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And the winner is...

hominysnark, with 10 right answers and a bonus. The runner-up is

sacredchao23, with seven answers. You have each won an ARC of my novel The Drowning City. If you want it, email me at exoblivione AT gmail DOT com with your address.

And

maki_to13 is my favoritest person ever for knowing the Das Ich song. Nobody ever knows my German music! *confetties*

Thanks for playing, everyone!

For the first (or first two, in case of a tie) ARCs of The Drowning City, I resurrect an old music meme. Below are lyrics from 25 random songs. Whoever guesses the most songs and artists correctly wins the ARC. NO GOOGLING!

Comments will be screened for added fairness. I'll be taking guesses till I get home from work tomorrow. If you want to play but don't want an ARC, please say so when you comment.

(I would appreciate it if anyone who ends up with an ARC blogs about it, but I won't hate you forever if you don't.)

The meme:

1. Or how you navigated wings of fire and steel up where heaven had no more secrets to conceal

Emmylou Harris - "Bang the Drum Slowly",

hominysnark

2. I was so young and vestal then, you know it hurt me

Tool - "Prison Sex"

Where are the Tool fans on my flist?

3. What I do will make it worse so I stopped interfering

Funker Vogt - "Tragic Hero"

4. Liebe, Hass, gut und böse
Haben mir das Hirn geraubt
Mensch, Tier, Freund und Feinde
Haben mir das Sein verwehrt

Das Ich - "Meine Wiege",

maki_to13

5. On a long-lost ocean wave of light, submerged and unafraid

Peter Murphy - "The Scarlet Thing in You",

sacredchao23,

hominysnark

6. Realms of bliss, realms of light, some are born to sweet delight

The Doors - "End of the Night",

sacredchao23,

hominysnark

I thought this one was a freebie, too.

7. The cops here always get there too late
they always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime

Tom Waits - "$29.00",

miintikwa (artist only)

8. All my traits are charming
I know you know that they live beyond their means

Curve - "Turkey Crossing",

maki_to13

9. You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be?

Madonna (but I was listening to Girls Under Glass) - "Frozen",

starlady38,

sacredchao23,

nathreee,

hominysnark, Rylie-the-nonLJ'd,

miintikwa

10. Some nights I lose the feeling,some nights I lose control,
Some nights I just lose it all when I watch you dance and the thunder rolls

Meat Loaf - "I Would Do Anything for Love",

katallen,

sacredchao23,

miintikwa

11. There is a hole in my side
Where my pride used to be

Lost Signal - "Regret"

12. Cry like a banshee and die like you want me

Rob Zombie - "Demonoid Phenomenon",

hominysnark (artist only)

13. I had a bottle of burgundy wine; my love, she did not know
And so I poisoned that dear little girl along the banks below

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "The Willow Garden",

sacredchao23,

hominysnark (artist only),

miintikwa

14. Directionless, the letters on the signs have long since faded
The sky conspires to swallow me

Assemblage 23 - "Awake",

starlady38

15. Oh I'll empty you, I'll empty you
as empty as a boy can be

The Cure - "Icing Sugar",

mekkavandexter (artist only),

hominysnark

16. Fuck you, I win this prize
Stardom pardons the lies

Siouxsie & the Banshees - "New Skin",

hominysnark, with a bonus point for know that it's on the Showgirls soundtrack. God save us both from this knowledge.

17. Eve took a fruit, Eve bit the fruit
Juice ran down her chin
Babies will put things in their mouths
Never heard of sin

Joan Osbourne - "Lumina",

joeboo_k,

miintikwa

18. Once upon a time there was a poor child with no father and no mother, and everything was dead

Tom Waits - "Children's Story",

mr_earbrass

19. The bass and drums and microphones a threat

Rage Against the Machine - "Darkness"

20. Two worlds apart and two together,
into that good night kiss away

The Sisters of Mercy - "Under the Gun",

mekkavandexter (artist only)

21. Holy burning hand of wrath
piercing forever through the heart

:Wumpscut: - Wreath of Barbs

22. Has no one told you she's not breathing?

Evanescence - "Hello",

hominysnark,

maki_to13, Rylie-the-nonLJ'd,

thistlewicche

23. I can't let Mr. Sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down

Tom Waits - "Straight to the Top",

mr_earbrass

24. Don't worry, baby, it'll be all right
You've got the right shoes to get you through the night

U2 - "Zooropa",

hominysnark,

miintikwa

25. Wake up, stop screaming,
We sell our soul and we kill our own god

Suicide Commando - "Face of Death"

Bonus: He promises me we'll be safe as houses, as long as I remember who's wearing the trousers

Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again",

mekkavandexter,

truepenny,

blubeagle,

emmaderais,

hominysnark