100 Favorite Songs

In no particular order after #1

1. U2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" *
2. INXS "Listen Like Thieves" *
3. INXS "What You Need" *
4. INXS "Never Tear Us Apart"*
5. Anberlin "Feel Good Drag"
6. Matthew Mayfield "Turncoat" *
7. Matthew Mayfield "Open Road"
8. Icon For Hire "Make A Move"
9. Heart "If Looks Could Kill" *
10. Heart "What About Love" *
11. Heart "Alone"
12. Heart "WTF"
13. Paramore "Misery Business"
14. April Wine "Waiting On A Miracle" *
15. Shinedown "The Sound Of Madness"
16. Pearl Jam "Just Breathe"
17. Project 86 "Ghost of Easter Rising"
18. Audioslave "Show Me How To Live"
19. Bryan Adams "One Night Love Affair" *
20. Bryan Adams "Heaven" *
21. Bryan Adams "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)"
22. Foreigner "That Was Yesterday" *
23. Adele "Set Fire To The Rain" *
24. Pat Benatar "We Belong" *
25. Pat Benatar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" *
26. Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
27. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Hate Myself For Loving You"
28. The Beatles "Norwegian Wood" *
29. Foo Fighters "Home" *
30. Goo Goo Dolls "Keep The Car Running"
31. Goo Goo Dolls "Iris"*
32. Goo Goo Dolls "Broadway"*
33. Fleetwood Mac "Little Lies"*
34. Billy Joel "While The Night Is Still Young" *
35. Elton John "Rocket Man" *
36. Ryan Bingham "Beg For Broken Legs"
37. The Beatles "Hey Jude"
38. The Beatles "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" *
39. Queen "Save Me" *
40. Queen "Somebody To Love"
41. Radiohead "Creep"*
42. Lifehouse "You and Me"
43. Skillet "How Deep The Father's Love For Us"
44. Barlow Girl "Oh Holy Night"
45. Shinedown "Fly From the Inside"
46. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "American Girl"
47. Aerosmith "Dream On" *
48. Aerosmith "Crying"
49. Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
50. Bob Seger "Old Time Rock and Roll"*
51. Michael Bolton "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You"
52. Michael Bolton "Hot Love"*
53. Needtobreathe "Hard Love"
54. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Free Fallin'"
55. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Won't Back Down"
55. Whitesnake "Here I Go Again"
56. Big Brother and the Holding Company "Piece of My Heart"
57. Bob Seger "Hollywood Nights"*
58. Edwin McCain "I Could Not Ask For More"
59. Counting Crows "God of Ocean Tides"
60. Simple Plan "Jet Lag"
61. Harry Chapin "Cat's In The Cradle"*
62. Slash ft Pink "Beautiful Dangerous"
63. Sixx A.M. "Lies of the Beautiful People"
64. Johnny Cash "Hurt"
65. The Eagles "Hole in the World"
66. Newsboys "Lost the Plot"
67. Brooke Fraser "Hymn"
68. Otis Redding "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay"
69. Josh Garrels "Ulysses"
70. Lit "My Own Worst Enemy"
71. Tremonti "Cauterize"
72. Tremonti "Decay"
73. Alterbridge "Life Must Go On"
74. Alterbridge "Blackbird"
75. Velvet Revolver "Fall to Pieces"
76. Journey "Don't Stop Believin'"*
77. In This Moment "Lay Your Gun Down"
78. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Dirty Deeds"
79. Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey "When You Believe"
80. Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike"
81. Phil Collins "You'll Be In My Heart"
82. Dasboard Confessional "Vindicated"
83. Bleach "Child of Sod"
84. Needtobreathe "Washed By The Water"
85. Yellowcard "Gifts and Curses"
86. 3 Doors Down "Loser"
87. 4 Non-Blondes "What's Going On"
88. Linkin Park "Numb"
89. Blondie "Heart of Glass"*
90. Bad Religion "Sorrow"
91. Evanescence "My Heart Is Broken"
92. Evanescence "Bring Me To Life"
93. The Cranberries "Zombie"
94. In This Moment "In The Air Tonight"
95. U2 "With or Without You"*
96. U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name"
97. David Bowie "Space Oddity"
98. Creedence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising"
99. Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
100. Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow "Picture"

Honorable Mentions: Third Day "Morning Has Broken", Billy Joel "Piano Man", Elton John "Tiny Dancer", Fall Out Boy "Save Rock and Roll", Skillet "Invincible", Smalltown Poets "Monkey's Paw", The Waiting "Hands in the Air", Ludivico Einaudi "Andare", Florence & the Machine "Stand By Me", Coldplay "Fix You", Red "Hold Me Now", Stevie McCrorie "Take Our Time", Bon Jovi "Livin' On A Prayer", Blondie "Call Me"*, Halestorm "Freak Like Me", Rush "Tom Sawyer"*, Pearl Jam "Once" *

Leviathan

I feel as though I am made of hate
Like no action can quell or sate
The ravenous demons within
Hatred and rage, violence and sin
Perversions and twistings in tin
With only a lid to keep the beast in
Leviathan in a tupperware cage
Just waiting for his turn on stage
Just waiting to unleash the rage
Roiling, coiling in my soul
A madness that can only grow
Lurks just beneath this thin veneer
How long can I keep him here?
Leviathan in his lidded pot
Just waiting until I forgot
To keep the lid secured
And this, I am assured
Will happen someday soon
For there is no more room
For miracles in my mind
All will yet be left behind
Vice, a thoroughly baited hook
Pulled virtue to the top, mistook
A lid for fine containment
As though wearing a king's raiment
Disguised my leper's skin
Yes, a lid to keep a monster in
But the walls, the walls are paper thin
Oh God, the walls are just my skin.