- “and i can feel your anger from way across the sea, and i was kissing strangers, i was causing such a scene. oh, the heart it hides such unimaginable things” - sky full of song
- “and i’m damned if i do, and i’m damned if i don't so here's to drinks in the dark, at the end of my road. and i’m ready to suffer, and i’m ready to hope. it’s a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat ‘cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me” - shake it out
- “at some point in the party, i thought my heart was failing. you said: hey, you're okay, you seem to be still standing” - light of love
- “but if i was free to love you, you wouldn't want me, would you? unavailability is the only thing that turns you on. come here, baby, tell me that i’m wrong” - the bomb
- “cause i’m gonna be free and i’m gonna be fine (maybe not tonight)” - delilah
- “drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart. my fingers claw your skin, try to tear my way in […] the fabric of your flesh pure as a wedding dress” - howl
- “how deeply are you sleeping or are you still awake? a good friend told me you've been staying out so late. be careful, oh, my darling, oh, be careful what it takes. for what i’ve seen so far, the good ones always seem to break” - sky full of song
- “i drink too much coffee and think of you often […] are you afraid? 'cause i’m terrified but you remind me that it's such a wonderful thing to love” - patricia
- “my heart bends and breaks so many, many times and is born again with each sunrise” - 100 years
- “never knew daylight could be so violent” - no light, no light
- “now we are awake and it seems too much to take, i want to close my eyes because i fear my heart will break. i want to look away […] must not look away” - light of love
- “so tell me where to put my love, do i wait for time to do what it does?” - my love
- “some things you let go in order to live while all around you the buildings sway” - various storms & saints
- “sometimes i see so much beauty i don’t think that i can cope” - daffodil
- “sometimes i think it's gettin' better and then it gets much worse. is it just part of the process? well, jesus christ, it hurts” - big god
- “sometimes i wish for falling, wish for the release, wish for falling through the air to give me some relief because falling's not the problem, when i’m falling i’m at peace. it’s only when i hit the ground it causes all the grief” - falling
- “the arms of the ocean are carrying me and all this devotion was rushing out of me and the crashes are heaven for a sinner like me but the arms of the ocean delivered me” - never let me go
- “the heart is hard to translate, it has a language of its own. it talks in tongues and quiet sighs and prayers and proclamations in the grand days of great men and the smallest of gestures” - all this and heaven too
- “there’s a drumming noise inside my head that throws me to the ground, i swear that you should hear it, it makes such an all mighty sound” - drumming song
- “with one kiss you inspired a fire of devotion that lasts for twenty years. what kind of man loves like this?” - what kind of man
- “you know i’m still afraid, i’m still crazy and i’m still scared but if i make it to the stage i’ll show you what it means to be spared” - morning elvis
- “you need a big god, big enough to hold your love. you need a big god, big enough to fill you up” - big god
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