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)