This is following the 128 entry tournament model you can find on bracketmaker, but we cannot use that site since the entries are too long. The overall tournament is found in the second and third posts. The current matchups are found in the first post.

you can decide whether you would like to consider each lyric as poetry (and judge it only as a written line) or as a 'lyric', which would also account for the way the line is delivered.


All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true is Pearl Jam's best lyric


Finals

Voting open 1/9-1/16

127. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.

All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true

13-10

Bracket A

1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

34-7

2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart
vs.
Escape is never the safest path

24-17

3.Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
vs.
A night bird is following you all the time.

32-9

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time
vs.
Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

24-17

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
vs.
It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

25-16

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

21-20

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
vs.
Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

26-15

8.I smile but who am I kidding?
vs.
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.
vs.
Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

23-18

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
vs.
I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

22-19

11. Don't see some men as half empty/see 'em half fulla shit
vs.
Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you


21-20

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
vs.
I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

22-19

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

24-17

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive
vs.
Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

27-13

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
vs.
Looks like lightning in my child's eyes.

32-9

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

33-8


Bracket C

17. Let the sun shine and burn away my past/Three days and maybe longer, won't even know I've left
vs.
Artificial tear/vessel stabbed/next up, volunteers

18-15

18. Take my hand, not my picture/spilled my tincture.
vs.
We all got scars /they should have em too

17-16

19. And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass/of what was everything.
vs.
I saw the strain creep in/He seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next/Before his first step/He's off again

18-15

20. I remember when I swore I knew everything.
vs.
Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf

21-12

21. Once divided/nothing left to subtract/Some words when spoken/can't be taken back
vs.
With heavy breath, awakened regrets/Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together/but we were miles apart/Every inch between us becomes light years now

17-16

22. Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly
vs.
Are you woman enough to be my man?/bandaged hand in hand

19-14

23. Who's kidding? Rainy day, one-way ticket headstone/An occupation overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone
vs.
Given two lost wings/A beautiful star sea.

30-3

24. And the young they can lose hope because they can't see beyond today/The wisdom that the old can't give away.
vs.
Dream the dreams of other men/you'll be no ones rival

19-14

Bracket D

25. You’re always saying you’re too weak to be strong
vs.
They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere

27-6

26. All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives/choosing shiny ones instead
vs.
Model, role model, roll some models in blood/get some flesh to stick so they look like us.

17-15

27. I'll wait up in the dark/For you to speak to me
vs.
I changed by not changing at all.


20-13

28. No time to be void, or save up on life/you gotta spend it all
vs.
I will hold the candle, till it burns up my arm/I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired

17-16

29. And though he's too big a man to say/There's a fear they'll soon be parting ways
vs.
Somewhere there's a siren singing a song only he hears

19-14

30. I am lost/I am no guide/But I am by your side/I am right by your side
vs.
Alone, listless, breakfast table in an otherwise empty room/Young girl, violins, center of her own attention

20-13

31. Feel the sky blanket you with gems and rhinestones
vs.
I’m a thief/I’m a liar/Here’s my church I sing in the choir

25-8

32. I've seen the home inside your head/All locked doors and unmade beds
vs.
Hold on to the thread/The currents will shift

23-10

Bracket E

33. Can’t buy what I want because its free
vs.
I don't question our existence/I just question our modern needs

20-15

34. Why would you wanna hurt me?/So frightened of your pain
vs.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die/the in between is mine

28-7

35. I'm like an opening band for the sun.
vs.
"Turn the jukebox up," he said/Dancing in irreverence/"Play C3, let the song protest."

18-17

36. I've lived all these lives/like an ocean in disguise
vs.
One man stands on the edge of the ocean/a beacon on dry land/Eyes upon the horizon/in the dark before the dawn

20-15

37. A truant finds home/ and a wish to hold on/But there's a trapdoor in the sun
vs.
Behind her eyes there's curtains/ and they've been closed to hide the flames

21-14

38. If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this
vs.
Like a tear in all we know/once dissolved we are free to grow

28-7

39. Tell the captain this boat's not safe and we're drowning/Turns out he's the the one making waves.
vs.
I’ve got memories/I’ve got shit/so much it don’t show

20-15

40. Promises are whispered/ in the age of darkness/Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end
vs.
I want to race with the sundown/I want a last breath that I don’t let out

23-7

Bracket F

41. All the photographs are peeling, and colors turn to gray
vs.
The winded eves and sideways snow/His eminence has yet to show.

22-13

42. she lies and says she's in love with him
vs.
He still gives his love he just gives it away/The love he receives is the love that is saved

24-11

43. If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done.
vs.
this broken wheel is coming undone/and the road's exploded

23-7

44. Saw things so much clearer/Once you were in my rearviewmirror
vs.
I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me

25-10

45. Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake/The smallest oceans still get big, big waves
vs.
Things were different then/All is different now/I tried to explain/I hope this works somehow.

27-8

46. I just want to hold on and know I'm worth your love/Enough/I don't think there's such a thing.
vs.
Blackout weaves its way through the cities

18-17

47. And love/what a different life had I not found this love with you.
vs.
For every tool they lend us, a loss of Independence

27-8

48. Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved
vs.
Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind

18-17[/quote]


Bracket G

49. If I’d been taught from the beginning/would my fears now be winning?
vs.
My lips are shaken, my nails are bit off/it's been a month since I've heard myself talk

23-6

50. I am myself, like you somehow
vs.
Swallow seeds on my death beg/Dig a hole in the garden,

23-6

51. All this hope and nowhere to go
vs.
I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune/I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room

23-6

52. Before I disappear, whisper in my ear/Give me something to echo in my unknown futures here
vs.
Tidal waves don't beg forgiveness/crash, then on their way

16-13

53. the ocean is full because everyone's crying/the full moon is looking for friends at high tide
vs.
I wish I'd seen the place/But no one's ever taken me

16-13

54. watched from the window with a red mosquito
vs.
No matter how cold the winter, there's a spring time ahead

17-12

55. Champagne breakfast for everyone.
vs.
Who made, who made up, made up the myth/That we were born to be covered in bliss?


21-8

56. She knows their future's burning/but she can smile just the same
vs.
nature has its own religion/gospel from the land

17-12

Bracket H

57. The waiting drove me mad/You're finally here and I'm a mess.
vs.
Ransom paid the devil/he whispers pleasing words

22-7

58. Do no wrong, so clean cut/Dirty his hands, it comes right off
vs.
Have no fear but for falling down/so look out below I am falling now

19-10

59. Turns the bow back/tows and drops the line/Puts his faith in love and tremor Christ
vs.
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life/I know you'll be a star/ in somebody else's sky,/but why, why, why can't it be/can't it be mine?

17-12

60. All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true
vs.
I would've fallen from the sky, 'til you/Parachutes have opened now.

22-7

61. Oh please let it rain today/This city's so filthy, like my mind in ways.
vs.
All the advantage this life's got on me/Picture a cup in the middle of the sea


16-13

62. All five horizons revolved around her soul
vs.
Jeremy spoke in class today

18-11

63. I've understood feelings and I've understood words/But how could you be taken away?
vs.
I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing

19-10

64.
I've lived all these lives, it's been wonderful tonight/I will live forever, you can't keep me here.
vs.
It's a hopeless situation/ and I'm starting to believe/that this hopeless situation/is what I'm trying to achieve

18-11

65. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Escape is never the safest path

25-8

66. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
vs.
Life has nothing to do with killing time

18-15

67. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

20-13

68. Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay
vs.
I smile, but who am I kidding?

19-14

69. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry
vs.
Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly

17-15

70. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you
vs.
And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

20-13

71. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed

20-13

72. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

19-14
73. Let the sun shine and burn away my past/Three days and maybe longer, won't even know I've left
vs.
We all got scars /they should have em too

25-5

74. And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass/of what was everything.
vs.
Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf

16-14

75. With heavy breath, awakened regrets/Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together/but we were miles apart/Every inch between us becomes light years now
vs.
Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly

17-16

76. Who's kidding? Rainy day, one-way ticket headstone/An occupation overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone
vs.
And the young they can lose hope because they can't see beyond today/The wisdom that the old can't give away.

20-10

77. They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere
vs.
Model, role model, roll some models in blood/get some flesh to stick so they look like us.

19-11

78. I changed by not changing at all
vs.
No time to be void, or save up on life/you gotta spend it all

17-16

79. And though he's too big a man to say/There's a fear they'll soon be parting ways
vs.
I am lost/I am no guide/But I am by your side/I am right by your side

20-10

80. I’m a thief/I’m a liar/Here’s my church I sing in the choir
vs.
I've seen the home inside your head/All locked doors and unmade beds

20-10

Results

81. Can’t buy what I want because its free
vs.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die/the in between is mine

14-10

82. I'm like an opening band for the sun
vs.
I've lived all these lives/like an ocean in disguise

15-9

83. Behind her eyes there's curtains/ and they've been closed to hide the flames
vs.
If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this


13-11

84. I’ve got memories/I’ve got shit/so much it don’t show
vs.
I want to race with the sundown/I want a last breath that I don’t let out

13-11

85. All the photographs are peeling, and colors turn to gray
vs.
He still gives his love he just gives it away/The love he receives is the love that is saved

18-6

86. If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done
vs.
I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me

19-5

87. Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake/The smallest oceans still get big, big waves
vs.
Blackout weaves its way through the cities

19-5

88. For every tool they lend us, a loss of independence
vs.
Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind

19-5



89. My lips are shaken, my nails are bit off/it's been a month since I've heard myself talk
vs.
I am myself, like you somehow

13-10

90. I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune/I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room
vs.
Tidal waves don't beg forgiveness/crash, then on their way

12-11

91. the ocean is full because everyone's crying/the full moon is looking for friends at high tide
vs.
No matter how cold the winter, there's a spring time ahead

12-11

92. Who made, who made up, made up the myth/That we were born to be covered in bliss?
vs.
She knows their future's burning/but she can smile just the same

17-6

93. The waiting drove me mad/You're finally here and I'm a mess.
vs.
Do no wrong, so clean cut/Dirty his hands, it comes right off

17-6

94. I know someday you'll have a beautiful life/I know you'll be a star/ in somebody else's sky,/but why, why, why can't it be/can't it be mine?
vs.
All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true

14-9

95. All the advantage this life's got on me/Picture a cup in the middle of the sea
vs.
All five horizons revolved around her soul

16-7

96. I've understood feelings and I've understood words/But how could you be taken away?
vs.
It's a hopeless situation/ and I'm starting to believe/that this hopeless situation/is what I'm trying to achieve

15-8


97. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Life has nothing to do with killing time

12-11

98. I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
vs.
Standing like a statute/A Chin of stone/A heart of clay

12-11

99. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry
vs.
And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

12-11

100. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

12-11

101. Let the sun shine and burn away my past/Three days and maybe longer, won't even know I've left
vs.
Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf

12-11

102. Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly
vs.
And the young they can lose hope because they can't see beyond today/The wisdom that the old can't give away.

14-9

103.They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere
vs.
No time to be void, or save up on life/you gotta spend it all


13-10

104. I am lost/I am no guide/But I am by your side/I am right by your side
vs.
I'm a thief/I'm a liar/There's my church/I sing in the choir

13-10


105. Can’t buy what I want because its free
vs. I'm like an opening band for the sun

17-6

106. If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this
vs.
I want to race with the sundown/I want a last breath that I don’t let out

14-9

107. He still gives his love he just gives it away/The love he receives is the love that is saved
vs.
I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me

14-9

108. Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake/The smallest oceans still get big, big waves
vs.
For every tool they lend us, a loss of independence

14-9

109. My lips are shaken, my nails are bit off/it's been a month since I've heard myself talk
vs.
Tidal waves don't beg forgiveness/crashed and on their way

13-10

110. the ocean is full because everyone's crying/the full moon is looking for friends at high tide
vs.
She knows their future's burning/but she can smile just the same

13-10

111. The waiting drove me mad/You're finally here and I'm a mess
vs.
All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true

17-6

112. All the advantage this life's got on me/Picture a cup in the middle of the sea
vs.
It's a hopeless situation/ and I'm starting to believe/that this hopeless situation/is what I'm trying to achieve

12-11

Bracket Finals


113. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

16-6

114. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry
vs.
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

20-2

115. Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf
vs.
Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly

13-9

116. They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere
vs.
I am lost/I am no guide/But I am by your side/I am right by your side

12-10

117. Can’t buy what I want because its free
vs.
If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this

12-10

118. I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me
vs.
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake/The smallest oceans still get big, big waves

13-9

119. My lips are shaken, my nails are bit off/it's been a month since I've heard myself talk vs.
She knows their future's burning/but she can smile just the same

16-6

120. All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true
vs.
All the advantage this life's got on me/Picture a cup in the middle of the sea

16-6

Quarter Finals

121. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

10-7

122. Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf
vs.
They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere

11-6

123. If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this
vs.
I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me

11-6

124. My lips are shaken, my nails are bit off/it's been a month since I've heard myself talk
vs.
All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true

15-2

Semi Finals
125. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere

16-7

126. I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me
vs.
All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true

14-9

Finals
127. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

vs.

All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true

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Bracket A

1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

I think the second lyric is probably more clever, and is going somewhere more interesting, but never quite makes it. And the line itself is kinda chunky. The melody underneath the words matters a bit for effective songwriting.


2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart
vs.
Escape is never the safest path

The footsteps lyric is delivered really well but in the end it IS a pretty emo lyric. The escape is never the safest path is the kind of lyric writing that Eddie does really really well, a deceptively simple line in pretty unaffected language that manages to say something pretty profound.

3.Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
vs.
A night bird is following you all the time.

I've never thought the PT lyrics were that great (the only part I really like is the chorus), and I've been thinking a lot about this lyric only because I respect KD and he nominated, and if I squint at it the right way I can start to see why it's pretty good.

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time
vs.
Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

Cropduster is one of the better written songs in the catalog, but it is kind of like Tremor Christ or Immortality. The overall effect is better than the sum of its parts. The lyric from All Night (good call, whoever nominated that one) is like the dissident lyric--the kind of stuff Eddie does really well.


5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
vs.
It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

I always liked the punchiness in the breakerfall lyric, but even with the slightly awkward phrasing (which gets hidden nicely in the melody) the culminating lyric to GTF is pretty powerful. The phrase 'given to fly' is wonderful.


6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

Credit where credit is due, the lyrics to the pilate chorus are pretty good. I like the lyrics to TMY, but this one is almost too obvious.


7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
vs.
Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

You Are has one good lyric, and the above is not it.

8. I smile but who am I kidding?
vs.
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

I like how resigned the TMY lyric is but I think the Just Breathe lyric, both in the melody, the expression of sentiment, and the innocent way in which it is written, is one of the best lyrics in the catalog. This is eddie at his best.

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.
vs.
Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

The marker lyric is a bit too obvious.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
vs.
I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

That's a good SoH lyric but the second half of the RVM lyric is what takes it

11. Don't see some men as half empty/see 'em half fulla shit
vs.
Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

I'm sure the faithful lyric will win. Neither of these are great, but I kinda like the shoulder shrugging fuck em all feel to the 1/2 full lyric.

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
vs.
I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

Light years has too many lines of clunky sentiment. That cropduster lyric is VERY smart. Much smarter than people may realize.

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

The wishlist lyric, for all its clunkiness, is one of my all time favorites, since he takes this sweet, sentimental love song and reduces the whole thing to trust, hope, and fear, which is very smart.

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive
vs.
Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

Two great lyrics, two fantastic deliveries, RVM's is a bit more effective outside the context of its song, but with that context the exacerbated, pleading elements to Corduroy take it.

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
vs.
Looks like lightning in my child's eyes.

Nice sentiment in Army Reserve (I would have liked to see a few more lyrics from that one make it) but the daughter lyric has that moment of the catharsis and the understated but still quite chilly, almost frightningly awful first half. She holds the hand that holds her down is excellent writing.

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

Evacuation's chorus has never really impressed me. The above Light Years lyric is one of the few places where that song's lyrics work.

Bracket A

1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have


2. Escape is never the safest path

3.Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time

5. It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

6. I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

7. Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

8. I smile but who am I kidding?

Bracket B

9. Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

10. I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

11. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

14. Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above

16. We were but stones/your light made us stars

1. Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

2. Escape is never the safest path

3. Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun

8. I smile but who am I kidding?


Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly

11. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

14. Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

15. Looks like lightning in my child's eyes.

16. We were but stones/your light made us stars

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have

2. Escape is never the safest path

3. A night bird is following you all the time.

4. Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

5. It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun

8. I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly

11. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

14. Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."

1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart
vs.
Escape is never the safest path

3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
vs.
A night bird is following you all the time.

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time
vs.
Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
vs.
It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
vs.
Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

8. I smile but who am I kidding?
vs.
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.
vs.
Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
vs.
I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

11. Don't see some men as half empty/see 'em half fulla shit
vs.
Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
vs.
I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive
vs.
Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

ooooh... this was a hard one... these should be in the final

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
vs.
Looks like lightning in my child's eyes.

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

Bracket C

17. Let the sun shine and burn away my past/Three days and maybe longer, won't even know I've left
vs.
Artificial tear/vessel stabbed/next up, volunteers

18. Take my hand, not my picture/spilled my tincture.
vs.
We all got scars /they should have em too

19. And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass/of what was everything.
vs.
I saw the strain creep in/He seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next/Before his first step/He's off again

20. I remember when I swore I knew everything.
vs.
Seek my part/ devote myself/my small self/like a book amongst the many on a shelf

21. Once divided/nothing left to subtract/Some words when spoken/can't be taken back
vs.
With heavy breath, awakened regrets/Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together/but we were miles apart/Every inch between us becomes light years now

22. Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly
vs.
Are you woman enough to be my man?/bandaged hand in hand

These too... so hard

23. Who's kidding? Rainy day, one-way ticket headstone/An occupation overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone
vs.
Given two lost wings/A beautiful star sea.

24. And the young they can lose hope because they can't see beyond today/The wisdom that the old can't give away.
vs.
Dream the dreams of other men/you'll be no ones rival

How do I choose between these two

Bracket D

25. You’re always saying you’re too weak to be strong
vs.
They said that timing was everything/made him want to be everywhere/there’s a lot to be said for nowhere

26. All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives/choosing shiny ones instead
vs.
Model, role model, roll some models in blood/get some flesh to stick so they look like us.

27. I'll wait up in the dark/For you to speak to me
vs.
I changed by not changing at all.

28. No time to be void, or save up on life/you gotta spend it all
vs.
I will hold the candle, till it burns up my arm/I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired

29. And though he's too big a man to say/There's a fear they'll soon be parting ways
vs.
Somewhere there's a siren singing a song only he hears

30. I am lost/I am no guide/But I am by your side/I am right by your side
vs.
Alone, listless, breakfast table in an otherwise empty room/Young girl, violins, center of her own attention

Argh... stop pinning my favorites against each other

31. Feel the sky blanket you with gems and rhinestones
vs.
I’m a thief/I’m a liar/Here’s my church I sing in the choir

32. I've seen the home inside your head/All locked doors and unmade beds
vs.
Hold on to the thread/The currents will shift

Bracket E

33. Can’t buy what I want because its free
vs.
I don't question our existence/I just question our modern needs

34. Why would you wanna hurt me?/So frightened of your pain
vs.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die/the in between is mine

35. I'm like an opening band for the sun.
vs.
"Turn the jukebox up," he said/Dancing in irreverence/"Play C3, let the song protest."

36. I've lived all these lives/like an ocean in disguise
vs.
One man stands on the edge of the ocean/a beacon on dry land/Eyes upon the horizon/in the dark before the dawn

37. A truant finds home/ and a wish to hold on/But there's a trapdoor in the sun
vs.
Behind her eyes there's curtains/ and they've been closed to hide the flames

38. If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this
vs.
Like a tear in all we know/once dissolved we are free to grow

39. Tell the captain this boat's not safe and we're drowning/Turns out he's the the one making waves.
vs.
I’ve got memories/I’ve got shit/so much it don’t show

40. Promises are whispered/ in the age of darkness/Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end
vs.
I want to race with the sundown/I want a last breath that I don’t let out

Bracket F

41. Some words when spoken, can't be taken back
vs.
The winded eves and sideways snow/His eminence has yet to show.

42. she lies and says she's in love with him
vs.
He still gives his love he just gives it away/The love he recieves is the love that is saved

43. If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done.
vs.
this broken wheel is coming undone/and the road's exploded

44. Saw things so much clearer/Once you were in my rearviewmirror
vs.
I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me

45. Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake/The smallest oceans still get big, big waves
vs.
Things were different then/All is different now/I tried to explain/I hope this works somehow.

46. I just want to hold on and know I'm worth your love/Enough/I don't think there's such a thing.
vs.
Blackout weaves its way through the cities

47. And love/what a different life had I not found this love with you.
vs.
For every tool they lend us, a loss of indepdence

48. Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved
vs.
Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind

Bracket G

49. If I’d been taught from the beginning/would my fears now be winning?
vs.
My lips are shaken, my nails are bit off/it's been a month since I've heard myself talk

50. I am myself, like you somehow
vs.
Swallow seeds on my death beg/Dig a hole in the garden,

51. All this hope and nowhere to go
vs.
I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune/I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room

52. Before I disappear, whisper in my ear/Give me something to echo in my unknown futures here
vs.
Tidal waves don't beg forgiveness/crash, then on their way

53. the ocean is full because everyone's crying/the full moon is looking for friends at high tide
vs.
I wish I'd seen the place/But no one's ever taken me

54. watched from the window with a red mosquito
vs.
No matter how cold the winter, there's a spring time ahead

55. Champagne breakfast for everyone.
vs.
Who made, who made up, made up the myth/That we were born to be covered in bliss?

56. She knows their future's burning/but she can smile just the same
vs.
nature has its own religion/gospel from the land

Bracket H

57. The waiting drove me mad/You're finally here and I'm a mess.
vs.
Ransom paid the devil/he whispers pleasing words

58. Do no wrong, so clean cut/Dirty his hands, it comes right off
vs.
Have no fear but for falling down/so look out below I am falling now

59. Turns the bow back/tows and drops the line/Puts his faith in love and tremor Christ
vs.
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life/I know you'll be a star/ in somebody else's sky,/but why, why, why can't it be/can't it be mine?

60. All that's sacred comes from youth/Dedications naive and true
vs.
I would've fallen from the sky, 'til you/Parachutes have opened now.

61. Oh please let it rain today/This city's so filthy, like my mind in ways.
vs.
All the advantage this life's got on me/Picture a cup in the middle of the sea

62. All five horizons revolved around her soul
vs.
Jeremy spoke in class today

63. I've understood feelings and I've understood words/But how could you be taken away?
vs.
I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing

64.
I've lived all these lives, it's been wonderful tonight/I will live forever, you can't keep me here.
vs.
It's a hopeless situation/ and I'm starting to believe/that this hopeless situation/is what I'm trying to achieve


This was so much fun, thanks for setting it up, it must have been a ton of work. Is it me or doesn't a lyric in nothingman come up twice? 41 and higher up?

nope, I missed that one. I'll add in one of the lyrics i cut. This round of voting was only two brackets, so make sure you come back and revote (you were a little ambitious)

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have

2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart

3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

4. Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

5. It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

6. I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

7. Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

8. I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly

11. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above

16. We were but stones/your light made us stars


Some difficult choices.

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have

2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart

3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.

Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above

We were but stones/your light made us stars

(i think the corduroy lyric is wrong)

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart
vs.
Escape is never the safest path

3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
vs.
A night bird is following you all the time.

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time
vs.
Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
vs.
It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
vs.
Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

8. I smile but who am I kidding?
vs.
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.
vs.
Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
vs.
I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

11. Don't see some men as half empty/see 'em half fulla shit
vs.
Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
vs.
I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive
vs.
Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
vs.
Looks like lightning in my child's eyes.

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

Bracket A
1. under your tongue/i'm like a tab/ I will give you what you're not supposed to have.
2. Ive got scratches all over my arms/ one for each day since I fell apart
3. are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip
4. life has nothing to do with killing time
5. sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/ a human being that was given to fly
6. i let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back, now in time Ive realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
7. Standing like a statue/ a chin of stone, a heart of clay
8. I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B
9. Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/ but god is nowhere to be found conveniently
10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/ It was like a book he read in his sleep endlessly
11. Just be darling, and I will be too/ Faithfull to you
12. And wherever you've gone/ and wherever we might go/ It don't seem fair/ you seemed to like it here
13. I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down
14. Tried to endure/ what I could not forgive
15. she holds the hand that holds her down/ she will rise above
16. we were but stones/ your light made us stars

Bracket A

1. under your tongue/i'm like a tab/i will give you what you're not supposed to have
2. i've got scratches all over my arms/one for each day since i fell apart
3. are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip
4. eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/every life is looking in
5. sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
6. i let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time i've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
7. standing like a statue/a chin of stone, a heart of clay
8. i'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones i love

Bracket B

9. now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/but God is nowhere to be found, conveniently
10. mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart, it was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
11. just be darling, and i will be too/Faithful to you
12. and wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/it don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
13. like a cloud dropping rain i'm discarding all thought/i'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground
14. everything has chains/absolutely nothing's changed
15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
16. we were but stones/your light made us stars

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
vs.
Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

2. I've got scratches all over my arms/One for each day since I fell apart
vs.
Escape is never the safest path

3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
vs.
A night bird is following you all the time.

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time
vs.
Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
vs.
It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
vs.
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
vs.
Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

8. I smile but who am I kidding?
vs.
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.
vs.
Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.

10. Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
vs.
I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

11. Don't see some men as half empty/see 'em half fulla shit
vs.
Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
vs.
I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
vs.
Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

14. Tried to endure/what i could not forgive
vs.
Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
vs.
Looks like lightning in my child's eyes.

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."
vs.
We were but stones/your light made us stars

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
2. Escape is never the safest path
3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
4. Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference/Every life is looking in
5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
6. I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
8.I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love

Bracket B
9. Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name/But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently.
10. I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize
11. Don't see some men as half empty/see 'em half fulla shit
12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here
13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
14. Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed
15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
16. We were but stones/your light made us stars

Bracket A


Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time

Escape is never the safest path

A night bird is following you all the time.

Life has nothing to do with killing time.

It's like she's lost her invitation to the party on earth/And she's standing outside hating everyone here

Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.

Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay

I smile but who am I kidding?

Bracket B

It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.

Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly

Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

I was the fool because I thought I thought the world/Turns out the world thought me

Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought/I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground.

Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above

There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."

Bracket A
1. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have

2. Escape is never the safest path

3. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

4. Life has nothing to do with killing time

5. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly

6. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.

7. Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun

8. I smile but who am I kidding?

Bracket B

9. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry.

10. I guess it was the beatings/ made me wise/but I am not about to give thanks, or apologize

11. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you

12. And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

13. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

14. Everything has chains/Absolutely nothing’s changed

15. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above

16. There was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear/Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign /He sensed worry could be strength/With a plan that said, "Time for--evacuation."