MURDER BALLAD: A NEW MUSICAL LYRICS SENTENCE STARTERS.
’ from new york to berlin come stories of true love gone awry. ’
’ we all want to touch the flames but not get burned. ’
’ there’s always a killer so logically someone has to die. ’
’ you’re brighter than the sun and i revolve around you. ’
’ after three years it became clear, with close inspection, no one’s perfection. ’
’ aren’t you scared you’ll say, when you’re old and gray, a better life has passed you by? and i’d be the reason why. ’
’ free will and fate both play their part. ’
’ trust no one. stay on guard. ’
’ i don’t want the sun, i’m safer in the static. ’
’ it’s two a.m., i’m drunk again. ’
’ what did you come here for if you don’t wanna kiss? doesn’t anybody want to kiss me? ’
’ is your heart broken? did mamma ever tell you, bad boys, they don’t stay? ’
’ all men are assholes. ’
’ shut up and kiss me, ___. ’
’ slow down, baby. quiet your mind. ’
’ come on, let me ease your troubled mind. ’
’ sleep. that’s what we do at night. ’
’ don’t pretend that things are alright. ’
’ don’t make me a promise. people take those away. ’
’ i don’t want anyone to love me — but i do want you to stay. ’
’ i will conquer this damn city. ’
’ won’t fall in love again, no, never again. ’
’ a baby changes everything. ’
’ you don’t understand. you will never understand. ’
’ slow down. listen, please hear me. ’
’ you, you are the morning. you start each day anew. ’
’ i’m trying but this darkness won’t let go of me. ’
’ how did i become so useless in this time and place? ’
’ oh, god. i love her smile. ’
’ things got turned around, fucked-up mistakes that broke us down. ’
’ man, don’t be a fool. she’s not coming back for you. ’
’ i had a dream of us in our sixties. was a cold winter night in new york city, walking down a cobbletone street. empty, but you were holding my hand, smiling at me. ’
’ a kiss like a mouth tattoo burns in me and i don’t know what i’ll do. ’
’ but if i choose to scald my story, does it mean that i’m in love with you? ’
’ let me count the ways i love you, and then i’ll count the ways i don’t. ’
’ she’s the kind of pretty to scare the words away. ’
’ drop the briefcase, grab a cup of coffee, talk romantic poets. ’
’ their words are yours to build upon. ’
’ don’t forget the thing. ’
’ you walked in and chipped out a little piece of my heart. ’
’ stopped clock, doors locked, let’s shut the world out. ’
’ i never knew a sound could ease my pain until i heard your voice speak my name. ’
’ don’t stop, but don’t say that you love me. ’
’ tears look so damn beautiful glistening on the screen, but no one thinks they’re pretty in a real-life crying scene. ’
’ if you’re awake, we can talk. ’
’ we could stay in bed all day just like we used to do. ’
’ don’t ask how long. we’re built for longing. ’
’ we all want the sun and skies. ’
’ maybe a baby or two. a better life, i promise you. ’
’ you and me were made for wanting. we’re always gonna want for something. ’
’ i’m only here to say goodbye. we both know the reasons why. ’
’ i fucked up, and i’m to blame. i’m gonna right this wrong. ’
’ where are you? answer me. ’
’ i don’t love you. i love ___, not you. ’
’ i’ve always been in love with you, i’d do anything that you asked me. don’t leave me. ’
’ we are two cats in a fishbowl. we are two dogs in a boneyard. ’
’ so many alibis. go on, choose your lies. ’
’ i know how happy we could be. what the hell was wrong with me? ’
’ i’ll start my whole life up brand new. ’
’ you haven’t aged a single day. ’
’ don’t say a word. don’t wanna hear your lies, don’t you even try. ’
’ little by little, i knew something was wrong. ’
’ does this life bore you? did you have to get away? ’
’ you know we love you more than anything. ’
’ they think they can return to when they were younger. like life was better. ’
’ right now i feel like i could do anything i wanna do. ’
’ i wanna watch them bleed. i’ll use my imagination and walk on it — broken glass, throats are slashed, their blood splattered on the wall. ’
’ playtime is over, i’m not playing, i’m done playing. ’
’ you’re mine and i’m yours. ’
’ blood looks so damn beautiful. scarlet on the screen. ’
’ it don’t take much to die. ’
’ i can say ‘cuz i was there: love and war are never fair. ’
’ please, look at me. turn around and look at me. ’
’ go on then, walk away. you’re better off without me. ’
’ please don’t say goodbye. ’
’ before you walk away, if you ever loved me, please just hold me. ’
’ you’re far too good for me. i know how much you loved me. ’
’ no one ever gets forever. only days. ’
’ he was mine and i was his. that’s the truth, i swear it is. ’