From The Rainbow Connection...

"Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors? The voice might be one and the same. I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be. Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me."

Makes me cry every time.

liz phair - one less time

Did you think that I knew what I was doing
When I said that I had to grow up on my own for a while?
Now I'm dog-less and loveless and cold in a midwestern winter
If I'd known what I was doing I sure as fuck wouldn't be here

Now I like to think that I like to learn from mistakes
But I've made that error in judgment one too many times
And I'm not the wiser and sure not the wealthier
I wish to God that I had've been healthier mentally
When I decided to make up my own mind
But that's one less thing that takes up my time

the libertines:
"Wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray, just for a day?"
Hole:
"Here comes a storm in the form of a girl, she's the finest, sweetest thing in my world"
more later...

PJ Harvey - Legs:
I might as well be dead, but I could kill you instead

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights:
I hated you. I loved you too.

Neko Case - Deep Red Bells:
Does your soul cast about like an old paper bag?
Past empty lots and early graves
Those like you who lost their way
Murdered on the interstate
While the red bells rang like thunder

Neko Case - Dirty Knife:
Cascading letters pool on the stairs
The grass is high, the cats are wild
You can't even touch the tip of their tails
And the blood runs crazy with giant strides

i'm so warm and calm inside i no longer have to hide

i'm not like them but i can pretend
the sun is gone but i have a light

she eyes me like a pisces when i am weak

give me life give me pain give me myself again

rest in peace and me in pieces

i told you from the start just how this would end
well i get what i want and i'll never want it again

look at this it's me walking away
look at you drowning on display
every time I've dropped by I've tried to say
the water is rising you don't want to stay

you better watch yourself when you jump into it
cause the mirror is gonna steal your soul
i wonder how it came to be my friend
that someone just like you has come again
you'll never never know how close you came ...
and you'll never never be the same
look into his eyes and you can see
why all the little kids are dressed in dreams