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We used to wait for it. Now we're screaming sing the chorus again. - Arcade Fire

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

Now it seems strange
How we used to wait for letters to arrive
But what's stranger still
Is how something so small can keep you alive

We used to wait
We used to waste hours just walkin' around
We used to wait
All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown

We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again

We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again

We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire - YouTube

They want me to be this picture-perfect girl, in a little picture-perfect world. But I cuss when I talk, and I lean when I walk...You won't bring me down. - Bibi Bourelly

They want me to be this picture-perfect girl
In a little picture-perfect world
But I cuss when I talk, and I lean when I walk
And I've been through some shit and I've gained and I've lost

You won't bring me down, down, d-d-down
Down, d-d-down, down, d-d-down

Ego - Bibi Bourelly - YouTube

The kids are having none of it. They can't be bought, they can't be taught your hate. - Frazey Ford

Get out of the way
You've had your day
And it’s no longer how we gon’ play

The kids are having none of it
The kids are having none of it
They can't be bought, they can't be taught your hate

The Kids Are Having None Of It - Frazey Ford - YouTube

You take it for granted, I guess that's what it's for. But before you demand it, take a look out your back door. - Blues Traveler

I love what's mine 'cause what's mine is all mine
Gives me a reason to go get more
Don't really care where I go to get it
I ain't too clear about "What's yours is yours"

You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
Take a look out your back door

Freedom - Blues Traveler - YouTube

I asked myself for peace, and found it at my feet. Staring at the sea. - Future Islands

I wrestled by the sea
A loneliness in me
I asked myself for peace
And found it at my feet
Staring at the sea

All that glitters is gold
Don't believe what you've been told
People lie, people love, people go
But beauty lies in every soul

I asked myself for peace
And found a piece of me
Staring at the sea

A Dream Of You And Me - Future Islands - YouTube

Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah. - Salvatore Ganacci

Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah
Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah
Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah
Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah

Horse - Salvatore Ganacci - YouTube

Well I can only love someone I am just a person. My father loved my mother and I am her son. - Blues Traveler

Well I can only love someone I am just a person
My father loved my mother and I am her son
The preceding verses are the halves of my soul
I'm just the battlefield and that is my role
There's a tug of war between what I can and can't feel
The inevitable compromise determines the real
The equation the reason for my being here
The struggle resulting in my invention of the tear

For I'm only something
Yes I'm only something
Yes I'm only something
And I can only love someone

Battle Of Someone - Blues Traveler - YouTube

I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks. Looked up to the lord above and said, "Hey man, thanks." - The Tragically Hip

Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years

Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me

I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the lord above and said, Hey, man, thanks

Sometimes I feel so good I got to scream
She said, Gordie, baby, I know exactly what you mean
She said, she said, I swear to god she said

My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim

New Orleans Is Sinking - The Tragically Hip - YouTube

Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? - Joni Mitchell

They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell - YouTube

Wanting what you cannot have. Living with a sadness you cannot endure, forevermore. - Hot Chip

Dreaming never felt so bad
Loving never felt so wrong before
Wanting what you cannot have
Living with a sadness
You cannot endure
Forevermore

When I sing, I sing for you
All I make, I make for you
The night long, I work for you
Till the sun comes streaming through
When I sing, I sing for you
All I make, I make for you
The night long, I work for you
Till the sun comes streaming through

Been tryin' hard to pull you back
All my life, it's momentary
A moment like a heart attack
Stopped my life, it's momentary
Been tryin' hard to pull you back
All my life, it's momentary
A moment like a heart attack
Stopped my life, it's momentary

Hungry Child - Hot Chip - YouTube

Superman never made any money, savin' the world from Solomon Grundy. - Crash Test Dummies

Sometimes when Supe was stoppin' crimes
I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit
And turn his back on man
Join Tarzan in the forest

But he stayed in the city
Kept on changin' clothes
In dirty old phone booths 'til his work was through
Had nothin' to do but go on home

Superman never made any money
Savin' the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair
The world will never see another man like him

Superman's Song - Crash Test Dummies - YouTube

If you give, you begin to live. You begin, you get the world. - Dave Matthews Band

To change the world,
Start with one step.
However small,
The first step is hardest of all.

If you give, you begin to live.
You begin, you get the world.

You Might Die Trying - Dave Matthews Band - YouTube

I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong. I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs. - Janelle Monae

'Cause I'm crazy and I'm sexy and I'm cool
Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong
I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs

Janelle Monae - I Like That - YouTube

And what's a song without you? When every song I write is about you. - Future Islands

And what's a song without you?
When every song I write is about you
When I can't hold myself without you
And I can't change the day I found you

Ran - Future Islands - YouTube

You tie their hands behind their back and expect them not to bite. Well yes it is what it is but what it is isn’t right. - Mellah

Well yes it is what it is but what it is isn’t right
When you’re falling into the feeling losing the fight to feel bright
I’m tired of listening to the pillars and the preachers of night
Well yes it is what it is but what it is isn’t right

You take it out on the weakest for no reason but spite
Preach you exultation just because your skin’s white
You tie their hands behind their back and expect them not to bite
Well yes it is what it is but what it is isn’t right

What It Is - Mellah - YouTube

At least I have her love, the city she loves me. Lonely as I am, together we cry. - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, The City of Angels
Lonely as I am together we cry

I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills 'cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
Well, I never worry, now that is a lie

I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
But take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
But take me to the place I love take me all the way

It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city, she loves me
Lonely as I am together we cry

Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers - YouTube

When I say infinity I mean now. Kiss the one you are right now. - Big Thief

When I say infinity I mean now
Kiss the one you are right now
Kiss your body up and down, other than your elbows

'Cause as for your elbows they're on their own
Wandering like a rolling stone
Rubbing up against the edges of experience

Spud Infinity - Big Thief - YouTube

The lights are so nice and bright and let's dream, but some of us are stuck like stones in a slipstream. What am I gonna do to wake up? - Kate Tempest

Europe is lost, America lost, London lost
Still we are clamouring victory
All that is meaningless rules
We have learned nothing from history

The people are dead in their lifetimes
Dazed in the shine of the streets
But look how the traffic's still moving
System's too slick to stop working

Business is good, and there's bands every night in the pubs
And there's two for one drinks in the clubs
And we scrubbed up well
Washed off the work and the stress
And now all we want's some excess
Better yet; a night to remember that we'll soon forget

All of the blood that was bled for these cities to grow
All of the bodies that fell
The roots that were dug from the earth
So these games could be played

Sleep like a gloved hand covers our eyes
The lights are so nice and bright and let's dream
But some of us are stuck like stones in a slipstream
What am I gonna do to wake up?

Europe Is Lost - Kate Tempest - Live On Jimmy Fallon - MetaTube