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Yesterday's lyric: "Song 2," Blur, Blur

The contest is over, primarily due to Somewhat Human's clinching the victory, but also due to a general increase in apathy from the contestants. Well done, everyone. You've all competed nobly. You can see how you finished by checking the leaderboard in the sidebar on the blog. For those of you that read this blog via RSS feed, that means that you get to take a special trip to the blog itself. Congratulations.

As far as an update on my life goes, I'm increasingly convinced I'm never going to get a job.

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Yesterday's lyric: "Desire," U2, Rattle and Hum

Since we're already got a winner decided, I'll just make this the last lyric for a nice even total of eighty points.

Lyric the last

when i feel heavy metal
when i'm pins and i'm needles
well i lie and i'm easy
all of the time but i never show why i need you
pleased to meet you

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Yesterday's lyric: "Bye, Bye, Bye," N*SYNC, No Strings Attached

Lyric the nineteenth

she's the dollars
she's my protection
yeah she's a promise
in the year of election

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Yesterday's lyric: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)," The Proclaimers, Springtime for Leith

Lyric the eighteenth

just hit me with the truth
now girl you're more than welcome to
so give me one good reason
baby come on

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Yesterday's lyric: "Girl," Beck, Guero

Lyric the seventeenth

but i would walk 500 miles
and i would walk 500 more
just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
to fall down at your door

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Yesterday's lyric: "Today," Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream

Only five more days, friends.

Lyric the sixteenth

and i know i'm gonna steal her eye
she doesn't even know what's wrong
and i know i'm gonna make her die
take her where her soul belongs

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Yesterday's lyric: "The Sound of Settling," Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism

Lyric the fifteenth

pink ribbon scars that never forget
i’ve tried so hard to cleanse these regrets
my angel wings were bruised and restrained
my belly stings

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Yesterday's lyric: "Southside," Moby, Play

Did I mention that the grand prize is going to be a commemorative Theodore T-shirt?


Lyric the fourteenth

our youth is fleeting
old age is just around the bend
and i can't wait to go grey

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Yesterday's lyric: "There There," Radiohead, Hail to the Thief

Lyric the thirteenth

see myself in the pouring home
see the light come over now
see myself in the pouring rain
i watch hope come over me

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Yesterday's lyric: "Paint it, Black," The Rolling Stones, Aftermath

Maybe I've made these a bit too difficult.

Lyric the twelfth

there's always a siren singing you to shipwreck
steer away from these rocks
we'd be a walking disaster
just cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there

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Yesterday's lyric: "Lithium," Nirvana, Nevermind

Lyric the eleventh

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 setting sun
my love will laugh with me before the morning comes

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Yesterday's lyric: "Cornflake Girl," Tori Amos, Under the Pink

No one? Really?

Lyric the tenth

sunday morning is every day for all i care
i'm not scared light my candles
in a daze cause i've found god

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Yesterday's lyric: "O! Valencia", The Decemberists, The Crane Wife

In the face of criticism that this lyric wasn't hard enough, I give you...

Lyric the ninth

rabbit where'd you put the keys girl
and the man with the golden gun
thinks he knows so much
thinks he knows so much
rabbit where'd you put the keys girl

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Yesterday's lyric: "Chicago," Sufjan Stevens, Come on Feel the Illinoise!

And now, to kick things up a notch.

well the shot it hit hard
and your frame went limp in my arms
and the lull of love was your dying cry

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Yesterday's lyric: "Losing My Religion," R.E.M., Out of Time

That lyric went a long way toward separating the men from the boys, so to speak. So will this next week. This is the last lyric before I kick it up a notch. (Bam!)

Lyric the seventh

if i was crying in the van with my friends
it was for freedom from myself and from the land

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Yesterday's lyric: "Float On," Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Lyric the sixth

every whisper of every waking hour
i'm choosing my confessions
trying to keep an eye on you
like a hurt lost and blinded foal