♪ ... i've got soul but i'm not a soldier ... ♪

[adeline]

Lyrics Guessing Game, suite et fin. Answers & winners behind the cut!


First place: cloudillusion with 9½ points! \o/
Closely followed by: k_t_f, 9 points!
Just made the podium: hebrew_hernia, 8 points!

Congratulations!

They were trailed by _takemeaway_ (7 pts), ferretwho (5½), gabsy and dontburnhot (4), decadentdream (3½), marcal_92 (3), girlinacardigan (2), stealyourmind, never_evil and nitro26 (1). Thanks, all! Hope it was fun. :)

And now... *drumroll* ...some frakking answers! [/HurleyReyes]


01. Sarah's friend, she lost her mind » John Mayer, Another kind of green - guessed by _takemeaway_

02. My baby's on the level, I try to read her mind » The Raconteurs, Level - guessed by cloudillusion

03. That, there - that's not me » Radiohead, How to disappear completely

04. I was blown away, what could I say? It all seemed to make sense » Daughtry, It's not over - guessed by stealyourmind and nitro26

05. You sit there in your heartache waiting on some beautiful boy » The Killers, When you were young - guessed by ferretwho, k_t_f, decadentdream, dontburnhot and hebrew_hernia.

06. How can you ask for forgiveness? so, now you think that your crimes are victimless » Dashboard Confessional, Little bombs

07. I'm a stitch away from making it and a scar away from falling apart » Fall Out Boy, The (after) life of the party

08. Left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth that touched the lead » Death Cab For Cutie, Title track

09. You woke up in pieces from making these changes » Something Corporate, This broken heart

10. One hand on this wily comet, take a drink » The Shins, A comet appears - guessed by hebrew_hernia

11. So what happens when the heart just stops, stops caring for anyone » The Frames, What happens when the heart just stops

12. Live my life around a picture taken when we met » Lifehouse, Who we are

13. I wanna know what he knows, I wanna feel what he felt » Ben Lee, Apple candy - guessed by hebrew_hernia

14. I used to walk along the opposite side of the road » Jason Mraz, Halfway home

15. Sweet pea, apple of my eye, don't know when and I don't know how » Amos Lee, Sweet pea

16. A revolution has begun today for me inside » 30 Seconds To Mars, R-evolve

17. She comes home to me after a hard night's work » Ghost Of The Robot, Angel

18. What would you do if I sang out of tune? » The Beatles, With a little help from my friends - guessed by ferretwho, gabsy, k_t_f, marcal_92 and dontburnhot. decadentdream gets ½ point for providing a/the correct artist.

19. It was dark, it was dark, I needed a spark, I needed it bad » Matthew Ryan, All lit up

20. I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images » The Postal Service, Such great heights - guessed by ferretwho, cloudillusion, girlinacardigan, gabsy, _takemeaway_, dontburnhot and hebrew_hernia

21. I'm gonna make it up as we go along, I don't have any words to put into your song » Joseph Arthur, The termite song

22. The earth is warm next to my ear » Snow Patrol, Finish line

23. Easy said and easy done is how we like this » Editors, Fingers in the factories

24. If you're gonna rip my heart out, could you use a knife that's dull and rust in color » Yellowcard, Avondale

25. It's just the southern road that you leave by » Thursday, Streaks in the sky

26. First time that I ever saw you, knew nothing would ever be the same » Richard Ashcroft, Cry til the morning

27. You say you want to kill yourself, it might make it just a little bit easier » Hanson, Your illusion

28. Never 21 when everyone's a sailor » Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Animal bar

29. You can look a hurricane right in the eye » Audioslave, Wide awake - guessed by dontburnhot

30. We were young and so inspired, we weren't the only ones » Dixie Chicks, Favorite year - guessed by marcal_92

31. There's a plane and I am flying » The Killers, Why do I keep counting?

32. Why don't you just go away? I can't seem to get my head straight » Matchbox Twenty, All your reasons

33. It's hard to breathe in foreign bedrooms » Matt Pond, PA, Foreign bedrooms

34. Ambling madly all over the town, the call to arms you likened to a whisper » The Decemberists, The soldiering life

35. When we met, light was shed » Third Eye Blind, Deep inside of you

36. Pray you don't lose your place, dead of night underway » Rob Thomas, Fallin' to pieces

37. The boy with the thorn in his side, behind the hatred there lies a murderous desire » The Smiths, The boy with the thorn in his side - guessed by k_t_f

38. The boy's gone, the boy's gone home » Jason Mraz, The boy's gone - guessed by _takemeaway_

39. I'm free to be whatever I, whatever I choose and I'll sing the blues if I want » Oasis, Whatever

40. There is no good reason I should have to be so alone » Dixie Chicks, Am I the only one (who's ever felt this way)

41. Have you ever heard the sounds in the shadows of a song? » Blue Merle, Every ship must sail

42. Meet me in Chicago, down by the water line » Mat Kearney, Chicago

43. Me and all my friends, we're all misunderstood » John Mayer (ft. Ben Harper), Waiting on the world to change - guessed by never_evil and _takemeaway_

44. Stay with me, you're the one I need » Jimmy Eat World, Drugs or me

45. What's it like when you die? Do you live on in memories? » Neva Dinova, Did you disappoint your god?

46. Baby's black balloon makes her fly » Goo Goo Dolls, Black balloon - guessed by cloudillusion, k_t_f, decadentdream and hebrew_hernia. __takemeaway gets ½ point for providing the correct artist.

47. There's no beginning to this story, a bookshelf sinks into the sand » Bright Eyes, Method acting - guessed by hebrew_hernia

48. LA's fine, the sun shines most of the time and the feeling is laid back » Neil Diamond, I am... I said

49. I've been waiting up for you to rescue me, to come around and cover everything » Matt Nathanson, Sad songs

50. Heaven, are you really waiting outside the door? » The Fire Theft, Heaven

51. And your eyes are like a waterfall tonight » Belasana, Bittersweet Eve

52. Well, you love me and I love you, so what's the problem? » Brendan Benson, Get it together

53. If I was a doctor, I'd take your pain away » Built For The Sea, These streets

54. All the pain brings me down again, I'm falling to the floor » Smile Empty Soul, Morning light

55. Summer air reminds of all the feelings of your love » Good Charlotte, Seasons

56. You said you could you would you should, nothing could be this good again » Feeder, Pilgrim soul

57. When there's nowhere else to run, is there room for one more son » The Killers, All these things that I've done - guessed by k_t_f and hebrew_hernia. ferretwho, cloudillusion and _takemeaway_ all get ½ point for providing the correct artist.

58. Shut your eyes and think us somewhere » Snow Patrol, Shut your eyes - guessed by gabsy and __takemeaway

59. We expected something, something better than before » The National, Start a war

60. Here comes the daddy, gonna knock me off my feet » Martha Wainwright, Year of the Dragon

61. Bells around St. Petersburg when I saw you » Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Stadium Arcadium

62. Keep the pictures we took, keep the records and the books » Black Lab, Without you

63. Nothing unusual, nothing strange, close to nothing at all » Damien Rice, Amie - guessed by cloudillusion and k_t_f

64. No one knows why we were taught to look away » Matt Pond, PA, Taught to look away

65. I still recall the taste of your tears » Nine Inch Nails, Something I can never have - guessed by k_t_f

66. Time is slipping away, days go by, fade away » The Afters, Love will make you beautiful

67. Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself and covered with a perfect shell » Dashboard Confessional, Places you have come to fear the most - guessed by cloudillusion and hebrew_hernia

68. This is making me crazy, these black clouds follow me » Papa Roach, Black clouds

69. You made the wrong choice, you made the wrong choice » The Lovely Feathers, Wrong choice *little known fact: this was originally used in the Heroes pre-air pilot in lieu of Rogue Wave's In your eyes*

70. As soon as you sound like him, give me a call » Starsailor, Poor misguided fool

71. Is it getting better, or do you feel the same? » Johnny Cash, One - guessed by cloudillusion, gabsy, decadentdream, and _takemeaway_. (And, no. I'd never ever make the sacrilegious assumption that this was originally by anyone else but the legendary U2, not even under duress. It just so happened that I have Cash's cover on my playlist. But please, don't get me started on Joe Cocker's. *pulls a VanGogh... on both ears*

72. Don't you know they're talking about a revolution » Tracy Chapman, Talkin' 'bout a revolution - guessed by cloudillusion

73. I had to taste, to see it close, but you're already there » Devics, Song for a sleeping girl

74. I wanted you to know that I love the way you laugh » Seether ft. Amy Lee, Broken - guessed by cloudillusion

75. Spend your nights here, we'll always be up late » Howie Day, Sorry, so sorry

76. She plays Wipeout on the drums, the squirrels and the birds come » Ben Folds Five, Kate - guessed by k_t_f

77. Would I fly with an angel, would I leave here with you? » Augustana, Angels

78. When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand » James Taylor, You've got a friend - guessed by marcal_92, ferretwho, cloudillusion, and girlinacardigan

79. Your day breaks, your mind aches » The Beatles, For no one - guessed by ferretwho

80. Gotta keep hold of this here feeling » The Magic Numbers, Try

81. I know that I was lost and I know that it was too hard » Aqualung, Glimmer

82. All I really wanted was an open mind to understand what I was thinking » The Yards, Fireflies

83. You have to do it running but you do everything that they ask you to » The National, Mistaken for strangers

84. I wait around for the still small center from saint to sinner » Taking Back Sunday, The union

85. Drowning with the poor man, relax, system, I love you still » Daniel Powter, Styrofoam

86. We've been to top, we've been to the bottom » Sia, Butterflies

87. For all the love we made, just one thing stays the same » Hanson, Go

88. Voice from the mountain and a voice from the sea » Nick Drake, Voices

89. Keeping up appearances, keeping up with the Joneses » Travis, Re-offender - guessed by k_t_f

90. Someone found the future as a statue in a fountain » Elliott Smith, Everything means nothing to me

91. To change the world, start with one step » Dave Matthews Band, You might die trying

92. Baby, I went back to funeral row kicking through the old streets » Tom McRae, Bright lights

93. The perfect world's never crossed my mind » Snow Patrol, Signal fire

94. When winter comes along these shores » Pete Yorn, Ice age

95. The lights go down outside, before our cars collide » Thursday, The other side of the crash/over and out (of control)

96. If you thought that I was leaving here, can I find a way inside » Lostprophets, Five is a four-letter word

97. Red lights lead to green lights » Josh Kelley, Lady of mine

98. In your version of this world, you're everybody's favorite girl » Joseph Arthur, Favorite girl

99. I know it's gonna take some time for you to feel that it's all right » Newton Faulkner, Feels like home

100. I sink into the walls » I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Timshel


Aaaand, that's it. If any of these tickle your fancy, ask and ye shall receive... Thank you for playing, everyone! ♥