These are quotations from song lyrics, especially from (but not limited to) musicians who are unlikely to have their own quote articles, sorted by band name and artist last name.
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- 'Cause now again I've fucked myself
So far down, away from the sun
That shines into the darkest place
- 3 Doors Down, "Away From The Sun", Away From The Sun (2002)
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- There was a man, had a face that looked a lot like me,
I saw him in the mirror and I followed him in the street,
then when he turned away,
I shot him in the head, then I came to realise
I had killed myself.
- Audioslave, "Exploder", Audioslave (2002)
- Don't want to learn what I'll need to forget
- Audioslave, "Doesn't Remind Me" Out of Exile (2005)
- I know you've got problems,
I see it in your eyes.
If you want to live to see the morning
Give it up to your brother, or you'll get a surprise.
- Audioslave, "Hypnotize" Audioslave (2002)
- He who makes a beast out of himself
gets rid of the pain of being a man
- Avenged Sevenfold, 'Bat Country', City of Evil (2005)
- She's a dwelling place for demons
She's a cage for every unclean spirit,
Every filthy bird and makes us
Drink the poisoned wine to fornicating with our kings
Fallen now is Babylon the Great
- Avenged Sevenfold, 'Beast and the Harlot', City of Evil (2005)
- Here's a story about the boys at the altar
Some of them came between me and my halter
But I don't think the good lord would mind
I was callin' his name the whole time!
- Avenue D, Slut? (2004 single)
- Cuz I'm a freaky streaker like Winnie the Pooh / T-shirt and no pants and I dance the boogaloo!
- The Beastie Boys, To The 5 Boroughs(2005)
- I never thought missing children could be so sexy. Did I say that out loud?
- The Bloodhound Gang, "A Lapdance is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying", Hooray for Boobies (2000)
- These are the words you wish you wrote down
- Brand New, "Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't", Deja Entendu (2003)
- I swam across, I jumped across for you.
- Coldplay, "Yellow", Parachutes (2002)
- You've got that rainbow feel, but the rainbow has a beard
- Cream, "SWLABR" (an abbreviation for "She Was (or Walks) Like A Bearded Rainbow"), Disraeli Gears (1967)
- I'll wait in this place, where the shadows run from themselves.
- Cream, "White Room", Wheels of Fire (1968)
- And I'm standing at the crossroads, believe I'm sinking down.
- Cream, "Crossroads", Wheels of Fire (1968)
- He was high on intellectualism.
I've never been there, but the brochure looks nice.
- Sheryl Crow, "Every Day is a Winding Road", from Sheryl Crow (1996)
- If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad.
If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?
- Sheryl Crow, "If It Makes You Happy", Sheryl Crow (1996)
- It's not getting what you want
It's wanting what you've got
- Sheryl Crow, "Soak Up the Sun", from C'mon, C'mon (2002)
- Tell your daughters, "Do not walk the streets alone tonight!
- The Decemberists, "Shanty For The Arethusa", from Her Majesty The Decemberists (2005)
- Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Sings upon the birch bough high.
- The Decemberists, "Yankee Bayonet", from The Crane Wife (2006)
- Meet me on my vast veranda
My sweet untouched Miranda
- The Decemberists, "We Both Go Down Together", from Picaresque (2005)
- Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.
- Dire Straits, "Industrial Disease", Love over Gold (1982)
- You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
- The Eagles, "Hotel California", Hotel California (1976)
- You can spend all your time making love/You can spend all your love making time
- Eagles, "Take It to the Limit", One of These Nights" (1975)
- He can't even run his own life, I'll be damned if he'll run mine.
- Jonathan Edwards, "Sunshine", from Jonathan Edwards (1971)
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- I love it when you call, I love it when you call/I love it when you call but you never call at all
- [to "American Tune" by Paul Simon ]
This pretty tune was written by Hans Leo Hassler
In 1599.
I wrote some words and changed about three notes.
Now ASCAP says it's mine.
- John Forster, "Fusion", Entering Marion (1993)
- [to a tune similar to "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon]
I'm well aware that there's an element you could call exploitation
In the way that I appropriate the cultures of these peoples for my own commercial purposes.
Mmm, but everyone who works for me gets credit
And royalties
And Grammys
And a chance to ride to stardom on my coattails, neh-nyah neh-nyah.
But hey, let's just remember who's the genius here!
- John Forster, "Fusion", Entering Marion (1993)
- Between the lines of fear and blame,
You begin to wonder why you came.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night,
Had I known how to save a life.
- The Fray, "How to Save a Life", How to Save a Life (2005)
- I said, "Hi!"
She said, "Yeah, I guess I am."
- Dean Friedman, "Ariel", from Dean Friedman (1977)
- Wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended?
And wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind?
I have always said all the rules are made for bendin'
And if I let my hair down, would that be such a crime?
- Great Big Sea, "Consequence Free", from Turn (1999)
- Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby join me in death.
Won't you die?
- HIM, "Join Me in Death", from Razorblade Romance (2000)
- It's just a ride, it's just a ride
No need to run, no need to hide
It'll take you round and round
Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
Don't be scared, don't hide your eyes
It may feel so real inside
But don't forget it's just a ride
- Jem, "Just a Ride", from Finally Woken (2004)
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