random.acts.of.thievery

Sufjan Stevens: All Delighted People

Tomorrow you’ll see it through
The clouded out disguises put you in the room
And though I wandered out alone
A thousand lights abounded on our home
And I remember every sound it made
The clouded out disguises and the grave
So yeah I know I’m still afraid
Of letting go of choices I have made

All delighted people raise their hands

And I took you by the sleeve
No other reason than to be leading your leading man
And you woke up with a fright
Our lives depended on the visions through the night
All we had always, all we had always wanted to before
The hurricane inclined us, grappling on the floor

All delighted people raise their hands

Still the force of nature spurned
Ideas of strength and style abated by the burning basement
All delight people raise their hands

I’m not easily confused
The trouble with the storm inside us grew
But I had so much to give
In spite of all the terror and abuse

And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make for you and me?

All delighted people raise their hands

And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make?
It doesn’t matter anyway
The world surrounds us with its hate

Hello darkness my old friend it breaks my heart
I’ve come to strangle you in spite of what you’d like
And don’t be a rascal, don’t be a laughing dog in spite of odds
All I’m deciphering from the spirits in the light within
All delighted people raise their hands

In restless dreams I walked alone I walked alive
The clouded out disguises left me in a dream of lightness
All delighted people raise their hands

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And what difference does it make?
I love you so much anyway
And on your breast I gently laid
Your arms surround me in the lake
I am joined with you forever

And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make for you and me?
All delighted people raise their hands

I’m not easily confused
I feel alive I feel it glowing in the room
All delighted people raise their hands….

And the people bowed and prayed
Oh I love you a lot; Oh! I love you from the top of my heart
And what difference does it make?
I still love you a lot; Oh! I love you from the top of my heart
And on your breast I gently laid all my head in your arms
Do you love me from the top of your heart?
I tried my best I tried in vain. Do you love me a lot?
Do you love me from the top of your heart?

And the people bowed and prayed
Oh! I love you a lot; Oh! I love you from the top of my heart
And you can see through my mistakes
Oh! I’ll tell it to you now; Oh! I’ll tell it from the top of my heart

And what difference does it make
If the world is a mess; if the world is a mess?
And on your breast I gently laid
Oh! I’ll tell it to you now; Oh! I’ll tell it to you now

(When the world’s come and gone shall we follow our transgressions
Or shall we stand strong?)

I tried to save the things I made
Oh! But the world is a mess, Oh! But the world is a mess
And what difference does it make if the world is a mess?
If the world is a mess!
I tried my best I tried in vain
Oh! But the world is a mess! Oh! But the world is a mess!

(Suffer not the child among you or shall you die young…)

Black Kids: Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover (Sophie B Hawkins Cover)

That old dog has chained you up all right
Give you everything you need
To live inside a twisted cage
Sleep beside in empty rage
I had a dream I was your hero

Damn I wish I was your lover
I’d rock you till the daylight comes
Make sure you are smiling and warm
I am everything
Tonight I’ll be your mother
I’ll do such things to ease your pain
Free your mind and you won’t feel ashamed

This bloke can’t stand to see you black and blue
I give you something sweet each time you
Come inside my jungle book
It’s just too good
Don’t say you’ll stay
‘Cause then you go away

Damn I wish I was your lover
I’ll rock you till the daylight comes
Make sure you are smiling and warm
I am everything
Tonight I’ll be your mother
I’ll do such things to ease your pain
Free your mind and you won’t feel ashamed

Damn I wish I was your lover
I’ll rock you till the daylight comes
Make sure you are smiling and warm
I am everything
Tonight I’ll be your mother
I’ll do such things to ease your pain
Free your mind and you won’t feel ashamed

Massive Attack: Paradise Circus

It’s unfortunate that when we feel a storm
We can roll ourselves over
‘cause we’re uncomfortable
Oh well, the devil makes us sin
But we like it when we’re spinning
in his grip

Love is like a sin, my love,
For the ones that feel it the most
Look at her with her eyes like a flame
She will love you like a fly will never love you
again…

It’s unfortunate that when we feel a storm
We can roll ourselves over
when we’re uncomfortable
Oh well, the devil makes us sin
But we like it when we’re spinning
in his grip

Love is like a sin, my love,
For the ones that feels it the most
Look at her with a smile like a flame
She will love you like a fly will never love you
again…

Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Creep (Radiohead cover)

via (crookedindifference)

The Dears: Lights Off

Five in the morning
you know we couldn’t sleep
Might be inspiration
but it’s been this way for weeks
And weeks. And weeks
And weeks. And weeks

Do us all a favor
admit thy defeat
through the back of the head
through the back of the head
through the back of the head
And maybe we’ll sleep
with the lights off…

Bring me a glass of water
It must be good and clean
I’ll chug it it with the dosage
that I’m not to exceed

And leave the hat on the bed
Leave the hat on the bed
leave the hat on the bed
leave the hat on the bed
leave the hat on the bed

And maybe we’ll sleep
with lights off…
And maybe we’ll sleep
with lights off…
Baby we will sleep
with lights off…

Turn out the lights
And just hold me tight
Sleep through the night
could you, with me

Turn out the lights
And just hold me tight
Sleep through the night
could you, with me

Four Tet: Angel Echoes

Tv On The Radio: I Was A Lover

I was a lover, before this war
held up in a luxury suite, behind a barricaded door
now that I’ve cleaned up, gone legit
I can see clearly: round hole
round whole, square peg don’t fit

I’m locked in my bedroom,
so send back the clowns
my clone wears a brown shirt,
and I seduce him when there’s no one around
mano y mano, on a bed of nails
bring it on like a storm,
till I knock the wind out of his sails
And we don’t make eye contact,
when we have run-in’s in town
just a barely polite nod,
and nervous stares towards the ground
I once joined a priest class, plastic, inert
in a slowdance with commerce
like a lens up a skirt

And we liked to party
and we kept it live
and we had a three volume tome
of contemporary slang
to keep a handle on all this jive

Ennui unbridled, let’s talk to kill the time
how many styles did you cycle through
before you were mine?
and it’s been a while
since we went wild and that’s all fine
but we’re sleepwalking through this trial
and it’s really a crime it’s really a crime
it’s really a crime
it’s really criminal

We’re just busy tempting,
like fate’s on the nod
running on empty, bourbon and god
it’s been a while since we knew the way
and it’s been even longer
since our plastic priest class
had a goddamned thing to say

I was a lover before this war

Crystal Castles: Lovers Who Uncover

Where do all the lovers
meet with one another,
In an effort to uncover
what has happened to the silent days

Despite ones on the corner,
dream of something warmer
A semblance of our old ways,
what has happened to our handmade days

Oh no, Oh no
Oh no…

We can pull a map out
detailing the direct route
Young ones grow anxious
to proclaim their advances to the fray
If we don’t wake up
and the truth never comes up
You will never have our old lane,
you will never have a right of way

Oh no, Oh no
Oh no, Oh no
Hey-oh!
Oh no, Oh no
Oh no, Oh no
Hey-oh!
Oh no…

Where do all the lovers meet
with one another,
In an effort to uncover
what has happened to the silent days
Despite ones on the corner,
dream of something warmer
A semblance of our old ways,
what has happened to our handmade days

Oh no, Oh no
Oh no, Oh no
Hey-oh!
Oh no, Oh no
Oh no, Oh no
Hey-oh!
Oh no…

And won’t you show us where your heart is

Nurses: Caterpillar Playground

Sing something wonderful
Sing something horrible

Cuz they said something new
How much more could you ever do
You said something more
How much new could you ever do
You paint them off
Paint them off

I was echoing the sunrise
talking with the rain
and you were walking
with the sunshine echoing the same thing

Cuz they said something new
How much more could you ever do

You said something more
How much new could you ever do
You paint them off
Paint them off

I was echoing the sunrise
talking with the rain
and you were walking
with the sunshine echoing the same thing

Cuz they said something new
(2,3,4,1,2,3,4)
How much more could you ever do
(2,3,4,1,2,3,4)
You paint them off
Paint them off, with our disease

Animal Collective: No More Runnin

No more runnin says my mind
All this movement has just
Proved your kisses are too fine

Hold the harmony
That I see
Friends I once had
Turn their thoughts away from me

No more runnin
I’ve got to breathe
On back porches
With the torch of a firefly-lit tree

It’s what I hoped for
It’s what I hoped for

No more runnin
No more runnin

I lock my bones and
Trip my feet
I told them
I’ll find a place to be

Stick like candy
In your teeth
Will you lose your faith in me?

No more runnin
Says my mind
All this movement has just
Proved your kisses are too fine

It’s what I hoped for
It’s what I hoped for

No more runnin
No more runnin
No more runnin

Wye Oak: Take It In

Half the day away
Half again asleep
I am left alone with dreams

I wouldn’t care if I…
I wouldn’t care if you
Is it still a lie, if it’s true

Do you never ask
because I’ll never tell
We are both the same
Unwell…

But how much would you ask,
and what did you expect
what it is that we, have left

Oh baby, you’re a child
You fall asleep and I get wild
I turn to smoke when you need air
I’m sorry, baby, I don’t care

Do you never ask
because you know I’ll say
“You’re the only one
Please stay.”
But you’re not the only one
and you know it’s only fair
When you close your eyes, who’s there

You’re a baby, you’re a child
You fall asleep and I get wild
I turn to smoke when you need air
I’m sorry, baby, I don’t care

You’re my only, you’re my…
I said “I love you”
said “you’re mine”

I take it back. I’ll take it in
till’ I never need air again

The Concretes: Miss You

I’ve been hanging out so long
I’ve been waiting on your call
Lord, I miss you

I’ve been sleeping all alone
I’ve been hanging by the phone
Want to kiss you

I’ve been haunted in my sleep
You’ve been starring in my dreams
Lord, I miss you

I’ve been waiting in the hall
Been waiting on your call
When the phone rings
It’s just some friends of mine that say:
“Hey, what’s the matter, girl
Can you come around at 12
There’s some fine boys dying to meet you
Bring a case of wine
You know, like we used to,”

Oh, everybody waits so long
Oh baby, why you wait so long

Oh, everybody waits so long
Oh baby, why you wait so long

Magic Bullets: Will Scarlet (Let’s Lie To Each Other)

I was thinking of when we first met
I was reminded of a time well spent
Yeah, well everything was simpler then
Nowadays we’re barely fitting in

When I saw you it was like a dream
Only you smiled like I caught you stealing 
You looked kind of like you did back then
But something told me not to kid myself again

Every time we say that
there could be another time
OK, Let’s lie to each other one more time
Like, “Everything is fine.”
And, “Oh, I’m doing so well on my own.”

When I saw it was like a dream
Only everything was oh so wrong
There was nothing cool about that move
And I hated all the small talk - all the small talk

Every time we say that there could be another time
OK, Let’s lie to each other one more time
Like, “Everything is fine.”
And, “Oh, I’m doing so well on my own.”

Every time we say that there could be another time
OK, Let’s lie to each other one more time
Like, “Everything is fine.”
And, “Oh, I’m doing so well”

Placebo: Every you, Every me

Sucker love is heaven sent.
You pucker up, our passion’s spent.
My hearts a tart, your body’s rent.
My body’s broken, yours is bent.

Carve your name into my arm.
Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed.
Cuz there’s nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.

Sucker love, a box I choose.
No other box I choose to use.
Another love I would abuse,
No circumstances could excuse.

In the shape of things to come.
Too much poison come undone.
Cuz there’s nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.
Every me and every you,
Every Me..

Sucker love is known to swing.
Prone to cling and waste these things.
Pucker up for heavens sake.
There’s never been so much at stake.

I serve my head up on a plate.
It’s only comfort, calling late.
Cuz there’s nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.
Every me and every you,
Every Me…

Every me and every you,
Every Me…

Like the naked leads the blind.
I know I’m selfish, I’m unkind.
Sucker love I always find,
Someone to bruise and leave behind.

All alone in space and time.
There’s nothing here but what here’s mine.
Something borrowed, something blue.
Every me and every you.
Every me and every you,
Every Me…

Every me and every you,
Every Me…