Everything Fun is Forbidden

2am; where do I begin,
Crying off my face again.
The silent sound of loneliness
Wants to follow me to bed.

I’m a ghost of a girl that I want to be most.
I’m the shell of a girl that I used to know well.

Dancing slowly in an empty room,
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby.
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again.

Too afraid to go inside
For the pain of one more loveless night.
But the loneliness will stay with me
And hold me til I fall asleep.

I’m a ghost of a girl that I want to be most.
I’m the shell of a girl that I used to know well.

Dancing slowly in an empty room,
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby.
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again.

Broken pieces of
A barely breathing story
Where there once was love
Now there’s only me and the lonely.

Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again.

   ~ The Lonely, Christina Perri

My eyes open to the sound of a song I’ve heard,
Don’t know the name but I know all the words
Sun came up, crawled into the front seat
Memories leaving me, was it all a dream I had?
Time for us to wake up

I’ll save my words to make the most of it
I never meant to be gone so long

Do you still remember my touch at all?
I never meant to be gone so long
Do you still remember my touch at all?
I never meant to be gone so long

Street lights passing,
Every one gets me a heartbeat closer
To where it started beating
Keep me feeling safe and sound
When everything that’s right
Is upside down
Was it all a dream I had?
Time for us to wake up

I’ll save my words to make the most of it
I never meant to be gone so long

Do you still remember my touch at all?
I never meant to be gone so long
Do you still remember my touch at all?
I never meant to be gone so long as I have,
You won’t be home, I never meant to be gone so long
Do you still remember my touch at all?
I never meant to be gone so long

The world still moves on
I’m sorry I made you wait
I wish that I, I could stay
The world still moves on
(I live for this but I’d die for you)
I’m sorry I made you wait
I wish that I, I could stay
The world still moves on
(I live for this but I’d die for you)
I’m sorry I made you wait
I wish that I, I could stay
The world still moves on


   ~Gone So Long, Breathe Carolina

Wish enough, wise man’ll tell you a lie
Window broke, torn up screens
Who’d have thought that you’d dream
Of a single tragic scene

I just wanna sing a song with you
I just want to take it off of you

Cause Blue Eyes
You are all that I need
Cause Blue Eyes
You’re the sweet to my mean

Fess it up, dot on the palm of your hand
I can help you to stand
Saved it up for this dance
Tell me all the things you can

I just wanna sing a song with you
I just wanna be the one that’s true

Cause Blue Eyes
You’re the secret I keep
Cause Blue Eyes

All the lights on and you are alive
But you can’t point the way to your heart
So sublime, when the stars are aligned
But you don’t know
You don’t know the greatness you are

Cause Blue Eyes
You are destiny’s scene
Cause Blue Eyes
I just wanna be the one

I just wanna sing a song with you
I just wanna get it on with you

Cause Blue Eyes
You’re the secret I keep
Cause Blue Eyes
I just wanna sing a song with you…

   ~Blue Eyes, Cary Brothers

You are my sweetest downfall.

I loved you first.

Let me hold you for the last time
It’s the last chance to feel again
But you broke me, now I can’t feel anything

When I love you and so untrue
I can’t even convince myself
When I’m speaking it’s the voice of someone else

Oh, it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it’s not enough
To make it all okay

You can’t play our broken strings
You can’t feel anything
That your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell you something that ain’t real

Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?

Oh, what are we doing?
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us

Running back through the fire
When there’s nothing left to say
It’s like chasing the very last train
When it’s too late, too late

Oh, it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it’s not enough
To make it all okay

You can’t play our broken strings
You can’t feel anything
That your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell you something that ain’t real

Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?

But we’re running through the fire
When there’s nothing left to say
It’s like chasing the very last train
When we both know it’s too late, too late

You can’t play our broken strings
You can’t feel anything
That your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell you something that ain’t real

Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
So how can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?
Oh, you know that I love you a little less than before

Let me hold you for the last time
It’s the last chance to feel again

~Broken Strings, James Morrison

And after the storm,
I run and run as the rains come
And I look up, I look up,
on my knees and out of luck,
I look up.

Night has always pushed up day
You must know life to see decay
But I won’t rot, I won’t rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won’t rot.

And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.

And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That’s why I hold,
That’s why I hold with all I have.
That’s why I hold.

I will die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I’ll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and man so small.
Well I’m scared of what’s behind and what’s before.

And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

   ~After the Storm , Mumford and Sons

Don’t get any big ideas
They’re not gonna happen

You paint yourself white
And fill up with noise
But there’ll be something missing

Now that you’ve found it, it’s gone
Now that you feel it, you don’t
You’ve gone off the rails

So don’t get any big ideas
They’re not gonna happen

You’ll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking

   ~Nude, Radiohead

Oh.

Love of mine,
Won’t you lay by my side,
And rest your weary eyes,
Before we’re out of time,
Give me one last kiss,
For soon, such distance,
Will stretch between our lips,
Now the day’s losing light.

Oh.

Bring me your love, tonight.
Bring me your love, tonight.

Lost at sea,
My heart beat is growing weak,
Hoping you’d hear my plea,
And come save my life,
As the storm grew fierce,
An angel was certainly near,
I knew there was nothing to fear.

Bring me your love, tonight.
Bring me your love, tonight.
No I am not where I belong,
Bring me your love, tonight.

No I am not where I belong,
So shine a light and guide me home.
No I am not where I belong,
So shine a light, guide me back home.

Oh

   ~As Much As I Ever Could. City and Colour

Is this a waste of all my precious time?
And could this chance that I take lead me to losing my mind?
As I step to the edge, I saw the water below
Then I said to myself, “Sometimes you’ve gotta let go”

All I know is
All I know is
All I know is I’m still waiting for my sun to shine

Oh I see our clouds when I look around
Rain falls from my mouth as it hits the ground
Lead me to the light
‘Cause I’m still waiting
I’m waiting for my sun to shine

What does it take to be a liar
And all the chances we take
What we’re measured by
As I sat on my couch
I wondered why
It’s such a beautiful day
I’m still sitting inside-side-side
All I know is
All I know is
All I know is I’m still waiting for my sun to shine.

I was dancing with the devil
I was singing dirty songs
Pulling whiskey from the bottle
‘Till the early break of dawn

Oh my gorgeous Arizona
Here’s to gettin’ caught with you
I was runnin’ with the wolves
I was howlin’ at the moon

I felt down and torn apart
With no cash left in my pockets
Just a shitty fortune card
It read “Strength will find you sooner
Then you ever thought it would”

Then the pain it turned to anger
Moved to joy, so now I’m good
And I’m one pack of smokes from broke
I can tell I will make it alone

So I’ll keep on fighting
Yeah, I’ll keep on fighting
In the end, when you sink, we float

When you’re one pack of smokes from broke
I’m just one pack of smokes from broke
Yes I’m one pack of smokes from broke

   ~Waiting for My Sun to Shine, The Maine

is there a place
where smiles won’t fade
and hearts don’t break
i wanna go there
and strangers are friends
from lifetimes of waiting
to begin

draw a line in the sand don’t cross it
keep your hopes in a box don’t lock it
keep your love right here don’t toss it
it’s the best part
everything you are

is there a way
to turn back time
to forget all of my yesterdays
to “it-all-just-seems-alright”
as it leaves
i’ll learn how to laugh and smile
here by here i’ll take it all and stride
or dwell on how as i did last time
there’ll always be a second try

draw a line in the sand don’t cross it
keep your hopes in a box don’t lock it
keep your love right here don’t toss it
it’s the best part
everything you are

Yesterday i got lost in the circus,
feeling like such a mess.
And now I’m down,
I’m just hanging on the corner.
I can’t help but reminisce.

Cuz when you’re gone,
all the colors fade.
When you’re gone,
no new years day parade.
You’re gone,
colors seem to fade.

Your mama called, she said,
that you’re downstairs crying.
Feeling like such a mess.
Ya, i hear ya,
in the back ground balling.
What happened to your sweet summer time dress.

I know we all,
we all got our faults.
We get locked in our vaults,
and we stay..

When you’re gone,
all the colors fade.
When you’re gone,
no new years day parade.
You’re gone,
colors seem to fade,
colors seem to fade.

   ~Colors, Amos Lee

We’re torn between what’s right and what’s not
What’s up, what’s down
Left or right, deep down, on top, full stops
Exclamation mark, punctuation
100%, straight A’s, education
University, job prospects, lost objects
New possessions, new friends
Old lessons
New questions, old answers
New message
Repeat sentence, feel presence
Receive gestures
Learn more, seek blessings
Seek forgiveness
Seek freedom, seek vengeance
Meet God , meet Satan
Be full of life , be vacant
Daydream, Escapism
Flee danger, be braver
Keep changing, be a changer
Be popular, be a stranger
Do favors, be selfish
Share riches, be homeless
Be selfless, be careless
Be you, be them
Be anyone
Be an enemy, be a friend
But beware
Be careful, be reckless
Be reserved, be respected
Be flamboyant, be rejected
Be loved, be neglected
See sense
See nonsense, see lies
See honesty
See properly, see poorly
See tarnished, see quality
See policy, see corruption
See violence see peace
See allusion, see fact
See money, see through
We breathe, we gasp for air
We live, we die
We exist, we make a difference
We laugh, we cry
We try, we give up
We fail, we succeed
We lie, we cheat
We celebrate, we grieve

Why do we have love?
What is the function of love?
What what does that mean?
Why do we have love?

   ~Confetti Death, Gary Go

Night descended like a blanket, on the house
Where I miss you like a limb.
I close the curtains, shun the working and
I put your record on.
I put your record on.

I, the lonely tax collector, never had
Such a feeling before you came.
You descended, I amended
And I need it like a hole in the head.
I need it like a hole in the head.

You took me to the lion’s den
And I waited for the beast to begin.

   ~Lions Den, Dry the River

What if I can’t be all that you need me to be
We’ve got a good thing going, we have some promises to keep
But my addiction it can be such a detriment
Please believe in this my dear, I am more than penitent

What if everything’s just the way that it will be
Could it be that I am meant to cause you all this grief
My war ships are lying off the coast of your delicate heart
And my aim is steady and true as it’s been right from the start

There’s a degree of difficulty in dealing with me
From my haunted past comes a daunting task of living through memories.
If we could just hang a mirror on the bedroom wall, stare into the past and forget it all

So when we leave it’ll be a quick midnight escape
We’ll disconnect ourselves from all of yesterday
I’ll dig for water and fashion our very own wishing well
Then we’ll throw our coins down hoping to rid of us of this little hell

There’s a degree of difficulty in dealing with me
From my haunted past comes a daunting task of living through memories.
If we could just hang a mirror on the bedroom wall, stare into the past and forget it all

Will we get out of this little hell

   ~ Little Hell, City and Colour