Favorite Music, Alphabetical List

"Although the arrow has pierced my heart
You will perish, and I will live forever,
For I am you, and you are me--
The web of the spider weaves"
Song of the Spider War

"I see it now become so clear
Your insincerity, and me all starry-eyed
You'd think that I would have known by now...

Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky,
This lie is over...
Lost, like the tears that used
To tide me over"
Only Time Will Tell

"Life has passed me by, but it's not my fault
I will lick my wounds... would you pass the salt?"
Never Do Anything

"The worst part was hitting the ground--
Not the feeling so much as the sound"
Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel

"A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhood
Somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard....
There's a shopping cart in the ravine;
The foam on the creek is like pop and ice cream;
A field full of tires that is always on fire
To light my way home..."
Light Up My Room

"Jane: divided, but I can't decide which side I'm on
Jane: decided only cowards stay, while traitors run"
Jane

"No one (I think) is in my tree,
I mean, it must be high or low --
That is you can't, y'know, tune in,
But it's all right...
At least, I think it's not too bad..."
Strawberry Fields Forever

"I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an Octopus' Garden
In the shade"
Octopus' Garden

"This is the Good Ship Lifestyle
All my friends jumped ship
I elect me the Captain
This is the Loneliest voyage
I've ever been on
Up in the crow's nest --
Over there! I see land!
First Mate? There is no First Mate...
This is the Good Ship Lifestyle."
The Good Ship Lifestyle

"Don't be shy, even when it hurts to say
Remember, you're gonna get hurt someday anyway
Then you must lift your head, keep it there
Remember what I said
I'll always be with you, don't forget
Just look over your shoulder, I'll be there..." Father to Son

"There's a reason I hide my heart,
It's out of sight and out of mind,
And when I find out just who you are,
The door will be open for you to
Find a way to my heart..."
Find a Way to My Heart

"Love is the ghost haunting your head
Love is the killer you thought was your friend
Love is the creature who lives in the dark
Sneaks up, will stick you
and painfully pick you apart"
The Creature

"Standing here, the old man said to me:
'Long before these crowded streets, here stood my dreaming tree.'
Below it he would sit for hours at a time,
Now progress takes away what forever took to find"
The Dreaming Tree

"Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl..."
Enjoy the Silence

"Take my hand and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone
if I'm lying to you
Take your time, if I'm lying to you
I know you'll find that you believe me
you believe me" Take My Hand

"way down the lane away, living for another day,
the aphids swarm up in the drifting haze
swim seagull in the sky towards that hollow western isle
my envied lady holds you fast in her gaze
the sun slips down bedding, heavy blind
the front of your dress all shadowy lined
and the droning engine throbs in time
with your beating heart"
The Chauffeur

"My light shall be the moon
and my path - the ocean.
My guide the morning star
as I sail home to you."
Exile

"I hate you - talkin' to myself -
Everybody's starin' at me - I'm only bleedin'"
RV

"Surprise! you're dead!
Ha ha! open your eyes
Seetheworldasitusedtobewhenyouusedtobeinit
Whenyouwerealiveandwhenyouwereinlove
Andwhen I took it from you!"
Surprise! You're Dead!

"Looking down into the water
It's hard to make out your face
If our love is drowning, then why
Do I feel so out of place?
Bubbling up to the surface
Are you getting a breath of fresh air?
Forever longing to make you mine
But I can't escape your stare..."
Underwater Love

"All my instincts, they return,
and the grand facade, so soon will burn;
without a noise, without my pride,
I reach out from the inside"
In Your Eyes

Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt
Digging in the Dirt

Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom, boom, boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things,
They've come to take me home...
Solsbury Hill

"It's time to align your body with your mind -- it's Hero Time"
Shine

"I take my anger, my fear, I crush them
In my fist -- I open my hand,
I've got a diamond...
My diamond is rage;
I've got diamonds in my eyes"
Just Like You

"And when she feeds the fish they flip and jerk and wriggle in the pond
And when she hands them things they all perk up and nibble on her thumb
And in a globe of frogs
The moth unfurls its moistened wings
And in a globe of frogs
A soul appears, the words made flesh"
Globe of Frogs

"I know who wrote the Book of Love
It was an idiot...it was a fool
A slobbering fool with a speech defect
And a shaking hand
And he wrote my name
Next to yours
But it should have been David Byrne or somebody…"
Freeze

"Said I'm a willow bending in your mind
I'm a mirror cracked from side to side
I'm a snow-covered mountain in an empty room
I'm a house that burns down every night for you

Said I'm a doorway leading to the dark
I'm a liquid you're dissolving in
I'm a policeman working in an empty house
I'm a distant steeple on a long-deserted plain

Sometimes when I'm lonely, baby, then I'm only you..."
I'm Only You

"So let me lie, and let me go on dreaming,
And I will lose myself in palaces of sand,
And all the fantasies that I will be keeping
Will make the empty hours easier to stand"
Everybody Has a Dream

"I've seen the lights go out on Broadway-
I saw the ruins at my feet,
You know we almost didn't notice it-
We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street.

They burned the churches up in Harlem-
Like in that Spanish Civil War-
The flames were everywhere,
But no one really cared-
It always burned up there before..."
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)

"She walked like a mystery,
And she passed like summer rain,
And she said 'I do' like an angel,
But I never knew her name..." I Never Knew Her Name

"Well, goodbye yellow brick road,
Where the dogs of society howl;
You can't plant me in your penthouse,
I'm going back to my plow,
Back to the howling old owl in the woods,
Hunting the horny-backed toad.
I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road"
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

"Selfishness and separation had led me to believe
That the world is not my problem --
The world is not my problem --
I am the world...And you are the world"
10,000 Years (Peace is Now)

"In a moment we lost our minds here
And dreamt the world was round--
A million mile fall from grace;
Thank God we missed the ground:
Run to the water and find me there
Burned to the core, but not broken --
Cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon..."
Run To the Water

"It's not enough to make the nightmares go away
It's not enough to make the tears run dry
It's not enough to live a little better every day
Everything that they taught us was nothing but lies
Everything that they brought us was nothing but bribes
But the lies are over now"
Original Sin

"Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons, Death may die...
Drain you of your sanity,
Face the Thing That Should Not Be"
The Thing That Should Not Be

"I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel... sad but true
I'm your truth, telling lies
I'm your reasoned alibis
I'm inside open your eyes
I'm you... sad but true"
Sad But True

"Take a look to the sky just before you die
It is the last time you will
Blackened roar, massive roar fills the crumbling sky
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry
Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery
He hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now he will see what will be, blinded eyes to see
For whom the bell tolls...
Time marches on"
For Whom the Bell Tolls

"Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one"
The Voice

"Once upon a time, once when you were mine,
I remember skies reflected in your eyes --
I wonder where you are, I wonder if you think about me,
Once upon a time, in your wildest dreams..."
Your Wildest Dreams

"The secret of your beauty, and the mystery of your soul
I've been searching for in everyone I meet,
And the times I've been mistaken, it's impossible to say,
And the grass is growing underneath our feet...
I know you're out there somewhere, somewhere you can hear my voice;
I know I'll find you somehow, and somehow I'll return again to you..."
I Know You're Out There Somewhere

"I had a dream last night / The world was set on fire
And everywhere I ran / There wasn't any water
The temperature increased / The sky was crimson red
The clouds turned into smoke / And everyone was dead
(but) There's a smile on my face . . . For everyone
There's a golden coin . . . That reflects the sun
There's a lonely place . . . That's always cold
There's a place in the stars . . . For when you get old"
Just Another Day

"Got my best suit and my tie
Shiny silver dollar on either eye
I hear the chauffeur comin' to the door
Says there's room for maybe just one more..."
Dead Man's party

"It's so hard to find an answer
It's so hard to stand alone
It's so hard to find a feeling
That was buried long ago
It's so hard to trust another
When it's easier to hide
It's so hard to believe
Unless we try, baby, try"
Try to Believe

"Let's have a party, there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to die
I'm so happy
Dancing while the grim reaper cuts, cuts, cuts
But he can't get me (I'm as)
Clever as can be, and I'm very quick, but don't forget
You've only got so many tricks --
No one lives forever!!!"
No One Lives Forever

"Imagine yourself and a link on a chain,
The chain is wrapped around someone's mind,
If you break off then things start to change;
Then you realize that there's no time,
No direction as you fly through the wind..."
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

"I'm burning through the sky, Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you"
Don't Stop Me Now

"For we who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder and louder louder
'What the hell we fighting for?'
Just surrender and it won't hurt at all
You just got time to say your prayers
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall"
Hammer to Fall

"Did you think that this would make everything right?
Can't you see the price you pay is your own life
And as you're screaming out to me to make things right, tonight
How will you end your pain?"
Angry Situation, Modified

"In a heaven of people, only some want to fly;
Is that not crazy?"
Crazy

"Crossing that bridge, with lessons I've learned.
Playing with fire, and not getting burned.
I may not know what you're going through,
But time is the space between me and you --
Life carries on... it goes on."
Prayer for the Dying, 1994

"But if only you could see them, you would know from their faces,
There were kings and queens, followed by princes and princesses,
There were future power people, throwin love to the loveless,
Shining a light 'cause they wanted it seen.
Well there were cries of why, followed by cries of why not?
Can I reach out for you if that feels good to me?"
Future Love Paradise, 1991

"If you go,
Say goodbye --
There'll be something missing in my life,
'Cos you know
That all I really want
Is you..."
If You Go

"If you get lost just call me -- I'll be there
Yes I'll be right there
Cause though I may not have the answer,
At least I know what I'm looking for;
Yes I can do without the sorrow,
There's a day after tomorrow
So I'm leaving this behind...
And if you want to share my dreams
Well all you have to do is say it, say it
Let me hear you loud and clear
Cause I need you if you wanna be, if you wanna be..."
I'm Free

"Faster, faster -- I'm a trashy motorcycle beauty;
The road is all I've ever known.
Faster, faster -- I'm the star of this disaster movie,
And in the end I ride alone..."
Faster, Faster

"A single strobe ignites the night--
The smoke begins to rise;
A sea of staring eyes
Gaze on the Sunburst
His weapon at his side;
He flashes it with pride
Before his legions
Fires begin to rage, and they engulf the stage, all right... Bring on the night! "
Sunburst

"There's a full moon howling at the night,
And its bark is much worse than its bite,
So let's all go out, and dance around
Yes we must go out to-night
La Grippe

"Ships were made for sinking,
Whiskey made for drinking,
And if we were made of cellophane
We'd all get stinking drunk much faster"
The Ghost of Stephen Foster

"If I could break down these walls and shout my name at heaven's gate
I'd take these hands and I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate,
The vehicles are broken
Heaven's the one above, Hellfire's a promise away
I'd still be saying 'I'm still in love'
...
When we dance, Angels will run and hide their wings
(I'm gonna love you more than life, if you'll only be my wife)"
When We Dance

"Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent water --
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground.
Same as it ever was...
Once in a Lifetime

"I hear the drums echoing tonight,
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation;
She's coming in -- 12:30 flight;
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way,
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, 'Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you'"
Africa

"My, my, this here Anikin guy
May be Vader someday later -- now he's just a small fry,
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye, saying:
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.... soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
The Saga Begins
(parody of The Day the Music Died)

"Your database is a disaster
You're waxin' your modem, tryin' to make it go faster
Hey fella, I bet you're still livin' in your parents' cellar
Downloadin' pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar
And postin' "Me too!" like some brain-dead AOL-er
I should do the world a favor and cap you like Old Yeller
You're just about as useless as jpegs to Helen Keller"
It's All About the Pentiums
(parody of It's All About the Benjamins)

"(Velvet Elvis) He's so fuzzy
(Velvet Elvis) He's so great
(Velvet Elvis) Never ages
(Velvet Elvis) Never puts on weight
(Velvet Elvis) Look at those rhinestones
(Velvet Elvis) He's just so fine
(Velvet Elvis) You can look but don't touch now
(Velvet Elvis) 'Cause he's mine all mine"
Velvet Elvis
(perhaps a stylistic parody of Sting or The Police)