'If I could take you away
pretend I was queen
what would you say
would you think I'm unreal
'cause everybody's got their way I should feel'
-Rachael Yamagata

It would be wrong not to...

Overcome your Apprehension

Overcome your Apprehension, originally uploaded by picknbluebonnets.

I will be the irresistible misfit
who sends up over the ledge of flowers
sounds no woman has ever heard-
the one who longs to see your face
-Billy Collins

'Sea lion woman
She drink coffee
Sea lion woman
She drink tea
And a rooster crows'
-Feist

'You lay awake in the night
Just staring at the ceiling above
Pulling pieces of it out
Its such a waste of time'
-Sara Quin

, originally uploaded by picknbluebonnets.

'Darling
Don't got to worry you're locked in tight
Darling
Don't got to worry turn out the light'
-Santogold

'This is way beyond my remote concern
Of being condescending
All these squawking birds won't quit.
Building nothing, laying bricks.'
-The Shins

'I wish we could open our eyes
To see in all directions at the same time
Oh what a beautiful view
If you were never aware of what was around you'
-Ben Gibbard of Death Cab

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'I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me.
I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me.
And don't worry theres still time.'
-Tegan Quin again

'A woman isn't complete without a man; but where do you find a man- a real man- these days?'
-Lauren Bacall

'You’re funny, my mom used to tell me that all the time, you’re funny, as if that matters.'
-Tegan Quin again

'So I thought I’d let you know it was beautiful slow dancing to tunes of Billie Holiday.
The city looked wonderful that way.
And love just like blood will always stain.'
-Tilly and the Wall

flew home, back to where we met.

'I felt you in my life before I ever thought to, feel the need to lay down beside you and tell you, "I feel you in my heart and I don't even know you." And now we're saying bye.'
- Tegan Quin

"The headlights look like diamonds
The taillights burn like coals
Tell me how this story ends
Before the fires go cold'
-Win Butler of Arcade Fire

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'How I wish you could see the potential of you and me.
It's like a book, elegantly bound, but in a language that
you can't read just yet..'
-Ben Gibbard of Death Cab