you couldn't possibly understand,

I'm happier when things are falling apart at the seams

and you'd never know just by looking at me..."

-Less Than Jake, "107"

"... two robbers arrive big guys with guns

you'll be the one looking back as we run

crusaders come by fat guys who sing

you'll be the one believing anything

what do I do for you lately

what can I do for you lately...

I’m not afraid of you you're very nice

in fact you've got it all but now I’m bored

of being sycophantic..."

-Sleeper, "factor 41"

Hurray for a child

That makes it through

If there's any way

Be'coz the answer lies in you

They’re laid to rest

Before they know just what to do

Their souls lost

Be'coz they could never find

What’s this life for

-Creed, "What's this life for"

"Get a clue, I'm not here for you

And I'm not like you

I'm not gonna do what you say is right

cause then I'll end up just like you

I'm gonna rebel, I'm gonna fight

This organized manipulation...

... Sex masquerades as rock and roll

And manufactured music to save your soul...

-MXPX, "your problem my emergency"

"..navy bean, is bigger than it seems, put it on, don’t ask

what it means, parade around... angel wing is caught up in

the tree, if you know what’s best, get the hell away from

me.. parade around.. oh you lil navy bean... parade

around...

-Tracy Bonham, "navy bean"

I met him in a crowded room

where people go to drink away their gloom

he sat me down and so began

the story of a charmless man

educated the expensive way....

he thinks his educated airs those family shares

will protect him, that we will respect him

he moves in circles of friends who just pretend that they

like him

he does the same to them

and when you put it all together there’s the model of a

charmless man

-Blur, "charmless man

Do you remember the time you were a Girl from Mars?

I don’t know if you knew that

Oh we'd stay up late playing cards

Henri Winterman Cigars

Though she never told me her name

I still love you, Girl From Mars....

Sitting in our dreamy days by the water's edge

On a cool summer's night

Fireflies and stars in the sky

Gentle glowing light

From your cigarette

The breeze blowing softly on my face

Reminds me of something else

Something that in my memory has been replaced

Suddenly it all comes back

And as I look to the stars.

I remember a time I knew a girl from Mars....

-Ash, "Girl From Mars"

"On the way

Trying to get where Id like to stay

I'm always feeling steered away

By someone telling me

What to say and do

I don’t want it

I gotta go find my own way

I gotta go find my own mistakes

Sorry man for feeling the way I do....

...I know your path has been tried and so

It may seem like the way to go

Me, I'd rather be found

Trying something new

And the bottom line

In all of this seems to say

There's no right or wrong way

Sorry if I don’t feel like

Living the way you do"

-The Offspring, "The meaning of life"

my name is Jonas

and I’m carrying the wheel

thanx for all you’ve shown us

and this is how we feel

come sit next to me

pour yourself some tea

just like grandma made

when she couldn’t find sleep

things were better then

once but never again

we've all left the den

let me tell you bout it

-weezer "my name is Jonas"

Things can be broken down

In this lil world of ours

You don't have to be a famous person

Just to make your mark

A mother can be an inspiration

To her lil son

Change his thoughts, his mind, his life

Just with her gentle hum....

The sky us full of clouds

My world is full of people

All different kinds with different ways

It would take a lifetime to explain

Not one's exactly the same....

-No Doubt, "Different People"

" Spam, its pink and its oval

Spam, you buy it at the Mobil

Spam, its made in Chernobyl, Spam

When I was a child

My family was so poor

We didn’t have the finer things in life to eat

So we had a plan

In a big blue can

The government substitute for meat

Spam...."

-"Save Ferris , "Spam"

I heard those stupid people talk about you again

I just have to laugh to keep from hurting bad

Their simple minds just cannot seem to understand

You are neurotic and depressed

It doesn't mean that you're sad

You walk around oblivious to everything

You wear that party dress, black mascara

Like you're the queen for the day

Tell me why you want to be blind

I don’t want to be normal like you

I know now every day

I get closer to the place inside

Where I can normal too

-Everclear, "normal like you"

"... Better believe in something

don’t get stuck with nothing

Its time to realize, listen up

our reality cries

better get some answers

gotta get some answers

Yelling out for a destination

for this x-generation...."

-Schleprock, "We need an anthem"

"...And maybe I'll see you at a movie sneak preview

You'll show up and walk by

On the arm of that guy

And I'll smile and you'll wave

We'll pretend its ok

The charade it wont last

When he's gone I wont come back

It'll happen once again

You'll turn to a friend

Someone who understands

Sees through the master plan..."

- Blink 182, "Dammit (Growing up)"

"the crowd was getting old

the discos back or so I’m told

but we've got nothing here

but a tired set of ears

and we say

hey mama

I'm something

check it out

see what its all about

coz this is soap disco

so charming

see the floor from the little point of view... "

-Kara's Flower's, "Soap Disco"

(sung by a GUY)

"I never thought it would end like this

just 'cuz I got no tits

I'll shave me legs I'll wear a bra

I'll even cut my penis off for ya..."

-"She's got a girlfriend now", Reel Big Fish featuring Monique from Save Ferris

"One more day on the roller coaster

I scream they spin me faster

everything’s gone backwards

and its upside down..."

- Republica "Get Off"

"closing time

one last call for alcohol

so finish your whiskey or beer

I know who I want to take me home

I know who I want to take me home

take me home... yeah..

...every new beginning is some other beginnings end.."

-Semisonic, "closing time"

"... here comes a lie

We will always be true

going up

when coming down

scratch away

its the little things that kill

tearing at my brains again

the little things that kill..."

-Bush, "little things"

"karma police

arrest this man

he talks in math

and he buzzles like a fridge

he’s like a detuned radio

karma police

arrest this girl

her hitler hairdo

is making me feel ill

and we’ve crashed her party

this is what you get

this is what you get

when you mess with us...

-Radiohead, "karma police"

"backward words he got me

shut up i'm talking

this time you'll listen

but when i look at you you're forgiven...

...dont go changing everytime

not for me to comprimise

you're still a freind of mine...

-Republica, "drop dead gorgeous"

"Just because they seem to understand the way they feel

It doesn't mean they'll feel the same way too

Just because they seem to hold the miror to you life

It just doesn't follow that they'll be just like you

Take no heroes

Its no good

They dont stand up to you

I remember when I was younger

I thought the answers were locked in people

So I admired the ones whose lives were a source of envy to people like me

But do you really want to meet

The ones who write your dreams

Belive me its a fantasy

You wont like the reality

If you want heroes keep them safe

They don't stand up to life

So lock them in your soul and lose the key

(I love you, but I don't want to meet you)

When I see you it makes me feel

There's someone else out there like me

You touch my soul with what you do

It makes sense when I hear you

You understand the way I feel

I know exactly what you mean

It's like I've known you all my life

I think of you I feel alright

But in the flesh how would it be

If you could really see

The weakness you never knew

Alive and staring back at you

You want heroes keep them safe

They dont stand up to life

So lock them in you soul and lose the key

"Guess I'm stuck in a dream

surrounded by colored leaves on the ground

Guess I stare at the tree

I see one fall down on my head

Guess I stop to explore...

...I'm going out for a while

So I can get high with my friends

I will

I'm going out for a while

Dont wait up coz I wont be home

Today

Drifting down a road

Losing myself in a dream

Feel my hands getting cold..."

"...All the school kids so sick of books

They like the punk and the metal band

When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)

They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say

Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh

Walk like an Egyptian..."

"I was on the outside

trying to find my way back in

'you were the answer

i was searching for, my freind

life is crazy when you're

always on your own

its amazing when you

realize that you're not alone..."

" Got your tape and it changed my mind

Heard you voice in between the lines

Come around from another time

Where nobody ever goes

All alone on the over pass

Wired and phoned to a heart of glass

Now I'm falling in love too fast

With you or the songs you chose

And all the stars

Play for me

Say the promise you long to keep

I can hear you singing to me in my sleep

I can hear you singing to me in my sleep

I've been living in your cassette

Its the modern equivalent

Singing up to a capulet

On a balcony in your mind

In the city the lion sleeps

Pray to Sony my soul to keep

Where you ever so bright and sweet

Did you ever look so nice

And all the sounds

Dream for me

Dive me down in a soul so deep

I can hear you singing to me in my sleep

I can hear you singing to me in my sleep"

"...She says that love is for fools that fall behind

And I'm somewhere in between

I never really know

A killer from a savior

'Till I break at the bend

We're here and now, but we'll never be again

'Cause I have found

All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade

Away again

Its too far away for me to hold

Its too far away...

Guess I'll let it go"