gender and other unexplained contradictory tragedies.

...and let the rain pour in. i'll scream babe this is it! -cursive-

just crickets.

herstory

i don't know you, and i don't owe you a thing - margot and the nuclear so and sos-

-Casperson Kid- When dawn broke we knew they'd died, but we were never that careful, we were never that kind. -giddyup helicopter!

philosophical

I was found by that dark hillside with a certain painting by my side, screaming, -Knock down the house of regret. Knock it down, pave it over 'til you feel younger and younger. Knock it down pave it over 'til you feel like a kid again!- Wild Sweet Orange

The false courage resulting from too many tips of the glass to the lip seems to be universal.

If I loved you well that's my fault. -conor oberst-

Bring tea for the tillerman, steak for the sun -cat stevens-

-where feet sleep-

Shirley Road Shirley, you treated me fine -a weather-

3rd collection. The sky is blue. Just don't go telling everyone. -Conor Oberst-

I was in the backseat, going crazy -wild-sweet-orange-

Where were the parents at? And look where it's at. Middle America, now it's a tragedy. -eminem-

Homesick as an astronaut -conor oberst-

Oh and I feel so much depends on the weather. So is it raining in your bedroom? -stone temple pilots-

All I can do is read a book to stay awake. And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape. -blind melon-

Don't rely on a prayer to Jesus Christ it'll take more than an act of god to change my mind -capgun coup-

Everything you thought was right was wrong today -slobberbone-

It's hard living right, giving head when the sad days of winter have set in -the felice brothers-

If your thoughts should turn to death, gotta stomp 'em out like a cigarette -bright eyes-

you can make a plan. carve it into stone. -bright eyes-

me and joey started a fire in the road, just to watch it glow. -the felice brothers-

and if it's true, baby i'm the one in love you and i guess that i've been all my life -bright eyes-

Although I had started to think there might be hope, it isn't so -okkervil river-

If you wanna be me, be me. And if you wanna be you, be you -cat stevens-

hey baby, it's the end of the world, have a good time -slobberbone-

-2nd collection- let that beat control your body. you and me, there's no one watching. come on, we can rock this party all night long, believe me. -tilly and the wall-

there's nothing that the road cannot heal - bright eyes - nothing!

we can be homesick somewhere on our spaceship -skybox-

You don't have to be no one's -biography- oh they'll try and write you down, and hope you go crazy. So don't...-bright eyes-

I'd give a fortune to your infomercial if somebody would just take my call. Just take my call. -conor oberst-

I've seen a rich man beg, I've seen a good man sin, I've seen a tough man cry -whitey ford-

...if i got to heaven, i'll be bored as hell... conor oberst & the mystic valley band

I, I don't need any waves crashing down on me. And love can make you say some pretty hurtful things. 4th of july

bad poems and miracles.s

anemia

..they don't want to hear about it, it's only inches on the reeltoreel...[elvis costello]

it's something he said that i wish i had recorded. don't you want to be found? [bright eyes]

...i hear in texas, it gets hot as shit. and i know kansas could stop burning it. [4th of july] [the band] [range life]

...beach bum oh baby with you...[flowers forever]

...you start to choke 'cause you hate cigarettes. mostly you know this, sometimes you forget...[sorry about dresden]

[oneshot] Music Me Allll Over

[oneshot] your heart is like the rothko chapel...[david dondero] [double D]

Love, love, love, it keeps the goldfish swimming [the crimea]

i had a friend who changed his name but couldnt change himself. never quite figured out how to deal with what life had dealt. he put a needle in his arm to calm his hansome hell. who wouldve imagined it would have worked out so well? [bright eyes]

and on the swing you push me hard, so i'll come back to where you are...[azure ray]

...and every time she sneezes i believe it's love...[counting crows]

i came for you, for you. i came for you, but you did not need my urgency.. [bruce]

pills or the poison of sleep

[oneshot] ...if my body goes then to hell with my soul, we don't even know the difference...[band of horses]

in this fictitious world all reality twists. i was a hopeless romantic now i'm just sucking dicks. -bright eyes-

let's get married in a big cathedral by a priest. 'cause if i'm the man that you love the most you could say i do at least. [the white stripes]

if we're to believe the picture books, heaven is a partly cloudy place [rilo kiley]

damn girl's gone loop loop a loop a loop [the crimea]

speakers on a TV stand, just a turntable to watch... -bright eyes-

...but we were far more radiant...

when two movie stars kiss -bright eyes-

i felt real blue eating that blue fish -bright eyes-

I was schizophrenic before. [kalamazoo!]

6 haikus [We're looking down on wayne's basement, only that's not wayne's basement. Isn't that weird?] [Garth, that was haiku]

my love, my Love, is not the enemy -bright eyes-

don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth -bright eyes-

...you know who's name I'll be screaming as I'm clutching my chest: the one my dad told me to, and his told him to. And I probably pray as much or more than you do [todd snider]

There's endless entertainment in thinking the world is gonna end. -bright eyes-

1 haiku

it takes a lifetime to make a pearl that shines, from a single grain of hourglass time [tilly & the wall]

Wake me up when get to heaven. Let me sleep if we go to hell [les savy fav]

Reverse. They're closing in on every other side [now it's overhead]

17 haikus. i keep floating down the river, but the ocean never comes [bright eyes]

get into the groove, boy you better prove your love to me [tilly & the wall]

...The only reason I was never a household name was because all my fans lived in apartments...[mitch hedberg]

...the phone slips from your loose grip...-bright eyes-

...as you explain to your mother, how you've wanted to die. So she kisses your fingers says, My darling, but why?...-bright eyes-

Part Three ...'til the birds return for spring cleaning...-bright eyes-

part two ...I made a new cast of the death mask that's gonna cover my face... -bright eyes-

[part one]...and your mouth is full of angry words and cinnamon. [comm. venus]

When the floods they come a'rushing in, and the boat is full and you can't get in, it's okay if you don't want to swim. [Tilly & The Wall]

...begging mercy on the sidewalk, to a sea of last callers. Keep the conversation quick and keep 'em interested...[the good life]

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