09 February 2003 - 5:28 pm
lyricquiz.

quiz. from lex's journal.

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1. Are you male or female?

" ... i'm a man machine
he's a man machine)
drinking gasoline
superhuman being,
shooting laser beams"
- from "lock, stock & 2 smoking barrels"

2. Describe yourself:

"i don't get many things right the first time,
in fact, i am told that a lot
now i know all the wrong turns of stumbles and falls
brought me here ..."
- ben folds, "the luckiest"

3. How do they feel about you?

"desperado, why don't you come to your senses,
you've been out riding fences for so long now,
oh, you're a hard one,
but i know that you got your reasons,
these things that are pleasin' you,
can hurt you somehow,
don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
she'll beat you if she's able,
you know the queen of hearts is always your best bet,
now, it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table,
but you only want the ones you can't get ..
desperado ...
your prison is walkin through this world all alone"
- the eagles, "desperado"

4. How do you feel about yourself?

"trailed by a mess of masking tape
and construction paper
and the best of intentions,
he tried to patch up every hole as he went,
back and forth and back again
and his friends half full of half concerns
embarrasssed looks and tired words ...
once i shed the whole of me
once i shed the whole of me
then i'll be smiling
he cursed himself
and his instinct to nurse every idea back to health..."
- matt nathanson, "then i'll be smiling"

5. How do you feel about life?

"what a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen
in the blink of an eye and be gone from me
soft and sweet - let me hold it close and keep it here -
let me ...
and one day we will die and our ashes will fly
from the aeroplane over the sea
but for now we are young
let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing
we can see"
- neutral milk hotel, "in the aeroplane over the sea"
6. What's going through your mind right now?

"just a day,
just an ordinary day,
just trying to get by,
just a boy,
just an ordinary boy,
but he was lookin' to the sky ..."
- michelle branch, "ordinary day"

7. What would you rather be doing?

"out along the edges
always where I burn to be
the further on the edge
the hotter the intensity .."
- kenny loggins, "highway to the danger zone"

8. Describe how you feel about the person you love:

"you see well i'm feeling lucky oh well, maybe that's just me
you should be proud of me, oh hell if you could only see
that we're gonna grow on up to be, ah yes
we are thick as thieves..."
- jason mraz, "on love, in sadness"

9. Describe how you love:

"love is real,
it is not just in novels or the movies,
it is fact
and it is standing here, right in front of you
so if you just open your eyes,
oh what a sweet discovery ...
there is hope and there is joy ..
and there is acceptance"
- bright eyes, "kathy with a k's song"

10. Share a few words of wisdom:

"can't live for tomorrow,
tomorrow's much too long,
can't live for tomorrow,
i might not have that long"
- smashing pumpkins, "today"

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