Zain's Lists Page - Favorite Lyrics

"You say I'm a fool. You say I'm nothing. But if I'm a fool for you - well, that's something."
- U2, "Two Hearts"
"There's no simple explanation for anything important any of us do."
- The Tragically Hip, "Courage"
"You made it through the direst of straits alright; can you help it if plain love now seems less interesting?"
- The Shins, "Girl Sailor"
"I don't believe you're leaving because me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream."
- Tori Amos, "Tear in Your Hand"
"You say that I treat you like a book upon a shelf - I don't take you out that often 'cause I know that I've completed you."
- Bright Eyes, "You Will..."
"The space between your heart and mind is a space we'll fill with time."
- Dave Matthews, "The Space Between"
"The phone rings - but I don't answer it, 'cause everybody knows that good news always sleeps 'til noon."
- Cowboy Junkies, "Sun Comes Up, it's Tuesday Morning"
"And I must be an acrobat to talk like this and act like that."
- U2, "Acrobat"
"Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay, it only took my little fingers to blow you away"
- Elvis Costello, "Watching the Detectives"
"We live to survive our paradoxes."
- The Tragically Hip, "Springtime in Vienna"
"Maybe a prostitute could teach you how to take a compliment."
- The Tragically Hip, "Flamenco"
"I'll find someone who's not going cheap in the sales - a nice little housewife who'll give me a steady life, and won't keep going off the rails."
- Soft Cell, "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
"Tell me all the things I wasn't could have made this big a difference to all the things you are."
- The Grapes of Wrath, "All the Things I Wasn't"
"Coming into season, this world will flower - with the power of love, and not the love of power."
- Mae Moore, "Bohemia"
"We all know you're soft 'cause we've all seen you dancing, yet we all know you're hard 'cause we've all seen you drinking from noon until noon again."
- Belle and Sebastian, "The Boy with the Arab Strap"
"You were crazy to want this, even for awhile."
- Matthew Good Band, "Strange Days"
"I spoke about wings. You flew. I wondered, I guessed, then I tried. You just knew."
- The Waterboys, "The Whole of the Moon"
"There's bourbon on the breath of the singer you love so much. He takes all his words from books that you don't read, anyway."
- Wilco, "Poor Places"
"You better let somebody love you before it's too late."
- The Eagles, "Desperado"
"He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties... but gravity always wins."
- Radiohead, "Fake Plastic Trees"
"I think she's just pieces of me you've never seen."
- Tori Amos, "Tear in Your Hand"
"Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth. Only I don't know how they got out."
- The Shins, "New Slang"
"The best-looking boys are taken and the best-looking girls are staying inside."
- Belle and Sebastian, "Judy and the Dream of Horses"
"You're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself with these revisions and gaps in history. So let me help you remember; I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear. I've prepared a lecture on why I have to leave."
- The Postal Service, "Nothing Better"
"How can I convince you it's me I don't like and not be disappointed by the look in your eyes, when I've always been distant and I've always told lies for love." - Wilco, "Reservations"
"I watched your convictions melt like ice cubes in an ocean. You were so poorly cast as a malcontent."
- The Shins, "Mine is not a High Horse"
"What is normal in the evening by the morning seems insane."
- Bright Eyes, "Lua"
"Turn me back into the pet I was when we met. I was happier then with no mindset"
- The Shins, "New Slang"
"Buy me a shiny new machine that runs on lies and gasoline and all those batteries we stole from smoke alarms."
- The Weakerthans, "Reconstruction Site"
"She said that she was working for the ABC news. It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use"
- Elvis Costello, "A Brilliant Mistake"
"I guess you'll never be a saint. Martyrs never last this long."
- The Weakerthans, "Benediction"
"I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home."
- Jon Bon Jovi, "Bed of Roses"
"I'm not too proud to say that I'm okay with the girl next door who's famous for showing her chest."
- Belle and Sebastian, "The Model"
"Taken in context, it's not a bad thing, but when you start to pick it apart it gets so depressing."
- Straylight Run, "The Perfect Ending"
"It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else."
- U2, "The Fly"
"I should probably feel cheap, but I just feel free and a little bit empty."
- Bright Eyes, "Take it Easy (Love Nothing)"
"I'm not saying that I'm replacing love with some other word to describe the sacred ties that bind me to you. I'm just saying that we've mistaken one for thousands of words, and for that mistake I've caused you such pain that I damn that word."
- 10,000 Maniacs, "Jezebel"
"Every time she sneezes I believe it's love and oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing."
- Counting Crows, "Anna Begins"
"I can't accept that it's over, and I will block the door like a goalie tending the net in the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry."
- The Postal Service, "Nothing Better"
"Guilty feet have got no rhythm."
- George Michael, "Careless Whisper"
"I feel high but I'm grounded. I'm sane but I'm overwhlemed. I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby."
- Alanis Morisette, "Hand in Pocket"