parismemes

[parismemes]

sentence starters from the mountain goats - jenny from thebes

"remember at your peril. forget the ones you can."

"this world is sad and broken; gotta fix a crack or two."

"this will be the last time that i do this, i'm pretty sure."

"no one lasts for long in this profession."

"maybe see you again someday."

"you're never gonna get by on three hours sleep a night, unless you absolutely have to."

"move in silence if you can't stay still."

"you're gonna make some choices you regret."

"there's only one way out."

"you're gonna have to learn how to read."

"you're gonna have to steal what you need."

"i think i'm gonna take you in."

"usually i'm out on my own."

"what happens if i take you home?"

"in 30 days, i'm getting evicted."

"i'd seen ones like you before."

"i gave you an answer that i thought you'd buy."

"all of this will disappear in the twinkling of an eye."

"it's better if you have a plan."

"may i present the man of the hour?"

"when you've got a big job to do, you notice how the moments drag."

"live in the present, savor the grind."

"you're going to have to follow through."

"what's become of us?"

"it gets hard to keep track."

"it wasn't in your nature. taking in the strays."

"i am strong now."

"that was all years back."

"figure something's gotta happen sometime."

"i can only see the scene second-hand."

"i can only try to understand."

"i'll take anything that the others won't."

"i can see the value where others don't."

"i can save my thoughts for another day."

"a body floating in a water tower only has one way to go."

"nobody will ever know for certain."

"my exit will be clean when i vanish from the scene."

"forget that i was ever here."

"i'm just gonna play along."

"may you do some good where you go."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - bleed out

"it feels like it takes forever."

"i'm doing this for revenge."

"i'm doing this for you."

"it's gonna get so dark for you."

"i'm gonna leave a mark on you."

"can't trust anybody."

"even the tough ones crack."

"maybe you will see me coming. but i don't think you will."

"in a world of heavy footprints, be untraceable."

"wage wars, get rich, die handsome."

"it's losers all the way down. you stay undefeated."

"i'm tired of living on my knees."

"if you don't hear from me, let them all go free."

"don't know where we got this car from."

"i feel like we're almost gone."

"you have to learn to go with the flow."

"haven't checked a mirror in years. don't need to know the bad news."

"absolutely nobody cares."

"nobody's seen them in the wild."

"shall we rise to the occasion, or go to sleep for good in the trenches?"

"i'm going to rise up early every day."

"i'm going to make you suffer."

"nobody here to sound the alarm."

"over time, people tell me their dreams grow distant."

"no more hungry ghosts in the chimney to feed."

"someday i will see you on your knees."

"say what you like. there won't be anybody listening."

"i got guys on every corner."

"i'm coming to swat you down like flies."

"you won't remember their faces later."

"there may come a day someday when we all look back and laugh."

"we may run out of bullets; we're never going to run out of hostages."

"if there's one thing i love, it's an infinite resource."

"i did not seek out the mission, but the mission found me."

"i mean to learn what it's like to be free."

"we're gonna need more bandages."

"we do get desperate now and again."

"i am not the first to follow the plan, just a cog in the machine."

"why wait until tomorrow?"

"victory awaits with the dawn."

"we can leave a nasty mark when we're gone."

"never any guns when you need 'em."

"only the desperate ever make it to the exit."

"you only see the jump-cuts and the close-ups; you never get the aerial view."

"every time they knock me down, i rise to my feet."

"sooner or later, everybody's gotta go."

"i'm gonna bleed out."

"i'm gonna let the long night take me."

"every bender needs a blackout."

"every story needs a child who believes the brave hero's gonna be just fine."

"it meant something important, i guess."

"there was a chance we'd make it through this; it's safe to say now that we missed it."

"i will never lose hope, and i haven't lost hope. i'm just realistic."

"i will go down punching, but i will go down."

"you wanna call a medevac, now?"

"there won't be any words of wisdom from me."

"i'm gonna tell my friends to all go to hell."

"if it's blood you want, i've got plenty of it!"

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - dark in here

"collect the brine from the rain gutters."

"mind your business and you won't get hurt."

"be true to the things you said you'd be true to."

"always keep your objective in view."

"always have a flashlight just in case."

"learn to wait your turn."

"leave nothing behind."

"keep a positive thought in your mind."

"retain a sense of grace when it's time to cut the cord."

"steady as you go."

"what will they say back home about you?"

"be free of your burden."

"why do you hold back your fury?"

"it's high noon somewhere."

"it's dark in here."

"you who thirst for action; i will give you some."

"we will know who kept his word."

"you who stood so proud once, i can taste your fear."

"will you be ready when your moment comes?"

"did you leave your house in order when you came for me?"

"is this really where you meant to be?"

"i live in the darkness."

"people like it when you show respect."

"it's so hard to get noticed in this town."

"don't make a move until the crowds recede."

"i have to trust that my compass stays true."

"we've made mistakes."

"life is short and life is hard, and life is sweet."

"they will never know what hit them."

"it gets pretty hard to concentrate."

"a stranger's just a friend who hasn't shared their secrets yet."

"one of us will tire, and one will rise and ride away."

"the safe way isn't the only way to go."

"it's only a test run."

"according to my projections, everybody's gonna run for their lives."

"this tiny sector can't contain me."

"let me dance 'til i die."

"i have failed you—sweet, young men."

"will there be another way?"

"that won't be for you to say."

"may your passage be assured."

"someday the old flesh will give way to the new."

"where will my long trail end?"

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - getting into knives

"put it all on the table and let it ride."

"we're not coming home anymore."

"you were born for these flashing lights."

"you were destined for something greater."

"be careful not to choke on your tongue."

"i want you to be famous."

"they act like they know, but they're all sound asleep."

"this is what you were born to do."

"show everybody exactly who you are."

"what are you doing here, anyway?"

"i only wore it once. nine years ago."

"it may be a long while before the highway decides to finally set me free."

"it doesn't sound like joy to the untrained ear."

"every card ever turned over remains in play."

"not every wave is a tidal wave."

"even the proud—even the very proud—probably die on their knees."

"we were here before the flood."

"we are weak but they are strong."

"i'm not thinking of you."

"can't see going back to my old ways."

"us worms turn into butterflies, i guess."

"there's a trillion things you left behind."

"somebody's always just about to put some awful plan in motion."

"my curiosity will likely always get the best of me."

"what the hell is wrong with me?"

"i'm going to do what i like."

"i'm going to live how i want."

"i'm going to let my name be known."

"i am a faceless, nameless acolyte."

"he won't be coming back from the hunt."

"soon, it'll be my time to go."

"know who your friends are when you need them."

"i will catch up when i'm able to."

"lie to the cops when they're at your door."

"get the hounds off my tail."

"make sure the coast is clear."

"thank god it's you."

"bring me some gasoline."

"i'm getting into knives."

"i'm adjusting my focus."

"it's a gift to be simple."

"may i be worthy of my reward."

"you can't give me back what you've taken, but you can give me something that's almost as good."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - songs for pierre chuvin

"your reputation precedes you."

"something must be done."

"we will deal with you."

"this is just a momentary ripple in the stream."

"be nice to your neighbor."

"this is just a brief improvisation in the dance."

"spread the word around town."

"is it not a thing of beauty?"

"don't it make you feel good?"

"is it not a big improvement on the way things used to be?"

"we will be right here on the day it finally burns."

"here come the new guys again."

"hand me a torch, why not?"

"they'll do what they were gonna do anyway."

"one summer, then all of this is gone."

"we will have use for these things when we come."

"those will be seen by all in all their glory."

"the burden of exile gets easy to bear."

"we will never run out of trees."

"who do you turn to for help?"

"who do you love the most?"

"if they come catch me and arrest me mid-step, let me go down dancing."

"who do you want by your side?"

"how long 'til we get sent back to the mountains?"

"they will stab you in the back."

"you gotta turn the other cheek."

"how long until the snake devours its tail?"

"return the peace you took from me."

"give me back my community."

"show us the good will you were shown."

"leave us alone."

"give me back what you've destroyed."

"make it whole again if you can."

"we will be high on the highway before they've even opened their eyes."

"say your prayers to whomever you call out to in the night."

"make it through this year if it kills you outright."

"change will come."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - in league with dragons + sentries in the ambush / divided sky lane + get high and listen to the cure

"things were even worse here than they sounded."

"take a picture or two, just to remember the view."

"no passerby need know of my lonely tenure."

"it never hurts to give thanks to the local gods."

"you never know who might be hungry."

"it never hurts to scan the windows on the upper floor."

"try not to lose sight of the mission."

"half of you will never understand, and it doesn't really matter."

"i heard voices once like these when i was younger."

"if i don't, no one will."

"this whole house is doomed."

"i want everyone to get high."

"sometimes i wake up coughing up blood."

"cut loose the handcuffs, let him go free."

"we've come before you, outnumbered and unafraid."

"all you parasites, climb aboard!"

"grow fat and grow old and grow blind and be content."

"let me just find my own way."

"it's so hard to get revenge."

"lead a solitary life, if you can."

"try not to show your face in town."

"strong friends are where you find them."

"people talk all kinds of trash, never you mind them."

"cut a good figure just in case somebody's watching."

"they sent their best and brightest to me; i sent them all back down."

"it never stops raining out here."

"don't call it a comeback. i've been here for years."

"i'm gonna burn it all down today."

"think back to the good times just an hour or so ago."

"let my family know i'm doing fine."

"nobody's ready for days like these."

"if there were any survivors, they've fled the scene."

"ask the experts, maybe they'll know."

"time's running short. always seems to run shorter."

"cut off from the world, i may never get free. but i may, one day."

"so many suffering from the same affliction."

"everybody's getting ready for the bloodbath."

"they're calling down for reinforcements."

"all the talk we heard was true."

"hope for the best, prepare for the worst."

"open up your eyes and be free."

"not enough air to quite go around."

"i saw unfamiliar footprints."

"cover them if you can."

"leave a sign if you can."

"send up a flare if you can."

"i knew them all while they lived."

"slaughter them if you can."

"make an example of them."

"i'm a civilian now, i can't go home."

"i will someday learn how to let you go."

"i wanna get high."

"i wanna get high and listen to the cure all night."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - song for sasha banks + hex of infinite binding + aquarium drunkard's lagniappe

"on thursday night there's matches on tv."

"i want to do right by my brother."

"i want to do right by this feeling in my gut."

"everybody's got their own spot."

"those who would stand between me and my final destination get torched inside the fire of my transcendence."

"they can tell i'm coming up by the expression on my face."

"i'm gonna make a lot of money."

"everyone i love is going to have their own safe space."

"no skin like the skin you woke up in."

"read the numbers out loud."

"the moment's never going to come when anyone can say that the coast is clear."

"find a wall to break your fist on."

"almost every door's an exit. just not this one."

"i get knocked down, but i get up again like a dunce."

"nowhere to hide out in the winter months."

"tell the papers that you're dead."

"i'm the last to try to break your fall."

"if i had as much money as i could spend, i never would cry."

"try to tell them it will work out fine."

"it fucks with your honor."

"ain't this just like the present, to be showing up like this?"

"i'm in love with your honor."

"what's that noise up the stairs, babe?"

"why so unforgiving?"

"the gods look down in anger on this poor child."

"let them not pass like weeds away."

"god save the people."

"when will god save the people?"

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - goths + marsh witch visions

"no one knows where the lone wolf sleeps."

"no promise sweeter than a blood pact."

"nothing harder to go through with than a vanishing act."

"no friends closer than the ones we've lost."

"nothing harder than the gospel truth."

"you can't cross the same river twice."

"no town more barren than our town."

"no haven safer than the one they tore down."

"no greater love than to lay my life down for a friend."

"no one was going to get away with anything."

"there's indifference on the wind."

"nobody ever gets away. even the best of us come back someday."

"no one will even steal it."

"no one anticipates the rush."

"you'll all be back too."

"i'm pretty hardcore, but i'm not that hardcore."

"we do it different on the west coast."

"i think i'm gonna bleach my hair this weekend."

"try hard to look hard."

"it gets real nice around the graveyard, once you've acquired the taste."

"i know we're going to crash."

"i know we're going to jail."

"follow the flame to freedom."

"try to keep the torch lit."

"check me out, i can't blend in."

"check me out, i'm young and ravishing."

"that's who i was."

"that's who i am."

"how come they dress like that?"

"this used to be the place to go."

"let's just have a good time when the show's done."

"ask where the good clubs are and go find one."

"everyone's dressed up like corpses."

"i brought my guitar."

"i don't belong here."

"i wanna wallow in the spoils before the crowd."

"i wanna play my guitar."

"not gonna sit up and beg."

"the ride's over, i know. but i'm not ready to go."

"you can't pay me to make that kind of music."

"not gonna swallow that pill."

"maybe dad is right."

"i can write c++ just as good as anyone."

"sleep 'til sunset, stay up late."

"keep what's precious, drop what's not."

"there's not so many of us."

"you don't know any of us."

"they're at war with each other."

"what you see is what you get."

"you and me, and all of us, are gonna have to find a job."

"all the normal things to do down here just bore me."

"i love you all."

"too broke to play around."

"anything's better than the future."

"it's miserable outside, but in here it's warm."

"it always feels so stable at the center of the storm."

"everybody here is beautiful."

"go down the devil's way."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - beat the champ + blood capsules

"i try to remember what life was like long ago."

"wait for your name to get called."

"i feel like the last person alive."

"it's my last hope."

"i need justice in my life."

"i would pray nightly for their death."

"he was my hero back when i was a kid."

"it's real sweet to grow old."

"i personally will stab you in the eye with a foreign object."

"one of these days my legs will both snap like twigs."

"if you can't beat 'em make 'em bleed like pigs."

"you can't protect yourself."

"that was when we were young and green."

"some things stay sweet forever."

"they won't see you. not until you want them to."

"most of the boys won't ever cross this line."

"if they all want to die dead broke, that's fine."

"everybody's got their limits. nobody's found mine."

"i can see the future, it's a real dark place."

"i tried the losing side."

"i don't wanna die in here."

"you found my breaking point. congratulations."

"spent too much of my life now trying to play fair."

"throw my better self overboard. shoot at him when he comes up for air."

"come unhinged, get revenge."

"stay good under pressure."

"i'm walking out of here in one piece, don't care what comes after."

"something must be done."

"save yourselves."

"save everything not nailed down."

"who will stand before the flood?"

"who will mop up all the blood?"

"sometimes you get some heat."

"let him who thinks he knows no fear look well upon my face."

"bring your heroes to the wolf's den; watch them all get crushed."

"everyone still in this building right now, dead before the dawn."

"i will be saved."

"i will reveal you."

"they know to call me anytime they come through."

"i loved you before i even ever knew what love was like."

"some people leave before it's over, but most of them stay."

"i'm off the juice for seven months."

"i learned to like livin' clean."

"there just isn't any money on the independency."

"somebody's gotta pay the gas bill."

"i can almost smell the fear."

"i know this isn't gonna work."

"i can't work any other job."

"this was my last and best idea."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - transcendental youth + steal smoked fish / in the shadow of the western hills

"do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive."

"i am happy where the vermin play."

"you can't judge us, you're not the judge."

"i don't even bother trying to read them anymore."

"some things you do just to see how bad they'll make you feel."

"i do things i don't really mean."

"there's nobody there to catch us when we fall."

"the loneliest people in the whole wide world are the ones you're never gonna see again."

"nothing like a new york summer night."

"every dream's a good dream. even awful dreams are good dreams if you're doing it right."

"i don't have to be afraid."

"i don't wanna be afraid."

"i think i'll stay here, 'til i feel whole again."

"not sure what i'm gonna do."

"this is a dream, though. it's never gonna come true."

"hard to know who might or might not be your friend."

"so many so-called friends working for the government."

"map a path from here to home."

"i could do this all day."

"it seems like everyone's cut me free."

"i crawled down here to dig for bones."

"one more season, then i'm gone."

"just stay alive."

"keep your eyes on the pay line."

"stay in the game."

"just try to play through the pain."

"maybe spit some blood at the camera."

"i despise this town."

"speak into the microphone."

"ah, the joys that the lesser days bring."

"god bless all petty thieves."

"feast when you can."

"feels so good to have you here."

"some of you will be dead next year."

"god bless all my old friends."

"we destroyed all of the evidence."

"at least we got that one right."

"is there no one here who's making this connection?"

"can't seem to sleep or find my appetite."

"i can't hear things clearly to be honest."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - the hound chronicles / hot garden stomp

"i see the flowers in your garden are in bloom."

"i see the flags are flying high."

"i hear you've gone and rearranged things in your room."

"i guess you're trying to cut off my air supply."

"i knew deep down i was about to strike oil."

"your garden can't hurt me."

"now it really doesn't matter."

"you don't know where you are until you arrive."

"i hear you sharpening your claws."

"i felt strong with you at my side."

"you made me drink poison."

"i love you so much, and you made me drink poison."

"give me your hand."

"give me everything you've got."

"let me feel the heat coming off your fingertips."

"you've been away for quite some time."

"i can't be quiet anymore."

"i love the cows."

"all the time they wanna take your place."

"i know how you struggle just to get by."

"what have you done?"

"i see you've resorted to petty theft."

"you wanna take something from me, but there's nothing left."

"i'd forgotten my name."

"i could spend the rest of my life in there."

"i'm not going to apologize."

"you can't fool me. i'm onto you now."

"i know what you're all about."

"let them kill me."

"it's the sort of feeling that is hard to explain."

"i hear them coming now."

"you're gonna leave me."

"go on and leave me. i don't care anymore."

"i hear the airplane coming."

"i don't know you anymore."

"you'd better keep it on your mind."

"wrong is wrong and right is right."

"if you make a pig mad he's sure going to bite."

"every fuss got the same old end."

"i don't believe the good lord meant for a man to win."

"there's not a thing that you can do but sit at home and cry."

"you and me are gonna get drunk tonight."

"don't come to the window till you're sure it's me."

"thought that i knew what colors were."

"when my friend gets here, he will set things right."

"that's alright if things look dead around here."

"it's only a little while longer that things are gonna look dead around here."

"there are certain gardening skills you don't have yet."

"there's a sweet metallic taste in my mouth."

"there's a dead feeling lingering over the wind."

"i'd like to begin by saying that i saw you coming."

"that kind of information just floors me."

"turn on the radio."

"i may not know much anymore, but i remember you."

"i don't have any answers to those particular questions."

"i hear you talking. shut up."

"it's no good, but i feel alright."

"i'd strongly suggest to you that you not hang out there anymore."

"the seal has a mind set on violence."

"the seal is not a creature you want to toy with."

"it doesn't matter to me now 'cause i've got all kinds of time."

"i thought of you."

"the world will stand still on nights like these."

"there are no words for it. there are no words at all."

"you showed me a thing or two about power in its purest form."

"things don't look much different now from where i stand."

"if i had a car and you were riding in it, i'd show you what my car could do."

"did you see the way mom's looking at us?"

"don't say anything."

"i'd like to choose how i hear the news."

"let me down easy, no big song and dance."

"i don't wanna fight, day and night."

"it's bad enough that you're going."

"that's no way to end this."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - all eternals deck

"let this whole town hear your knuckles crack."

"someday we won't remember this."

"goddamn these vampires for what they've done to me."

"someday we'll try to walk upright."

"is this somebody's idea of a joke?"

"let the truth spring free."

"never forget what it felt like to live in rooms like these."

"i remember when we shared a vision, you and i."

"i remember when we kept it pretty, me and you."

"every martyr in this jungle is gonna get his wish."

"i remember when their names were dear to you and me."

"i remember when we loved eachother day and night."

"why should we hide from anyone?"

"why should we wait to throw the switch?"

"one clear shot or else he gets away."

"you don't wanna see these guys without their masks on."

"never sleep."

"remember to breathe deep."

"i can't hear you in the dark."

"wish i knew where you'd gone."

"try to soldier on."

"someone's coming to reward us, you wait and see."

"who's goin' to stand his ground, and who's goin' to blink?"

"wonder if you'll ever get the chance to ask me why i turned you in."

"i saved my own skin, but i live to fight another day."

"i feel guilty, but i can't feel ashamed."

"it's hard to tell gifts of the spirit from clever counterfeits."

"have somebody stay with him."

"lead a long life if you're lucky. hope it never ends."

"stay put till they find you."

"they're coming up no matter what."

"fools rush in, and the doors slam shut."

"try to hold the gun straight."

"keep the heart of a champion, never let them see you're weak."

"focus on the parts that make you feel good."

"be grateful for the attention."

"it's okay to find the faith to saunter forward."

"tell no one what you've seen."

"you'll never want for comfort, and you'll never be alone."

"wish me well where i go."

"if you're gonna sit next to the dealer, you get to bet blind."

"i am never gonna get away from this place."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats - the life of the world to come

"i sold self-help tapes."

"he has raised me from the pit and set me high."

"let my mouth be ever fresh with praise."

"we will get there when we get there, don't you worry."

"lord, send me a mechanic if i'm not beyond repair."

"picked the lock on the front door."

"hope that they're better at it than i was."

"i used to live here."

"no ground is ever gonna hold me."

"make your own friends when the world's gone cold."

"i'm going to be restored."

"don't wanna hurt anyone. probably gonna have to before it's all done."

"i'm gonna get my perfect body back someday."

"i will do what you ask me to."

"harder days coming maybe, i don't mind."

"i would do anything for you."

"i can't live like this."

"i'm too scared to look around."

"come on, make a joyful sound."

"face it, he's not coming back."

"don't see what the point is in even trying to fight."

"a kind and loving god won't let my small ship run aground."

"i won't be afraid of anything ever again."

"you can't brace yourself when the time comes."

"as it turns out, i'm not ready."

"i am a witness to your life and to its worth."

"i don't go hungry anymore."

"there'll be no more after me."

"i have no fear of anyone."

"i'm dumb and wild and free."

"i am a flightless bird."

"i won't get better, but someday i'll be free."

"i am not this body that imprisons me."

"if my prayer goes unanswered, that's alright."

"someone will need to mop this floor for me."

"drive till the rain stops."

"we were together all day."

"you can't comprehend what it's like."

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sentence starters from the mountain goats & john vanderslice - moon colony bloodbath

"hide my dirty secrets."

"hold me high and let me go."

"leave me to my toys tonight."

"let me die surrounded by machines."

"one day i'll pay for this."

"just let me in."

"it's a straight walk home."

"i'll drive through the dark 'til dawn."

"this may be the time i get banished from the palace."

"i'm not alright."

"i'm really not up for the fight."

"slow it down."

"some things buried deep need to stay that way."

"feels like each time my efforts fail, the whole hillsides disapprove."

"i want to try to stand my ground."

"feels like when i try to stretch my legs, everyone around me's trying too."

"i don't want to spoil the view."

"try to lie still and just give in."

"don't try to comfort me."

"i'm unconsolable still."

"i am hungry, but i'm not cold."

"no one's ever gonna come."

[parismemes]

sentence starters from the mountain goats - heretic pride

"every moment points toward the aftermath."

"every battle heads toward surrender on both sides."

"i am coming home to you, if it's the last thing that i do."

"a rabbit gives up somewhere, and a dozen hawks descend."

"every moment leads toward its own sad end."

"all roads lead toward the same blocked intersection."

"the day was bright and fine."

"i loved you so much just then."

"we will never be alone in this world."

"no matter what they say, we're gonna be okay."

"the sun's so hot i think i'll catch fire and burn up."

"i feel so proud to be alive."

"i mark their faces one by one."

"transfiguration's gonna come for me at last."

"i waited so long."

"no one in their right mind would make my home their home."

"my heart's an autoclave."

"when i try to open up to you, i get completely lost."

"no emotion that's worth having could call my heart its home."

"sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name."

"i had things i'd been meaning to say."

"i couldn't hear my stage directions."

"if the strain proves too much, give up right away."

"if the light hurts your eyes, stay in your room all day."

"the blood's in the water and the shark's gonna come."

"i think i'm gonna crack, can't live like this anymore."

"it's gonna be too hot to breathe today."

"companionship is where you find it, so i take what i can get."

"no place to call home anymore."

"woke up afraid of my own shadow. like, genuinely afraid."

"i'm out of my element."

"i can't breathe."

"i'm scared of all the strangers in this town."

"it's like i've got molasses on my tongue."

"who's gonna save me now?"

"i let myself imagine she was you."

"if i forget you, let me forget my right hand."

"too long i've let my self respect stand in my way."

"everybody loves a winner."

"everyone looks like the enemy."

"i had the voices inside of me."

[parismemes]

sentence starters from the mountain goats - babylon springs (EP)

"i will flag down a truck."

"everyone will do what they've been trained to do."

"i bet you never expected me."

"i got off work just past eleven."

"you can almost taste the action on nights like these."

"i've been waiting all day."

"i'm gonna be right there."

"it's real warm outside tonight."

"i can keep a secret if you can."

"nobody saw me come in."

"i'm a little too proud to let the matter drop."

"isn't it romantic?"

"jump if you want to jump."

"the water's warm."

"i think of you from time to time."

"i know i never really knew you, but somehow i miss you."

"i wish that you'd stayed in my life."

"making contact gets harder as the silence grows longer."

"i would hate to be a bother."

"i'm under no illusion as to what i meant to you."

"you made an impression."

"sometimes i still feel the bruise."

"why would you think of me when you were not the one in love?"

"you were not the dreamer, you were just the dream."

"i felt like i was going to suffocate."

"nothing anyone could do, i suppose."

[parismemes]

sentence starters from the mountain goats - get lonely

"i think i hear angels in my ears."

"some days i don't miss my family, and some days i do."

"some days i think i'd feel better if i tried harder."

"sometime after midnight, the ground is gonna freeze."

"been waiting such a long time now, my number's finally coming up."

"it was raining outside, so i cleaned house today."

"focus in on the task, try not to think about what it means."

"what are the years we gave each other ever gonna be worth?"

"i will try to find a little comfort in it."

"a bad dream shook me in my sleep and i woke up sweating."

"squint your eyes and hope real hard."

"a guy with any kind of courage would maybe stop to think the matter through."

"spend all night in the company of ghosts, always wake up alone."

"i wished i was someone else."

"i wished it was warmer."

"when i got home, i thought about you."

"i felt free, and i felt lonely, and i felt scared."

"an astronaut could've seen the hunger in my eyes from space."

"what do i do without you?"

"i got ready for the future to arrive."

"no one knows how to keep secrets 'round here."

"they'll tell everyone everything, soon as they know."

"where is there left for poor sinners to go?"

"you will bruise my head, i will strike your heel."

"no one was gonna come and get me."

"i leave a trail of burnt things in my wake, every single place i go."

"it was the best that i could do."

"here's hoping they have better luck than i had down here with you."