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1. 1. “Dear Jamie… Sincerely Me” — HelloGoodbye

“Should I trust the postage due
To deliver my heart to you?”

2. 2. “Hands Down” — Dashboard Confessional

“My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
So won’t you kill me
So I die happy
My heart is yours to fill or burst
To break or bury
Or wear as jewelry, whichever you prefer”

3. 3. “Konstantine” — Something Corporate

“This is because I can spell confusion with a ‘k’
And I can like it
It’s to dying in another’s arms
And why I had to try it
It’s to Jimmy Eat World and those nights in my car
When the first star you see may not be a star
I’m not your star
Isn’t that what you said
What you thought this song meant?”

4. 4. “Soco Amaretto Lime” — Brand New

“I’m gonna stay eighteen forever
So we can stay like this forever
And we’ll never miss a party
Cause we keep them going constantly.”

5. 5. “Hey There Delilah” — Plain White T’s

“Times Square can’t shine as bright as you, I swear it’s true.”

6. 6. “Grand Theft Autumn” — Fall Out Boy

“Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won’t find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town.”

7. 7. “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” — Death Cab For Cutie

“If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the ‘No”s on their vacancy signs
If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I will follow you into the dark.”

8. 8. “Everywhere” — Michelle Branch

“‘Cause you’re everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it’s you I see
You’re everything I know that makes me believe
I’m not alone.”

9. 9. “Feeling This” — Blink 182

“I’m not in the scene
I think I’m fallin’ asleep
But then all that it means is
I’ll always be dreaming of you.”

10. 10. “Collide” — Howie Day

“Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide”

11. 11. “Come On” — Ben Jelen

“Come on
Without you I’ll never feel the love inside of me.”

12. 12. “Ocean Avenue” — Yellowcard

“If I could you find now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know somewhere, somehow we’ll be together
Let your waves crash down on me
And take me away, yeah.”

13. 13. “Everything’s Too Cold…But You’re So Hot” — The Early November

“Your smile is like the sun to me
So bright it’s weakening
But so sweet.”

14. 14. “Nothing Like You and I” — The Perishers

“I held your hand so
Very tightly
And told you what I
Would be dreaming of

There’s nothing like you and I
Nothing like you and I.”

15. 15. “I Miss You” — Incubus

“I see your picture, I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine
You have only been gone ten days, but already I’m wasting away”

16. 16. “A Thousand Miles” — Vanessa Carlton

“f if could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
‘Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
If I could just hold you
Tonight”

17. 17. “The Way I Am” — Ingrid Michaelson

“Cause I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.”

18. 18. “Stay With You” — John Legend

“Oh I’ll stay with you through the ups and the downs
Oh I’ll stay with you when no one else is around.”

19. 19. “First Day Of My Life” — Bright Eyes

“Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go.”

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