Lyrical association.
Jan 31st, 2007 by B.
I normally avoid memes (or whatever they’re called) because I figure people don’t really care which color is my favorite, how old I was when I lost my virginity, or the name of my first family pet. But this one had the added bonus of including music… I’m a sucker for music.
So here it is, lyrical word association. Simply attach a verse or so of the first song that comes to mind when you read each of the words listed. Feel free to play along on your site, or here, it’s fun.
epitaph-
I see that there is evil
And I know that there is good
And the in-betweens I never understood
Won’t you look at me, I’m crazy…
But I get the job done
Yeah, I’m crazy, but I get the job done (Philosophy - Ben Folds Five)
sadness-
It’s not what you thought
When you first began it.
You got - what you want
Now you can hardly stand it though,
By now you know… it’s not going to stop
It’s not going to stop, It’s not going to stop
Til you wise up (Wise Up - Aimee Mann)
loneliness-
Blind man on a canyon’s edge
of a Panoramic scene
Or maybe I’m a kite
That’s flying high & random
Dangling a string
Or slumped over in a vacant room
Head on a stranger’s knee
I’m sure back home
They think I’ve lost my mind. (Evaporated - Ben Folds Five)
anger-
I don’t need no arms around me
I don’t need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don’t think I need anything at all
No! Don’t think I’ll need anything at all.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
All in all you were all just bricks in the wall (Brick In The Wall, Part 3 - Pink Floyd)
mother-
She holds the hand that holds her down
She will…rise above…
Don’t call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me (Daughter - Pearl Jam)
father-
It doesn’t mean that much to me
To mean that much to you. (Old Man - Neil Young)
lover/spouse-
You’re in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you
And I would still I’d be on my feet
Yes I’d still be on my feet… (Case of You - Joni Mitchell)
child(ren)-
You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free
Run away, go find a lover
Run away, let your heart be your guide
You deserve the deepest of cover
You belong in that home by and by (Wildflowers - Tom Petty)
love-
Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
Said I love you like the stars above, I’ll love you till I die
There’s a place for us… you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong? (Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits)
sex-
You said, you said you got the,
You said the feeling,
You said the feeling you got to get
You give me the fever and a cold sweat.
The way i like, it is the way it is,
I got mine and don’t worry ’bout his
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine (Sex Machine - James Brown)
fear-
Someone’s always coming around here trailing some new kill
Says I seen your picture on a hundred dollar bill
And what’s a game of chance to you, to him is one of real skill
So glad to meet you
Angeles
Picking up the ticket shows there’s money to be made
Go on and lose the gamble that’s the history of the trade
Did you add up all the cards left to play to zero
And sign up with evil (Angeles - Elliott Smith)
obsession-
Two hearts fading, like a flower.
And all this waiting, for the power.
For some answer, to this fire.
Sinking slowly. The water? Higher.
Desire
With no secrets. No obsession.
This time I’m speeding with no direction.
Without a reason. What is this fire?
Burning slowly. My one and only.
Desire (Desire - Ryan Adams)
depression-
For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself (Karma Police - Radiohead)
jealousy-
I just can’t look its killing me
And taking control…
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis (Mr. Brightside - The Killers)
aging-
Everybody knows, it sucks to grow up
But everybody does, so weird to be back here
Let me tell you what
The years go on and
We’re still fighting it
And you’re so much like me
I’m sorry… (Still Fighting It - Ben Folds)
sorrow-
Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head, I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you’d gone
And let the world spin madly on
Everything that I said I’d do
Like make the world brand new and take the time for you
I just got lost and slept right through the dawn
And the world spins madly on (World Spins Madly On - The Weepies)
