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song lyrics meme, the unguessed
Snagging a page from Kate's book (which, really, we had the same idea, she just posted it first xD) and reposting the unguessed lyrics from the song lyrics meme, possibly with a clue or two thrown in.

1. In muddy grass we stand side by side
With our knuckles interlocked
[title] flood the cemetary
In this cliche tragedy

- A relatively unknown band (or, at least, I only know two other people who know of them, the friend on this flist who introduced me to them, and a friend on this flist who I was talking about them with just a couple weeks ago) with a male lead singer.
- Modern (00s).

6. Wash away the thoughts inside
That keep my mind away from you
No more love and no more pride
And thoughts are all I have to do

- czolgosz got that it's a Josh Groban song, but we're still waiting on the title.

11. I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you

Would you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting [title]
Is someone getting [title]
Are you gone and onto someone new?

- Alliterative band name. Formed in the 90s, though this particular song was from the 00s.

15. Memories are just where you leave them
Drag the waters till the depths give up their dead
What did you expect to find?
Was it something you left behind?
Don't you remember anything I said when I said,

Don't fall away and leave me to myself
Don't fall away [...]
- "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" by Fuel (lupinesque)

- I had to trail off there because to continue would have given away the song title.
- An American Idol contestant was offered the opportunity to be the band's new lead singer (and it was at least partially because he sang this song on the show).

21. Don't you wanna go for a ride
Just keep your hands inside
And make the most out of life
Now don't you take it for granted

Life is like a mean machine
It made a mess outta me
It left me caught between
Like an angry dream I was stranded
I was stranded, eh eh-ed
- "This is How a Heart Breaks" by Rob Thomas (lupinesque)

- Solo artist who was a lead singer for a band that later reunited.
- He did well with his solo career, too.

23. Behold the way our fine feathered friend
His virtue doth parade
Thou knowest not my dim-witted friend
The picture thou hast made
Thy vacant brow and thy tousled hair
Conceal thy good intent
Thou noble, upright, truthful, sincere
And slightly dopey gent

- Female singer who has been "active" since 1967.
- Those of my generation might recall her singing a mousey duet

28. Everybody know when he's comin' to town
They're lockin' the doors and they don't make a sound
People want him dead but he won't die yet
First he's got to live with the things that he did
People want him leaving but he ain't leaving soon
He gets him some smokes and some hoes and a hotel room
And then you best watch when he's through
He's clenchin' his fists and he's lookin' for you

- The winner of So You Think You Can Dance from last season danced a solo to one of this artist's other songs.
- But, this particular song was on the same album as that one was, which was released in 2002.

30. I heard you on my wireless back in '52
Lying awake intent on tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
Oh oh
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology
And now I understand the supernova scene
Oh oh
I met the children
Oh oh
What did you tell them

- This is a cover. Which I actually hadn't realized until starsgoblue guessed a different artist.
- This band has had a song parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

32. I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
But ended so soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed

- sycorax correctly guessed that this was a Mandy Moore song, but we're still waiting on the title

34. Go to bed everything's alright
Don't know the whole world's changing
As you sleep through the night
Wake up slowly and it's a different world

Hear the news and the floods begin
Screams so loud but only felt within
Heart is shattered
The pieces can't be found

- Welsh solo artist.
- A bunch of her songs have been used on Grey's Anatomy.
- This particular song was on her sophomore album, which debuted about a year ago.

35. The dining room fell silent
I can't believe what I just said
I just told my dad he's full of it
And I watched his face turn red
And I should've said "I'm sorry"
But I matched him shout for shout
I can still hear that screen door slammin'
[gives away the title]

- 90s country song by an immensely famous country singer who adopted an alternate persona in the late 90s in an (failed) attempt to promote a (failed) movie project
- Blatantly about dads beating the shit out of their kids

37. I need an alarm system in my house
So I know when people are creepin' about
These people are freakin' me out (these days)
It's geting hectic everywhere that I go
They won't leave me alone
There's things they all wanna know
I'm paranoid about the people I meet
Why are they talkin' to me
And why can't anyone see
[title]

- The band took their name from a children's book
- They formed in the mid-90s, but this particular song is from the mid-00s. This was the only single from its album that charted on the U.S. Hot 100.
- Oh yeah, and the band was formed by identical twins

38. Revvin' up your engine
Listen to her howling roar
Metal under tension
Begging you to touch and go

- I'm v. disappointed that nobody has gotten this one yet, though sira_ne_biber was close (the title wasn't entirely accurate).
- This song was used in a movie. The same artist had another song made famous in another movie two years earlier.

39. I wish I could tie you up in my shoes
[gives away the title]
I was told I was beautiful
But what does that mean to you
Look into the mirror who's inside there
The one with the long hair
Same old me again today (yeah)

- Late 90s #1 hit single by a Grammy Award-winning R&B/hip hop group.

43. There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
- "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass (lupinesque)

- Oh, come on! Granted, starsgoblue got the title, we're just waiting on the artist.

44. I awoke the dawn
saw horses growing out the lawn
[pretty vocalizations]

I glimpsed a bat with butterfly wings
oh what [title]
[more pretty vocalizations]

Dark night hold tight
and sleep tight my baby
Morning light shall burst bright
and keep us here safely
- "Marvelous Things" by Eisley (legendarcy)

- legendarcy, I'm glaring in your general direction.

46. Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe,
We're in [title]

Oh thinking about our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now, nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now,
You keep me comin' back for more
- "Heaven" by DJ Sammy (legendarcy)

- This is also a cover, but unlike with #30, this cover moved the chorus up to the beginning of the song, so it therefore starts off differently than the original, which is why any guesses of the original don't count.
- This version was released in 2002.

47. "You're giving this way more thought than it deserves"
You say as I tell you about my fear of rejection
I wouldn't know better than to get scared
Cause since we've met we've had this great connection

"You know concrete-colored buildings all grow stale"
You say as I look up dreaming
I know better than to include the both of us
But I can't sleep when you're gone
And you say "what's another day?"
- "What's Another Day" by Maria Mena (legendarcy)

- chthonian, I'm looking in your general direction for this one.
- The singer with the gorgeous voice is a Norwegian pop artist.

49. Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice
With a step to your left and a flick to the right
You catch the mirror out west
You know you're something special and you look like you're the best

- This song was released in 1982.
- Another song by this English (as in UK) rock band might make you think of Remus Lupin.