# Song Lines that sum up your world view at this very second **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031 "2001-01-14T21:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/41 "2001-01-15T01:02:30Z")
> [@](#): > > When I was three, I thought the world revolved around me > I was wrong > And so I sing along > And if you dance, then dance with me > I know a girl, a girl called Party > Party girl > I know she wants more than a party > Party girl “Party Girl” by U2 > [@](#): > > She’s the wave > She turns the tide > She sees the man inside the child > It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright > She moves in mysterious ways “Mysterious Ways” by U2 > [@](#): > > Love is blindness > I don’t want to see > Won’t you wrap the night > Around me > Oh my heart > Love is blindness “Love is Blindness” by U2 > [@](#): > > Hanging by threads of palest silver > I could have stayed that way forever > Bad blood and ghosts wrapped tight around me > Nothing could ever seem to touch me > I lose what I love most “A Stroke of Luck” by Garbage ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/42 "2001-01-15T01:04:21Z")
I like instrumentals. “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” works for me. I feel like it’s already early spring, since it’s so mild out today. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/43 "2001-01-15T01:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh I am a lonely painter > I live in a box of paints > I’m frightened by the devil > and I’m drawn to those ones that ain’t afraid. > I remember that time you told me, you said, > “Love is touching souls,” > surely you touched mine > 'cause part of you pours out of me > In these lines from time to time. > > Oh you’re in my blood like holy wine > You taste so bitter and so sweet > Oh I could drink a case of you, darling. > And I would still be on my feet. > I would still be on my feet. - **"A Case of You"** by Joni Mitchell. Sort of a yearning, a confusion, an unexpressed-desire-trying-to-get-out sort of feeling. Lovely and painful at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/44 "2001-01-15T01:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*“Desire, despair, desire … > So many monsters…” > > \*\* The lover speaks about the monsters Ahhh Annie Lennox and in a similar vein …this the book I never read these are the words I never said this the path I’ll never tread these are the dreams I’ll dream instead this the joy that’s seldom spread these are tears, the tears we’ve shed this is the fear this is the dread these are the contents of my head and these are the years we’ve spent and this is what they represent and this is how I feel do you know how I feel? Cause if you think you know… I don’t think you know what I feel I don’t think you know what I fear You don’t know what I fear ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/45 "2001-01-15T01:32:17Z")
… more Dylan: _I didn’t want to want you, but now I have no choice It’s too late to listen to that warning voice All I hear is thunder of two hearts beat Going ninety miles an hour down a dead end street Ninety miles an hour down a dead end street._ ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/46 "2001-01-15T01:44:14Z")
_I resolved to call her up a thousand times a day and ask her if she’ll marry me in some old fashioned way but my silent fears have gripped me long before I reach the phone long before my tongue has tripped me must I always be alone_ - The Police Not that I actually planned to ask her to marry me or anything, not that I actually live in the same time zone as her anymore, but what the hell, l had to listen to that before calling to say hello. Particularly because she had the power to turn me into a quivering doofus should I come within a 10 meter radius of her. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/47 "2001-01-15T01:50:45Z")
I have a couple more now that I think of it. “Hello darkness, my old friend…I’ve come to talk with you again.” “I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died, if I never loved I never would’ve cried.” Both Simon and Garfunkel, “Sound of Silence” and “I Am a Rock,” respectively. “Don’t fall away and leave me to myself Don’t fall away and leave love bleeding In my hands, in my hands again.” Fuel, “Hemorrhage”. And on a happier note: “It’s a beautiful day…don’t let it get away.” ---
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/48 "2001-01-15T01:55:27Z")
\*The motorcycle black madonna Two-wheeled gypsy queen And her silver-studded phantom cause The gray flannel dwarf to scream As he weeps to wicked birds of prey Who pick up on his bread crumb sins And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden The kingdoms of Experience In the precious wind they rot While paupers change possessions Each one wishing for what the other has got And the princess and the prince Discuss what’s real and what is not It doesn’t matter inside the Gates of Eden\* ---
**Author:** ![el\_mono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@el\_mono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/el_mono)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/49 "2001-01-15T01:55:33Z")
Boy, most of us are a bit maudlin on this Sunday evening aren’t we? Sometimes it’s nice to know you aren’t alone in your despair, huh. Good thing is, it’ll all come around! May all of you find your tomorrow just a bit nicer than today. We’ll all get through it. Just wait and see… ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/50 "2001-01-15T02:06:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Something tells me this can’t be real. > I know shes out there waiting > It’s time. > It’s time. > Why can’t I fall in love. > \* _“Why Can’t I fall In Love”_ Chagall Guevara ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/51 "2001-01-15T02:21:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dylan \* > \*\*_The motorcycle black madonna > …inside the Gates of Eden_ > \*\* 🙂 I envy your username. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/52 "2001-01-15T02:22:55Z")
One song pretty much has summed up my life since it was released - ‘Someday I Suppose’ by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. \*There was this place But the name of the place escapes me When I can’t remember It irritates me Could be I can’t remember Could be I choose to not Let’s move the song along And try to find the plot There was this girl But I don’t know her name either She gave me love And I said I’d never leave her And if I did I’d come back someday and find her Maybe I will I should write down a reminder\* ---
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/53 "2001-01-15T02:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frannie \* > \*\* > 🙂 I envy your username. \*\* and you have no idea how revered the name ‘frannie’ is in our house…(dewt’s late mom’s name) usually, the username ‘Dylan’ is always taken, whatever site I am on. this is the first place where it has been free for the taking… and I took it 🙂 bob is god. ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/54 "2001-01-15T03:10:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lexicon \* > \*\* > … > > > [@](#): > > > > So pardon me while I burst > > into flames. > > I’ve had enough of the world > > and it’s people’s mindless games. > > > > and > > > > …don’t let the world > > bring you down. > > Not everyone here is > > that fucked up and cold. > > Incubus. They kind of offset each other, and lessen my desire to put a bullet in the skull of every panda that won’t screw to save it’s species. > \*\* Pardon me is the first song that came to mind when I saw the thread title… ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/55 "2001-01-15T03:14:45Z")
\*Hey, Jude, don’t make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better Hey, Jude, don’t be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin Then you begin to make it better. And any time you feel the pain, hey, Jude, refrain Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders Well don’t you know that its a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder Hey, Jude! Don’t let her down You have found her, now go and get her Remember, to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better. So let it out and let it in, hey, Jude, begin You’re waiting for someone to perform with And don’t you know that it’s just you, hey, Jude, You’ll do, the movement you need is on your shoulder Hey, Jude, don’t make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better\* Some verses stick out as more relevant than others for me ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/56 "2001-01-15T03:26:56Z")
Some lines from _Tonight We Fly_ by \*\* The Divine Comedy\*\*: _And when we die Will we be that disappointed or sad If heaven doesn’t exist What will we have missed? This life is the best We’ve ever had_ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/57 "2001-01-15T04:04:40Z")
And it hurts because deep down I believe we are more than friends So if you ever change your mind You know where you can find me… [http://www](http://www). (I won’t believe it) [http://www](http://www). (until I read it) my heart is tied up in a knot (you know it’s true) [http://www.nevergetoveryou](http://www.nevergetoveryou) -Prozzäk, “www.nevergetoveryou” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/58 "2001-01-15T04:11:16Z")
And it hurts because deep down I believe we are more than friends So if you ever change your mind You know where you can find me… www. (I won’t believe it) www. (until I read it) my heart is tied up in a knot (you know it’s true) www.nevergetoveryou -Prozzäk, “www.nevergetoveryou” Up against it, the higher you fly the further you fall Up against it, wondering why we fought after all Such a cold winter With scenes as slow as Pinter Synchronize your watches There’s still time to kill Up against it, drinking this swill to sweeten the pill Up against it, the more that it hurts the less that it works -Pet Shop Boys, “Up Against It” A little sexual frustration Combined with lack of motivation And a loss of concentration I’ve got a strange disease I can’t concentrate on work My libido’s gone berserk Now I’m sweating thru my shirt I’ve got a strange disease Only two weeks ago you said you’d never leave me Now here I am alone And in this world of reckless happenstance Why do good things have to go away And leave you with nothing Yea, you left me with nothing But a strange disease. -Prozzäk, “Strange Disease” Why? This is why: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55502](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55502) ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/59 "2001-01-15T04:24:01Z")
If were getting all Bob on it, I have to say that these lines sum up my world view at any given second: > [@](#): > > She takes just like a woman, yes, she does > She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does > And she aches just like a woman > But she breaks just like a little girl. and the Cowboy Junkies, “Lonely Sinking Feeling”: > [@](#): > > She says, “I’m getting that lonely sinking feeling, > you know what I mean?” > With his hand on her back he’s thinking, > “Where does that leave me?” > > Just when I think I’ve uncovered the secret > to peace and tranquility > that lonely sinking feeling creeps up on me > > Just when I thought that I’d discovered the joy > of loving one so completely > that lonely sinking feeling creeps up on me and “Angel Mine”: > [@](#): > > He searched for those wings that he knew > that this angel should have at her back > And although he can’t find them > he really don’t mind > because he knows they’ll grow back > And he reached for that halo that he knows > that she had when she first caught his eye > Although his hand came back empty > he’s really not worried > 'cause he knows it still shines > > I can’t promise that I’ll grow those wings > or keep this tarnished halo shined > but I’ll never betray your trust > angel mine Basically, I’m sad and lonely and pathetic. You know, the usual. I think I’ll go watch “Notting Hill” and cry myself to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/60 "2001-01-15T04:27:52Z")
> [@](#): > > This could be the saddest dusk I’ve ever seen > Turn to a miracle, high alive > My mind is racing as it always will > My hands tired, my heart aches > I’m half a world away… > …My shoes are gone, my life spent > I had too much to drink, I didn’t think > and I didn’t think of you > I guess that’s all I needed > To go it alone… -R.E.M. “Half a World Away” > [@](#): > > I’m not here, this isn’t happening > I’m not here > I’m not here -Radiohead, “How to Disappear Completely” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031.md?page=4)