• "nothing holds a roman candle to the solemn warmth you feel inside. there's no measuring love, for nothing else is love" - st. simon, the shins

death cab- the photo album

• all of "steadier footing"
• "I've always fallen fast with too much trust in the promise that

'no one's ever been here, so you can quell those wet fears.' I want purity, i must have it here right now. But don't you get me started now." - we laugh indoors

• "You can't swim in a town this shallow - you will most assuredly drown tomorrow." - why you'd want to live here
• This is when i forget breathe all the things i scripted, they sound unfounded.

And the look that you're giving me, it tells me exactly what you are thinking... "this ain't working anymore." - "I Was A Kaleidoscope"

• all of "Coney Island"

Stability EP

• "Finally there is clarity and there is purpose after all, but every night ends the same as i'm collapsing once more by your side.

Finally there is clarity... this tiny life is making sense. and every drop numbs the both of us, but i alone am staggering." - debate expresses doubt

• all of "All Is Full Of Love"

Transatlanticism

• "When you feel embarrassed then i'll be your pride

When you need directions then i'll be the guide For all time." - Passenger Seat

• "The girls were all there

They traded their vows The youngest one glared with furrowed brows They tenderly kissed then cut the cake The bride then tripped and broke the vase The one you thought would spend the years So perfectly placed below the mirror Arriving late, you clean the debris And walked into the angry sea It felt just like falling in love again" - death of an interior decorator

• "And when i see you

I really see you upside down But my brain knows better It picks you up and turns you around" AND "This is fact not fiction For the first time in years" - A Lack of Color

• "If I could open my arms

And span the length of the isle of Manhattan, I'd bring it to where you are Making a lake of the East River and Hudson If I could open my mouth Wide enough for a marching band to march out They would make your name sing And bend through alleys and bounce off all the buildings." - Marching Bands of Manhattan

• All of "Different Names For The Same Thing"
• All of "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
• All of "Your Heart Is An Empty Room"
• "I cannot pretend that I felt any regret

Cause each broken heart will eventually mend As the blood runs red down the needle and thread Someday you will be loved" - Someday you will be loved

• "And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time" and "But I'm thinking of what Sarah said that 'Love is watching someone die' So who's going to watch you die?" - What Sarah Said
• All of "Brothers On A Hotel Bed"

Narrow Stairs

• All of "Cath"
• All of "Your New Twin Sized Bed"

The Open Door EP

• All of "My Mirror Speaks"
• All of "I Was Once A Loyal Lover"

mumford and sons:

• "Love that will not betray you,

dismay or enslave you, It will set you free Be more like the man you were made to be. There is a design, An alignment to cry, At my heart you see, The beauty of love as it was made to be" - Sigh no more

• "And if your strife strikes at your sleep

Remember spring swaps snow for leaves You'll be happy and wholesome again When the city clears and sun ascends" - Winter Winds

• "Stars hide your fires

For these here are my desires And I won't give them up to you this time around And so I will be found With my stake stuck in the ground Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul" - Roll away your stone

• All of "White Blank Page"
• "I never meant you any harm

But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearm" - I gave you all

• "And I will tell the night

Whisper, 'Lose your sight' But I can't move the mountains for" - Timeshel

• "But plant your hope with good seeds

Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds Rain down, rain down on me Look over your hills and be still The sky above us shoots to kill Rain down, rain down on me" - Thistle and Weeds

• All of "Awake My Soul"
• "And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.

And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears. Get over your hill and see what you find there, With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair." - After the Storm