“My sister would hold her head high, though. She said she was in love. They were together for five years until one day he lost his temper. He hit over the back of the neck with his bullworker. She lost the use of the right side of her body. He got three years and was out in fifteen months.”
“We buried her when she was 32. Me and my Aunt, the vicar, and the man who dug the hole. She said she didn’t want to be cremated and wanted a cheap coffin so the worms could get to her quickly. She said she liked the idea of it, though I thought it was because of what happened to the cat, and our mum.”
– Tindersticks, My Sister
“All this talk of getting old
It’s getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I’m comin’ down”
– Verve, The Drugs Don’t Work
“There wasn’t even time to say
Goodbye to Wendell Gee
So whistle as the wind blows
Whistle as the wind blows, with me”
– REM, Wendell Gee
“And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine”
– Smiths, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
“There’s a club, if you like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry and you want to die
When you say it’s gonna happen “now”
Well, when exactly do you mean?
See I’ve already waited too long
And all my hope is gone
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does”
– Smiths, How Soon Is Now
“She can walk out anytime, anytime she wants to walk out, that’s fine,
She can walk out anytime, anytime she feels that life has passed her by,
And when I start my new life I won’t touch the ground,
I’m gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground.”
– Suede, By The Sea