Some Of My Favorite Lyrical Context

"And there's a memory of a window, looking through I see you. Searching for something I could never give you. And there's someone who understands you more than I do. A sadness I can't erase all alone on your face."

-Third Eye Blind, God Of Wine

"And the waitress is practicing politics as the businessmen slowly get stoned. Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone."

-Billy Joel, Piano Man

"AIDS is killing the entire African nation, and a vaccine is still supposedly under preparation. But these governments, they don't mind the procrastination. They say we'll kill them off, take their land and go there for vacation."

-Rage Against The Machine, Darkness

"I'll wait until tomorrow. Maybe you'll feel better then, maybe we'll be better then. So what's another day when I can't bear these nights of thoughts of going on without you? This mood of yours is temporary. It seems worth the wait to see you smile again. Out of the corner of your eye won’t be the only way you're looking at me then. So quiet. Another wasted night. The television steals the conversation. Exhale. Another wasted breath. Again it goes unnoticed."

-Dashboard Confessional, Again I Go Unnoticed

"Get outta this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear. I'll kick you outta my home if you don't CUT THAT HAIR!! Your mom busted in and said WHAT'S THAT NOISE!?!? Aww, mom you're just jealous its the BEASTIE BOYS!!"

- Beastie Boys, Fight For Your Right

"Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl? Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world? Now I'm young and free, but how will it be, when I grow up to be a man?

-The Beach Boys, When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)