All artists deserve to have their work properly cited when it is borrowed. So here is an overview of every song I have quoted, and I want to give full credit to the artists for these excellent lyrics. Additionally, for the artists that I listen to frequently, I have written a short bit about what they mean to me.
Adele
Someone Like You - "You know how time flies, only yesterday was the time of our lives." (Reflections 1)
Amy Hedges
Libertine - "The world is open wide like a door, like a fire it burns, embrace the flame - don't be ashamed of your desire to learn." (The Peony Pavilion)
Au Revoir Simone
The Lucky One - "A dream of togetherness, turned into a brighter mess." (Reflections 3)
The Bird And The Bee
My Love - "Hey boy, won't you take me out tonight? I get excited when I think of crawling into your arms." (I Want To Hold Your Hand)
Bloodhound Gang
Bad Touch - "You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." (Very Sober Drunk Night)
Bowling For Soup: This is a bit of a nostalgia choice for me. For the most part, I only enjoy the songs from their 2004 album, "A Hangover You Don't Deserve," because this is the album that Jewel gave me when we were in the eighth grade. I still know most of the words to most of those songs, and listening to them is like comfort food.
Shut Up And Smile - "It's not the end of the world - in fact it's not even the end of the summer." (End Of An Era)
Bruno Mars
The Lazy Song - "Today I don't feel like doing anything, I just wanna lay in my bed." (Bleh)
Cody Simpson
Iyiyi - "Every minute, every second, every hour of the day I- every hour of the day I- every time that I'm away I-I'm missing you, you." (105 Days Before)
Dar Williams
Are You Out There? - "You never know who's still awake, you never know who understands and are you out there, can you hear this?" (Are You Out There?) "And when I turned your station on, you were more familiar than that party was." (This Weekend)
February - "First we forgot where we planted those bulbs last year, and then we forgot that we planted at all. Then we forgot what plants are altogether, and I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and the nights were long and cold and scary..." (Reflections 4)
February - "First we forgot where we planted those bulbs last year, and then we forgot that we planted at all. Then we forgot what plants are altogether, and I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and the nights were long and cold and scary..." (Reflections 4)
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
Home - "Well hot and heavy, pumpkin pie, chocolate, candy, Jesus Christ - there ain't nothin' please me more than you." (Coming Home) "Home, let me come home. Home is whenever I'm with you." (The Return Trip)
Ellem
Inside Still Beats - "I'm one, I'm two, I'm three times all into you, but inside my heart it still beats." (Through The Grapevine)
Fall Out Boy: I don't remember who turned me on to Fall Out Boy, but they have a place in my heart as my first true favourite band. Indeed, when asked to choose, their song "Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner" still holds the title of my favourite song.
America's Suitehearts - "Wh- wh- why won't the world revolve around me?" (Jealousy)
What A Catch, Donnie - "I've got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match, what a catch..." (Spiral)
Of All The Gin Joints In All The World - "I used to waste my time dreaming of being alive - now I only waste it dreaming of you." (81 Days Before)
What A Catch, Donnie - "I've got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match, what a catch..." (Spiral)
Of All The Gin Joints In All The World - "I used to waste my time dreaming of being alive - now I only waste it dreaming of you." (81 Days Before)
A Fine Frenzy
You Picked Me - "Dots on a map, four, five, six, the two of us a perfect fit." (Lighthousehunting)
Fred Penner
The Cat Came Back - "The cat came back, the very next day, the cat came back, they thought he was a goner! But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away..." (Evolution)
Gary Jules
Mad World - "I was very nervous, no one knew me. No one knew me." (Anxiety): This song doesn't have any strong meaning for me, but my little sister likes it. She is twelve, and until roughly last year she always just liked what I liked. So it's nice to see her own taste in music emerging.
Glee
Extraordinary Merry Christmas - "It's a very, very, merry, merry Christmas! It's an extraordinary merry Christmas!" (First Christmas of the Year)
Gary Jules
Mad World - "I was very nervous, no one knew me. No one knew me." (Anxiety): This song doesn't have any strong meaning for me, but my little sister likes it. She is twelve, and until roughly last year she always just liked what I liked. So it's nice to see her own taste in music emerging.
Glee
Extraordinary Merry Christmas - "It's a very, very, merry, merry Christmas! It's an extraordinary merry Christmas!" (First Christmas of the Year)
Hey Rosetta!
New Goodbye - "What's to come only fate can show, see her move like a toreador, wielding her cloak and sword." (Skating With Hey Rosetta!)
Red Heart - "But you look so good when you're laughing you know, yeah you look so good when you let it show." (Get Happy)
Seeds - "And when it all comes in it's the biggest thing, it's the blooming night in the white of your bright blue eyes" (Yes Yes Yes) "The road bends long, like mothers' arms, reaching for these four black tires." (Montreal 1)
There's An Arc - "This could be our reward. This could be it. This could be our reward - this simple Friday night, where you're loosening your tie..." (Nymphophobia)
Yes Yes Yes - "No, no, no, no, no, no, yes! Yes! Yes!" (Taking Me Away)
Katy Perry
E.T. - "And I'm ready to go, lead me into the light! Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me..." ("Can I Say 7.5?")
Firework - "It's always been inside of you, ooh, ooh, and now it's time to let it through, ooh, ooh." (Out On The Town)
Last Friday Night - "Trying to connect the dots, don't know what to tell my boss." (Drunk v.4)
Teenage Dream - "Lets go all the way tonight - no regrets, just love." (Eight)
Ke$ha: I love Ke$ha. I will never deny this. Her music is a guilty pleasure of mine. She may not display a lot of her vocal talents in her auto-tuned dance songs, but I respect her as an artist and I consider myself a fan.
Crazy Beautiful Life - "Every single night we fight to get a little high on life." (Montreal 2) "With the parties - the disasters - with my friends all pretty and plastered." (Drunk v.3) "I just hope some people see there's nothing I'm trying to be." (Still Here)
Grow A Pear - "You were cool and now you're not, just like that." (Talking To Gaga)
Tik Tok - "Ain't got no money in my pocket, but I'm already here." (Operation: CUT)
We R Who We R - "Tonight we going hard, hard, h-h-h-hard! Just like the world is ours, ours, uh-uh-uh-ours!" (The Rest Of My Birthday)
We R Who We R - "Tonight we going hard, hard, h-h-h-hard! Just like the world is ours, ours, uh-uh-uh-ours!" (The Rest Of My Birthday)
Kerli
Walking On Air - "Know that you could set your world on fire, if you are strong enough to leave your doubts." (A Break?)
Kimya Dawson: Probably the best thing about the movie Juno is the fact that it brought me to Kimya Dawson. Her songs are so simple, but the lyrics in all of them are so powerful to me.
Caving In - "So maybe I seem loose to you, but I don't even want to screw, and I did once, but I don't now..." (Fading Desire)
I Like Giants - "And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny in the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me, but it's only really scary cause it makes me feel serene in a way I never thought I'd be." (Running Naked...)
I Miss You - "I don't need to, but I want to, sing with you, 'cause I miss you." (I Miss You)
The Competition - "I just wanted to prove wrong the people in my head [...] But first thing in the morning I'd still wake up and I'd hear them say: 'you're fat ugly and stupid, you should really be ashamed, no one will ever like you, you're not good at anything'. And sometimes I'd rise to the challenge, but other times I'd feel so bad that I could not get out of bed." (Lately)
Tire Swing - "The sound of our voices made us forget everything that had ever hurt our feelings." (Contentment)
Underground - "My head is pounding I can't stop this pounding I feel like it's going to explode..." (Sex On The Table)
The Competition - "I just wanted to prove wrong the people in my head [...] But first thing in the morning I'd still wake up and I'd hear them say: 'you're fat ugly and stupid, you should really be ashamed, no one will ever like you, you're not good at anything'. And sometimes I'd rise to the challenge, but other times I'd feel so bad that I could not get out of bed." (Lately)
Tire Swing - "The sound of our voices made us forget everything that had ever hurt our feelings." (Contentment)
Underground - "My head is pounding I can't stop this pounding I feel like it's going to explode..." (Sex On The Table)
Lady Gaga
Alejandro - "I know that we are young and I know that you may love me but I just can't be with you like this" (Drunk v.2.1)
Marianas Trench
Acadia - "Now we've all moved away and somehow became men, but I remember where it began." (Reflections 2)
Good To You - "This isn't enough, I still don't measure up, and I'm not prepared." (Herping A Social Derp)
Good To You - "This isn't enough, I still don't measure up, and I'm not prepared." (Herping A Social Derp)
Metric
Help I'm Alive - "Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer." (Valentine)
Michael Buble
Home - "Let me go home, I'm just too far from where you are, I wanna come home." (Back To Normal?)
Modest Mouse
Float On - "Good news will work its way to all them plans." (Making Plans) "Don't worry we'll all float on, even if things get heavy we'll all float on okay." (A Passing)
Michael Buble
Home - "Let me go home, I'm just too far from where you are, I wanna come home." (Back To Normal?)
Modest Mouse
Float On - "Good news will work its way to all them plans." (Making Plans) "Don't worry we'll all float on, even if things get heavy we'll all float on okay." (A Passing)
Mother Mother: Wrecking Ball introduced me to Mother Mother and I fell head over heels in love. With the band, obviously. I can't get enough of their style. iTunes says I have listened to their newest album 93 times.
Arms Tonite - "I fell hard in your arms tonight; it was nice." (Just Plain Lovely)
Arms Tonite - "I fell hard in your arms tonight; it was nice." (Just Plain Lovely)
Getaway - "I could float away from it all on a holiday - bon voyage - I want to get away from all I know." (Fernweh)
Ghosting - "I've been ghosting, I've been ghosting along. Ghost in your house, ghost in your arms." (Dancing)
Oh Ana - "Oh Ana, I will be with you still. You are the angel that I couldn't kill!" (11/21/11)
Oh Ana - "Oh Ana, I will be with you still. You are the angel that I couldn't kill!" (11/21/11)
The Stand - "I can hardly stand the sight of it all. I can hardly stand the sound of it all." (Toronto 1; Toronto 3) "But for the planets, and the stars, and everything else, and Mars - it's like paradise, spread out on a butter knife!" (Three Nights In Bars)
Train Of Thought - "I know what I have. Do you know what you got? Jump on my train yeah, my little train of thought." (So Much Parentheses)
Wrecking Ball - "Because I can, because I can, because I can." (Toronto 2)
Oceana
Lala - "Let's break it down and talk about the lala..." (Sex On The Table)
Panic! At The Disco
Calendar - "And I meant everything I said that night, I will come back to life." (Getting Excited)
Pia Toscano
Sweet Love - "Another minute passes me by, but still I want you by my side." (I Miss You Already)
Pink
Heartbreak Down - "All I needed to do was get just a taste of you." (Making The Move)
This Is How It Goes Down - "Gonna run, gonna scream, gonna crawl round on your knees, when you realize that no one's gonna measure up to me. It doesn't matter 'cause I'm over it now." (Acadia Strikes Back)
The Pipettes
Because It's Not Love - "I don't want to see the stars in the sky; all I want is to catch your eye." (What He Doesn't Know)
Because It's Not Love - "I don't want to see the stars in the sky; all I want is to catch your eye." (What He Doesn't Know)
I Love You - "It has taken me a while to get used to this new feeling. When I woke up with a smile, oh I nearly started screaming that I love you!" (That L Word)
Plain White T's
1 2 3 4 - "Best that I've had, I'm so glad I found you - I love being around you!" (Anniversary/Christmas)
Prozzak
How Beautiful - "How beautiful it is to love you all the time! How beautiful it is to know that you are mine!" (Reflections 5)
Plain White T's
1 2 3 4 - "Best that I've had, I'm so glad I found you - I love being around you!" (Anniversary/Christmas)
Prozzak
How Beautiful - "How beautiful it is to love you all the time! How beautiful it is to know that you are mine!" (Reflections 5)
Rihanna
What's My Name ft. Drake - "That's why you take me way past the point of turning me on." (Drunk v.2)
Scouting For Girls
Blue As Your Eyes - "Am I falling apart? Is this falling in love, am I going insane?" (How Sweet This Is)
Famous - "But I'm young, and I'm pretty, and that's all that you need." (I Confess I Am Terrible)
One And One - "I've got my needs, but I don't need sleep." (Classes At Nine In The Morning...)
Posh Girls - "There's nothing like a little bit of class wrapped up in a perfect ass." (Drunk)
This Ain't A Love Song - "And I'm a little bit lost without you - this ain't a love song, this is goodbye." (Anti-Graduation) "And the same old frustrations. I never thought that we'd throw it all away, but we threw it all away." (Ride On, Then)
Taylor Swift
Beautiful Eyes - "Dream about, dream about, dream about your eyes." (Dreaming)
Forever And Always - "And it rains when you're gone." (47 Days Before)
Mine - "The moment I could see it, yes, yes, I can see it now." (Discovery)
Taylor Swift
Beautiful Eyes - "Dream about, dream about, dream about your eyes." (Dreaming)
Forever And Always - "And it rains when you're gone." (47 Days Before)
Mine - "The moment I could see it, yes, yes, I can see it now." (Discovery)
The Tragically Hip
In View - "I love you, you know I do." (My Baby Don't Dance)
Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me - "You kissed my fingers and you made me love you." (That L Word Again)
Campus - "In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass, and I'm sleeping on the balcony after class." (Siesta)
Horchata - "Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten." (Introduction) "Oh you had it but oh no you've lost it. You understood so you shouldn't have fought it." (Relationship Issues) "Those lips and teeth that asked how my day went are shouting up from cracks in the pavement." (His Fingers Like Ice On Fire)
M79 - "Stay awake to break the habit." (How Does This Feel?) "So go, I know, you would not stay. It wasn't true, but anyway." (Goodnight, Goodnight)
The Vandals
Get A Room - "Oh baby, oh honey, oh pumpkin, oh schnookums, oh babe!" (Terms of Endearment)
Happy Birthday To Me - "Fuck you! It's my birthday! A special holiday only for me!" (Birthday)
Vengaboys: I remember hearing them on the radio a lot when I was younger, and I had a few of their songs on CD. They were the first techno band I really got into.
Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) - "That's when I see you, with loving arms to fall into." (51 Days Before)
Happy Birthday To Me - "Fuck you! It's my birthday! A special holiday only for me!" (Birthday)
Vengaboys: I remember hearing them on the radio a lot when I was younger, and I had a few of their songs on CD. They were the first techno band I really got into.
Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) - "That's when I see you, with loving arms to fall into." (51 Days Before)
The Wedding Singer (musical)
Someday - "They start to move across the floor, the room is frozen wanting more. The happy couple on display, with nothing standing in their way. It's so romantic I could die, right here and now!" (The Wedding)
Whale Tooth
Clever - "I think I could do much better..." (Cleaning)
Clever - "I think I could do much better..." (Cleaning)
Sleepwalking - "We want to see the stars come out at night, the rain upon our face. We want to know that everything's all right." (Imagine)
