Writer's Block: “We built this city on rock and roll”

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so. i started this post with the honest intent to answer the prompt.

and then i got to thinking what lyric i wanted to choose, and.... couldn't. choose.

have a cross-section?

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...wait for the year to drown/ spring forward, fall back down... - Left and Leaving, by The Weakerthans

...we who grew up tall and proud/ in the shadow of the mushroom cloud... - Hammer to Fall, by Queen

just 'cause i'm small/ i can't hurt you at all/ i'm only a girl/ oh what to do... - Lullaby, by Mandah

here we are for the hundredth time/ hand grenade pins in every line/ throw 'em up and let something shine/ going out of my fucking mind... - Bleed It Out, by Linkin Park

...tell me, am i right to think that there could be nothing better/ than making you my bride and slowly growing old together... - Nothing Better, by The Postal Service

...you hold me without touch/ you keep me without chains... - Gravity, by Sara Bareilles

...clouds start forming, i can't complain/ because i think we might be in need of some rain/ when it starts pouring don't hide away without me/ i've got an umbrella big enough for two/ but it feels pretty empty under here without you/ i'm dry as a bone but i'm still alone/ i'm so gray... - Wishful Thinking, by The Ditty Bops

there is something that i see/ in the way you look at me/ there's a smile, there's a truth/ in your eyes... - It Is You I Have Loved, by Dana Glover

...i, i feel like/ i wouldn't like me/ if i met me... - You Wouldn't Like Me, by Tegan and Sara

...for billions of years since the outset of time/ every single one of your ancestors survived/ every single person on your mum and dad's side/ successfully looked after and passed on to you life/ what are the chances of that like...? - The Edge of a Cliff, by The Streets