New game: Lyrics Chain

[hermitfish]

linked word = Amsterdam

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I want to see your reaction
I want to see how it looks

From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out

Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

Guster - "Amsterdam"

[noho]

Linked word = cloud

Such a feeling's comin' over me
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
It's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen


"Top Of The World" - Carpenters

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: world

Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
Until I realise that it was you who held me under

Felt it in my fist, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids
Shaking through my skull, through my spine and down through my ribs

No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone
No more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

Florence + the Machine - Blinding

[meretricious]

Linked word = feet

words can never make up for what you do
easy conversations, there's no such thing
no I'm shy shy shy
my hips they lie 'cause in reality I'm shy shy shy
but when I trip on my feet
look at the ground
The words are written in the dust
when I'm shaking my hips, look for the swing
The words are written in the air
Dance
I was a dancer all along
dance dance dance

Lykke Li, Dance Dance Dance

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: lie

Would I lie to you? Would I lie to you
honey?
Now would I say something that wasn't true?
I'm asking you
sugar
would I lie to you?

My friends know what's in store
I won't be here anymore.
I've packed my bags
I've cleaned the floor

Watch me walkin'
walkin' out the door.

Believe me
I'll make it
make it

Believe me
I'll make it
make it.
Would I lie to you? Would I lie to you
honey?

Annie Lennox - Would I Lie to You?

[noho]

Linked word = true

I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you


"#1 Crush" - Garbage

[Laragh]

linked word = soul

Nothing I can do,
You just took my soul with you,
You worked your charm so well,
Finally, I knew,
Everything I dreamed was true...



Your sweet moonbeam,
The smell of you in every single dream I dream,
I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided,
Who's one of my kind

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo,
The way you move ain't fair you know,
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do...
Tonight

Train - Hey, Soul Sister

[hermitfish]

linked word = radio

Johnny little rocket star flashing the label's credit card
His name is at the door but no one knew what for
Says he's got a strategy
I'm a test of his sanity
Wire cars and whiskey
Bad debts and dirty laundry

You can't even make up my mind (x2)
Just one more song the radio won't like


Kathleen Edwards - "One More Song the Radio Won't Like"

[Laragh]

Linked word = card

There was a time I used to pray
I have always kept my faith in love
It’s the greatest thing from the man above
The game I used to play
I’ve always put my card upon the table
Let it never be said that I’d be unstable

It was just my imagination, just my imagination,
Just my imagination, it was...

The Cranberries - Just My Imagination

[noho]

Linked word = table

Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said, "Rocky you met your match"
And Rocky said, "Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better, I'll be better Doc as soon as I am able"


"Rocky Raccoon" - The Beatles

[meretricious]

linked word = rocky

we found an old gray house
and you would not believe the way
we worked at night to fix it up,
took classes in the day
painting walls and sipping wine,
sleeping on the floor
there was so much love for just two,
til we found there'd be one more

and she said rocky I've never had a baby before
don't know if I can do it

Austin Roberts, Rocky

[Laragh]

linked word = wine

Well Ann she bought me a bottle of wine, it was a sultry 93 burgandy
She never minded to dine, on me
We stare across the sad cafes like were waiting on an accident.
When what we think to say makes less sense
And Im waiting on the drinks to bring me consent

Common Rotation - Burgandy

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: stare

This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us
It's time to make our move, I'm shaking off the rust
I've got my heart set on anywhere but here
I'm staring down myself, counting up the years
Steady hands, just take the wheel...
And every glance is killing me
Time to make one last appeal... for the life I lead

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're here not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Oh, can you see what I see

They're trying to come back, all my senses push
Untie the weight bags, I never thought I could...
Steady feet, don't fail me now
I'mma run till you can't walk
Something pulls my focus out
And I'm standing down...

Song: Stop and Stare by OneRepublic

[Ariel]

Linked word = wonder (lots of examples so I'll just highlight two of them, last few verses are cut)

Who wrote the book of love by The Monotones

I wonder wonder who, oouu who
Who wrote the book of love

Tell me, tell me, tell me
Oh who wrote the book of love

I've got to know the answer
Was it someone from above

I wonder wonder who, be-do-do who
Who wrote the book of love

I, I love you darlin'
Baby you know I do
But I've got to see this book of love
Find out why it's true

I wonder wonder who, be-doooo who
Who wrote the book of love

Chorus:

Chapter one says the lover
You lover her with all your heart

Chapter two you tell her
You never, never, never, never, ever wanna part

In chapter three remember
The meaning of romance

In chapter four you break up
But you give her just one more chance

Ariel
How I Met Your Mother

[noho]

Linked word = heart

When I'm losing control
Will you turn me away
Or touch me deep inside
And when all this gets old
Will it still feel the same
There's no way this will die
But if we get much closer
I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders
You'll need me to hold


"Love Is A Battlefield" - Pat Benatar

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: deep

Florence and the Machine - Never Let Me Go

Looking up from underneath
Fractured moonlight on the sea
Reflections still look the same to me
As before I went under

And it's peaceful in the deep
Cathedral where you cannot breathe
No need to pray no need to speak
Now I am under all

And it's breaking over me
A thousand miles down to the sea bed
Found the place to rest my head
Never let me go
Never let me go

[Mgraham93]

Link word: never
Foo Fighters- Walk

To keep alive a moment at a time
But still inside a whisper to a riot
To sacrifice but knowing to survive
The first to climb another state of mind
I'm on my knees, I'm praying for a sign
Forever, whenever
I never wanna die
I never wanna die
I never wanna die
I'm on my knees
I never wanna die
I'm dancing on my grave
I'm running through the fire
Forever, whenever
I never wanna die
I never wanna leave
I never say goodbye
Forever, whenever, forever, whenever

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?
I'm learning to talk again
Can't you see I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
I'm learning to talk again
Can't you see I've waited long enough

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: long

Take a look at my body
Look at my hands
There's so much here
That I don't understand

Your face saving promises
Whispered like prayers
I don't need them
I don't need them

I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable

Contempt loves the silence
It thrives in the dark
With fine winding tendrils
That strangle the heart

They say that promises
Sweeten the blow
But I don't need them
No, I don't need them

I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable

I'm a slow dying flower
Frost killing hour
The sweet turning sour
And untouchable

Natalie Merchant - My Skin

[noho]

Linked word = understand

So many times
I've tried to make you understand
You never tried to see behind my smile

If I didn't know you like I do
I'd get you into
The secret in me

Just because I'm good at fooling you
When no one's around
I walk in your shoes


"Silicone" - Mono

[Laragh]

Linked word =secret

Cool these engines
Calm these jets
I ask you, "How hot can it get?"
As you wipe off beads of sweat
Slowly, you say, "I'm not there yet"

I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
But can they keep it
Oh, no they can't

Secret - Maroon 5

[Ariel]

Secret Gardens linked word = secret

My grandmother's house is still there
But it isn't the same
A plain wooden cottage
A patch of brown lawn
And a fence that hangs standing
And sighing in the Seattle rain

Secret Gardens of the heart
Where the flowers bloom forever
I see you shining through the night
In the ice and snow of winter

I drive by with strangers
And wish they could see what I see
A tangle of summer birds
Flying in sunlight
A forest of lilies
An orchard of apricot trees
(Abridged)

Ariel
How I Met Your Mother

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: Flowers

Ahhhhhhhhhh, paper flowers
Ahhhhhhhhhh, paper flowers

I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops, as they're falling, tell a story

In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me

Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos - your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape

In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light

In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me

~

Evanescence -- Imaginary

[Ariel]

Linked word = clouds

Both Sides Now - words & music by Joni Mitchell (made famous by Judy Collins)

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere, i've looked at cloud that way.
But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.
So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions i recall.
I really don't know clouds at all.

Moons and junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real; i've looked at love that way.
But now it's just another show. you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.

I've looked at love from both sides now,
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions i recall.
I really don't know love at all.
(Abridged)

Ariel
How I Met Your Mother

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: rain

Who wants to be right as rain
It's better when something is wrong
You get excitement in your bones
And everything you do's a game

When night comes and you're on your own
You can say "I chose to be alone"
Who wants to be right as rain
It's harder when you're on top

Adele ~ Right as Rain

[Ariel]

Linked word = rain

In the early morning rain, with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home, and I miss my loved one so
In the early morning rain with no place to go

Out on runway number nine, big 707 set to go
But I'm stuck here on the ground where the cold winds blow
Well the liquor tasted good and the women were all fast
There she goes my friend, o she's rolling now at last

Here the mighty engines roar, see the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound, high above the clouds she'll fly
Where the early rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying o'er my home in about three hours time

This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly use to me
Cause I'm stuck here on the ground, cold and drunk as I might be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain

Ariel
How I Met Your Mother
Hey, LikeAnAmazon - feels like a tennis game, eh?

[LikeAnAmazon]

@Ariel: xD You're right, it does.

Linked word: time


Maybe it means nothing, maybe it means nothing,
Maybe it means nothing, but I'm afraid to move.

And the words: they're everything and nothing.
I want to search for her in the offhand remarks.
Who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
Who are you, echoing street signs?
Who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,
Dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?

Oh, words, like rain, how sweet the sound.
"Well anyway," she says, "I'll see you around..."


Vienna Teng ~ Recessional

[EasierSaid]

linked word - words

Stranded in the fog of words
Loved him like the winter bird
On my head the water pours
Gulf stream through the open door
Fly away, fly away to what you wanna make


"I Feel It All" - Feist

[LikeAnAmazon]

Linked word: fly

I look up to the little bird
That glides across the sky
He sings the clearest melody
It makes me want to cry
It makes me want to sit right down
and cry cry cry
I walk along the city streets
So dark with rage and fear
And I...
I wish that I could be that bird
And fly away from here
I wish I had the wings to fly away from here

Annie Lennox ~ Little Bird

[hermitfish]

linked word = bird

I'm not the tiger you never had
I'm not the first hit when you got it bad
I'm not your second, I'm not your third
But I'll be your bird

I'm not your Chesnutt
I'm not your Mould
I'm not your DJ on late night radio
I'll be the first one to ask where you were
I'll be your bird

M. Ward - "I'll Be Yr Bird"

[EasierSaid]

linked word - hit

But when we safely hit terra-firma it's
Only right the first thing we hit our palms together
Cause that's been the hip-hop greeting like for forever
After that I'll probably wanna hit the mic booth
Adjust the mic, so I don't hit my right tooth
Once I hit my comfort level, hit record
And soon enough we'll have another hit record

"The Hit Song" DJ Format