Alternative Rock Bands

"Tell those stories to me I'm dying to hear. The things you've done and seen, Farfetched as they may be. You strike a smile in me, Your stories ring of perjury, Construed with self empowering theme."

"So-Cal is where my mind states, But it's not my state of mind. I'm not as ugly, sad as you. Or am I origami, folded up and just pretend? Demented as the motives in your head."

"I would swallow my pride, I would choke on the rinds, But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside. Swallow my doubt, turn it inside out, Find nothin' but faith in nothin'. Want to put my tender Heart in a blender, Watch it spin 'round to a beautiful oblivion. Rendezvous, then I'm through with you."

"Hey, don't write yourself off yet. It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on. Just try your best, try everything you can And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away.It just takes some time, Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride. Everything, everything will be just fine; Everything, everything will be all right, all right."

""The Middle" remains one of the great songs of the 2000s, regardless of genre."

"Leaves, watching them blow in the trees. Resting against the tree stump, Staring up at the blue sky, Watching the clouds pass by.Reflecting on the water, Reflections of you and me, Sailing along in the raft, Pretending we're far at sea."

"These are my friends Even though they are bugs They have a big role in our world Even though they're bugsI have a friend and it's an earthworm I have a friend and she's a butterfly I have a friend and he's a dragonfly They are my friends and, yeah, they're all insects"

"It's a holiday in Cambodia / where you'll kiss ass or crack."

"You still think swastikas look cool? / The real Nazis run your school. / They're coaches, businessmen, and cops / In a real Fourth Reich, you'll be the first to go."

"It's a holiday in Cambodia / It's tough, kid, but it's life."

"It's the suede/denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece."

"Everybody say god is a good man. Ah, clock on the world, Driving a dump truck up to the sun, A sigh in the human heart.I look at the clock on the wall, It says three minutes to midnight. Faith is blind when we're so near."

"Breaking me down - lunatic noises. Breaking me down - desperate voices. Breaking me down - phone is blistering. Breaking me down - death by listening."

"There's a shit storm a'coming, I feel it coming soon. There's a time and a place, And a moment in space When the fat boys call the tune. There's a bubble a bouncing And it's bouncing my way. There's two sticks in the powderworks, I think it's gonna blow today."

"The rich get richer, The poor get the picture. The bombs never hit you when you're down so low.Some got pollution, Some revolution. There must be some solution but I just don't know."

"Sing me songs of no denying, Seems to me too many trying, Waiting for the next big thing.Will you know it when you see it? High risk children, dogs of war."

"The time has come to say fair's fair, To pay the rent, to pay our share. The time has come, a fact's a fact. It belongs to them, let's give it back.How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning? How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?"

"People wasting away In paradise. Going backwards, once in a while, Taking your time, give it a try. What do you believe, what do you believe? What do you believe is true? Nothing they say makes a difference this way, Nothing they say will do."

"And if we think about it, And if we talk about it, And if the skies go dark with rain, Can you tell me, does our freedom remain?"

"We don't serve your country, Don't serve your king. Know your custom, don't speak your tongue. White man came took everyone."

"But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mine (There'll be food on the table tonight) Still I walk up and down on the Blue Sky Mine There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)The candy store paupers lie to the shareholders. They're crossing their fingers, they pay the truth makers. The balance sheet is breaking up the sky. So I'm caught at the junction, still waiting for medicine. The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine. Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night."

"Few of the sins of the father Are visited upon the son. Hearts have been hard, Hands have been clenched in a fist too long.Our sons need never be soldiers, Our daughters will never need guns. These are the years between, These are the years that were hard fought and won."

"The backbone of this country's broken; The land is cracked and the land is sore. Farmers are hanging on by their fingertips. We cursed and stumbled across that shore. What for?"

"Put down that weapon or we'll all be gone, You can't hide nowhere with the torchlight on. And it happens to be an emergency. Some things aren't meant to be, Some things don't come for free."

"Sign says honeymoon to rent, Cloudland into dreamland turns. The sun comes up and we all learn Those wheels must turn."

"Nothing or no one Will ever make me let you down. Kiss them for me, I may be delayed. Kiss them for me, if I am delayed."

"Computers focus you in on all the wrong things. You start to worry about minute pitching differences. When the band first started, they never knew about concert pitch... or tuning. No one had a tuner, it was okay, that's an E because it's the bottom string. We recorded Superstition with Stephen Hague because it was a perverse idea, he'd worked with New Order, the Pet Shop Boys... we should have been warned. Stephen's a computer fiend, and when you're working with computers, there's no need to stop. You can constantly readjust, rejig, you can move notes left and right. But somehow, computers don' t seem to belong in the recording studio and, if they are, they should be in the back somewhere. They should help you tap your creative energy, not be the creative energy. It certainly didn't work with us."

"A race is on I'm on your side And hearing you my engines die I'm in a mood for you. For Running away Stars come down in you And love, you can't give it away Inside you the time moves And she don't fade The ghost in you She don't fade Inside you the time moves And she don't fade"

"There's a way to turn it off It gets so hard at times To take it serious It really gets to be a drag When all we really need is love Here come cowboys Here to save us all."

"There's a hole in the sky Where the sun don't shine And a clock on the wall And it counts my time And heaven Is the whole of the heart And heaven don't tear you apart"

"And a hero is always alone At the end of the day It's a price that you pay With your pieces of love All your pieces of love And it's my time to turn you around And it's my time to hold out a hand And it's my time to turn on a light for you"

"You hurt for a change And they ease you And cool you And love you so strange And you talk like a stranger"

"From where I stand, I've got a view Out of all the miles of you Where I wait I know what's true All about you"

"And with her step I move my feet. And with her hand I feel my skin. And with her need I find I'm saved. And with her dreams I'm laid.Until she comes again. The sun goes out and night comes in. The time goes 'round and day grows dim. Until she comes again."

"This day is not my life The passing time is not my life The thorn that's in my side Is all these scenes that we regret The wasted words we can't forget"

"All of this I now regret Not a name that I might place Not at my parade Framed the faces I applaud All the same sad eyes Write the world between the lines"

"Shame, will shake this house Your dreams are not my life These broken words are not my life Your lies are none of my invention"

"The air here tastes like poison The traffic moves on broken roads... She's 14 and she's fading There's a wasted year for Every train that passes She is leaving someday Someday never comes This road is poison"

"Book of Days"

"Here in my head I hear you say Here in my head I hear you pray Time is what it's made Made by others i regret Remember me i hear it said Out of faces i forget Hope you get up off your feet Shake the dust out of your shoes"

"Pass your time away Its' just another day And everything you say Was said yesterday Won't you come with me Be who you want to be You'll get no sympathy For staying home"

"She lives in the place In the side of our lives Where nothing is Ever put straight. She turns herself round And she smiles and she says 'This is it' 'That's the end of the joke' And loses herself In her dreaming and sleep And her lovers walk Through in their coats.Pretty in pink, Isn't she? Pretty in pink, Isn't she?"

"Listen, to the weathermen They're not saying anything They're tripping flags for you This crazy face for you You don't have a point of view You don't have to say you do"

"I hope you get your invitation It is here for you Listen to the conversation Playing pretty tunes Sorry i can't wait for you I couldn't stand to stay... They're making up things That we've all heard before Like romance and engage and divorce You have to be crazy to stay in this place You just have to laugh at it all"

"They tore up our kisses and ran On tomorrow's pages And the lions have eaten the lamb On tomorrow's pages There's a day of your life in your handful of people you don't understand"

"Give me all your paper ma So I can get a train. They just wanna suck you in To being one of them. Tell her that I'm not in here, Tell her I'm a freak. Tell her that I fall about Every time I speak."

"And it feels like love, But it don't mean a lot. And it feels like love, And it's all that we've got.There's a Heartbreak Beat playing all night long Down on my street. And it feels like love, got the radio on, And it's all that we need."

"It's sick the price of medicine Stand up, we'll put you on your feet again Open up your eyes just to check that you're asleep again President gas is president gas again"

"Hamburger Mary She's got a gun Nothing goes on all the time And she thinks it's fun"

"Shine I heard her sing. ...The world's at my feet And it turns when i speak And it shines ...Shine on all that is"