Favorite Songs: 119-116

119. "Dead!" by My Chemical Romance (The Black Parade)
So yeah, I never really read the lyrics to this song before, and actually debated moving it up the list once I did. The Black Parade is basically all about someone dying, and all the situations and emotions surrounding it, and this is one of the more central songs to that theme. Great song.
Line: "Tongue-tied and oh-so squeamish you never fell in love did you get what you deserved?"



118. "Softly" by The Soup Dragons (Lovegod)
Just a really pretty song that got lost on a mediocre at best album. Met these guys at a pre-concert meet-and-greet at the old Empire in downtown Cleveland. One of the girls at the table I was at was telling the bass player about a friend of theirs that came to the show hoping to get a ticket at the door, but was stuck waiting in the car because it was sold out. The dude took the girl out to the car, got her friend, and brought him in, completely free. Thought that was pretty bad ass. Too bad the rest of the band were a bunch of douche bags. Throwing another song by them on here that is also pretty good, called "Dream-E-Forever," because I can't find any videos for "Softly."
Line: "Every time I see your face, you know I softly die."



117. "Pray Your Gods" by Toad the Wet Sprocket (fear)
These guys were popular for about 5 minutes, and it was mostly due to some of their worst songs, such as "Walk On the Ocean" and "All I Want." This song was off the same album, which wasn't anywhere near as good as their first album, Pale. This is probably the best song off fear, just a beautiful, haunting, chilling song. This is also one of my favorite lines from any song...
Line: "Is it that they fear the pain of death? Or could it be they fear the joy of life?"



116. "A Thousand Hours" by The Cure (Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me)
Definitely one of the prettier Cure songs from the pre-Disintegration albums. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is probably one of the most... I don't know... odd, I guess, albums that I have. Never quite follows one specific path. Goes from angry hate filled songs ("The Kiss", "Torture", "The Snakepit") to some of the more romantic songs Robert Smith has ever written (""A Thousand Hours", "Catch", "One More Time") to just straight up pop ("Just Like Heaven", "Hot Hot Hot!!!", "Why Can't I Be You?"). It would have probably been better if it was split up into two separate albums instead of one double album, because in the end it is such a mess that some really good songs get lost in all the chaos.
Line: "A thousand wasted hours a day, just to feel my heart for a second."