best lines, part 2...the lyrics...

some of my favorite songs have the best freaking lyrics...which is probably why i love them so much! haven't you had that moment when you're listening to a song & think 'that is the best line ever'? yea, me too...

*if a song or band is unfamiliar, i recommend googling that shiz & taking a listen...trust me*

“Daylight licked me into shape. I must have been asleep for days. And moving lips to breathe her name, I opened up my eyes “  Cure…”Just Like Heaven”

“But I’d rather be working on a paycheck than trying to win the lottery.”  Bright Eyes…”First day of my life”

“Here’s the day you hoped would never come. Don’t feed me violins. Just run with me through rows of speeding car.”  Imogen Heap…”Speeding Cars”

“I drew a blank, we put it in a frame.”   Modest Mouse…”Guilty Cocker Spaniels”

“Tonight I’ll dream while I’m  in bed when silly thoughts go through my head about the bugs and alphabet, and when I wake tomorrow I’ll bet that you and I will walk together again. I can tell that we’re going to be friends.”  The White Stripes…”We’re Going To Be Friends”

“I think last night you were driving circles around me.”  50 Foot Wave…”Your Ghost”

“Make me laugh. Say you know what you want. You said we were the real thing. So I show you some more and I learn what black magic can do. Make me laugh. Say you know you can turn me in to the real thing. So I show you some more and I learn.”  Tori Amos…”Jackie’s Strength”

“You didn’t have to give your necklace, to me before I left. Now I lay awake and think, how very smart you were.”  Porno for Pyros…”100 Ways”

“I want to change the world instead I sleep. I want to believe in more than you and me.”  Ingrid Michaelson…”Keep Breathing”

 “My heart's like an open book for the whole world to read. Sometimes nothing, keeps me together at the seams.”  Motley Crue…”Home Sweet Home”

“I remember hating you for loving me.”  Berlin…”Metro”

“If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied, illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs. If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks, then I'll follow you into the dark.”  Death Cab for Cutie…”I will follow you into the dark”

“So I sit at the edge of my bed. I strum my guitar, and I sing an Outlaw love song.”  Social Distortion…”Story of my life”

“I never thought I’d say this to you. I lied above you, regrets are useless. Was it my ego tellin’ me why.”  The Sounds…”EGO”

“Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew. Maybe I'll just lie low. Maybe I'll hit the bars. Maybe I'll count the stars until dawn. Me, I will go on.”  Dolly Parton…”Hard Candy Christmas”

“I wanna see movies of my dreams.”  Built to Spill…”Car”

“Anything to make you smile. You are the ever-living ghost of what once was.”  Band of Horses…”No one’s gonna love you”

“Happiness hit her like a train on a track. Coming towards her stuck still no turning back.”  Florence + the Machine…”Dog Days Are Over”

“It's a rainy afternoon in 1990. The big city…geez it's been 20 years. Candy, you were so fine.”  Iggy Pop…”Candy”

“No sweeping exits or offstage lines…could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind.”  Rolling Stones…”Wild Horses”

“You said good friends are hard to come by. I laughed and bought you a beer 'cause it's too corny to cry.”  Indigo Girls…”Joking”

“There were things I don't remember. There was messed up alligator. There were endless conversations. No one's mouths were really moving.”  Ugly Casanova…”Things I Don’t Remember”

“Dancing at discos, eating cheese on toast.”  Kate Nash…”Merry Happy”

“I've kissed mermaids, rode the el nino. Walked the sand with the crustaceans.”  PIXIES…”Wave of Mutilation”

“With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here we are now, entertain us.”  Nirvana…”Smells Like Teen Spirit”

“The only thing I'll ever ask of you, you've got to promise not to stop when I say when.”  Foo Fighters…”Everlong”

“Who's gonna pay attention to your dreams? Who's gonna plug their ears when you scream?”  The Cars…”Drive”

“Oh but you are in my blood, you're my holy wine. You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet.”  Joni Mitchell…”A Case of You”

“This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways.”  Fiona Apple...”Sleep to Dream”

“Dance you fucker, dance you fucker. Don't you dare, don't you dare. Don't you flan in the face. Take it with the love is given. Take it with a pinch of salt. Take it to the taxman. Let me back let me back, I promise to be good. Don't look in the mirror at the face you don't recognize. Help me call the doctor…put me inside.”   Radiohead…”A Wolf at the Door”

“I wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used. Oh, you just keep on using me until you use me up.”  Bill Withers…”Use Me”

“Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life. You were only waiting for this moment to arise.”  The Beatles…”Black Bird”

“Average every day sane psycho…supergoddess.”   Liz Phair…”Extraordinary”

“Shake the frame of this house. Distress the wood, make it shout.”   Thao With The Get Down Stay Down…”Bag of Hammers”

“In the dark, I like to read his mind.”  ‘Til Tuesday…”Voices Carry”

“Watch out. You might get what you’re after.”  Talking Heads…”Burning Down the House”

“Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?”  New Order…”Bizarre Love Triangle”

“Carve your name into my arm. Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed.”  Placebo…”Every You Every Me”

“All of her lovers all talk of her notes, and the flowers that they never sent.”  The Psychedelic Furs…”Pretty in Pink”