New game: Lyrics Chain

[watty]

linked word = half

half underwater
i'm half my mother's daughter
a fraction's left up to dispute
the whole collection
half off the price they're asking
in the halfway house of ill repute

half accidental
half pain
full instrumental
i have a lot to think about
you think they're joking?
you have to go provoke him...
i guess it's high time you found out


"Half Jack" -- Dresden dolls
[br]

[noho]

Linked word = think

Been running so fast
Right from the starting line
No more connections
I don't need anymore advice
One hand's just reaching out
And one's just hangin' on
It seems my weaknesses
Just keep going strong

Head over heels
Where should I go
Can't stop myself
Outta control
Head over heels
No time to think
Looks like
The whole world's out of sync

"Head Over Heels" - GO-GO'S

[Smilis]

Linked word = strong

I don't need your sympathy
There's nothing you can say or do for me
And I don't want a miracle
You'll never change for no-one
And I hear your reasons why
Where did you sleep last night?
And was she worth it, was she worth it?

Cause I'm strong enough to live without you
Strong enough and I quit crying
Long enough, now I'm strong enough
To know you gotta go
There's no more to say
So save your breath and walk away
No matter what I hear you say
I'm strong enough to know you gotta go


Strong enough - Cher

[starcomed]

Linked word: walk

200 years and more have past
Since Cook saw Botany Bay
Still the choices that we make
Create our history every day
The things that we remember
The races that we start
Have brought us to the water’s edge
With a fire in our heart

As we walk across the Harbor Bridge
We reach across the years
We reach across our differences
We reach across our fears
We reach into the mystery
As we seek to understand
The meaning of our history
We must each extend a hand

Title: Extend A Hand
Artist: John McCutcheon

[Knock yourself out]

linked word = meaning

Everything becomes so defined
That in the end there's no definition
They do not mean a thing
They do not tell a story

We communicate more and more
In more defined ways than ever before
But no one was got anything to say
It's all very poor it's all just a bore

Someone has got to make the difference
Between the seeming and the meaning
The seeming over runs the meaning

The Seeming and the Meaning by Stereolab

[noho]

Linked word = between

Every night that goes between
I feel a little less
As you slowly go away from me
This is only another test
Every night you do not come
Your softness fades away
Did I ever really care that much
Is there anything left to say

Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly call inside


"Storms" - Fleetwood Mac

[beanie]

linked word = hour

hour follows hour like water in a river
and from one to the next
we don't know what each hour will deliver
we just call it like we see it
call it out loud as we can
and then afterwards we call it all water over the dam
maybe the moral higher ground
ain't as high as it seems
maybe we are both good people
done some bad things
i just hope it was okay
i know it wasn't perfect
i hope in the end we can laugh
and say it was all worth it

[Foomatic]

linked word = perfect

Just a perfect day
Drink sangria in the park
And then later, when it gets dark, we'll go home
Just a perfect day
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later a movie too, and then home

Perfect Day, Lou Reed

[watty]

linked word = home

Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again


"Comfortably Numb" -- Scissor Sisters
[br]

[Tues]

linked words - again, ease, pain


Shame, such a shame
I think I kind of lost myself again
Day, yesterday
Really should be leaving, but I stay

Say, say my name
I need a little love to ease the pain
I need a little love to ease the pain
It's easy to remember when it came

'Cause it feels like I've been
I've been here before
You are not my savior
But I still don't go


"Dissolved Girl" - Massive Attack

[Knock yourself out]

linked word = like

You look like a perfect fit
For a girl in need of a tourniquet
But can you save me?
Come on and save me
If you could save me
From the ranks of the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone

Save Me by Aimee Mann

[NeTGiRL]

Linked words = save

If you want to, I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside, so busy out there
And all you wanted was somebody who cares

All You Wanted by Michelle Branch

[noho]

Linked word = inside

Now I'm sitting on a Paris train
Molten ash falls like rain
Fire burns the trees
It's a beautiful fatality
I love the way you stand your ground
Sea moves as mercury
To break its perfect skin
To dare to die from within

Sometimes
Sometimes
I see much more than's good for me
The first thing that's on my mind
The last place I look each time
Sometimes
I slip inside imagery
And the last thing that's on my mind's
The first thing I'll do each time
Each time
Each time


"Paris Train" - Beth Orton

[watty]

linked word = time

It takes so much out of me to pretend
tell me now, tell me how to make amends

maybe, I need to see the daylight
to leave behind this half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down

lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind


"Half-life" -- Duncan Sheik
[br]

[starcomed]

Linked word: daylight

On water we have walked like the fearless child
What was fastened we've unlocked revealing wondrous wild
And in search for confirmation
We have jumped into the fire
And scrambled with our burning feet through uncontrolled desire

In darkness we do what we can
In daylight we're oblivion
Our hearts so raw and clear
Are turning away, turning away from here

Title: Turning Away
Artist: Mary Black

[Foomatic]

linked words = the darkness

I need
the darkness,
the sweetness,
the sadness,
the weakness,
ooh I need this.
Need a lullabye,
a kiss goodnight,
angel, sweet love of my life
ooh I need this

My Skin, Natalie Merchant

[noho]

Linked word = I need this

We've been through fake-a-breakdown
Self hurt
Plastics, collections
Self help, self pain
EST, psychics, fuck all
I was central
I had control
I lost my head
I need this
I need this
A paper weight, junk garage
Winter rain, a honey pot
Crazy all the lovers have been tagged
A hotline, a wanted ad
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this


"Country Feedback" - R.E.M.

[Knock yourself out]

linked word = control

Got to pick up the phone
I will call any number
I will talk to anyone
I know I'm gone too far
Much too far I gone this time
And I don't want to think what I've done
I don't know how to stop
No, I don't know how to stop

There are always hidden silences
Waiting behind the chair
They come out when the coast is clear
They eat anything that moves
I go shaky at the knees
Lights go out, stars come down
Like a swarm of bees

No self control
No self control
No self control


No Self Control by Peter Gabriel

[watty]

linked word = hidden

full of all my whispered words, her black hair
and wet with tears and good-byes, her hair of deepest black
all my tears cried against her milk-white throat
hidden behind the curtain of her beautiful black hair

as deep as ink and black, black as the deepest sea
the smell of her black hair upon my pillow
where her head and all its black hair did rest
today she took a train to the west


"Black hair" -- Nick Cave
[br]

[starcomed]

Linked words: sea & tears

And when you feel like this try to imagine
That we're all like frail boats on the sea
Just scanning the night for that great guiding light
Announcing the jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're standing
With your eyes filling with tears
That it's habit alone keeps you turning for home
Even though your home is right here

Where the people who love you are gathered
Under the wise wishing tree
May we all be considered then straight on delivered
Down to the jubilee

Title: Jubilee
Artist: Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Leafsdude]

Linked Word: Wishing

I dreamt about another girl in bed with you,
You just laugh and smiled, denied the proof.
We're fine til I think of the problem. (Hrmph)

At least you made sense.
Like a joke that no one gets.
It's a life without regret.
I wanted to feel that way,
Forever and ever.

I know, I get cold,
'Cause I can't leave things well alone,
Understand I'm accident prone.
Me, I get free,
Every night the moon is mine.

But when the morning comes,
Don't say you love me,
Don't say you need me,
I really don't think that's fair.
Boy, I'm not so dumb,
But when you leave me,
I'll be wishing I,
Wishing I,
Wishing I was there.

Natalie Imbruglia - Wishing I Was There

[noho]

Linked word = cold

A body is washed up on a Norfolk beach
He was a friend that I could not reach
He thought I was cold but I understand
But for the grace of god goes another man
And I may just waste away from doing nothing
But you're a martyr for even less

A choirboy is buried on the moor
Where we used to go dreaming when we were bored
Some kids are best left to fend for themselves
And others were born to stack shelves
And I may just waste away from doing nothing
But you're a martyr for even less


"Even Less" - Porcupine Tree

[NewRuthRising]

Linked word= god

Dear God,
Don't know if you noticed, but...
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book,
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain't, and so do you

Dear God,
I can't believe in...
I don't believe in...

I won't believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it's the same the whole world 'round.
The hurt I see helps to compound
That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
And if you're up there you'd perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in.....

It's you.....
Dear God.

Dear God, Sarah Mclachlan

[Knock yourself out]

linked word = hurt

You’ve been crying
Your face is a mess
Come in baby
You can dry the tears on my dress
She’s hurt you again
I can tell
Oh, I know that look so well

Don’t be shy
You’ve been here before
Pull your shoes off, lie down
And I will lock the door

And no-one has to know
You’ve come here again
Darling it will be
Like it’s always been before
Come on over here

Breakfast in bed
And a kiss or three
You don’t have to say you love me
Breakfast in bed
Nothing need be said
Ain’t no need

Breakfast in Bed - Dusty Springfield (subtext becomes text)

[bluebird]

linked word = nothing


Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you

Do you ever want to run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming

No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like
To be like me...


Welcome to my life - Simple Plan

[noho]

Linked word = burning

Shame
Burning you keep my whole body yearning
You got me so confused it's a shame
Sometimes I think I'm going insane
But still I want to stay
Wrapped in your arms is where I want to be
Want to be
Wrapped in your arms that's my high
My high

Shame
My mother says you're playing a game
And what you do to me is a shame
Gonna love you just the same
Mama just don't understand
Wrapped in your arms is where I want to be
Want to be
Wrapped in your arms that's my high
My high


"Shame" - Evelyn Champagne King

[tarawhipped]

Linked word = insane

Dearly beloved, are you listening?
I can't remember a word that you were saying.
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
The space that's in between insane and insecure.

Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused,
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse.

"Jesus of Suburbia," Green Day

[Foomatic]

linked words: the space between

The space between, where you smile and hide
Where youll find me if I get to go
The space between, the bullets in our fire fight
Is where I'll be hiding, waiting for you
The rain that falls splashed in your heart
Ran like sadness down the window into your room
The space between, our wicked lies
Is where we hope to keep safe from pain

The Space Between, Dave Matthews Band

[dynigirl]

Linked word - Rain

The time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away and Anna begins to change my minds
And everytime she sneezes I believe it's love and
O lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

She's talking in her sleep
It's keeping me awake and Amma begins to toss and trun
And every word is nonsence but I understand and
Oh lord, Im not ready for this sort of thing

Anna Begins - Counting Album August and everything after

[starcomed]

Linked words: Things, Understand & Time

i sat here on my suitcase
in our empty new apartment
until the sun went down
then i walked back down the stairs
with all my bags and drove away
you must be freaking out

all i know is i've gotta be
where my heart says i oughta be
it often makes no sense
in fact,
i never understand these things i feel

don't change your plans for me
i won't move to LA
the leaves are falling back east
that's where i'm gonna stay

you have made me smile again
in fact, i might be sore from it
it's been a while
i know we've been together many times before
i'll see you on the other side
but don't change your plans for me
i won't move to LA
the leaves are falling back east
that's where i'm going to stay

Title: Don't Change Your Plans
Artist: Ben Folds