So cruel

between the horses of love and lust
we are trampled
underfoot

- U2, So Cruel

 

Waiting in the dark

I suffocate
I breathe in dirt
and nowhere shines
but desolate

And drab the hours
all spent on killing time again
all waiting for the rain

- The Cure, Prayers For Rain

 

I know that time is against us but

I don’t wanna have to go
go go go on without you
without you

- Honeyblood, Killer Bangs

Nothing feels like this

And when we kiss
we speak as one
with a single breath
this world is gone

- New Order, Everyone Everywhere

Forgive me

Hey Jo sorry I hurt you
 but they say love is a virtue don't they?

Tell me how to reach you

- The National, Sea Of Love

On letting go of regrets

Think about the future
Let the past unwind

- Dinosaur Jr., Back To Your Heart

Just realising that a lot of Stephin's songs are for narcissists

I'm as lonely as Narcissus gazing in his mirrored pond.

- Future Bible Heroes, I'm Lonely (And I Love It)

On being weird

I'm much weirder than you will ever be, Margot.
It's fine to be weird.

- Hannibal, Su-Zakana

On an ideal

oh my lover
don't you know
it's alright
you can love her
and you can love me
at the same time

 - PJ Harvey, Oh My Lover

On hope

When I wake
each morning
as the storm beats down
on me
and I know we belong together
only love
can set you free

- N-Trance, Only Love Can Set You Free

On becoming alcoholic

But a bottle of gin
is not like love

- The Magnetic Fields, Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin

On last year

And a long forgotten fairy tale
is in my eyes again
and I'm caught inside a dream world
where the colours are too intense
and nothing is making sense

- The Magnetic Fields, Long Forgotten Fairy Tale

Graffiti

This graffiti is fleeting human contact:
both of us lost, but for a moment
we're lost together.
I wonder who you are?

- xkcd

The seduction of a darkness visible

I stopped going to therapy
because I knew my therapist was right
and I wanted to keep being wrong.
I wanted to keep my bad habits
like charms on a bracelet.
I did not want to be brave.
I think I like my brain best
in a bar fight with my heart.
I think I like myself a little broken.
I’m ok if that makes me less loved.
I like poetry better than therapy anyway.
The poems never judge me
for healing wrong. 

- Clementine von Radics

I am not going to let this drag me under

Hold your breath
and count to ten
fall apart
and start again
start again
start again
start again

- Placebo, English Summer Rain

Somedays it's struggle just to keep your head above water

How did I get
to be drowning in this mess?

- The Chameleons, Don't Fall

On the being of Dasein towards death

So find out

who you are.

- The House Of Love, In A Room

On romance

hey you know, I don't do so well
cos I'm hung up
hung up
hung up
hung up
can't you tell

- Curve, Hung Up

On love

Boys only want love if it's torture.

- Taylor Swift, Blank Space

And I can't help but wonder

And how does she feel
when she's next to you?

Suede, The Asphalt World