Song Quotes/Lyrics

Bowling for Soup - 1985

Woohoo
Woohoo

Debbie just hit the wall
she never had it all
one Prozac a day
husband's a CPA
her dreams went out the door
when she turned twenty-four
only been with one man
what happened to her plan?

She was gonna be an actress
she was gonna be a star
she was gonna shake her ass
on the hood of Whitesnake’s car
her yellow SUV is now the enemy
looks at her average life
and nothing has been alright, sicne

Bruce Springstein, Madonna
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV
her two kids in high school
they tell her that she’s uncool
but she's still preoccupied
with 19, 19, 1985

Woohoo
(1985)
Woohoo

She’s seen all the classics
she knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink
even Saint Elmo’s Fire
she rocked out to wham
not a big Limp Bizkit fan
thought she’d get a hand
on a member of Duran Duran

Where’s the mini-skirt made of snake skin
and who’s the other guy that's singing in Van Halen
when did reality become T.V.
what ever happened to sitcoms, game shows
(on the radio was)

Bruce Springstein, Madonna
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV
her two kids in high school
they tell her that she’s uncool
but she's still preoccupied
with 19, 19, 1985

Woohoo

She hates time make it stop
when did Motley Crue become classic rock?
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop
Stop!
STOP!
And bring back

Bruce Springstein, Madonna
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV
her two kids in high school
they tell her that she’s uncool
but she's still preoccupied
with 1985

Bruce Springstein, Madonna
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV
her two kids in high school
they tell her that she’s uncool
but she's still preoccupied
with 19, 19, 1985

Who is this man?
What sort of devil is he
To have me caught in a trap
And choose to let me go free?
It was his hour at last
To put a seal on my fate
Wipe out the past
And wash me clean off the slate!
All it would take
Was a flick of his knife.
Vengeance was his
And he gave me back my life!

Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!
Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase!
I am the Law and the Law is not mocked
I'll spit his pity right back in his face
There is nothing on earth that we share
It is either Valjean or Javert!

How can I now allow this man
To hold dominion over me?
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me my life. He gave me freedom.
I should have perished by his hand
It was his right.
It was my right to die as well
Instead I live... but live in hell.

And my thoughts fly apart
Can this man be believed?
Shall his sins be forgiven?
Shall his crimes be reprieved?

And must I now begin to doubt,
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles
The world I have known is lost in shadow.
Is he from heaven or from hell?
And does he know
That granting me my life today
This man has killed me even so?

I am reaching, but I fall
And the stars are black and cold
As I stare into the void
Of a world that cannot hold
I'll escape now from the world
From the world of Jean Valjean.
There is nowhere I can turn
There is no way to go on....

If I ever get lucky enough to somehow stumble into a tv deal based on an original war story idea of mine, this is the opening theme. I'd have to edit out certain parts because they just don't match with the mood properly, so I'm posting what the edit would look like:

O.A.R. - Here's to You

Well there was a time when life caught you by surprise.
What you see going by is a shadow.
You've got to live in front of your eyes.
In a typical way we stray, checking back with the past.
In a typical day we'll stay to see what's gonna last.

But I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all, yeah.

Well there was a place we'd chase through the woods in my juvenile days.
What a typical waste of space, what a wonderful place to stay.
But I could have cried but I just left my soul to fly.
And I could have chilled at will, but I didn't know how to die.

But I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all.
I didn't mind at all, No!

[Edit here - The song would have to be advanced like another minute-ish]

I've been woken and I have been broken
But this time it's gonna change
For, I've been lazy and I have been crazy
But this time it's not hazy at all
Cause I've been,
I've been chosen, my heart has been stolen
But from,

[Edit - this would come from an earlier part in the song because it just sounds better]

From this day on, I swear to you true.
From this day on I swear to you true.

~~~~~~~

And here's the ending theme I'd use:

O.A.R. - King of the Thing

It's been a long, long time since I lost myself.
Put my pride down on the table put my fear on the shelf.
So I bought myself a throne to reside and let myself go.
But I've traveled much too far, where I've gone I'll never know.

What a long, long time
Long, long time
It's been a little old while since I felt so fine.
Wanderin' in the rain.
Losing my mind.
What a long, long time.
What a long, long time.

My days I've spent relaxing turned to nights relaxin' too.
A thousand eyes upon me, but my sights are missing you.
So this time I swear I will loosen my grip.
On past times, and bad lines, and meaningless trips.

What a long, long time
Long, long time
It's been a little old while since I felt so fine.
Wanderin' in the rain.
Losing my mind.
What a long, long time.
What a long, long time.

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I mean, I even have scenes worked out to play during the various parts of these songs... I have an overactive imagination at times.

"Where am I vanishing into?"
Into a clam, quietly sleeping in the sea?
Last night's dream, I dreamt an unbelievably real one.
I'm just sleeping...

Town beyond the boundless horizon, nobody seems to be there.
Only the moon shines, and her light creates shadows.
Imagination, like illusions, starts overwhelming the town.

Holding inconsistency, wasted sense of value,
penetrates into the ground's surface so, so deeply.
"Where am I vanishing into?"
Truly, into a dark, calm layer.

But, wind, don't stop blowing yet.
Yeah, wind, don't stop blowing yet.

Gentleman with a rich chest living in an east mountain,
crowd of ladies wasting time for nothing.
Children creating a perfect evil, like a genius does,
river forms a flow but never needs water.

Purple time turns everything into the truth,
mysterious rumors floating in the skies.
Group of information creeping on the ground filled with noise.
Memories of a story that was never born.

Holding inconsistency, wasted sense of value,
penetrates into the ground's surface so, so deeply.
"Where am I vanishing into?"
Truly, into a dark, calm, layer.

But, wind, don't stop blowing yet.
Yeah, wind, don't stop blowing yet.

"What's he seeking?" "What does she understand?"
"You love me?" "I sure do, honey."
Satisfaction constantly creates loose portrayl.

A lake filled with mystery but not leading to the sea.
Thousands of molecules slash the darkness while giving ultrarapid lights.
"Who knew it?" "Everyone owns it in common."
Unnatural body and unconsciously developed technologies called "indifference"

Value of enormous intelligence named "ignorance" is disregarded...

But, wind, don't stop blowing yet.
Yeah, wind, don't stop blowing yet...

Later,
Trisa

Sometimes I get so weird
I even freak myself out
I laugh myself to sleep
it's my lullaby

Sometimes I drive so fast
just to feel the danger
I wanna scream it makes me feel alive

Chorus:
Is it enough to love? is it enough to breathe ?
Somebody rip my heart out & leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die, somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

To walk within the lines
would make my life so boring
I want to know that i have been to the extreme
so knock me off my feet
c'mon now give it to me
anything to make me feel alive

Chorus:
Is it enough to love? is it enough to breathe?
Somebody rip my heart out & leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

Let down your defenses, use old common sense
if you look you will see that this world is a
beautiful, accident, turbulent, succulent, opulent, permanent no way
I wanna taste it, don't wanna waste away...

Sometimes I get so weird i even freak myself out
I laugh myself to sleep it's my lullaby

Chorus:
Is it enough? Is it enough? is it enough to breathe?
Somebody rip my heart out & leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die? somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

Is it enough? is it enough to die somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please (oh)
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

...This song is unbelievably infectious....

Maroon 5 - This Love

I was so high I did not recognize
The fire burning in her eyes
The chaos that controlled my mind
Whispered goodbye and she got on a plane
Never to return again
But always in my heart

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore

I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied
Kept playing love like it was just a game
Pretending to feel the same
Then turn around and leave again

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore

I'll fix these broken things
Repair your broken wings
And make sure everything's alright
My pressure on your hips
Sinking my fingertips
Into every inch of you
Cause I know that's what you want me to do

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And my heart is breaking in front of me
She said Goodbye too many times before

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore...

EPONINE
'Parnasse, what are you doing
So far out of our patch?

MONTPARNASSE
This house, we're going to do it
Rich man, plenty of scratch
You remember he's the one
Who got away the other day
Got a number on his chest
Perhaps a fortune put away!

EPONINE
Oh Lord, somebody help me!
Dear God, what'll I do?
He'll think this is an ambush
He'll think I'm in it too!

What'll I do, what'll I say?
I've got to warn them here
I've got to find a way.

THENARDIER
This is his lair
I've seen the old fox around
He keeps himself to himself
He's staying close to the ground
I smell profit here!

Ten years ago
He came and paid for Cosette
I let her go for a song
It's time we settled the debt
This'll cost him dear

BRUJON
What do I care
Who you should rob?
Gimme me my share
Finish the job!

THENARDIER
You shut your mouth
Give me your hand

BRUJON
What have we here?

THENARDIER
Who is this hussy?

BABET
It's your brat Eponine
Don't you know your own kid
Why's she hanging about you?

THENARDIER
Eponine, get on home
You're not needed in this
We're enough here without you

EPONINE
I know this house
I tell you there's nothing here for you
Just the old man and the girl
They live ordinary lives

THENARDIER
Don't interfere
You've got some gall
Take care, young miss,
You've got a lot to say!

BRUJON
She's going soft

CLAQUESOUS
Happens to all

MONTPARNASSE
Go home, 'Ponine,
Go home, you're in the way

EPONINE
I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna warn them here.

THENARDIER
One little scream and you'll regret it for a year.

CLAQUESOUS
What a palaver
What an absolute treat
To watch a cat and its father
Pick a bone in the street

BRUJON
Not a sound out of you!

EPONINE
Well I told you I'd do it, told you I'd do it...

(She screams)

THENARDIER
You wait my girl, you'll rue this night
I'll make you scream, you'll scream all right
Leave her to me, don't wait around
Make for the sewers, go underground!

MARIUS
It was your cry sent them away
Once more 'Ponine saving the day
Dearest Cosette - my friend 'Ponine
Brought me to you, showed me the way!
Someone is near
Let's not be seen
Somebody's here!

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I love the instrumentals on this song...sharp and dramatic.

Though I will say...I like the book's description of this scene better, as it makes Eponine into a demi-goddess. She's much more heroic in the book, giving her father some fairly nasty words before she finally does scream...

Alice In Chains
"Heaven Beside You"

Be what you wanna be
See what you came to see
Been what you wanna be
I don't like what I see

Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... Hell within
Like the coldest winter will
Heaven beside you... Hell within
And you think you have it still, heaven inside you

So there's problems in your life
That's f***ed, and I'm not blind
I'm just see through faded, super jaded
And out of my mind

Do what you wanna do
Go out and seek your truth
When I'm down and blue
Rather be me than you

Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... Hell within
Like the coldest winter will
Heaven beside you... Hell within
And you wish you had it still, heaven inside you

So there's problems in your life
That's f***ed, and I'm not blind
I'm just see through faded, super jaded
And out of my mind

Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... Hell within
Like the coldest winter will
Heaven beside you... Hell within
And you know you have it still, heaven inside you

So there's problems in your life
That's f***ed up, but You're not blind
You're just see through faded, overrated
And out of your mind

Island of Souls - Sting

Billy was born within sight of the shipyard
First son of a riveter's son
And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow
Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun

And six days a week he would watch his poor father
A working man live like a slave
He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future
Of money he never would save
Billy would cry when he thought of the future

Soon came a day when the bottle was broken
They launched the great ship out to sea
He felt he'd been left on a desolate shore
To a future he desperately wanted to flee

What else was there for a shipbuilder's son
A new ship to be built
New work to be done

One day he dreamed of the ship in the world
It would carry his father and he
To a place they would never be found
To a place far away from this town

Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
All the workmen suspended like flies
Caught in the flare of acetylene light
A working man works till the industry dies
Billy would cry when he thought of the future

Then what they call an 'industrial accident'
Crushed those it couldn't forgive
They brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance
A brass watch
A cheque
Maybe three weeks to live

What else was there for a riveter's son
A new ship to be built
New work to be done

That night
He dreamed of the ship in the world
It would carry his father and he
To a place they could never be found
To a place far away from this town
A Newcastle ship without coals
They would sail to the island of souls

I love "Heaven Beside You"... Very nice.

Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana

Like most babies smell like butter
His smell smelled like no other
He was born scentless and senseless
He was born a scentless apprentice

Go away - get away, get a-way

Every wet nurse refused to feed him
Electrolytes smell like semen
I promise not to sell your perfumed secrets
There are countless formulas for pressing flowers

Go away - get away, get a-way

I lie in the soll and fertilize mushrooms
Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume
You can't fire me because I quit!
Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit

Go away - get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get a-way

All I want to do is hold your now
Fly together on the wings of the night
Speeding down a skyway in the moonlight

Where there were two of us there will be one
With ev'ry kiss we know a journey has started
We'll be unafraid and open-hearted
In a world of so much confusion
You and I must make this illusion real
Knowing it's love we feel

Stay close to me
You'll forget the city and the troubles of daytime easily
This is the way life should be
You are the one
How could I imagine any joy in my heart
If you are gone
Let this illusion linger on

All I want to do is love you now
And find a passion we will never forget
Someday I may lose you but, Baby, not yet
There never could be any softer touch
You make me tremble with anticipation
Giving me a lover's inspiration

In a world of so much confusion
You and I must make this illusion real
Knowing it's love we feel

Stay close to me
You'll forget the city and the troubles of daytime easily
This is the way life should be
You are the one
How could I imagine any joy in my heart
If you are gone
Let this illusion linger on

What could compare
Dreaming of a paradise, we let an emotion take us there
Soon we are floating on air
You're marvelous
Ev'ry time I put my arms around you
It feels more glorious
Let this illusion save us

Stay close to me
You'll forget the city and the troubles of daytime easily
This is the way life should be
You are the one
How could I imagine any joy in my heart
If you are gone
Let this illusion linger on

What can I say, I really like The Cars and this song is one of their greatest hits. I usually I play this when I am crusing the streets of Orange County.

I don't mind you coming here
And wasting all my time
'Cause when you're standing oh so near
I kinda lose my mind

It's not the perfume that you wear
It's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you coming here
And wasting all my time

I don't mind you hanging out
And talking in your sleep
It doesn't matter where you've been
As long as it was deep, yeah

You always knew to wear it well, and
You look so fancy I can tell
I don't mind you hanging out
And talking in your sleep

I guess you're just what I needed
Just what I needed
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
Just what I needed
I needed someone to bleed

I don't mind you coming here
And wasting all my time, time
'Cause when you're standing oh so near
I kinda lose my mind, yeah

It's not the perfume that you wear
It's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you coming here
And wasting all my time

So bleed me
You're just what I needed

In this moonlit room, from the bottom of my heart, we feel pain
if it melts in your hand like the ice of a person's neglect

In this waveless town, in the floating heat haze
it is wrapped up, but my life is still blooming

Exposing these lonely feathers, showing only your flight
in this dazzling time, let's keep dancing, until our power runs out

My unadorned heart is looking only for a ringed fingertip but
like trifling with this pocket key, is touching someone's wound

The twinkling stars, infected by this burning, in this interrupted prayer, will this fever be lifted?

These falling dreams that didn't come true, the resounding passion in my heart
waiting for the inferno, the voice is faint, and I am confused

Folding back my lonely wings, if I believe these flying memories
let me hear love, until I soak my cheeks with tears

still, someone is whispering on the other side of this night
at this shifting, swaying wish's conclusion, I am still waiting for love

Later,
Trisa

[Music by Dream Theater]
[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]

[I. The Crimson Sunrise]

[Instrumental]

[II. Innocence]

I remember a time
My frail, virgin mind
Watched the crimson sunrise
Imagined what it might find
Life was filled with wonder
I felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
Transcend the depth of winter's snow

Innocence caressing me
I never felt so young before
There was so much life in me
Still I longed to search for more

But those days are gone now
Changed like a leaf on a tree
Blown away forever
Into the cool autumn breeze
The snow has now fallen
And my sun's not so bright
I struggle to hold on
With the last of my might

In my den of inequity
Viciousness and subtlety
Struggle to ease the pain
Struggle to find the same

Ignorance surrounding me
I've never been so filled with fear
All my life's been drained from me
The end is drawing near...

[III. Carpe Diem]

"Carpe diem
Seize the day"

I'll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall
Ticking away
"Seize the Day"
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear the sounds
Cherish your life
While you're still around

("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
(Old Time is still a-flying
(And this same flower that smiles today)
(Tomorrow will be dying")

We can learn
From the past
But those days
Are gone
We can hope
For the future
But there might not be one

The words stuck in my mind
Alive from what I've learned
I have to seize the day
To home I returned

Preparing for her flight
I held with all my might
Fearing my deepest fright
She walked into the night
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, "I Love You...
Good-bye"

("It's the most awful thing you'll ever hear")
("If you're lying to me...")
("Oh, you dearly love her")
("...just have to leave...)
(All our lives")
("Seize the day!")
("Something happened")
("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may")
("She was killed")

[IV. The Darkest Of Winters]

[Instrumental]

[V. Another World]

So far or so it seems
All is lost
With nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and the
T.V. screen
Another world
Where nothing's true

Tripping through
The life fantastic
Lose a step
And never get up
Left alone
With a cold blank stare
I feel like giving up

I was blinded by a paradise
Utopia high in the sky
A dream that only drowned me
Deep in sorrow, wondering why

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Then string him up for all the world to see

I'm sick of all
Your hypocrites
Holding me at bay
And I don't need
Your sympathy
To get me through the day

Seasons change and so can I
Hold on Boy
No time to cry
Untie these strings
I'm climbing down
I won't let them push me away

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't let him be
Let's feed upon
His misery
Now it's time for them
To deal with me

[VI. The Inevitable Summer]

[Instrumental]

[VII. The Crimson Sunset]

I'm much wiser now
A lifetime of memories
Run though my head
They taught me how
For better or worse
Alive or dead
I realize
There's no turning back
Life goes on
The offbeaten track

I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, but now must move on
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
He's my only one
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun
"Seize the day
And don't you cry
Now it's time
To say good-bye
Even though
I'll be gone
I will live on
Live on"

See ya,
Exhale Saga

Wish for peace
Wish for dreams
Wish for love
You are gone
Without saying goodbye

Starry sky
I can still see the light
You're saved
And I think of you tonight
Soon the dawn will come again
What have i got?
What has it cost me?

I can feel you are near
Within me, outer space
Here and there
Tell me please
How much we have to bleed
When we'll get the land of dreams
After lonely bitter days

Now I can still see the light
You're saved
And I think of you tonight
Soon the dawn will come again
But what have I got?
What has it cost me?

Why can I still see the light
You're saved
Though you are now out of sight
Soon the dawn will come again
But what have I got?
What has it cost me?

Later,
Trisa

Pig - No One Gets Out of Her Alive

I am the glutton dressed as glam
The mutton and the ham
My table's broke not turning
My skin is crawling burning

And though I stand for nothing
I will fall for anything
Tequila, a little more lime
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

No one gets out of her alive
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
No one gets out of her alive

Absolved in absinthes I
My crippled crew in carnage cry
One more drink or surely die
Now steer me through that needle's eye

And then sit on the sh-t and shat on
And broke apart for the broken
And Satan begs to save us
As Jesus cannot please us

Salvation turns to degradation
Fill the rig, feel the dig
Inebriate me one more time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

No one gets out of her alive
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
No one gets out of her alive

My steak filled slut likes little mouths
Spouts sticky stained pornography
To force my bruised and aching head
To suck both barrels and the lead

My sweet assassin superdog
Whose little tail will wag this hog
And roll me over one more time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

I am the glutton dressed as glam
The mutton and the ham
My table's broke not turning
My skin is crawling burning

And though I stand for nothing
I will fall for anything
Tequila, a little more lime
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

No one gets out of her alive
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
No one gets out of her alive

Underneath your dreamlit eyes
Shades of sleep have driven you away.
The moon is pale outside
And you are far from here.
Breathing shifts your careless head
Untroubled by the chaos of our lives.
Another day - another night
Has taken you again my dear.
And you know that I’m gonna be the one
Who’ll be there
When you need someone to depend upon
When tomorrow comes...
When tomorrow comes...

Wait till tomorrow comes - yea yea...
Wait till tomorrow comes - yea yea...

Last night while you were
Lying in my arms
And I was wondering where you were
You know you looked just like a baby
Fast asleep in this dangerous world.
Every star was shining brightly
Just like a million years before.
And we were feeling very small
Underneath the universe.
And you know that I’m gonna be the one
Who’ll be there when you need
Someone to depend upon
When tomorrow comes...
When tomorrow comes...