May 2013
1 post
“Someone told me there’s a girl out there
with love in her eyes
and...”
– Going to California - Led Zeppelin
April 2013
1 post
“you give me butterflies”
– Butterflies - Michael Jackson
March 2013
4 posts
“I sold my bed but not my stereo”
– Sold my bed but not my stereo - Capital Cities
“What’s a boy to do,
With a girl,
a girl like you.”
– Coming True - Guards
“you can’t always get what you want
but if you try sometimes
you just...”
– You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
“I’ll be your Emmylou
and I’ll be your June
You’ll be my Gram...”
– Emmylou - First Aid Kit
February 2013
2 posts
“This the beginning,
Of anything you want.”
– This is the beginning - Boy
“Hold me fast, hold me fast,
Cause I’m a hopeless wanderer”
– Hopeless Wanderer - Mumford & Sons
January 2013
3 posts
“Pretend it’s love”
– Pretend it’s love - The Postelles (ft. Alex Winston)
“You’re my favourite daydream”
– Castles in the Snow - Twin Shadow
“You make my heart spin sorrows in to silk”
– Silk - Giselle
December 2012
1 post
“Say no to thugs”
– Say no to thugs - Lost Animal
November 2012
4 posts
“Lay, lady, lay,
Lay across my big brass bed”
– Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
“You, my dear, are a force to feel, not to fear”
– Human Being - Cat Power
“Waiting like a wolf”
– Waiting like a wolf - Alek Fin
“Oh my heart is like an eagle,
I let it fall from the sky,
It’s so...”
– Mother Protect - Niki and the Dove
October 2012
2 posts
“The times they are a-changin”
– The times they are a-changin’ - Bob Dylan
“A little wine
You stole a smile
The earth is wild”
– Wild - Beach House (still on cloud 9 from their show last night. so much better live)
September 2012
2 posts
“I press my nose up to the glass around your heart
I should’ve known, I...”
– Babel - Mumford and Sons (this could be my favourite lyric ever) http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc4NvjzdHZ8
“When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But...”
– Love will tear us apart - Joy Division
I like Nouvelle Vague’s version: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8oWO7Om17v0
August 2012
5 posts
“Maybe in our wildest moments, we could be the greatest, we could be the...”
– Wildest Moments - Jessie Ware http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMJkddvJ4L4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“Pack light.”
– Bag Lady - Erykah Badu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4mdQtw5wTU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“I keep dancing on my own.”
– Dancing on my own - Robyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J294A-R1Cjk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“Love me like a heart beat
With your long hair and your cold feet
Hold me like...”
– Empty hands- the Art of Sleeping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2-8Ll-itjs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“Wish the best for you,
Wish the best for me,
Wished for infinity.”
– Infinity - the xx
July 2012
6 posts
“Let’s make mistakes.”
– Let’s Make Mistakes - Storm Queen
“Kiss, kiss, and kiss and kiss and kiss.”
– Hot Like Fire - The xx
“I just want you.”
– I Just Want You - Ozzy Osbourne
“dreams of loneliness
like a heartbeat drives you mad
in the stillness of...”
– Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
“I see your true colours shining through”
– True Colours - Cyndi Lauper
“I can’t look at the stars, they make me wonder where you are”
– Stars - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
February 2012
2 posts
“It starts with a kiss and ends with a bitch”
– Girlfriend - We are trees
“Blues in the skies
Summers in the air
And baby, heavens in your eyes.”
– National Anthem - Lana del Ray
January 2012
8 posts
“Kiss me hard before you go”
– Summertime Sadness - Lana del Ray
“Pick me up and take me like a vitamin”
– Radio - Lana Del Ray
“Found the place to rest my head
Never let me go
Never let me go”
– Never let me go - Florence and the Machine
“Damn your eyes
For taking my breath away
Making me wanna stay
Damn your eyes...”
– Damn Your Eyes - Etta James (shout out to Alex Clare’s sexy version too)
“I’d rather go blind boy
Than see you walk away from me”
– I’d rather go blind - Etta James (1938-2012)
“You fit me better than my favourite sweater”
– Blue Jeans - Lana Del Ray
“Blue jeans, white shirt
Walked into the room
You know you make my eyes burn...”
– Blue Jeans - Lana Del Ray (<3 M.S.)
“You and I, we were born to die”
– Born to Die - Lana Del Ray
December 2011
1 post
“Just keep following the heartlines on your hand”
– Heartlines - Florence and the Machine
October 2011
2 posts
“Stay young, go dancing.”
– Stay young, go dancing - Death Cab for Cutie
“Silly things, like diamond rings.”
– Silly Things - Wild Child
September 2011
3 posts
“You need to crawl before you ball”
– Kanye West/Jay-Z - Ni**az in Paris
Shake it Out - Florence and the Machine
Regrets collect like old friends Here to relive your darkest moments I can see no way, I can see no way And all of the ghouls come out to play And every demon wants his pound of flesh But I like to keep some things to myself I like to keep my issues strong It’s always darkest before the dawn And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind I can never leave the past behind I...
“Now you’re just somebody that I used to know”
– Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody I used to know
July 2011
1 post
“I love…that you know”
– I love…that you know - Disclosure
June 2011
1 post
“You taste like tear stains and could-have-beens.But I love a good train wreck”
– Written in Blood - She Wants Revenge
May 2011
1 post
“You had your young mind in the gutter,
You had your feet on the ground.”
– Switchblade-Jenny and Johnny 