"I just want to know where she's getting vertical" June 21, 2013

Song #172: Get Some-Lykke Li

From the album Wounded Rhymes, released Febuary 24, 2011

"Like a shotgun/ needs an outcome/ I'm your prostitute/ you gon' get some/ go ahead go way low/ where I can do no harm/ go ahead go way low in my honey lovin' arms"

"It's like, brightness of the lambs" June 21, 2013

Song #171: Clap Your Hands- Sia
From the album We Are Born, released June 18, 2010
"Just let me/ out of my misery/ oh oh oh/ oh oh on a night like this/ get out of misery/ oh oh/ clap your hands/ turn the lights on my nights this is life and we only get one thing"

"We're like Charlie's Angels." June 20, 2013

Song #170: Manifesto- Medicine For the People

From the album Dark As Night, released May 21, 2013

"Well this is music/ this is how I use it/ it makes you move and move the movement/ this is how I focus/ know it's not hopeless...

/well everything's at stake/ it makes it hard to concentrate/ and there are men who see a war and see a paycheck/ such different programming/ to live so fearfully/ terror this and terror that terrible reality/ there is no medicine/ on the television/ so turn it off and turn yourself around/ and let's just face it/ the world's fuckin' racist/ even the most peaceful of us gets caught in the trend/ to live cohesively/ is almost a fantasy...

/don't waste your hate/ rather gather and create/ be a service/  be a sensible person/ use your words and don't be nervous/ you can do this you've got purpose/ find your medicine and use it"

"When is Rosemary going to be done being dead?" June 19, 2013

Song #169: Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off- Panic! At the Disco

From the album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, released September 27, 2005

"Is it still me that makes you sweat/ am I who you think about in bed/ when the lights are dim and your hands are shaking as you're sliding off your dress/ then think of what you did/ and how I hope to god it was worth it/ when the lights are dim and your heart is racing as your fingers touch his skin/ I've got more wit/ a better kiss/ a hotter touch/ a better fuck/ than any boy you'll ever meet/ sweetie you had me/ girl I was it look past the sweat/ a better love deserving of/ exchanging body heat in the passenger seat/ no no no/ you know it will always just be me" 

"Power's out everywhere." "It's back." "Lame, I was hoping it was the end of society." June 18, 2013

Song #168: Fluorescent Adolescent- The Arctic Monkeys

From the album Favorite Worst Nightmares, released December 3, 2007

"You used to get in your fishnets/ now you only get it in your night dress/ discarded all the naughty nights for niceness/ landed in a very common crisis/ everything's in order in a black hole/ nothing seems are pretty as the past though/ that bloody mary's lacking in Tabasco/ remember when you used to be a rascal/ oh the boy's a slag/ the best you ever had/ the best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams/ as daft as they seemed/ as daft as they seemed/ my love when you dreamed them up/ flicking through a little book of sex tips/ remember when the boys were all electric/ now when she tells she's gonna' get it/ I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it/ clinging to not getting sentimental/ said she wasn't going but she went still/ likes her gentlemen not to be gentle/ was it a mecca dauber or a betting pencil...

/falling about/ you took a left off Last Laugh Lane/ you were sounding it out/ you're not coming back again"

"We should get jobs at the NSA." "I'm pretty sure if I walked in there, I would disappear." "Plus, could you wear a suit everyday?" "No. But that's just part of my cover." June 17, 2013

Song #167: We Killed It- Say Anything
From the album In Defense of the Genre, released October 23, 2007
"The girl could move/ and she did/ we were captives on a casino ship/ where the midwest lay out hours and burnt to crisp/ I spent a year as her hair lip/ but not I fall apart at night and dream about our trip/ but the first two weeks were great/ I felt content to watch the entertainment channel fornicate/ with flashes of you maturing into stage/ flawless masterpieces/ built of dreams I swore were memories...
/Yeah/ we killed it/ we killed it/ we killed it all night"

"What are your goals?" "Uhhh. What's a goal?" "Uh, carpets. That can be your goal." "Perfect. I can be the queen of carpets." "I think you should be Czar. Czar of the carpets." "Yes, I have no realized my destiny: Czar of all Carpets." June 16, 2013

Song #166: La Vie Boheme- RENT

From the musical RENT, released January 25, 1996

"To days of inspiration/ playing hooky/ making something out of nothing/ the need to express/ to communicate/ to going against the grain/ going insane/ going mad/ to loving tension/ no pension/ to more than one dimension/ to starving for attention/ hating convention/ hating pretension  no to mention of course/ hating dear old mom and dad/ to riding your bike midday past the three piece suits/ to fruits/ to no absolutes/ to Absolut/ to choice/ to the Village Voice/ to any passing fad/ to being an us for once/ instead of a them/ la vie boheme...

/to handcrafted beers made in local breweries/ to yoga/ to yogurt/ to rice and beans and cheese/ to leather/ to dildos/ to curry vindaloo/ to huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou/ emotion/ devotion/ to causing a commotion/ creation/ vacation/ mucho masturbation/ compassion/ to fashion/ to passion when it's new/ to Sontag/ to Sondheim/ to anything taboo/ Ginsberg/ Dylan/ Cunningham and Cage/ Lenny Bruce/ Langston Hughes/ to the stage/ to Uta/ to Buddha/ Pablo Neruda too/ why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow/ to blow off auntie Em...

/bisexuals/ trisexuals/ homosapiens/ carinogens/ hallucinogens/ men/ Pee Wee Herman/ German wine/ turpentine/ Gertrude Stein/ Antonioni/ Bertolucci/ Kurosawa/ Carmina Burana/ to apathy/ to entropy/ to empathy/ ecstasy  Vaclav Havel/ The Sex Pistols/ 8BC/ to no shame/ never playing the fame game/ to marijuana/ to sodomy/ it's between God and me/ to S&M

"It's like predator is coming out of my chest." June 15, 2013

Song #165: My List- The Killers

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

"Let me wrap myself around you/ let me show you how I see/ and when we come back in from nowhere/ do you ever think of me/ your heart/ is not able/ let me show you how much I care/ I need those eyes to tide me over/ I'll take your picture when I go/ gives me strength and gives me patience"

"Miss Politically And Everything Else Correct" June 14, 2013

Song #164: 11:11- Defiance Ohio

From the album The Great Depression, released April 13, 2006

"I had no idea what I was after/ I'm just preparing for disaster/ with everything feeling so far away/ familiar faces/ familiar lips/ is there any point to this/ hanging around/ I was upset when that glass broke/ doing the dishes/ at 11:11 every night I make wishes/ habit and superstition/ feed my foolish fire/ they've been burning for a couple of months/ I stay out all day/ just to keep these thoughts away/ why don't you give my feet a break/ and come back/ I remember in the kitchen when you told me your grandma died/ that's when I realised it gets worse/ I want to wish things last forever/ won't you thicken my soft skin/ comfort me so and I remember remember/ when I walk through that door/ I won't dear the happy sounds anymore/ this year took so much away/ and won't give it back"

"Don't kick this windshield... I'll glue you into the frame to fix it next time" June 13, 2013

Song #163: Crush Crush Crush- Paramore

From the album Riot!, released June 12, 2007

"I got a lot to say to you/ yeah I got a lot to say/ I notice your eyes are always glued to me/ you're keeping them here and it makes no sense at all"

"Liz! Don't touch my egyptian mizmar!" June 12, 2013

Song #162: Somebody Loves You- Betty Who

From the EP The Movement, released April 9, 2013

"Who's around when the days feel long/ who's around when you can't be strong/ who's around when you're losing your mind/ who cares that you get home safe/ who knows you can't be replaced/ who thinks that you're one of a kind/ somebody misses you when you're away/ they wanna' wake up with you every day/ somebody wants to hear you say/ ooh somebody loves you...

/I'm around when your head is heavy/ I'm around when your hands aren't steady/ I'm around when your day's gone all wrong/ I care that you feel at home/ 'cause I know that you feel alone/ I think you're gunna' miss me when I'm gone"

"Thomas wants me to act in porn, and have Nick be the director, and he'll run the website." June 11, 2013

Song #161: Spores- Say Anything
From the album In Defense of the Genre, released October 23, 2007
"But I/ still miss you more I miss you more than I/ ever did before you left your spores inside/ when your gaze adorned they whore you left behind/ now I miss you more/ I miss you more tonight...
/you still know that I know how to fuck your eyes crossed/ it's your loss/ it's your loss"

"Oh sweet it's time for the epic panflute music" June 10, 2013

Song #160: Long Divison- Death Cab For Cutie
From the album Narrow Stairs, released May 12, 2008
"His head was a city/ of paper buildings/ and the echos that remained/ of old friends and lovers/ their features bleeding/ together in his brain...
/he was always distracted/ by the very mention/ of an open door/ 'cause he had sworn not to be what he'd before/ to be a remain remain remainder...
/and they carried out like/ long division/ and it was clear with every page/ that they were further away from a solution that would play"

"It's always drunk frumpasauruses I get compliments from" June 9, 2013

Song #159: Revolting Children- Matilda the Musical

From Matilda the Musical, released November 24, 2011

"Never again will she take away freedom/ and we won't forget the day we fought the day we fought for the right to be a little bit naughty...

/we are revolting children/ living in revolting times/ we sing revolting songs/ using revolting rhymes/ we'll be revolting children/ 'till our revolting's done"

"File hoarding is bad m'kay" June 8, 2013

Song #158: Change Your Mind- The Killers

From the album Hot Fuss, released June 7, 2004

"Racy days/ help me through the hopeless haze but my/ oh my/ tragic eyes. I can't even recognize myself behind/ so if the answer is no/ can I change your mind/ out again/ a siren screams at half past ten/ and you won't let go/ while I ignore/ that we both felt like this before it starts to show/ so if I had a chance/ would you let me know"

"You're so southern, shit" June 7, 2013

Song #157: Alive With The Glory of Love- Say Anything

From the album ...Is a Real Boy, released August 3, 2004

"When I watch you/ 'wanna do you/ right where you're standing/ yeah/ right on the foyer/ on this dark day/ right in plain view/ oh yeah/ of the whole ghetto/ the boot-stomped meadows but we ignore that/ yeah/ you're lovely baby/ this war is crazy/ I won't let you down/ oh no oh no/ I won't let them take you/ won't them take you/ hell no no/ oh no/ I won't let them take you/ won't let them take you/ hell no no"

"He thought that we were triangles and he was a square." June 6, 2013

Song #156: Baseball, But Better- Say Anything
From the EP Menorah/ Majora, released October, 2002
"And if I died/ it would be fine/ if I died by your side/ if you could spare one of/ your nine lives/ we could ditch this coast get in my car and drive/ all this time and I can't get enough of you/ all this time and every promise is true/ all this time/ it's my favorite passtime/ chasing after/ chasing after you/ and if I froze/ here in the sand/ my hand cold in your hand/ I'd melt in your honor/ I'd be happily slaughtered/ I'm crazy for you/ crazy for you"

"They're New Mexico ants. Which means they are probably illegal ants." June 5, 2013

Song #155: Died a Jew- Say Anything

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

"You hate the shade of my face from my father's share crops/ my people were slaves before yours invented hip-hop/ apologize but I'm in on the joke/ another brother to scoff at the dancing patterns of white folk/ I think I'm fine the way I am/ and yes I chase my milk with ham/ I think I'm fine the way I am/ Jesus died a jew/ pupils painted blue/ you haters know it's true/ Jesus died a jew/ you say you hate the breath of my nose for my daddy's ear locks/ shunned before you pieced it and sold it and called it punk rock/ apologize for the murder of god/ like Judas the traitor we are both favored and deeply flawed"

"EAT THE BANANA!" June 4, 2013

Song #154: Belt- Say Anything
From the album ...Is A Real Boy, released August 3, 2004
"I wouldn't sell my belt to industry/ so they carded me/ and they carted me off/ naked but that belt around my waist...
/But I gathered up an army made of those/ who aimed to shake them/ from their repose/ and we took up weapons/ and took off our clothes...
/so what say you/ and all your friends/ meet all of my friends/ in the alley tonight"

"There's no use in denying it, I cried over earth potato." June 3, 2013

Song #153: Moral of the Story- George Watsky 

From the album Cardboard Castles, released March 12, 2013

"And the moral of the story is/ and the moral of the story/ work/ 'till your arms fall off/ 'till your abs get hard/ 'till your bone's all soft/ and the moral of the story is/ work/ 'till your hands go numb/ and they cramp and the fans in the stands go home/ I write 'till my fingers look like a bouquet of roses/ you gotta' bring yourself flowers now with show biz/ focus it's quiet coyote come on let's go kids/ everybody get together with a study buddy and then talk about the fuck that I don't give/ because it's so big/ and explosive/ but a lotta' people don't live/ they don't ever get a motive/ if you got a goal you gotta' hold on to what hope is/ if I didn't have it I would ask you where the rope is/ work is my church so the studio's the closest/ I spit it sick until my cootie flow's the grossest/ don't be so pissed/ just be focused on your own shit...

/work until I'm black and yellow black and yellow worker bee/ I just work until I'm black and blue and burgundy/ burgundy/ work until I earn that rich mahogany/ honestly/ can't you tell I'm working bitch don't bother me/ show some modesty/ if you're watching me/ bitch is anybody in my way it's not misogyny/ but if you're blockin' me I will soon defeat you/ I will build a bridge above you or I'll tunnel underneath you/ I will eat you and excrete you and I'll feed you to the flowers/ if I need to I'll go through you and absorb your fucking powers/ I put hour after hour let's be crystal clear/ I'm gonna' get there if it takes a day or fifty years/ I'll fingerbang my fears/ I'll fucking punch a dragon/ even with the Himalayas in my way it's gonna' happen/ because waiting doesn't work/ and praying may not come through/ and hoping doesn't work/ so I will be the one to/ work"

"He probably thinks we're conspiring with the government to take his jalapenos" June 2, 2013

Song #152: Most Beautiful Plague- Say Anything

From the album ...Is A Real Boy, released August 3, 2004

"Baby/ you don't wanna' say goodbye/ or I will soak you/ in this rich formaldehyde/ 'cause you're beautiful tonight/ and the stars are burning bright/ and I give this curse to you/ like there is nothing else to do/ so let the purple sky explode/ let it shower us with toads/ let the scarlet river flood/ so it can drown us all in blood...

/it's crazy that you take up all my time/ got me sippin'/ on a gross amount of wine"

"He's like the master of racism." June 1, 2013

Song #151: The Ice Is Getting Thinner- Death Cab For Cutie

From the album Narrow Stairs, released May 12, 2008

"We're not the same dear as we used to be/ the seasons have changed/ and so have we/ there was little we could say/ and little we could do/ to stop the ice from getting thinner/ under me/ and you"