Indie Poems

When I listen to music I read along with the lyrics. A lot of times it seems that music lyrics could easily pass as poetry, so this is a blog dedicated to lyrics as poetry.

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She Bangs The Drums

I can feel the Earth begin to move. I hear my needle hit the groove And spiral through another day. I hear my song begin to say,

“Kiss me where the sun don't shine. The past was yours, But the future's mine. You're all out of time.” I don't feel too steady on my feet. I feel hollow, I feel weak. Passion fruit and holy bread Fill my guts and ease my head. Through the early morning sun, I can see her here she comes. She bangs the drums. Have you seen her, have you heard? The way she plays there are no words To describe the way I feel. How could it ever come to pass? She'll be the first she'll be the last To describe the way I feel, The way I feel.

-The Stone Roses

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Something Soon

Biting my clothes to keep from screaming.  Taking pills to keep from dreaming. I want to break something important. I want to kick my dad in the shins. I was referring to the present in past tense.  It was the only way that I could survive it. I want to close my head in the car door. I want to sing this song like I'm dying. Heavy boots on my throat I need,  I need something soon.

-Car Seat Headrest

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Blonde Hair, Black Lungs

When you told me you were leaving, Well, I couldn't feel my mouth, Because all I'll ever be is someone else. 

As I watched you walk away, I felt something in me change. My heart froze over, all emotion dripped away.

So I drove home, At a hundred miles an hour, Just to see what it feels like to fly. I crashed my car, Into someone else's backyard, Just to see what it feels like to die. When you told me that you missed me, Well i couldn't close my eyes, Because I realized what it felt like to die. 'Cause all you'll ever be Is a nightmare and a wet dream, A reason to smile from six feet under ground. 

-Sorority Noise

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Dopamine

Shots wringing out, I'm soaking. Eardrums shaking, years start weighing me down. Buried deep in a heroin sleep. Floating deeper underground, Passing out, running in place. You're the sun and I was your cloud. Burning out, running in place Got so high I finally felt like myself. Would you give your 81st year For a glimpse of heaven, now and here? Would you give your 60th year For a glimpse of heaven, now and here? Would you give your 45th year For a glimpse of heaven, now and here? Would you give your 34th year For a glimpse of heaven, now and here?

-DIIV

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Breaker

Christ or credit? What's the price? What's the edit? I'm alive. I don't credit the source.

I just drive And then the fog rolls in, And then they're blind. My enemies They're just trying, Trying to kill me. Breaking the waves again, And though I try. The ocean is strong, I cannot stem the tide. Breaking the waves again, And though I try. I can't seem to stem the tide, Although I try. I try.

-Deerhunter

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Flowers Everywhere

I'm glad it's not over, But how can you know? How can you know? Come out of shame. Can't you tell me why? Tell me how it ought to be. It was fun for a while. Over and over tell me I can't begin again. I was in this to begin. Go along and fit right in. I was out there in the sun. All the time I had it right in.

-Balkans

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Bloody Bandaid

I like you and I like the way you smell. And I wanna go to shows at the smell with you. And all I wanna do is hold your hand. And all I wanna do is play in the sand.

Powerpuff girls and pizza on my backpack. And kiss you and give you raspberries on your fat. And I like you. And we can crack jokes about poo too. 

And I like you. I had a crush on you. And now I have this weird bloody bandaid. And I've got the pin that your band made. And I feel weird. 

-Cherry Glazerr

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Tearing Me Up

I wanted to know her. Yeah, she was making me lose my mind. I didn't know quite what I was chasing. She left my heart racing And all between it was just one night.

I don't know what you want from me, So careless in my company. Oh if all that you say is true There'll be no getting over you. So beat down playing by your rules, If you're a joker then I'm a fool. I guess there's no catching up to you.

If you don't want my affection Don't lie, you're tearing me up. ‘Cause you got all my attention. I won't lie, you're tearing me up.

-Bob Moses

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Space Age Love Song

I saw your eyes And you made me smile. For a little while, I was falling in love.

I saw your eyes And you touched my mind. Although it took a while, I was falling in love.

I saw your eyes And you made me cry And for a little while I was falling in love

I was falling in love

-Flock of Seagulls

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Broken Necks

All the eagles I still haven't seen and the trees proudly alive and green.  I could swear they are there just for you and me. Whether friends or in love there's an indisputable beauty.

While you were breaking your neck trying to keep your head up,  I was breaking my neck just to stick it out for you.

If the distance between us grows too strong,  I would saturate silence with your song. 'Cause you'd rub my back 'til the skin smoothed out,  Smoother than the glass that the sea spits out And don't forget to take your shirt off, run into the water. 

The birds are singing louder and the days are getting longer. Open up your hands and accept that this has ended. "Nothing in this world is holier than friendship.”

-Eskimeaux

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Sleeper

The look on you makes me want to Fall into a deep sleep Where no one knows me. My heart is way too heavy. Take me where i'm not so unsteady. I need, oh I need a part of me I can't seem to reach. I'll look for where My eyes won't dare. I can't find what's wrong with me This time.

-Forth Wanderers

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Hard to Love

Tell me why when you look me in the eye, Why do I feel like I want to die? I've been at work all day in the pouring rain Just to give you something you'll forget. And I would never hate you, but you're hard to love. And I would never leave you, but you're hard to love. And I don't know why after all this time Every single song I sing is about you. And you walk away, you just walk away, But I still make your bed And you still leave me for dead. And I would never hate you, but you're hard to love. And I would never leave you, but you're hard to love.

-The Drums

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Cigarette Daydreams

Funny how it seems like yesterday, As I recall you were looking out of place. Gathered up your things and slipped away, No time at all I followed you into the hall. Cigarette daydream You were only seventeen. So sweet with a mean streak Nearly brought me to my knees.

You can drive all night Looking for the answers in the pouring rain. You wanna find peace of mind Looking for the answer.

-Cage the Elephant

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Birch Tree

The city I was born in I left a long time ago And we lost touch, grew apart, my friend My heart's an old pole dancer, troubled romancer, you know It's a subway chancer, a question with no answer Come meet me by the river, see how time it flows I'll meet you by the river, see how time it flows

-Foals

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Old Friends

Walking out in the nighttime springtime Needling my way home. I saw Leah on the bus a few months ago. I saw some old friends at her funeral. My steps keep splitting my grief Through these solipsistic moods. I should call my parents when I think of them, Should tell my friends when I love them. Maybe I should have gone out a bit more And you guys are still in town. I got too caught up in my own shit. It's how every outcome's such a comedown. And I knew it when I saw it. Oh, I did just what I wanted, So I go through with this. I knew happiness when I saw it.

-Pinegrove

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Rory

Instead of twisting up words you just sat there in silence In wind burnt homes sighing rays from a sunset, And all I could hear was the sound of the wasp nest. My head made a home for the hum of the insects, But my hands shake and shudder at the mention Of half hearted reasons why we'll only be friends.

I swear I'm a good man, So why don't you love me back?

-Foxing

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Get Away

Summer sun says get out more, I need you I want you, but I can't get this feeling off my mind I want you, I need you I can't get away

-Yuck