Arcade Fire ....In the suburbs, I learned to drive and you told me I'd never survive....

grab your mother's keys we're leaving you always seemed so sure that one day we'd be fighting, In a suburban war your part of town against mine, I saw you standing on the opposite shore, but by the time the first bombs fell we were already bored, we were already, already bored, sometimes I can't believe, I'm moving past the feeling, sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling again, the kids want to be so hard, but in my dreams we're still screaming and running through the yard, when all of the walls that they built in the 70's finally fall and all of the houses they built in the 70's finally fall, meant nothing at all? It meant nothing at all, It meant nothing, Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling, Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling into the night, so can you understand, Why I want a daughter while I'm still young? I want to hold her hand and show her some beauty, before all this damage is done, but if it's too much to ask, If it's too much to ask, then send me a son, under the overpass, In the parking lot we're still waiting, It's already past, so move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass 'Cause it's already past, It's already, already past, sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling, sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling again, I'm moving past the feeling, I'm moving past the feeling, In my dreams we're still screaming, We're still screaming, We're still screaming….

Wolf Parade....Give me your eyes....

Give me your eyes, I need sunshine, your blood, your bones, your voice and your ghost,We've both been very brave, Walk around with both legs, Fight the scary day, We both pull the tricks out of our sleeves.... I need sunshine....

Editors....Someone hit the light 'Cause there's more here to be seen....

when you caught my eye I saw everywhere I'd been and wanna go to, You came on your own that's how you'll leave with hope in your hands and air to breathe, I won't disappoint you, as you fall apart, some things should be simple, even an end has a start, someone hit the light 'Cause there's more here to be seen, when you caught my eye, I saw everywhere I'd been and wanna go to, you came on your own, that's how you'll leave, with hope in your hands, and air to breathe, you lose everything, by the end, still my broken limbs, you find time to mend, more and more people I know are getting ill, pull something good from, the ashes now be still, you came on your own, that's how you'll leave, with hope in your hands and air to breathe, you lose everything, by the end, still my broken limbs, you choose to mend, You came on your own, that's how you'll leave, you came on your own, that's how you'll leave, you came on your own, you came on your own

Clinic....As you climb up the stairs and come back forever....

Summer's in the house, untamed it was a million joys, a million joys here, You could set your watch, how untamed it was, Walking with thee, nononono no no no no no no no, as you climb up the stairsand come back forever, Summer's in the house, oh untamed it was, Walking with thee, Walking with thee and melody of joys and you can set your watch, whil hunting new words Walking with thee, Walking with thee, Walking with thee and with us, oh no, you get good affection, you can set your watch or hunting new words, Walking with thee, Walking with thee, Walking with thee, Walking with thee, No, No, Nononononononono, If you climb off the stairs and come back forever, Someone's in my house or hunting new words....

The Apples in Stereo....My oh my, oh when I dream, I remember....

When I die I know I may never come back, If I cry I know I should think of December: summertime and the sunshine are not far from that, All the times I have been trying, I try to remember. All the times I have been trying, I try to forget... When I die, will I live to remember? When I die, or will I live to forget? When I die, or will I be gone forever? Then I'll have time, I'll have the time to think about that....

Kings Of Leon ....Lay where you're laying don't make a sound....

I know they're watching, They're watching, all the commotion the kitty loved pain, has people talking, they're talking, You, Your sex is on fire, dark of the alley, the breaking of day, head while I'm driving, I'm driving, soft lips are open them knuckles are pale, feels like you're dying, You're dying, You, Your sex is on fire and so, were the words to transpire, hot as a fever, rattling bones, I could just taste it, taste it, but it's not forever, but it's just tonight, Oh we're still the greatest, the greatest, the greatest, You, Your sex is on fire, You, Your sex is on fire and so were the words to transpire and you your sex is on fire and so were the words to transpire....

Modest Mouse....The good times are killing me....

here we go! Got dirt, got air, got water and I know you can carry on. shrug off shortsighted false excitement and oh what can i say? have one, have twenty more "one mores" and oh it does not relent. The good times are killing me. Kick butt buzz-cut dickheads who didn't like what i said. the good times are killing me....

The Futureheads....When I was a child, running in the night....

I was afraid of what might be when I was a child, running in the night, I was afraid of what might be hiding in the dark and hiding on the street and of what was following me, the hounds of love are calling I've always been a coward and I don't know what's good for me ,well here I go, it's coming at methrough the trees, help me, someone, help me, please Take your shoes off, and I will throw them in the lake and I will be, two steps on the water among your hounds of loving and feel your arms surround me, I've always been a coward, and I dont know what's good for me, do you know what I need, do you know what I need, I need love love love love love, yeah...

Brian Eno....Up on a hill, as the day dissolves with my pencil turning moments into line....

High above in the violet sky, A silent silver plane it draws a golden chain, One by one, all the stars appear, As the great winds of the planet spiral in, Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles, In the million insect storm, the constellations form, On a hill, under a raven sky, I have no idea exactly what I've drawn, Some kind of change, some kind of spinning away, With every single line moving further out in time and now as the pale moon rides (in the stars) Her form in my pale blue lines (in the stars) and there, as the world rolls round (in the stars) I draw, but the lines move round (in the stars) I draw, but my drawing fades (in the stars) and now, as the old sun dies (in the stars) I draw, and the four winds sigh (in the stars) There, as the great wheels blaze (in the stars)....

Animal Collective ....I start in a hose and I'll end in a yard....

When I feel like I'm stealing I can't keep myself from hearing God, Only the taste of your cooking can make me bow on the ground, It was the clouds that carved the mountains, it was the mountains that made the kids scream Oh well she bore all her parts but she never was found,You think "I'll carve a path through New York and be an artist", but are you anything ? It's not my words that you should follow, it's your insides. You're just an inside, Adjust your insides, You're just an inside ....

Pavement....Let's get down to brass tacks and start it....

A carrot rope, feed my thrill,
I got beat by weather
It's time to get me off of the grounds
The wicket keeper is down,
The wicket keeper is down
And he gets me off of the grounds....

We Are the Physics....You can do athletics I've seen the doctor and the doctor's seen me....

I'm fit and I'm healthy, but inadequate with regards to athletic ability, He said that we can all be similar and personal achievement becomes communal, We share our trophy and merits to us all!"We can upgrade you, we will upgrade you. You can do athletics too." You can do athletics, He said "Nobody need be the underdog anymore. Son, this is the future and all that's come before is a dinosaur."He said "You can do athletics", that my kids can do athletics and our bodies are no restriction, He said this, who said this? He said this with conviction "We can upgrade you, we will upgrade you. You can do athletics too." You can do athletics, A race becomes a march when we're together at the finish line....

Hot Hot Heat....Don't get mad if I'm laughing....

Blame the caffeine for all the 5 am phone calls, I haven't slept a single night in over a month and not even once did you start to make sense to me, Well maybe I'm a little bit slow, or just consistently inconsistent, She said Unpredictability's my responsibility, baby.To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere, To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere....

Moby ....In my dreams I'm dying all the time....

as I wake its kaleidoscopic mind, I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to lie, so this is goodbye, this is goodbye, tell the truth you never wanted me, tell me, in my dreams I'm jealous all the time, as I wake I'm going out of my mind, going out of my mind....

Violent Femmes....I need someone a person to talk to....

need someone a person to talk to someone who'd care to love, could it be you could it be you, situation gets rough then i start to panic, It's not enough it's just a habit, hey kid your sick well darling this is it you can all just kiss off into the air, behind my back i can see them stare, they'll hurt me bad but i won't mind, they'll hurt me bad they do it all the time, yeah yeah they do it all the time, I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record, oh yeah well don't get so distressed, did i happen to mention that I’m impressed, I take one one one cause you left me and Two two two for my family and 3 3 3 for my heartache and 4 4 4 for my headaches and 5 5 5 for my lonely and 6 6 6 for my sorrow and 7 7 for no tomorrow and 8 8 i forget what 8 was for and 9 9 9 for a lost god and 10 10 10 10 for everything, Everything, everything, everything....

Saint Etienne....When you were young and on your own, how did it feel to be alone?....

I was always thinking, games that I was playing, trying to make the best of my time. But only love can break your heart; try to be sure right from the start. Yes, only love can break your heart, but if your world should fall apart... I have a friend I've never seen, He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see if he can come out, Try to lose the gang that he's found. But only love can break your heart; try to be sure right from the start. Yes, only love can break your heart, but if your world should fall apart...

The Police....We are spirits in the material world....

Our so-called leaders speak
with words they try to jail you
they subjugate the meek
but it's the rhetoric of failure
We are spirits in the material world
Where does the answer lie?
living from day to day
if it's something we can't buy
there must be another way
We are spirits in the material world....

Keane....I walked across an empty land....

I knew the pathway like the back of my hand, I felt the earth beneath my feet, Sat by the river and it made me complete, Oh simple thing where have you gone, I'm getting old and i need something to rely on, So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and i need somewhere to begin, I came across a fallen tree, I felt the branches of it looking at me, Is this the place we used to love, Is this the place that i've been dreaming of, Oh simple thing where have you gone, I'm getting old and I need something to rely on, So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and i need somewhere to begin and if you have a minute why don't we go talk about it, somewhere only we know, this could be the end of everything, so why don't we go, somewhere only we know Oh simple thing where have you gone, I'm getting old and I need something to rely on, So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin and if you have a minute why don't we go, talk about it somewhere only we know, this could be the end of everything, so why don't we go, somewhere only we know, this could be the end of everything, so why don't we go, somewhere only we know....

We Are Scientists….If no-one moves, then nobody's gonna get hurt....

Don't move, 'cause nobody wants to get, We'll pray, for proof, I'm probably makin' this up, It's true, I'm probably makin' this, Because...My body is your body, I won't tell anybody, If you wanna use my body, Go for it, yeah, My body is your body, I won't tell anybody, If you wanna lose my body, Go for it, yeah, Go for it, yeah, Because....

Liars....It seems like all our friends are gone....

You drove them out. Was I naive to think thet'd stay? You were a boy. Why can't we just try start again? It just won't work.There's not much that we couldn't say. You speak in tongues. I wanted all these trembling stars. Then improve your eyes. Wash away, try to stay awake. 'Cause you can't sleep. Then watch your heart beat here at night. 'Cause you can't sleep....

Los Planetas....Este es el libro de la ley del universo....

podríamos hacer descender desde los cielos, una ley que sometiera a los que te desmintieron a los que no te creían, cuando lo que les decías era cierto, en la tierra cuantas plantas de todo noble genero hacemos germinar en... en eso hay una ley, pero la mayoría de ellos no te creen, enseñales a ver dios del sufrimiento acuerdate de cuando me enviaste a hablarles de tu rey a los injustos y en sus purgas ya los avisaste, nosotros somos los enviados del señor de los mundos, señor de oriente y de occidente, de lo que hay entre ambos puntos, de los cielos y la tierra y entre ambos, de todo lo que hay de lado único dijimos a Moisés parte con mis seguidores, marchaos hacia el este, cuando se haga de noche y fuimos alcanzados, pero a nuestro lado estaba mi señor y el mar se abrió y cada lado parecía un monte, te acuerdas de Noé, despreciado por su gente cuando les dijo que deberían obedecerte, una gran lluvia cayó y el todo poderoso y omnisciente salvo a los suyos, ahogando para siempre a los infieles. Recuerda que cuando Abraham les dijo a su padre y a su gente, servís a que dioses adoráis y si nos necesitáis acaso no os auxilian o defienden. Solo hay un señor de oriente y occidente de lo que hay entre ambos puntos en los cielos y la tierra y entre ambos de todo lo que hay, el amo único....

MGMT....Here, you focus so I can see your faces, the eyes are wrong how will I know if it's working right?....

light confuses, the tiny isles of bruises, the mangled lines, I see the signs of aging, But if I try to feel at all I am deceived, my mind's affected, it's empty now as I lay down I feel alright, my heart is racing, Turn the noise on, I'd like to feed my poison assembly lines, carry a velvet warning to the yard, it's just like striking matches, the polish lies but it's working in your blood, which you know is not the same as love, love is only in your mind and not your heart, no, it's working, it's working in your blood, which you know is not the same as love, love is only in your mind and not your heart....

Vampire Weekend ....As a young girl Louis Vuitton....

With your mother on a sandy lawn as a sophomore with reggaeton and the linens you're sitting on is your bed made? is your sweater on? do you want to like you know I do but this feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel too, can you stay up to see the dawn in the colors of Bennetton? is your bed made is your sweater on do you want to like you know, I do but this feels so unnatural Peter Gabriel, too is your bed made is your sweater on do you want to like you know I do…

Los Campesinos....We have to take the car 'cause the bike's on fire....

We cannot trust your friends 'cause they were born liars and if you... Cease and desist! This is how you spell "HAHAHA I've destroyed the hopes and dreams of a generation of faux romantics and I'm pleased" I'm pleased....

Godspeed You! Black Emperor....The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel....

The sun has fallen down and the billboards are all leering and the flags are all dead at the top of their poles, It went like this the buildings tumbled in on themselves....

LCD Soundsystem....Oh oh oh oh i don't know, i don't know, oh, where to begin we are North Americans....

and for those of you who still think we're from England we're not, no. we build our planes and our trains till we think we might die, far from North America, where the buildings are old and you might have lots of mimes. Aha, oh, oh. i hate the feelin' when you're looking at me that way cause we're north Americans but if we act all shy, it’ll make it ok makes it go away. oh I don't know, I don't know, oh, where to begin when we're north American but in the end we make the same mistakes all over again come on north Americans we are north american scum we’re from north America and all the kids all the kids that want to make the scene here in north America when our young kids get to read it in your magazines we don't have those so where's the love where's the love where's the love where's the love where's the love tonight? but there's no love man there's no love and the kids are uptight so throw a party till the cops come in and bust it up let's go north Americans oh you were planning it i didn't mean to interrupt sorry i did it once and my parents got pretty upset freaked out in north America but then i said the more i do it the better it gets let's rock north America we are north american scum we're from north America we are north american scum we are north American new york's the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent wahoo north America and it's the furthest you can live from the government un huh huh some proud american christians might disagree here in north America but new york's the only place we're keepin them off the street boo boo now we can't have parties like in spain where they go all night shut down in north America or like berlin where they go another night, alright, un huh un huh you see i love this place that i have grown to know alright, north America and yeah, I know you wouldn’t touch us with a ten-foot pole ‘cause we’re north Americans. we are north american scum we are north Americans we are north american scum we love north America take me back to the states man north american scum where we can be ? north American where the dj ? Here in North American scum don't blame the Canadians let go North America....

James....You might as well surrender now, you'll never hold that stance, with all my words....

I can't find one to help you understand It's not too late, take up the cup, put down your weapons and choose, but you say life's so unfair, oh you say life's so unfair, You can ill afford to hold to this views, You need something to blame, but it's you, Yes it's you, It's your truth, someone made you, I don't know ,if you're sick, I comfort, You run away, my sympathy, You twist it, Your reflex, gets in the way, You mother me, I son you, You act up, I can't get through, this footsteps, so ancient, in your eyes I'm your infant, your ancient full circle, In my eyes, you're my infant, dead ball in our court, there's a dead ball in our court, We just say life's so unfair, yes you say life's so unfair, You need something to blame, but it's you, Yes it's you, It's your truth....

Minus the Bear....Maybe come with me to the coast and watch the way the rain comes down....

Out of the shadow she's more passionate, we'll watch her roll in from the south, she'll wrap her sheets 'round us, forget the sun, moving from sea to land dancing, swinging with the boats out there, she steps on toes if she wants to, no one's saying no she wouldn't care, she'll wrap her sheets 'round us, forget the sun, she'll wrap her sheets 'round us, she leads this one, would you go in? she'd have soaked us wet, her fingers touching bare skin, It makes you miss him....

Ian Brown....Yeah the first time when you are stellified could be the last chance....

I have to sanctify, so save the last dance for me my love cause I see you as an angel freshly fallen from the sky, I made a shrine, I made it for you, I see you are an angel all the things that you do and now I found tomorrow, with you I'm miles high, shining like a diamond, in the darkness of the sky, I stellify, I'm miles high, I stellify and so we're miles above our ribbon in the sky and it's the real love, I see so in your eyes, so save the last dance for me my love cause I, I see you as an angel freshly fallen from the sky, I made a shrine that stands here for you, I see you are an angel all the things that you do, no one knows tomorrow, the future stands to find, this rockets starts ablazing so for you, I stellify, I stellify, I'm miles high, I stellify, yeah the first time, when you are stellified could be the last chance, I have to sanctify, so save the last dance for me my love cause I, I see you as an angel freshly, fallen from the sky, I made a shrine, with candles for you, I see you are an angel, all the things that you do, now I found tomorrow, with you I stellify, throw my arms above, cause now I fly and touch the sky, I stellify, I'm miles high, I stellify....

Tindersticks....It was a dream I had....

this room was in the middle of a sandy plain, the walls were gone but the doors and windows remained, at the side of the bed were soft cushions, two dimensional ships like ocean liners sailed across this desert , as they passed, their huge bulks disappearing into a thin line, these ships were always full of people facing windows and sometimes find their problems seem like a day’s work following deep tracks, the boats kept passing by, I watched seven or eight of these drop offs and realised the process, the ships and the people within them never differed, I thought about following any of these ships to the end of their journey, but suspected I would end up back here or a place so similar that I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference....I can’t sleep in this bed anymore....

Local Natives....Oh some evil spirit, Oh some evil this way comes....

They told me how they fear it, now they're placing it on their tongues, Oh to see it with my own eyes, no food or water for the better part of ten months, quietly he sat between the folds of a free trunk, Oh to see it with my own eyes, all the men of faith and men of science had their questions, could it ever be on earth as it is in heaven?....

Counting Crows....Blue morning blue morning wrapped in strands of fist and bone....

curiosity kitten doesn't have to mean you're on your own, you can look outside your window, He doesn't have to know, we can talk awhile baby, we can take it nice and slow, all your life is such a shame shame shame, all your love is just a dream dream dream, are you happy when you're sleeping? does he keep you safe and warm? does he tell you when you're sorry? does he tell you when you're wrong? I've been watching you for hours, It's been years since we were born, we were perfect when we started, I've been wondering where we've gone, all your life is such a shame, shame, shame, all your love is just a dream, dream, dream, well, I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow, casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows, one for sorrow, two for joy, three for girls and four for boys, five for silver, six for gold and seven for a secret never to be told, there's a bird that nests inside you, sleeping underneath your skin, when you open up your wings to speak I wish you'd let me in, all your life is such a shame, shame, shame, all your love is just a dream, dream, dream, open up your eyes, you can see the flames of your wasted life, you should be ashamed, you don't want to waste your life, I walk along these hillsides, in the summer 'neath the sunshine, I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me, change, change, change....

Tool...So familiar and overwhelmingly warm....

this one, this form I hold now. embracing you, this reality here, this one, this form I hold now, so wide eyed and hopeful. wide eyed and hopefully wild. We barely remember what came before this precious moment, choosing to be here right now. hold on, stay inside... this body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in this body makes me feel eternal. all this pain is an illusion....

The Flaming Lips....Do you realize , that you have the most beautiful face....

Do You Realize, we're floating in space, Do You Realize, that happiness makes you cry, Do You Realize, that everyone you know someday will die and instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know, You realize that life goes fast, It's hard to make the good things last, You realize the sun doesn't go down It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round, Do You Realize Oh Oh Oh, Do You Realize that everyone you know
Someday will die....

Noir Desir....Des visages, des figures, dévisagent, défigurent, Des figurants à effacer....

Des faces a, des faces b appâts feutrés, attrait des formes, déforment, altèrent
malentendu entre les tours, et c'est le fou, Qui était pour, premier abord, homme à la mer, hommage amer, un chat viré, par dessus bord, désert, des grands airs doute entier, doute entier, auquel peuvent s'ajouter, des oiseaux mazoutés J'ai douté des détails, jamais du don des nues, J'ai douté des détails, jamais du don des nues, des corps, des esprits me reviennent, des décors, des scènes, des arènes, hantez, hantez, faites comme chez vous, restez, si tout devient opaque, ma reine, ma reine, J'ai bien aimé ta paire de claques, et surtout ton dernier baiser, des visages, des figures, dévisagent, défigurent, des figurants à effacer, des faces a, des faces b, J'ai douté des détails, jamais du don des nues, J'ai douté des détails, jamais du don des nues, du don des nues, du don des nues....