Round Here

Step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices
The contrast of white on white.
And in between the moon and you
The angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.
I walk in the air between the rain
Through myself and back again
Where? I don't know
Maria says she's dying
Through the door I hear her crying
Why? I don't know
Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates
Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house
Takes her clothes off
Says she's close to understanding Jesus
She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Round here we're carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands
Sleeping children better run like the wind
out of the lightning dream
Mama's little baby better get herself in
out of the lightning
She says "it's only in my head"
She says "Shhh I know it's only in my head"
But the girl on the car in the parking lot
Says "Man you should try to take a shot
Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Then she looks up at the building
Says she's thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life
She must be tired of something
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here hey man got lots of time
Round here we're never sent to bed early
and nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I can't see nothing.. nothing round here
Will you catch me if I'm falling
Will you catch me if I'm falling
Will you catch me cause I'm falling down on you
I said I'm under the gun around here
I'm innocent I'm under the gun around here
And I can't see nothing
Nothing round here

(Counting Crows)

Remar, Remar

Mares convulsos, ressacas estranhas
Cruzam-te a alma de verde escuro
As ondas que te empurram
Aa vagas que te esmagam
Contra tudo lutas
Contra tudo falhas

Todas as tuas explosões
Redundam em silêncio
Nada me diz

Berras às bestas
Que te sufocam
Em braços viscosos
Cheios de pavor
Esse frio surdo
O frio que te envolve
Nasce na fonte
Na fonte da dor

Remar remar
Forçar a corrente
Ao mar, ao mar
Que mata a gente

(Xutos & Pontapés)

Bitterly

You push me away bitterly
My apologies fall on your deaf ears
You curse my name bitterly
And now your eyes they look at me bitterly

I stand ashamed amidst my foolish pride
‘Cause for us there’ll be no more
For us there’ll be no more
And now my eyes look at you bitterly
Bitterly bitterly

(Me'Shell Ndegéocello)

My Favourite Game

I don't know what you're looking for
you haven't found it baby, that's for sure
You rip me up and spread me all around
in the dust of the deed of time

And this is not a case of lust, you see
it's not a matter of you versus of me
It's fine the way you want me on your own
but in the end it's always me alone

And I'm losing my favourite game
you're losing your mind again
I'm losing my baby
losing my favourite game

I only know what I've been working for
another you so I could love you more
I really thought that I could take you there
but my experiment is not getting us anywhere

I had a vision I could turn you right
a stupid mission and a lethal fight
I should have seen it when my hope was new
my heart is black and my body is blue

And I'm losing my favourite game
you're losing your mind again
I'm losing my favourite game
I've tried but you're still the same
I'm losing my baby
you're losing a saviour and a saint

(The Cardigans)

Standing Next To Me

You want to have her
Two years have gone now
But I can't relate to the never ending games that you play
As desire passes through and you're open to the truth
I hope you understand
And your love is standing next to me
Is standing next to me

The one you fell for
But it's seemed you deny
And you laugh at yourself again and again
But as you drink to the thoughts she'll remember you
maybe tomorrow

And your love is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
And your love is standing next to me
Is standing next to me, is standing next to me.
Is standing next to me

You want to have her
Two years have gone now
But I can't relate to the never ending games that you play
As desire passes through, then you're open to the truth
I hope you understand

And your love is standing next to me, is standing next to me
Is standing next to me, is standing next to me.

(The Last Shadow Puppets)

Fuck Was I

Love grows in me like a tumor,
parasites bent on devouring its host.
I'm developing my sense of humor,
till I can laugh at my heart between your teeth,
till I can laugh at my face beneath your feet.

Skillet on the stove is such a temptation,
maybe I'll be the lucky one that doesn't get burned.
What the fuck was I thinking?

Love plows through me like a dozer,
I've got more give than a bale of hay,
and there's always a big mess left over.
What did you do?
What did you say?

Skillet on the stove is such a temptation,
maybe I'll be the special one that doesn't get burned.
What the fuck was I thinking?

Love tears me up like a demon.
Opens the wounds and fills them with lead,
and I'm having some trouble just breathing.
If we werent such good friends I think that I'd hate you.
If we weren't such good friends I'd wish you were dead

Skillet on the stove is such a temptation,
maybe I'll be the lucky one that doesn't get burned.
What the fuck was I thinking?

Oh it's so embarrasing
I'm this awkward and uncomprable thing,
and I'm running out of places to hide

(Jenny Owen Youngs)

Abro La Ventana

Ahora me levanto
De esta cama
Ahora
Abro la ventana
Y entra la luz
Con el viento
Ahora te siento
Y estas tan lejos
De aquí

Si un día te vas
Y ya no vuelves más
Si un día me voy
Y ya no vuelvo yo

Que largo es el mundo
Es infinito
Ayer te tuve
En mis brazos
Y hoy
Como un grano de arena
En algún suelo ajeno
Estas escondido de mí

Si un día te vas
Y ya no vuelves más
Si un día me voy
Y ya no vuelvo yo

Que grán silencio
Todo en suspenso
Que vértigo de no verte
Retumbo
Como una campana
Abro la ventana
Y entras tú
Entras tú…

(Lhasa de Sela)

Oh My God

Time on your side that will never end
The most beautiful thing you can ever spend
But you work in a shirt with your name tag on it
Drifting apart like a plate tectonic
It don't matter to me
'Cos all I wanted to be
Was a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Too much time spent dragging the past up
I didn't see you not looking when I messed up
Settling down in your early twenties
Sucked more blood than a backstreet dentist
It don't matter to me
'Cos all I wanted to be
Is a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
Great rulers make for greater glory
The only thing growing is our history
Knock me down I'll get right back up again
I'll come back stronger than a powered up Pac-Man
It don't matter to me
'Cos all I wanted to be
Was a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Oh my god, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home

Oh my, god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home

(Mark Ronson & Lily Allen)

Piano Song

Every little thing I do, I do for you
With every little thing, I think a thought of you

And I try so hard not to notice
I try so hard not to care
I try so hard not to know that you're not here
But I'm counting down the hours
And I'm counting up the days
I try so hard not to show this side of me

Jealous of the way they walk, the way the talk
'Cause I don't think they know just what they got
I'm jealous of the way they look, the way they are
When I just want to be the way we were

And I try so hard not to notice
I try so hard not to care
I try so hard not to know that you're not here
But I'm counting down the hours
And I'm counting up the days
I try so hard not to show this side of me

Well, I try so hard not to notice
I try so hard not to care
I try so hard not to know that you're not here
But I'm counting down the hours
And I'm counting up the days
I try so hard not to show this side of me
This side of me, this side of me
This side of me, this side of me
This side of me, this side of me
This side of me, this side of me
This side of me

Meiko

A Legend In My Time

If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game,
I'd be a legend in my time.
If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets,
I'd be a legend in my time.

But they don't give awards, and there's no praise or fame
For hearts that are broken for love that's in vain.

If loneliness meant world acclaim,
Everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time.

(Johnny Cash)

Pocketful Of Money

I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight
I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight

a whole months salary
gonna set it to flames
on some girl, we just met recently
I barely know her name

oh take me some place decent
where we meet up with your friends
where the people are pleasant
where the music never ends

where the music never ends

I can't say that you are pretty
that would make me a liar
but you turn my legs to spaghetti
and set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire (I'll come running with a heart on fire)

I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire

you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
set my heart on fire

you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
set my heart on fire

you set my heart on fire (I'll come running with a heart on fire)
heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire

I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire

(Jens Lekman)

From The Hip

This one's from the hip
oh mother you have sorely misjudged me
it should have been whipped
out of me
without a father figured i
yeh i concluded then that I'm
not for spitting on
this one's from the hip
my love i should have warned you about me
it never got whipped
out of me
me and my modesty and
mother your wretched son won't
take his medicine
not i
i don't care anymore
I'm sick and I'm tired
and i don't care anymore
this one's from the hip
why should i know why?
it's a wicked world
I've had it up to here
sweet jesus i should have warned you about me
it's sure to end in tears
and misery
without a father i figured i
yeh i concluded then that I'm
not for spitting on
not i...
i don't care anymore
I'm sick and I'm tired
and i don't care anymore
this one's from the hip
it's a wicked world
why should i know why should i care?
who's telling me what i should wear?
mother your wretched son is hooked on his medicine
i don't care anymore
I'm sick and I'm tired
and i don't care anymore
this one's from the hip
why should i know why
it's a wicked world

(Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)

The Lighthouse

If the breaks are set to break
It's just as safe on the outside, tonight
And I want it
If it's the storms and the tide
If the lighthouse...

And I want that
I embrace the storm and the night

And do the waves have to say, 'now'?
What do the waves have to say now?
Now
Slow down
I let the waves have their way now
Now
Slow
And if the waves have their day...

And I want that
Here I've been living, I'm using it for myself
I'll put it out but
Begin, begin
Here I've been listened, I'm living within
It won't be urgent, I'm sinking again
The lighthouse

(Interpol)

Play That Funky Music

Once I was a boogie singer
Playin' in a Rock 'n Roll band
I never had no problems
Burnin' down the one night stands
And everything around me
Got to start to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly
To disco down and check out the show
Yea they were dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted

Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down and the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die
'til you die, oh 'til you die

I tried to understand this,
I thought that they were out of their minds.
How could I be so foolish (how could I),
to not see I was the one behind.
But still I kept on fightin',
woah, loosin every step of the way.
I said I must go back there,
and check and see if things (are) still the same


Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down and the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die
'til you die, oh 'til you die

Hey, wait a minute

Now first it wasn't easy
Changin' rock 'n roll at Myze
And things were gettin' shaky
I thought I'd have to leave it behind
But now it's so much better
I'm funking out in every way
But I'll never lose that feeling
Of how I learned my lesson that day
When they were dancin' and singi' and movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted

Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down and the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die
'til you die, oh 'til you die

They shouted
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music

(Wild Cherry)

5 Ghosts I

(Nine Inch Nails)

Tempo Perdido

Mesmo derramando lágrimas
Eu não te posso perdoar
Mesmo que tenha sofrido
Todo o meu tempo perdido
Nunca mais eu quero amar

Mesmo derramando lágrimas
Eu não te posso perdoar
Mesmo que tenha sofrido
Todo o meu tempo perdido
Nunca mais eu quero amar

Hoje fico procurando
Esquecer sua maldade
Conviver no abandono
Para fazer sua vontade
Apesar de ser sincera
Tu é que me fez chorar
Não faz mal, segue o destino
Que o mundo vai te ensinar
Mas mesmo assim

Mesmo derramando lágrimas
Eu não te posso perdoar
Mesmo que tenha sofrido
Todo o meu tempo perdido
Nunca mais eu quero amar

Hoje fico procurando
Esquecer sua maldade
Conviver no abandono
Para fazer sua vontade
Apesar de ser sincera
Tu é que me fez chorar
Não faz mal, segue o destino
Que o mundo vai te ensinar
Mas mesmo assim

Mesmo derramando lágrimas
Eu não te posso perdoar
Mesmo que tenho sofrido
Todo o meu tempo perdido
Nunca mais eu quero amar

(Pink Martini)