The Morning After

( And back to the game... )

And here we go again with the Lyrics Meme!

1. Started off so well, said we made a perfect pair... - fleetfootmike.
2. Semper crescis, aut decrescis, vita detestabilis*...
3. There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains... - jahura.
4. Have you heard before, hit it out, don't look back...
5. I ache for the touch of your lips, dear... - valydiarosada.
6. Tommy used to work on the dock... - batyatoon.
7. Like father, like son, Not flesh nor fish nor bone... - redaxe.
8. Here we are, born to be kings... - legoline.
9. It's a mystery to me, the game commences... - dickgloucester.
10. All is peaceful, I hear the dawn birds sing... - fleetfootmike.
11. Why this consciousness, this desire to expand the flame of revolution...
12. Well, I went for a walk on the rocky cliffs with a sunshine sea and a sky of grey... - jerusha.
13. They may offer you fortune and fame, lots of money and instant acclaim... - pink_sweater_uk.
14. I like beer, and I like cheese... - willibald.
15. Stars were falling, deep in the darkness... - tattercoats.
16. When she calls my name, nobody says it quite the same... - jahura.
17. Water round my ankles, soaking in my shoes... - fleetfootmike.
18. The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun... - valydiarosada.
19. Sand sifting down through a sieve in the morning light... - signy1.
20. I drew the veil across my wrist to see how it would feel...
21. It's nice here, with a view of the trees... - redaxe.
22. See my face on the TV screen, coming at you every Sunday... - pink_sweater_uk.
23. I remember it all so clearly now, the miles we walked and the hours that we talked...
24. It was way down in Somerset, or so I hear tell... - occams_pyramid.
25. If I had words like a hammer, if I had powers unreal...

*EDIT: I don't think anyone is going to get number 2. It is in fact a track called "The Mass" by Era. Yes, the words are from Carmina Burana, and the tune is in fact ripped off from an oh-Marge to that great work. Sorry about that.

By way of apology, an extra one for you:

26. Jupiter's passed through Orion, and come into conjunction with Mars... - willibald.

Those got will be struck through and credited, and the answers will appear in due course as usual. There is some filk in here, but hopefully not too much, and one false friend, which I have marked.