I can see myself
I look peaceful and pale
But underneath I can barely inhale
I can hear myself singing the song
Over and over until it belongs
To me

Sarah Bettens “All of This Past”

For some men, the only thing more intolerable than the sight of a powerful woman is the sight of a powerful woman they don’t want to sleep with.

From Fat Judges Need Not Apply

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde

Isn’t it a shame the way we cheat each other, treat each other, beat each other?
It’s a shame the way we use one other, abuse one another, and screw one another, it’s true.

Brett Dennen  – Make you Crazy

Well there’s only so much drama I can stand
And this is just about as far as I will bend
So get your hands off my lapel
Because I think it’s time to go
You wanna know? Better you know.

We are Scientists – “It’s a Hit”

I Don’t Live in a Dream

I don’t live on the moon
Drink martinis in the afternoon
I don’t pretend to make
The world feel better
I don’t live on the moon
No I, I don’t live on the moon

Jackie Green “I don’t live in a dream”

I need no shelter
I need no guide
I’ll be alone
on this
long dark ride

October Project – “Something More Than This”

Tears from the Moon – Conjure One

It just ain’t fair this
thing called loving
When one’s still there
and the other feels nothing
I would have done anything for you
I still love you, baby I adore you

- Conjure One “Tears from the Moon”

In the Waiting Line

Nine to five
Living lies
Everyday
Stealing time
Everyone’s taking everything they can
Everything they can

Zero 7 – In the Waiting Line

Just a Little

You know what? Just forget it
Name something and I regret it
The sun sets like surrender
And I guess I misremember
that whole time
And what your lips
felt like on mine
It was the sweetest
fever dream
You probably don’t know
what I mean

- Steve Tannen, Just a Little

Big Strong Girl

don’t push so hard against the world
you can’t do it all alone
and if you could, would you really want to?
even though you’re a big strong girl,
the best made plans
are your open hands

- Deb Talan, Big Strong Girl

Orbiting

Guess I went somewhere to hide
Far behind my eyes
I willed you there to see
But you never came for me
- The Weepies, Orbiting

Wreck of the Day

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And I’m thinking ’bout calling on Jesus
‘Cuz love doesnt hurt so I know I’m not falling in love
I’m just falling to pieces
And if this is giving up then I’m giving up
If this is giving up then I’m giving up, giving up
On love, On love
- Anna Nalick, Wreck of the Day

Going Through the Motions

Every single night, the same arrangement
I go out and fight the fight
Still I always feel this strange estrangement
Nothing here is real, nothing here is right

- ‘Going Through the Motions’, SMG as Buffy

Third Eye Blind – The Background

But the plans I make still have you in them,
Then you come swimming into view,
And I’m hanging on your words
like I always used to do.
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.

Third Eye Blind – “The Background”