Colorless Green Ideas

Trying to Pass the Time

I first saw this on Andrew's blog. It's a cool idea, so I figured I'd try it out. You have to answer the questions using only lyrics. It takes a while. In some cases I wasn't satsified with just one song so I've chosen two or three. Maybe it'll help you to get to know me better.

How do you feel about yourself?

Call me a safe bet, I'm betting I'm not

[Brand New - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot]

Everybody wants to be something
Me, I'm garbage
It's all I ever wanted to be
Shock me again and I'll say
Anything you want me to

[Matthew Good Band - Rico]

The lights are out baby
And I'm a mouse

[Matthew Good - Bright End of Nowhere]

How do others feel about you?

You constantly make it impossible to make conversation
Keep us comatose but audible
And I like it the farther I get out

[Brand New - Good to Know That if I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do is Die]

Describe your boy/girlfriend:

Overcome by your moving temple
Overcome by this holiest of altars
So pure, so rare, to witness such an earthly goddess
That I've lost my self control
Beyond compelled to throw this dollar down
Before your holiest of altars

I'd sell my soul, my self esteem, a dollar at a time
for one chance, one kiss, one taste of you, my Magdalena

[A Perfect Circle - Magdalena]

Where would you rather be?

It feels good to know you're all mine
Now drive me far
I don't care where, just far

[Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive]

Describe how you live.

In the motions, and the things that you say
It all will fall, fall right into place
As fruit drops, and flesh it sags
Everything will fall, fall right into place

[Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything]

The time has come for colds and overcoats
We're quiet on the ride, we're all just waiting to get home
Another week away, my greatest fear
I need the smell of summer, I need its noises in my ear

[Brand New - I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light]

Describe how you love.

I'll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowning
In an open tap when your judgement's on the brink
I'll be the phonograph that plays your favourite albums back
When you're lying there, drifting off to sleep
I'll be your platform shoes and undo what heredity's done to you
You won't have to strain to look into my eyes

I want to take you far from the cynics in this town
And kiss you on the mouth
We'll cut our bodies free from the tethers of this scene
Start a brand new colony
Where everything will change

[The Postal Service - Brand New Colony]

How do you feel about life right now? The world?

Life
Since then its been a book you read in reverse
So you understand less as the pages turn
Or a movie so crass, and awkwardly cast
That even I could be its star

[The Shins - Pink Bullets]

I know that starting over isn't what life's about
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth

[Modest Mouse - The World at Large]

The World
We're ruined but we're building
And I'm selling and you're counting
The world's stopping but we keep going
We're ruthless and we're cunning
And I'm heir to it all

[Matthew Good - Avalanche]

Share some words of wisdom.

Embrace this moment
Remember
We are eternal
All this pain is an illusion

[Tool - Parabola]

posted by Sylpheed @ 8:28 PM