somebody got murdered

Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun

Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?
(Bob Dylan, "Dignity")

wheels

I was born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
(...)
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there.
(Bob Dylan, "Not Dark Yet", 1997)

the long way

Well, I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home
Is there a light up ahead
I can't hold onto very long
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home
(Norah Jones, "The Long Way Home", 2004)

underground sunbeams

Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam.
'Cause sunbeams are not made like me.
Don't expect me to cry for all the reasons you had to die.
Don't ever ask your love of me.
(The Vaselines, "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam", 1992)

creepy as an empty parking lot

I see you falling
How long to go till you hit the ground
You keep on screaming
Don't you see me hear
Am I a ghost to you?
Now your grips to strong
Can't catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change
Gotta keep faith that your luck will change tomorrow
(James, "Tomorrow", 1997)

light curves

High up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
(Coldplay, "Fix You", 2005)

the fallen A

Oh darling, take a look at you and me
We both love our freedom and we'll always be
Two roads
(Chris Rea, "Two Roads")

behind your back

Frank Costello: When I was growing up, they would say
you could become cops or criminals.
But what I'm saying is this.
When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?
(Martin Scorsese, "The Departed", 2006)

spinning love

I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to
(Dire Straits, "Hand in Hand", 1980)

the Duke

Have I got the strength to ask
Beyond the window
I feel this fear alone
Until we have
Total honesty
If I tremble or fall
I'm reaching out in this mourning air.
(Portishead, "Mourning Air", 1997)

slide away

I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
(Joni Mitchell, "River", 1971)

cab driver

Mr. Cab Driver won't you stop to let me in
Mr. Cab Driver don't you like my kind of skin
Mr. Cab Driver you're never gonna win
(Lenny Kravitz, "Mr. Cab Driver", 1990)

keep your eyes on the road

The future's uncertain,
and the end is always near
(The Doors, "Roadhouse Blues", 1970)

constant as a northern star III

And I said, constant in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar
(Joni Mitchell, "A Case of You", 1971)

constant as a northern star II

Never thought I'd get any higher
Never thought you'd fuck with my brain
Never thought all this could expire
Never thought you'd go break the chain
(Placebo, "My Sweet Prince", 1998)

constant as a northern star

(Looper, "Mondo '77")

waving down a taxi

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
(Tom Petty, "The Waiting", 1981)

the four ladies

Get ready for the future:
it is murder
(Leonard Cohen, "The Future", 1992)

dead end

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
(Simon and Garfunkel, "Sound of Silence", 1964)

random steps

Walking through the suburbs though not exactly lovers
You're a couple, 'specially when your body's doubled
Duplicate, then you wait for the next kuwait
(Massive Attack, "Karmacoma", 1995)

the news

Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
(Bob Dylan, "The times they are a-changin", 1964)

calling Tiffany

concrete hands picked up the telephone ring
do you know who's you're talking to
no, and I don't care who
(Elliott Smith, "No Name No2")

Sunday

When that fat old sun in the sky is falling,
Summer evening birds are calling.
Children's laughter in my ears,
The last sunlight disappears.
And if you sit,
Don't make a sound.
Pick your feet up off the ground.
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange,
Sing to me, sing to me.
(Pink Floyd, "Fat Old Sun", 1970)

I took a walk along the shore
To clear my mind about the day,
I saw a man I'd seen before
As I approached he slipped away.
(Blackmore's Night, "Spirit of the Sea", 1997)

the old lady and the dog

-Please, step forwards. May I have the password?
-Fidelio.
(Stanley Kubrick, "Eyes Wide Shut", 1999)

choose life

Cross the line,
you can't come back again
(Neil Young, "Dream Machine")

miles to go

I'll never be your beast of burden
My back is broad but it's a hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
I'll never be your beast of burden
I've walked for miles my feet are hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
(The Rolling Stones, Beast of Burden, 1978)

reach for the sky

Reach for the sky
cause tomorrow may never come
(Social Distortion, "Reach for the Sky", 2004)

the scarf (riding with the wind)

Caught a glance in your eyes
And fell through the skies
Glance in your eyes
And fell through the skies
I'm walking down the freezing street
Scarf goes out behind
(Big Star, "Nighttime", 1978)

nerve cells

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me till Im sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
Theres someone in my head but its not me.
(Pink Floyd, "Brain Damage", 1973)

free bird

-Mitch, can I bring the lovebirds in here?
-No!
-But Mom, they're in a cage.
-They're birds, aren't they?
(Alfred Hitchcock, "The Birds", 1963)

shelter

Not a word was spoken between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
(Bob Dylan, "Shelter from the Storm", 1975)

rat race

Freedom is so close to you,
you think that you've already won ?
(Closet Monster, "Prison of your Mind")

are you blind ?

I'm not just deaf and dumb
Staring at the sun
Not the only one
Who's happy to go blind
(...)
Intransigence is all around
Military still in town
Armour plated suits and ties
Daddy just won't say goodbye
(U2, "Staring at the Sun", 1997)

missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
(Pink Floyd, "Time", 1973)

dizzy neMo under the bridge

I became lunatic
With rolling eyes
Squirming on the ground
Frozen in ice
Called to my mother
Said "Mother, please
Feed me before the sky
Falls in on me"
You're dizzy
(Blur, "Dizzy")

pretty teeth

Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne
Und die trägt er im Gesicht
Und MacHeath, der hat ein Messer
Doch das Messer sieht man nicht
(Bertolt Brecht, "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", 1928)

silhouette on the window

You really made my day
With the little things you say
Right now I'm looking through the window at a silhouette
Trying to find something I can find yet
Imagination is my best friend
Got to watch out for the greedy hand, greedy hand
Make a living like a rolling stone
On the road there's no place like home
Silhouettes on the window
(Neil Young, "Razor Love", 2000)

the other side

And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall
(Pink Floyd, "Outside the Wall", 1979)

light my way

And the day is as dark as the night is long
Feel like trash, you make me feel clean
I'm in the black, can't see or be seen
Baby, baby, baby...light my way
(U2, Ultraviolet, 1991)

where is the life

I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
(Trent Reznor, "Hurt", 1994)

"Beware doll, you're bound to fall"

And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
(Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone", 1965)

on the 205

I Ride On The Bus Into The City Every Day
I Sit On My Seat And I Dream Myself Away
I Dream I'm On An Island With That Foxy Lady Too
But When I Awaken I Must Be Mistaken I'm On Third Avenue
(Beastie Boys, "Mark on the Bus", 1992)

crossroads

I'm standin at the crossroads
Tryin to read the signs
To tell me which way I should
Go to find the answer
And all the time I know
Let your love and let it grow
(Cream, "Let it Grow")

the market

In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all.
(Bod Dylan, "Love Minus Zero / No Limit", 1965)