I've smoked my friends down to the filter.
He's not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
~ Tom Waits
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back.
There's a ghost in my mouth and it talks in my sleep, wraps itself around my tongue as it softly speaks.
~ Florence + the Machine
Waking up without you is like drinking from an empty cup.
Is he dark enough - enough to see your light? . . . does he drive you wild, or just mildly free?
Loving is fine if you have plenty of time for walking on stilts at the edge of your mind.
~Damien Rice
Called to see if your back was still aligned and your sheets were growing grass out of the corners of your bed.
~The Shins
And the piano's this melancholy soundtrack to her smile.
~The Airborne Toxic Event
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup.
~The Beatles
The Shins are writing my favourite lyrics around. It's not very imagey, but I think their best line is:
ReplyDeleteSince then it's been a book you read in reverse
So you understand less as the pages turn.
Or a movie so crass
And awkwardly cast
That even I could be the star.
That is also a good line, and it is poetic - they're both metaphors. I probably would've included it if I'd remembered it.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, each line is linked to the song it's from.