"Don't compare me to Australia!" May 31, 2013

Song #150: Smile Like You Mean It- The Killers
From the album Hot Fuss, released June 7, 2004
"Looking back at sunsets on the east side/ we lost track/ of the time/ dreams aren't what they used to be/ some things slide by so carelessly"

"It's rustic." "It's amish." May 30, 2013

Song #149: Little Bribes- Death Cab For Cutie

From the EP The Open Door, released March 31, 2009

"And you were like a walking compliment/ tall in stature and exceptionally read/ in dummy glasses and cardigan/ oh come on/ and oh so empty were the faces of the dealers and the waitresses all around/ you said that all these things you've learned to ignore/ the hidden cameras on the casino floor/ and what gets paid for behind hotel doors oh come on/ you pretend every slot machine is a robot amputee waving hello/ the people stare into their eyes and they feed them little bribes and then they go/ the never-ending twilight/ in basement where the sun has never split/ you said that you were lonely/ and then we kissed like lonely people do/ you said this city has a beating heart/ that pushes people down the boulevard/ and they're all hoping for a wish fulfilled/ in a desert for a dollar bill/ and those foolish dreams oh they plague me still"

"You gotta' do the most rustic thing you can, apparently. Trolling the cops is rustic." May 29, 2013

Song #148: My Mirror Speaks- Death Cab For Cutie

From the EP The Open Door, released March 31, 2009

"With every sun that sets I am feeling more/ like a stranger on a foreign shore/ with an eroding beach/ disappearing from underneath/ and when my mirror speaks/ it never minces words/ because these eyes don't shine half as bright/ as the they used to and they haven't for quite a while/ because I'm a man who hides from all that binds in a mess of fading lines/ and there's a tangled thread inside my head/ with nothing on either end/ I always fall in love with an open door/ with a horizon on an endless sea/ as I look around the ones who were standing right in front of me/ and my mirror speaks with irreverence/ like a soldier I can't command/ it sees a child in the body of a full-grown man...

/A new position for a different view/ and nothing changes but the slightest hues"

"What a bitchwhistle" May 28, 2013

Song #147: Of Up and Coming Monarchs- Pedro the Lion

From the EP Progress, released June 27, 2000

"Sunken ships rest/ upon the ocean floor/ where I've made my home/ to dodge the draft once more...

/swim with me and we'll escape all the trouble of the present age/ finally free/ the mermaids teach us/ how to breath beneath/ the line that now divides/ action from apathy"

"Animal life is scary. They don't have houses." May 27, 2013

Song #146: The Truth Is, You Should Lie With Me- Say Anything

From the album In Defense of the Genre, released October 23, 2007

"Caught you looking at/ my reflection/ this is not the way we procreate/ give me something else/ than affection/ swollen suffering fantasy of hate/ you're a pretty face/ you should like me/ I want to get used by you/ 'cause I'm full of hate/ just excite me/ I wanna' get bruised by you/ the murder that marks you everyday/ the stain in your soul won't wash away/ we spit on the cross just like we're trained/ we scowl and screw away the pain/ but I'm up for it if you are handsome/ let's keep that morning star burning...

/when you burn in hell/ they remind you/ of all the things you've screwed up in your life/ I'll be one of them/ if you're inclined to/ turn away from the ever-glowing light/ all I want is to see through you/ if only you were alive I could trust you/ but now alone in your bed we'll prove/ you do not have to be in love to be in pain"

"Fuck yeah, I love visual aides!" May 26, 2013

Song #145: Progress- Pedro the Lion

From the album Control, released April 16, 2002

"Here we have our dust free dining set/ we guarantee it won't collect a speck/ freeing up the children to instead/ grow into your molding/ heed more of your scolding/ go early to their new self-making beds/ it seems like you'd be tired of losing face/ like you want to put the children in their place/ the more you have to tell them/ to do their chores/ the more you run the risk of being ignored/ if you're lucky they'll turn out as good as you/ you tell them that they're good kids/ but you know that it's not true/ your  father drank a little/ you're on liver number two/ progress has a a way of feigning ease/ convenient new inventions bait the tease/ for though it is impossible to cure/ a husband bent on cheating/ the oxygen depleting/ a child who's always bragging/ a wife's persistent nagging/ we're equipping to live as though it were"

"My hair is a giant, iron fortress of swag." May 25, 2013

Song #144: Something In the Way You Are- Kimbra

From the album Vows, released August 29, 2011

"I'm wondering about you're childhood/ wonder if you were misunderstood/ I'm watching you inside your head/ I wonder if you know how long I can/ and I can feel it in my bones/ I love all of the sticks and stones/ and every little word you say/ you're breaking me in the best way"

Bonus quotes:

Sonja:

"Good job, team"

"My butt is very insecure today."

"Don't talk to me about friendship bracelets because they are the devil's work"

Dorsey:

"PARTYIN' IN THE PARKING LOT"
"I think Yoda would be good in bed."

Austin:

"We have to be silence of the lambs."

"I was almost shanked by a spider"

Johnny:

"They bamboozled me"

"I don't think I locked my swag van." "Well I didn't lock my homobile so" May 24, 2013

Song #143: For Reasons Unknown- The Killers
From the album Sam's Town, released October 2, 2006
"I look a little bit older/ I look at little bit colder/ with one deep breath/ and one big step/ I move a little bit closer/ I move a little bit closer/ for reasons unknown/ I caught my stride/ I flew it by/ I know if destiny's kind/ I've got the rest of my mind/ well my heart it don't beat/ it don't beat the way it used to/ and my eyes they don't see you no more/ and my lips/ they don't kiss/ they don't kiss the way they used to/ and my eyes don't recognize you no more"

"It is a bad idea." "Bad ideas are kind of my thing." May 23, 2013

Song #142: Options- Pedro the Lion
From the album Control, released April 16, 2002
"But for now/ I need you/ but it was only in my head/ because no one ever says/ what they really mean to say/ when there's so much at stake/ so I told her I loved her/ and she told me loved me/ and I mostly believed her/ and she mostly believed me"

"Stellar McToptop Tippity Top!" May 22, 2013

Song #141: I'm Against the Government- Defiance Ohio

From the EP The Calling, released August 26, 2012

"They'll lock you up if you don't play by the rules/ twist it out and beat it out of you in a  padded room/ so what do you do with a council full of charlatans/ pounding on the table with their dirty hands/ this is not an excuse it's just self-defense/ spit it out/ spit it out/ come on let it go/ they don't want no one to drive electric cars/ spending all the money o'building rockets that can shoot down all the stars...

/I'm against the government  anti-establishment/ and I love subversive elements/ might not ever be the president/ oh no"

"That is rude to my people." May 21, 2013

Song #140: I Will Possess Your Heart- Death Cab For Cutie

From the album Narrow Stairs, released May 12, 2008

"How I wish you could see the potential/ the potential of you and me/ it's like a book elegantly bound but/ in a language that you can't read just yet/ you gotta' spend some time love/ you gotta' spend some time/ with me/and I know that you'll find love/ I will possess your heart"

"I'm proud." "You should be!" May 20, 2013

Song #139: Sam's Town- The Killers

From the album Sam's Town, released October 2, 2006

"Nobody ever had a dream 'round here/ but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me/ nobody ever pulls the seams 'round here/ but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me"

"What's Captain Kirk's ship?" "The Millenium Falcon?" May 19, 2013

Song #138: This River is Wild- The Killers

From the album Sam's Town, released October 2, 2006

"But you always hold your head up high/ 'cause it's a long long long way down/ this town was meant for passing through but it ain't got nothing new/ now go and show them that the world stayed round/ but it's a long long long way down...

/sometimes I hate the line I walk/ I just want to show you what I know/ and catch you when the current lets you go/ or should I just get along with myself/ I never did get along with everybody else/ I've been trying hard to do what's right/ but you know I could stay here all night/ and watch the clouds fall from the sky"

"Nick and I were actually talking about how hard or easy it would be to train a monkey to steal jewelry" May 18, 2013

Song #137: I Was Once A Loyal Lover- Death Cab For Cutie

From the EP The Open Door, released March 31, 2009

"Wait to talk when I should listen/ and cloud mistakes with false revisions/ all my friends are forward-thinking/ getting hitched and quitting drinking/ and I can feel them pulling away/ as I'm resigned to stay the same...

/And you can't even begin to know/ how many times I've told myself I told you so/ and you can't even begin to believe/ there's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me"

"Suffocate you with dank." May 17, 2013

Song #136: Settle Down- Kimbra

From the album Vows, released August 29, 2011

"I wanna' settle down/ I wanna' settle down/ won't you settle down with me/ settle down/ we can settle at a table/ a table for two/ won't you wine and dine with me/ settle down...

/run from Angela Vickers/ I saw her with you/ Monday morning small talking on the avenue/ she's got a fancy car/ she wants to take you far/ from the city lights and sounds deep into the dark"

"My mom is a male nurse." May 16, 2013

Song #135: Sigh No More- Mumford and Sons

From the album Sigh No More, released October 2, 2009

"Sigh no more no more/ one foot in sea one on shore/ my heart was never pure/ you know me/ you know me...

/Love it will not betray you dismay or enslave you/ it will set you free/ be more like the man you made to be/ there is a design an alignment to cry/ of my heart to see/ the beauty of love as it was made to be"

"Shooting up pot destroyed my brain." May 15, 2013

Song #134: Bling (Confessions of a King)- The Killers
From the album Sam's Town, released October 2, 2006
"So I ran with the devil/ left a trail of excuses/ like a stone on the water/ the elements decide my fate/ watch it go/ when I offer you survival/ you say it's hard enough to live/ don't tell me that it's over/ stand up/ poor and tired/ but more than this/ how do you know that you're right/ if you're not nervous anymore"

"Suck it!" "Suck it busses!" May 14, 2013

Song #133: No Sunlight- Death Cab For Cutie
From the album Narrow Stairs, released May 12, 2008
"When I was young/ lying in the grass/ I felt so safe/ in a warming bath/ of sunlight/ of sunlight...
/with every year/ that came to pass/ more clouds appeared/ until the sky went black/ and there was/ no sunlight/ no sunlight...
/you disappeared at the same speed/ the idealistic things I believed/ the optimist died inside of me/ no sunlight/ no sunlight"

"I feel like I've been an old woman my whole life." May 13, 2013

Song #132: Host- Alex Winston

From the album King Con, released April 10, 2012

"And you think you know me/ darling you don't know me"

"Damn Michael, you nuts now." May 12, 2013

Song #131: Almost There- Pedro the Lion
From the EP Whole, released April 8, 1997
"I'm almost there/ it's on the tip of my tongue/ and it never goes away/ it never comes to stay/ the chances are slight/ that I won't shoot up tonight/ but the sensation that's waiting beneath/ is a kick in the teeth"

"It's going to be okay, eventually anyways." May 11, 2013

Song #130: Hangover Song- Say Anything

From the album In Defense of the Genre, released October 23, 2007

"I mean nothing/ only nothing/ there's nothing I can do about that/ I've accepted my place in the back/ this is not the place or time to snap/ I awaken to the bacon/ she's preparing for me in the pan/ but I'm spinning my head cannot stand/ effects from when the night began/ and I screw my life up evermore/ as I puke my lungs out on the floor"

"You drove." May 10, 2013

Song #129: Title and Registration- Death Cab For Cutie
From the album Transatlanticism, released October 7, 2003
"The glove compartment/ isn't accurately named/ and everybody knows it/ so I'm proposing/ a swift orderly change/ 'cause behind its doors/ there's nothing to keep my fingers warm/ and I find/ are souvenirs from better times/ before the gleam/ of your taillights fading east/ to find/ yourself a better life/ I was searching  for some legal document/ as rain beat down on the hood/ when I stumbled upon/ pictures I tried to forget/ and that's how this idea/ was drilled into my head/ 'cause it's too important/ to stay the way it's been/ there's no blame/ for how our love did slowly fade/ and now that it's gone/ it's like it wasn't there at all/ and I rest/ where disappointment and regret/ collide"

"Minimal style- that's my swag" May 9, 2013

Song #128: Nothing- Pedro The Lion

From the EP Whole, released April 8, 1997

"The problem with rules is/ they alienate the criminals/ when whose to say/ if what you did was wrong that day/ if you'd open your mind up/ you'd see that there is nothing that's always wrong/ no matter what you say/ it's just not true that there's only one way"

"I'm basically eating a spinning puzzle." May 8, 2013

Song #127: Bad Kids- Black Lips

From the album Good Bad Not Evil, released September 11, 2007

"In class/ we are a minority/ got no/ respect for authority/ and won't/ play well with others/ and steal/ from all your mothers/ don't try/ to give us pills/ oh wait/ give us all the pills"

"That guy is Swag Master Mcgee" May 7, 2013

Song #126: I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab For Cutie

From the album Plans, released August 30, 2005

"In Catholic school/ as vicious as Roman rule/ I got my knucles bruised/ by a lady in black/ and I held my tounge/ as she told me son/ fear is the heart of love/ so I never went back...

/you and me/ have seen everything to see/ from Bangkok to Calgary/ and the soles of your shoes/ are all worn down/ the time for sleep is now/ it's nothing to cry about/ 'cause we'll hold eachother soon/ in the blackest of rooms"

"You should run on a legalize marijuana ticket, and start your speech with 'Let me be blunt'" May 6, 2013

Song #125: Choice Notes- Alex Winston

From the album King Con, released April 10, 2012

"When I'm feeling low/ these are my choice notes"

"Oh wow hello!" May 5, 2013

Song #124: Try To Remember, Forget- Say Anything

From the EP Menorah/ Majora, released October, 2002

"I should be happy/ that I am still here/ light up a new joint/ put on an old shirt/ try to remember/ forget how my brain works...

/so I heat my breath to burning wax/ 'cause I know that spark ain't coming back...

/I've got all my friends here/ we haven't been talking as of lately/ they've all found new bros and babies/ I have smoked away my pride/ I have smoked away my pride/ there's nothing but the cinders of it inside/ but I believe in more than nothingness last year/ and under every quiet failure it's still here/ burie breathing under eighteen years of tragedy and fear/ if I could/ crawl my way out of this grave/ just think of all the time I'd save...

/the stereos playing the same old songs/ the same old songs/ but we still hum along...

/and in no time we'll be spread across the Earth/ donning business suits to show the faceless master what we're worth/ from our huggies to armani/ and it all seems to rehearsed"

"You don't need my help to be a hipster" May 4, 2013

Song #123: Soul Meets Body- Death Cab For Cutie
From the album Plans, released August 30, 2005
"I want to live/ where soul meets body/ and let the sun wrap it's arms around me/ and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing/ and feel/ feel what's it like to be new/ 'cause in my head/ there's a greyhound station/ where I send my thoughts/ to far off destinations/ so they may have a chance/ of finding a place where they're far more suited than there/ I cannot guess/ what we'll discover/ we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels/ but I know our flithy hands/ can wash one another's/ and not one speck will remain/ I do believe it's true/ that there are roads left in both of our shoes/ but if the silence takes you then I hope it takes me too/ so brown eyes I hold you near/ 'cause you're the only song I want to hear/ a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere"

"Elizabeth thinks with her penis." "It's true." May 3, 2013

Song #122: Stay Awake- Julia Nunes

From the album Settle Down, released June 11, 2011

"It's like I don't have the patience/ or the willpower to separate myself/ from this inundating era I've been dealt/ and all across the nation/ pixelated screens light up the night/ of insomniacs and night owls alike"

"Let's just say this, if the school was burning down there would be a really short list of people I'd suspect. Like one person long." May 2, 2013

Song #121: Metal Now- Say Anything
From the album ...Is A Real Boy, released August 3, 2004
"So here I am/ will you deny me/ metal now but I've always been/ let's make a toast/ let's do the oil spill/ let the seagulls pick out the sin"

"If I put balloons in my shirt, I'd look like Elizabeth" May 1, 2013

Song #120: Kids- MGMT
From the album Time To Pretend, released January 22, 2008
"Control yourself/ take only what you need from it"