I had to do 11 songs, I wasn't able to get rid of one more.
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1. Owen - Bad News - It's the epitome of "you're nothing" songs. The thing you want to say to that friend that doesn't get it, and all those people that go through life putting up a facade. The beauty of everything intentionally masks these dismal, overwhelmingly honest lyrics.
Quote:
I know it hurts to hear
but it's the truth
so you might as well hear it
from a friend
you're a has-been
that never was
I know it's mean to say
but it's something I've been meaning to say to you
for a while
you're a has-been
that never was
or will be
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2. Brand New - You Wont Know - There's so much to say about deceit, but I just think this entire song is brilliant.
Quote:
So they say,
They say in heaven
There's no husbands and wives
On the day that I show up
They'll be completely out
Of their forgiveness supplies
And I cant use the telephone
To tell you that I'm dead and gone
So you won't know
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3. Bright Eyes - No Lies, Just Love - The despair of a life about to end coupled with the innocence of birth. Clashing imagery creates the reciprocasity that is life.
Quote:
So please forgive what I have done,
But you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Cause we all get tired, I mean eventually
There is nothing left to do but sleep.
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4. Dashboard Confessional - Heaven Here - This song makes me feel hope, joy, and love.
Quote:
Naked and tangled and twisted in love
And tonight we are the only ones who feel it
Heaven is here
And tonight we are the only ones who feel it
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5. Sigur Rós - Ny Batterí - I feel like I'm weightless listening to this song, like my body is floating in a bay somewhere, suspended in the tide, and I am totally at peace. Incredible.
6. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism - Who doesn't listen to this song and become awestruck? There is so, so much to love about the genuine honesty behind Ben Gibbard's lyrics, and even moreso the intensity and perfection of the buildup within the music.
Quote:
The Atlantic was born today and I'll tell you how -
The clouds above opened up and let it out.
I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
When the water filled every hole.
And thousands apon thousands made an ocean
Making islands where no islands should go.
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7. Frank Turner - I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap Year - This basically describes every time I go out. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Quote:
I'll pay for my sins when I get paid,
But I don't have a penny to my name.
I'll stop talking to girls when I get laid,
When I haven't had a shower for days.
I could've gone home when I could, but I stayed.
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8. Rocky Votolato - Death-Right - The innocence of love never ceases to amaze me. The beauty of it all.
Quote:
We're stalking the ancient mariner,
Through waters he takes, his lonely course.
Once powerful once beautiful,
Extinction lingered and these things are no more.
I'll love you I'll never leave you,
Though I may be gone for years on end.
I will never be seperate lovers through their lives before and after.
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9. Versoma - November 2004 - Being an emo regular, I had to throw one emo band on here. This song reminds me of times with my friends.
10. Yndi Halda - Dash and Blast - This song makes me go through so many emotions, it's inspiring.
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11. Sigur Rós - Untitled 04 - I don't think there is a more perfect song than this.