song words

*not whole songs - just my favorite lines from them*

I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to to dream
You got your head in the clouds
And you're not at all what you seem
This mind, this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
So don't forget what I told you
Don't come around
I got my own hell to raise
-from "Sleep to Dream" by Fiona Apple

WHEN THE PAWN hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he'll win the whole thing 'fore he enters the ring
There's no body to batter when your mind is your might
So when you go solo, you hold your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land
And if you fall it won't matter cuz you'll know that you're right
-obscenely long title of a Fiona Apple CD

It's soft in the middle
With a shell around it
It's called life
It goes wherever it wants to
Don't try to predict it
Then you'd offend it
It's meant to surprise
-from "My Snare" (a.k.a. "Nature is Ancient") by Bjork.

It's only forever
Not long at all
-from "Underground" (Labyrinth theme song) by David Bowie

You know I'm not gonna dis you on the Internet
Cause my mama taught be better than that.
-from "Survivor" by Destiny's Child

Just give up and admit you're an asshole
You would be in some good company
And I think you'd find that your friends would forgive you
Or maybe I'm just speaking for me
-from "As Is" by Ani Difranco

I'll tell you something...
I am a wolf but I like to wear sheep's clothing.
I am a bonfire.
I am a vampire.
I'm waiting for my moment.
-from "Temptation Waits" by Garbage

Truth is I love you more than I wanted to
There's no point in trying to pretend
There's been no one who makes me feel like you do
Say we'll be together til the end.
-from "That's All" by Genesis

Now don't you understand man universal law
What you throw out comes back to you, star
Never underestimate those who you scar
Cause karma, karma, karma comes back to you hard
-from "Lost Ones" by Lauryn Hill

Well, I know what's right
I've got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushing me around
But I stand my ground
And I won't back down
-from "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty

She's a fortune cookie full of nasty puns and proverbs
Tucked inside a hot and sour mind
But only skin is sugar-coated
Words are jagged and corroded
Like the blunt and rusty axe she grinds
-from "Guttermouth" by Bree Sharp

You will never find true happiness
Whatcha gonna do, cry about it?
Work a little bit harder on improving your low self esteem, you stupid freak.
-from "Your Horoscope For Today" by Weird Al Yankovic

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