Songs meme, elucidated

[alexmegami]

Answers below the cut:



1. Is your figure less than Greek? - "My Funny Valentine"; this particular one was my high school jazz choir, but has been covered by pretty much everybody.

2. Louder than sirens, louder than bells, sweeter than Heaven and hotter than Hell - "Drumming Song", Florence + The Machine (sasuran, artist guessed by kisekileia)

3. Superpowers flex their wings, hold the world on puppet strings - "It'll Be A Long Time", The Offspring

4. We fear what we see in the distance; we're shattered by life's soft deceits - "Transmission", The Tea Party (chezmax)

5. This is ours, we made it with our everything - "Let It Out", Hoobastank

6. We're here where the daylight begins - "Harbour", Vienna Teng

7. I get ill when I get tired, so I'll try to rest while you stand guard - "Leave", Barenaked Ladies

8. You linger late in cafes, look back on future days when your dreams were like miracles - "The Way She Walked Out The Door", Vanilla Swingers

9. All I want is to see you smile, if it takes just a little while - "Don't Stop", Fleetwood Mac

10. I'm dreaming tonight of a place I love, even more than I usually do - "White Christmas"; this particular version was Kristen Chenoweth

11. I'd be a fool to think that you do wanna see me again - "Bad Timing", Blue Rodeo

12. Ev'ry way you look in the city there's something exquisite you'll want to visit before the day's through - "One Short Day (in the Emerald City)", from Wicked

13. And we'll stir the stars around and watch them fall away into the Hudson Bay - "On The Wing", Owl City

14. Let me see you through, 'cause I've seen the dark side too - "I'll Stand By You", The Pretenders (this particular version done by Finn Hudson/Cory Monteith from Glee)

15. We've got these chains that hang around our necks, people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath - "What a Good Boy", Barenaked Ladies (sasuran)

16. Like Cinderella I am transformed, suddenly I'm taller you're smaller I am reborn - "Tango Shoes", Bif Naked

17. Trying to forget my feelings of hate - "Feelings", The Offspring (sasuran had the right song, but not the right artist; chezmax supplied the artist!)

18. Search yourself. Search yourself. Can I depend on you to surrender? - "We Are The End", Alexisonfire

19. I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip - "I Get Around", Beach Boys (guessed by roju)

20. Look into my eyes and it's easy to see, one and one make two, two and one make three, it was destiny. - "Tribute", Tenacious D (sasuran)

21. Now three months will equal eternity and this will be so hard - "In The Water, I Am Beautiful", City and Colour

22. When straight from the channel to Toslow we'll go - "Rant and Roar", Great Big Sea (sasuran has the artist this time, but not the song ;))

23. Surprises always help, so I take somebody home - "Poster of a Girl", Metric

24. So cop out and say that your hands are full, but let's not, well let's not be - "Typical", Hunter Valentine

25. With the stars made of gold, there's life through that hollow lens - "Supersatellite", Our Lady Peace

26. But you can't live in the world just breathing beautiful - "People Talk", Wintersleep

27. Preoccupied without you, I cannot live at all - "Blurry", Puddle of Mudd

28. Seldom do you see honest men like me - "Master of the House" from Les Miserables

29. Lucky that my lips not only mumble, they spill kisses like a fountain - "Wherever, Whenever", Shakira

30. I picked you up, put you back on solid ground - "Kryptonite", 3 Doors Down (roseneko, chezmax, sasuran)

31. You're so ugly when you cry, please, just cut it out - "Take A Bow", Rihanna; this was also the Glee cover, so Lea Michele/Rachel Berry

32. I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings, be your valentino just for you - "Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy", Queen (kisekileia)

33. I feel ready and yet unprepared - "The World Is Not Enough", Garbage

34. Meet me in outer space - "Stellar", Incubus (roseneko)

35. I think it's time to blow this scene. Get everybody the stuff together. OK. 3 - 2 - 1 - let's jam. - "Tank!", Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts (sasuran - also this is the entire lyrics of the song. ;))

36. I remember your face, like a child; the way you blushed and the way that you smiled - "Half of Something Else", The Airborne Toxic Event

37. Our thoughts compressed which makes us blessed and makes for stormy weather - "Pure Morning", Placebo (chezmax)

38. It is the fire that lights itself, but it burns with a restless flame - "Cut to the Chase", Rush

39. God loves the Republicans, especially those of us rich and White - "We Are The True Americans", Christine Lavin

40. Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way - "Staring at the Sun", The Offspring (sasuran)

41. We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns, but even then we should have stayed - "Audience of One", Rise Against

42. I could skate from Maine to Nebraska, then on to Alaska and back - "The Tip of the Iceberg", Owl City

43. I'm a new day rising, I'm a brand new sky - "Times Like These", The Foo Fighters

44. But I read in the National Enquirer Lady Diana is a... witch - "Prince Charles", Christine Lavin

45. I've got to get away from here, and it couldn't be too soon - "I'm In Over My Head", Lit

So as you can see, 1) my randomizer is broken, 2) I barely listen to music made after 2005, and 3) I like musicals... ;)