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(It feels better biting down.)
Skip a hit don't make a sound
(It feels better biting down)
Breathed so deep I thought I'd drown
	-- Lorde - "Biting Down"
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Down on the West Coast, they got their icons
Their silver starlets, their Queens of Saigons
	-- Lana Del Rey - "West Coast"
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Voices I play within my head
Touch my own skin and hope that i'm still breathing.
And I think back to when
My brother of my sister slept
In an unknown place; The only time I feel safe.
	-- Ellie Goulding - "Lights"
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Sugar soda rum lime sip sip - mm tasty!
Sugar soda rum lime sip sip - mm tasty!
Sugar soda rum lime sip sip - mm tasty!
Sugar soda rum lime sip sip - mm tasty!
MOJITOS!
	-- Alan Ritchson - "Mojito"
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Honey it's your son I think I borrowed just too much.
We had taxes, we had bills, we had a lifestyle of fun.
And tonight I swear I'll come home, and we'll make love like we're young.
Tomorrow you'll cook dinner for the neighbors and their kids;
We can rip apart those socialists and all their damn taxes
	-- Passion Pit - "Take A Walk"
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Fire up that loud, another round of shots
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT
	-- DJ Snake & Lil Jon' - "Turn Down For What"
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See the young man sitting
In the old man's bar
Waiting for his turn to die.
	-- Goo Goo Dolls - "Broadway"
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So all alone I keep the wolves at bay
There is only one thing that I can say
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way
	-- The Clash - "Train In Vain"
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Welcome to the inner workings of my mind
So dark and foul I can't disguise, can't disguise
Nights like this I become afraid
Of the darkness in my heart
Hurricane
	-- MS MR - "Hurricane"
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And I still believe in the need
For guitars and drums and desperate poetry
And I still believe that everyone
Can find a song for every time they've lost
And every time they've won
	-- Frank Turner - "I Still Believe"
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Tonight, we are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter
Than the sun
	-- Fun. - "We Are Young"
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The sky was gold, it was rose
I was taking tips of it to my nose
And I wish I could get back there, some place back there
Smiling in the pictures you would take
Doing crystal meth, will lift you up until you break
It won't stop, I won't come down
I keep stock with the tick-tock rhythm, I bump for the drop
And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given
Then I bumped again, then I bumped again
	-- Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
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She was caught in a mudslide
Eaten by a lion
Got run over by a crappy purple Scion
Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes!
She dried up in the desert
Drowned in a hot tub
Danced to death at an east side night club
Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies
And ways to say you died
	-- Train - "50 Ways To Say Goodbye"
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Wake up in the mornin' feelin' like P-Diddy
Grab my glasses I'm out the door I'm gonna hit the city
Before I leave brush mah teeth with a bottle of Jack
'Cause when I leave for the night I ain't comin' back
	-- Ke$ha - "TiK ToK"
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Do you dare to speak his name there's evil at the root
Cruel or kind it's on your mind, go on and give the dice a roll
Never did believe in saying fortunes are foretold
Easy come and easy they will go
	-- Band Of Skulls - "The Devil Takes Care of his Own"	
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If man is five
Then the devil is six 
Then god is seven
	-- Pixies - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
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Instant battle plans 
Written on the sidewalk
Mental mystics in a twisted metal car
Tried to amplify
The sound of light and love
	-- MGMT - "Weekend Wars"	
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My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back,
The past is in the past!
	-- Indina Menzel - "Let It Go" (from Disney's Frozen)

(Note from the editor:
Depending on your age, you may have continued singing along.
I'm not sorry.)
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I just nod, I've never been so good at shaking hands.
I live on the frozen surface of a fireball
Where cities come together to hate each other in the name of sport.
	-- Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension"
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Had me up
Had me down
Turn me inside out
That's enough, call me up
Baby I'm in doubt (oh oh)
And I don't even think you know
	-- Karmin - "Brokenharted"
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It's holding me, morphing me
And forcing me to strive
To be endlessly cold within
And dreaming I'm alive
	-- Muse - "Hysteria"
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Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
	-- They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
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Kneeling roses disappearing,
Into Moses' dry mouth,
Breaking into Fort Knox,
Stealing our intentions,
Hangars sitting dripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!
Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth.
	-- System Of A Down - "BYOB"
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Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
	-- Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"
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Hip Hop Marmalade Spic-and-Span,
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see,
The great Larry Bird Jersey 33
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
	-- Lyte Funky Ones - "Summer Girls"
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So what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you?
Ain't it fun livin in the real world?
Ain't it good bein all alone?
	-- Paramore - "Ain't It Fun"
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It's in the palm of your hand now baby
It's a yes or a no, no maybe
So just be sure before you give it up to me
Up to me; give it up to me
	-- Katy Perry - "Dark Horse"
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Now tell me, who dat, who dat? That do dat, do dat?
Put dat paper over all, I thouht you knew that, knew that
I be the I-G-G-Y, put my name in bold
I been working, I'm up in here with some change to throw
	-- Iggy Azalea - "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
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So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears
	-- Mumford & Sons - "The Cave"
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Romeo, save me, they try to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult but it's real.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'Yes.'"
	-- Taylor Swift - "Love Story"
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What I want you've got
And it might be hard to handle
Like the flame that burns the candle
The candle feeds the flame, yeah, yeah
What I've got's full stock
Of thoughts and dreams that scatter
Then you pull them all together
And how I can't explain
	-- Daryl Hall & John Oates - "You Make My Dreams"
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But fates a cruel mistress, girl, 
The prettiest in the world. 
She dresses loosely in a bathrobe 
With her hair up in curls
	-- Los Campesinos! - "By Your Hand"
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And I'm here to remind you
Of the mess you made when you went away
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, You, You oughta know!
	-- Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
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I can feel it in my bones
Gimme sympathy after all of this is gone
Who'd you rather be, The Beatles or The Rolling Stones
Oh seriously you're gonna make mistakes you know
Come on baby play me something, like "Here Comes The Sun"
	-- Metric - "Gimme Sympathy"
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Our love is pastured, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues drawn
But it's always darkest before the dawn
	-- Florence + The Machine - "Shake It Out"
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Come in misery where you can seem as old as your omens
And the mother we share will never keep your prayer head from falling
The way is long but you can make it easy on me
And the mother we share will never keep our cold hearts from calling
	-- CHVRCHES - "The Mother We Share"
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Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six and I know the part
You are the river flow and we could never know
We're just a weatherman you make the wind blow
	-- Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill"
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I'll be just fine pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got
	-- The Used - "All That I've Got"
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We were cloning sheep in the 1990s,
We were building telescopes,
And sugar filled the whole of my body,
As I urged it on to grow.
	-- The Wombats - "1996"
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I don't have to leave anymore
What I have is right here
Spend my nights and days before
Searching the world for what's right here
	-- The XX - "Islands"
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I was a couple moves away from being dead
In that ER overdosin', eyes bleedin' red
I fell in love, made an album, got a buzz
Lost it all, sobered up and guess what?
	-- Macklemore - Vipassana
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The beaten and the bruised, forsaken, the abused
Oh what a glorious day we'll have 
Rising up and claiming all our dues 
The day will come as sure as the ever-setting sun 
All of those that self-imposed will find themselves so indisposed 
	-- Streetlight Manifesto - "We Will Fall Together"
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And if i get drunk well, I'll pass out
On the floor now baby
You won't bother me no more
And if you're drinkin' well, you know
That you're my friend and I say
I think I'll have myself a beer
	-- Reel Big Fish - "Beer"
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And now, for some holiday music!
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The season's upon us, it's that time of year
Brandy and eggnog, there's plenty of cheer
There's lights on the trees and there's wreaths to be hung
There's mischief and mayhem and songs to be sung
They call this Christmas where I'm from

The table's set, we raise a toast
The father, son, and the Holy Ghost
I'm so glad this day only comes once a year
You can keep your opinions, your presents, your happy new year
They call this Christmas where I'm from
	-- Dropkick Murphys - "The Season's Upon Us"
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Say it ain't so
I will not go
Turn the lights off
Carry me home.
	-- Blink 182 - "All The Small Things"
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I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right.
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep.
	-- Genesis - "Land Of Confusion"
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I could be anywhere, and you could be there with me
I just wanna be a ghost and see everything
I don't want it to be the way they want it
	-- O.A.R. - "This Town"
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If Ii' born again I know that the world will disagree
Want a little grace but who's gonna say a little grace for me?
	-- Vampire Weekend - "Unbelievers"
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I've got some issues that nobody can see
And all of these emotions are pouring out of me
I bring them to the light for you, t's only right
This is the soundtrack to my life, the soundtrack to my life
	-- Kid Cudi - "Soundtrack 2 My Life"
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Drivin' that train high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed. 
Trouble ahead trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
	-- Grateful Dead - "Casey Jones"
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They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
	-- Chuck Berry - "You Never Can Tell"
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But in the meantime I've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay
	-- Feist - "Mushaboom"
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A wild ride, over stony ground
Such a lust for life, the circus comes to town
We are the hungry ones, on a lightning raid
Just like a river runs, like a fire needs flame
I burn for you
	-- Def Leppard - "Animal"

(editor's note: i'd give my left arm to play in def leppard...)
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For best results, sing along with mouth full of food:

Freezin', rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again
Oh, Feelin' maybe he'll see a little better, set of days, ooh yeah
Oh, hand out, faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, oh yeah
Oh, dark grin, he can't help, when he's happy looks insane, oh yeah

	-- Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
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I'm becoming less defined as days go by
Fading away, and well you might say
I'm losing focus, kinda drifting into the abstract 
In terms of how I see myself
	-- Nine Inch Nails - "Only"
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And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"
	-- Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
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Politicians hide themselves away,
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor.
	-- Black Sabbath - "War Pigs"
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99 red balloons floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine, it springs to life, opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky As 99 red balloons go by.
	-- Nena - "99 Red Balloons"
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New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop muzik
	-- M - "Pop Muzik"
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I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything's my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn with freezer burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
	-- Nirvana - "All Apologies"
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The city's a flood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled into dust
I'll show you a place
High on the desert plain
Where the streets have no name
	-- U2 - "Where The Streets Have No Name"
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Tell me why everything turned around
Packing up shacking up's all you wanna do
	-- Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
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She says "wake up, it's no use pretending" 
I'll keep stealing, breathing her.
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending 
One of us will die inside these arms 
	-- Iron And Wine - "Naked As We Came"
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So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA 
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year
	-- The Rembrandts - "I'll Be There For You"
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If I break the glass then I'll have to fly
There's no one to catch me if I take a dive
I'm scared of change and the days stay the same
The world is spinning but only in gray

 -- Lindsey Stirling - "Shatter Me" (feat. Lzzy Hale of Halestorm)

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I'm driving here I sit
Cursing my government
For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement

-- Twenty One Pilots - "Tear In My Heart"

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We are the New Americana
    High on legal marijuana
Raised on Biggie and Nirvana
    We are the new Americana.

-- Halsey - "New Americana"

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I keep going to the river to pray
'cause I need something that can wash off the pain
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
but your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake

-- Ella Henderson - "Ghost"