𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐌𝐈𝐗

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(Youtube Playlist)

01
Alex Turner
It's Hard to Get Around the Wind
It's like you're trying to get to heaven in a hurry
And the queue was shorter than you thought it'd be
And the doorman says, "You need to get a wristband"
You've got to live between the pitfalls
But you're looking like you're low on energy
Did you get out and walk to ensure you'd miss the quicksand?
Looking for a new place to begin
Feeling like it's hard to understand
But as long as you still keep peppering the pill
You'll find a way to spit it out again
And even when you know the way it's gonna blow
It's hard to get around the wind

02
Britney Spears
Circus
There's only two types of people in the world
The ones that entertain and the ones that observe
Well, baby, I'm a put-on-a-show kinda girl
Don't like the backseat, gotta be first...
I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break
I'm like a performer, the dance floor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same
All the eyes on me in the center of the ring, just like a circus

03
Dessa
The Crow
You wake up a stranger to yourself then you learn to live with her
Sit in her clothing 'til you fill out her figure
You know life's no bella telenovela
The tightrope bows with your weight in the center
The slide show don't put all the pictures together
You try to do it right though, right though, until you let the kite go...
I know you lost a bet, g'head and catch your breath
But when the worst relents you learn to live unless
You learn to live on less, you learn to live on less
You learn to live or less...
Nobody fears the height, you all just fear the fall
Go to the edge sometime and prove your body wrong
You land badly, but you crash standing
You land badly, but you crash

04
Faouzia
How It All Works Out
"Hello" always ends with "goodbye"
How would I know this time's not different if I don't even try?
And make-believe is fun sometimes
So I'll just keep pretending this will end on a good note
But it's not a good note, it's never a good note, but I'll keep my eyes closed
Pretend like I don't know how this is gonna go
'Cause it's not a good note, it's never a good note
I can't see the end so I pretend it's sweet until it crashes down
I know it's gonna crash down, yeah, but not right now
It's kinda funny how it all works out for me
No, no, no, I don't wanna see it all come crashing down
I know it's gonna crash down, yeah, but not right now
It's kinda funny how it all works out

05
Faouzia
You Don't Even Know Me
Oh, you see what you wanna see
But you don't even know me
What did I, what did I do now?
What did I, what did I do now?...
He said, she said, over it
You're acting like you're brilliant
But you don't know
Yeah, you don't know
You don't know a thing at all
You don't know about the way I am when I am all alone
You don't even know
The way I care, the way I've grown
You don't know about the way I love so deeply to my bones
You don't even know me

06
Marianas Trench
Celebrity Status
I look around, round, look around, look it over
I take it up, up, take it out and take you nowhere
Trading in who I've been for shiny celebrity skin
I like to push it and push it until my luck is over...
Sorry you, sorry me, sorry every in-between
Sorry everybody here will never be somebody clean
There's a piece of me they're throwing back at us
And they will buy you and sell you for celebrity status
Step one, step two, step three, repeat...
I disappear behind the beat, yeah
When the mirrors and the lights and the smoke clear
I never guess how we ever could have got here

07
Marianas Trench
Masterpiece Theatre I
I've been here so very long
And every word is calculated
Never questioned or debated
All these practiced poses
I could wreck it if I had to
But I'm the wreck so what would that do?...
This masterpiece is only mine
Entirely guilty by design
If I burn out and slip away
But this is just a part I portray
And this is just a part I portray

08
The Offspring
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
Now dance, fucker, dance, he never had a chance
And no one even knew it was really only you
So dance, fucker, dance, I never had a chance
It was really only you
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives

09
Panic! at the Disco
Turn Off the Lights
Our consciences are always so much heavier than our egos
I set my expectations high, so nothing ever comes out right
So shoot a star on the boulevard tonight
I think I'll figure it out with a little more time
But who needs time?
Turn off the lights, turn off the lights
Turn on the charm for me tonight
I've got my heavy heart to hold me down
Once it falls apart, my head's in the clouds
So I'm taking every chance I've got
Like the man I know I'm not

10
P!nk
Crystal Ball
Drinking wine and thinking bliss is on the other side of this
I just need a compass and a willing accomplice
All my doubts that fill my head cascading up and down again
Up and down and 'round again, down and up and down again
Oh, I've had my chances and I've taken them all
Just to end up right back here on the floor
To end up right back here on the floor
Pennies in a well, a million dollars in the fountain of a hotel
Fortune teller that says maybe you will go to hell
But I'm not scared at all, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Of the cracks in the crystal, the cracks in the crystal ball

11
Queen
The Show Must Go On
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for?
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore?
The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah
Inside my heart is breaking
My makeup may be flaking but my smile still stays on...
I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the show

12
Set It Off
Kill the Lights
You reside in grand disguises, just to get, get away from it all
Falsify the life you're hiding, just to get, get away from it all...
So we all stand enthralled by this bland curtain call
And the truth we pursue as we all, we all beg you to
Kill the lights, kill the actor, kill the actress...
Stop there and peer inside of me
You'll find a man once lost at sea
But all the while I would think to myself
It's not the end, it's not the end at all

13
Styx
The Grand Illusion
Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star
But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy