Good Song Lyrics

If you can hear a piano fall
You can hear me coming down the hall

— “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Group” by The White Stripes

Take this world away
And strangle it with wires for a lifetime
Make a pretty face and say I’m fine
I’m okay, only in the night time

— “Nightlife” by Phantogram

No such thing as a short recovery

— “Dove Nets” by The Main Drag

The cinders, the cinders, they light the path
And these strange steps take us back, take us back

— “Hysteric” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

And then the next day, how will you know your enemy?
By their colour or your fear?

— “Celebration Guns” by Stars

'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick
I dance around a pit, the darkness is beneath

— “Lotus Flower” by Radiohead

The lessons are too cruel to keep
To lock the door to hide the key
To hear you cast a spell so sweet
To still have hours left to sleep

— “The Chills” by Peter Bjorn and John

We are liars like the summertime
Like spring we are such fools
Like fall we are false prophets
And like winter we are cruel

— “Bad Sun” by The Bravery

Tell me all the things that you thought weren’t right about me
And my life
Tell me there’s a way that I can shake this cloud and stand near
To your light

— “Never Heal Myself” by Cults

But in truth, we’re doomed
Entombed by oil spills, the wicked lawmen and the benzene underground

— “Glass of the Microscope” by Yeasayer

It’s giving up oceans and living next to sea

— “Brighter” by Psychic Powers

No such thing as a short recovery

— “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter” by The Main Drag

Your mouth’s a constellation, the stars are in your eyes
I’ll take a spaceship and try and go and find you

— “I Won’t Hurt You” by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

We’ll cut loose our gold
'Cause we need fire
And only kindling can it buy
Wildness is our treasure
So boldly surrender
To me and to the night

— “Evil’s Sway” by Japandroids

Deja todo atrás y mira al frente
Que hay un sol que no se apaga

— “Dora” by beGun

Your brown eyes are my blue skies
They light up the rivers that the birds fly over

— “Undertow” by Warpaint

Jewel in my hands, go on, can’t you see it?
It’s so hard to understand envy is a poison
And whether or not it’s gold, it’s the only one I hold

— “Jewel in my Hands” by Hundred Waters

Here we are
Burning up in our cars
And our hearts

— “The Answer” by Uncle

Will you let me change?
I want to,
But I think you want me the same

— “Control” by Majical Cloudz

Would you control me?
Would you lock me up, and never set me free?
Would you? I am on my knees

— “Control” by Majical Cloudz

If I could do it again
I’d make more mistakes
I’d not be so scared of falling
If I could do it again
I’d climb more trees
I’d pick and I’d eat more wild blackberries

— “Waiting for the 7:18” by Bloc Party

My love
Love is the ever-changing spectrum of a lie
A lie, a lie to hide behind when nothing’s right
You take form with ink and blood
Can’t you see I’m good?

— “The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie” by The Joy Formidable

Sometimes regret makes a great pet
You hit the target, my pet regret
My pet, my pet, my pretty pretty pet

— “Pretty Pet” by Aberdeen City

These broken arms won’t hold you down
These ruptured lungs won’t make a sound
These syllables won’t bring you back
Won’t stitch the holes, the bone’s intact
And I can’t pretend that you were there
And I can’t pretend I held your hand and…
I miss your smile
I miss your smile
I need you now
I need you now
And I am not scared of falling down
I am not scared of dark, dark clouds
I miss your smile
I miss your smile
I need you now
I need you now

— “Fog” by Wintersleep

Don’t you like me for me?
Is there any better feeling than coming clean?
I know myself
And I’ll never love anyone else
I’ll never love anyone else

— “Pristine” by Snail Mail

One final final round 'cause
Time means nothing
Say that you’ll stay

— “After Hours” by We Are Scientists

I wanna build
Buildings high for you
But the cost, my God, the cost,
I can’t afford you

— “Very Loud” by Shout Out Louds

Stone me to sleep
No soul to keep

— “Holy Books” by Death from Above 1979

But there is something right with you
Never mind the end

— “Nevermind the End” by Tei Shi

Take me away from here
Somewhere we can just disappear

— “Nevermind the End” by Tei Shi

Even a bird would want a taste of dirt from abyssal dark
A prick of a feather could make the kingdom burn
And the bloodshed start, the falling apart

— “Of Moons, Birds & Monsters” by MGMT

This is our decision, to live fast and die young

— “Time to Pretend,” by MGMT

I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up
If I could stand on me for all the things that I believe

— “L.E.S. Artistes” by Santigold

Light reflects from your shadow, it is
More than I thought could exist
You move through the room
Like breathing was easy

— “Angels” by The xx

Do I need another house
Another coat, another high
Another sun, another soul
Another life

— “Another Sun” by Fool’s Gold

Discipline, discipline, disappearing
Echoing, echoing, exiting

— “Cain Said to Abel” by Bloc Party

The saddle spotted with sweat and blood
The poison pumps through his veins
There’s no stopping this, and now he’s powerless
Still holding the reigns

— “The Switch and the Spur” by The Raconteurs

The passion, the hunger
The lightning, the thunder
The murder, the mirror
The ending of an era

— “Ending of an Era” by Midnight Juggernauts

Go easy, just be
As life gets longer
Got all the time you need

— “The Healing” by Bloc Party

Fix me now I wish you would
Bring me back to life

— “Fix Me Now” by Garbage

Bend me break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you

— “I Think I’m Paranoid” by Garbage

Love, it cut a hole into your eyes
You couldn’t see
You were the car I crashed
Now you’re burning alive

— “Fall In Love” by Phantogram

Turning away from the light
Becoming adult
Turning into my soul
I wanted to bite not destroy
To feel her underneath
Turning into the light

— “Banquet” by Bloc Party

You are the smouldering vessel of punishment
Born to do nothing but justify us

— “Crown” by Run The Jewels

They couldn’t think of something to say the day you burst
With all their lions, with all their might and all their thirst

— “Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit

Carry me home, put me to bed!
Leave me alone, it’s all in my head!
It’s out of my hands, over the wheel
My only chance, my only appeal

— “No Brakes” by The Bravery

It’s such a waste to be wasted in the first place
I want to taste the taste of being face to face with common grace

— “This Velvet Glove” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

To call for hands of above to lean on
Wouldn’t be good enough for me, no

— “Heartbeats” by The Knife

Oh, does that surprise you at all
Is the light extensible and it lights the morning sky
And suddenly I’m struck
By the beauty of this moment

— “This Is All We’ve Got” by Cut Copy

Tell me where you go when I’m afloat
Tell me where you go when I’m trying to find myself
Tell me who it is who floats your boat

— “Tell Me” by Humans

My mind is open wide
And now I’m ready to start
You’re not sure, you open the door
To step out into the dark

— “Ready to Start” by Arcade Fire

No boat out in the blue, no place to rest your head
The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead

— “In A Sweater Poorly Knit” by mewithoutYou

We’re only young and naive still
We require certain skills
The mood it changes like the wind
Hard to control where it begins

— “Young Blood” by The Naked and Famous

Decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn’t hurt a lot
I guess not

— “Kids” by MGMT

Strange, what I feel for you
I make myself believe that you might feel it, too

— “Weekend” by Chrissy & Hawley

In the midst of the bleak and black
I still feel love is a lie, impossible

— “Every Love That Ever Was” by Home Video

Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah, you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests

— “2080” by Yeasayer

I want you to disappear into the dark
Captured in your eyes, you left a mark

— “Pull Me Back To Earth” by Friendly Fires

Sensitive heart, you’re doomed from the start
Meant to play the penitent part
Inquisitive mind, you’re destined to find
Tempted fate and knowledge divine

— “Origins” by Tennis

Enlightened
Troubled by enlightenment
The two of us both know
That even smarter than the rest
Your heart keeps getting colder
What is sacred what is best
I’m speechless

— “Sex Trigger” by Pictureplane

I’m so tired
Sheep are counting me
No more struggle
No more energy

— “I’m So Tired” by Fugazi

I’m done with the world and it’s done with me
All I wanna do is get up and leave
Sun falls into the garden
I’m on my knees

— “I’m Done with the World (& It’s Done with Me)” by Foals

Pump your veins
With gushing gold

— “Black Mambo” by Glass Animals

I can’t keep the floor from stopping
An angel laughs down from the sky
I get the feeling that I could drop in
They’re growing jealous of you and I

— “Angels” by Nilüfer Yanya

I’m not in control and I owe it all to you
Set sail into the storm, on a voyage to the moon

— “Control” by Olympic Ayres

All in all and I’m
Loving every rise and fall
The sun will make and I will take
Breath to be sure of this
In the end and then
All will be forgiven when
Surrender rises high and I
Gave what I came to give

— “Tear” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

We are a tale of two cities
Lost, drowned in a world of self pity
Can’t you see we’re not winning
Lost, drowned in a world that keeps spinning

— “Crash ‘n’ Burn Victims” by Moving Units

Hard to be soft
Tough to be tender

— “Help I’m Alive” by Metric

Boy, you are every colour
How am I visible?
Please tell me you need me

— “Plea” by Baths

You think I’ve lost my mind.
Is this blood his or mine?
Cause when we kiss our scars align.

— “Cut Cut Paste” by Tokyo Police Club

Someone sweep me off my feet
I am not an angel, I’m barely a man
I’m lonely but I’m here
Baby, understand

— “Sweep Me Off My Feet” by Pond

I wanna show you my bad side
I wanna be the guy who’s right
I want you to see things clearly
I wanna make it alright

— “Three Rings” by Grizzly Bear

I can see you run
I can see you’re undone
Shadow to the sun
Shadow to the sun
See a rule to break
See another rule to make
It’s a good mistake
Shadow next to none

— “Good Mistake” by Mr. Little Jeans

Wisdom’s a gift but you’d trade it for youth
Age is an honour, it’s still not the truth

— “Step” by Vampire Weekend

Nowadays I don’t keep my hopes as high
Nowadays as I used to
Nowadays I don’t look too far into
Nowadays I just want you

— “Nowadays” by Yus

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made

— “The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel

Curtained in with arms outspread
I was a stranger in our bed
Shut away and getting thin
I was a stranger in my skin

— “For the Guilty” by DIIV

Standing, facin’, all mirrors are erasin’
Losin’ beauty, at least at times it knew me

— “All Mirrors” by Angel Olsen

We are not enemies, but we don’t have to get along
And I don’t want to listen, unless you speak from your heart

— “Unless You Speak From Your Heart” by Porcelain Raft

I wouldn’t change her, trade or ditch
I love her just the way she is

— “City Club” by The Growlers

Боль - это боль, как ее ты не назови
Это страх, там где страх, места нет любви

— “Как на войне” by Агата Кристи

A hint of light in the dark
Only enough to keep from giving up

— “Thread” by Now, Now

We’re surrounded by debris of the past
And it’s too late to cause a change in the tides

— “Ohms” by Deftones

Just like an animal, I protect my pride
When I’m too bruised to fight
And even when I’m wrong, I tend to think I’m right
Well, I’m bored of the game
And too tired to rage

— “Coming of Age” by Foster the People

Less of who I am for you
In case I offend you
With something like the truth

— “L.I.N.E.” by Beach Fossils

It’s killing me just living
It’s killing me just living
In this body

— “N.Y.C. Power Elite Part II” by Death from Above 1979

You’ve had too much of the digital love
You want everything live, you want things you can touch
Make it feel like a movie you saw in your youth
Make it feel like that song that just unopened you

— “Dreamland” by Glass Animals

Tell me can the hateful chain be broken?
Production and consumption define our hollow lives

— “How Much Is Enough?” by Bad Religion

Haven’t I given enough, given enough?
Always the fool with the slowest heart
But I know you’ll take me with you
We’ll live in spaces between walls

— “Gilded Lily” by Cults

Can we walk the shadow right back?
Can we walk together down the track?
In the strangest dream
I’m sick and I’m scared
And I’m high on a trapeze

— “Trapeze Artist” by Youth Lagoon

I forgot how lucky it feels
When it’s hot all day and night

— “Gemmy Juice” by Neggy Gemmy

Well, that is that and this is this
Will you tell me what you saw, and I’ll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye

— “Ocean Breathes Salty” by Modest Mouse

You only get to lie under one blue sky
And watch the sun rise a finite number of times

— “Matches” by Vivienne Wilder

I’m like a dog without a collar
Try to be good without a master

— “Feels Like” by Babe Corner

All in all and I’m loving every rise and fall
The sun will make and I will take breath to be sure of this
In the end and then all will be forgiven when
Surrender rises high and I gave what I came to give

• “Tear” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Somebody from my heart said
I could turn off and never wake up
When everything’s clear, my breath made
Like steam fade, feel better

• “Klapp Klapp” by Little Dragon

And while our blood’s still young
It’s so young, it runs
And won’t stop 'til it’s over
Won’t stop to surrender

— “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap