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Rufus Wainwright Quotes from Songs on Life

Reflections on Existence

1. I’m going to a town that has already been burnt down; I’m going to a place that has already been disgraced.
2. They never really seem to want to tell the truth.
3. Oh, what a world it seems we live in.
4. Oh, what a world my parents gave me, always travelling, but not in love.
5. Still, I think I’m doing fine; wouldn’t it be a lovely headline? “Life is beautiful” on the New York Times.
6. Well, life’s a train that goes from February on, day by day, but it’s making a stop on April first.
7. So let it all go by, looking at the sky, wondering if there’s clouds and stuff in hell.
8. We’ve traded in our snap shots, we’re going through the motions.
9. Tired of being the reason the road has a shoulder.
10. Why does it always have to be chaos? Why does it always have to be wanderlust? Sensational.
11. There’s always trouble in paradise; don’t matter if your drinks are neat or on ice.
12. Don’t matter if you’re good or bad or mean or awfully nice.
13. All my little life I’ve wanted to roam, even if it was just inside my own home.
14. These are just the rules and regulations of the birds and the bees, the earth and the trees, not to mention the gods.

Personal Journey and Identity

1. Making my own way home, ain’t gonna be alone; I’ve got a life to lead.
2. I got a soul to feed; I got a dream to heed, and that’s all I need.
3. I need a little alone time, a little dream time, but don’t worry, I will be back, baby.
4. I need a little be gone time, a little on my own time, but don’t worry, I will be back, baby.
5. Do I disappoint you, in just being human?
6. Do I disappoint you, in just being lonely?
7. Do I disappoint you in just being like you?

Rufus Wainwright Quotes from Songs on Love

Belief and Reality in Love

1. Tell me, do you really think you go to hell for having loved?
2. And you will believe in love, and all that it’s supposed to be, but just until the fish start to smell, and you’re struck down by a hammer.
3. The mind has so many pictures, why can’t I sleep with my eyes open? The mind has so many memories, can you remember what it looks like when I cry?
4. I’m only the one you love.
5. One little move and for sure you will be stung.
6. To get you on the Mists of Avalon, to save you from the cliffs of lovers leaping off.
7. To get you on the wings of a perfect song, to save you from these stings of having to turn off.
8. Although I know I’ve brought you joy and happiness, babe, I’ve also been a fecund resource for anger.
9. Remember wild roses bloom best in ruins forever after.
10. And just in case you go before me, rest assured that of this I can guarantee, that my face, that my face is the last you’ll see on a peaceful afternoon.
11. Then one little day I chanced to look back, saw you sittin’ there being a sad culprit.

Connection and Departure in Love

1. Want you to make love to me and only to me in the dark.
2. Into the view, I’m leaving you.

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1. Making my own way home, ain’t gonna be alone; I’ve got a life to lead.
2. Still, I think I’m doing fine; wouldn’t it be a lovely headline? “Life is beautiful.”
3. Life’s a train that goes from February on, day by day.
4. So let it all go by, looking at the sky.
5. I need a little alone time, a little dream time.
6. These are just the rules and regulations.
7. There’s always trouble in paradise.
8. Oh, what a world it seems we live in.
9. I got a soul to feed; I got a dream to heed, and that’s all I need.
10. And you will believe in love, and all that it’s supposed to be.
11. The mind has so many pictures, why can’t I sleep with my eyes open?
12. I’m only the one you love.