“We went ’round and ’round at observatory crest Thought we saw flying saucers and all of the rest Pawns in high Spain from observatory crest”— Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band, youtube.com
“Going where the land meets the sea, come on.”— The Sandwitches, Grace Cooper, Roxane Brodeur, Heidi Alexander, open.spotify.com
“We stick to our slow motion memory, It's 1 in the morning and 90 degrees, And though now it is hovering darkly over me, It'll look just like heaven when I get up and leave. You're a ghost and I can't breathe.”— Waxahatchee, open.spotify.com
“And you smile as you ease the gun from my hand, I am frozen with joy right where I stand. The world throws its light underneath your hair, 40 miles from Atlanta, this is nowhere. Going to Georgia”— The Mountain Goats, play.spotify.com
“Down by the Riverside motel, It's ten below and falling. By a ninety-nine cent store, She closed her eyes and started swaying. But it's so hard to dance that way When it's cold and there's no music. Oh, your old hometown's so far away, But inside your head there's a record that's playing...”— Tom Waits, open.spotify.com
“Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her, The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her, We know the true death, the true way of all flesh, Everyone's dying, but girl you're not old yet”— Vampire Weekend, open.spotify.com
“On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time I felt free and I felt lonely and I felt scared And I began to talk to myself almost immediately Not being used to being the only person there.”— The Mountain Goats, open.spotify.com
“The paramedic thinks I'm clever cos I play guitar I think she’s clever cos she stops people dying Anaphylactic and super hypocondriactic Should’ve stayed in bed today I much prefer the mundane.”— Courtney Barnett, open.spotify.com
“And she came here after midnight The hot weather made her feel right at home Come on in, we haven't slept for weeks Drink some of this, it'll put color in your cheeks.”— The Mountain Goats, open.spotify.com
“It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves, It's better to pass on through those years And come out the other side with our hearts still beating, Having stared down demons and come back breathing.”— The Mountain Goats, youtu.be
“And then Cathy showed up and we hung out Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean Locking eyes, holding hands Twin high maintenance machines.”— The Mountain Goats, open.spotify.com
“I tell you what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna lighten up I'm gonna throw a box of books and my beloved guitar into the back of my truck, and try my luck in California.”— Mason Jennings, open.spotify.com
“You and your words flooded my senses. Your sentences left me defenseless. You built me palaces out of paragraphs. You built cathedrals.”— Phillipa Soo, play.spotify.com
“I am a wild one, tame me now, running with wolves and I'm on the prowl.”— Flo Rida, Sia, play.spotify.com
“You don't, know me, you can't, hold me. I'll slip through your hands. I am one single grain of sand.”— Sia, play.spotify.com
“Yesterday is gone and you will be OK. Place your past into a book. Burn the pages, let 'em cook.”— Sia, play.spotify.com
“I transform with pressure, I'm hands-on with effort. I fell twice before my bounce back was special. Letdowns will get you, and the critics will test you but the strong will survive, another scar may bless you.”— Sia, play.spotify.com