Audience Of One
Rise Against
I can still remember
The words and what they meant
As we etched them with our fingers
In years of wet cement
Days blurred into each other
Though everything seemed clear
We cruised along at half speed
But then we shifted gears

We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns
But even then we should have stayed

But we ran away
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The Warlock's Hairy Heart
J.K. Rowling

There was once a handsome, rich, and talented young warlock, who observed that his friends grew foolish when they fell in love, gamboling and preening, losing their appetites and their dignity. The young warlock resolved to never fall prey to this weakness, and employed Dark Arts to ensure his immunity.
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What a Catch, Donnie
Fall Out Boy
I've got troubled thoughts and the self-esteem to match
What a catch, what a catch, whoa-oh

You'll never catch us, so, just let me be instead
I'll be fine 'til the hospital or American embassy
Miss Flack said, “I still want you back”
Yeah, Miss Flack said, “I still want you back”

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I Don't Care
Fall Out Boy
Say my name and his in the same breath
I dare you to say they taste the same
Let the leaves fall off in the summer
And let December glow in flames (in flames)

Erase myself and let go
Start it over again in Mexico
These friends, they don't love you
They just love the hotel suites, now

I don't care what you think, as long as it' ( Read more... )

The (Shipped) Gold Standard
Fall Out Boy

Sometimes I wanna quit this all and become an accountant now
But I'm no good at math and besides the dollar is down
Plant palm trees on Lake Michigan before it gets cold
Gotta feel the windchill again before I get old

I wanna scream I love you from the top of my lungs
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Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
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Breathe in for luck,
breathe in so deep,
this air is blessed,
you share with me.
This night is wild,
so calm and dull,
these hearts they race,
from self control.
Your legs are smooth,
as they graze mine,
we're doing fine,
we're doing nothing at all.

My hopes are so high,
that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me,
so I die happy.
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I woke up on this side
I thought it was a dream
At first we learned to walk
Then learned to scream
You can't understand
When you're fed from a tv screen
You can't see the things that I can see

But I forget that you think god and pray
Some things just never stay
And we all just slip away

This cant be the real world now
I don't believe it
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They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob,
When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?

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 If you do not want what I want, please try not to tell me that my want is wrong.
Or if my beliefs are different from yours, at least pause before you set out to correct them.
Or if my emotions seems less or more intense than yours, given the same circumstances, try not to ask me to feel other than I do.
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