Meme! Meme! Meme!
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amatyultareSo, at first I looked this meme and felt that it was way too hard. But...by the time I went through my iTunes library, my only problem was narrowing it down to *just* five. I went with the ones with lyrics that made the most sense outside of my own head, lol. It strikes me that my list is fairly depressing, but whatever....
If you listen more to lyrics rather than the beat, list the near-top 5 important songs that have really spoken to you or given you a new perspective in the past five years. Below the title, type the focal stanza(s) from the song.
In no particular order (okay, I lied. In alphabetical order by album title as that's how my iTunes library is currently organized):
1. Mad World, Gary Jules version (aka the Donnie Darko angsty song). I suppose the lyrics don't actually apply as much to my life as possible, but still....
and i find it kinda funny, i find it kinda sad
the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had
i find it hard to tell you, i find it hard to take
when people run in circles, it's a very very mad world
2. Clark Gable by The Postal Service.
i want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real
and i want life in every word to teh extent that it's absurd
i know you're wise beyond your years but do you ever get the fear
that your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?
3. Little by Something Corporate. It was so hard for me to just pick one Something Corporate song, since they may be my favorite band. It's even harder since their lyrics tend to be more on the....abstract side, shall we say. Hence, the longer-than-average 'quote'.
climbing out of the sky, a man who could fly
and a painting anyone could play
it's a comic book crush that taught you to trust
staring out of the stands at a rock and roll band
and a hero no one else could save
it was never much but it's all that you gave
and i wonder if you wonder
or did your stars finally explode?
did the thunder pull you underneath the haze?
i'm amazed, then i let go.
and little minds let little pains
burn big old dreams with little flames
and you don't think i understand
little holes in parachutes
won't leave you falling
if they do
it's because you wanna land.
4. I Am Sound by The Dandy Warhols
for i have built a castle
on believing before i doubt
i have suffered but my friends say
i have learned from it...
but where are all the songs
for me to sing along?
i am hoping someone writes one for me
and sings me something sweetly
for i promise to sing along
then we'll both know nothing's wrong
5. Love Underground by Rustic Overtones. I think it says something that I didn't have to listen to this song to post the lyrics because I had them *saved* on a stickie (gotta love those). No one ever seems to have heard of this band, which is sad :-(
Devil left the party with an angel,
And love left the party with greed.
Innocence left the party with hateful,
And you left the party with me.
But on the way home...
A white bird left the gala with violence,
And papa left the party with mama in silence.
The weak were holding hands with defiance,
Each one molding their plans in alliance.
But on the way home we couldn't see,
Now we'll never find each other in these busy streets.
Love is underground and it doesn't make a sound,
Digging in the dirt when falling down,
I pulled up love from underground.
It was deep beneath the streets,
Beneath the boots that beat concrete.
I always looked up to the sky in hopes for you and I.
If you listen more to lyrics rather than the beat, list the near-top 5 important songs that have really spoken to you or given you a new perspective in the past five years. Below the title, type the focal stanza(s) from the song.
In no particular order (okay, I lied. In alphabetical order by album title as that's how my iTunes library is currently organized):
1. Mad World, Gary Jules version (aka the Donnie Darko angsty song). I suppose the lyrics don't actually apply as much to my life as possible, but still....
and i find it kinda funny, i find it kinda sad
the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had
i find it hard to tell you, i find it hard to take
when people run in circles, it's a very very mad world
2. Clark Gable by The Postal Service.
i want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real
and i want life in every word to teh extent that it's absurd
i know you're wise beyond your years but do you ever get the fear
that your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?
3. Little by Something Corporate. It was so hard for me to just pick one Something Corporate song, since they may be my favorite band. It's even harder since their lyrics tend to be more on the....abstract side, shall we say. Hence, the longer-than-average 'quote'.
climbing out of the sky, a man who could fly
and a painting anyone could play
it's a comic book crush that taught you to trust
staring out of the stands at a rock and roll band
and a hero no one else could save
it was never much but it's all that you gave
and i wonder if you wonder
or did your stars finally explode?
did the thunder pull you underneath the haze?
i'm amazed, then i let go.
and little minds let little pains
burn big old dreams with little flames
and you don't think i understand
little holes in parachutes
won't leave you falling
if they do
it's because you wanna land.
4. I Am Sound by The Dandy Warhols
for i have built a castle
on believing before i doubt
i have suffered but my friends say
i have learned from it...
but where are all the songs
for me to sing along?
i am hoping someone writes one for me
and sings me something sweetly
for i promise to sing along
then we'll both know nothing's wrong
5. Love Underground by Rustic Overtones. I think it says something that I didn't have to listen to this song to post the lyrics because I had them *saved* on a stickie (gotta love those). No one ever seems to have heard of this band, which is sad :-(
Devil left the party with an angel,
And love left the party with greed.
Innocence left the party with hateful,
And you left the party with me.
But on the way home...
A white bird left the gala with violence,
And papa left the party with mama in silence.
The weak were holding hands with defiance,
Each one molding their plans in alliance.
But on the way home we couldn't see,
Now we'll never find each other in these busy streets.
Love is underground and it doesn't make a sound,
Digging in the dirt when falling down,
I pulled up love from underground.
It was deep beneath the streets,
Beneath the boots that beat concrete.
I always looked up to the sky in hopes for you and I.
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Date: 2005-11-22 03:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-22 03:18 am (UTC)Speaking of 'issues', I had this *great* mini-confrontation with my mom this weekend about, of all things, overdue library books. It went something like this:
Mom: You're acting irrationally!
Me: .... and where have you been the last eleven months?
Mom: So, stop it!
Me: Gee, I never thought of *that*! Excuse me while I return these books.
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Date: 2005-11-22 04:14 am (UTC)