favourite band lyrics.

yet another list. this one however i find more fun. it's a compilation of lyrics from bands that i simply cannot live without. a number of bands are mentioned more than once, but i couldn't really help myself. i enjoy the songs.

"give up my body in bed all for an empty hotel. wasting words on lower cases and capitals."
Brand New :: The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows.

"skin and bones. im a nervous wreck when it comes to this"
Taking Back Sunday :: A Decade Under The Influence.

"i pledge allegiance to the world, searching for vision not invisibility. i pledge allegiance to the world until the last lock breaks, none of us are free."
Strike Anywhere :: To The World.

"marry me. stay the same. lie to me and try to say you never will."
The Used :: Pieces Mended.

"he's a different color, but we're the same kid. i'll treat him like my brother. he'll treat me like his."
Rancid :: Avenues and Alleyways.

"passers-by were looking at me as if they could erase it."
Placebo :: Meds.

"in our beds, i could hear you breathe with help from cold machines. every hour on the hour, they drew blood."
My Chemical Romance :: This Is The Best Day Ever.

"pull the feeding tube out of the mouth of democracy. televise it starving to death. once buried in the ground, we can all breathe free."
Anti-Flag :: War Sucks, Let's Party!

"i write to remember, 'cause im a million miles away. will you get this letter? jagged pulp sliced in my veins. i write to remember."
At The Drive-In :: One Armed Scissor.

"another night again. another journey without friends. another fight to wish away the loneliness i live."
Smile Empty Soul :: Who I Am.

"we wanted to find love. we wanted success. until nothing was enough. until my middle name was excess."
PJ Harvey :: We Float.

"tear it out of these open pages. women and kids of all ages. millions of men with blank faces. italicized lies. headlines. bold type."
Straylight Run :: Hands In The Sky (Big Shot).

"i cant say i blame you, but i wish that i could. im sick of writing every song about you."
Taking back Sunday :: Head Club.

"i'll feel guilty thinking you hate me and i will cry, but i will get by."
A Little Less So :: Old Friend.

"they can't tear you apart. they can't take it away now. this is your time..this is your life and.. keep on livin'!"
Le Tigre :: Keep on Livin'.

"ive become content with this life that i lead where i drink too much and dont believe in much of anything."
Straylight Run :: It's For The Best.

"spinning hubcaps set the tempo for the music of the broken window."
Thursday :: Understanding In a Carcrash.

"drag my corpse through the cities i never got to visit."
Boys Night Out :: I Got Punched In the Nose for Sticking my Face In Other People's Business.

"i know you plan out everything that you want to say. i wish that we didn't have to go about things this way."
Tegan and Sara :: I Bet It Stung.

"i see a blank notebook page. it's my life and there's nothing i can think to write."
Saosin :: They Perched on Their Stilts Pointing and Daring Me To Break Custom.

"here's a presnet to let you know i still exist. i hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips."
Brand New :: Jude Law and The Semester Abroad

"if i could have one wish, i sure with that i had never grown up."
Tegan and Sara :: More For Me.