The Lyrics Labyrinth
To celebrate the return of my musical collection, I've decided to blitz you all with the biggest lyrics quiz I have ever journalled. Behind the cut are 100 excerpts from the songs in my music collection sent on shuffle. I've tried to avoid repeating the same artist more than twice, and I've not counted all instrumentals or songs in Japanese. The lyrics vary in difficulty. Some are well-known songs, and some are truly obscure. There are a few German songs in there, but not too many. Please note that none of the lyrics contain the title of the song they are taken from (I'd hardly use lyrics such as 'Speaking words of wisdom, let it be' for 'Let It Be').

I'd consider anything over 10 correctly indentified lyrics impressive, with over 25 being amazing, and remember, google is not allowed! Finally, to ensure you are not spoilt through the answers of other people, all comments are screened. Answers will follow in a few days. Have fun!

1 'And when the lamb opened the third seal, I saw the third horse. The horseman held a balance'

2 'Ein Herz, ein Schlag, ein Blitz für die, die einsam sind. Augen auf, schaut euch das an.'

3 'Now the sun's gone to heaven, the moons rising high. Let me bid you farewell, every man has to die'

4 'I was deprived of a young girl's dream from the cruel force of nature from the blue'

5 'So steht es in den Stein geschrieben, am großen Tor zum Schoß der Welt'

6 'My mind is clean since it was washed. All evils fall when innocent lives are lost'

7 'Through the darkened fields entranced, music made her poor heart dance, thinking of a lost romance, long ago'

8 'And you don't seem the lying kind. A shame, that I can read your mind'

9 'I'm in love with my lust, burning angel wings to dust'

10 'In Coffee City we borrowed heaven. Don't give it back, winter is coming and I need to stay warm'

11 'You're always window shopping but never stopping to buy. So shed those dowdy feathers and fly'

12 'If the world is so green, then why does it scream under a blue moon?'

13 'Clearly and free, she wanted to be a part of the future, a girl like me'

14 'For all the things I'm losing, I might as well resign myself to try and make a change'

15 'This city desert makes you feel so cold. It's got so many people, but it's got no soul.'

16 'It's not always rainbows and butterflies, it's compromise that moves us along'

17 'Listen to your heart, you'll find your way. You gotta learn to leap, do you understand, oh baby?'

18 'When every race is run and the day is closing in, I don't care 'bout the world, I'm living for the light'

19 'Ne t'arrêtes pas. Au dessus des barbelés, des coeurs bombardés, regarde l'océan'

20 'There must be the third and last dance. This dance will last forever'

21 'I start before I can stop, before I can see things the right way up'

22 'And the man in the rain picked up his bag of secrets, and journeyed up the mountainside'

23 'One touching one, reaching out, touching me, touching you'

24 'In his eyes you see no lies, arms held loosely by his side, yesterday's papers telling yesterday's news'

25 'The peace the evening brings, the world for once in perfect harmony, with all its living things'

26 'I see your pitiful smile and I would like to run away from reflections of me in your eye'

27 'Flowing to silence, my mouth is full of blood and my mind is chilled'

28 'Lost in a riddle that Saturday night, far away on the other side'

29 'I hear a song, makes me think of a girl I used to know, I sing along when I hear it on the radio'

30 'It's time to cut the ropes and fly to a dream, far across the sea'

31 'He waited his whole damned life to take that flight, but as the plane crashed down, he thought 'well, isn't this nice?''

32 'Hush, lay down your troubled mind, the day has vanished and left us behind'

33 'Birds and butterflies, rivers and mountains she creates, but you'll never know, the next move she'll make'

34 'Looking back, I realise, we are learning from mistakes, I can see it in your eyes, I can feel your heartbeat break'

35 'Said to myself, I knew you'd set me free, but here we are, right back where we started'

36 'I remember standing by the wall. The guns shot above our heads, and we kissed, as though nothing could fall'

37 'And on the street tonight, an old man prays, with newspaper cuttings of his glory days'

38 'I got a green light, I'm not afraid of nothing, 'cos heart and soul, I'm here for life'

39 'There's a whole generation, with a new explanation, people in motion...'

40 'The whole place is pickled. The peoples are pickles for sure!'

41 'But how many heartaches must I stand before I find a love to let me live again?'

42 'Hier, nimm meinem Hand. Ich nehm' dich ein Stuck mit, den Weg das du jahrelang geführt hast'

43 'Ask myself what it's all for, you know the funny thing about it: I couldn't answer. No, I couldn't answer'

44 'So what's the point of robbery if nothing is worth taking?'

45 'How come it ended up all like this? And who's going to be there when I've lost control? I'm having to crash-land!'

46 'There goes Mr. Skinflint, there goes Mr. Greed, the undisputed master of the underhanded deed'

47 'And in the street, the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed, but not a word was spoken'

48 'O môr henion i dhû: Ely siriar, êl síla'

49 'Reflections of fear makes shadows of nothing'

50 'The sun shall rise in the East. So shall my heart be at peace. And if you're asking me when, I'd say it starts at the end'

51 'It's quite a sunset. Good for the country in a roundabout way: we've made the front page of all the world's papers today'

52 'I reached inside myself today, thinking there's got to be some way to keep my troubles distant'

53 'I've got this feeling that won't subside. I look at you and I fantasise, you're mine tonight'

54 'People might need some tension to relax. Me? I'm too busy dodging through the facts'

55 'Now all that's left is a place dark and lonely, a terraced house on a main street, back of town'

56 'He sings the songs that remind him of the better times: 'Don't cry for me, next-door neighbour''

57 'You think you dwell in wisdom's sea, still sweet ignorance is the key, to a poet's paradise'

58 'Is this the place we used to love, is this the place I've been dreaming of?'

59 'But adventure calls with unknown voices calling you astray. Be careful or you may regret the choice you made someday'

60 'Speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there'

61 'What would I give if I could live out of these waters? Would would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?'

62 'Take me over forests, take me to the stars, fly me over deserts, fly me so far!'

63 'This war has nothing to with us, but somehow, we're so involved in it'

64 'I don't need no superheroes, I don't care for gods with wings, I hear teardrops on the pavement'

65 'Neon lights know their prize. When a leader speaks, the reflection lies'

66 'I'm almost drowning in her sea. She's nearly fallen to her knees'

67 'I love so much doba making boom-boom, now get your body moving, follow that tune'

68 'Some things will change. I can feel it coming, but I don't know what it is'

69 'But every time it rains, you're here in my head, like the sun coming in. Oh, I just know that something good is going to happen!'

70 'Watching you watching me, all that our eyes could see, all of the nights we chased into the dawn: It was the best time of my life'

71 'Hypodermics on the shore, China's under marshal law, Rock'n'roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore!'

72 'And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free. To those who ground me, take a message back from me'

73 'And we went for ghost hunts in the mist. I remember the first time I was kissed'

74 'How can you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day?'

75 'Can't you hear the thunder? You'd better run, you'd better take cover'

76 'It's either this or that way, it's one way or the other, it should be one direction, it could be, on reflection'

7∩ 'War is the last sensation, the final song with the longest note, like a silence never broken'

77 'What happened to that innocent place? Can we get it back, or is it past? If it is past, can we start again?'

78 'How does she so perfectly surf? I wonder what she does when she wakes up'

79 'Deep down inside we know that we're wide awake, and the world's aware'

80 'If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep myself, I would find a way...'

81 'A paradise untouched by man, in this world touched by love, a simple life, we live in peace'

82 'If I should leave this lonely world behind, your voice will still remember our melody'

83 'Looking back, I could have played it differently. Won a few more moments...who can tell?'

84 'But it takes me so long to figure out what I'm gonna wear. Blame it on the train, when the bus is already there'

85 'Wings on my back, I got horns on my head. My fangs are sharp, and my eyes are red'

86 'There are seasons to feel bad, sad and mad: it's just a bunch of a feelings that we had'

87 'Love in the darkness, try to find your way home. I want to embrace you and never let you go'

88 'Fills your dreams and wakes your slumber, lost your way, a fallen knight'

89 'But the turbulent waters won't reflect this life, only the sun, moon and sky...and all illusions shatter'

90 'If all we told was turned to gold, if all we dreamed was new, imagine the sky right above...'

91 'Gotta ask yourself the question: where are you now?'

92 'I guess I'd like to be alone. Nothing broken, nothing thrown. Just...don't ask me how I am...'

93 'Yes, I said it's fine before, but I don't think so no more. I said it's fine before...I've changed my mind'

94 'Clocks are ticking the night away. You can only fly until dawn has set'

95 'Don't question why she needs to be so free; she'll tell you it's the only way to be'

96 'I thought I knew what love was. What did I know? Those days are gone forever, I should just let 'em go, but...'

97 'I tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone, but though you're still with me, I've been alone all along'

98 'I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to lie. So this is goodbye...'

99 'Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr, und auch keinen Düsenflieger. Heute zieh' ich meine Runden, seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen'

100 'If I was crying in the van with my friends, it was for freedom from myself and from the land'


...and a bonus one, because I have a short recording of part of a song and cannot find which song it is from. Asteriks indicate a part I can't work out. Thankyou!

B 'I'd leave a commission for you. Don't care what you think, I've moved on. I know what you want but * Keep it so easy to * Love really drives you insane'

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