Verbosely paraphrased lyrics quiz

[undyingking]

My deliberately blank expression is inscrutable, inscrutable; inscrutable to him.

An easy one to start off with...

(I think it was venta who came up with this idea.)

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[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Finished with my woman cause she could not help me with my mind
People think I'm insane bcause I am frowning all the time

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Occasionally it is better if one has already expired. Clutching a firearm aimed at ones own cranium.

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

Haha - West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys):
"Sometimes you're better off dead
There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head"

To continue the theme:
Arrive smeared in soft earth, soaking in generic alkaline cleaning fluid, in the state which I desire of you - in the manner of a fad, in the manner of a valued acquaintance, as a recollection of the distant past. Recollection, oh recollection, oh recollection, oh. (I can assure you with the utmost conviction that I am not currently in possession of a firearm.)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Come as You Are? I only know the words of the first verse, but it sounds right for a later one...

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

Correct! "I swear that I don't have a gun" only comes in after the second verse.