wishful thinking. i haven't tried this one out yet, but i was aiming for soft, slumber-inducing sounds.

• The Dandy Warhols - "Sleep"
  • well i could sleep forever, but it's of her i'd dream.
• Joshua Radin - "What If You"
  • i loved you in the moonlight.
  • but when the sun hits your eyes through your window, there'll be nothing you can do.
• Athlete - "Wires"
  • first night of your life, curled up on your own. looking at you now, you would never know.
  • got to get to you, got to see this through.
• Elliot Smith - "Twilight"
  • go off to sleep in the sunlight, i don't want to see the day when it's dying.
• Imogen Heap - "Hide and Seek"
  • ransom notes keep falling out your mouth, mid-sweet-talk newspaper word cutouts.
• Cat Power - "Good Woman"
  • i will miss your love so tender and i will love this love forever.
• Iron & Wine - "Each Coming Night"
  • i loved your son for his sturdy arms. we both learned to cradle, then live without.
  • your face has faded but lingers on because light strikes a deal with each coming night.
• Damien Rice - "Cannonball"
  • there's still a little bit of your face i haven't kissed.
  • there's still a little bit of your words i long to hear.
• John Mayer - "I'm On Fire"
  • i got a bad desire.
  • only you can cool my desire; i'm on fire.
• Bloc Party - "Blue Light"
  • you are the bluest light.
  • just tell me it's tearing you apart, just tell me you cannot sleep.
  • and i nearly didn't notice the gentlest feeling.
• Iron & Wine - "The Trapeze Swinger"
  • and then they went on to say that the pearly gates had some eloquent graffiti like "we'll meet again" and "fuck the man" and "tell my mother not to worry."
  • gleam and resonate, just like the gates around the holy kingdom with words like "lost and found" and "don't look down" and "someone save temptation."
  • who the hell can see forever?
  • "the trapeze act was wonderful, but never meant to last."
  • i'll do my best to make a drawing of God and Lucifer, a boy and girl, an angel kissing on a sinner, a monkey and a man, a marching band, all around a frightened trapeze swinger.
• Robert Pattinson - "Let Me Sign"
  • i was damned by the light coming out of her eyes.
  • she spoke with a voice that disrupted the sky. she said, "come on over to the bitter shade. i will you wrap you in my arms and you'll know you've been saved."
• Mazzy Star - "Into Dust"
  • i could possibly be fading or have something more to gain.
• Zero 7 - "Destiny"
  • even though we're miles apart, we are each other's destiny.
  • on a clear day, i'll fly home to you. i'm bending time getting back to you.
• Coldplay - "Sparks"
  • and i know i was wrong, but i won't let you down.
  • i saw sparks.
• Snow Patrol - "Set Fire To The Third Bar"
  • your words in my memory are like music to me.
  • we'd share each other like an island until exhausted, close our eyelids.
• Elliott Smith - "Between The Bars"
  • the things you could do... you won't, but you might.
  • i'll make you okay and drive them away, the images stuck in your head. people you've been before that you don't want around anymore that push and shove and won't bend to your will; i'll keep them still.
• Stars - "Sleep Tonight"
  • my arms reach up as you go down. with buried heads we both forget all of the past and its regret.
• Great Lake Swimmers - "Where In The World Are You"
  • i looked for you there in music and song.
• Kate Nash - "Nicest Thing"
  • i wish you thought i was the reason you were in the world.
  • i wish that you knew when i said two sugars, actually, i meant three.
  • all i know is that you're the nicest thing i've ever seen. i wish that we could see if we could be something.
• Simon & Garfunkel - "Bookends"
  • time it was and what a time it was it was a time of innocence, a time of confidences.
• Tom Waits - "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You"
  • the music plays and you display your heart for me to see.
  • i turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found. i search the place for your lost face, guess i'll have another round. and i think that i just fell in love with you.
• Anya Marina - "Satellite Heart"
  • you know, i haven't slept in weeks - you're the only thing i see.
• Alison Krauss - "Paper Airplane"
  • you'll find me here all alone and still wonderin' why, waitin' inside for the cold to get colder and here where it's clear that i've wasted my time hopin' to fly, cause it's almost over now.
• Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah"
  • remember when i moved in you and the holy dove was moving too and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
  • maybe there is a god above, but all i've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.
• Jose Gonzales - "Crosses"
  • we'll cast some light and you'll be alright.
• Rufus Wainwright - "Across The Universe"
  • nothing's gonna change my world.
• Simon & Garfunkel - "The Only Living Boy In New York"
  • hey, i've got nothing to do today but smile.
  • half of the time we're gone but we don't know where, and we don't know here.