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"But I'm thinking of what Sarah said. That "love is watching someone die". So who's gonna watch you die?"

"Burn it down 'til the embers smoke on the ground And start new when your heart is an empty room With walls of the deepest blue [...] And all you see is where else you could be when you're at home And out on the street there are so many possibilities to not be alone"

"If heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the "no"'s on their vacancy signs. If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks I'll follow you into the dark."

"And there's no blame For how our love did slowly fade And now that it's gone It's like it wasn't there at all And here I rest where disappointment and regret collide Lying awake at night."

"I'm in Los Angeles today; garbage cans comprise the medians of freeways always creeping, even when the population's sleeping. And I can't see why you'd want to live here."

"Crashing through the parlor doors, what was your first reaction? Screaming, drunk, disorderly: I'll tell you mine. You were the one, but I can't spit it out when the date's been set."

"I'll take the best of your bad moods and dress them up to make a better you, 'cause all the company calls amount to one paycheck."

"Now no one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years or more. All made up and nowhere to go; Welcome to this one man show.Just take a seat they're always free, No surprise no mystery. In this theatre that I call my soul, I always play the starring role."

"Official website"

"You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis. Hypnotized by you if I should linger, Staring at the ring around your finger.I have only come here seeking knowledge, Things they wouldn't teach me of in college. I can see the destiny you sold Turned into a shining band of gold.I'll be wrapped around your finger. I'll be wrapped around your finger."

"There's a little black spot on the sun today; It's the same old thing as yesterday. There's a black hat caught in a high tree top; There's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stop.I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain. I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign, But it's my destiny to be the king of pain."

"Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace. I dream at night I can only see your face. I look around but it's you I can't replace. I feel so cold and I long for your embrace. I keep crying baby, baby please.Oh can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take."

"Every breath you take; Every move you make; Every bond you break; Every step you take, I'll be watching you."

"Another working day has ended, Only the rush hour hell to face. Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes, Contestants in a suicidal race. Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance. He knows that something somewhere has to break. He sees the family home now looming in his headlights, The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache."

"Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration, But we know all her suicides are fake. Daddy only stares into the distance, There's only so much heartache he can take. Many miles away, Something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake."

"You will see light in the darkness; You will make some sense of this. When you've made your secret journey, You will find this love you miss."

"You come to me like a moth to the flame. It's love you need but I don't play that game. 'Cause you could be my greatest fan, But I'm nobody's friend, I'm a demolition man."

"There has to be an invisible sun. It gives its heat to everyone. There has to be an invisible sun. That gives us hope when the whole day's done."

"I resolved to call her up a thousand times a day And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way. But my silent fears have gripped me Long before I reach the phone, Long before tongue has tripped me, Must I always be alone?Every little thing she does is magic; Everything she do just turns me on. Even though my life before was tragic, Now I know my love for her goes on."

"There is no political solution To our troubled evolution. Have no faith in constitution, There is no bloody revolution.We are spirits in the material world."

"Poets, priests and politicians Have words to thank for their positions. Words that scream for your submission And no one's jamming their transmission. 'Cos when their eloquence escapes you, Their logic ties you up and rapes you."

"Don't think me unkind, Words are hard to find. They're only cheques I've left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind. And when their eloquence escapes me, Their logic ties me up and rapes me."

"Turn on the radio, the static hurts my ears. Tell me, where would I go? I ain't been out in years. Turn on the stereo, it's played for years and years: An Otis Redding song, it's all I own."

"How can you say that you're not responsible? What does it have to do with me? What is my reaction, what should it be? Confronted by this latest atrocity."

"It's no use, he sees her; He starts to shake and cough. Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov."

"Young teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy. She wants him so badly, Knows what she wants to be. Inside her there's longing, This girl's an open page. Book marking - she's so close now, This girl is half his age."

"Bed's too big without you. Cold wind blows right through my open door. I can't sleep with your memory, Dreaming dreams of what used to be."

"Some may say, I'm wishing my days away. No way, and if it's the price I pay Some say, tomorrow's another day. You stay, I may as well play."

"Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw: A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore. Seems I'm not alone at being alone A hundred billion castaways, looking for a home."

"I sold my house I sold my motor, too. All I want is to be next to you. I'd rob a bank Maybe steal a plane. You took me over, Think I'm goin' insane."

"I guess this is our last goodbye, And you don't care so I won't cry. But you'll be sorry when I'm dead, And all this guilt will be on your head.I guess you'd call it suicide, But I'm too full to swallow my pride."

"I've called you so many times today, And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say. That you don't ever want to see me again, And your brother's going to kill me and he's six feet ten. I guess you'd call it cowardice, But I'm not prepared to go on like this.I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing. I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing. I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing. I can't stand losing you..."

"Roxanne, You don't have to put on the red light. Those days are over, You don't have to sell your body to the night.Roxanne, You don't have to wear that dress tonight. Walk the streets for money, You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right."

"Kyle Gass - lead acoustic guitars/backup vocals"

"Since the beginning of time 'twas written in the stones that one day a band would come. Well that band has come and now they are here to cum again... in your ear pussies."

"BEELZEBOSS: Fuck you, Kage! And fuck you, Jables! I'LL GET YOU, TENACIOUS D!"

"BEELZEBOSS: I am compleeeeeete! JACK and KYLE: Fuuuuuuu-uuuuuck! BEELZEBOSS: Yes, you are fucked! Shit out of luck! Now I'm complete, and my cock you will suck! This world will be mine, And you're first in line! You brought me the pick, and now you shall both die! JACK: Waaaaaiiit! Waaaaaiiit! Waaaaaiiit, you motherfuckeeeeeer! We challenge you to a rock-off! Give us one chance to rock your socks off! BEELZEBOSS: FUCK! FUCK! FUUUUUUUCK! The demon code prevents me From declining a rock-off challenge! What are your terms? What's the caaa-aa-aaatch? JACK: If we win, You must take Your sorry ass back to Hell! And also, you will have to pay our rent! BEELZEBOSS: And what if I win?! JACK: Then you can take Kage back to Hell... KYLE: What?! JACK: Trust me, Kage, it's the only way. KYLE: What are you talking about?! JACK: To be your little bitch! BEELZEBOSS: FINE! LET THE ROCK-OFF BEGIN!"

"What's it gonna be, Kyle? You have to decide. Tits… or Destiny?"

"Metal! It comes from hell!"

"Burrito supreme! And a chicken supreme! And a cutlass supreme! Supreme! Yeah"

"Kyle's fingers be silver/Jack's voice, then, be gold/but lest you think we're vain/We know you're all robots and we don't care/Tenacious D/We reign/Supreme."

"We ride with kings on mighty steeds, across the devil's plain. We've walked with Jesus and his cross, he did not die in vain. NO!"

"This is not the greatest song in the world, this is just a tribute."

"Dio, time to go. You must give your cape and scepter TO ME! And a smaller one for KG... Go!"

"Jack Black - lead vocals/rhythm guitar"

"No artist did more for noise rock’s reputation — or for that matter noise’s reputation — than Sonic Youth. They brought it to a wider audience, made a handful of hit alt-rock singles out of it, crashed grunge as it was happening, and became a beloved institution, despite the fact that the bulk of their catalog features some pretty weird stuff. Throughout the ’80s, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo amassed an arsenal of cheap guitars that they modified and through which they employed bizarre tunings as well as techniques like playing the strings with drum sticks. Their noise wasn’t just unique — no other band could replicate it."

"Sonic Youth albums aren’t as popular now as they were in the days of cassettes. That’s because now it’s a lot easier to say, 'Hey this song is going fucking nowhere, skip it.' Every single Sonic Youth song is a 'skip it' song. Every single one. Unless, of course, you enjoy hearing Thurston Moore sound like he’s dicking around with effects pedals at Guitar Center."

"It’s hard to imagine where we would be without Sonic Youth. It’s unlikely another smart post-punk band founded around the same time — Big Black, the Meat Puppets — could have delivered us from hardcore’s fury quite the same way. What would indie rock sound like if Sonic Youth’s sublime din hadn’t enchanted and derailed all the college rock bands of the mid-’80s? We would have only been left with a bunch of sanguine Feelies rip offs, never having the chance to divulge a crush via careful mixtape placement of “Shadow of A Doubt.”"

"To the extent that I wear skirts and cheap nylon slips I've gone native"

"Perhaps even more than Joni [Mitchell], trying to summarize the music of Sonic Youth with just one tuning is an exercise in noisy futility. The pioneering art rock outfit took advantage of countless unconventional and angular tunings through their run, frequently blending multiple dissonant tunings from different guitarists within one track. [...] The sheer multiplicity of tunings that Sonic Youth used caused all sorts of logistical hurdles for the band. They used cheap guitars that could only function in certain detuned ways and famously used drumsticks and screwdrivers on their guitars to achieve even more adventurous sounds and effects."