This document provides summaries of 12 songs in 3 sentences or less per song: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd reflects on absence and longing for companionship. Two Lost Souls by Pink Floyd describes feeling isolated and running through the same problems repeatedly. The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie is about an unexpected encounter with someone thought to be dead. Lithium by Nirvana is about seeking relief from inner turmoil through religion and relationships. For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield protests unrest and paranoia surrounding youth political activism. Alive by Pearl Jam describes the emotional impact of learning a man thought to be one's father was not and had died. Push by Matchbox Twenty captures feelings of anger

1. Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - 1975
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
And did they get you to trade We're just two lost souls
Your heroes for ghosts? Swimming in a fish bowl,
Hot ashes for trees? Year after year,
Hot air for a cool breeze? Running over the same old ground.
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange What have we found?
A walk on part in the war The same old fears.
For a lead role in a cage? Wish you were here.

2. Paint It Black
The Rolling Stones - 1966
I see a red door and I want it painted black I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I see the girls go by dressed in their summer
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
Black as night, black as coal
I look inside myself and see my heart is black I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I see my red door and must have it painted black I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted
black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the
facts Yeah!
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin‘ comes

3. The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie - 1970
We passed upon the stair,
we spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there,
he said I was his friend
Which came as some surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone,
a long long time ago
Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face Who knows? not me
With the Man Who Sold The World We never lost control
I laughed and shook his hand, You're face to face
and made my way back home With the Man who Sold the World
I searched for form and land,
for years and years I roamed Who knows? not me
I gazed a ghastly stare at all the millions We never lost control
here You're face to face
We must have died alone,
With the Man who Sold the World
a long long time ago

4. Lithium
Nirvana - 1991
I'm so happy.
Cause today I found my friends.
They're in my head.
I'm so ugly. That's okay, ‘cause so are you.
We've broke our mirrors.
Sunday morning.
Is everyday for all I care.
And I'm not scared. Light my candles. I like it. I'm not gonna crack.
In a daze ‘cause I've found god. I miss you. I'm not gonna crack.
I love you. I'm not gonna crack.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah..... I killed you. I'm not gonna crack.
I'm so lonely. That’s okay. I'm so happy.
I shaved my head. Cause today I found my friends.
And I'm not sad, and just maybe They're in my head.
I'm to blame for all I've heard. I'm so ugly. That's okay, ‘cause so are
And I'm not sure. you. We've broke our mirrors.
I'm so excited. Sunday morning.
I can't wait to meet you there. Is everyday for all I care.
And I don't care. I'm so horny. And I'm not scared. Light my candles.
But that's ok. My will is good. In a daze ‘cause I've found god.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah..... Yeah yeah yeah yeah.....

5. For What It’s Worth
Buffalo Springfield - 1967
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
There's battle lines being drawn Into your life it will creep
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong It starts when you're always afraid
Young people speaking their minds You step out of line, the man come and take you away
Getting so much resistance from behind We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat We better stop, now, what's that sound
A thousand people in the street Everybody look what's going down
Singing songs and carrying signs
We better stop, children, what's that sound
Mostly say, hooray for our side Everybody look what's going down

6. Alive
Pearl Jam - 1991
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you I, I'm still alive
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... Hey I, but, I'm still alive
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah
I'm glad we talked...
Is something wrong, she said
Well of course there is
Oh I, oh, I'm still alive You're still alive, she said
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Oh, and do I deserve to be
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Is that the question
And if so...if so...who answers...who answers...
Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room
She said I'm ready...for you I, oh, I'm still alive
I can't remember anything to this very day Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
'Cept the look, the look... Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive
Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare...

7. Push
Matchbox Twenty - 1996
She said I don't know if I've ever been good enough
I'm a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in Well don't just stand there, say nice things to me
And I don't know if I've ever been really loved cause I've been cheated, I've been wronged,
by a hand that's touched me,
but you, you don't know me, yeah, well I can't change
and I feel like something's gonna give Well, I won't do anything at all
and I'm a little bit angry,
I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will
well this ain't over, no not here, I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
not while I still need you around I wanna take you for granted,
you don't own me, we might change it yeah I wanna take you for granted
yeah we just might feel good Yeah, yeah, well I will
I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will Oh but don't bowl me over
I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will just wait a minute well it kinda fell apart,
I wanna take you for granted, things get so crazy, crazy
I wanna take you for granted don't rush this baby, don't rush this baby, baby
Yeah, yeah, well I will
I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will
She said I don't know why you ever would lie to me I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
like I'm a little untrusting I wanna take you for granted, yeah yeah yeah
when I think that the truth is gonna hurt ya I wanna take you, take you, yeah, well I will
and I don't know why you couldn't just stay with me I will, I will, I will, yeah
you couldn't stand to be near me I will, I will, I will, yeah yeah
when my face don't seem to want to shine push you around, and drag you down
‘cuz it's a little bit dirty, I wanna push you around
Well I will

8. Paranoid Android
Radiohead - 1997
Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
Rain down, rain down
When I am king, you will be first against the wall Come on rain down on me
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but no android) From a great height
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but no android) From a great height...height...
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Rain down, rain down
Kicking, squealing, gucci little piggy
You don't remember Come on rain down on me
You don't remember From a great height
Why don't you remember my name? From a great height... height...
Off with his head, man Rain down, rain down
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does... Come on rain down on me
That's it sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children,
God loves his children, yeah!

9. Ordinary World
Duran Duran - 1993
Came in from a rainy Thursday On the avenue But I won't cry for yesterday
Thought I heard you talking softly There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
I turned on the lights, the TV And the radio And as I try to make my way
Still I can't escape the ghost of you To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
What has happened to it all? Crazy, some will say
Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away Papers in the roadside
Tell of suffering and greed
But I won't cry for yesterday Here today, forgot tomorrow
There's an ordinary world Ooh, here besides the news
Somehow I have to find Of holy war and holy need
And as I try to make my way Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive And I don't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Passion or coincidence Once prompted you to say Somehow I have to find
"Pride will tear us both apart“ And as I try to make my way
Well now pride's gone out the window To the ordinary world
Cross the rooftops Run away I will learn to survive
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
Every one Is my world, I will learn to survive
What is happening to me? Crazy, some will say Any one Is my world, I will learn to survive
Where is my friend when I need you most? Any one Is my world
Gone away Every one Is my world

10. Ruby Tuesday
The Rolling Stones - 1967
She would never say where she came from Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Yesterday don't matter if it's gone Who could hang a name on you?
While the sun is bright When you change with every new day
Or in the darkest night Still I'm gonna miss you...
No one knows
She comes and goes There's no time to lose, I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Dying all the time
Who could hang a name on you? Lose your dreams
When you change with every new day And you will lose your mind.
Still I'm gonna miss you... Ain't life unkind?
Don't question why she needs to be so free Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
She'll tell you it's the only way to be Who could hang a name on you?
She just can't be chained When you change with every new day
To a life where nothing's gained Still I'm gonna miss you...
And nothing's lost
At such a cost Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

11. I hurt myself today,
Hurt
to see if I still feel. Johnny Cash (NIN) - 2003
I focus on the pain,
the only thing that's real.
The needle tears a hole, Beneath the stains of time,
the old familiar sting. the feelings disappear.
Try to kill it all away, You are someone else.
but I remember everything. I am still right here.
What have I become? What have I become?
My sweetest friend. My sweetest friend.
Everyone I know, Everyone I know,
goes away in the end. goes away in the end.
And you could have it all, And you could have it all,
my empire of dirt. my empire of dirt.
I will let you down, I will let you down.
I will make you hurt. I will make you hurt.
If I could start again,
I wear this crown of thorns,
a million miles away.
upon my liar's chair.
I would keep myself.
Full of broken thoughts,
I would find a way.
I cannot repair.

12. The Sound of Silence
Paul Simon - 1965
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp, "Fools" said I, "You do not know
I turned my collar to the cold and damp Silence like a cancer grows.
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a Hear my words that I might teach you,
neon light Take my arms that I might reach to you."
That split the night But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And touched the sound of silence. And echoed
In the wells of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more. And the people bowed and prayed
People talking without speaking, To the neon god they made.
People hearing without listening, And the sign flashed out its warning,
People writing songs that voices never share in the words that it was forming.
And no one dare And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Disturb the sound of silence. are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whispered in the sounds of silence.

13. Days
Train - 1998
It's been days since I been doin’ well
since I don't feel like hell or crawlin’ under you
Am I crazy feelin’ like I do?
I'd like to blame it all on you for crawlin under me
Am I wrong for takin’ this so hard, for tearin’ me apart
Tearin’ me apart, partly tearin’ me a whole in my heart
Hey is everybody right, have I become so uptight,
I'm givin’ it away
And if blame is the answer, it's under control
And if shame is the answer, I'm sellin’ my soul
And if pain is the answer, I've seen it all
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey is everybody
Hey Hey Hey, I'm tryin' to calm you down is everybody on the same page,
Don't seem to see it the way I see it am I just one to move about the house this way
Round and Round and Round
Everybody's feelin’ uptight And if blame is the answer, it's under control
And if shame is the answer, I'm sellin’ my soul
And if pain is the answer, I've seen it all
Hey Hey Hey, I'm tryin' to calm you down
It's been days since I been doin’ well
Since I don't feel like hell or crawlin’ under you

14. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles - 1968
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you.
I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted you.
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all . . .
Still my guitar gently weeps.