Tom's 21st Century Sampler
The Last Beat Of My Heart
Sometime Around Midnight
Mr. Brightside
The Middle
Molly's Chambers
Disarray
72
I'm With You
The Gift
March On (Album Version)
Untouched
Are 'Friends' Electric?
Beautiful World (Alternate Mix)
Set The Fire To The Third Bar
18
I Die, You Die
Candy
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"The Last Beat Of My Heart"
Written By Bailey, Ballion, and Clarke (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
Performed By Devotchka
In the sharp gust of love
My memory stirred
When time wreathed a rose
A garland of shame
Its thorn my only delight
War torn, afraid to speak
We dare to breathe
Majestic
Imperial
A bridge of sighs
Solitude sails
In a wave of forgiveness
On angels' wings
Reach out your hands
Don't turn your back
Don't walk away
How in the world
Can I wish for this?
Never to be torn apart
Close to you
'Til the last beat
Of my heart
At the close of the day
The sunset cloaks
These words in shadowplay
Here and now, long and loud
My heart cries out
And the naked bone of an echo says
Don't walk away
Reach out your hands
I'm just a step away
How in the world
Can I wish for this?
Never to be torn apart
Close to you
'Til the last beat
Of my heart
How in the world
Can I wish for this?
Never to be torn apart
Close to you
'Til the last beat
Of my heart
Close to you
'Til the last beat
Of my heart
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"Sometime Around Midnight"
Written By Mikel Jollett
Performed By The Airborne Toxic Event
And it starts, sometime around midnight.
Or at least that's when you lose yourself
for a minute or two.
As you stand, under the bar lights.
And the band plays some song
about forgetting yourself for a while.
And the piano's this melancholy soundtrack to her smile.
And that white dress she's wearing
you haven't seen her for a while.
But you know, that she's watching.
She's laughing, she's turning,
She's holding her tonic like a cross.
The room's suddenly spinning.
She walks up and asks how you are.
So you can smell her perfume.
You can see her lying naked in your arms.
And so there's a change, in your emotions.
And all these memories come rushing
like feral waves to your mind.
Of the curl of your bodies,
like two perfect circles entwined.
And you feel hopeless and homeless
and lost in the haze of the wine.
Then she leaves, with someone you don't know.
But she makes sure you saw her.
She looks right at you and bolts.
As she walks out the door,
your blood boiling
your stomach in ropes.
Oh and when your friends say,
What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost.
Then you walk, under the streetlights.
And you're too drunk to notice,
that everyone is staring at you.
You just don't care what you look like,
the world is falling around you.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You know that she'll break you in two.
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"Mr. Brightside"
Written By Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning
Performed By The Killers
Comin' out of my cage
And I've been doin' just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss
It was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's havin' a smoke
And she's takin' a drag
Now they're goin' to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
And I just can't look
It's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy
Turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I'm comin' out of my cage
And I've been doin' just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss
It was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's havin' a smoke
And she's takin' the drag
Now they're goin' to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
'Cause I just can't look
It's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy
Turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I never
I never
I never
I never
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"The Middle"
Written By Jimmy Eat World
Performed By Jimmy Eat World
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
Hey, you know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own (On your own)
So don't buy in
Live right now
Yeah, just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (Good enough)
For someone else
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
Whoo
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out (Feel left out)
Or looked down on
Just do your best (Just do your best)
Do everything you can (Do everything you can)
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (Bitter hearts)
Are gonna say
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right
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"Molly's Chambers"
Written By Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill, and Angelo
Performed By Kings of Leon
Free -- that's all that she can bleed
That's why'll she'll never stay
White -- bare naked in the night
An' lookin' for some play
Just another girl that wants to rule the world
At any time or place
And when she gets into your head
You know she's there to stay
You want it
She's got it
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
She's got your -- your pistol!
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
Slow -- she's burnin' in your soul
With whispers in your ear
It's okay, I'll give it anyway
Just get me out of here
You'll plead -- you'll get down on your knees
For just another taste
And when ya think she's let ya in
That's when she fades away
You want it
She's got it
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
She's got your -- your pistol!
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
You want it
Well she's got it
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
She's got your -- your pistol!
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
You want it
Well she's got it
Molly's chamber gonna change your mind
She's got your -- your pistol!
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"Disarray"
Written By Jason Wade
Performed By Lifehouse
I've faced my demons
Wrestling these angels to the ground
And all that I could find
Was a thin line between
All the saints and villains
it was crossed in my own mind
Someday I'm gonna find it
Wish I knew what I was looking for
Inside the disarray (inside the disarray)
I woke up this morning
Don't know where I'm going
But it's alright
I wouldn't have it any other way
I'm struggling between the facts and fiction
I'm alone
But I'm alive
Everyone around me is trying to make a statement
Then there's me
I'm just trying to survive
Someday I'm gonna find it
Wish I knew what I was looking for
Inside the disarray (inside the disarray)
I woke up this morning
Don't know where I'm going
But it's alright
I wouldn't have it any other way
If this was any other day
I'd pretend to know where I stand
I just don't know (just don't know)
Someday I'm gonna find it
Wish I knew what I was looking for
Inside the disarray (inside the disarray)
I woke up this morning
Don't know where I'm going
But it's alright
I wouldn't have it any other way
Someday I will find it
Wish I knew what I was looking for
Inside the disarray (inside the disarray)
I woke up this morning
Don't know where I'm going
But it's alright
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"72"
Written By Booth, Gott, Glennie
Performed By James
You're going to murder in the name of God
What kind of God you dreaming of?
A God of blood not love
So, you can get your 72
Virgins to abuse
I hope they kick like mules
War, war
My God's bigger than your God
He made the world run out of puff
More important things to do
War, war
It's black, it's white, a fight
An elephant gray
There's this universe at stake
We get in the way
Go left, go right, straight on
Just do what they say
There's a universe at stake
We get in the way
It's black, it's white, a fight
An elephant gray
There's a universe at stake
We get in the way
Go left, go right, straight on
(War)
Just do what they say
There's a universe at stake
(War)
We get in the way
War, war, war, war
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"I'm With You"
Written By Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards
Performed By Avril Lavigne
I'm standin' on the bridge
I'm waitin' in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound
Isn't anyone tryin' to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?
It's a damn cold night
I'm tryin' to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand?
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I'm, I'm with you
I'm with you
Hmm hmm hmm
I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here I know?
'Cause nothing's going right
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be alone
Isn't anyone tryin' to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?
It's a damn cold night
I try to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand?
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I'm, I'm with you
I'm with you
Yea yea
Oh, why is everything so confusing?
Maybe I'm just out of my mind
Yea eee yeah, yea eee yeah
Yea yee yea, yea eee yeah, yeah
It's a damn cold night
Tryin' to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand?
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I'm, I'm with you, yea
I'm with you, yea
Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I'm, I'm with you, yea
I'm with you, yea
Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I'm, I'm with you, oh
I'm with you
I'm with you
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"The Gift"
Written By Tom DeLonge
Performed By Angels & Airwaves
There's a strangest excitement today
If you're awake then you're welcome to hear
I've got a gift and it blew me a way
From the far eastern sea straight to here
Oh God I feel like I'm in for it now
Its like the rush has gone straight to my brain
But my voice is as lonely as loud
As I whisper a joy of this pain.
And suddenly
You've done it all
You won me over
In no time at all.
And now
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know will disappear.
If you ask I will do what you say
All we have is this night to get through
With the cheeks to the smile your only
You left me all up in arms and confused
Oh God I feel like I'm in for it now
And how this kiss will be one roughly vague
I swear I'll melt if you touch me at all
But then I'll ask you to do it again, and again.
And suddenly
You've done it all
You won me over
In no time at all.
And now
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know will disappear
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know will disappear.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
And now,
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know will disappear
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know will disappear.
Make the world we know disappear.
Make the world we know disappear.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, yo-oh.
10. March On (Album Version) - Devo
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"March On (Album Version)"
Written By Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale
Performed By Devo
March on
March on
He was a brave little soldier marching far from home
He was lost and he was lonely, pretending to be bold
He was a brave little soldier marching all alone
He was looking for some answers, he was looking for some love
Letters froze inside his mind
Spelling words that seemed to say
Everything would be revealed in some twisted way
God
A big idea--reality or make-believe?
Sex
A great idea--but where does it ever lead?
Love
A nice idea--then do we ever really know?
The End
It's bound to happen--
But in the meantime, it's on with the show--on with the show!
March on
He was a brave little soldier marching in the snow
He had a chip on his shoulder--too bad he didn't know
He marched into the future thinking time was on his side
With no woman on his shoulder, life just passed him by
Letters froze inside his mind
Spelling words that seemed to say
Everything would be revealed in some twisted way
March on
March on
God
A big idea--reality or make-believe?
Sex
A great idea--but where does it ever lead?
Love
A nice idea--then do we ever really know?
The End
It's bound to happen--
But in the meantime, it's on with the show--on with the show!
March on
March on
March on
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"Untouched"
Written By Toby Gad, Jessica Origliasso, Lisa Origliasso
Performed By The Veronicas
I go ooh ooh
You go ahh ahh
La la la la, Ah la la la
I can la la la la la la
I wanna wanna wanna get get get
What I want don't stop
Gimme gimme gimme what you got got
'Cuz I can't wait wait wait
Anymore more more more
Don't even talk about the consequence
'Cuz right now you're the only thing
That's makin' any sense to me
And I don't give a damn
What they say or what they think think
'Cuz you're the only one who's on my mind
I'll never ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time forever
Never wanna hear you say goodbye (bye bye)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
I've gone crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched un
And I need you so much
See you breathe you I want to be you
Ah la la la, Ah la la la
You can take take t-t-take take time time
To live live the way
You gotta gotta live your life
Gimme gimme gimme all of you you
Don't be scared
I'll see you through the loneliness
I want it more more more
Don't even think about what's right or wrong
Or wrong or right
'Cuz in the end it's only you and me
And no one else is gonna be around
To answer all the questions left behind
And you and I are meant to be
So even if the world falls down today
You still got me to hold you up up
And I will never let you down (down down)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
I've gone crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched un untouched
Untouched un untouched
Untouched un
Ah la la la, Ah la la la
Untouched un
Ah la la la, Ah la la la
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
I've gone crazy from the moment I met you
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
I've gone crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched un untouched
Untouched un
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"Are 'Friends' Electric?"
Written By Gary Numan
Performed By Republica
It's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
There's a man outside
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette
Now the light fades out
And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door
And just for a second I thought I remembered you
So now I'm alone
Now I can think for myself
About little deals and S.U.S.
And things that I just don't understand
Like a white lie that night
Or a slight touch at times
I don't think it meant anything to you
So I open the door
It's the friend that I left in the hallway
"Please sit down."
A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed
You know I hate to ask
But are friends electric?
Only mine's broke down
And now I've no one to love
So I find out your reason
For the phone calls and smiles
And it hurts and I'm lonely
And I should never have tried
And I missed you tonight
So it's time to leave
You see it meant everything to me
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"Beautiful World (Alternate Mix)"
Written By Colin Hay
Performed By Colin Hay
My, my, my it's a beautiful world
i like swimming in the sea
i like to go out beyond the white breakers
where a man can still be free (or a woman if you are one)
i like swimming in the sea
my, my, my it's a beautiful world
i like drinking Irish tea
with a little bit of Lapsang Souchong
i like making my own tea
my, my, my it's a beautiful world
i like driving in my car
roll the top down, sometimes i travel quite far
travel to the ocean and stare up at the stars
i like driving in my car
all around is anger
automatic guns
death in large numbers
and no respect for women or our little ones
i tried talking to Jesus
but he just put me on hold
said he'd been swamped by calls this week
and he could not shake his cold
and still this emptiness persists
perhaps this is as good as it gets
when you've given up the drink
and those nasty cigarettes
now i leave the party early, at least with no regrets
i watch the sun as it comes up, i watch it as it sets
yeah, this is as good as it gets
my, my, my it's a beautiful world
i like sleeping with Marie
she is one sexy girl full of mystery
says she doesn't like me
but she likes my company
for now that's good enough for me
my, my, my it's a beautiful world
i like swimming in the sea
i like to go out beyond the white breakers
where a man can still be free (or a woman if you are one)
i like swimming in the sea
yeah
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"Set The Fire To The Third Bar"
Written By Gary Lightbody
Performed By Snow Patrol Feat. Martha Wainwright
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms and state lines
The distance from A to where you'd B
It's only finger lengths that I see
I touch the place
Where I'd find your face
My fingers increases
Of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have traveled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted close our eyelids
And dreaming pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
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"18"
Written By Moby
Performed By Moby
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"I Die, You Die"
Written By Gary Numan
Performed By The Magnetic Fields
This is not love
This is not even worth a point of view
In echo park, I
Pause for effect and whisper:
"who are you?"
They crawl out of their holes for me
And I die, you die
Hear them laugh
Watch them turn on me
And I die, you die
See my scars
They call me such things
Tear me, tear me, tear me
Now I've got your names
Screaming: "you will suffer
And it's all too late!"
Now I'll tell you
Does everything stop when the old time fails?
They crawl out of their holes for me
And I die, you die
Hear them laugh
Watch them turn on me
And I die, you die
See my scars, they call me such things
Tear me, tear me, tear me
I still run from the telephone...
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"Candy"
Written By Sexton
Performed By Martin Sexton
Hey little jail bait
Tell me a story
Let me bum a smoke and we can chat a while
I only need a moment
One moment in your glory
Before you get off and make your change
Talking 'bout a woman that hasn't felt a day in a while
Talking 'bout a woman that just can't say no
She needs another lover like she needs another dose in her blood
Talking 'bout a woman whose name is
Candy
She's so fine
She's waiting on the backstreet line
Like a
Lost angel
Not long for this world
Don't usually get emotional
Don't usually show my vein she said
Only when I sing or when I'm making tracks
And sweatin's just my mean way
To show me where I am
And to tell me where I need to be
And through those eyes
If she wore her disguise
I'd see through it and say
Come in from the rain girl
Talking 'bout a woman she loves me like a dog loves a bone
Talking 'bout a woman I just can't let go
I need her as my lover like I need another hole in my head
I'm talking 'bout a woman I know
Candy
She's so fine
But she's shaking on that backstreet line
Like a loose cannon
Ashamed to explode
In the middle of my day
In the night
When will I learn
To let you go
You're my Candy
You're my
Lost angel
Not long for this world
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Updated: 23 May 2013