‘TEN’ BY PEARL JAM : STARTER SENTENCES !
I switched up the phrasing of some of the lyrics to make sense ; feel free to change things to suit your needs, like pronouns, tenses, etc. Warning for explicit lyrics , gun mentions , general sadness , blah blah .
ONCE .
"I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes." "Once upon a time I could control myself." "You think I got my eyes closed, but I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time." "Once upon a time I could love myself." "Once upon a time I could love you."
EVEN FLOW .
"Maybe he'll see a little better set of days." "He can't help that when he's happy he looks insane." "Thoughts arrive like butterflies." "You're praying to something that has never showed you anything."
ALIVE .
"Oh, have I got a little story for you." "While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen, your real daddy was dying." "I'm still alive." "I'm ready for you." "I can't remember anything to this very day." "Is something wrong?" "I'm still alive, but oh, do I deserve to be?" "Is that the question?"
WHY GO .
"Maybe someday another child won't feel as alone as I do." "It's been two years and counting." "She's been diagnosed by some stupid fuck." "Why go home?" "She seems to be stronger, but what they want her to be is weak." "Don't come visit." "What you taught me put me here."
BLACK .
"And all I taught her was everything." "I know she gave me all that she wore." "The pictures have all been washed in black." "Twisted thoughts spin around my head." "Now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything." "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, and I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why can't it be, can't it be mine?"
JEREMY .
"The dead lay in pools of maroon below." "Daddy didn't give attention to the fact that Mommy didn't care." "I remember picking on the boy." "We unleashed a lion." "How could I forget?" "Try to forget this."
OCEANS .
"We're allowed to dream of the next time we touch." "You don't have to stray two oceans away." "Please stand by the shore." "I will be there once more."
PORCH .
"What the fuck is this world running to?" "You didn't leave a message." "At least I could have learned your voice one last time." "Would you hit me?" "Take a good look." "This could be the day." "Hold my hand."
GARDEN .
"I don't question our existence, I just question our modern needs." "After all is done, we're still alone." "I don't show, I don't share, I don't need what you have to give." "I don't know, I don't care, I don't need you for me to live."
RELEASE .
"I see the world and feel the chill." "Oh, dear dad, can you see me now?" "I am myself, but still like you somehow." "I'll ride the wave where it takes me." "I'll hold on to the pain." "I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me." "I'll open up." "Release me."