• «i feel lighter than i have in so much time.»
    • i, carrion (icarian) from unreal unearth by hozier
  • «i didn’t have it in myself to go with grace // ‘cause when i’d fight, you used to tell me i was brave // and if i’m dead to you, why are you at the wake? // cursing my name, wishing i stayed // look at how my tears ricochet.»
    • my tears ricochet from folklore by taylor swift
  • «“yes, and?” // say that shit with your chest, and // be your own fucking best friend // say that shit with your chest // keep moving like, “what’s next?”»
    • yes, and? by ariana grande
  • «she wants to go home // but nobody’s home // that’s where she lies // broken inside // with no place to go // no place to go // to dry her eyes // broken inside.»
    • nobody’s home from under my skin by avril lavigne
  • «i wake up, i wake up, i wake up, i wake up, i wake up // i wake up, i wake up, i wake up, i wake up // i wake up, i wake up, i wake up, i wake up // alone.»
    • big girls cry from 1000 forms of fear by sia
  • “that’s my biggest flaw, my professors have told me, i daydream too often, drift away in my thoughts. i just can’t seem to stay out of my head, even though i know it’s unsightly.”
    • girls with sharp sticks by suzanne young
  • “i feel like my emotions are always syncing up with those around me.”
    • the woman in me by britney spears
  • «but i feel so seen in the night // so for now, it’s only me // and maybe that’s all i need.»
    • we can’t be friends (wait for your love) from eternal sunshine by ariana grande
  • «i hate it here so i will go to // secret gardens in my mind // people need a key to get to // the only one is mine // i read about it in a book when i was a precocious child // no mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears // i’m there most of the year ’cause i hate it here // i hate it here.»
    • i hate it here from the tortured poets department: the anthology by taylor swift
  • «please // i’ve been on my knees // change the prophecy // don’t want money // just someone who wants my company // let it once be me // who do i have to speak to // about if they can redo // the prophecy?»
    • the prophecy from the tortured poets department: the anthology by taylor swift
  • «you kicked out the stage lights // but you’re still performing // and in plain sight you hid // but you are what you did.»
    • the smallest man who ever lived from the tortured poets department: the anthology by taylor swift
  • «everybody’s still dancin’ // everybody’s holdin’ hands and romancin’ // someone’s gotta be the last one standin’ // and i hate that i'm leavin’ you stranded // but i gotta hit the road.»
    • french exit from radical optimism by dua lipa
  • «i swear my love is a curse, make you head over shoes.»
    • better off from sweetener by ariana grande
  • «i see a sad little sinner in the mirror // the devil works hard like my liver // i don’t wanna be alive, but i don’t wanna die.»
    • genesis. by raye
  • «father, into your hands // why have you forsaken me? // in your eyes forsaken me // in your thoughts forsaken me // in your heart forsaken me.»
    • chop suey! from toxicity by system of a down
  • «that’s just the way life goes // i like to slam doors closed // trust me, i know it’s always about me // i love you, i’m sorry.»
    • i love you, i’m sorry from the secret of us by gracie abrams
  • «they’ll never know how i’d stared at the dark in that room // with no thoughts like a blood-sniffing shark // and while my dreams made music in the night // carefully i was going to live.»
    • last words of a shooting star from bury me at makeout creek by mitski
  • «i think the apple’s rotten right to the core // from all the things passed down from all the apples coming before // i split the apple down symmetrical lines // and what i find is kind of scary, makes me just want to drive.»
    • apple from brat by charli xcx
  • «i was your entertainment from a dark place // you don’t know how to step outside yourself // it’s not my fault you can’t sit with the hard thing.»
    • i knew it, i know you from the secret of us by gracie abrams
  • «and i was so young // when i behaved // twenty five // yet now i find // i’ve grown into // a tall child.»
    • first love/late spring from bury me at makeout creek by mitski
  • «don’t wanna go // but this place doesn’t feel like a home // i don't wanna go // but i’m tired of feeling alone.»
    • take me nowhere from suckerpunch by maggie lindemann
  • «sorry, can’t save me now // sorry, i don’t know how // sorry, there’s no way out // but down, down.»
    • listen before i go from when we all fall asleep, where do we go? by billie eilish
  • «something is rotten inside of me // i have to find it and // cut it out // cut it out.»
    • house song by searows
  • «please, forgive me for my distance // the pain is evident in my existence.»
    • to your love from when the pawn… by fiona apple
  • «my pretty mouth will frame the phrases // that will disprove your faith in man // so if you catch me trying to find my way into your heart // from under your skin // fast as you can, baby // scratch me out, free yourself.»
    • fast as you can from when the pawn… by fiona apple
  • «desde el día en el que nací // traigo la estrella que llevo // sé que a nadie se la doy // y solo me protege a mi.»
    • a palé by rosalía
  • «i don’t, i don’t know why i called // i don’t know you at all.»
    • chihiro from hit me hard and soft by billie eilish
  • “i’m sorry if it’s hard hanging out with me, but imagine actually being me! imagine being stuck in my head all the time with no break, no way out!”
    • aza holmes from turtles all the way down, (2024) directed by hannah marks
  • «what if it’s not for me? // love.»
    • don’t delete the kisses from visions of a life by wolf alice
  • “i suffer from a chronic nausea—after i’m with people. the awareness (after-awareness) of how programmed i am, how insincere, how frightened.”
    • from as consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals and notebooks by susan sontag
  • “it seems no matter how i try // i become more difficult to hold // i am not an easy woman to want.”
    • from cotton candy on a rainy day by nikki giovanni
  • “i keep remembering—i keep remembering. my heart has no pity on me.”
    • from the inferno by henri barbusse
  • «i’m beautiful, i know ’cause it’s the season // but what am i to do with all this beauty? // biology, i am an organism // i’m chemical, that’s all, that is all.»
    • liquid smooth from lush by mitski
  • «‘cause everyone’s growing and everyone’s healthy // i’m terrified that i might never have met me // oh, if my engine works perfect on empty // i guess i’ll drive.»
    • growing sideways by noah kahan from stick season (we’ll all be here forever)
  • «here comes the rain again // falling from the stars // drenched in my pain again // becoming who we are.»
    • wake me up when september ends by green day from american idiot
  • «medicate, meditate, swear your soul to jesus // throw a punch, fall in love, give yourself a reason // don’t wanna drive another mile wonderin’ if you’re breathin’.»
    • call your mom by noah kahan from stick season (we’ll all be here forever)
  • «guess i’ll end this life alone // i am not dramatic, these are just the thoughts that pass right through me.»
    • slim pickins by sabrina carpenter from short n’ sweet
  • «wash my face, fix my hair // swear to god, i’m over being so damn scared // i look so much better when i don’t care.»
    • supersad by suki waterhouse from memoir of a sparkemuffin
  • “no, i have you guys, but… and really, i hate myself for saying this, but… it felt really sad not to have a man in my life who cares about me.”
    • carrie bradshaw from sex and the city; season 04, episode 01
  • “strawberries and peas and beans all sound very uplifting and positive. ‘heavy balloon’ is describing the sadness, the depression, but then don’t forget: even when it looks like i’m down and nothing’s happening and nothing’s growing, i am growing. it might take some time, but i’m growing. maybe you can’t see it, but it’s happening.”
  • “sometimes i feel there is a hole inside of me… an emptiness that at times seems to burn. i think if you lifted my heart to your ear, you could probably hear the ocean. […] i have this dream of being whole. of not going to sleep each night wanting but still, sometimes when the wind is warm or the crickets sing… i dream of a love that not even time will lie down and be still for. i just want someone love me. i want to be seen.”
    • sally owen, from practical magic (1998) directed by griffin dunne
  • «the truth never set me free // so, i’ll do it myself.»
    • careful from brand new eyes by paramore
  • «go take my organs and they’ll hang me from a bedpost // sayin’ i was too soft for this world // and they’d be right, because quite frankly, to be alive // it shouldn’t kill me every day, the way it does.»
    • only girl living in la from the great impersonator by halsey
  • «i think i’m special ‘cause i cut myself wide open // as if it’s honorable to bleed // but i’m not lucky and i know i wasn’t chosen // the world keeps spinnin’ without me.»
    • only girl living in la from the great impersonator by halsey
  • «’cause i'm not old, but i am tired // i’m not strong, i’m very weak // i’m not old, but i am tired // i’m not here, i’m somewhere else // i’m not old, but i am tired.»
    • dog years from the great impersonator by halsey
  • «you all know something that i don’t // you all learned something that i fear i’ll never know // you all grew body parts i fear i’ll never grow // you all know something that i don’t.»
    • darwinism from the great impersonator by halsey
  • «i’m not suicidal // i just can’t get out of bed.»
    • satellite mind from fantasies by metric
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