10 Lines #16 answers

[khaosworks]

And the answers for 10 Lines #15...

1. In the shining sun
My images they run
Confusing all I've done
Before I've begun
Every city scene
Becomes a roaring stream
A nightmare and a dream
Rolled into one
When the city sleeps
I'm up and on my feet
Along the darkened streets
Hear me run...
- "When the City Sleeps", by Barclay James Harvest

2. Glitterballs and disco halls
And all that you can bare
In mini-skirts and shoes that hurt
They're giving it away
So come over here - come over here
For vodka lemonade
Come over here - come over here
It's time to feel betrayed
The world is turning just for us
Aurora, Aurora...
- "Aurora", by Your Vegas

3. Packed and all eyes turned in
No one to see on the quay - no one waving for me
Just the shoreline receding
Ticket in my hand and thinking
Wish I didn't hand it in
'Cause who said sailing is fine?
Leaving behind all the faces
That I might replace
If I tried on that long ride
Looking deep inside
But I don't wanna look so deep inside yet...
- "Lost Coastlines", by Okkervil River

4. We've already said
"Goodbye"
Since you gotta go
You better go now
Go now - go now - go now
Before you see me cry...
- "Go Now", by the Moody Blues

5. There's nothing we can say or do
The damage is in front of you
I'm sorry but sometimes things fall apart
Takes some time to understand
The situation's out of hand
But you didn't see it from the start
So ask me questions
Try to pull the band-aid slow
I want you to feel this right before I go
So ask me questions
Try to pull the band-aid slow
I want you to feel this right before I go
I wish we all could freeze and explode...
- "Freeze and Explode", by Cassettes Won't Listen

6. You said something will change
We were all dressed up
Somewhere to go
No sign of rain
But something will change
You promised...
- "A Promise", by Echo and the Bunnymen

7. I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt...
- "Hurt", by Nine Inch Nails (I actually prefer the Johnny Cash version)

8. It's not open
To discussion anymore
She's out again tonight
And I'm alone once more
She's all I have worth waiting for
But baby plays around...
- "Baby Plays Around", by Elvis Costello

9. You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors
And I'm scrubbing the floors while you're gawking
Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell
In this crummy Southern town
In this crummy old hotel
But you'll never guess to who you're talking
No - you couldn't ever guess to who you're talking
Then one night there's a scream in the night
And you'll wonder who could that have been
And you see me kinda grinning while I'm scrubbing
And you say, "What's she got to grin?"
I'll tell you:
There's a ship
The Black Freighter
With a skull on its masthead
Will be coming in...
- "Pirate Jenny", by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil (the Nina Simone version - appropriate, given the premiere of Watchmen this weekend)

10. Before the time of the morning Sandman
I can find my way around
Soon be here at the borderline I guess
Armageddon coming down
And here lies a pretty state again
It's time to make a move on
'Cause in three days I'll be out of here
And it's not a day too soon...
- "St. Petersburg", by Supergrass