#lyrical meme

[blackcatrph]

»   ━━  BARBIE  BIG  CITY  BIG  DREAMS  :  LYRIC  STARTERS.

lyrics  taken  from  the  barbie  big  city  big  dreams  animation.  please  alter  any  pronouns  when  sending  if  needed.

“ i love the concrete jungle. ”

“ i’m a beach girl. ”

“ together we’re the best of both possible worlds. ”

“ our duo’s so dynamic. ”

“ like fire and rain, together we can set it off and make a big bang. ”

“ hey universe, look who’s coming at you. ”

“ for the first time i found my perfect match. ”

“ how did we ever survive before us ? ”

“ all i need now in my life is more us. ”

“ it’s like we’re meant to be, like destiny, so right. ”

“ i just go with the flow. ”

“ i plan out every day. ”

“ our master plan will lead us straight to broadway. ”

“ put respect on this groove. ”

“ through thick and thin. ”

“ we’ve got the brightest future. ”

“ where’ve you been? because i wish i’d met you sooner. ”

 “ look and learn. ”

“ feel the burn. ”

“ just try harder. ”

“ this is tough. ”

“ tighten up. ”

“ my spirit is deflating. ”

“ my fear’s inflating. ”

“ this school is calling my bluff. ”

“ hope i have the right stuff. ”

“ remember how to be brave. ”

“ can i get out of my head ? ”

“ grind on my mind. ”

“ work it double time. ”

“ never fall a step behind. ”

“ this is what you wanted. ”

“ don’t be daunted. ”

“ just be patient and relax, cut yourself some slack. ”

“ why am i the only one who keeps scrambling and face planting ? ”

“ this is draining. ”

“ stop complaining. ”

“ i know it’s worth the trouble. ”

“ did everyone see ? ”

“ of course they saw. ”

“ pull yourself together. ”

“ practice until it’s perfect. ”

“ plant your feet. ”

“ use your core. ”

“ keep the beat. ”

“ get off the floor. ”

“ how can you even show your face ? ”

“ i’m losing my mind. ”

“ i flew in on cloud nine. ”

“ made a new best friend. ”

“ there wasn’t a question that everything would work out perfectly. ”

“ spoke too soon. ”

“ worst in the room, like a total crash landing. ”

“ i’m not going to let that keep me down. ”

“ it’s all about those good vibes. ”

“ take a look at me, so on pointe and savvy. ”

“ the whole world at my feet. ”

“ didn’t know what fear meant. ”

“ guess i’m not immune to the laws of gravity. ”

“ crutches won’t be keeping me earthbound. ”

“ is the glass half full or half empty ? ”

“ let the positivity take over. ”

“ como se dice ? let me put it this way. ”

“ chequen esto, chicas, mi visión loca. ”

“ my imagination soars. ”

“ got to spread my wings and get to higher ground. ”

“ back here again, losing a friend. ”

“ i thought i was strong, but i’m reeling. ”

“ this time felt different, our connection was instant. ”

“ that was pure magical thinking. ”

“ just move on from the pain. ”

“ soon it’ll fade like a memory. ”

“ you’ll start over again. ”

“ evolving from this fateful origin story. ”

“ a chariot streaks across the sky so majestically. ”

“ two girls on an odyssey in the city that never sleeps. ”

“ riding high on a merry go round of modern mythology. ”

“ discovered a new part of me in a fated friend. ”

“ i knew finding you would be an epic journey with no end. ”

“ you can’t see shooting stars in the city of marquee lights. ”

“ fate brough us together then tore us apart. ”

“ i wish i could go back and restart. ”

“ i’ll race across the sky to a work where dreams and friendships aren’t destined to collide. ”

“ stranded on this lonely island. ”

“ great beginnings don’t get happy endings. ”

“ glorious mythologies can slip out of your reach. ”

“ in reality, best friends leave. ”

“ you’re my fiercest competition. ”

“ we’re best friends, no contradiction. ”

“ never let jealousy get in our way. ”

“ help each other up. ”

“ you set the bar, i’ll raise it. ”

“ you won’t catch me holding back. ”

“ why should our drive divide us ? ”

“ let’s let our strength unite us. ”

“ i’ve still got your back. ”

“ see you at the finish line. ”

“ when you need the strength to clear it, i’m gonna be there cheering. ”

“ i’m never leaving you behind. ”

“ if you stumble, just keep your fight on. ”

“ follow my voice to my arms. ”

“ we’re going hard and we’re going together. ”

“ we know what we want. ”

“ we’re giving up never. ”

“ we were born to show the world just who the boss is. ”

“ stopping more traffic than midtown rush hour. ”

“ you know we’re doing it right. ”

“ lean on my shoulder. ”

“ we’ve got each other, that’s the way it’ll always be. ”

“ bank on our future, it’s gold. ”

“ we’ll wake up with our names in lights. ”

[thequeensofmemes]

Into the Woods lyrics

Cinderella at the grave:

What is it that you wish, child?

Do you know what you wish?

Are you certain what you wish is what you want?

If you know what you want, then make a wish

Hello, little girl:

Hello, little girl

Tender and fresh

This one's especially lush

You're missing all the flowers

The sun won't set for hours

Take your time

The birds are singing sweetly

You'll miss the birds completely

Just one would be so boring

Look what you're ignoring

The cow as white as milk:

What are you doing here?

You forgot your scarf

You shouldn't be here, it's not safe!

I want to help

I know things now:

I should have headed her advice

He seemed so nice

He showed me things, many beautiful things

I had been so careful

I never had cared

He made me feel excited, well, excited and scared

With that sickening grin

How could I know what was in store?

Though, I really got scared

And you brought us to the light

And I know things now many valuable things that I hadn't known before

They will not protect you

The way that they should

And take extra care with strangers

Even flowers have their dangers

Nice is different than good

A very nice prince:

He's a very nice Prince

It's a very nice ball

Is he charming, they say that he's charming

We did nothing but dance

I don't meet a wide range

It's all very strange

Agony:

Did I abuse her or show her disdain?

Why does she run from me?

If I should lose her how shall I regain the heart she has won from me?

When the one thing you want is the only thing out of your reach

Oh, the torture they teach!

Am I not sensitive, clever well-mannered, considerate passionate, charming as kind as I'm handsome?

You are everything maidens could wish for!

Is that girl must be mad!

You know nothing of madness

I must have her to wife

It takes two:

You've changed

You're daring

I thought one was enough

It takes patience and fear and despair

Let's hope the changes last

Stay with me:

Children should listen

What were you not to do

Why could you not obey

What would you have me be

I embarrass you

You are ashamed of me

You don't understand

I am no longer a child, I wish to see the world

Don't you know what's out there in the world

Someone has to shield you from the world

Princes wait there in the world, it's true, princes, yes, but wolves and

Who out there could love you more than I

What out there that I cannot supply

The world is dark and wild

Stay a child while you can be a child

On the steps of the palace:

He's a very smart Prince

He's a Prince who prepares

I'm caught unawares

Well it means that he cares

This is more than just malice

Better stop and take stock

All right what do you want

Why not stay and be caught

But then what if he knew who I am when I know

I'm not what he thinks

So then which do you pick

Where you're safe, out of sight and yourself, but where everything's wrong

You know that you'll never belong

It's my first big decision

The choice isn't easy to make

It's fun to deceive when you know you can leave

There's a lot that's at stake

You've stalled long enough

Better run along home

At home they don't care

I know what my decision is which is not to decide

Careful my toe:

It'll have to go

Why won't it fit?

You'll have such a life

It's a perfect fit

Any moment:

May I kiss you?

Any moment we could be crushed

This is ridiculous

What am I doing here?

Right and wrong don't matter in the woods

Life is often so unpleasant

Moments in the woods:

What was that?

Was that me?

Was that him?

Am I mad?

Back to life, back to sense

Let the moment go

Your fault:

But it isn't my fault

Oh, and tell us who persuaded you to steal that gold

Then whose is it?

You were greedy!

She went and dared me to!

You're responsible!

You're the one to blame!

It's your fault!

Last midnight:

Doesn't matter how

Anyway, it doesn't matter now

Nothing we can do

No, of course what really matters is the blame, someone you can blame

Fine, if that's the thing you enjoy

You're all liars and thieves

Like his father, like his son will be, too

No one is alone:

Now you're on your own

No one is alone

Who knows what she'd say?

Who can say what's true?

People make mistakes

You decide what's right, you decide what's good

Someone is on your side

Children will listen:

Sometimes people leave you

No one leaves for good

Things will be all right now

Children will listen

Careful before you say "Listen to me"

Careful the wish you make

Wishes are children

Careful the path they take

[sideblogmemes]

Fall Out Boy lyrical starters Part 2

album: "From Under The Cork Tree" (2005) "I'm feeling young and reckless." "The ribbon on my wrist says, do not open before Christmas." "We're only liars, but we're the best." "You don't know who I really am." "I just want to know what it's like to be you." "We're making out inside crashed cars." "Turn off the lights and turn off the shyness." "I've got headaches and bad luck but they couldn't touch you." "I'll never be the same." "It can't get much worse." "I don't want to forget how your voice sounds." "These words are all I have." "Why don't you show me a little bit of spine you've been saving for his mattress, love." "I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me." "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" "I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear." "I'm just a notch in your bedpost." "Isn't it messed up how I'm just dying to be him?" "I'll be your number one." "If you say this makes you happy, then I'm not the only one lying." "Nothing comes as easy as you." "Can I lay in your bed all day?" "I'll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake." "I'll weigh you down." "Just like kisses on necks of 'best friends'." "I took a shot and didn't even come close." "And the lies just won't stop slipping." "Blame everyone but me for this mess." "My back has been breaking from this heavy heart." "I'm sleeping my way out of this one with anyone who will lie down." "I keep telling myself I'm not the desperate type." "Trying to forget everything that isn't you." "I'm not going home alone." "I don't do too well on my own." "It's just a matter of time until we're all found out." "I'd burn this city down to show you the light." "Found the formula to make your heart swell and burst." "I'll keep singing this lie if you keep believing it." "Condemed from the start." "The best part of 'believe' is the 'lie'." "I need to keep you like this in my mind." "You make my head swim, I keep you warm." "With your backless black dress soaked to the skin." "You want a war? You've got a war." "At least everyone is trying." "You're the only place that feels like home." "Some secrets weren't meant to be told." "I am sorry my conscience called in sick again." "I am missing you to death." "You're just the girl all the boys want to dance with." "I'm just the boy using too many chances." "I don't blame you for being you, but you can't blame me for hating it." "Write me off, give up on me. 'Cause darling, what did you expect?" "You said you'd keep me honest." "We never stood a chance." "I'm not sure if it matters." "If you are the shores, I am the waves." "I know this hurts, it was meant to." "It's mind over matter." "You don't matter." "Choose love or sympathy." "Love never wanted me." "Love never wanted me, but I took it anyway." "Through the keyhole I watched you dress."

[blackcatrph]

** sour  sentence  starters.

brutal.

“  i think that i’ll die before i drink.  ”

“  i'm so caught up in the news of who likes me and who hates you.  ”

“  i'm so tired that I might quit my job, start a new life.  ”

“  they'd all be so disappointed  because who am I if not exploited?  ”

“  where's my fuckin' teenage dream?  ”

“  if someone tells me one more time "enjoy your youth," I'm gonna cry.  ”

“  i'm anxious and nothing can help.  ”

“  i wish I'd done this before.  ”

“  i wish people liked me more.  ”

“  all I did was try my best.  ”

“  this the kind of thanks I get?  ”

“  they say these are the golden years.  ”

“  i wish I could disappear.  ”

“  god, it's brutal out here.  ”

“  i feel like no one wants me.  ”

“  i only have two real friends.  ”

“  lately I'm a nervous wreck.  ”

“  i love people I don't like.  ”

“  i hate every song I write.  ”

“  i'm not cool, and I'm not smart.  ”

“  i can't even parallel park.  ”

“  got a broken ego, broken heart.  ”

“  i don't even know where to start.  ”

traitor.

“  brown guilty eyes and little white lies.  ”

“  i played dumb but I always knew.  ”

“  i kept quiet so I could keep you.  ”

“  ain't it funny how you ran to her the second that we called it quits?  ”

“  ain't it funny how you said you were friends?  ”

“  it sure as hell don't look like it.  ”

“  you betrayed me.  ”

“  i know that you'll never feel sorry for the way I hurt.  ”

“  loved you at your worst but that didn't matter.  ”

“  guess you didn't cheat, but you're still a traitor.  ”

“  there's no damn way that you could fall in love with somebody that quickly.  ”

“  ain't it funny, all the twisted games, all the questions you used to avoid?  ”

“  remember I brought her up and you told me I was paranoid?  ”

“  i wish that you had thought this through before I went and fell in love with you.  ”

“  you gave me your word but that didn't matter.  ”

drivers  license. 

“  i got my driver's license last week.  ”

“  just like we always talked about.  ”

“  today I drove through the suburbs crying 'cause you weren't around.  ”

“  you're probably with that blonde girl.  ”

“  she's so much older than me.  ” 

“  she's everything I'm insecure about.  ”

“  how could I ever love someone else?   “

“  i know we weren't perfect but I've never felt this way for no one.  ”

“  i just can't imagine how you could be so okay now that I'm gone.  ”

“  guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me.  ”

“  all my friends are tired of hearing how much I miss you.  ”

“  I kinda feel sorry for them because they'll never know you the way that I do.  ”

“  i still see your face in the white cars, front yards.  ”

“  can't drive past the places we used to go to because I still fuckin' love you.  ”

1  step  forward,  3  steps  back.

“  i called you on the phone today.  ”

“  all I did was speak normally.  ”

“  you got me fucked up in the head.  ”

“  like am I pretty? am I fun?  ”

“  i hate that I gave you power over that kind of stuff.  ”

“  it's always one step forward and three steps back.  ”

“  i'm the love of your life until I make you mad.  ”

“  do you love me, want me, hate me? i don't understand.  ”

“  maybe in some masochistic way I kind of find it all exciting.  ”

“  which lover will I get today?  ”

“  will you walk me to the door or send me home cryin'?  ”

“  it's back and forth, did I say somethin' wrong?  ”

“  it's back and forth, goin' over everything I said.  ”

“  i'd leave you, but the roller coaster's all I've ever had.  ”

deja vu.

“  strawberry ice cream, one spoon for two?  ”

“  i bet she's braggin' to all her friends, sayin' you're so unique.  ”

“  so when you gonna tell her that we did that, too?  ”

“  that was our place, I found it first.  ”

“  i made the jokes you tell to her when she's with you.  ”

“  do you get déjà vu when she's with you?  ”

“  do you call her, almost say my name?  ”

“  i hate to think that I was just your type.  ”

“  don't act like we didn't do that shit too.  ”

“  play her piano, but she doesn't know that I was the one who taught you Billy Joel.  ”

good  4  u.

“  well, good for you, I guess you moved on really easily.  ”

“  you found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks.  ”

“  remember when you said that you wanted to give me the world?  ”

“  good for you, I guess that you've been workin' on yourself.  ” 

“  i guess that therapist I found for you, she really helped.  ”

“  now you can be a better man for your brand new girl.  ”

“  well, good for you, you look happy and healthy.  ”

“  not me, if you ever cared to ask.  ”

“  good for you, you're doin' great out there without me.  ”

“  i've lost my mind.  ”

“  i've spent the night cryin' on the floor in my bathroom.  ”

“  it's like we never even happened.  ”

“  what the fuck is up with that?  ”

“  good for you, it's like you never even met me.  ”

“  remember when you swore to god i was the only person who ever got you?  ”

“  well, screw that and screw you.  ”

“  you will never have to hurt the way you know that I do.  ”

“  maybe I'm too emotional.  ”

“  your apathy's like a wound in salt.  ”

“  maybe I'm too emotional  or maybe you never cared at all.  ”

“  like a damn sociopath.  ”

enough  for  you.

“  i wore makeup when we dated because I thought you'd like me more.  ”

“  i know that you loved before.  ”

“  tried so hard to be everything that you like.  ”

“  i read all of your self-help books so you'd think that I was smart.  ”

“  stupid, emotional, obsessive little me.  ”

“  i knew from the start this is exactly how you'd leave.  ”

“  you found someonе more exciting.  ”

“  you left me there cryin', wonderin' what I did wrong.  ”

“  you always say I'm never satisfied but I don't think that's true.  ”

“  all I ever wanted was to be enough for you.  ”

“  maybe I'm just not as interesting as the girls you had before.  ”

“  you couldn't have cared less about someone who loved you more.  ”

“  i'd say you broke my heart but you broke much more than that.  ”

“  i don’t want your sympathy, i just want myself back.  ”

“  don’t you think i loved you too much to be used and discarded?  ”

“  don't you think I loved you too much to think I deserve nothing?  ”

“  don’t tell me you’re sorry, feel sorry for yourself.  ”

“  someday i’ll be everything to somebody else.  ”

“  you’ll be the one crying.  ”

happier.

“  we broke up a month ago. ”

“  your friends are mine you know.  ”

“  you’ve moved on, found someone new.  ”

“  i thought my heart was detached from all the sunlight of our past.  ”

“  she’s so sweet, she’s so pretty.  ”

“  does she mean you forgot about me ?  ”

“  i hope you’re happy but not like how you were with me.  ”

“  i’m selfish i know. i can’t let you go.  ”

“  find someone great, but don’t find no one better.  ”

“  i hope you’re happy, but don’t be happier.  ”

 “  do you tell her she’s the most beautiful girl you’ve ever seen?  ”

“  an eternal love bullshit you know you’ll never mean.  ”

“  remember when i believe you meant it when you said it first to me?  ”

“  now i’m picking her apart like cutting her down will make you miss my wretched heart.  ”

“  she’s beautiful, she looks kind.  ”

“  she probably gives you butterflies.  ”

“  i wish you all the best, really.  ”

“  say you love her, just not like you loved me.  ”

“  think of me fondly when your hands are on her.  ”

jealousy  jealousy.

“  i kinda wanna throw my phone across the room.  ”

“  all i see are girls too good to be true.  ”

“  i know their beauty’s not my lack but it feels like that weight is on my back.  ”

“  comparison is killing me slowly.  ”

“  i think i think too much.  ”

“  i’m so sick of myself, i’d rather be anyone else.  ”

“  my jealousy started following me.  ”

“  i see everyone getting all the things i want.  ”

“  i’m happy for them, but then again, i’m not.  ”

“  i can’t stand it.  ” 

“  oh god i sound crazy.  ”

“  their win is not my loss, i know it’s true.  ”

“  i can’t help getting caught up in it all.  ”

“  all your friends are so cool.  ”

“  you go out every night.  ”

“  you’re living the life.  ”

“  i want to be you so bad, and i don’t even know you.  ”

“  all i see is what i should be.  ”

favourite  crime.

“  know that i love you so bad.  ”

“  i let you treat me like that.  ”

“  i was your willing accomplice.  ”

“  i watched as you fled the scene.  ”

“  doe-eyed as you buried me.  ”

“  the things i did just so i could call you mine.  ”

“  the things you did. well, i hope i was your favourite crime.  ”

“  you used me as an alibi.  ”

“  i crossed my heart and you crossed the line.  ”

“  i defended you to all my friends.  ”

“  every time i siren sounds, i wonder if you’re around.  ”

“  you know that i’d do it all again.  ”

“  it’s bittersweet to think about the damage that we’d do.  ”

“  i was going down but i was doing it with you.  ”

“  i say that i hate you with a smile on my face.  ”

“  look what we became.  ” 

hope  ur  ok.

“  his parents cared more about the bible than being good to their own child.  ”

“  wore long sleeves because of his dad.  ”

“  somehow we fell out of touch.  ”

“  hope he took his bad deal and made a royal flush.  ”

“  don’t know if i’ll see you again someday.  ”

“  i hope that you’re okay.  ”

“  her parents hated who she loved.  ”

“  she was brought into a world where family was merely blood.  ” 

“  with the courage to unlearn all of their hatred.  ”

“  we don’t talk much.  ”

“  i miss you and i hope that you’re okay.  ”

“  address the letter to the holes in my butterfly wings.  ”

“  nothing’s forever, nothing is as good as it seems.  ”

“  when the clouds are ironed our and the monsters creep into your house, every door is hard to close.  ”

“  i hope you know how proud i am.  ”

“  i hope that you’re happier today.  ”

“  i love you and i hope that you’re okay.  ”  

[blackcatrph]

** abba lyrical starters.

“  I don’t wanna talk about things we’ve gone through.  ”

“  Though it’s hurting me, now it’s history.  ”

“  I was in your arms thinking I belonged there.  ”

“  I was a fool playing by the rules.  ”

“  But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you?  ”

“  I apologize if it makes you feel bad seeing me so tense.  ”

“  Now is all we get nothing promised, no regrets.  ”

“  I’m really glad you came.  ”

“  You know the rules, you know the game.  ”

“  I remember long ago another starry night like this in the firelight.  ”

“  We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die.  ”

“  There was something in the air that night.  ”

“  The stars were bright, they were shining there for you and me.  ”

“  If I had to do the same again I would.  ”

“  I wasn’t jealous before we met.  ”

“  I’m possessive, it isn’t nice.  ”

“  All I’ve learned has overturned.  ”

“  I beg of you don’t go wasting your emotion.  ”

“  I still don’t know what you’ve done with me.  ”

“  I feel a kind of fear when I don’t have you near.  ”

“  Don’t go sharing your devotion.  ”

“  The night is young and the music’s high.  ”

“  Here is where the story ends this is goodbye.  ”

“  There is nothing we can do.  ”

“  We just have to face it this time we’re through.  ”

“  Memories, good days, bad days they’ll be with me always.  ”

“  What happened to those wonderful adventures?  ”

“  It hurts to remember all the good times.  ”

“  All I do is eat and sleep and sing.  ”

“  Still I’m thinking about you only.  ”

“  There are moments when I think I’m going crazy.  ”

“  The sight of you will prove to me I’m still alive.  ”

“  I was defeated, you won the war.  ”

“  Promised to love you for ever more.  ”

“  I made up my mind, it must come to an end.  ”

“  How can I resist you.  ”

“  I’ve been broken-hearted, blue since the day we parted.  ”

“  Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find.  ”

“  I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind.  ”

“  Whatever happened to our love?  ”

“  The love you gave me, nothing else can save me.  ”

“  You made me feel alive but something died, I fear.  ” 

“  I’ve heard about him before.  ”

“  I can still recall our last summer, I still see it all.  ”

“  I was so happy we had met.  ”

“  We took a chance like we were dancing our last dance.  ”

“  There’s a lot you can teach me.  ”

“  Does it mean anything to you?  ” 

“  Can you feel it the way I do?  ”

“  You make me talk and you make me feel.  ”

“  If I trust in you, would you let me down?  ”

“  Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?  ”

“  Could you feel the same way too?  ”

“  I can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wild.  ”

“  Better slow down, that’s no way to go.  ”

“  I know what you mean when you give me a flash of that smile.  ”

“  I’ve never felt this strong.  ”

“  I am invincible, how could this go wrong?  ”

“  I see a road ahead I never thought I would dare to tread.  ”

“  You will be my love and my life.  ”

“  Now there’s nothing at all that can keep us apart.  ”

“  When you sleep by my side I feel safe and I know I belong.  ”

“  Losing you is a nightmare fate and to me.  ”

“  You make me think that you will change my life forever.  ”

“  I lay my life before you.  ”

“  I only want you more and more

“  You’ll see how much I care when you meet me.  ”

“  I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore.  ”

“  Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk.  ”

“  If you change your mind I’m the first in line.  ”

“  If you need me, let me know.  ”

“  If you’ve got no place to go when you’re feeling down.  ”

“  Come on, give me a break, will you?  ”

“  My love is strong enough to last when things are rough.  ” 

“  I can’t get you off my mind.  ”

“  Take it easy with me please.  ”

“  Touch me gently like a summer evening breeze.  ”

“  Oh please don’t let me down.  ”

“  There’s a shimmer in your eyes like the feeling of a thousand butterflies.  ”

“  One of us is lying.  ”

“  Now I’m changed and I want you to know.  ”

“  I should not have let you go.  ”

[blackcatrph]

** evermore sentence starters.

willow.

“ i'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night. ”

“ you cut through like a knife. ”  

“ i never would have known from the look on your face. ” 

“ the more that you say, the less I know. ”

“ i'm begging for you to take my hand. ”  

“ life was a willow and it bent right to your wind. ”

“ i could feel you sneakin' in. ”

“ you are a mythical thing. ”  

“ i come back stronger than a '90s trend. ”

“ wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark. ”

“ show me the places where the others gave you scars. ”

“ anywhere else is hollow. ”  

champagne problems.

“ you booked the night train for a reason. ”

“ bustling crowds or silent sleepers, not sure which is worse. ”   

“ i dropped your hand while dancing. ”  

“ your mom's ring is in your pocket, my picture is in your wallet. ”

“ your heart was glass and I dropped it. ”

“ you told your family for a reason. ”

“ you couldn't keep it in. ”

“ no one's celebrating. ”

“ your hometown skeptics called it champagne problems. ”

“ love slipped beyond your reaches. ”

" this dorm was once a madhouse. "

“ don't think we'll say that word again. ”

“ sometimes you just don't know the answer. ”

" she would've made such a lovely bride. ”  

“ what a shame she's fucked in the head. ”

“ she'll patch up your tapestry that I shred. ”

gold rush.

“ eyes like sinking ships on waters, so inviting I almost jump in. ” 

“ i don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch. ”

“ everybody wants you. ”

“ everybody wonders what it would be like to love you. ”

“ i don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bones crush. ”

“ what must it be like to grow up that beautiful ? ”

“ i see me padding across your wooden floors. ”

“ it fades into the gray of my day-old tea. ”

“ it could never be. ”

“ my mind turns your life into folklore. ”

“ i can't dare to dream about you anymore. ”

“ the coastal town we never found will never see a love as pure. ”

'tis the damn season.

“ If I wanted to know who you were hanging with while I was gone, I would have asked you. ”

“ it's the kind of cold, fogs up windshield glass. but I felt it when I passed you. ”

“ there's an ache in you. ”

“ but if it's all the same to you, it's the same to me. ”

“ you could call me "babe" for the weekend. ”

“ the road not taken looks real good now. ”

“ the holidays linger like bad perfume. ”

“ you can run, but only so far. ”  

“ i escaped it too. ”

“ remember how you watched me leave ? ”

“ now I'm missing your smile. ”  

“ hear me out, we could just ride around. ”

“ i won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me to stay. ”

“ i wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm faking. ”

“ the heart I know I'm breakin' is my own. ”

“ we could call it even, even though I'm leavin'. ”  

tolerate it.

“ i notice everything you do or don't do. ”

“ you're so much older and wiser. ”

“ if it's all in my head tell me now. ”

“ tell me I've got it wrong somehow. ”

“ i know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it. ”

“ i greet you with a battle hero's welcome. ”

“ i take your indiscretions all in good fun. ”

“ while you were out building other worlds, where was I? ”

“ where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire? ”

“ i made you my temple, my mural, my sky. ”

“ i'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life. ”

“ always taking up too much space or time. ”

“ you assume I'm fine. ”

“ what would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins. ”  

“ took this dagger in me and removed it. ”

no body, no crime.

“ he did it. ”

" it smells like infidelity. ”

“ that ain't my merlot on his mouth. ”

“ i think I'm gonna call him out. ”

" i think he did it, but I just can't prove it. "

“ no body, no crime. ”

“ i ain't lettin' up until the day I die. ”  

“ his mistress moved in. ” 

“ there ain't no doubt. ”

“ somebody's gotta catch him out. ”

“ i've cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a scene. ”

“ they think she did it, but they just can't prove it. ”  

“ i wasn't lettin' up until the day he died. ”

happiness.

“ i see this for what it is. ”

“ all the years I've given Is just shit we're dividin' up. ”

“ i can't face reinvention. ”

“ i haven't met the new me yet. ”

“ there'll be happiness after you. ”  

“ there was happiness because of you. ”

“ there is happiness past the blood and bruises. ”

“ haunted by the look in my eyes. ”

“ leave it all behind. ”  

“ tell me, when did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk? ”

“ when did all our lessons start to look like weapons? ”

“ i hope she'll be your beautiful fool. ”

“ no, I didn't mean that. ”

“ i can't see facts through all of my fury. ”  

“ there'll be happiness after me. ”

“ in our history, across our great divide, there is a glorious sunrise dappled with the flickers of light. ”

“ i can't make it go away by making you a villain. ”  

“ no one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you. ”

“ now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head. ”

“ after giving you the best I had, tell me what to give after that? ”

dorothea.

“ do you ever stop and think about me?”

“ you got shiny friends since you left town. ”

“ i got nothing but well-wishes for you. ”

“ this place is the same as it ever was. ”

“ it's never too late to come back to my side. ”

“ the stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo. ”

“ and if you're ever tired of bеing known for who you know, you'll always know me. ”

“ you'rе a queen sellin' dreams. ”

“ they all want to be you. ”

“ are you still the same soul I met under the bleachers? ”

“ i guess I'll never know. ”  

coney island.

“ break my soul in two looking for you. ” 

“ if I can't relate to you anymore then who am I related to? ”

“ did I close my fist around something delicate? ”

“ did I shatter you? ”

“ sorry for not making you my centerfold. ”

“ lost again with no surprises. ”  

“ it gets colder and colder when the sun goes down. ”

“ what's a lifetime of achievement If I pushed you to the edge? ”

“ you were too polite to leave me. ”

“ will you forgive my soul when you're too wise to trust me and too old to care? ”

“ sorry for not winning you an arcade ring. ”

“ were you waiting at our old spot? ” 

“ did I leave you hanging every single day? ”

“ did I paint your bluest skies the darkest grey? ”

“ the sight that flashed before me was your face. ”

ivy.

“ i'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones. ”

“ your touch brought forth an incandescent glow. tarnished, but so grand. ”

“ i just sit here and wait, grieving for the living. ”

“ my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand. ”

“ i can't stop you putting roots in my dreamland. ”

“ my house of stone, your ivy grows. and now I'm covered in you. ”

“ i wish to know the fatal flaw that makes you long to be magnificently cursed. ”

“ your opal eyes are all I wish to see. ”

“ clover blooms in the fields. ”  

“ what would he do if he found us out? ”

“ he's gonna burn this house to the ground. ” 

“ i'd live and die for moments that we stole on begged and borrowed time. ”

“ so tell me to run, or dare me to sit and watch what we'll become. ”

“ it's a goddamn blaze in the dark. ”

“ it's the goddamn fight of my life. ”

cowboy like me.

" dancin' is a dangerous game. "

“ now I know I'm never gonna love again. ”

“ i've got some tricks up my sleeve. ”

“ takes one to know one. ”

“ you're a cowboy like me. ”

“ i never wanted love, just a fancy car. ”  

“ i could be the way forward. ”

“ the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up. ”

“ the old men that I've swindled really did believe I was the one. ”

“ now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon. ”

“ forever is the sweetest con. ”  

long story short.

“ i tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me. ”

“ the knife cuts both ways. ”

“ if the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break. ”

“ i fell from the pedestal, right down the rabbit hole. ”

“ long story short, it was a bad time. ”

“ i always felt I must look better in the rear view. ”

“ missing me at the golden gates they once held the keys to. ”

“ but if someone comes at us this time, I'm ready. ”

“ i wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things. ”

“ your nemeses will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing. ”

“ rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky. ”

“ long story short, I survived. ”

marjorie.

“ never be so kind that you forget to be clever. ”

“ never be so clever that you forget to be kind. ”

“ what died didn't stay dead. ”

“ you're alive, so alive. ”  

“ never be so politе that you forget your power. ”

“ nevеr wield such power that you forget to be polite. ”

“ if I didn't know better I'd think you were listening to me now. ”

“ you loved the amber skies so much. ”

“ and if I didn't know better I'd think you were singing to me now. ”

closure.

“ it's been a long time. ”

“ seeing the shape of your name still spells out pain. ”

“ it wasn't right, the way it all went down. ”

“ i got your letter. ” 

“ i know that it's over, I don't need your closure. ”

“ don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled. ”

“ i'm fine with my spite, my tears, my beers and my candles. ”

“ i know I'm just a wrinkle in your new life. ”

“ it's fake and it's oh so unnecessary. ” 

evermore.

“ i replay my footsteps on each stepping stone trying to find the one where I went wrong. ”

“ i was catching my breath. ”

“ i had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be for evermore. ”

“ I can't remember what I used to fight for. ”

“ you cannot think of all the cost and the things that will be lost. ”

“ can we just get a pause? ”

“ is there a line that I could just go cross? ”

“ when I was shipwrecked I thought of you. ”

“ in the cracks of light I dreamed of you. ”

“ it was real enough to get me through. ”

“ i swear you were there. ”

[blackcatrph]

** taylor swift - folklore lyric starters pt two.

MY TEARS RICOCHET.

“  and  if  i'm  on  fire,  you'll  be  made  of  ashes  too.  ”

“  even  on  my  worst  day,  did  i  deserve  all  the  hell  you  gave  me ?  ”  

“  i  swear  i  loved  you  until  my  dying  day.  ”

“  i  didn't  have  it  in  myself  to  go  with  grace.  ”  

“  and  you're  the  hero  flying  around  saving  face.  ”

“  look  at  how  my  tears  ricochet.  ”

“  you  know  i  didn't  want  to  have  to  haunt  you.  ”  

“  what  a  ghostly  scene.  ”  

“  when  i'd  fight,  you  used  to  tell  me  i  was  brave.  ”  

“  i  can  go  anywhere  i  want,  just  not  home.  ”

“  you  can  aim  for  my  heart,  go  for  blood.  ” 

“  you  would  still  miss  me  in  your  bones.  ”  

“  the  battleships  will  sink  beneath  the  waves.  ”  

“  you  had  to  kill  me,  but  it  killed  you  just  the  same.  ”

“  you  turned  into  your  worst  fears.  ”  

“  you're  tossing  out  blame,  drunk  on  this  pain.  ”

MIRRORBALL.

“  i'll  show  you  every  version  of  yourself  tonight.  ”

“  i'll  get  you  out  on  the  floor.  ”

“  when  i  break,  it's  in  a  million  pieces.  ”

“  when  no  one  is  around, you'll  find  me  on  my  tallest  tiptoes.  ”  

“  i  know  they  said  the  end  is  near.  ”

“  i  can  change  everything  about  me  to  fit  in.  ”

“  you  are  not  like  the  regulars.  the  masquerade  revellers  drunk  as  they  watch  my  shattered  edges  glisten.  ”  

“  i'm  still  trying  everything  to  get  you  laughing  at  me.  ”

“  i'm  still  a  believer,  but  i  don't  know  why.  ”  

“  i'm  still  trying  everything  to  keep  you  looking  at  me.  ”  

SEVEN.

“  i  hit  my  peak  at  seven.  ”

“  are  there  still  beautiful  things  ?  ”  

“  cross  your  heart,  won't  tell  no  other.  ”  

“  and  though  i  can’t  recall  your  face  i  still  got  love  for  you.  ”

“  i  love  you  to  the  moon  and  to  saturn.  ” 

“  i've  been  meaning  to  tell  you  i  think  your  house  is  haunted.  ”

“  your  dad  is  always  mad.  ”   

“  i  think  you  should  come  live  with  me  and  we  can  be  pirates.  ”  

“  just  like  a  folk  song,  our  love  will  be  passed  on.  ”  

“  i  used  to  scream  ferociously  any  time  i  wanted.  ”  

AUGUST.

“  i  never  needed  anything  more.  ”

“  you  were  never  mine.  ”  

“  will  you  call  when  you're  back  at  school  ?  ”

“  i  remember  thinking  i  had  you.  ”

“  wanting  was  enough  for  me.  ”  

“  it  was  enough  to  live  for  the  hope  of  it  all.  ” 

“  meet  me  behind  the  mall.  ”   

“  so  much  for  summer  love,  and  saying  "Us".  ”  

“  you  weren't  mine  to  lose.  ” 

THIS IS ME TRYING.

“  i've  been  having  a  hard  time  adjusting.  ”

“  i  didn't  know  if  you'd  care  if  i  came  back.  ”

“  i  have  a  lot  of  regrets.  ”  

“  i  could've  followed  my  fears  all  the  way  down.  ”  

“  i  don't  quite  know  what  to  say.  ” 

“  i  just  wanted  you  to  know  that  this  is  me  trying.  ” 

“  i  got  wasted  like  all  my  potential.  ”  

“  my  words  shoot  to  kill  when  i'm  mad.  ”  

“  i  feel  like  an  open  wound.  ”  

“  it's  hard  to  be  anywhere  these  days.  ” 

“  all  i  want  is  you.  ”

“  you're  a  flashback  in  a  film  reel.  ” 

[blackcatrph]

❃❃alice merton lyrical starters❃❃

FUNNY BUSINESS: 

“ trust me when I say that I was innocent. ” 

“ i know what you think. ”

“ i know you're scared i’ll find someone else. ”

“ i don't break hearts. i don't do funny business. ”

“ trust me, my word is good. ”

“ i got the loyalty, i've learned my lessons. ”

“ if you think about it, will the lightning strike ? ”

WHY SO SERIOUS:

“ when did we forget all the crazy things that made us feel a part of it ? ”

“ try to learn to let go of all those things that tie you down. ”

“ get rid of it, the voice inside that tells me that i'm scared. ” 

“ why are we so serious ? ”

“ when did we get like this ? ”

“ i still remember we weren't grown up like this. ”

“ i can't make sense of everything that's inside my head. ”

“ seems we've lost it, that spark inside that tells us it's all nonsense. ”

“ stop being so cautious. ”

“ with every mistake there comes a lesson learned. ”

“ i'm not gonna live in the past. ”

“ don't wanna care about what-ifs, because what if those things don't last ?” 

LASH OUT:

“ all of the words getting trapped in my lungs. ”

“ oh, hard to hold this fire inside me. ”

“ all i know, sometimes it's frightening. ”

“ it's not really like me to lash out. ”

“ i’ve got something to say, might start a riot. ”

“ everything is nothing, until you realise it's something you want. ”

LIE TO MY FACE:

“ honestly i thought your honesty meant something to you. ” 

“ tell me it's all in my head, tell me i imagined all of it. ” 

“ go on and lie to my face. ” 

“ tell me again how you love me while kissing another. ”

“ say that you need me, without us there's no other way. ”

“ tell me this won't ever end, tell me it over and over again. ”

“ I saw you looking and them. ” 

“ you said you were friends but i know that you weren't. ”

“ i know they’re playing with you, but this ain't a game, i thought this here was true. ”