A Playlist In Lyrics

"What happens when you lose everything? You just start again, you start all over again."

"You lock the door and throw away the key. There's someone in my head but it's not me."

"Tried to turn the sauna up hotter, drank a whole jar of holy water, but it wont let go."

"I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes. And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I’d said."

"Our mother has been absent ever since we founded Rome, but there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home."

"Praise you boy, come with me, this is where black flowers grow. I am the spaces in between."

"Desk clerk told me girl was washed up, was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now."

"Maybe you'll go away and never call. And a taste of honey is worse than none at all."

"Some of them lose and some of them lose. But that's what they want and that's what they choose."

"One day I’ll grow up, I’ll feel the power in me. One day I’ll grow up, of this I’m sure."

"In my silly mind I've gotten married to you. You're across town, don't even have a clue."

"If I ran away, I'd never have the strength to go very far. How would they hear the beating of my heart?"

"Maybe I didn’t hold you all those lonely, lonely times. And I guess I never told you I’m so happy that you’re mine."

"I'm going where the sun keeps shining through the pouring rain. Going where the weather suits my clothes."

"And now you're gonna go out and get yourself a reputation. But I'm gonna have to show you where to start."

"And the power's out in the heart of man. Take it from your heart, put it in your hand"

"The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice. And someone way down here loses someone dear"

"Can you see the beauty inside of me? What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?"

"There's nothing to say, I get in the way, still unable to break obsession."

"This is not what I'm like, this is not what I do. This is not what I'm like, I think I'm falling for you."

Posted by Hg on Wednesday 22 June 2005 at 07:58.
Received 6 comments so far.

Recognised three; can hum a fourth, without being able to place it.

Comment by mike on Wednesday 22 June 2005 at 13:39.

Hmmm not in order I get... Abba, Pet Shop Boys/Elvis/Willie Nelson, Patti Smith (?), Pink Floyd, Nilsson and a couple of others.. that are annoying me now... dammit...

And is the last one self-penned? (or did you just forget the " ")??

Comment by Gordon on Wednesday 22 June 2005 at 15:17.

God I'm so crap at this blogging thing. Why didn't I realise that I could turn this into an interactive "How many can you spot?" game?

I just liked the exercise of pulling out the most striking (to me) lines from each song. But now I'm intrigued. Mike, what was the one you can't place?

Gordon, thanks for the punctuation heads-up. Now corrected.

I'll post a list of all artsts/songs in a couple of days in this comments box, but for now... how many can you spot?

Using Google would be cheating, of course.

Comment by Hg on Wednesday 22 June 2005 at 20:00.

This would work way better for me if my brain hadn't melted with the heat so I can't remember the titles/artists for the stuff I recognise :)

Comment by pixeldiva on Wednesday 22 June 2005 at 22:12.

Antony & the Johnsons; Mountain Goats. Only two I can get off the top of my head... because I'm listening to both of those obsessively these days.

Comment by ModSue on Thursday 23 June 2005 at 03:32.

Later than originally anticipated and from the top down, the songs are:

Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
Erykah Badu - I Want You
Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
Mountain Goats - Up The Wolves
Ben Christophers - The Spaces In Between
Patti Smith - Redondo Beach
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me
Anthony & The Johnsons - For Today I Am A Boy
Martha Wainwright - Don't Forget
Madonna - Live To Tell
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
Beautiful South - Everybody's Talkin'
Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood 3 (Power Cut)
Abba - The Winner Takes It All
U2 - City Of Blinding Lights
James - English Beefcake
Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me

Comment by Hg on Thursday 30 June 2005 at 22:59.

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