"And you're so much like me, I'm sorry." (Ben Folds)

Still Fighting It, Ben Folds

I Can't Help You Anymore (Aimee Mann)

"I'll get a pen and make a list
And give you my analysis
But I can't write this story
With a happy ending "

I Can't Help You Anymore, Aimee Mann

"You've been digging in the rubble, getting bitches in trouble." (The Magnetic Fields)

Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long, The Magnetic Fields

"Still I don't know what I can save you from." (Kings of Convenience)

I Don't Know What I Can Save You From, Kings of Convenience

"I ain't afraid of hurt, I've had so much it feels just like normal to me now." (Ryan Adams)

Now That You're Gone, Ryan Adams

"Here I sit in my lonely room, looking for my sunshine." (Prince)

17 Days, Prince (LISTEN)

For Jason.

"You have never been in love until you've seen the dawn rise behind the home for the blind." (Morrissey)

First Of The Gang To Die, Morrissey

"We never change, do we? No, no. We never learn do we?" (Coldplay)

"Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day."



We Never Change, Coldplay

"Too high, too far, too soon." (The Waterboys)

The Whole of The Moon, The Waterboys

"You just keep me hanging on." (Lou Reed)

"You're going to reap just what you sow."

Perfect Day, Lou Reed

"If she'd have known, she'd have shown me in." (Tindersticks)

'See, I can only take it out on you
There's no-one else I can trust
See, I can only take it out on you
There's no-one else but us around

Jism, Tindersticks

"I'm undecided and your heart's been divided." (James Taylor)

Swatch: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg )

-Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, James Taylor

"I've nothing much to offer, there's nothing much to take." (David Bowie)

"Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need."

Absolute Beginners, David Bowie

We Are What We Have Lost (One Way Street)

"There's a line that runs through everything,
And the heart feels it.
A line that runs through everything,
And it hurts.
There's this line that runs through everything,
Though you try to avoid it.
But the line runs through everything,
Underlines."

We Are What We Have Lost, One Way Street [DOWNLOAD]

"Your favourite music, well it just makes you sad." (Clem Snide)

Your Favorite Music, Clem Snide

"Please could you stay a while to share my grief, for its such a lovely day." (Portishead)

"(always) doubled up inside, take a while to shed my grief"

Wandering Star, Portishead

Kate (Ben Folds Five) - for Kate, on her birthday

"And she speaks
and she breathes
I wanna be Kate!"

"Ay, no hay que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval." (Celia Cruz)

La Vida Es Un Carnaval, Celia Cruz

"Look at all your friends she's gonna meet." (The Velvet Underground)

"You better hit her."

There She Goes Again, The Velvet Underground

 

"There's a place..." (The Beatles)

Listen to There's A Place

"Can you treat it like an oil well, when it's underground, out of sight?" (Pavement)

"And if the sight is just a whore sign
Can it make enough sense to me? "

In The Mouth A Desert, Pavement

"I don't think you trust in my self-righteous suicide." (System Of A Down)

Chop Suey, System Of A Down

"I feel like this is the beginning though I've loved you for a million years." (Stevie Wonder)

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Stevie Wonder

"Father, why are all the women weeping?" (Nick Cave)

The Weeping Song, Nick Cave

"God only knows what I'd be without you." (The Beach Boys) - For Ma.