Science vs. Romance :: Rilo Kiley
from the album, Take Offs & Landings (2001)
“Text versus romance,
you go and add it all you want.
Still we’re not robots inside a grid.” Continue reading Used to believe in a lot more
Someday :: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
from the album, Break Up (2009)
“Now inside you there’s someone to depend on.
Yes it’s true,
you’re still my only friend but,
light a candle,
it slowly flickers out,
as the memory fades away.” Continue reading But I cannot trust you this time
Crystal Village (live) :: Pete Yorn
originally from the album, Day I Forgot (2003)
“You were there,
and it was good in the beginning.” Continue reading And we fall as if we never really mattered
Amazing Eyes :: Good Old War
from the album, Come Back as Rain (2012)
“You’re a little bit broken,
and I’m a little bit broken,
when we put ourselves together,
my oh my.” Continue reading I go back to you every time
Fair Game :: Sia
from the album, 1000 Forms of Fear (2014)
“You terrify me,
we’ve still not kissed and yet I’ve cried,
you got too close,
and I pushed and pushed hoping you’d bite,
so I could run, run,
and that I did but through the dust,
you saw those teeth marks,
they weren’t all yours,
you had been thrust into a history,
that had not worked for me,
into a history,
from which I could not flee.” Continue reading So go on and shake me
I Never :: Rilo Kiley
from the album, More Adventurous (2004)
“I got nothing to give you,
you see,
except everything
Everything, everything,
everything. Continue reading And all of the beautiful things that make you weep, but don’t have to make you weak
Above the Clouds of Pompeii (acoustic) :: Bear’s Den
originally from the album, Islands (2015)
“You took me walking through the town,
showed me the statues underground,
said just don’t they look in peace,
sometimes I wish that was me.” Continue reading I was too young to understand
Wonderwall (live) :: Ryan Adams
originally from the album, Love is Hell (2004)
“I don’t believe that anybody,
feels the way I do,
about you now.” Continue reading And after all, you’re my wonderwall