# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/81 "2001-01-16T02:02:57Z")
“I will fly away again”-Godsmack “Spiral” ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/82 "2001-01-16T02:08:00Z")
“I would change myself if I could, I would walk with my people if I could find them, and I’d say I’m sorry to you, I’m sorry to you, I’m sorry to you.” “Your as thin as rain, and me, I wear my heart like a red stain. I feel that I am not enough for you, I just don’t measure up. I feel this constant condition, my strange, strange love addiction.” _sigh_, just a lil stressed and depressed…just a lil… ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/83 "2001-01-16T02:11:13Z")
Okay, so I had never heard of the original singer. Forgive me. SHEESH! 🙂 Two new songs for today… > [@](#): > > And when I tried to make it more, it was always less. > And it’s a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else. - Indigo Girls, “Thin Line” > [@](#): > > Well, is it true it’s always happy hour here? > And if it is, I’d like to stay awhile… > And as cliched as it may sound, > I’d like to raise another round > And if your bottle’s empty, help yourself to mine > Thank you for your time > And here’s to life… - The Refreshments, “Mekong” ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/84 "2001-01-16T02:17:33Z")
You say you will love me If I have to go You’ll be thinking of me Somehow I will know Someday when I’m lonely Wishing you weren’t so far away Then I will remember The things we said today “Things We Said Today” The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Arthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Arthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arthur)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/85 "2001-01-16T02:44:26Z")
something i live by right now (lyrics from Life) how many times have you been pushed around/was anybody there/does anybody care/and how many times have your friends let you down/was anybody there/did anybody stare…/and how many days have you just slept away/is everybody high/is everyone afraid/and how many times have you wished you were strong/have they ever seen your heart/have they ever seen your pain…/she gets high/she gets lost/she gets drown/by the cost/twice a day/every week/and all of her life… ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/86 "2001-01-16T02:58:32Z")
“We danced and sang for forever and a day” ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/87 "2001-01-16T03:46:18Z")
_All alone, I can’t mend. And I feel tomorrow will be okay… But I’m wrong._ ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/88 "2001-01-16T03:47:31Z")
“Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd and twat” Blink 182 - Family Reunion ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/89 "2001-01-16T04:14:42Z")
> [@](#): > > And some kinds of love, the possibilities are endless > And for me to miss one would seem to be groundless > … > And some kinds of love are mistaken for vision > > * * * > > Sometimes I feel so happy, sometimes I feel so sad > Sometimes I feel so happy > But mostly you just make me mad, baby, you just make me mad > > Linger on your pale blue eyes > … > Thought of you as my mountain top > Thought of you as my peak > Thought of you as everything I’ve had, but couldn’t keep > > * * * > > Here she comes, you better watch your step > She’s going to break your heart in two, it’s true > It’s not hard to realize > Just look into her false colored eyes > She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown > 'Cause everybody knows (She’s a femme fatale) > The things she does to please (She’s a femme fatale) > She’s just a little tease (She’s a femme fatale) > See the way she walks Hear the way she talks > > * * * > > And what costume shall the poor girl wear > To all tomorrow’s parties > A hand-me-down dress from who knows where > To all tomorrow’s parties > > And where will she go and what shall she do > When midnight comes around > She’ll turn once more to Sunday’s clown > And cry behind the door all by Lou Reed ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/90 "2001-01-16T04:52:12Z")
At work every day… Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day… My life in general… And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. Both of course from Time by Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/91 "2001-01-16T04:52:42Z")
\*It’s a still-life watercolor of a now-late afternoon, as the sun shines thought the curtain-lace, and shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee couched in our indifference, like shells upon the shore, you can hear the ocean roar. Lost–in the dangling conversations, and the superficial sighs; the borders of our lives. We’re like verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in syncopated time… \* Simon & Garfunkel, The Dangling Conversations ---
**Author:** ![tak29813](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@tak29813](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tak29813)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/92 "2001-01-16T05:08:33Z")
I was gambling in Havana, I took a little risk Send Lawyers, Guns and Money Dad get me out of this Warren Zevon - I love that whole album. And for when I am feeling grumpy— It’s just one of those days when you don’t want to wake up everything is f\*\*\*ed everybody sucks Limp Bizkit - Too funny, no matter how PO’ed I get this makes me laugh ---
**Author:** ![HannibalV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@HannibalV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibalV)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/93 "2001-01-16T05:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Despair and Deception, Love’s ugly little twins > Came a-kncoking on my door. I let them in. > Darling, you’re the punishemnt for all my former sins. > I let love in. > I let love in. > > The door it opened just a crack but Love was shrewd and bold. > My life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to behold. > A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the floor of a concrete hole. > I let love in. > I let love in. > > Well, I’ve been bound and gagged and I’ve been terrorized. > And I’ve been castrated, and I’ve been lobotomized. > But never has my tormentor come in such a cunning disguise. > I let love in. > I let love in. > > O Lord, tell me what I done > Please don’t leave me here on my own > Where are my friends? > My friends are gone. > > So if you’re sitting all alone an hear a-knocking at your door. > An the air is full of promises, well buddy, you’ve been warned. > Far worse to be Love’s lover than the lover that Love has scorned. > > I let love in. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “I Let Love In”. > [@](#): > > I beat my machine > It’s a part of me, > It’s inside of me. > I’m stuck in this dream, > It is changing me. > I am becoming. > > The me that you know he had some second thoughts, > He is covered in scabs, he is broken and sore, > The me that you know he doesn’t come around much, > That part of me isn’t here any more. > > All pain disappears > It’s the nature of > Of my cicuitry > Dronws out all I hear > There’s no escape from this > My new consciousness > > That me that you know he used to have feelings > But the blood has stopped pumping and he is left to decay > The me that you know is now made up of wires > And even when I’m right with you I’m so far away > > I can try to get away but I’ve strapped myself in > I can try to scratch away the sound in my ears > I can see it killing away all of my bad parts > I don’t want to listen but it’s all too clear > > Hiding backwards inside of me > I feel so unafraid > And if, you hold a little tighter > i might just slip away > > It won’t give up it wants me dead > Goddamn this noise inside my head > IT WON’T GIVE UP IT WANTS ME DEAD > GODDAMN THIS NOISE INSIDE MY HEAD Nine Inch Nails, “The Becoming” And of course, my biography, from everyone’s favorite masters of mirth: > [@](#): > > I am the son and the heir > To a shyness that is criminally vulgar. > I am the son and heir > To nothing in particular > > You shut your mouth, > How can you say > I go about things the wrong way? > I am human and I need to be loved, > Just like everybody else does. > > There’s a club if you’d like to go. > You could find 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. > > You shut your mouth, > How can you say > I go about things the wrong way? > I am human and I need to be loved, > Just like everybody else does. > > 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. > > You shut your mouth, > How can you say > I go about things the wrong way? > I am human and I need to be loved, > Just like everybody else does. The Smiths, “How Soon Is Now?” Oh, yeah, I’m fun to be with… ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/94 "2001-01-16T07:00:30Z")
> [@](#): > > We need noise, new art for the real people > We lack the motion to move to the new beat > We dance to all the wrong songs > and we enjoy all the wrong moves > We are not leading > Yeah Refused - New Noise > [@](#): > > For I am no one. I am nothing. > Mold me, make me into something you find worth in, deem special. Boysetsfire - Vehicle > [@](#): > > A tank of gas is a treasure to me > I know now that nothing is free > I talk to you every now and then > I never felt so alone again Carousel - Blink-182 ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/95 "2001-01-16T07:42:14Z")
You’re a boy and i’m a girl But you know you can lean on me And I don’t have no fear I’ll take on any man here Who says that’s not the way it should be I stand in front of you I’ll take the force of the blow Protection _Massive Attack_ ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/96 "2001-01-17T06:36:38Z")
I’ve been resisting this thread for quite a while, figuring that I ought not to post while maudlin. A friend of mine pointed out that everyone else is. With this in mind, I considered my options. I considered many songs. Joy Division, “heart and soul” or “she’s lost control”. The Cure “pictures of you” for my ex wife, some Jimmy Buffet and many others. Imagine my chigrin when Irealized the perfect song was by _Willie Nelson!!!_ **Funny how time slips away** Well hello there, my it’s been a long long time How am I doin’, oh well I guess I’m doin’ fine It’s been so long now and it seems that It was only yesterday Mmm, ain’t it funny how time slips away How’s your new love, I hope that he’s doin’ fine Heard you told him, yes baby That you’d love him till the end of time Well you know, that’s the same thing that you told me Well it seems like just the other day Mmm, ain’t it funny how time slips away Gotta go now, guess I’ll see you hanging round Don’t know when though, oh Never know when I’ll be back in town But I remember what I told you That in time your gonna pay Well ain’t it surprisin’ how time slips away Yeah, ain’t it surprisin’ how time slips away ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/97 "2001-01-17T14:58:18Z")
For today: _I feel fine enough, I guess Considering everything’s a mess_ “Pinch Me” by Barenaked Ladies ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/98 "2001-01-17T15:01:08Z")
All I want for Christmas is to see my old best friend I don’t know where he lives now, and I guess I never will again. ---
**Author:** ![Plavacek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Plavacek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plavacek)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/99 "2001-01-17T18:50:35Z")
“Being with you girl, is like being low Hey hey hey like being stoned” -Cracker “A hammering in my head won’t stop in the bullet train from Tokyo to Los Angeles I’m leaving you behind A flash in the pan A storm in a teacup A needle in a haystack A prize for the winning A dead for the raising A catch for the chasing A jewel for the choosing A man for the making In this blistering heat” -Garbage ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/100 "2001-01-17T20:03:16Z")
See sig…one of my very favorite songs. Reminds me that we don’t have all that long on planet Earth, so we’d better make the most of each day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031.md?page=6)