Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (1990)

Words like violence

Break the silence

Come crashing in

Into my little world

Painful to me

Pierce right through me

Can't you understand

Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted

All I ever needed

Is here in my arms

Words are very unnecessary

They can only do harm

Vows are spoken

To be broken

Feelings are intense

Words are trivial

Pleasures remain

So does the pain

Words are meaningless

And forgettable

All I ever wanted

All I ever needed

Is here in my arms

Words are very unnecessary

They can only do harm 

David Bowie - This is not America (1985)

This is not America

Sha-la-la-la-la

A little piece of you,

The little piece in me,

Will die

(this is not a miracle)

For this is not America

Blossom fails to bloom this season,

Promise not to stare,

Too long

(this is not America)

For this is not the miracle

There was a time,

A storm that blew, so pure

For this could be the biggest sky

And I could have the faintest idea

For this is not America

Sha-la-la-la-la

Sha-la-la-la-la

Sha-la-la-la-la

This is not America (No)

This is not

Sha-la-la-la-la

Snowman melting from the inside

Falcon spirals to

the ground

(this could be the biggest sky)

So bloody red, tomorrow's clouds

A little piece of you,

The little piece in me

Will die

(this could be a miracle)

For this is not America

There was a time,

A wind that blew, so young

For this could be the biggest sky

And I could have the faintest idea

For this is not America

Sha-la-la-la-la

Sha-la-la-la-la

Sha-la-la-la-la

This is not America (No)

This is not,

Sha-la-la-la-la

This is not America (No)

This is not,

Sha-la-la-la-la

This is not America (No)

This is not,

Sha-la-la-la-la

David Bowie - Ashes to ashes (1980)

Do you remember a guy that's been

In such an early song

I've heard a rumour from Ground Control

Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message

from the Action Man

"I'm happy, hope you're happy too

I've loved

all I've needed to love

Sordid details following"

The shrieking of nothing is killing 

Just pictures of Jap girls 

in synthesis and I

Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair

But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing

[CHORUS]

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky

We know Major Tom's

a junkie

Strung out in heaven's high

Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself

I'll stay clean tonight

But the little green wheels are following me

Oh no, not again

I'm stuck with a valuable friend

"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"

One flash of light 

but no smoking pistol

I've never done good things

I've never done bad things

I never did anything out of the blue, 

Want an axe to break the ice

Wanna come down right now

[CHORUS]

My mother said

to get things done

You'd better not mess 

with Major Tom 

Pink Floyd - High Hopes

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever

CHIC - Dance, Dance, Dance

Dance 

Dance, dance, dance

Keep on dancing

Dance 

Dance, dance, dance

Just dancing' to the beat 

Feel the heat

I'm movin' my feet

Headed towards the floor 

Gonna get down

A-get down some more

Rumba and Tango

Latin Hustle too

Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah

I wanna boogie wit'choo

Bop-bop-bow

Bop-bop-bow

Bop-bop-bow

Bop-bop-bow

Oh, what a treat, feels so sweet

(Ah) That body heat

When I'm dancin' with my baby drives me crazy

Makes me hazy

Rumba and Tango

Latin Hustle too

Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah

I wanna boogie wit'choo

Bop-bop-bow

Bop-bop-bow

Bop-bop-bow

Bop-bop-bow

Dance 

Dance, dance 

Dance

Dance 

dance, dance 

Dance

Dance 

Dance, dance 

Dance

Dance 

Dance, dance 

Dance

Dance 

Dance, dance 

Dance

Keep on, keep on

Dance 

Dance, dance 

Dance

Keep on dancing

Dance

Dance, dance 

dance

Keep on, keep on

Dance 

Dance, dance

Dance

Dance 

Dance, dance 

Dance

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

Holding back the years

Thinking of the fear I've had so long

When somebody hears

Listen to the fear that's gone

Strangled by the wishes of pater

Hoping for the arms of mater

Get to me the sooner or later

Holding back the years

Chance for me to escape from all I've known

Holding back the tears

Cause nothing here has grown

I've wasted all my tears

Wasted all those years

And nothing had the chance to be good

Nothing ever could yeah

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

So tight

I've wasted all my tears

Wasted all of those years

And nothing had the chance to be good

Cause nothing ever could oh yeah

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

Holding, holding, holding

That's all I have today

It's all I have to say

Seal - Kiss From A Rose

There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.

You became the light on the dark side of me.

Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and

The light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh,

The more I get of you,

The stranger it feels, yeah.

And now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

You remain,

My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,

I've been kissed by a rose

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,

...And if I should fall along the way

I've been kissed by a rose

...been kissed by a rose on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

You remain

My power, my pleasure, my pain.

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom,

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

And now that your rose is in bloom

A light hits the gloom on the gray

Now that your rose is in bloom,

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

La Roux - In For The Kill

We can fight our desires

But when we start making fires

We get ever so hot

Whether we like it or not

They say we can love who we trust

But what is love without lust?

Two hearts with accurate devotions

And what are feelings without emotions?

I'm going in for the kill

I'm doing it for a thrill

Oh I'm hoping you'll understand

And not let go of my hand

(x2)

I hang my hopes out on the line

Will they be ready for you in time

If you leave them out too long

They'll be withered by the sun

Full stops and exclamation marks

My words stumble before I start

How far can you send emotions?

Can this bridge cross the ocean?

I'm going in for the kill

I'm doing it for a thrill

Oh I'm hoping you'll understand

And not let go of my hand

(x2)

Let's go to war

To make peace

Let's be cold

To create heat

I hope in darkness

We can see

And you're not blinded by the light from me

I'm going in for the kill

I'm doing it for a thrill

Oh I'm hoping you'll understand

And not let go of my hand

Röyksopp feat. Robyn - The Girl and the Robot

I go mental every time you leave for work

You never seem to know when to stop

I never know when you'll return

I'm in love with a robot

In the night, call you up and

Wanna know when you're coming home

don't deny me, call me back

I'm so alone

In the night, wait up for you

Even though you don't want me to

Go to bed, leave the lights on

what's the use

So you want to understand me

You just see what you want to see

there's no way I can help you out

You don't know what it's all about

Fell asleep again in front of MTV

God, I'm down at the bottom

No one's singing songs for me

I can't wait for tomorrow

When you're gone and rain starts falling

I just sit here by the phone

don't deny me, call me back

I'm so alone

Oh, when you gonna come home?

Oooooh I just gotta know

When you gonna come home?

Oh

Baby I can't stand it when you go to work

You never seem to know when to stop

I never know when you'll return

I'm in love with a robot

In the night, call you up and

Wanna know when you're coming home

don't deny me, call me back

I'm so alone

U2 - In God's Country

Yeah

Desert sky

Dream beneath a desert sky

The rivers run but soon run dry

We need new dreams tonight

Desert rose

Dreamed I saw a desert rose

Dress torn in ribbons and in bows

Like a siren she calls to me

Sleep comes like a drug

In God's Country

Sad eyes, crooked crosses

In God's Country

Set me alight

We'll punch a hole right through the night

Everyday the dreamers die

See what's on the other side

She is liberty

And she comes to rescue me

Hope, faith, her vanity

The greatest gift is gold

Sleep comes like a drug

In God's Country

Sad eyes, crooked crosses

In God's Country

Naked flame

She stands with a naked flame

I stand with the sons of Cain

Burned by the fire of love

Burned by the fire of love

Billy Joel - The Downeaster "Alexa"

Well I'm on the Downeaster "Alexa"

And I'm cruising through Lond Island Sound

I have chartered a course to the Vineyard

But tonight I am Nantucket bound

We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday

And left this morning from the bell in Gardner's Bay

Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home

Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone

So I could own my Downeaster "Alexa"

And I go where the ocean is deep

There are giants out there in the canyons

And a good captain can't fall asleep

I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes

I know there's fish out there but where God only knows

They say these waters aren't what they used to be

But I've got people back on land who count on me

So if you see my Downeaster "Alexa"

And if you work with the rod and the reel

Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis

And I still have my hands on the wheel

Now I drive my Downeaster "Alexa"

More and more miles from shore every year

Since they told me I can't sell no stripers

And there's no luck in swordfishing here

I was a bayman like my father was before

Can't make a living as a bayman anymore

There ain't much future for a man who works the sea

But there ain't no island left for islanders like me

Simple Minds - Belfast Child

When my love said to me,

Meet me down by the gallow tree.

For it's sad news I bring,

About this old town and all that it's offering.

Some say troubles abound,

Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down.

One day we'll return here,

When the Belfast Child sings again

Brothers, sisters, where are you now?

As I look for you right through the crowd.

All my life here I've spent,

With my faith in God the Church and the Government.

But there's sadness abound,

Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down.

One day we'll return here,

When the Belfast Child sings again,

When the Belfast Child sings again

So come back Billy, won't you come on home?

Come back Mary, you've been away so long.

The streets are empty, and your mother's gone.

The girls are crying, it's been oh so long.

And your father's calling, come on home.

Won't you come on home, won't you come on home?

Come back people, you've been gone a while,

And the war is raging, through the Emerald Isle.

That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood,

All the girls are crying but all's not lost.

The streets are empty, the streets are cold.

Won't you come on home, won't you come on home?

The streets are empty,

Life goes on.

One day we'll return here,

When the Belfast Child sings again,

When the Belfast Child sings again.

The Killers - Read My Mind

On the corner of Main Street

Just tryin' to keep it in line

You say you wanna move on and

You say I'm falling behind

Can you read my mind?

Can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on

Breakin' out of this two-star town

I got the green light, I got a little fight

I'm gonna turn this thing around

Can you read my mind?

Can you read my mind?

The good old days, the honest man

The restless heart, the Promised Land

A subtle kiss that no one sees

A broken wrist and a big trapeze

Oh, well, I don't mind, if you don't mind

'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Before you go

Can you read my mind?

It's funny how you just break down

Waitin' on some sign

I pull up to the front of your driveway

With magic soakin' my spine

Can you read my mind?

Can you read my mind?

The teenage queen, the loaded gun

The drop-dead dream, the Chosen One

A Southern drawl, a world unseen

A city wall and a trampoline

Oh, well, I don't mind, if you don't mind

'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Before you go

Tell me what you find

Can you read my mind?

Slippin' in my faith until I fall

He never returned that call

Woman, open the door, don't let it sting

I wanna breathe that fire again

She said, I don't mind, if you don't mind

'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Put your back on me

Oh, put your back on me

Oh, put your back on me

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun

Can you read my mind?

The Killers - When You Were Young

You sit there in your, heartache

Waitin' on some beautiful boy to

To save you from your old ways

You play forgiveness, watch it now, here he comes

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But he, talks like a gentleman

Like you imagined when you, were young

Can we climb this mountain, I don't know

Higher now than ever before

I, know we can make it if we take it slow

Let's take it easy, easy now, watch it go

We're burnin' down the highway skyline

On the back of a hurricane, that started turnin'

When you, were young

When you, were young

And sometimes you close your eyes

And see the place where you used to live

When you, were young

They say the Devil's water, it ain't so sweet

You don't have to drink right now

But you can dip your feet

Every once in a, little while

Woo!

(Send me)

(Oh)

You sit there in your, heartache

Waitin' on some beautiful boy to

To save you from your old ways

You play forgiveness, watch it now, here he come

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But he, talks like a gentleman

Like you imagined when you, were young (Talks like a gentleman)

(Like you imagined when) When you, were young

I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But more than you'll ever know

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

You saw me standing by the wall corner of a main street

And the lights are flashing on your window sill

All alone ain't much fun so you're looking for the thrill

and you know just what it takes and where to go.

Don't save a prayer for me now. Save it til the morning after

No don't say a prayer for me now. Save it til the morning after

Feel the breeze deep on the inside look down into the well

If you can you'll see the world in all his fire

Take a chance (like all dreamers can't find another way.)

You don't have to dream it all, just live a day.

Don't say a prayer for me now. Save it til the morning after

No don't say a prayer for me now. Save it til the morning after

Save it til the morning after. Save it til the morning after

Pretty looking road I try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin

Don't ask me why I'll keep my promise I'll melt the ice

And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance

but fear is in your soul

Some people call it a one night stand but we can call it paradise

Don't say a prayer for me now. Save it til the morning after

No don't say a prayer for me now. Save it til the morning after

Save it til the morning after

Save it til the morning after

Save it til the morning after

Save it til the morning after

Save a prayer til the morning after

Duran Duran - Come Undone

Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skin

I've been waiting for you

Signed with a home tattoo

Happy birthday to you was created for you

Can't ever keep from falling apart at the seams

Can I believe you're taking my heart to pieces

Ahh, it'll take a little time

Might take a little crime to come undone

Now we'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside

Hey child, stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Words, playing me deja vu

Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before

Chill, is it something real?

Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers

Can't ever keep from falling apart at the seams

Can I believe you're taking my heart to pieces

Lost, in a snow filled sky

We'll make it alright to come undone

Now we'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside

Hey child, stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Can't ever keep from falling apart

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Who do you need?

Who do you love?

When you come undone

Duran Duran - Ordinary World

Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue

Thought I heard you talking softly

I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio

Still I can't escape the ghost of you

What has happened to it all?

Crazy someone say

Where is the life that I recognize?

Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say

"Pride will tear us both apart"

Well now prides gone out the window

Cross the rooftops, run away

Left me in the vacuum of my heart

What is happening to me?

Crazy someone say

Where is my friend when I need you most?

Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed

Fear today, forgot tomorrow

Besides the news of holy war and holy need

Ours is just a little sorrowed talk

(Just blown away)

And I don't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Every world is my world

(I will learn to survive)

Any world is my world

(I will learn to survive)

Any world is my world

Every world is our world