
yes you talk a good game
Won't you teach me the same
Oh I'd love to explain,
like showing your hand and all about

Oh well I know, I know, I know
I know and so and so and so
So what I suppose it's got to

Oh well I never said it was clever
I just like gettin' leathered
Looking for the light
The light behind your eyes

You talk,
you talk a good game
Wish I could talk the same
A song is just a game
I'm getting good at cheating at

Utah,
remember Utah in the rain
And those little red shoes
and some kid with the blues
Who gets right on your tits
you just grin and bear it

Oh well I know, I know, I know
I know it's wrong and so and so and so
So what I suppode it's got to

Oh well I never said it was clever
I just like gettin' leathered
Looking for the light the light behind your eyes

Bevan, he drops stones from heaven
L O R D for ever
And the love, the love behind your eyes

You talk, you talk a good game
You talk, you talk a good game
You talk, you talk a good game
You talk, you talk a good game

Will I never, ever said it was clever
I just like getting leathered
Looking for the light
The light behind your eyes

Bevan, he drops stones from heaven
L O R D for ever
And the love behind your eyes

Vinicio Capossela
Ultimo amore
["Modì", 1991]

Fresca era l'aria di giugno
e la notte sentiva l'estate arrivar
Tequila, Mariachi e Sangria
la fiesta invitava a bere e a ballar
lui curvo e curioso taceva
una storia d'amore cercava
guardava le donne degli altri
parlare e danzare

e quando la notte è ormai morta
gli uccelli sono soliti il giorno annunciar
le coppie abbracciate son prime
a lasciare la fiesta per andarsi ad amar
la pista ormai vuota restava
lui stanco e sudato aspettava
lei per scherzo girò la sua gonna
e si mise a danzar

lei aveva occhi tristi e beveva
volteggiava e rideva ma pareva soffrir
lui parlava stringeva ballava
guardava quegli occhi e provava a capir
e disse son zoppo per amore
la donna mia m'ha spezzato il cuore
lei disse il cuore del mio amore
non batterà mai più

e dopo al profumo dei fossi
a lui parve in quegli occhi potere veder
lo stesso dolore che spezza le vene
che lascia sfiniti la sera
la luna altre stelle pregava
che l'alba imperiosa cacciava
lei raccolse la gonna spaziosa
e ormai persa ogni cosa
presto lo seguì

piangendo urlando e godendo
quella notte lei con lui si unì
spingendo, temendo e abbracciando quella notte
lui con lei capì
che non era avvizzito il suo cuore
e già dolce suonava il suo nome
sciolse il suo voto d'amore
e a lei si donò

poi d'estate bevendo e scherzando
una nuova stagione a lui parve venir
lui parlava inventava giocava
lei a volte ascoltava e si pareva divertir
ma giunta che era la sera
girata nel letto piangeva
pregava potere dal suo amore
riuscire a ritornar

e un giorno al profumo dei fossi
lui invano aspettò di vederla arrivar
scendeva ormai il buio e trovava
soltanto la rabbia e il silenzio di sera
la luna altre stelle pregava
che l'alba imperiosa cacciava
restava l'angoscia soltanto
e il feroce rimpianto
per non vederla ritornar

il treno è un lampo infuocato
se si guarda impazziti il convoglio venir
un momento, un pensiero affannato
e la vita è rapita senza altro soffrir
la poteron riconoscere soltanto
dagli anelli bagnati dal suo pianto
il pianto di quell'ultimo suo amore
dovuto abbandonar

lui non disse una sola parola
no, non dalla sua gola un sospiro fuggì
i gendarmi son bruschi nei modi
se da questi episodi non han da ricavar
così resto solo a ricordare
il liquore pareva mai finire
e dentro quel vetro rivide
una notte d'amor

quando dopo al profumo dei fossi
a lui parve in quegli occhi potere veder
lo stesso dolore che spezza le vene
che lascia sfiniti la sera
la luna altre stelle pregava
che l'alba imperiosa cacciava
a lui restò solo il rancore
per quel breve suo amore
che mai dimenticò

The Libertines
What became of the likely lads
["The Libertines", 2004]

Please don't get me wrong
See I forgive you in a song
Will call the Likely Lads
But if it's left to you
I know exactly what you'd do
With all the dreams we had

Just blood runs thicker, oh
We're as thick as thieves, you know
If that's important to you
It's important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't wanna know
You don't want to know!

If you pipe all summer long
Then get forgiven in a song
Well that's a touch, my lad

They sold the rights to all the wrongs
And when they knew you'd give me songs
Welcome back, I said

The blood runs thicker, oh
We're as thick as thieves, you know
If that's important to you
It's important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't wanna know
You don't want to know!

Oh what became of the Likely Lads?
What became of the dreams we had?
Oh what became of forever?
Oh what became of forever?
Though, we'll never know

Please don't get me wrong
See I forgive you in a song
Will call the Likely Lads

We all bought the ones
We taught 'em all we wrote the songs
That's filled with dreams we have

But blood runs thicker, oh
We're as thick as thieves, you know
If that's important to you
It's important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't wanna know
You don't want to know!

Oh what became of the Likely Lads?
What became of the dreams we had?
Oh what became of forever?
Oh what became of forever?
We'll never know!

But blood runs thicker, oh
We're as thick as thieves, you know
If that's important to you
It's important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't wanna know
You don't want to know!

Oh what became of the Likely Lads?
What became of the dreams we had?
Oh what became of forever?
Oh what became of forever?
We'll never know!

The Strokes
Barely legal
["Is this it", 2001]

I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
Oh, Momma running out of luck
Like my sister, don't give a fuck

I wanna steal your innocence
To me, my life, it don't make sense
Those strange manners, I loved 'em so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat?

I should've worked much harder
I should've just not bothered
I never show up on weekdays
Something that you learned yesterday

Drive you to work; you'll be on time
These little problems they're not yours and mine,
Come on and listen to what I say
I've got some secrets that'll make you stay

I just want to turn you down
I just want to turn you around
Oh, you ain't never had nothin' I wanted, but...
I want it all
I just can't figure out...
Nothing

And all together it went well
We made pretend we were best friends
Then she said, "Oh, you're a freak,"
They ordered me to make mistakes
Together again, like the beginning
It all works somehow in the end
The things we did, the things you hide
For the record it's between you and I

Oh, I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
Oh, Momma running out of luck
Like my sister, don't give a fuck

I wanna steal your innocence
To me my life, it just don't make any sense
Those strange manners, I loved 'em so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat?

I just want to misbehave
I just want to be your slave
Oh, you ain't never had nothing I wanted, but...
I want it all
I just can't figure out...
Nothin'

And all together it went well
We made pretend we were best friends
Then she said, "Oh, I can wait"
They ordered me to make mistakes
Together again like the beginning
It all works somehow in the end
The things we did, the things you hide
And for the record, it's between you and I

Radiohead
All I need
["In rainbows", 2007]

i’m the next act
waiting in the wings
i’m an animal
trapped in your hot car
i am all the days
that you choose to ignore

you are all i need
you’re all i need
i’m in the middle of your picture
lying in the reeds

i am a moth
who just wants to share your light
i’m just an insect
trying to get out of the night
i only stick with you
because there are no others

you are all i need
you’re all I need
i’m in the middle of your picture
lying in the reeds

it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
it’s all right
it’s all wrong
it’s all right

Radiohead
How to disappear completely
["Kid A", 2000]

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
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

The Smashing Pumpkins
Perfect
["Adore", 1998]

I know
We're just like old friends
We just can't pretend
That lovers make amends

We are
reasons so unreal
We can't help but feel
That something has been lost

But please
You know you're just like me
Next time
I promise we'll be

Perfect
Perfect
Perfect
Strangers down the line
Lovers out of time
Memories unwind

So far
I still know who you are
But now
I wonder who I was

Angel, you know it's not the end
We'll always be good friends
The letters have been sent on

So please
You always were so free
You'll see
I promise we'll be

Perfect
Perfect
Strangers when we meet
Strangers on the street
Lovers while we sleep

Perfect
You know this has to be
We always were so free
We promised that we'd be

Perfect
Perfect
Perfect

Snow Patrol
Chasing cars
["Eyes open", 2006]

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
I said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
to remind me
to find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Slipknot
Spit it out
["Slipknot", 1999]
 
Since you never gave a damn in the first place
Maybe it's time you had the tables turned
Cuz in the interest of all involved I got the problem solved
And the verdict is guilty...
 
...MAN NEARLY KILLED ME
Steppin' where you fear to tread
Stop, drop and roll - you were DEAD FROM THE GIT-GO!
BIG MOUTH FUCKER - STUPID COCKSUCKER
Are you scared of me now? Then you're dumber than I thought
Always is, never was
Foundation made of piss and vinegar
Step to me, I'll smear ya -Think I fear ya? BULLSHIT!
Just another dumb punk chompin' at this tit
Is there any way to break through the noise?
Was it something that I said that got you bent?
It's gotta be that way if you want it
Sanity, Literal Profanity HIT ME!
 
SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out
 
Maybe it's the way you spread a lotta rumour fodder
Keepin' all your little spies and leavin' when you realise
Step up, fairy
I guess it's time to bury your ass with the chrome
Straight to the dome
You heard me right, bitch, I didn't stutter
If you know what's good - sit, shut up and beg, brother
Backstab - Don't you know who you're dissin'?
Side swipe - we know THE ASS THAT YOU'RE KISSIN'!
BIGIDY-BIGGIDY BITCH BOY, HALFWAY HAUSER
Can't hear shit cuz I keep gettin' louder
Step up, and you get a face full o' tactic
Lippin' off hard, goin' home in a basket
You got no pull, no power, no NUTHIN'
Now you start shit? Well, ain't that somethin'?
Payoffs don't protect, and you can't hide if you want
But I'LL FIND YOU - Comin' up behind you!
 
SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out
 
'Bout time I set this record straight
All the needlenose punchin' is makin' me irate
Sick o' my bitchin' fallin' on deaf ears
Where YOU gonna be in the next five years?
The crew and all the fools, and all the politix
Get your lips ready, gonna gag, gonna make you sick
You got DICK when they passed out the good stuff
Bam
Are you sick of me? GOOD ENOUGH - HAD ENOUGH
 
FUCK ME! I'm all out of enemies!
FUCK ME! I'm all out of enemas!
 
SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out