""Last night what we talked about \ It made so much sense \ But now the haze has ascended \ It don't make no sense anymore." - From The Ritz To The Rubble"

"And the world's a stage (And the world's a faze) And the end is near So push rewind, just in time Thank anybody You're gonna do it again.The way that you walk It's just the way that you talk Like it ain't no thing. And every single day is just a fling Then the morning comes."

"I probably still adore you with your hands around my neck \ Or I did last time I checked." - 505"

"Come on, come on and tell me why you're staring. Come on, come on it must be what I'm wearing. Come on, come on and tell me, Why's it taking so long for you to recognize and stop?"

""You sharpen the heel of your boot and you press it in my chest \ And you make me wheeze \ Then to my knees you do promote me." - Dangerous Animals"

"Don't delay, act now — supplies are running out! Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive. And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow But if the offer's shunned, You might as well be walking on the sun."

"Somebody once told me, the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. She was looking kinda dumb, with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an "L" on her forehead. Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming."

""And I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be \ And satisfaction feels like a distant memory." - R U Mine"

""And I hate that little game you had called \ Crying." - Crying Lightining"

"Hey now, you're an all star Get your game on, go play Hey now, you're a rock star Get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold."

"Well, when you like something, it's an opinion. But when I like something, it's a manifesto. Pomposity is when you always think you're right; Arrogance is when you know."

"A community of dabblers who are vain and fond of biting backs. We hate it when our friends become successful And a different school whose energies are spent evading income tax A silicone enhancements by the breastful"

"Dim innuendos are spoken aloud. The supermodels are super endowed. Fashion is the art of brainwashing the proud."

"Culture baron train wreck and it's hard to look away, But I'm yawning like a kid in a carpet store. Refusing to be interesting is a funny way to go, But I guess you know your business -- You're the one who makes the windstorm blow."

"I'm already spinning in my grave."

"She's a silver lining climbing on my desire" - "R U Mine"

"She wore barrettes of many colors in her many-colored hair. That's not the point -- they only notice what you wear. She said, "The moon is a toenail, the stars are a guardrail. My heart is a sand pail And you're Toluca Lake.""

"I'm just your average ordinary everyday superhero Trying to save the world, but never really sure. I'm just your average ordinary everyday superhero, Nothing more than that, that's all I really am."

"When you base your whole identity On reaction against somebody, It's the same as being in love."

"Hey that's the story of my life I had a good plan but it didn't go right Oh no I'm overdrawn I check my account and the money's all gone Why me? I don't know what to think I finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks Seems to be the story of my life."

"Saint Leonard touched a Philistine, A sacred tongue, a perfect rhyme. But even he was "not much nourished By modern love.""

"Now it's absolutely clear to me That solitude is not the same as singularity."

""I think you should know you're his favorite worst nightmare." - D Is For Dangerous"

"How to tear apart the ties that bind, perhaps 'fuck off' might be too kind" - "Do Me A Favour"

"Not another existential cowboy And no more "California champagne" Not another saddle tramp -- Sick, sore, lonely, and out of place."

"I had a lovely brunch with Jesus Christ. He said, "Two words about inanity: fundamental Christianity," yeah. The food was very nice But then, He had to go and die for my sins and stick my ass with the check."Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy." (Go near an open window and that'll be the end of me)."

"Like a zero drowning in a sea of higher numbers"

"“You used to get it in your fishnets / Now you only get it in your night dress.” - Fluorescent Adolescent"

"I think that I liked you better when you just ignored me"

"The Marlboro Man died of cancer And he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha."

"I figured wrong (with a capital R); All the baggage I brought wouldn't fit in a mid-size car."

"I'm on a private helicopter with my favorite ex-girlfriend No one to keep up appearances for Now we're alone and we can remember how we felt at first The desperate need to be together Must've been good for something, sugar I'm still attracted to you No one's around to make us act like we're supposed to So lie here in my arms"

"It doesn't make me cry to hear Dylan say "Most likely, you go your own way." I'll go mine, I'll go mine. I'll go mine, I'll go mine."

"A labored expat fantasy: Quit your job and move away with me. Oh, what bliss it would be To pretend we never met."

""Makes me wanna blow her candles out \ just to see if you glow in the dark."- The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"

""You have got that face that just says \ Baby, I was made to break your heart." - Suck It And See"

"Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours Call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending."

"I miss talking to you But you never draw me out, so Cast off the ego scars and let's go hit the bars."

"I'm not sick but I'm not well; And I'm so hot cause I'm in hell."

""And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there \ Or have somebody's good-night kisses got that covered." - Love Is Laserquest"

"Been around the world and found That only stupid people are breeding. The cretins cloning and feeding, And I don't even own a TV."

"I had visions, I was in them I was looking into the mirror To see a little bit clearer Rottenness and evil in me. Fingertips have memories, Mine can't forget the curves of your body. And when I feel a bit naughty, I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes (But no one ever does)."

"Everything's subjective, nothing lasts for Johnny-O. Kiss Kim Novak where the redwoods grow Bleach her hair and pretend that she didn't die. Go up the mission stair, I'll follow anywhere, that is Until you climb too high cause I get vertigo."

"So have you got the guts? \ Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so \ I want to know what time it shuts." - Do I Wanna Know"

"I want to publish 'zines And rage against machines. I want to pierce my tongue, It doesn't hurt, it feels fine. The trivial sublime, I'd like to turn off time And kill my mind. You kill my mind."

"What a thing to be the center of attention all the time. He isn't really falling for this, is he? He's getting dizzy And so am I."

"The twilight of your amp buzz; I couldn't see how true your aim was"

"We named the constellations; We drew the maps and we divided up the nations. And now I'm so tired"

"You go to sleep," she said. "And I will be there when you wake up."

"She barely fits inside my head, but I feel something. Every element but one is in my thrall. Stop traffic as I lie down in your footpath. Like a simile, I paint suggestive pictures (Of me and you)."