- Gladys Knight, Midnight Train to Georgia

I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

- Leonard Cohen

Picture fresh as water clear,
days have passed without you here
Street lights dancing on the dark
across the park
Waiting for a word from you,
waiting for a sign or two
Footsteps on the city ground,
you know the sound.

- Agnes Obel, Brother Sparrow

And you’re the kind to hide your eyes from the sun
And in your world the strong survive
But won’t you lay your body down
Yes and now’s the time to wrap your ears around the sound
Of your train coming round
You’ll have to lay everything down

- War On Drugs, Arms Like Boulders

You probably could have had it all, 
You could have been that lonely star.

– The Weeknd, Montreal

Now your grip’s too strong
Can’t catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change
Gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow

I got out of your range
Tomorrow
All your suffering seems vain
Change tomorrow
Some forgiveness now
Tomorrow
Love’s no sacred cow

- James, Tomorrow

She says if I leave before you darling
Don’t you waste me in the ground
I lay smiling like our sleeping children
One of us will die inside these arms

Eyes wide open
Naked as we came
One will spread our
Ashes round the yard

- Iron & Wine, Naked As We Came

Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth.
Pack up your troubles, let’s head out
to the fountain of death
& splash about, swim back and forth
& laugh out loud,

until the day is ending,
& the birds are silent in the branches,
& the insects are courting in the bushes,
& by the shores of lovely lakes
heavy stones are falling.

- PJ Harvey

- Tribe Called Quest, Once Again

You don’t know how long I’ve been watching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen, so give me your hand, and let’s jump out the window!

– The Shins, Australia