And I’m in for one night and then gone / Troubled teens pass the pen for my theme song / And some nights I get my California dream on / Knowing you’re trying your best not to move on / But I will understand when the dreams gone / And some boy puts his heart where I went wrong / And ill stand in the rain in Cleveland / Hoping I can wash away these demons / Hoping you’ll talk to me when I’m pleading / Yelling in the phone hoping that you’re gonna leave him / Isn’t it pretty to think so / Maybe we could have been perfect /2am Club

Slowly learning that life is okay. A-ha

For I look around me And it seems you found me | And its coming into sight As the days keep turning into night | And even breathing feels all right Now even breathing feels all right Yes even breathing Feels all right -Alexi Murdoch

This is the correlation between salvation and love, don't drop your arms, I'll guide your heart. With quiet words I'll lead you in and out of the dark. -Anberlin

Slide down the stairs to the eager street, and the sun has left us with slippery feet, and I wanna walk around with you. -Animal Collective

Hold on to your armrest / Don’t be alarmed, I’m gonna do my best / ‘Cause it’s a long haul, and I’m in this / And once in a while I see the posted limits / -Barenaked Ladies

On an evening such as this, it's hard to tell if I exist / Pack the car and leave this town, who'll notice that I'm not around? / I could hide out under there; I just made you say 'underwear' / I could leave but I'll just stay, all my stuff's here anyway / -Barenaked Ladies

"If you question what I would do to get over and be with you, lift you up over everything, and light up my room." -Barenaked Ladies

"There are luxuries we can't afford, but in our house we never get bored." Barenaked Ladies

We slept like dogs down by the fire side / Awoke to the fog all around us, the boom of summer time / Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags / I’ve come to know the friends around you are all you’ll always have / Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone / Careless and young, free as the birds that fly with weightless souls now. -Ben Howard

Gracious goes the ghost of you, and I will never forget the plans and the silhouettes you drew here. -Ben Howard

See these waters they'll pull you up / Oh if you're bolder than the darkness / My my, let these songs be an instrument to cut / Oh, spaces between the happiness and the hardness / -Ben Howard

And as we all play parts of tomorrow, some ways will work and other ways we’ll play. / But I know we all can’t stay here forever, so I want to write my words on the face of today. / and then they’ll paint it // And oh as I fade away, they’ll all look at me and they’ll say / Hey look at him and where he is these days. / When life is hard, you have to change. / Blind Melon

And don’t keep me like you have me, And don’t kiss me like you don’t / I got wise and I got old, Not once, not once did I fall, So don’t you now / Some land holds a home, Some of my years only hold me to Rome / But I tell myself it’s true, You see a home you see a man You see it too / And I say don’t you know you have her, Go on kiss her now you boy / -Blind Pilot

"If young love is just a game, then I must have missed the kickoff." blink182

"Days when I still felt alive, we couldn't wait to get outside; the world wide too late to try, the tour was over we'd survived." blink182

"Expectation leads to disappointment. If you don't expect something big huge and exciting....I don't know. It's just not as, uh, yeah." The Books

I've woken up in so many rooms / I'm sorry that I left so soon / I didn't wanna break anybody's mood / Bombay Bicycle Club

And at once, I knew I was not magnificent / Strayed above the highway aisle / Jagged vacance, thick with ice / And I could see for miles, and miles, and miles. / Bon Iver

So it’s storming on the lake. / Little waves our bodies break. / There’s a fire going out, but there’s really nothing to the south. / Swollen orange & light let through. / Your one piece swimmer stuck to you. / -Bon Iver

"This is not the sound of a new man, or crispy realization. It's the sound of the unlocking and the liftaway, your love will be safe with me." Bon Iver

"Everything that happens is from now on." Bon Iver

"Give me a reason to care, I'll sing along forever." The Bouncing Souls

Goodbye to sleep; I think that staying up is exactly what I need. -Brand New

Well now the ocean speaks and spits and I can hear it from the interstate / And I’m screaming at my brother on a cell phone he’s far away / I’m saying nothing in the past or future ever will feel like today / Until we’re parking in an alley / Just hoping that our shit is safe / So I go back and forth forever / All my thoughts they come in pairs / Oh I will, I won’t, I doubt I don't / I’m not surprised but I never feel quite prepared / Bright Eyes

I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. / I said "{I am terribly sorry but} there is nothing I can do for you {that} you can't do for yourself." / He said "Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that would help." / So I sat with him a while and then I asked him how he felt. / He said, "I think I'm cured. No, in fact, I'm sure. / Thank you Stranger, for your therapeutic smile." / So that is how I learned the lesson that everyone is alone. / And your eyes must do some raining if you are ever going to grow. / Bright Eyes

What's better than eating is feeding your fam / What's better than meetings is missing meetings to meet with your fam / What's better than leaning and needing your Xan / Is hitting your zan dreaming a dream could mean leaving the land / What's better than yelling is hollering love / What's better than rhymes, nickels, dimes, dollars and dubs / Is dialing up your darling just for calling her up / There ain't nothing better than falling in love. / Chance the Rapper

"Now the sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time." Coldplay

We drive until the gas is gone / And then walk until our feet are torn / Crawl until we feed the soil / Film the whole thing /// It's all business in the left-hand lane / Drive there and then drive back again / Escape can't be the only way to escape /// And Robbie likes his country tunes / It's never been the lens that I see through / But I guess driving for a week or two / Puts words in your mouth / Road Regrets by Dan Mangan

"And all the while I say too much of what I think, and I can't remember what it's like to find meaning in anything, for the life of me." A Day to Remember

"When there's a burning in your heart, an endless yearning in your heart, build it bigger than the sun - let it grow, let it grow. When there's a burning in your heart, don't be alarmed. (This fire grows higher) When there's a doubt within your mind, because you're thinking all the time. Framing rights into wrongs, move along, move along, when there's a doubt within your mind." Death Cab for Cutie

And if you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born then it's time to go / And define your destination, there's so many difference places to call home. / Death Cab for Cutie

Squeaky swings and tall grass / the longest shadows ever cast / the water's warm and children swim / and we shed what was left of our summer skin -Death Cab for Cutie

What a delicate heart, what a heard head / Good things come to those that wait / Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment

They call me a little wound-up / See, I'm upset because I've always been stuck / But I don't know what it is I'm without / Guess I'm in love with always feeling down / It was fully consumed / By all of the petty things that I couldn't do / All of the plastic all are surely worn / But I didn't ever show, I let it go / So I listen while I'm told / -Electric Guest

Now you're scared of love, let me tell you love’s not some blood on the receiver. / Love is speaking in code, it’s an inside joke, love is coming home. / The Format

You know its funny how freedom can make us feel contained / When the muscles in our legs aren’t used to all the walking / I know if you could snap both your fingers than you’d escape with me / But in the meantime I’ll just wait here / and listen to you when you speak, or scream / -Foster the People

And if you’re partial to the night sky / If you’re vaguely attracted to rooftops / Hannah takes the stairs / Cause she can’t tell that / its a winding spiral case / Is she right side up / Or upside-down? / -Freelance Whales

Don't fix my smile, life is long enough / We will put this flesh into the ground again. -Freelance Whales

"You're the shit and I'm knee deep in it." Frightened Rabbit

And fully clothed, I float away / Down the Forth, into the sea / I’ll steer myself / through drunken waves / these manic gulls / scream it’s okay / take your life / give it a shake / gather up / all your loose change / I think I’ll save suicide for another year. / -Frightened Rabbit

Of everyone who called, very few say "we believe in you" / The overwhelming choices, I'm just a boy inside a voice / And if it's true, if it's true, if it's true, then what the fuck have I been doing the last six years? / How'd I find love and conquer all my mad fears? / Now I'm not scared of the song, or the states, or the stages / I'm not scared, I've got friends, took my call, came courageous / And now I feel like I am home / fun.

Every day is not a fight, and you don’t have to see yourself in black and white. -Generationals

"Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?" Goo Goo Dolls

"How can the world want me to change? They're the ones that stay the same. They don't know me, 'cause I'm not here." Goo Goo Dolls

It’s a big big big big sea, and I’m just a little fish that’s gone swimming. -A Great Big Pile of Leaves

"My wheels are spinning out of control, and I feel, yes I feel like I am ready to roll. So, I have seen all I need to rome free within these streets. Climbing up walls that are never too tall feeds my soul." Greg Holden

"It's better to make your mistakes then to live without knowing, it's better to fall on your face than to stay on your feet as long, long, long, as you try." Greg Holden

Water street is just the same / Oh, honey come back to me / You see it’s lonely and grey in the city / But oh the sun will surely rise, warm my clothes, and warm your eyes / From the treacherous night, how the moon was red and dangerous -Gregory Alan Isakov

Threw stones and the stars and the whole sky fell -Gregory Alan Isakov

"Look around at the people in this place, I'm afraid that we'll end up the same way. So let's rise, dye our hair, and change our names. Make a wish and just blow it all away." Guster

This will be a better year, This will be a better year / Make a little money, take a lot of shit / Feel real bad, then get over it / This will be a better year / Oh I keep pushing boulders, I stay game till sun’ll shake my shoulders / Oh, I keep feeling older, I stay game, stay game, stay game /// The East Coast kids, man, we just don’t know / Singing wait, wait, stop, drop me, go, go, go / But I’m taken by the hand to a blue pay phone / We can break blue laws with our skin and bones / And now I’m back in the city, I’m counting brick brick brick / Heard of milk crate things, speaking soft and thick / He said, “If life gives you lemons, then thus god bade. / So put a little bit of bitter in your pink lemonade” / This will be a better year / -Harlem Shakes

Well 10,000 weight in gold / Never feels like treasure until you lose it all / Well I packed my bag for the road / I grabbed my hat ‘cause it’s time, yes time is marching on / And if you see me out on the road / My bags are packed 'cause it’s time, yes time is marching on / The Head and the Heart

"There's no use knowing which way the wind is blowing." The Head and the Heart

Momma once told me, you're already home where you feel love. -The Head and the Heart

Talkin’ about the way things change / And my family lives in a different state / And if you don’t know what to make of this / Then we will not relate -The Head and the Heart

I looked around at the faces I know, I fell in love with the people in the front row. -Hilltop Hoods

I'm trying to tell you something about my life / Maybe give me insight between black and white / And the best thing you'd ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously / It's only life after all / Indigo Girls

Let's get rich and buy our parent's homes in south of France / Let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance / Let's get rich and build a house on a mountain, making everybody look like ants from way up there, you and I. -Ingrid Michaelson

"Far too unstable to settle, I doubt that the doctors are wrong." Jack's Mannequin

"I swim for brighter days, despite the absence of sun. Choking on saltwater, I'm not giving in: swim. You gotta swim, swim in the dark. There's no shame in drifting, feel the tide shifting, and wait for the spark." Jack's Mannequin

"I wake up to find it's another four aspirin morning, and I dive in. I put on the same clothes I wore yesterday; when did society decide that we have to change wash a t-shirt after every individual use? if it's not dirty, I'm gonna wear it. I take the stairs to car and theres fog on the windows. I need caffeine in my bloodstream, I take caffeine in my bloodstream. I grip the wheel, and all at once I realize: my life has become a boring pop song and everyone's singing along." Jack's Mannequin

"And my hair is growing long. Fuck yeah, we can live like this. If you left it up to me, every day would be a holiday from real." Jack's Mannequin

"Take it easy, and celebrate the malleable reality." Jason Mraz

"Hold your own, know your name, and go your own way." Jason Mraz

I wish the wild was alive like you / I wish the wind would blow me through / Another opportunity to approach you, / Another telepathic rendezvous / I wish you well with your weapon of jargon / You got a double-sided lexicon / I gotta try to keep your attention / Gotta write using less emoticons / Gotta figure out the snooze alarm / I wanna lay in your place ‘til dawn / I wanna play in the park, come on, / Let me see your other upper echelon / -Jason Mraz

"I dreamed I went to England and met the spice girls there for tea / They lost one more they’re down from four to my favorite number three / But they’re still quite spicy as the orange flavor / And oh so nice to do me the favor and lick my icing under the table" -Jason Mraz

I don't know why I'm still afraid; if you weren't real, I would make you up. -Joseph Arthur

"Why does the soul hallucinate? I've got control, I shift my shape. If flesh and bone do not contain the mirrors don't reflect my face." The Local Natives

Remember the sun / All from memory / Close your eyes and run circles / Round its enemies // Remember the sun / Before you awake / Remember all the reasons / And bake it into your cake // I know it's been hard to take / And I know you wanna run / But just try to stay in one place / And dance before it's done / Love As Laughter

It’s better to feel pain than nothing at all; / the opposite of love’s indifference. / So pay attention now, I’m standing on your porch screaming out, / and I won’t leave until you come downstairs. / So keep your head up, love. / Keep your head up, my love. / -Lumineers

It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark. -K'Naan

Hold on to your heart / Hold it high above flood waters / Hold on to your heart / Never let nobody drag it under / Hold on to your heart / Even when your body’s bitter / Hold on to your heart / Never let nobody take it over / Ever take it over, Ever take it over from you / Man Man

"'Cause there's a little bit of something me, in everything in you." Matchbox Twenty

"We've listened more to life's end gong than the sound of life's sweet bells. / Was it ever worth it? Was there all that much to gain? / Well, we knew we'd missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane. / We didn't read the invite, we just danced at our own wake. / All our favorites were playing so we could shake, shake, shake shake shake." / Modest Mouse

Sorrow found me when I was young, / Sorrow waited, sorrow won. / Sorrow that put me on the pills, / It's in my honey it's in my milk. / It's only about half a heart alone / On the water, Cover me in rag and bones, sympathy. / Cause I don't wanna get over you. / I don't wanna get over you. / -The National

"On the outside, you're free to roam. On the outside, you've found a home. On the outside, there's more to see. On the outside, we choose to be." Needtobreathe

What a beautiful face I have found in this place That is circling all round the sun What a beautiful dream That could flash on the screen In a blink of an eye and be gone from me Soft and sweet Let me hold it close and keep it here with me And one day we will die And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea But for now we are young Let us lay in the sun And count every beautiful thing we can see Love to be In the arms of all I’m keeping here with me Can’t believe how strange it is to be anything at all -Neutral Milk Hotel

"Keep it up, don't stop, don't lose your place." NewVillager

"This is a song for anyone who can't get out of bed. I'll do anything to be happy, oh cause blue skies are coming, but I know that it's hard. This is the last song that T write while still in love with you." Noah and the Whale

Well it’s four in the morning, things are getting heavy, / and we both know that it’s over, but we both are not ready / and you’re talking like a stranger, so I don’t know what to do / and I’m callous and I’m cruel, to everyone but you / And the stars shining through our window / and the stars shining through our window / and it’s been awhile since I stared at the stars / yeah, it’s been awhile, since I stared at the stars / Spring can be the cruelest of months, but bringing in your life / yeah we’re promising so much, like the pledge that you gave when you said that you’d always love me / but we both know by autumn you’re like the color of leaves / Well I don’t think that it’s the end, but I know we can’t keep going / Well I don’t think that it’s the end, but I know we can’t keep going / -Noah and the Whale

"I know I'll never be lonely; I've got songs in my blood. I'm carrying all of the love of an orchestra." Noah and the Whale

And we'd sing and play simple 3-chord rock and roll / And miles away, the other kids would just grow old / But we're making out own way out / Yeah, we're making our own way out. -Noah and the Whale

Feeling alright, my hands in the air / Life’s nothing but a flower, shining, scared / So take me home, where i can get some rest / Nyr Lif

"Pour me a heavy dose atmosphere." Owl City

She went out to the hay in the morning grace / She went out and got lost in a tall hedge maze / Where'd you go? Where'd you go? Why'd you leave this place? / On my heart, on my face / And my love is yours but your love's not mine / So I'll go but we know I'll see you down the line / And we'll hate what we've lost but we'll love what we find / And I'm feeling fine, we've made it to the coastline / The Paper Kites

"Just think what it might be like to live like that every night." -Pegasus Bridge

"Hey, I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything is right." Paolo Nutini

People say she’s crazy, she got diamonds on the soles of her shoes. Well that’s one way to lose these walking blues - diamonds on the soles of your shoes. -Paul Simon

"Am I alive, or thoughts that drift away? Does summer come for everyone, can humans do what prophets say? And if I die before I learn to speak, can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?" Primitive Radio Gods

"Sleep, don't visit, so I choke on sun, and the days blur into one. And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done...peel the scars from off my back, I don't need them anymore. You can throw them out, keep them in your mason jar. I've come home." Radical Face

Back when we were kids / We swore we knew the future / And our words would take us halfway ‘round the world / But I never left this town / And you never saw New York / And we ain’t ever crossed the sea / But I am fine with where I am now / This home is home and all that I need / But for you this place is shame / You can blame me when there’s no one left to blame / I don’t mind / -Radical Face

The road is now my only friend / It welcomes me through straights and through bends / But no matter how long I stay, it will never know my name / Yes, I am a long way from home. -Radical Face

I’ve been here so long, I think that it’s time to move / The winter’s so cold, summer’s over too soon / Let’s pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow / I’ll show you mine if you show me yours first / Let’s compare scars, I’ll tell you whose is worse / Let’s unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words / -Rise Against

Cause I’m proud of my life and the things that I have done Proud of myself and the loner I’ve become You’re free to whine, it will not get you far I do just fine, my car and my guitar / Say Anything "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Semisonic

Yeah it's a tall mountain, but well worth the climb / Yeah, and girl, it's a long road, but well worth the ride / Oh well, but if I've unlocked that key, then my life will finally be easy / There'll be this look on your face, wishing someone had a camera, but nobody will / There'll be this look on your face seeing me standing there at the top of life's lonely hill / Shakey Graves

We're social mutts, thus, nothing really suits us / Roaming is a local curse (but hey it could be worse) / Fuck getting by, go quit your job / Lets get drunk in a parking lot / I've seen North Dakota, I've seen the west sea / Now I travel by rail so they cant find me / No use wonderin' where to rest your feet / Spilt milk on borrowed mink, my sweet / Come skin your knees with us / Life's too short for business lunch / Shakey Graves

"Born to multiply, born to gaze into night skies, all you want's one more Saturday. Well look here until then...'til the day you come in doing cartwheels." The Shins

"Everyone's so intimately rearranged. Everyone's so focused clearly, with such shine." Silversun Pickups

I met a girl who kept tattoos for homes that she had loved. If I were here, I'd paint my body 'til all my skin was gone. -Something Corporate

"You think I want this? Everything bugs me, I made a hell and now I want sickness gone. I used to think these horrible things. You know I felt nothing burning in my gut, but I'm not the same as I was then." Steel Train

"Goodnight! I go to bed dreaming I'll change, but never move, never stop." Steel Train

"Still don't get all my strange behavior, I can't believe what I thought would save me." Steel Train

"Cooked up a plan to move on, cooked up a reason to run." Steel Train

"I feel sorry for everything, I watch the homeless woman sleep. / Just like the dimes that I gave her, I am scattered and I will roll, I roll away. / I dream of the other side; coming home to see your mothers. / Best friends who mean all the world, but can't understand the ground that I walk on." / Steel Train

Send your dad a note, you made it, kid, you're on the road. -Steel Train

But don't take your life, because it's all that you've got / You'd be better off just up and leaving, if you don't think they will stop / And when you wake up, everything is gonna be fine / I guarantee that you wake up in a better place, and in a better time / So you're tired of living, and you feel like you might give in / Well, don't. It's not your time / Streetlight Manifesto

Why do we cry when you know how the story ends? / How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends? / We’ve all been there once but you never left / This is me coming back back to get you out / To say goodbye to make amends / I’m not leaving this place / Unless I’m leaving with you / You’re the only person with a half decent heart here / And I know you will put it to use / Until it’s gone, gone, gone / -Streetlight Manifesto

"I drove to New York in the van, with my friends. We slept in parking lots - I don't mind, I don't mind. I was in love with the place in my mind, in my mind. I made a lot of mistakes in my mind, in my mind." Sufjan Stevens

"Dance a little stranger, show me where you've been. Love can make you hostage, wanna do it again." Sugar Ray

"Between who you are and who you could be, between how it is and how it should be." Switchfoot

"The shadow proves the sunshine." Switchfoot

"Stars looking at a planet, watching entropy and pain. And maybe start to wonder how the chaos in our lives could pass as sane." Switchfoot

"She told him that she believes in living bigger than she's living now, but her world keeps spinning backwards and upside down." Switchfoot

Hey Bono, I'm glad you asked, life is still worth living. -Switchfoot

"Will we ever confess what we've done? Guess we're still kids on the run." The Tallest Man on Earth

There's no real goodbye if you mean it. -The Tallest Man on Earth

"But I'll always be blamed for the sun going down with us all, but I'm the light in the middle of every man's fall." The Tallest Man on Earth

Home - is where I want to be But I guess I’m already there I come home she lifted up her wings Guess that this must be the place I can’t tell one from the other Did I find you, or you find me? There was a time Before we were born If someone asks, this where I’ll be … where I’ll be -Talking Heads

"Sweet disposition, never too soon. Oh, reckless abandon, like no one's watching you." The Temper Trap

"What's it gonna be, are you real to me? Or are you non-dairy creamer?" Third Eye Blind

"And two gay guys got married, and brought the family to its knees. How did they blow us to smithereens just a couple of queens? How did they do it i'm telling you now, brought marriage to an end, and I found myself some culprits, it's two young gay republicans." Third Eye Blind

"Let's clean the slate, it's never too late. You're leaving nothing for the youth just the proof of destruction." Trevor Hall

On a single lane road deep within God’s dreadlocks. -Trevor Hall

"Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am." A Tribe Called Quest

Lift my days, light up my nights. -U2

There’s 7 billion 46 million people on the planet / And most of us have the audacity to think we matter -Watsky

I’m in my room making cardboard castles with shoestring rope. Soup spoon drawbridge, tinfoil moat. I’m still dreaming after all these years. Because if we don’t build it who will? I do things on a shoestring that you couldn’t do for a cool mil. I run with no laces, and when I fall, I start to build my Taj Mahal with shit I found at Dollarmart. This life’s our greatest project, the journey’s all an art...I still gotta believe people are good at the core, ‘cause if we weren’t, what’s at stake? Why would we stay to break what we make and create all these beautiful mistakes? When they blow our house down let’s draw on the walls, the walls, the walls. -Watsky

Love isn’t more sin, love isn’t forced in / Getting under your skin, digging for endorphins / It’s the portion some of us’ll forgo / Fingers on your torso tapping you in morse code -Watsky

Fuck you if you love a car for its paint job, love you if you love a car for the road trips. -Watsky

"Live my life without coming up for air. Now it's all a wash, I want everyone. Racing down the hill, I am faster than you. Wait for summertime, wait for summertime. Oh, Anna Sun." Walk the Moon

My eyes are on the road, but my mind is on your body. My hand is on the stick shift, and your hand is on my hand. -Walk the Moon

"You try to play it cool like you just don't care, but soon I'll be playing in your underwear." Weezer

"And we don't notice any time pass, we don't notice anything. We sit side by side in every class, teacher thinks that I sound funny, but she likes the way you sing." The White Stripes

"Don't fight the darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear." YACHT

"I need the song started over, your crying made me miss my favorite part." Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer

There is something beautiful dying every day, and for the first time in my life I'm not afraid, 'cause there's nothing in this world that doesn't change. Goodnight to the person I have been, to the place that I am in. Goodnight tomorrow, hello to the sun, are you ready? Here I come; goodnight. Sometimes I stand between the sidewalk and the sky, and just stare into the clouds as they pass by, you have to leave the ground to learn to fly. -ZOX