Jamesbliss• Show poetry

You can tell a lot about a man based on his favorite lyrics-- here are mine:

"I remember moments of happiness
Endless summer, acoustic guitars
Being a man made me coarse
When I wanted to be delicate

Like a castaway on a warm ocean
Waiting for a purpose to rise
They say it's not becoming
For a boy my age

Walking in the countryside
It seems that the winds have stopped
Tell my mother I am sorry
And I loved her"

-SRXT, Bloc Party.

"And on that teachers' training day
We wrote our names on every train
Laughed at the people off to work
So monochrome and so lukewarm

And I can see our days are becoming nights.
I could feel your heartbeat across the grass.
We should have run.
I would go with you anywhere.
I should have kissed you by the water

And our love could have soared
Over playgrounds and rooftops
Every park bench screams your name
I kept your tie"

-I Still Remember, Bloc Party

"Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face I kissed her neck
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
'Why are you so far away?' she said
'Oh, won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you'

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me"

-Just Like Heaven, The Cure

"Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice
With a step to your left and a flick to the right you catch that mirror way out west
You know you're something special and you look like you're the best"

-Rio, Duran Duran

"Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain, 'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!"

-Hotel California, Eagles

"Exchange the sunshine for brown eyes and dark skies,
Replace this dull life with you.
I know it's tomorrow,
She's waiting for something to feel alive.

Just wake me when it's over,
When the curtains raise,
It's time to move on.
Exit now, credits rolling,
The girl who stole my heart.
The one that got away..."

-Screenwriting an Apology, Hawthorne Heights

"The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun
When you read my mind"

-Read My Mind, The Killers

"And someone is calling my name
From the back of the restaurant
And someone is playing a game
In the house that I grew up in
And someone will drive her around
Down the same streets that I did
On the same streets that I did"

-Smile Like You Mean It, The Killers

"Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know
And what's the worst you take (worst you take)
From every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well I've been holding on tonight

Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again

Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Can we pretend to leave and then
We'll meet again
When both our cars collide?"

-Helena, My Chemical Romance

"If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man
you win some, lose some, it's all the same to me
The pleasure is to play, it makes no difference what you say
I don't share your greed, the only card I need is

the Ace of Spades
the Ace of Spades

Playin' for the high one, dancin' with the devil
going with the flow, it's all a game to me
7 or 11, snake eyes watching you
Double up or quit, double stake or split

the Ace of Spades
the Ace of Spades

You know I'm born to lose
and gamblin's made for fools
But that's the way I like it baby
I don't want to live forever

and don't forget the joker

Pushing up the ante, I know you got to see me
read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again
I see it in your eyes, take one look and die
The only thing you see, you know it's gonna be

the Ace of Spades
the Ace of Spades"

-Best Song in the World. Ditto.

"Stupid on the streets of London
James Dean in the rain
Without her it's not the same"

-Under the Gun, The Killers