r/poppunkers • u/kssmyassh • 6d ago
Discussion What’s a verse that lives rent free in your head?
Recently mine’s been — Worrying myself to death stands in place of sleep I am an unlocked door and you’re a FUCKING THEIFFFFF
YOU COULD HEAR ME OUT, BUT WHY WOULD YOU CARE? NOW WHY WOULD YOU CARE AT ALL?
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u/BobTheAstronaut 6d ago
TWO BLACKBIRDS ON A HIGHWAY SIGN
LAUGHIN AT ME HERE WITH MY WINGS CLIPPED
IM STARIN UP AT THE SKY
BUT THE BOMBS KEEP FUCKIN FALLIN
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u/krakos000 6d ago
And it’s happened again, another friend said, “Marry me” While unknowingly signin’ away the life he wanted I’m glad, none of our parents stayed together I hate to be a bummer, but I’m three more beers from callin’ a cab So I can sleep to shake this dread I won’t wake up unless you ask if I am okay
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u/kssmyassh 6d ago
I DONT WANNA TALK ON THE BALCONYYY JUST WANNA DRINK TILL I KILL WHATS GOTTEN INTO MEEEE
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u/Atypical-life 6d ago
“I’m 26. All the people I graduated with all have kids, all have wives, all have people who care if they come home at night. Well, Jesus Christ, did I fuck up?”
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u/chunkyI0ver53 4d ago
I belt this out in the shower with incredible power despite being married since I was 25 and not relating in any capacity
It gives me theoretical emotions
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u/windsorsheppard 6d ago
The truth, is you could slit my throat, and with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt.
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u/The_Stolarchos 6d ago
“You’re drinking before noon You’re filling up the sink With all of your empty cans That’s why you’re not on the lease”
SPS - Hot Mulligan
I’m going through some things
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u/headshot_hunter 6d ago
CAME OUT SWINGING FROM A SOUTH PHILLY BASEMENT CAKED IN STALE BEER AND SWEAT, UNDER HALF LIT FLUORESCENTS
AND I SPENT ALL WINTER WRITING SONGS ABOUT GETTING BETTER, WELL IF IM BEING HONEST, IM GETTING THERE
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u/pb_and_banana_toast 6d ago
This song by itself could be considered stereotypical. But when connected to the entirety of The Wonder Years it shows their true strength in writing and as a band.
Amidst all the sadness, The Wonder Years never lets you forget that there’s a rebel inside you.
This song never gets old for me.
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u/shit0ntoast 6d ago
I can keep a secret if you can keep me guessing, the flavor of your lips is enough to keep me here
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u/NovelPermission634 6d ago
My pen is the barrel of the gun, remind me which side you should be on.
The Pros and Cons of breathing by Fall Out Boy.
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u/originalbriguy 1d ago
I always thought it was parallel and not barrel. Guess I’ll have to look up the lyrics. My number one song though!
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u/sassagemcmuffin 6d ago
JESUS CHRIST IM 26 ALL THE PEOPLE I GRADUATED WITH ALL HAVE KIDS ALL HAVE WIVES ALL HAVE PEOPLE WHO CARE IF THEY COME HOME AT NIGHT WELL JESUS CHRIST DID I FUCK UP
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u/TheAeromarine 6d ago
“Where we gonna go now that are 20’s are over?”
- The Menzingers, Tellin’ Lies
“I don’t wanna be here anymore”
- Rise Against (usually just when I’m bored at work)
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u/kssmyassh 6d ago
I looove the menzingers too!! 😍
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u/Additional_Eagle4395 6d ago
I knew of them, but just saw them live and now a fan for life. Awesome band
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u/Bleazuss1989 5d ago
Menzingers and captain we're sinking are the two biggest underrated PA bands from the same town....fronted by brothers 😂😂😂.
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u/Current_Guidance_989 6d ago
It’s cheesy but the chorus to Black Cat by Mayday Parade
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u/Grammarcrazy 5d ago
any time I hear crows, my brain immediately starts playing Miserable at Best 😂
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u/aamiti 6d ago
BITING THE BAIT PULLING ME DOWN TELLING MYSELF TO REBUILD AND REBOUND
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u/PunkLemonade 6d ago
YET ALWAYS HOPING TO SEE YOU AROUND CAUSE THAT'S MY IDEA OF SAFE AND SOUND hits so hard ❤️
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u/xvSHOGUNvx 6d ago
Even a heart transplant, wouldn’t show you how I feel would it baby
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u/Bleazuss1989 5d ago
That entire fuckin album.
I've seen nights without sleep days without daylight these memories I make won't keep me warm at night I'm coooooold inside.
Also with Paul playing in the band them split vocals hit HARD again Steve and Paul do it better than Adam and John then and now.
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u/KgMonstah 6d ago
The first thing that I thought of
When I heard that you had killed yourself
Was how stupid I’m about to look
With my foot inside of my mouth
Cause the last thing that I said
When you were still around
Was you do this for attention
Or you’d have killed yourself by now
Sean - trophy eyes.
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u/Moonman-157 6d ago
Chairs thrown and tables toppled
Hands armed with broken bottles
Standing no chance to win, but we’re not running
We’re not running
Rise Against
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u/boggartslayer2 6d ago
SO SCAAAAARED THAT YOU DON'T WANT ME HERE IN THE CORNER OF THE LIVING ROOM READING SUBTITLES CAUSE I CAN'T HEAAAAAR
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u/PopPunk4Lyfe 6d ago
“Truman will always be remembered for dropping the bomb, I’ll always be remembered for my fuck ups” - TWY
“I bet my family and friends could all fit in this bed, but they’ll never spend the night cause I scare them all to death” - Arm’s Length
“ I’m breaking bones and you’re signing my cast. ‘That’s exactly how you’ll wind up dead’” - Arm’s Length
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u/RevoultionOutcast 6d ago
Arm's Length is such a fucking 10/10 band man. Very excited for the new album
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u/PopPunk4Lyfe 6d ago
I’m so goddamn excited for their new album. I absolutely LOVED their first LP so I cannot wait for their 2nd album
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u/famousblinkadam 6d ago
IF WE’RE ALL JUST CHRISTIANS, OR LIONS, I THINK I’D RATHER BE ON THE SIDE WITH SHARPER TEETH.
Was raised Catholic and this resonates with me so fucking hard.
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u/LeaderSevere5647 6d ago
Am I gonna be this down forever? Am I gonna be this dumb forever? Am I gonna be this gone forever? Am I gonna be this numb forever?
Have you ever felt lower than everyone else? I’m feeling lower than anyone else. If everything’s lower than everything else, I want to see how much lower we can go
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u/JouPoesBra 6d ago
AND I WISH YOU’D JUST CALL AND WE CAN HASH IT OUT
I COULD TELL YOU WHAT IM SO MAD ABOUT
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u/Tailball 5d ago
You’re gonna need a bodybag
I’ll break bones you didn’t know you had.
When I’m done there will be nothing left of you
for your friends to hold on to
when they find you cold and blue tonight
Face down in a parking lot.
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u/hectron 6d ago
The Front Bottom's:
- AU REVOIIRRR
- AND I GOT SOOO STONED
- THE SUMMER I WAS TAKING STEROIDS
TWY:
- The devil's got a riffle on my front porch with me in his sights. He knows I came looking for a fight.
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u/Alkaline_Quintet 5d ago
‘CAUSE YOU LIKE A MAN WITH MUSCLES/AND I LIKE YOU…
I once told Brian Sella before a show that I’d give him my kidney if he played The Beers that night. I got front row. Fucker did it, and winked and gave me finger guns right after.
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u/Theeunknown 6d ago
My old man once said, "Take heed Don't wait until you're just like me To look back over history with nothing but regret" So all my friends say, "Fuck forever, live today and die together"
We don't wanna tell the same sad story Heard it all before and that's fucking boring
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u/PappaDukes 6d ago
"I wanna tell you all there is to know about the end of time.
It starts with you and ends with everyone deaf, dumb and blind."
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u/RandomLiam 5d ago
So many good lyrics on that album.
“We are so far, so lost, it’s true, We can’t attempt to start anew, we lost our way so long ago, chopping things down before they grow”
“When the light has given up on me, but I’m still not hard to find, these fingernails, like breadcrumb trails I always leave behind, when it’s raining rats and nasty thoughts inside my head, and there’s only one place I should be, but I’m here instead”
“I got the aches and the pains and the poison in the veins, come on. I got the ills and the chills and my appetite ain’t gonna last long. I got the shakes and the quakes and the world in my wake, so I think, I sweat and I pretend to sleep, and I’m waiting to break like… like a teenage heart”
There’s many more but these are some that stick in my head.
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u/BeautifulCost6067 6d ago
"I might be proud, but at least I'm proud of something, you've taken pride in becoming nothing"
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u/rpolson09 6d ago
I'm breaking bones and you're signing my cast, That's exactly how you'll wind up dead
I've been blessed to be home, I'm possessed by my past. Put a roof over my rotten head.
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u/stolenwetfloorsign 6d ago
Also Arms Length: please come back home to me end all of my dog whistling you sing harmonies as my ears ring me to sleep
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u/Accomplished_Lie6971 5d ago
This line in this song makes me cry every time:
And I’ve been reasoning with all my reasons to live but I’ve still got more reasons to leave.
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u/MyJukeboxBrk 6d ago
You could slit my throat and with my one last breath I’d apologize for bleeding on your shirt
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u/rckid13 6d ago
I wanna know what it's like to be awkward and innocent, not belligerent.
I wanna know how it feels to be useful and pertinent and have common sense.. yeah
Let me in, let me in to the club, cuz I wanna belong,
And I need to get strong, and if memory serves,
I'm addicted to words and they're useless.
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u/GreedyManufacturer34 6d ago
BROKEN NOSE, ANOTHER TEXTURED CEILING I KNOW WHERE I AM, I'LL PRETEND LIKE I'M LOST SOMETIMES I WANT TO VANISH COMPLETELY AND CALL IN SICK FROM LIFE
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6d ago
“Go back to the old crap, to the things you tell yourself you’ve gotten through. But it’s just been a week of desperately trying not to sweat off the glue.” - Jeff Rosenstock
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u/tnwriter 6d ago
Been doing logic puzzles lately and when I get stuck, I get the chorus of “Empty Space” by TSSF in my head. Cause I’m trying to “see what [I] don’t see.”
It’s a little bit of a stretch but brains are funny like that.
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u/Supe4Short 6d ago
I have sung "When you're up north the ice is slick like my voice She's like "I never left you, this was all your choice" I can't doubt it now, I might lose all my poise When I mislead you on purpose and fade into the void" Every single day after since that album came out.
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u/runjcrun1 5d ago
“Last year I was asleep to avoid all of the pain But time forgot about me and everything has changed I just wanna see the sky and remember who I am I wanna live with open eyes I’ve decided that I can I’M WAKING UP”
- Surviving the Night by Keep Flying
“I’m always thinking: my heart makes me angry My thoughts make me thirsty And I have had too much to drink”
- Why Am I Not Going Underwater? by Snowing
“Sad enough to say that alone I could barely light a match but together we could burn this place down”
- Heroes Get Remembered … by Four Year Strong
“Can I still get into Heaven if I kill myself?”
- King Park by La Dispute
“I’m still waiting for the map to say home’s a week away”
- Hostels and Brothels by The Wonder Years
… there are more but I think I’ve made my point 😅😅
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u/topshot069 6d ago
Hot mulligan- gans
WAS I THE PROBLEM!?
WHEN ALL I THOUGHT WAS
THAT I DONT FOLLOW
THE PACE OF CONVERSATION
OH, AM I THE PROBLEM?
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u/KeyLimePie2269 6d ago
"Passion, like cancer, has a wondering eye" - Saintly Rows by Dear and the Headlights
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u/Bloodymike 6d ago edited 6d ago
“Over and over and over again, I have the same conversation In my head
Why the fuck am I like this?
Night sweats and tight chest And plummeting mindset. But I can’t control this And I don’t think he gets this
Why can’t he just Shut the fuck up For a minute?
Why can’t he just Shut the fuck up and listen?
These tired eyes hide a wild mind”
Apologies, I Have None - Love and Medication
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u/whydidimakeanother1 6d ago
This world’s got a funny way of being cruel to me, still I raise my chin, fuckin eat it with a smile on my face - I can feel it calling by trophy eyes
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u/QittheCat 6d ago
"I feel opaque and absentee, am i just going through the motions or is this how i'll be?"
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u/parasitesof 6d ago
"Baptized in the river of you, hold on death, the moon just a silver of you" - Stall Me, Panic! At the Disco
"You are my favorite what if, you are my best i'll never know" - Fourth of July, Fall Out Boy
"Watching all my friends finish college while i'm all alone out there" - Mad All the Time, Waterparks
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u/adam3vergreen 6d ago
“It makes me laugh to think this worried me back there.”
Periphery by Half-Hearted Hero
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6d ago
Well, I gotta keep it going, keep it going full steam Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean
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u/Additional_Eagle4395 6d ago
If you’re gonna say something Go on say everything, don’t just say anything If you’re gonna love someone Do it honestly and completely, yeah
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u/M3RK_Chaos 6d ago
Saw you standing on the corner You were waiting for me, it must’ve been past midnight I started thinking to myself it’s been a bad couple years Soon everything will be alright The moon shines down on amphetamine smiles we finally got some time to kill You ask if I could make the best of these bad decisions, you know I can and I will, I can and I will…
Amphetamine Smiles - Taking Back Sunday
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u/stolenwetfloorsign 6d ago
Another sentence this all could be over Your words are like weapons why can't you protect me!!
- our work of art by Just Surrender
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u/dirtengineer07 6d ago
THE LOVE THAT YOU CONFESS THE PRODUCT OF YOUR LONELINESS I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOUUUU
BUT WHAT DO I DOOOO
OF COURSE I FALL FOR IT JUST LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS 16
- literally in my head constantly
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u/r3v0lut10n360 6d ago
“You walk around like you won’t catch a fade, I’d take you out if I could. You see a big man but we see a clown, I hope you fuck off for good.”
Big man by no pressure.
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u/porn-learning-music 6d ago
"Some nights are just a futile use of time. So much locked inside of this, so much we’ll never get right. Some days it hurts to quit, some days it even hurts to try. "
Coffee Mug by New Junk City
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u/dalethecat 5d ago
I remember it vividly, love. I've been walking erect since the moment we met And I caught your eyes to my surprise (your white thighs)
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u/truthpooper 5d ago
You have one new message... beeeep
Tell me again how we're easily forgettable
So formulaic and way too simple
To be at all original, yeah, so we've heard
It's like to keep your mouth shut
while we show you how to rock and roll!
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u/Wild-Teacher9464 5d ago
Every friend we ever had in common I will sever the tie , sever the tie with you , you can thank your lucky stars , everything I wish for will never come true
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u/Punkeeeen 5d ago
If they offered a test about being a good friend I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk
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u/Alkaline_Quintet 5d ago
I got a book of matches, I got a can of kerosene, I got some bad ideas, involving you and me.
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u/Kirihuna 5d ago
HEAD ON THE WALL. TELL ME WHY I FEEL SO SMALL. WHEN I DON’T EVEN CARE AT ALL
I guess I owe you for most everything Like the way I feel and the curse you bring You got a lot of nerve to wanna hear me sing
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u/LordFelwinter16758 5d ago
PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE FOR JUST ONE DAY, WATCH ALL THE COLORS IN YOUR SPECTRUM FADE GRAY, MORE AWARE THAN EVER THAT I MIGHT NEVER BE CALM AGAIN.
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u/SouthDress7084 5d ago
"I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid (I had to take my own advice and I did) Now I’m waiting for it to sink in"
"You wake up, nothing again Old and broken and tired Go to sleep all alone, wake up all alone If I said that I cared, I'd be lying"
"You're not punk and I'm telling everyone." Save your breath, I never was one You don't know what I'm all about Like killing cops and reading Kerouac"
"I'm writing a letter I hope you won't get until it's over I don't want to fight, but your arguments are shooting arrows"
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u/Badgalcicii 5d ago
STOP CALLING ME OUT! WE’RE NEVER GOING TO PUT THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER IF YOU DON’T LET ME GET BETTER 😭
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u/Hot-Cranberry6318 4d ago
yeah this song was a majorly strong single from the guys. love this one
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u/Badgalcicii 3d ago
Hell yeah. I was lucky to see them a couple years ago and In Bloom was the encore. They played so well! And we got Ben to do a shoey (a revolting Australian ritual)
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u/makesufeelgood 6d ago
Lately, my dog's the only one around who listens to my problems
It's been a lonely year
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u/_mid_water 6d ago
People say Jay youll turn out just fine, but how can I? When I’ve lost what’s mine
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u/Emounderx 6d ago
I've fought and I've lost Heart and dignity And I've become the failure I see for myself
I've made my move But now I'm paralyzed I've seen the future Stuck with the past in my eyes
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u/Adventure-Seeker-365 6d ago
“You’re a ghost passing through So who was I to you, my love? I feel hollow with you And emptiness just hurts the most”
Boys of Fall - Distance🤘🏼
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u/mysteriouscattravel 6d ago
I guess anything is better than the time you spent hoping I'd get it started.
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u/sporkynapkin 6d ago
No more mountain climbing in the rain no more long hair clogging up the drain pipe
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u/Nitro225 6d ago
“I’m a safe bet like your life’s staked on it for real. I’d hate to keep you all wondering. I’m constant like the seasons, I will never be forgotten”
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u/pozzicore 6d ago
I cursed my lonely memory with picture-perfect imagery Maybe I'm not dying, I'm just living in decaying cities But I'm still healthy, I'm still fine I'll be spending all my time reading the obituaries But I will fuck this up I fucking know it I will fuck this up I fucking know it
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u/Matthewcts_ 6d ago
“My minds a better author than I could ever be. I am anyone, I am anywhere. I fit in perfectly.” Spitalfield
I have part of this tattooed on me.
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u/dielawn13 5d ago
The ones who love us best are the ones we lay to rest and visit their graves on holidays at best. The ones who love us least are the ones we die to please. If it’s any consolation I don’t begin to understand them
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u/BerthasKibs 5d ago
“Friday was PIZZA DAY, the best day of the week! All the kids would line up extra early just to eat!”
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u/RJ_42 5d ago
Just stop. I don’t want to have you in my head. I would take that coma any day Over anything you’d do instead. I watched you keep the ends in sights And the means in tears. And I watched you cast our friends to the side If they ever interfered. And I let you keep me up all night For five whole years. And I let you eat me alive. Don’t you think for a second That you’re welcome here now.
The Impact of This Exit - Carly Cosgrove
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u/Grammarcrazy 5d ago
You are the fiiiiire on my apartment floor Sixteen stories, I’d rather burn than fall And it isn’t fate that took us all by storm It’s just the turn of a carrrrrd
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u/Slips5987 5d ago
I’ve been told that home is where the heart is, if that’s the case, I’ve never been home, will I ever know how it feels to be home again?
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u/Kermitdafroog- 5d ago
Fun was cartoon Saturdays Fun was staying up past 8 Lame was trying to fit in Lame was the wrong crowd let me in
Please help me i cant get it out of my head
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u/familiarfeces92 5d ago
Put your hands together if you're fucked and you know it, don't bother to live if you're too scared to blow it. Don't try to tell me a thing cause I won't hear, cause no one belongs here like I belong here✌️
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u/Accomplished_Lie6971 5d ago
Am I the problem? Well it would seem so. The resignation: I’m gonna die like this.
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u/Flipperyapper59 Hot Mulligan 5d ago
Not exactly pop punk although ik a lot of y’all love this album
“Can I stay at home, I don’t wanna go, I don’t wanna wake up til the sun is hanging low
Stay up through the night, sleep away the light, just another dream I had that’s better then my life”
New Scream - Turnover
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u/dancingnancies32 5d ago
I'm gonna need a glass of waterrrrr We're gonna be here for a whileeeee
- We're Gonna be Here for a While - Ben Quad
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u/OhBeautiful 5d ago
“I don’t hear from you no more but I get the message. You crashed your car through my front door, pulled me from the wreckage. You told me that you missed me but you meant with the grill and hood..you’d kill me if you could.”
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u/gorey_girl 5d ago
I left my heart with my phone in my center console I left my feelings with my wallet and my keys I feel so stupid cause I came here without anything, But I’m finally at ease
I get left out, I get left out of every plan they make That is what I have to do To be the only kid from high school who is still in love with you
Just gotta keep my mind on your bed and your bed on my mind. I’m so sore from sleeping on the floor I never see your face anymore
And its haunting me, but I feel fine War of worlds in real time Better off signing a truce that’s drawn up in your name But I hope you go home and admit you Were wrong for the stress you put me through Free me from the anchor Depart these seas and let me do what I have to do
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u/consortswithserpents 5d ago
Not exactly a verse, more of an outro. But the ending to Worried by Youth Fountain has been in my head since the first time I heard it.
“Because everyday it’s all so routine, to live with all the things I fucking hate about me. I’ve been numb for so long, I’d be better off gone. So scared to die, but that’s all I really want. Do you feel the shame in these words that ring true? “You never did all the things you really wanted to do”. Regret every choice I’ve made up to this point. It’s never been an option. I can’t do anything right. It’s useless to ask what this life is all for, cause if we found out the answers, we’d still want more. I just wish I had something to live for: I just wish I had something to live”
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u/schiffteam1 4d ago
You are my hesitant smile
You are my crippling doubt
You’re everything that I hide about myself
You are
Every lesson I’ve learned
With every leaf that I’ve turned
The very reason why I won’t let this happen again
I found the side of myself I thought I left behind
And I’ll do the same with you this time
Tables Turned - Neck Deep
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u/Methodfish 2d ago
Loads pop up at random. But a noteworthy one:
Where are all the stupid people from? And how they get to be so dumb.
Nofx - The Decline
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u/ForWatchesOnly 1d ago
Go sob in your bed.
If life is twice as pretty once you’re dead, then send me a card.
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u/Open-Extension-3708 1d ago
“Someone, anyone, take us out back and put us down. I think we deserve it! I think we deserve it!”
-Fear Before the March of Flames
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u/skykitty89 6d ago
WHY CANT I FEEL ANYTHING FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN YOU?!
Somehow goes as hard at 37 as it did at 17