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

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

Damn right I like the life I live, 
‘Cause I went from negative to positive. 
And it’s all good.

- Notorious B.I.G., Juicy

And no one sings me lullabies 
And no one makes me close my eyes 
So I throw the windows wide 
And call to you across the sky….

- Pink Floyd, Echoes

- The National, The Geese of Beverly Road

13 years to this day red planet aligned
Into sight 60,000 years of light
Fascination with a mountain put to sea
Built to slay and conquer
All with teeth of beasts  

- Mastodon, I Am Ahab

You claim your history is beyond a man like me
But I’ll live and I’ll live and I’ll live
I’ll live those days tonight.

I’ll live those days tonight.

- Friendly Fires

Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I’d hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by.

- Guns N Roses

It’s so hard to make love pay
When you’re on the losing end,
And I feel that way again.

- Neil Young, Losing End

I know my mind is made up
So put away your makeup
Told you once, I won’t tell you again
It’s a bad way.

- The Police, Roxanne