Song Lyrics

I used to write random song lyrics on the fronts of my notebooks in class when I got bored...or on my Chuck Taylor's. Or my hand. Or jeans. Whatever. Just stuff that popped into my head from that iPod section of my brain. Well, it's 6:30AM and I'm already bored of this class, so here's what I'm writing on the front of my notebook today. Free points to people who can tell me what the song is and who sang it...

"I hope you know...
that this will go down...
on your...
permanent...
record..."

"I guess I'm just a spud-boy
looking for that real tomato."

"Cause all of it matters
the war and the battle
and this life
is a means
to an end."

"I do not want what I have got."

"The kingdom's big enough for you
and you were made to be here to
the kingdom's big enough for you
where you are
as you are."

"Through the fish-eyed lens
of tear-stained eyes
I can barely define
the shape of this moment
in time."

"I wish I was someone else
I'm confused
I'm frightened
I hate this loneliness
There's nowhere to run to
Nothing makes any sense...
take my hand...
please help me, man."

"I
took a drive today
time
to emancipate."

"Karma police
arrest this man
he talks in maths
he buzzes like a fridge
he's like a detuned radio."

"And the cruel, cruel mornings
Have turned to days of swim or sink
If living right is easy,
what goes wrong
You're causing it to drown"

"You may find yourself
In a beautiful house
with a beautiful wife
and you may ask yourself
Man, how did I get here?"

"I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons...
I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground"

*bell rings
slides out of desk
moves quickly out the doors
headed back to the fraternity house to take a mid-afternoon nap*