Big Ol’ List of Song Lyric Starters
“Carried Away” – Passion Pit
Listen, I don’t really know you, and I don’t think I want to; (Optional: “but I think I can fake it if you can.”)
Yes, please don’t ever note me as your friend.
“Fine By Me” – Andy Grammer
Darling, believe me, I’m as skeptical as you.
“The Moon Song” – Karen O
There’s no thing I’d keep from you.
But with you my dear, I’m safe and we’re a million miles away.
Oh why can I not conquer love?
Yeah, let’s be clear, I’ll trust no one.
“You’ve Got Time” – Regina Spektor
Everything is different the second time around.
Taking steps is easy; standing still is hard.
Are you always so restless?
I think about you all the time, but I don’t need the same.
It’s lonely where you are.
Come back down, and I won’t tell ‘em your name.
We don’t belong to no one, that’s a shame.
You could hide beside me, maybe for a while.
“Migraine” – Twenty One Pilots
Sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head.
I do not have writer’s block, my writer just hates the clock.
I guess I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
But I know we’ve made it this far, kid.
I am not as fine as I seem; pardon.
'Cause sometimes to stay alive you got to kill your mind.
“Stolen Dance” – Milky Chance
I want you by my side, so that I never feel alone again.
We need to fetch back the time they have stolen from us.
I cannot find the way out of here.
“You And I” – Ingrid Michaelson
Maybe I think you’re cute and funny.
Maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you, if you know what I mean.
Let’s get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance.
Well, you might be a bit confused.
“Counting Stars” – One Republic
I’ve been losing sleep, dreaming about the things that we could be.
No more counting dollars, we’ll be counting stars.
I feel something so wrong doing the right thing.
I feel something so right doing the wrong thing.
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive.
Look at me, what have I become?
I must leave you now, but I will remember the ups and the downs.
I just want to turn the lights on in these volatile times.
Goodbye my friends, goodbye to the money.
“Beat the Devil’s Tattoo” – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
You have forsaken all the love you’ve taken.
War is never cheap, dear.
Love will never meet here; it just gets sold for parts.
“Roll the Bones” – Shakey Graves
Oh, take a chance and roll the bones.
Yeah, try to forget all your enemies and debts, they’ll only chase you down and give you sour dreams.
They say someday everybody dies alone; but hey, who knows?
“Girl With One Eye” – Florence + the Machine
But now she sleeps with one eye open. (Optional: “that’s the price she paid.”)
Well, she’s lucky that I didn’t slip her a smile.
I’ll cut your little heart out ‘cause you made me cry.
Oh, my reputation’s kinda clouded with dirt.
“Obstacles” – Syd Matters
We played hide and seek in waterfalls… we were younger.
Someday, we will foresee obstacles.
“In My Mind” – Amanda Palmer
I am not exactly the person that I thought I’d be.
And it’s funny how I imagined that I would be that person now.
I’ll never be the person that I thought I’d be.
I’m so busy with everything that I don’t look at anything.
That’s not what I want, but that’s what I wanted.
I don’t wanna be the person that I want to be.
I imagine so many things, things that aren’t really happening.
I still have a tattoo to get.
And when they put me in the ground, I’ll start pounding the lid.
But maybe it isn’t all that funny that I’ve been fighting all my life.
(Optional: “Fuck yes,”) I am exactly the person that I want to be.
“Crosses” – Jose Gonzalez
We’ll cast some light and you’ll be alright for now.
Ignore them tonight and you’ll be alright.
Don’t you know that I’ll be around to guide you?
“To All of You” – Syd Matters
It’s sad to imagine a world without you.
I’d like to be part of the world around you.
No one can tell where your heart is.
I cry sometimes walking around my own place.
“Mt. Washington” – Local Natives
I don’t have to see you right now.
Or we could wash the dirt off our hands now.
“Glass Walls” – Nik Ammar
Do you believe in destiny and faith?
Do you say now or never or never too late?
I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk.
When everything is lonely I can be my own best friend.
The love I sell you in the evening, by the morning won’t exist.
But what’s so easy in the evening, by the morning is such a drag.
Well it takes one to know one, kid, I think you’ve got it bad.
If you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same.
It’s not something I would recommend, but it is one way to live.
‘Cause what is simple in the moonlight, by the morning never is.
“Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that you’re in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week.
Sad to see you go, was sort of hoping that you’d stay.
Ever thought of calling when you’ve had a few? (Optional: “’Cause I always do.”)
I’m sorry to interrupt, it’s just I’m constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you.
“New Ceremony” – Dry the River
I know it’s gotta stop love, but I don’t know how.
But we’re good at bad ideas, my love.
Don’t wrestle with the night.
Don’t think about the future now.
“Whistle for the Choir” – The Fratellis
Can never be too pretty, tell me your name.
So if you’re lonely, why’d you say you’re not lonely?
It’s just like you to come and go.
A girl like you’s just irresistible.
But it’s as much as I can do, you know, to figure you out.
And I must confess, my heart’s in broken pieces and my head’s a mess.
Most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs.
We are the reckless, we are the wild youth.
That one will die before he gets there.
Most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone.
We’re setting fire to our insides for fun.
It was a flood that wrecked this home.
And if you’re in love, then you are the lucky one.
But I’m forever missing him.
“Again and Again” – Tessa Rose Jackson
Pack your bags, we’ll leave tonight.
Where we go, we go at night.
“Catch & Release” – Matt Simons
There’s a place I go to where no one knows me.
Find out what I’m made of.
“All My Days” – Alexi Murdoch
What am I doing here, all of these days?
It’s you I’m looking for.
And it seems you’ve found me.
Now even breathing feels all right.
