Lyrics Meme – Because the Real Post Is Refusing to be Written

Going through the notes on Facebook that I’ve been tagged on over the last few weeks, I realized I hadn’t done this yet and we all know i can never resist the lyrics meme.  It’s cross-posted elsewhere, but only privately.  So, if you have access to the private posts, please respond there and leave this version for those who don’t see the FB/IJ/LJ.  Thanks!

I’m going to post lyrics from 25 songs from my iTunes. Without resorting to an Internet search engine, can you guess the song and the artist? As people get them right, I’ll mark them out, add the title and artist, and give credit to whomever got it. No cheating, people!

I’m not tagging anyone, do it if you feel like it. Don’t if you don’t.

02. On the first day of January, Eighteen Ninety-Two they opened Ellis Island and they let the people through.

03. I tried to kill the pain, but only brought more. (so much more) I lay dying and I’m pouring crimson regret and betrayal. Tourniquet by Evanescence (kudos to Miss Jameson)

04. Since I was born, they couldn’t hold me down — another misfit kid, another burnt-out town. I never played by the rules and I never really cared.

05. Wake me, my lady. Don’t let me sleep. Open my eyes to the wonders you keep. Let me look at you, see how you shine. I’ll fall in love like I’ve done every time.

06. She’s got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky.

07. These eyes see the truth. These eyes hide the proof. These eyes start to bleed. These eyes have forsaken me.

08. Seems like just yesterday, you were a part of me. I used to stand so tall. I used to be so strong.

09. There is a big black bridge and it spans over hundreds of blocks. So, those below catch the trash that is thrown. There’s a plague don’t you know going ‘round, a horrible pox.

10. Pour moi c’est l’heure de foutre à la poubelle. Mon cœur en bois et pour de bon, c’est le crane serti d’étincelles. Que je viens donner ma démission.

11. I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moment’s gone. All my dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity. Dust in the Wind by Kansas (kudos to Miss Jameson)

12. (spoken) You fool. I’m not trying to kill. I’m trying to save you! (sung) There was a white knight riding on his steed, waiting for a noble deed. Inside, a lady in distress with blackened eyes and tears down her dress.

13. The devil that you know is better than the one you don’t and so it goes. Like lonely ghosts at a roadside cross, we stay because we don’t know where else to go.

14. O, Sweet Love Divine, like the touch of rain, gentle on my skin. Lay, lay your sleepin’ head ’til the break of day slowly turns around.

15. I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house. That don’t bother me. I can take a few tears now and then and just let ‘em out.

16. I know this will not remain forever; however, it’s beautiful. Your eyes, hands, and your warm smile, they’re my treasure. It’s hard to forget.

17. This time, this place, misused mistakes. Too long, too late, who was I to make you wait? Just one chance, just one breath, just in case there’s just one left.

18. It doesn’t mean much. It doesn’t mean anything at all. The life I’ve left behind me is a cold room. I’ve crossed the last line from where I can’t return, where every step I took in faith betrayed me and led me from my home. Sweet Surrender by Sarah McLachlan (kudos to Miss Jameson)

19. Wild wind take me home to the mists of down below. I’ll be flying come September day. With no borders in my way, you’ll find me home until the May sun burns the heavy mists of down below.

20. Could it be, you’re an angel droppin’ in to my heart? ‘Cause I don’t always know what this feeling is, but I know it’s alright. And, you help me feel whole for the very first time.

21. Talking away. I don’t know what I’m to say. I’ll say it anyway. Today isn’t my day to find you. Shying away, I’ll be coming for your love, okay?

22. There’s no man alive that has what I need. So, give me a man that I can breathe. There’s no man alive that has what I want. So, give me a man that I can haunt.

23. The broken clock is a comfort, it helps me sleep tonight. Maybe it can’t stop tomorrow from stealing all my time. I am here still waiting though I still have my doubts. I am damaged at best, like you’ve already figured out.

24. Impartial is my battle cry, for here we stand or here we die. A fire fight to light the sky, the time for reckoning is nigh Impartial by Clockwork Dolls (kudos to Miss Jameson)

25. Coin-operated boy, sitting on a shelf, he is just a toy. But I turn him on and he comes to life. Automatic joy, that is why I want a coin-operated boy. Coin-Operated Boy by Dresden Dolls (kudos to Miss Jameson)