cast in this unlikely role, ill-equipped to act
with insufficient tact
one must put up barriers to keep oneself intact
Rush — Limelight (Moving Pictures, 1981)
Tag: 5
it’s the perfect time of year, somewhere far away from here
i feel fine enough i guess, considering everything’s a mess
Barenaked Ladies — Pinch Me (Maroon, 2000)
spent a long time looking for a game to play
my love should be so bad now, to turn out this way
Jethro Tull — A New Day Yesterday (Stand Up, 1969)
look at her, with her eyes like a flame
she will love you like a fly, never love you again
Massive Attack — Paradise Circus (Heligoland, 2010)
did you see him run? did you see him fall?
did his life flash by on the bedroom door?
Electric Light Orchestra — 10538 Overture (No Answer, 1972)
planted seeds in silence and granted meek compliance
and in the spring rain exploded in a riot
of color and excitement, wearing no disguises
declaring to the stars that we trek like enterprises
Flobots — Circle in the Square (Circle in the Square, 2012)
[instrumental]
E.S. Posthumus — Odenall Pi (Cartographer, 2008)
i gave it up (you’re in my…)
i gave it all up
Steven Wilson — Song of I (To the Bone, 2017)
do you ever wonder what we learned?
we can raise our glasses, dancing on the ashes as it burns
CHVRCHES — Heaven/Hell (Love is Dead, 2018)
and in the dark, i can hear your heart beat
i tried to find the sound
but then it stopped, and i was in the darkness
so darkness i became
Florence + the Machine — Cosmic Love (Lungs, 2009)
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