I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LOOK STUPID WHEN I'M SLEEPING...

I never really liked sunny days
The black wings just reach out to me over a distance…
And I can feel the wind from the wings
I see the clouds, I feel the ocean with my feet, and I’m home again
It requires an ability to judge distance
The aeroplane flies high…turns left, looks right
Love is a sentimental heart
Life is a sentimental way
Spy the fragile heart so cursed
As he walks across this earth
I’m disconnected by your smile
Disconnect a million miles
And what you promised me
I hope will set you free
I’m disconnected by your smile
If I knew where I was going I would already be there
(Laugh) I wish I had more time
Judicious, beautiful, augmented, whatever
I’ve always been afraid to die, but I think I’m more afraid to live
And all I gave to you is lost
And all you took from me is lost
Black wings carry me so high
Up to meet you in the sky
I’m disconnected by your smile
Disconnect a million miles
And what you promised me
I hope will set you free
I’m disconnected by your smile
Wishing you were real to me
Wishing I could make believe
I’ll take my secrets to the grave
Safely held beneath the waves
Always knew I couldn’t save
Always knew I couldn’t save you
And in the heart I know you’re there
And in my heart I know you care
And in my heart I know you don’t
Smashing Pumpkins I "Aeroplane Flies High (Looks Left, Looks Right)" I Rotten Apples

GO 'WAY FROM MY WINDOW...

Leave at your own chosen speed
I'm not the one you want, babe
I'm not the one you need
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who's never weak but always strong
To protect you an' defend you
Whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me babev It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.
Go lightly from the ledge, babe
Go lightly on the ground
I'm not the one you want, babe
I will only let your down
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who will promise never to part
Someone to close his eyes for you
Someone to close his heart
Someone who will die for you an' more
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.
Go melt back into the night
Everything inside is made of stone
There's nothing in here moving
An' anyway I'm not alone
You say you're looking for someone
Who'll pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly
An' to come each time you call
A lover for you life an' nothing more
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

Bob Dylan I "It Ain't Me, Babe" I Another Side of Bob Dylan

I WOKE UP WITH THE POWER OUT...

not really somethin to shout about. 
Ice has covered up my parents hands, 
don't have any dreams don't have any plans.
I went out into the night, 
I went out to find some light. 
Kids are swingin from the power lines, 
nobody's home so nobody minds.
I woke up on the darkest night, 
neighbours all were shouting that they found the light.
Shadows jumpin' all over my walls, 
some of them big, some of them small. 
I went out into the night,
I went out to pick a fight with anyone. 
Light a candle for the kids, jesus christ don't keep it hid.
Ice has covered up my parents eyes, 
don't know how to see, don't know how to cry. 
Growing up in some strange storm, 
nobody's cold, nobody's warm. 
I went out into the night,
I went out to find some light. 
Kids are dyin' out in the snow, look at them go, look at them go.
When the power's out in the heart of man, 
take it from your heart put it in your hand. 
What's the plan? what's the plan? 
Is it a dream? is it a lie? 
I think i'll let you decide. 
Just light a candle for the kids, 
Jesus christ don't keep it hid! 
cause nothing's hid, from us kids.
You ain't foolin' nobody, with the lights out! 
When the power's out in the heart of man, 
take it from your heart put it in your hand. 
where'd you go?
Arcade Fire I "Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)" I Funeral

DEAD LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND...

When I know you're not around
Shiny tops and soda pops

When I hear your lips make a sound
Thirty notes in the mailbox
Will tell ya that I'm coming home
And I think I'm gonna stick around
For a while so you're not alone
If you can hear a piano fall 
You can hear me coming down the hall
If I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all
Soft hair and a velvet tongue
I wanna give ya what you give to me
And every breath that is in your lungs
Is a tiny little gift to me
I didn't feel so bad 'til the sun went down
Then I come home
No-one to wrap my arms around
Wrap my arms around
Well any man with a microphone 
Can tell you what he loves the most
And you know why you love at all 
If you're thinking of the holy ghost
The White Stripes I "Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground" I White Blood Cells

PUFFY LIPS GLISTENING SKIN AND EVERYTHING COMES RUSHING IN...

We don't go to hell
memories of us do
I get a sense of connectedness
Exclusive tight but nothing dangerous
We don't go to hell memories of us do
And if you go to hell
I'll still remember you
But I thought you beat the death of
inevitability
to death just a little bit
Terry's gift is forever green
It got me up and back on the scene
we don't go to hell
just our memories do
Fantastic gap common space
Open concept in your smiling face
we don't go to hell memories of us do
And if you go to hell I'll still remember you
The Tragically Hip I "Inevitability of Death" I Day for Night

YOU KNOW ALOT CAN HAPPEN AFTER EVERYBODY FALLS ASLEEP...

Ask the forest fire, ask the cop walking on the beat
And do right by them, work a little in your dreams
Don't let time rob you, hold onto your memories
In the glass houses, in the pages of the Rolling Stone
I get a sick feeling, like I'm rocking in a little boat
Hear the big church bell, it's ringing like a mobile phone
Such a long Sunday drive, and I'm taking it all alone
In the last hard drive in the satellites that kick and spin
You'll find that old footage so everything can live again
Pretty pink roses, the ostrich and the elephant
It's the next Noah's ark, everything's got to fit
In the creased pages of a letter I've been trying to send
To a young widow who is desperate for some kind of friend
You'll find a long list of eligible, handsome men
Who want to lay with her, upon the table of the elements
They're going to hold strong to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks them, say they're going to belong
And if anybody asks them, say that it won't take long now
And if anybody asks them, say they're going to get this done
And if anybody asks them, say they've got a reason

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band I "I Got The Reason #2" I Outer South

WE EXPECTED SOMETHING, SOMETHING BETTER THAN BEFORE...

We expected something more
do you really think you can just put it in a safe behind a painting, lock it up and leave
walk away now and you’re gonna start a war
Whatever went away I’ll get it over now. 
I’ll get money, I’ll get funny again
walk away now and you’re gonna start a war
We expected something, something better than before. 
We expected something more
we were always weird but I never had to hold you by the edges like I do now
Walk away now and you’re gonna start a war
Whatever went away I’ll get it over now. 
I’ll get money, I’ll get funny again
walk away now and you’re gonna start a war.
The National I "Start A War" I Boxer

PENNILESS AND TIRED WITH YOUR HAIR GROWN LONG...

I was looking at you there and your face looked wrong
memory is a fickle siren's song I didn't understand
In the gentle light as the morning nears
You don't say a single word of the last two years
Where you were or when you reached the frontier
I didn't understand
See you rugged hands and a silver knife
Twenty dollars in your hand that you hold so tight
All the evidence of your vagrant life
My brother you were gone
And you will try to do what you did before
Pull the wool over your eyes for a week or more
Let your family take you back to your original mind
There is nothing I can do
There is nothing I can say
Fleet Foxes I "He Doesn't Know Why" I Fleet Foxes

OH TO BE NOT ANYONE ...

gone
this maze of being
skin
oh to cry
not any cry
so mournful that
the dove just laughs
the steadfast gasps
oh to owe
not anyone
nothing
to be
not here
but here
forsaking
equatorial bliss
who walked through
the callow mist
dressed in scraps
who walked
the curve of the world
whose bone scraped
whose flesh unfurled
who grieves not
anyone gone
to greet lame
the inspired sky
amazed to stumble
where gods get lost
beneath
the southern cross 
Patti Smith I "Beneath The Southern Cross" I Gone Again

ABOUT AS SUBTLE AS AN EARTHQUAKE...

I know, my mistakes were made for you
And in the back room of a bad dream she came
And whisked me away, enthused
And it's as solid as a rock rolling down a hill
The fact is that it probably will hit something
On the hazardous terrain
And we're just following the flock,
'Round and in between, before we're smashed to smithereens
Like they were, and we scramble from the blame
And it's the fame that put words in her mouth
She couldn't help but spit 'em out
Innocence and arrogance entwined
In the filthiest of minds
She was bitten on her birthday and now
A face in the crowd she's not
And I suspect that now forever the shape
She came to escape is forgot
And it's a lot to ask her not to sting
And give her less than everything
Around your crooked conscience she will wind
'Cause we're just following the flock,
'Round and in between, before we're smashed to smithereens
Like they were, and we scramble from the blame
And it's the fame that put words in her mouth
She couldn't help but spit 'em out
Around your crooked conscience she will wind
And it's a lot to ask her not to sting
And give her less than everything
Innocence and arrogance entwined.
The Last Shadow Puppets I "My Mistakes Were Made For You" I The Age Of The Understatement

IT CAN'T BE KNOWN WHAT LIES IN WAIT

Restless sinner rest in sin
He's got no face to hold him in
He fills his days as dark as night
He's been waiting with the blind
Just to find a place to hide his ghost
Unopen eyes no consequence
The door's been closed since he's walked in
The fight's been ragging so many days
He'll greet you with a cross and a cycle
As he helps you in
You fall in waste
An open fire
You've got no taste for his desire
He brings you in to warm your bones
He's the reason why you came
And the reason why you ought to go
Fool's gonna fall and raise
Another fallen child
It can't be known
What lies in wait
For those of us in crippled states
A broken mind is no escape
When there's no one left to reason with
There's no one left to call your name
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club I Restless Sinner I Howl

THE BREATH OF THE MORNING...

I keep forgetting
The smell of the warm summer air
I live in a town
Where you can't smell a thing
You watch your feet
For cracks in the pavement
Up above
Aliens hover
Making home movies
For the folks back home
Of all these weird creatures
Who lock up their spirits
Drill holes in themselves
And live for their secrets
They're all uptight
Uptight..
I wish that they'd swoop down in a country lane
Late at night when I'm driving
Take me on board their beautiful ship
Show me the world as I'd love to see it
I'd tell all my friends
But they'd never believe
They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely
I'd show them the stars
And the meaning of life
They'd shut me away
But I'd be all right
All right. I'm just uptight
Uptight.. 
Radiohead I "Subterranean Homesick Alien" I OK Computer

YOU'RE JUST LIKE TIME...

Except you can feel the shame
All hands on deck, now
The sea is getting rough again
You see me out your window
Even when you close the blinds
And all you ever wanted
Was someone to treat you
Nice and kind
Take a step before running
Take a breath now before you die
When you work the streets, darlin'
Make sure
Your sneaker laces they get tied
I'll be your black bird darlin'
Hanging on your telephone wire
Flap my wings, oh yeah
And set your heart to fly
The Black Keys I "All You Ever Wanted" I Attack & Release