"Do you know the words that make the hidden door open? Can you speak my secret name and fix me? I have no heart, I have no brain Lord I have no courage Can you get me home again?"

"I'm hoping that in time, you can lay down All this weight you've been carrying around and maybe one day You'll find your way To climb on up out of your grave With the bits of you you managed to save"

"Now my mind is filled with rubber tires and forest fires and whether I'm a liar and lots of other situations where I don't know what to do, at which time God screams to me, "There's nothing left for me to tell you""

"I travel backwards in ecstasy"

"One sound can hold back a thousand hands when the pipe plays a tune forlorn"

"Well, Americans, what? Nothing better to do? Why don't you kick yourself out? You're an immigrant, too!"

"Icky thump with the lump in my throat Grabbed my coat and I was freaking, I was ready to go Yeah, I swear, beside the hair she had one white eye One blank stare, lookin' up, lyin' there"

"I go down to the river Filled with regret I go down and I wonder If there was any reason left I left just before my lungs could get wet I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet"

"You wanna take away from me Things that are mine and it's not your right It's odd that you wouldn't expect a fight Can it be that I don't want what you want?"

"Can you believe some things are not Appealing as a spot On the ceiling of my childhood bedroom?"

"I am as ugly as I seem Worse than all your dreams"

"My friends are all dying And death can't be lying It's the truth and it don't make a noise"

"I blew it And if I knew what to do, then I'd do it But the point that I have, I'll get to it That forever for her is over for me "Forever"—just the word that she said that means never To be with another together And with the weight of a feather it tore into me"

"The nurse should not be the one who puts salt in your wounds But it's always with trust that the poison is fed with a spoon"

"Love really bores me"

"I've got your phone number written in the back of my bible"

"Well strip the bark right off a tree and just hand it this way Don't even need a drink of water to make the headache go away Give me a sugar pill and watch me just rattle down the street Acetaminophen—you see the medicine—oh, girl You have no faith in medicine"

"Well, don't you remember? You told me in December That a boy is not a man until he makes a stand Will, I'm not a genius, But maybe you'll remember this: I never said I ever wanted to be a man"

"And if I'm wasting my time Then nothing could be better Than hanging on the line And waiting for an honest word forever"

"Life is so boring It's really got me snoring"

"I wanna hold your little hand if I can be so bold And be your right-hand man 'til your hands get old And then when all the feeling's gone Just decide if you want to keep holding on I want to hold your little hand if I can be so bold If I can be so bold If I can be so bold"

"I had opinions that didn't matter I had a brain that felt like pancake batter"

"It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son"

"I'm afraid to even open my eyes"

"Until her eyes crossed over Until her mind crossed over Until her soul fell next to me"

"I need the fuel to make my fire bright"

"You make me feel a little older Like a full grown woman might But when you're gone I grow colder Come to me again in the cold, cold night"

"I saw you standing in the corner On the edge of a burning light"

"Listen, master, can I ask you a question? Is it the fingers or the brain that you're teaching this lesson?"

"All the words are gonna bleed from me And I will think no more"

"Don't wanna hear about it Every single one's got a story to tell Everyone knows about it from the Queen of England to the Hounds of Hell"

"No harm will come of this One little midnight kiss"

"What a season To be beautiful Without a reason"

"All you little kids seem to think you know just where it's at Oh, I think I smell a rat"

"I'm coming through the door, but they're expecting more Of an interesting man, sometimes I think I can; But how much can I fake? I'll speak until I break; With every word I say, offend in every way"

"There is a man—a certain man And for the poor you may be sure that he'll do all he can Who is this one? Who's favourite son? Just by his action has the traction magnets on the run Who likes to smoke, enjoys a joke, And wouldn't get a bit upset if he were really broke With wealth and fame, he's still the same I'll bet you five you're not alive if you don't know his name"

"Well, I'm sorry but I'm not interested in gold mines, oil wells, shipping, or real estate What would I liked to have been? Everything you hate"

"It can't be love for there is no true love"

"My left brain knows that all love is fleeting"

"Fell in love with a girl Fell in love once and almost completely She's in love with the world But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading"

"I never said that I wouldn't Throw my jacket in the mud for you But my father gave it to me so maybe I should carry you Then you said "You almost dropped me" so then I did And I got mud on my shoes"

"It might sound silly For me to think childish thoughts like these But i'm so tired of acting tough And I'm gonna do what I pleaseLet's get married In a big cathedral by a priest 'Cause if I'm the man that you love the most You could say "I do" at least"

"Soft hair and a velvet tongue I wanna give you what you give to me And every breath that is in your lungs Is a tiny little gift to me"

"My mind's already out of here"

"You try to tell her what to do And all she does is stare at you Her stare is louder than your voice Because truth doesn't make a noise"

"And I don't wanna break the rules 'Cause I've broken them all before But every time I see you I wonder why I don't break a couple rules so that you'll notice me"

"I guess I'm just another runaway"

"Come and tell me what you're thinking 'Cause just when the boat is sinking A little light is blinking And I will come and rescue you"

"Just a rusty-coloured rain that drives a man insane"