ryan ross  lyric sentence  starters
⪠ taken from various songs heâs written, lyrics heâs sung, & poetry heâs penned. trigger warnings for mentions of sex, cheating, drugs. alter  as  you  see  fit  âĄ
âi am composing a burlesque.â
âiâm all alone in an afterglow.â
âbut we havenât even met yet.â
âthis war ainât gonna fix itself.â
âyou canât be lonely.â
âyouâre gonna have to dig your way out.â
âshe was nowhere to be seen.â
âsome people never change.â
âi know i broke your heart. mine is broken too.â
âiâm carving pumpkins.â
âiâm afraid that i may have faked it.â
âthough you tried to cut me down it wasnât deep enough.â
âthis may call for a proper introduction.â
âall the lights are on, but no oneâs home.â
âa year ago, i was dreaming of where i am now.â
âcharm your way out.â
âweâre all too small to talk to god.â
âitâs not so pleasant.â
âif youâre going, then go.â
âi was suspicious and naive.â
âweâre still so young, desperate for attention.â
âthings have changed for me, and thatâs okay.â
âthatâs the spirit.â
âit started with a simple kiss.â
âwhat a wonderful caricature of intimacy.â
âweâll never go hungry.â
âpraying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety.â
âi lie in silence and feel like a fool.â
âgrab your hat and fetch a camera.â
âyour eyes are the size of the moon.â
âitâs time for us to take a chance.â
âyou should take this heart of mine.â
âhow did i get here in the right from wrong?â
âi know it just doesnât feel like a night out.â
âit just made her more interesting.â
âshe didnât even see me.â
âdo you know what i mean?â
âiâm wrecking this evening already, and loving every minute of it.â
âi sure do make an easy target.â
âsomeone i love loves someone else.â
âdonât bother waiting up.â
âdonât you go down.â
âyou vanished when youâd gotten what you came here for.â
âwould it be alright if we just sat and talked for a little while?â
âwhen did he get all confident?â
âyou know it will always just be me.â
âall my forgotten poems are a joke.â
âsheâd wanna kiss you all the time.â
âi want a big celebration.â
âiâll ignore my heart and lie to the truth.â
âfilm the world before it happens.â
âthatâs just ridiculously odd.â
âit grows like fancy flowers.â
âhe tried to save the calendar business.â
âi wonder if this was physical or if it could have been in my head.â
âi wouldnât be caught dead in this place.â
âyouâre pulling the trigger all wrong.â
âi saw you, i met you, i loved you.â
âso let me set you free.â
âiâm aware that youâre scared of my heart, but itâs here.â
ânorthern downpour sends its love.â
âyou better put that pen to paper.â
âif youâre gonna preach, for god sakes, preach with conviction.â
âhavenât you heard that iâm the new cancer?â
âi know i broke your heart.â
âi am something velveteen.â
âweâre locked inside.â
âjust donât put your teeth on me.â
âwhen iâm good, iâm the baddest.â
âiâm up, looking for you now.â
âyou can call me tonight.â
âit sure as hell ainât normal.â
âhavenât you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?!â
âwe sure are in for a show tonight.â
âcanât take the kid from the fight.â
âsheâs got me twisted in love.â
âi couldâve waited for the train to come.â
âyou could love me if i knew how to lie.â
âif it were me, iâd write another song.â
âi fell from the heavens as a fetish.â
âi hope that iâve still got your help.â
âtake a look at what you got me into.â
âwe should feed our jewelry to the sea.â
âwho could ask for any more?â
âiâm pouring out my heart for paper.â
âi need to leave you but i never will.â
âi forgot how to call you.â
âjust stay where i can see you.â
âitâs the greatest thing thatâs yet to have happened.â
âiâm doing my best.â
âshe didnât choose this role.â
âlife is not a fairytale.â
âour loneliness will keep us warm.â
âi donât mind taking a photograph.â
âyouâre gonna bend until it breaks.â
âmaybe something in my blood could lift my spirits up.â
âi am out of my mind.â
âimagine knowing me.â
âi hope itâs where i belong.â
âis it still me that makes you sweat?â
âyour speech is slurred enough that you just might swallow your tongue.â
âi must be lucky to have you be the one who loves me.â
âbut who could love me?â
âyou clicked your heels and wished for me.â
âgive me your attention.â
âyou set the house on fire.â
âman, it feels good to feel this way.â
âiâve got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better fuck then any boy youâll ever meet.â
âif the clouds were singing a song, iâd sing along. wouldnât you, too?â
âi know iâve been wrong.â
âkissed a girl in the lobby âcause she asked so politely.â
âi canât get out by myself.â
âtrue love like ours is worth so much more than a diamond ring.â
âit never made her happy, âcause she couldnât ever have me.â
âi do drunk dialing minus the alcohol.â
âi hope to god he was worth it.â
âhe looked like he was barely hanging on.â
âwhy do i find myself outside at your window in the night?â
âiâd put a statue of myself upon the shelf.â
âthey spill unfound from a pretty mouth.â
â iâm going to need you to keep time.â
âyou better back your shit up.â
âi think i owe it to you to try to be every hallucination you see in me.â
âyou do this all the time.â
âyouâre not what heâs thinking of when heâs with the other girl.â
things have changed for me.â
âthis was no accident.â
âitâs much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.â
âjust sit back and relax.â
âi, for one, wonât stand for this.â
âwe play by donner party rules at all times.â
âthe glitter is gone.â
âyouâre all thatâs left for me.â
âmy mind is all mixed up.â
âwho knew that love was a dangerous drug?â
â'she couldnât ever have me.â
âisnât this exactly where youâd like me?â
âwe can play normal for a few days.â
âi ground my teeth and you bite your tongue.â
âin case i lost my train of thought where was it that we last left off?â
âit seems iâm someone iâve never met.â
âi think i made you up.â
âit never gave a damn about me.â
âperhaps, i was born with curiosity, the likes of those of old crows.â
âiâm cold, iâm hungry, but iâm bored.â
âi donât want no gifts.â
âthe monster mash is playing.â
âdo you really even live here?â
âthis kind of thing always happens.â
âyou were right. i was wrong, like i always am.â
âi missed your skin when you were east.â
âi feel as if iâm a figurine.â
âevery night is the same.â
â iâm sure i didnât ruin her.â
âi could have sworn we danced slow before.â
âiâm seated and sweating to a dance song on the clubâs pa.â
âitâs nice to think that you are always wanted.â
âam i who you think about in bed?â
âyouâll never know until youâre there.â
âcome on, this is screaming âphoto opâ.â
âyou and i will always be âthe dreamâ.â
âany practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering.â
âit was a scream when we were young and dumb.â
âi know i shouldâve never left.â
âshe always had her fangs at my jugular vein.â
âand a few more of your least favorite things.â
âin matters of opinion, love has gone insane.â
âif i go to hell will you come with me or just leave?â
âin the house of mirrors, ainât nothing keep you safe.â
âyou know that you feel it too.â
ânow weâre making some progress.â
âgod damn, iâd hate to see what iâd do under the influence.â
âiâm only reflecting your perfections.â
âjust a first kiss to face the new year.â
âweâll sit in silence.â
âyouâre a regular decorated emergency.â
âeuphoria is a risk on the floor.â
âshe could never win me.â
âlove is all iâm really after.â
âhave some composure,.â
âthis was a therapeutic chain of events.â
âon the hotel floor, drinkingâ
warm champagne.â
âevery word gets you a step closer to hell.â
âlet me help you please.â
âi never said i missed her when everybody kissed her.â
ânow i know itâs just a matter of time until i make her come.â
âif the world were ending, would you kiss me or just leave me?â
âforgive me if iâm not quite ready to give them to you.â
âi want to know what everyone knows.â
âyou told me not to fear the dark.â
âthe weather is impeccable.â
âi donât love you, iâm just passing the time.â
âi canât help but to hear an exchanging of words.â
âlove is established philosophy.â
âbut it mightâve been the calm that comes before the storm.â
âletâs sing it like you mean it.â
âthereâs a devil in the corner.â
âthereâs never anything good on tv.â
âeverything goes according to plan.â
âi ran from love like it was laced.â
âi guess weâre back to us.â
âwe canât help ourselves.â
âi remember fuckinâ in the falling rain.â
âi wasnât born to be a skeleton.â
âi couldnât quit her.â
âeverythingâs gone missing.â
âwe must reinvent love.â
âi know itâs sad that i never gave a damn about the weather.â
"the best part about you was me.â
âcheck the pocket of my leather jacket.â
âi am truly made of one million glowing constellations.â
âi mean, technically our marriage is saved.â
âsheâs a dangerous place.â
âeven the truth is wrong sometimes.â
âwas it god who chokes in these situations?â
âi feel like something on strings.â
âshe couldnât ever catch me.â
âi try not to think about it and you.â
âi know itâs just a matter of time.â
âi canât prove this makes any sense, but i sure hope that it does.â
âyou know you should take it a day at a time.â
âi never said iâd leave the city.â
âitâs the greatest thing youâd ever imagine.â
âi might have lost control.â
âiâm in a rut but still adored.â
âiâll keep my distance.â
âi need to take a vacation.â
âitâs almost halloween.â
âis it a fairy tale?â
âwell, this calls for a toast, so pour the champagne.â
âyou canât stand it.â
âiâm exactly where youâd like me, you know.â
âwe were always thick as thieves, you and me.â
âmaybe i will, maybe i wonât.â
âall i want to do is dig a hole with you.â
âit truly is enough to be alive and be in love.â
âi canât believe my eyes.â
âif i were to die tonight, would you cry, or deny my place in your life?â
âyou are at the top of my lungs.â
âthings do like to build up and fall apart at the same time for me.â
âwhy canât we just be friends?â
âi never know where the evening goes.â
âi want to go where everyone feels the same.â
âi fell in love again.â
âwas it all a dream?â
âall your wishes, they will sink like stones.â
âi wandered through the sunshine.â
âliving even one minute without you is a moment iâd rather not have to live to see.â
âi want to go where everyone goes.â
âi think that i have had enough.â
âasked to be her husband; she already had one in prison.â
âtrue love is scarce.â
âsomehow it still came undone.â
âthings are shaping up to be pretty odd.â
âis âyoungâ a word for âdumbâ; a word for âfunâ?â
âsaid iâd let you keep it forever.â
âi never said iâd leave this town.â
âguess iâm going to a party.â
âdamn, this is rough.â
âsomeone should have told her that pretty ainât a job.â
âsomething changed along the way.â
âi canât convince myself that you were good for more than cheap thrills.â
ânow iâm the only one to blame.â
âletâs not get selfish.â
âi hardly knew a thing about you.â
âgive your feet a chance, theyâll do all the thinking.â
âmake a name for yourself.â
âitâs useless searching in the cupboards.â
âi wonât cut my beard and i wonât change my hair.â
âitâs just the end of the world.â
âback to the room where it all began.â
âwhat was it that you put into my guts?â
âweâll leave the past out to pasture.â
âi know the worldâs a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home.â
âeverybody knows it but you.â
âit looks like the end of history as we know.â