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The Words of Jim Steinman
"I never thought of them as being personal songs in terms of my own life…But they were definitely personally obsessive songs. They were all about my obsessions and images. I mean none of them takes place in a normal world, for me. They all take place in very extreme worlds, very operatic again. The key word is really 'heightened'. They’re all heightened. They don’t take place in normal reality."
"There were times when we fought like tigers
There were times we were damn good liars"-Loving You's A Dirty Job
But Somebody's Gotta Do It
"Were there ever any stars in the sky
Did the sun ever shine so bright?
Do you have any dreams I could borrow
Just to get me through the lonely night?"-The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
"Every time I try and dream you
I can't believe how hard it's been to
Conjure up your face and trace your body in the air
All the seconds go on forever
But the thirds and the fourth ones are even better
Every time I do it just a little bit longer
Every time I dream it's just a little bit stronger
Than real life."-Good Girls Go To Heaven
(Bad Girls Go Everwhere)"There were those empty threats and hollow lies
And whenever you tried to hurt me
I just hurt you even worse
And so much deeper
There were hours that just went on for days
When alone at last, we'd count up all the chances
That were lost to us
Forever"-It's All Coming Back to Me Now
"There was a time when nothing ever really mattered
There was a time when there was nothing I didn't know
There was a time when I knew just what I was living for
There was a time and the time was long ago
There was a time and the time was so long ago
And I never really sleep anymore..."-It Just Won't Quit
"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coup de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box"-Two Out of Three Ain't Bad