Alternative Rock Bands

"I'm the next act waiting in the wings. I'm an animal trapped in your hot car. I am all the days that you choose to ignore.You are all I need. You're all I need. I'm in the middle of your picture, Lying in the reeds."

"Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore (In rainbows)"

"The melancholic wonder and mesmerization provided from the UK’s own Radiohead has always been second to none."

"Lewis loves you guys When the two were on, in sync, relatively sober, and not totally at each other's throats, Oasis was tough to beat."

"Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher defined Britpop and took rock to new and unprecedented heights in the mid-’90s with Oasis — one of the most formidable and popularized UK bands in history. Oasis became one of the most beloved groups from the ‘90s with albums Definitely Maybe, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory and Be Here Now, which managed to breakthrough the mainstream following the grunge wave in the early ‘90s. [...] Despite the band disbanding in 2009, the group have remained one of UK’s most influential bands and their legacy is still celebrated by millions worldwide."

"I don't want to be your friend. I just want to be your lover. No matter how it ends, No matter how it starts.Forget about your house of cards, And I'll do mine. Forget about your house of cards, And I'll do mine. And fall off the table, get swept under Denial, denial."

"Now as I go upon my way So let me go upon my way Born of a light, born of a light The wind rushing 'round my open heart An open ravine with my spirit wide Totally alive and my spirit light Through an open doorway Across a street to another life And catching my reflection In a window, switching on a light One I didn't know, totally alive, totally released."

"Then into your life, there comes a darkness, There's a spacecraft blocking out the sky. And there's nowhere to hide. You run to the back, and you cover your ears, But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard. And all we trapped, ragdoll cloth people, We are helpless to resist Into our darkest hour."

"Hey, it's me, I just got off the train A frightening place, the faces are concrete grey And I'm wondering, should I turn around? Buy another ticket?"

"Gather up the lost and their souls (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Gather up the pitiful (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me)"

"There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root, so now I'll set you free. I'll set you free."

"Like I've fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream, Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying."

"From roughly 1995 to about 2002, there was arguably no hotter band on the planet than Radiohead. It got to the point that fans worldwide could not wait to hear what was next from Thom Yorke and Co. Radiohead went from a true rock outfit to excelling within the alternative and art rock scenes while also not being afraid to throw in some electronica. There is not a better run of albums with , , , and in alternative rock history. Even today, Radiohead still has a major influence on the music scene."

"Yesterday's headlines Blown by the wind. Yesterday's people end up Scatterbrain there. Any fool can easy pick a hole I only wish I could fall in A moving target in a firing range."

"Maybe you'll be president, But know right from wrong. Or in the flood you'll build an ark And sail us to the moon."

"I keep the wolf from the door, but he calls me up. Calls me on the phone, tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up. Steal all my children if I don't pay the ransom And I'll never see them again if I squeal to the cops."

"How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? Won't take my eyes off the ball again. You reel me out, then you cut the string."

"Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes a five."

"I have no idea what I am talking about. I am trapped in this body and can't get out."

"Open your mouth wide, A universal sigh. And while the ocean blooms, It's what keeps me alive. So why does this still hurt? Don't blow your mind with whys."

"OK Computer was the last gasp of the rock monoculture: an incontestable, unrepeatable, and critically consecrated masterpiece of a genre that was too big to fail, yet too limp to preside over a new century. Picking up grunge’s challenge to macho rock orthodoxy, the bookish Oxford five-piece parlayed corporate resistance and righteous angst into an infernal assessment of mainstream conformism, petit bourgeois inertia, and cartoonish celebrity culture. But where grunge despaired at the gravity of it all, and Britpop buried its head in hedonism, Radiohead made a crucial distinction: Seeing the inferno of modern life in all its grotesque glory was not a curse to endure or escape, but a superpower to wield."

"After years of waiting, Nothing came. As your life flashed before your eyes, You realizeI'm a reasonable man. Get off, get off, get off my case."

"Stop sending letters. Letters always get burned. It's not like the movies; They fed us on little white lies.I think you're crazy, maybe. I think you're crazy, maybe.I will see you in the next life."

"I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me. A moon full of stars and astral cars, And all the figures I used to see. All my lovers were there with me, All my past and futures. And we all went to heaven in a little row boat.There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt."

"We're too young to fall asleep, Too cynical to speak. We are losing it, can't you tell? We scratch our eternal itch, Our twentieth century bitch. We are grateful for our iron lung."

"Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the fifteenth floor. You've changed the locks three times He still come reeling through the door. One day I'll get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell.You do it to yourself, you do. And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you. You and no one else. You do it to yourself. You do it to yourself, ah."

"I want you to know He's not coming back. Look into my eyes, I'm not coming back.So knives out, Catch the mouse. Don't look down, Shove it in your mouth."

"Radiohead’s OK Computer would become such a resounding popular and critical success that it would essentially destroy an important subgenre — the Britpop of Oasis, Blur, and Suede — with the force of its implication: Three-minute songs about drunken nights or critiques of the English suburbs now seemed unspeakably tiny, and American grunge sounded noisy and antique."

"Oh, why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I want peace and honesty) Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I want to live in the children's land And you know maybe, maybe I) Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I'll wander the promised land I want peace and honesty) Why don't you quiet down? (I want to live in the promised land And maybe wander the children's land) Quiet down! (Yeah, and there, there we can free)"

"Blame it on the black star, Blame it on the falling sky, Blame it on the satellite That beams me home."

"Don't get any big ideas, They're not gonna happen. You paint yourself white And fill up with noise, But there'll be something missing.Now that you've found it, it's gone. Now that you feel it, you don't. You've gone off the rails."

"Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn. God rest your soul. Oh, when the loving comes and we've already gone Just like your dad, you'll never change."

"Limb by limb and tooth by tooth, Stirring up inside of me. Every day, every hour, Wish that I... was bulletproof."

"Just as you take my hand, Just as you write my number down, Just as the drinks arrive, Just as they play your favourite song. As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you've had too much Come back in focus again."

"This is my way of saying goodbye Because I can't do it face to face. So I'm talking to you before- No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been The most perfect day I've ever seen."

"And if the world does turn, And if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I wanna be in a band when I get to heaven. Anyone can play guitar And they won't be a nothing anymore."

"And the wise man said, "I don't want to hear your voice." And the thin man said, "I don't want to hear your voice." And they're cursing me and they won't let me be. And there's nothing to say and there's nothing to do.Stop whispering, start shouting. Stop whispering, start shouting."

"You can force it but it will not come. You can taste it but it will not form. You can crush it but it's always here. You can crush it but it's always near. Chasing you home SayingEverything is Broken. Everyone is Broken."

"I need to wash myself again To hide all the dirt and pain. 'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath. And who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends? Am I really sinking this low?"

"Drying up in conversation, You will be the one who cannot talk. All your insides fall to pieces. You just sit there wishing you could still make love. They're the ones who'll hate you When you think you've got the world all sussed out. They're the ones who'll spit at you. You will be the one screaming out.Don't leave me high. Don't leave me dry. Don't leave me high. Don't leave me dry."

"She looks like the real thing, She tastes like the real thing. My fake plastic love. But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run.And it wears me out, It wears me out."

"When you were here before, Couldn't look you in the eye. You're just like an angel, Your skin makes me cry. You float like a feather In a beautiful world. I wish I was special. You're so fuckin' special.But I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doin' here? I don't belong here."

"When I go forwards, you go backwards, And somewhere we will meet."

"Breathe, keep breathing, Don't lose your nerve. Breathe, keep breathing, I can't do this alone."

"I'd tell all my friends, but they'd never believe me. They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely. I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life. They'd shut me away, but I'd be alright. Alright, I'm alright, alright."

"Transport, motorways and tramlines, Starting and then stopping, Taking off and landing. The emptiest of feelings. Disappointed people Clinging onto bottles. And when it comes, It's so, so disappointing.Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around."

"This is what you get. This is what you get. This is what you get. When you mess with us."

"When I am king, You will be first against the wall. With your opinion, Which is of no consequence at all.What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)"

"I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement. But if you get too far inside, You'll only see my reflection."

"Rows of houses all bearing down on me, I can feel their blue hands touching me. All these things into position, All these things we'll one day swallow whole.And fade out again. And fade out."