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I. POOLS / GLASS ANIMALS
shake my little soul for you now, toy
and i settle up into a world of noise
i’m a man of many tricks and tools and joy
with a battery of guilt on which to poise
II. KATARSIS / SHE PAST AWAY
even though it is a dream
you are with me tonight
inside me
III. BELA LUGOSI’S DEAD / BAUHAUS
white on white, translucent black capes
back on the rack
bela lugosi's dead
the bats have left the bell tower,
the victims have been bled
red velvet lines the black box
IV. THE TOWER / VIRTUAL BOY
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V. ONLY AS GOOD AS MY GOD / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
if they crawl out of the mud,
wash them away in a flood
i'm only as a good as my god,
burnt hair and more money
VI. HERE / VAST
where do i put the books?
there's so many i could read,
but they all are filled with lies
where do i put all the lies?
there's so many i could say
but it seems they're in the books
VII. RED RIGHT HAND / ARCTIC MONKEYS
you'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams
he'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems
you'll see him in your head, on the TV screen
and hey buddy, i'm warning you to turn it off!
he's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru
you're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
designed and directed by his red right hand
VIII. TOES / GLASS ANIMALS
i'm a man, i'm a twisted fool
my hands are twisted, too
five fingers to black hooves
i'm a man, don't spin me a lie
got toes and i can smile
i'm crooked but upright
IX. KICKING AND SCREAMING / THE PRESETS
when i was young
i was a star amongst zeroes
but then i grew up
and now i'm heading up river
i'm gonna cover myself in mud, mud
yeah, i'mma deliver
X. AMERICAN TRASH / INNERPARTYSYSTEM
i've got this planet in my hands
yeah, i'll try to save it if i can
i'm satisfied with myself
don't care for anyone else
i'm so united when i stand
XI. MURDOC IS GOD / GORILLAZ
murdoc is god
murdoc is god
murdoc is god
johnny is dead
XII. ALL MY OWN STUNTS / ARCTIC MONKEYS
been watching cowboy films
on gloomy afternoons
tinting the solitude
put on your dancing shoes
and show me what to do
i know you've got the moves
XIII. PAINT IT, BLACK / THE ROLLING STONES
i look inside myself and see my heart is black
i see my red door i must have it painted black
maybe then i'll fade away and not have to face the facts
it's not easy facin' up, when your whole world is black
XIV. RUH / SHE PAST AWAY
half an angel, half a monster
i will sleep in your bosom again
half an angel, half a monster
i will roam to where you are
XV. FIGURE IT OUT / ROYAL BLOOD
getting hard to sleep, but it's in my dreams
but it's killing me
to try and figure it out
nothing better to do, when i'm stuck on you
and still i'm here
trying to figure it out
XVI. PERSONAL JESUS / DEPECHE MODE
feeling unknown
and you're all alone
flesh and bone
by the telephone
lift up the receiver,
i'll make you a believer
XVII. LIFE ITSELF / GLASS ANIMALS
daddy was dumb, said that i’d be something special
brought me up tough but i was a gentle human
said that he loved each of my two million freckles
when i grew up, was gonna be a superstar
XVIII. BUSINESS MAN / MOTHER MOTHER
talking ‘bout the business man, devil in a sunday hat
buddy with the stupid laugh, just talking ‘bout the business man
XIX. IT’S OUT THERE AND IT’S GONNA GET YOU / THE PAPER CHASE
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XX. HAPSBURG LIPPP / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
i'm checking your name off my list, i'm checking your name on my list
i'm making up a reason to exist, i'm checking your name off my list
you're thinking that your wife is worth a lot
i'm telling you your life is worth a yacht
no matter whose knife in the dark, still wanking with a robot arm
i'm checking your name off my list, i'm checking your name off my list
i'm making up a reason to exist, i'm checking your name off my list
XXI. HOW TO SERVE MAN / CREATURE FEATURE
let me clarify before we begin
am i getting under your skin?
your disposition seems a trifle bland
it's time you learned how to serve man
XXII. W.U.G. / CHRIS FLEMING
he’s only comfortable with complete control and authority
they should invent something for guys with this kind of affliction
like a vr system
where he can believe he’s in a perpetual state of
giving you a tour of his house
XXIII. RADIO / ROBBIE WILLIAMS
something's happening, i can feel it
moving out of time you'll hear it
falling in the way you fear it
jumping, thumping, shout out something
jumping, thumping, shout out something
XXIV. A NEW SKY / THE PRESETS
and it's alright, it won't be long
you feeling something
so won't you come outside with me?
and it's alright, sing like a song
and now you're flying
so won't you come and fly with me?
XXV. ASIMILASYON / SHE PAST AWAY
protect yourself, this plague spreads
spiders everywhere
come on, dig your grave
look, the day wakes up again
XXVI. ANIMAL IMPULSES / IAMX
i'm tired of this human duet
no civilizing hides
our animal impulses
XXVII. EXXUS / GLASS ANIMALS
i can see you running
i can see you running
gone in the blink of my eye
gone, gone, gone in the blink of my eye
XXVIII. NOCTURNE IN F MINOR / FREDERIC CHOPIN
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XXIX. BABY BRIDE RAG / ROAR
oh darling, i'm not so sure about our hearts aligning
at sixteen years old, could this just be bad timing?
puppies pining
listen to me sweetheart,
you are nothing when we're apart
i can promise you this, when we split the town
you won't be missed
XXX. WHO IS SHE? / I MONSTER
oh, who is she?
a misty memory
a haunting face
is she a lost embrace?
XXXI. I WILL POSSESS YOUR HEART / DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
there are days when outside your window
i see my reflection as i slowly pass
and i long for this mirrored perspective
when we'll be lovers, lovers at last
XXXII. GO-GETTER GREG / LUDO
i've given it some thought...
and i really think that you could use a guy like me in your life
looking after you, a man to take you home, a hand for you to hold...
and i'd never leave you alone
XXXIII. AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION / THE BLAKE ROBINSON SYNTHETIC ORCHESTRA
some call it stalking, i say walking just extremely close behind
i'm sure if i sat down and asked you, well you really wouldn't mind
you've got those eyes that drive me crazy
and i've got eyes to watch you sleep
i brought a pack lunch and some coffee for my stakeout in your tree
outside your house
XXXIV. NEIGHBOUR / MOTHER MOTHER
i am your neighbor, i can hear you
i got this tin can with a string through
and when you're crying, i hear your shaky breath
and when you're lying
i hear your heart confess
XXXV. OBSESSION / OK GO
a look so quick
a movement so slight
ah, it’s not passin’ fascination now
it’s obsession
XXXVI. STALKER’S TANGO / AUTOHEART
i know, i know, i know,
i'm always in your place
but don't you see, my dear?
i am your doppelgänger
have your faith so
XXXVII. DEADCRUSH / ALT-J
extraordinarily pretty teeth
beauty lingers out of reach
you're my dc oh lee, oh
man ray went cray cray over you
capturing, but never captured
you're my dc oh lee, oh
XXXVIII. CLUB FOOT / KASABIAN
i tell you i want you
i tell you i need you
XXXIX. TEAR YOU APART / SHE WANTS REVENGE
i want to hold you close
skin pressed against me tight
lie still, and close your eyes girl
so lovely, it feels so right
XL. PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY / VAST
i didn't want to hurt you, baby
i didn't want to hurt you
i didn't want to hurt you, but you're pretty when you cry
XLI. DINNER & DIATRIBES / HOZIER
that's the kind of love
i’ve been dreaming of
that's the kind of love
i've been dreaming of
XLII. BERNADETTE / IAMX
you and me in our playhouse
living in a veil, we never need to go without
memories bring no joy or peace
we are alone
and all we need
XLIII. THIS HURTS / MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
oh, god i'm beautiful
oh, god i'm wonderful
i'm marvelous, intelligent,
so why doesn't that make me feel better?
i need some more, i need someone who's insecure
i don't care who you are
controlling you makes me better
XLIV. YANIMDA / SHE PAST AWAY
they wouldn't know, wouldn't comprehend
you are with me, next to me
XLV. THE HORROR OF OUR LOVE / LUDO
i'm a killer, cold and wrathful
silent sleeper, i've been inside your bedroom
i've murdered half the town
left you love notes on their headstones
i'll fill the graveyards until i have you
XLVI. WE KNOW WHERE YOU SLEEP / THE PAPER CHASE
i don't know about you
but i am hellbent, i know what it is that i must do
close your eyes when we kiss
‘cause I'm prepared to set myself on fire for this
XLVII. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED / VAST
i know that you don't like me
that's alright today
i love you, but you bore me
don't fuck up my day
‘cause i could stay right here
and never ever leave,
what else do i need?
XLVIII. YOU ARE MINE / MUTEMATH
there are objects of affection
that can mesmerize the soul
there is always one addiction
that just can not be controlled
XLIX. WALLA WALLA / GLASS ANIMALS
honey honey, don’t you cry
it’s a ruse
all these creatures are a lie
funny bunny, it’s alright
i clap my hands
and they’re gone into the night
L. TEMPTATION / VAST
i stand alone now, istand alone
but can you save me from myself
oh, please
LI. BIT BY BIT / MOTHER MOTHER
no i won’t bring too much of anything
maybe a little slicker for the rain
maybe just a good book and a heart to break
Ii’ll make a mistress of a little wiccan thing
LII. COUNTING BODIES LIKE SHEEP TO THE RHYTHM OF THE WAR DRUMS / A PERFECT CIRCLE
don't fret precious, i'm here
step away from the window, go back to sleep
safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils
see, they don't give a fuck about you like i do
LIII. STALKER / IAMX
i know you're aching to be saved
from all the bullshit and banality
sacredly i have watched you grow
you've conquered all the self-loathing and high hopes
LIV. UNDER MY THUMB / THE ROLLING STONES
it's down to me, yes it is
the way she does just what she's told
down to me, the change has come
she's under my thumb
LV. CHRISTMAS KIDS / ROAR
appearing unsightly
with devils inside me
if you ever try to leave me
i'll find you, ronnie
LVI. GENGHIS KHAN / MIIKE SNOW
i get a little bit genghis khan
i don't want you to get it on
with nobody else but me, with nobody else but me
LVII. HAPPY TOGETHER / FILTER
imagine me and you, i do
i think about you day and night
it's only right
to think about the girl you love
and hold her tight
so happy together
LVIII. TOUCHED / VAST
the razors and the dying roses
plead i don't leave you alone,
the demi-gods and hungry ghosts
god, god knows i'm not at home
i’ll never find someone quite like you again
LIX. STOP A BULLET / BLACK LIGHT BURNS
i've got something to say
i've acquired a taste for watching you in pain
it's pretty hard to admit
it makes me feel like shit
but i mean it
LX. DANGEROUS / BIG DATA
you understand, i got a plan for us
i bet you didn’t know that i was dangerous
it must be fate, i found a place for us
i bet you didn’t know someone could love you this much
LXI. CAN’T DO / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
he said it's up to me
it's up to me, it's up to me, it's up to me,
i gotta try it again!
it's up to me, it's up to me, it's up to me,
i gotta rip it apart!
It's up to me, it's up to me, it's up to me
LXII. THE STICKS / MOTHER MOTHER
i'm getting on a mountain, baby, yeah
i'm thinking of an island, maybe
oh, archipelago, take me
i'm looking to isolate me, terra incognita, baby
i'm getting away from all the
la-di-dah, la-di-dah
LXIII. ISOLATION / THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
but if you could just see the beauty,
these things i could never describe
these pleasures a wayward distraction,
this is my one lucky prize
LXIV. BEEKEEPER / KEATON HENSON
believe me
believe me, this loneliness won't go away
hear me
oh, woman that has gone astray
gone astray
LXV. IVORY TOWER / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
do you know what makes me happy?
when i clothe you in a swarm of bees
and the world is my ashtray, the world is my ashtray tonight
shave my head and call me monkey
let me see you with the caps lock on
if we're all apoplectic then i'll be the neckbeard, alright?
LXVI. ANOTHER SET OF ISSUES / OK GO
it all seemed so perfect
it all seemed like everything was right
but i won’t let you leave that way, but i won’t let you
but i won’t let you, but i won’t let you leave that way
but i won’t let you, but i won’t let you leave
LXVII. BREEZEBLOCKS / ALT-J
do you know where the wilds things go?
they go along to take your honey, la la la la
break down now weep, build up breakfast now let’s eat
my love my love love love, la la la la
LXVIII. DUST IN YOUR POCKET / GLASS ANIMALS
yellow nails and pinching fangs,
a slimy creature lacking clad,
he pulls his fingers from her mind,
and lets her see, just like she was blind
LXIX. KRONOS / KEATON HENSON
i'd give you all i have
if i could get it back
this has been the best of me
i hope you end up missing me
and i'll hold on to that
LXX. I COME WITH KNIVES / IAMX
i come with knives
i come with knives
and agony
to love you
LXXI. GREENER / TALLY HALL
telephones make you seem miles away from home
all alone, i get a little meaner
i leave a message at your tone, and miles away from home
you get a little cleaner of me
and i find a little greener shade of envy
LXXII. PROPERTY / SAY ANYTHING
don't you go leaving
baby, i'll find you
tell all your secrets and no one will want you
it's for your own good, i know what's best for you
if you won't sleep with me, there will be no rest for you
LXXIII. DESIRE / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
i want this planet and i want it now
to beat like an anvil 'til the poison's out
i am a pencil-pusher with the pencil-pusher blues
what the hell do i have left to lose?
LXXIV. PSYLLA / GLASS ANIMALS
i wanna make it right
i wanna make you cry
i follow suit, i follow suit
i follow suit, i follow
LXXV. SLEDGEHAMMER / SAVANT
[instrumental]
LXXVI. SHUT ME UP / MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
the bass, the rock, the mic, the treble
i like my coffee black just like my metal
with the bass, the rock, the mic, the treble
i like my coffee black just like my metal
LXXVII. SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE / VAST
i wish i could hide from everyone
is there somewhere else to be
is there somewhere else to be
take me in, i want out
that's all i need
LXXVIII. CHOKE / I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
now shut your dirty mouth, if i could burn this town
i wouldn't hesitate
to smile while you suffocate and die
and that would be just fine, and what a lovely time
that it would surely be
so bite your tongue
and choke yourself to sleep
LXXIX. PATHETIC / BLAME CANDY
1460 days since we were alright
you're having trouble sleeping, and i think i know why
1460 days since we were alright
but now you're just pathetic, i said it
you are pathetic
LXXX. NO CULTURE / MOTHER MOTHER
so can we let sleeping dogs lie?
'cause everyone believes me when i say it's mine
a little wool over the eyes
'cause everyone believes me when i-
LXXXI. BLACK WEDDING / IN THIS MOMENT
i would've loved you for a thousand years
i would've died for you
i would've sacrificed it all my dear
i would've bled for you
'til death do us part, you were unholy right from the start
it's a nice night for a black wedding
yeah, it's a nice night for a black wedding
LXXXII. DESTRUCTION / JOYWAVE
creeping 'round, i saw a little thing i didn't like;
you tried to hide
i've been creeping 'round i saw a little thing i didn't like,
you tried to hide from me
LXXXIII. INTRUXX / GLASS ANIMALS
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LXXXIV. BREADWINNER / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
hard liquor is my medicine
it must have happened when i hit my head
hard liquor for my birthday cake
power, power, power, power, power
LXXXV. I CAN’T DECIDE / SCISSOR SISTERS
i'm not a gangster tonight
don't want to be a bad guy
i'm just a loner baby
and now you've gotten in my way
LXXXVI. WITHER / SON LUX
you don't have to be afraid
you don't have to be afraid
like the grass beneath your feet, they will wither away
LXXXVII. WAIT UNTIL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU / THE PAPER CHASE
so go ahead, hold your breath
be my guest, see if i care
‘cause it's your life, it's your body in the morning
what's it to you, my sweet bijou?
‘cause if you knew what was good for you
you'd stand there lowborn to drop every rampart and drawbridge
LXXXVIII. KILLER / THE HOOSIERS
i hate my work, but i'm in control
i'm fearless now, but it cost my soul
save yourselves, the moon is full
under its power, gravitational pull
LXXXIX. WYRD / GLASS ANIMALS
you can’t run so you must hide
you won’t make it back this time
i sold your rope for a bucket
of lemon peel, now suck it
XC. I’M DYING / VAST
not one day goes by
that i don't compromise your love
for the cold love of the world
it's killing me through my own evil pride
not one day goes by
that i don't know that i'm dying
XCI. DEAR DICTATOR / SAINT MOTEL
and at the trial, there'll be no jury
and all the dead are going to play witness
it's not too late to say you're sorry
but it's too late to truly mean it
XCII. GET OUT THE WAY / MOTHER MOTHER
i'm not anti-social
i'm just tired of the people
and i'm fine with rolling solo
so get out
XCIII. SEVERED / THE DECEMBERISTS
i alone am the answer
i alone will make wrongs right
but in order to root out the cancer
it's got to be kept from the sunlight
XCIV. NOBODY LOVES YOU LIKE ME / JONATHAN COULTON
air in my lungs, a cough and a wheeze
holes in the bellows and blood on the keys
you move along, there's nothing to see
nobody loves you like me
nobody loves you like me
XCV. TRUE ROMANCE / SHE WANTS REVENGE
when could you tell it was over?
when did you turn on me?
i'd cry if i thought it would change your mind,
cry for the girl i hoped you to be
XCVI. YOU’RE ONE OF THEM, AREN’T YOU? / THE PAPER CHASE
and i believe, i believe, i believe you're one of them
you're one of those things
so go on and scream all you want 'cause that only excites me
i'm aiming this plane for the sea, i'm taking you all with me
so suffer little children, suffer little children
suffer little children
come and get me!
XCVII. DANCE TO THE DEATH / KINGDOM HEARTS 2 OST
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XCVIII. THE HOUSE IS DUST / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
i wish i could be living
at the end of all living
just to know what happens, just to know what happens
i would know every answer
and just how far we all made it
this is all my life
this is all my life
XCIX. A DEATH / AN UNKINDNESS
inevitability, you are my mother
bleeding seeds of sour lust
onto the mounds of bleeding crust
unto all that holy dust
i shall return, bathed in fire
C. YUPPIE SUPPER / EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
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