Lyrical guessing game!

[sarea]

I LOVE guessing games.

How well do you know your (or rather, my) music?

In the meme time... "On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing), and write down your favorite line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Then, have your friends comment and see if they know the songs. No cheating!"

So do you recognize these?

1. He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care (Dixie Chicks, Travelin' Soldier)

2. So I let go, watching you turn your back like you always do (Linkin Park, Faint)

3. Hung my head in shame and refused to take blame for darkness I know I've let win (Jennifer Knapp, Martyrs & Thieves)

4. If I'd said I didn't like it then you'd know I lied (Santana/Alex Band, Why Don't You and I - I have now heard the Chad Kroeger version and it is all wrong)

5. I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal (Evanescence, Tourniquet)

6. One stop to the rhythm that divides you (Third Eye Blind, Semi-Charmed Life)

7. Not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days (Good Charlotte, Movin' On)

8. From up here the city lights burn, like a thousand miles of fire (Story of the Year, Anthem of Our Dying Day)

9. We'll have Halloween on Christmas, and in the night we'll wish this never ends (blink-182, I Miss You)

10. My heart is yours to fill or burst, or break or bury, or wear as jewelry (Dashboard Confessional, Hands Down)

11. With no one to tell us that we should be going through what they went through (Hoobastank, Escape)

12. And I'm just dreaming, counting the ways to where you are (Five for Fighting, 100 Years)

13. Among the many muted faces, you try to find me in the spaces (Mandy Moore, In My Pocket)

14. Now there's a key where my wonderful mouth used to be (K's Choice, Virgin State of Mind)

15. So now maybe after all these years if you miss me have no fears (Simple Plan, I'd Do Anything - did you know Mark Hoppus does the backup vocals on this?)

16. Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse (REM, Nightswimming)

17. Across the sea, a pale moon rises (Annie Lennox, Into the West)

18. If I could buy my reasoning, I'd pay to lose (No Doubt, It's My Life)

19. If you live with me, I'll die for you, and this compromise (Green Day, Church on Sunday)

20. We haven't fucked yet, but my head's spinning (Liz Phair, Why Can't I?)

Edit: I have added the answers if you'd like to know what they are. But in case other people want to continue playing, I have made them the background color (assuming you haven't personalized your LJ friends' comments pages), so to know what a particular song is, just highlight the area after the lyric.

Trivia: Most recognized songs are #6 and #12. Songs no one has successfully guessed yet are #3, #8, #11, #15, and #16.

Comments

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Dude, I got nothin'. I suck.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

These things are so difficult out of context, imho. I didn't have any on your list, and then when I saw some of the replies I was like, "Oh. Duh."

[akscully.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, 4 is the Santana song "Why Don't You and I?" Which singer to you have? Alex Band or the guy from Nickelback?

12 is that Five for Fighting song. I think it's them. It's called "Fifteen" or something?

18 is No Doubt "It's My Life".

I think I know 20 but I'm not placing it. Alas.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Santana did it with Alex Band and Chad Kroeger? I have Alex Band ... I think. WTF?

It's called "100 Years" dorkus.

You are correct on #18.

*taunts with #20*

[sevenfourteen.livejournal.com]

i love 100 years

santana originally did the song with Chad Kroeger...but for some reason the record company told him he couldn't release it, so he suggested that santana do it with Alex Band b/c their voices are quite similar and that version was released on the radio

[akscully.livejournal.com]

Oh, shut up. At least I didn't call it "that annoying falsetto song."

LIZ PHAIR, BITCH! YES! WHY CAN'T I?

WHY CAN'T I INDEED?

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

:O it is not annoying, it is beautiful and meaningful!!! Oh, why am I even bothering, it's like like you know what those things are.

You totally cheated, didn't you? ADMIT IT.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

I did not! I am HURT that you would say that! I just sang the words over and over again until it came to me.

I DON'T CHEAT. Except for that one time in eighth grade. BUT THAT WAS IT.

[fearthainn.livejournal.com]

1. Dixie Chicks, Traveling Soldier

5. Evanescence, Tourniquet

6. Semi-Charmed Life, 3rd Eye Blind

12. Five For Fighting, 100 Years

17. Annie Lennox, Into The West

19. Green Day, Church On Sunday

20. Liz Phair, Why Can't

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Damn you're good.

[fearthainn.livejournal.com]

Hee. I have to admit, a couple of them I googled to make sure I was right. :">

[sevenfourteen.livejournal.com]

ooh you're good...you knew so many on sharlene's too!

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

4. If I'd said I didn't like it then you'd know I lied

This is Santana with some damn person, but I have no idea who/what the song is called *g*

6. One stop to the rhythm that divides you

Ooh! Semi-Charmed Kind of Life, Third Eye Blind!

7. Not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days

Movin' On, Good Charlotte

9. We'll have Halloween on Christmas, and in the night we'll wish this never ends

I Miss You Blink 182

10. My heart is yours to fill or burst, or break or bury, or wear as jewelry

Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional

12. And I'm just dreaming, counting the ways to where you are

100 Years, Five For Fighting

14. Now there's a key where my wonderful mouth used to be

Virgin State of Mind, K's Choice

17. Across the sea, a pale moon rises

I want to say this is Honey & the Moon, but I just. don't. know.

19. If you live with me, I'll die for you, and this compromise

Church on Sunday, Greenday

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

This is Santana with some damn person, but I have no idea who/what the song is called *g*

With Alex Band from The Calling, freakazoid. It's called "Why Don't You and I." I think akscully will be mightily saddened that you didn't know one of the songs from her CD.

17. Across the sea, a pale moon rises

I want to say this is Honey & the Moon, but I just. don't. know.

And you call yourself a RotK fan. This is, of course, "Into the West" by Annie Lennox etc etc.

The rest, you are correct. But I think these blemishes speak for themselves.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

*MIGHTILY SADDENED*

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

*DEEPLY UNCARING*

[akscully.livejournal.com]

*DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AT YOUR *DEEPLY UNCARING**

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

*DEEPLY UNCARING*

[akscully.livejournal.com]

*CRYING AT YOUR APATHY*

ALL I WANT IS FOR YOU TO LOVE ME, JADE! IS THAT SO WRONG?

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Will the two of you please take your strange and disturbing courtship elsewhere?

[akscully.livejournal.com]

No.

LOVE ME, JADE.

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO DRAG OUR PRIVATE ISSUES ONTO SAREA'S LIVE JOURNAL? AND YOU WONDER WHY.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

I'M SORRY, BABY, YOU KNOW I'M SORRY. I CAN'T HELP IT.

WHY ARE YOU HOLDING THAT SWORD, JADE?

NO, JADE, NO!

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

THIS IS APPARENTLY THE ONLY LANGUAGE YOU UNDERSTAND!

*slices your Labyrinth icon to bits with big sword*

I'm sorry, but it had to be done.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

You hurt me, Jade. You hurt me.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

I'M GOING TO HURT YOU BOTH.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

Your comment says no, but your icon...well, your icon says no too, but I know what you're really thinking.

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

You know you love it; you know you BOTH love it.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

I love it, baby.

[sevenfourteen.livejournal.com]

can i just say, no matter how off i'm feeling, a little convo btwn

Sarea, Jade, Ropo, and Akscully in any combination amuses me? Although, Ropo is more sweet than cutting unlike the rest of you :p

So i'd like to thank you all for your odd witticisms and whatnot

*mwah*

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

LOL ... I'm glad someone finds amusement in our insanity.

Ropo just hides it better than the rest of us. She's really the evilest of all. Okay, no, she's too lazy to actually be the evilest, but sweet? HA.

[sevenfourteen.livejournal.com]

:) i don't even know her, but b/c you talk to me, she's nice to me, and so i'm like a little girl who gets to play with the big girls :D

[ropo.livejournal.com]

I am *so* the nice one. You, sevenfourteen, are quite astute.

[sevenfourteen.livejournal.com]

hahaha, they've dragged you in now i see :D

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

I only recognise 5, which is "Torniquet" by Evanescence, and 13, which is "Pennies in my pocket" by Mandy Moore. I love the latter :D

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Heehee, I didn't think anyone would get "In My Pocket" -- go you!!

[hannah-kim.livejournal.com]

2. Faint//LP

3. Hung my head in shame and refused to take blame for darkness I know I've let win - This one is slowely killing me. I know I know it, I just don't *know* it. *weeps*

6. Semi-Charmed Life//Third Eye Blind

9. I miss you//blink

18. Its my life//no doubt

20. don't actualy know but sounds v. Early Blink

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Yay you got LP!

Re: #3 ... I would be very, very surprised if you actually knew this one. I wouldn't expect anyone to get it.

#20 -- Not blink. :D I will post all the answers soon and then people can go "D'oh!" or not.

[hannah-kim.livejournal.com]

I would have had to lynch myself if I didn't get LP.

Re answers: I just know I will be banging my head on the table and cursing the evilosity of this meme. Its just cruel.

[fiannan.livejournal.com]

14. Now there's a key where my wonderful mouth used to be

Ha! It's from the Buffy soundtrack! *hops about excitedly* Jade already got it though :(

20. We haven't fucked yet, but my head's spinning

I have absolutely no idea what this line is from, but I'm most intrigued o.0

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

14. I don't have the Buffy soundtrack, but I LOVE the song every time I watch Doppelgangland, so I had to find out what it was and get it. :D

20. Heehee, I shall post all answers soon. But someone did get this one correctly.

[fiannan.livejournal.com]

I love the first Buffy soundtrack so much it deserves a "lurve" even :p

*lurves it ardently to demonstrate*

Many thanks for the answers!

[obtabius.livejournal.com]

The only one I really knew was #14. You go Buffy soundtrack!

I always sing this song around my house. Drives my flatmates nuts. :)

Oh and #20. I got that too.

I think Im going to this thing too. Hmmmmmmmmm... What songs should I pick...

[empressvesica.livejournal.com]

I suck - I only knew #6 and #20. Now to highlight the answers and feel stupid. *elevator music here*

Not bad - I should have known #18 but other than that - I am not too disappointed in myself.