phantomemes

[phantomemes]

starters  /  prompts taken from various characters starring in the game   fire emblem : three houses .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

“  feel free to say hi whenever you like  ”

“  don’t hold back for my sake  ”

“  you think I'm so clumsy that I need someone to watch over me ?  ”

“  you act like you're full of regret  ,  but I know you don't really mean it  ”

“  you actually look more handsome to me with honesty on your face  ”

“  don’t be ashamed of crying  ”

“  could you keep quiet for a bit ?  ”

“  you’re actually kind of amazing  ”

“  do you mean to imply you have no intention of acting a bit more respectably ?  ”

“  stop acting so nonchalant about getting hurt or killed  ”

“  naive and uptight is no way to live your life  ”

“  you’d better watch that temper  ”

“  i am absolutely disinterested in spending any time with you  ”

“  your lack of self-awareness is deeply troubling  ”

“  I'll just be straightforward about taking advantage of you  ”

“  when will you tire of challenging me in pointless competitions ?  ”

“  you expect me to believe that ?  ”

“  i’ve had enough of your foolish antics  ”

“  i wish you would not sneak up on me like that  ”

“  before you reprimand me  ,  take a moment to consider your own failings  ”

“  it is like hearing a snake sing an aria  ”

“  am I hearing a deathbed confession ?  ”

“  i never have any idea what you’re talking about  ”

“  don’t walk away when i’m talking to you  ”

“  you’ll be the death of me for sure  ”

“  i do not intend to die  ”

“  i can’t believe you put yourself at risk for my benefit  ”

“  i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile  ”

“  i do not desire your gratitude  ”

“  you’re surprisingly strong for how slender you appear  ”

“  perhaps i was flustered needlessly  ”

“  i had forgotten how charmingly ethereal you can be  ”

“  you’re going a little overboard  ”

“  you have shaken me to my very core  ”

“  so this is what death is like  ”

“  if you get sick of me  ,  i’m sorry ahead of time  ”

“  i’m embarrassed just thinking about it  ”

“  you’re like a little brother to me  ”

“  spending the rest of my life with you doesn't sound so bad  ”

“  if our roles were reversed  ,  I don't think I'd be able to forgive you  ”

“  you actually hate me  ,  right ?  ”

“  you haven’t stabbed me yet  ”

“  i want to be more like you  ”

“  i actually envy the size of your heart  ”

“  i don't think you can solve all your problems by throwing a few punches  ”

“  there aren't a lot of people like you in the world  ”

“  sorry I've been so oblivious to your needs  ”

“  sometimes you just can't afford to wait around for someone else to notice ”

“  yesterday’s enemy is today’s ally  ”

“  you have to abandon old feuds  ”

“  learn to protect yourself before trying to protect me  ”

“  i always trust that you've got my back  ”

“  if only people could be more like flowers  ”

“  if you promise not to resort to violence  ,  I'll do whatever you want  ”

“  i can't stand the sight of me either  ”

“  i would be even more impressed if you hadn't been screaming the whole time  ”

“  i did what was necessary to get you to comply  ”

“  you have so much power in you  ,  just waiting to be unleashed  ”

“  i’m hopelessly terrified of you  ”

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starters  /  prompts taken from various game grumps’   ten minute power hour   videos .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary . 

“  stop throwing stuff  ,  what is wrong with you  ?!  ”

“  turn on the magic of colored lights  ,  you jerks  ”

“  there’s a warrant out for my arrest  ”

“  this is just a blob  ”

“  i’m yelling in general not at you  ”

“  what if a child ate these  ,  then they would die of glass poisoning  ”

“  how did kids do this when they were childs ?  ”

“  take your cup off the raft you animal  ”

“  how do you not know your soda trivia  ,  you dope ?  ”

“  it tastes like cough medicine but good  ”

“  i think i’m losing feeling in my right arm  ”

“  i should be in a carnival  ”

“  i got the sugar shakes  ”

“  it’s a four  ,  as in the amount of days i have left to live  ”

“  i feel so weak  ”

“  i don’t have a sense of smell anymore  ”

“  drink it you armadillo  ”

“  ew no no oh no no  ---  oh that’s not bad  ”

“  it tastes like if i ate a fridge magnet  ”

“  i love MSG  ---  that stands for mighty good soup  ”

“  if we could get something sharp and dangerous that would be great  ”

“  the moral of the story is you have to have a huge hat  ”

“  i’m your dad  ”

“  you need to grow up .  it’s time to grow up  ”

“  i can’t open my eye it’s glued shut  ”

“  i’m a little bumblebee  ,  bzzzzz  ”

“  who knew that eating frosting could be such great exercise ?  ”

“  great news on the friendship front :  you’re my friend  ”

“  we better call some hospitals  ”

“  i’m already so sweaty  ”

“  there’s some kind of dinosaur wearing pants  ”

“  looking at this makes me feel like i’m having a stroke  ”

“  what does arizona look like ?  ”

“  i’m here with all of my friends in a hot  ,  nasty  ,  sweaty corner  ”

“  you see a spiced up dino  ,  you want that boy to smile  ”

“  i’m not gonna pretend i’m not jealous  ”

“  dude you got a scoodily doop dee woop doop doop wah wah wah  ”

“  we don’t have the necessary amount of woops  ”

“  i don’t want a pumpkin growing in my belly  ”

“  what are you�� ,  my bully from middle school ?  ”

“  pumpkins were made by god to scare children away  ”

“  he’s already dead  ”

“  i feel good about what we’ve done here today  ”

“  ooo  ,  sparkles  ”

“  i’m trying to be beautiful  ”

“  oh we’re gonna fucking die  ”

“  are we penalized for screaming ?  ”

“  we look tasty  ”

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starters  /  prompts taken from hieu minh nguyen’s work ,  not here .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

  ❛  it seems important to mention all the things that went wrong  ❜

  ❛  don’t ask if i’m a ghost  ❜

  ❛  i fled and did not return  ❜

  ❛  i cannot love you  ,  if i love you  ,  i will die  ❜

  ❛  for years i chose death  ❜

  ❛  i belong to my mother’s fear  ❜

  ❛  what do you do with tenderness when all you expect is fury ?  ❜

  ❛  he looks like he will keep you safe  ❜

  ❛  any love i find will be treason  ❜

  ❛  why did you bring me here ?  ❜

  ❛  i count the hornets that escape their mouths  ❜

  ❛  i only ask for your laughter  ❜

  ❛  look at me in the old way in this new light  ❜

  ❛  sometimes i wake up and my body does not follow  ❜

  ❛  it wasn’t the same without you  ❜

  ❛  i’m still trying to figure out what it means to stay  ❜

  ❛  it’s all very predictable  ❜

  ❛  how can i love something that isn’t ruined ?  ❜

  ❛  like all agony  ,  there are pleasant moments  ❜

  ❛  i want to be better at lying  ❜

  ❛  i’m afraid if i say it out loud i will cast a curse  ❜

  ❛  some men don’t know they’re hungry until they eat  ❜

  ❛  some spells take years to cast  ❜

  ❛  there are rules you have to follow if you want to survive  ❜

  ❛  i know you’re not supposed to smile back  ❜

  ❛  madness  ,  too  ,  can be cumulative  ❜

  ❛  trying to forget is not the same as leaving  ❜

  ❛  i really should get a sense of humor  ❜

  ❛  i understand no one  ❜

  ❛  i cannot stop him from disappearing  ❜

  ❛  her body was a dress i hung for motivation  ❜

  ❛  you were once and perhaps continue to be the myth you tell to scare yourself  ❜

  ❛  there are countless ways to justify company  ❜

  ❛  you are predictable in your longing  ❜

  ❛  i don’t want to explain a thing  ❜

  ❛  i knew if i just asked him to leave he would have  ❜

  ❛  there are countless ways to open a carcass  ❜

  ❛  all i’ve ever wanted to be was useful  ❜

  ❛  there’s still time to be saved  ❜

  ❛  shut up  ;  i know the story  ,  or at least the lesson  ❜

  ❛  you wont find it  ;  you won’t find whatever you’re looking for  ❜

  ❛  i could get away with being clumsy with knives  ❜

  ❛  i want to study the mechanics of leaving  ❜

  ❛  any adjective can be true if you cry hard enough  ❜

  ❛  i see little futures in the distance but none belong  ❜

  ❛  i am beginning to forget what i expect from the world i always knew  ❜

  ❛  you can’t think of regret as a town you move too when grief snores too loud  ❜

  ❛  in death we belong to everyone  ❜

  ❛  i want to return to my old body  ❜

  ❛  i think the life i want is the life i have  ,  but how can i be sure ?  ❜

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starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’

‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’

‘  you are teaching me to love  ’

‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’

‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’

‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’

‘  you are my good days  ’

‘  i have been loved dearly  ’

‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’

‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’

‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’

‘  there will always be another day  ’

‘  there will always be another mercy  ’

‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’

‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’

‘  i am terrified for you  ’

‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’

‘  today i am thankful  ’

‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’

‘  come and get me  ’

‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’

‘  i think i broke again last night  ’

‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’

‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’

‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’

‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’

‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’

‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’

‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’

‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’

‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’

‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’

‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’

‘  this life is an altar  ’

‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’

‘  there is a mountain in me  ’

‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’

‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’

‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’

‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’

‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’

‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’

‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’

‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’

‘  you scare me a little  ’

‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’

‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’

‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’

‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’

‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’

[phantomemes]

lines taken from various characters and events found in  american mcgee’s  game  ,  alice : madness returns  ( 2011 ) .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

“ another day  ,  a different dream perhaps ”

“ i know what’s real ”

“ i know i’m guilty of something ”

“ punishment hardly ever suits the victims of a crime ”

“ you've used me and abused me  ,  but you will not destroy me ! ”

“ i want to forget ”

“ it’s not a dream  ,  it’s a memory ”

“ how is one to find her way ? ”

“ i didn’t kill my family ”

“ i’ve not come back here looking for a fight ”

“ i’m not afraid to die ”

“ when you’re not on edge  ,  you’re taking up too much space ”

“ threats  ,  promises  ,  and good intentions don't amount to action ”

“ every picture tells a story .  sometimes we don't like the ending .  sometimes we don't understand it ”

“ delusions  ,  too  ,  die hard with memory ”

“ only the savage regard the endurance of pain as the measure of worth ”

“ forgetting pain is convenient  ,  remembering it  :  agonizing ”

“ a secret is only a secret when it is unspoken to another ”

“ different denotes neither bad nor good  ,  but it certainly means not the same ”

“ how fine you look when dressed in rage ”

“ is our situation not dismal ? ”

“ every adventure requires a first step ”

“ only a few find the way  ,  some don't recognize it when they do --- some don't ever want to ”

“ everything's a nail  ,  is it  ,  miss hammerhead ? ”

“ forgetting's just forgetting  ,  except when it's not ”

“ a good guest does not overstay  ,  a perfect guest stays home ”

“ who benefits from your madness ? ”

“ what you claim not to know is merely what you've denied ”

“ authority must be obeyed  ,  or it must be overthrowned ”

“ you shouldn’t ask questions you know the answer to ”

“ make your survival mean something ”

“ memory is more often a curse than a blessing ”

“ the past must be paid for ”

“ you're as randomly lethal and entirely confused as you ever were ”

“ return to whatever hovel's home to you ”

“ your presence here is unwelcome ”

“ everyone here has an excuse for doing nothing ”

“ this world is not so either  /  or ”

“ what’s true of the living is often true of the dead ”

“ this life is full of random death ”

“ death is the ultimate equalizer ”

“ all have the right to be eaten ”

“ you’re not that good a liar  ,  and i’m not that stupid ”

“ your madness will be punished ”

“ come to receive your punishment then ? ”

“ the damage is done ”

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lines taken from various characters and events found in  punchline’s  game  ,  rule of rose  ( 2006 ) .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

“ it wasn’t me  ,  honest ! ”

“ i’ll never let myself be tied up again ”

“ only you greeted me warmly ”

“ i’ll never break a promise again ”

“ what has happened can never be undone ”

“ you don’t deserve to be forgotten ”

“ i never want to lose you again ”

“ you’re filthy ! ”

“ she follows me everywhere  ;  it’s pathetic ”

“ you deserve to be gobbled up ”

“ get lost before i smack you ”

“ it was your fault that i got into trouble ! ”

“ let’s have a little talk ”

“ i’ll never get along with her ”

“ i know what you’re doing ”

“ she was writing you a love letter ”

“ have you found what you’re looking for ? ”

“ please lead us ”

“ i won’t lose to you ”

“ i didn’t want to do that  ,  i was just so scared ”

“ we’re still friends  ,  aren’t we ? ”

“ we make a great team ”

“ we have to pray from a distance ”

“ you don’t suspect me of stealing it  ,  do you ? ”

“ i’m fine  ,  really  ;  i’m not upset at all ”

“ it’s too late now ”

“ we need you  ,  we don’t know what to do ! ”

“ oh  ,  why can’t they all just go to hell ? ”

“ you will be duly punished ”

“ how very delightful life is ”

“ i don’t want to touch him ”

“ why does it have to be you ? ”

“ i’ll do anything for you ”

“ let’s run away together ”

“ this is your life  ,  but you’ll play by my rules ”

“ there are really only two kinds of people in the world  :  those who take orders  ,  and those who give them ”

“ no one wants to be alone ”

“ where are you going ? ”

“ please don’t leave me ”

“ who wants to be buried alive ? ”

“ today is the day of your funeral ”

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lines taken from various characters and events in  tri - crescendo’s  game  ,  eternal sonata  ( 2007 ) .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

“ the morning light has now come ”

“ it takes but a moment  ,  don’t worry ”

“ you do not understand ”

“ live in ignorance  ,  die in ignorance ”

“ forget the pain you felt in the dream ”

“ this is but a brief parting ”

“ bow down before me ”

“ cry me a river  ,  you wimp ”

“ sorry  ,  but i’m in a hurry ”

“ stay away from me ”

“ will somebody please take care of that ? ”

“ just shut your mouth and watch ”

“ you better beg for mercy from this one ”

“ you don’t look so good ”

“ picking on weaklings really isn’t my style ”

“ i’ll be perfectly polite when i send you flying ”

“ are you looking down on me ? ”

“ soon you’ll be dust on the ground ”

“ would you just open your eyes ? ”

“ pride goeth before the fall ”

“ anything that gets in my way is going down ”

“ transforming weakness into strength  ;  strength will surely become weakness ”

“ break free from the cage that holds you ”

“ when plants die  ,  the earth does not tremble ”

“ if you strike a person their soul is scattered ”

“ virtue does exist in this world ”

“ i will be the shield that protects my people ”

“ you gutless coward ”

“ to me thou art a bone  ,  to me thou art as limbs ”

“ the night shall become my clause ”

“ my resolve will never waver ”

“ so long you stupid bastard ”

“ this is the end of your pathetic lives ”

“ to enjoy the morning roses you must kill the insects ”

“ you will die trembling ”

“ oh  ,  i’ll hang you very slowly ”

“ there is no tomorrow for the weak ”

“ if something can not be recognized  ,  does it even exist ? ”

“ war is simply a battle of egos ”

“ at some point it's no longer about who wins or loses ”

“ i believe that the future holds infinite hope for all of us ”

“ when a man's consciousness is fading away he will find without fail that he comes face to face with his own soul and must challenge it ”

“ i only want a chance to do something to help everyone ”

“ ignoring the things that seem too hard to do eventually becomes a habit  ,  the natural thing to do ”

“ the time has come for everything to be settled ”

“ was this always my life's purpose ? ”

“ no one wants to touch someone like me ”

“ do you plan to spend your whole life pretending to be someone you’re not ? ”

“ people tend to act in ways that suit their own best interests ”

“ you can’t just sit back and accept a destiny of death ”

“ you can’t hesitate ”

“ when one thing comes to an end  ,  something else begins ”

“ you can give up when it’s really  ,  truly  ,  absolutely the very end ”

“ are we only destined for destruction ? ”

“ my life is nothing compared to his ”

“ everything I've ever done has always just been an act ”

“ making excuses just makes you look pathetic ”

“ we learn from our mistakes and grow from them ”

“ when you eliminate all the other possibilities  ,  you cannot escape the truth that remains ”

“ there's no use in comparing the dead with the living ”

“ he needs to remember this pain ”

“ i’ve no interest in hearing about your failure ”

“ what I want is to be adored and admired for eternity ”

“ you have a heart that sees the world with open eyes ”

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lines taken from various albums  &  unsorted songs by  xylo .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

“ the nights never ending ”

“ go off the deep end ”

“ i’m bad luck  ,  baby ”

“ i don’t need your sympathy ”

“ i need a fuckin’ miracle ”

“ i just want your love  ,  not your money ”

“ leave me here  ,  i’ll be fine ”

“ i’ll wait for the stars to align ”

“ i’m waiting for the afterlife ”

“ i just wanna be loved ”

“ the news fuckin’ scares me ”

“ we’re still young but we got older ”

“ real life is make - believe ”

“ all that glitters isn’t gold for me ”

“ don’t say anything ”

“ you look perfect in this light to me ”

“ i’m sick of listening to everyone ”

“ i just want you ”

“ this will all be over soon ”

“ the nights are longer than i’ve ever known ”

“ come get me now ”

“ there’s a black cloud hanging over my head ”

“ there’s a bad taste in my mouth ”

“ when did this bed get so uncomfortable ? ”

“ will you heal me ? ”

“ if you have the answer let me know ”

“ it doesn’t feel the same as it did before ”

“ you slip like sand right through my hands ”

“ the battle never ends but you won the war ”

“ i’m sinking like a stone ”

“ we’re all livin’ in the gutter ”

“ live fast  ,  leave a pretty body ”

“ is this love ? ”

“ i think that i love you ”

“ you know i tried to warn you ”

“ are you alive or are you just living ? ”

“ the pain i feel makes me feel real ”

“ everybody’s let me down ”

“ give me a little time to un - fuck my mind ”

“ i’m ugly when i’m jealous ”

“ i’m so used to being sad ”

“ you’re my bad influence ”

“ i don’t know if i should stay or if i should go ”

“ i don’t have the answers you need ”

“ i think i’m dying ”

“ are you thinking about me ? ”

“ would you take back all the things you said ? ”

“ am i enough ? ”

“ you’re turning me into somebody that i didn’t wanna know ”

“ i knew you were trouble when i met you ”

“ tell me you love me ”

“ tell me i’m pretty ”

“ i made this life ”

“ guess i’m the one to blame ”

“ you know i can’t take this ”

“ i know you’re not changing ”

“ at least i know it’s all said and done ”

“ i don’t wanna go to sleep alone ”

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lines taken from various songs in the  ms mr  album  ,  secondhand rapture .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , i , you , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

“ didn’t know what this would be ”

“ i knew i didn’t see what you thought you saw in me ”

“ i jumped the gun ”

“ the storm never came  ------  or  ,  it never was ”

“ it meant i wound up losing you ”

“ welcome to the inner workings of my mind ”

“ i become afraid of the darkness in my heart ”

“ what’s wrong with me ? ”

“ make ash and leave the dust behind ”

“ when i fall  ,  i fall on tragedy ”

“ dig up her bones but leave the soul alone ”

“ let her find her way to a better place ”

“ we found a way to escape the day ”

“ lost in the pages of self made cages ”

“ life slips away and the ghosts come to play ”

“ these are hard times for dreamers ”

“ my highs hit a new low ”

“ shadows bleed and the locks will break ”

“ have i only seen what i wanna see ? ”

“ maybe i’ll find something real ”

“ how could you be what i wanna see ? ”

“ my reality could never live up to the fantasy ”

“ existing and living are not the same ”

“ how many hours will i let slip away ? ”

“ this world is gonna burn ”

“ as long as we’re going down  ,  baby you should stick around ”

“ it’s all gone to shit ”

“ it’s out of our hands ”

“ if we’re gonna die  ,  bury us alive ”

“ if you’re searching for us  ,  you’ll find us side by side ”

“ your heart understands mine ”

“ your kiss tastes better outside the light of day ”

“ hard to believe you could cause me harm ”

“ damned if i do and bored if i don’t ”

“ no winners in this race when you’re caught up in the chase ”

“ solemnly swear i’m up to no good ”

“ i’d get out now  ,  if i were you i would ”

“ the longer we linger the sooner we bore ”

“ you got high off my devotion ”

“ i was addicted to your touch ”

“ i still think of you and all the shit you put me through ”

“ i know you were wrong ”

“ you made pain your lover ”

“ you only give what was lost ”

“ dark clouds follow you around ”

“ you only picked me up to bring me down ”

“ don’t build for me an empty grave ”

“ don’t need the promise of heaven ”

“ let me be your singing corpse ”

“ i have this dream where i cut out my tongue ”

“ it doesn’t make us weak ”

“ it didn’t come easy ”

“ i’m glad it was hard ”

“ i found you in pieces  ,  you’d been torn apart ”

“ we kiss the dusk goodnight ”

“ the things i feel now i thought i’d never find ”

“ i wonder if our future was written in our past ”

“ i didn’t know i could do it without you ”

“ this isn’t control ”

[phantomemes]

quotes taken from the character  “ wendy ”  of klei entertainment’s  “ don’t starve  / don’t starve together ” .  feel free to change pronouns as necessary .  warnings for some allusions to death  /  generally somber overtones .

“ i’m only taking back what’s mine ”

“ nothing good may last ”

“ they are more useful in death ”

“ i’ll only end up hurt again ”

“ life brings pain  ,  pain brings life ”

“ the clouds weep ”

“ i am directionless ”

“ the sun upsets me  ;  i couldn’t possibly sleep ”

“ i was always destined to bear a heavy load ”

“ it makes me feel less alone   ---   plus  ,  i can throw it ”

“ whatever is in there isn’t dead yet ”

“ life needs time to blossom ”

“ emptiness  :  the natural state of all things ”

“ nothing escapes the pull of decay ”

“ i don’t know why you bother  ,  we’re all going to burn ”

“ the relief it brings is only temporary ”

“ it is a dark path we tread ”

“ shall we set the world on fire ? ”

“ some of us can see our cages ”

“ it only provides the illusion of control ”

“ it seems a tad dramatic ”

“ its beauty will undoubtedly succumb to the tide ”

“ the emptiness is consuming him ”

“ antagonizing crows is always bad luck ”

“ the moon  ;  she whispers promises of protection to me ”

“ it’ll never get better than this ”

“ i have learned unspeakable things ”

“ it may warm my body  ,  but what of my spirit ? ”

“ no living soul commands the sea ”

“ your beauty will fade too  ,  you know ”

“ life is a swirling abyss of suffering and disappointment ”

“ that I cannot hear it does not mean it is silent ”

“ a shame you have to perish ”

“ death will be a blessing ”

“ i have destroyed something beautiful ”

“ your sacrifice will not be in vain ”

“ how does it feel to be ripped from your home ? ”

“ no matter what it consumes  ,  it is never satisfied ”

“ oh well  ---  i hope it’s a quick death ”

“ the world has wronged you ”

“ you can’t hide from your problems forever  ;  i’ve tried ”

“ do you dig your own tomb  ,  sir ? ”

“ a life sooner begun is a life sooner ended ”

“ vegetables are good for you  ,  but what do i care ? ”

“ i can no longer be amused by childish things ”

“ i’m surprised we didn’t die trying to get this ”

“ did it go as you planned ? ”

“ you should be thankful i’m sparing you ”

“ i can’t do anything right ”

“ i must carry my own burden ”

“ your pleas will fall on deaf ears ”

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from the work of  amanda lovelace  ,  the mermaid’s voice returns in this one   (  consider supporting the author  ) .  pronouns  (  he , she , they , i , etc  )  &  tenses can be adjusted as needed

“ i’m dropping my sword ” “ i’m not sure which of us i’m trying to convince ” “ there was no one i could have told ” “ there was nothing i could have done ” “ do you ever find yourself nostalgic for the life you never got to have ? ” “ do you ever find yourself nostalgic for the person you never got to be ? ” “ i never meant to be here for so long ” “ when will it be my turn ? ” “ who was i before you ? ” “ you can’t fix someone else ” “ you were the first one i believed ” “ i don’t mean to frighten you ” “ i would seriously consider drinking the atlantic whole if only you asked me to ” “ what wouldn’t i do for you ? ” “ i wish you had been my first love ” “ you were always my favorite wreck ” “ why wasn’t i smart enough to stay away from you ? ” “ this isn’t that kind of fairy tale ” “ cages are still cages even when they’re designed to look just like castles ” “ staying with you is nothing more than muscle memory ” “ how can you just walk away ? ” “ sometimes we have to feed ourselves lies just to live ” “ i still have every part of myself ” “ you don’t get to say it’s my fault for staying ” “ i’m but a work in progress ” “ i’m still alive and therefore so is hope ” “ i’m my own sunrise ” “ be stronger than the villains ” “ your voice could sink spaceships ” “ you need to try anyway ” “ you have been known to pry the scabs open  ,  bleed them out ” “ i woke up the next morning and i did not feel brave ” “ we talk about survival like it’s a thing that makes you stronger ” “ i was a bird before this ” “ i remember everything ” “ my healing is ugly ” “ there always exists more than one opportunity for you to grow ” “ i meant to break open to make room for stars ” “ it’s time you give yourself a fair chance ” “ it was never as pretty as you like to pretend it was ” “ i’m used to it by now ” “ don’t ever take anyone’s bullshit ” “ you did not disappear unnoticed ” “ your scraped knees will always mend ” “ just keep singing yourself to sleep ” “ eventually your monsters will stop haunting  you ” “ you are not sad forever ” “ maybe the difference between remembering and hurting is just me ” “ does your pain have a voice ? ” “ you are worth spoiling ” “ when i was a child  ,  i used to believe anyone ” “ you did all you could do ” “ now you must learn what it means for you to live ” “ i’ve never been a river nor a lake for you to peer into ” “ my story has never been your story ” “ rip this page out and keep it with you ” “ be victorious in everything you do ” “ disturb the gods  ,  if that’s what it takes ”

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sentences from the youtube series  ,  buzzfeed unsolved .  primarily taken from season 5′s supernatural investigations .

“ it doesn’t matter because you’re dead ”

“ it’s not impressive  ,  no one’s impressed ”

“ the spot of your death is now a lovely gift shop ”

“ as god as my witness  ,  he snapped him in half ”

“ i seriously want you to throw something right at my face ”

“ you can live in the cave ”

“ i’m a big fan of your name ”

“ the fact that you steal  ,  that’s really funny to me ”

“ that’s the greatest thing to steal  :  a man’s joy ”

“ because i’m a masochist ”

“ i’m going to regret this ”

“ i’ve lost the ability to feel ”

“ they’re gonna fucking murder you ”

“ the way you shushed me was quite rude ”

“ cowards  ,  all of you ”

“ i’m strange and off putting ”

“ i should not feel confident in the face of any man ”

“ here you are  ,  smiling in the face of the devil ”

“ i hate bats ”

“ bats sometimes carry rabies and that’s a thing i’m afraid of ”

“ not today devil birds  ,  not today ”

“ i think i’m blacking out right now ”

“ i don’t think i’m going to remember this moment ”

“ i think i’m gonna cry ”

“ i keep forgetting there’s ghosts in here ”

“ if you know me and my debilitating fear of bears  ,  this is my worst nightmare ”

“ i’m standing on an altar alone ”

“ maybe you’ll wake up in the middle of the night and eat your cat ”

“ i’m so glad that’s over let’s go eat taco bell ”

“ were you making horse noises ? ”

“ in case any of you needed a reminder this place is a twisting nightmare ”

“ there’s a good chance i’m gonna fart in here ”

“ well this is horrifying ”

“ let’s do each other a favor and not show ourselves to each other ”

“ if you could do me a big solid and not do anything that would be sublime ”

“ this is just as horrifying as i thought it would be ”

“ you talk to hide from the silence ”

“ do i look like the kind of man who could give advice ? ”

“ several bad choices have lead me to this moment ”

“ let’s play look at the ceiling tiles !  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 … ”

“ i just wanna know if you think they have belly buttons ”

“ i did meet some of the most insufferable people but they also met me ”

“ if it sounds like a duck and walks like a duck ”

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potential warnings for  :  mild allusions to homophobia 

“ i am going to hurt you ” “ you are going to hurt me ” “ i swear to god it will be worth something ” “ it’s always going to be like this  ,  isn’t it ? ” “ everything is a promise ” “ my heart looks like a bruise and i almost don’t mind ” “ loneliness aims to make a spectacle of me ” “ i forget how to say my own name ” “ i don’t know what i’m doing here without you ” “ i know this isn’t going to end well but i don’t think it matters ” “ everything is perfect .  everything is fine ” “ i slept incredibly well before i met you ” “ how much room do we have to breathe ? ” “ how do you effectively hold onto something that you don’t want other people to see ? ” “ what if i want other people to see it ? ” “ i don’t know if this is worth putting a name to ” “ you call it a sin when we kiss ” “ you only hear the word unholy in your mother’s voice ” “ what a slow way to die ” “ my soul can’t bear to be without yours ” “ that doesn’t mean it works ” “ i am the one saying goodbye ” “ i don’t remember anything before you ” “ the ocean always looked like you ” “ she does not remind me of anything  ;  everything reminds me of her ” “ i’m sorry for trying to love you before i knew what i was doing ” “ most days i pity you more than i love you ” “ i was as close as skin to you once ” “ sometimes i don’t feel like a person ” “ you are still the first person i want to share new things with ” “ i couldn’t remember the last time i’d been happy ” “ some people are born flight risks ” “ i feel like i’ve been sleepwalking for the last three months ” “ i need a crash course in my own body language ” “ i’m trying my best not to find this poetic ” “ there is an emptiness here that i swear was not here before ” “ my worth is not defined by a man and neither is yours ” “ i’m not going through a phase ” “ remember how you would like to be treated ” “ i know this isn’t what you wanted it to be ” “ you can still make something good out of it ” “ there are people i’ve slept with just because we hurt the same way ” “ you were born with an open mouth and empty hands ” “ you were never supposed to be a lesson ” “ sore muscles have always been a sign of growth ” “ my mother says she’s not surprised but she doesn’t understand ” “ people don’t have roots for a reason ”

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if you’d like to support the author   /   feel free to change pronouns as needed

*  potential warnings for  :  mild allusions to abuse  /  trauma

“ the shadows were always taller than you when you walked ” “ our horoscopes say we make great friends ” “ now you’re nothing more than a ghost who haunts me ” “ i thought he was a god ” “ i thought he would love me if i became his puppet ” “ beings like him don’t know what the fuck love is ” “ did your parents not love you enough ? ” “ you can’t make up excuses for an asshole ” “ i  ,  the ragdoll in your collection of toys ” “ you take up a space that i do not want you to have ” “ you blamed me for the wreckage ” “ your blood type is toxic ” “ the dead and i now raise hell ” “ the congregation screams holy to your voice  ,  not to your anointing ” “ here lies your pride ” “ this time though  ,  i stitched myself up ” “ i refused to be the next victim that laid at their altar to sacrifice ” “ i fucking hate roses ” “ did your dream come true ? ” “ you tried burning me down not knowing you were fucking with a goddess ” “ i’m not scared of the monster anymore ” “ fathers shouldn’t kill their daughters ” “ yet a monster is still a monster ” “ karma has a way of working and doing its due diligence ” “ with your death  ,  i found my peace ” “ your holy ground burns my feet ” “ i’m still walking through the fire ” “ she wanted everyone to pay for her pain ” “ somehow it doesn’t run through my veins to better understand your actions ” “ i guess i had too much hope ” “ you tried killing me ” “ i’d miss death’s visitation again ” “ you decided it was my turn to be ruined by everyone ” “ it didn’t take long for me to figure out i was an easy target ” “ he was preaching about me on his holy  ,  untouched altar ” “ she’s still alive  ,  in case you’re wondering ” “ the demons have found souls to rest ” “ somehow it’s not god who comes to my rescue ” “ your eyes will always remind me of the ocean ” “ paranoia now has a place in this body i call home ” “ here’s to all the events we’ll never attend together ” “ the seven deadly sins have nothing on you ” “ you’re scared ” “ i hope no one recognizes me ” “ if hell is real then there’s a home for you ”

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feel free to change things  ( such as pronouns )  as needed !  music link

G U E S T   R O O M

“ i’m better off on my own ” “ i wish i never let you sleep in my bed ” “ i’ll never get over you ” “ i'm pretty sure that all of this was my fault ” “ you know how to make me feel all alone ” “ just fucking find another way to heal ” “ i’m sick of feeling so betrayed ” “ i thought i’d mean something to you ”

S A I N T S

“ your story isn’t adding up ” “ your religion is a lie ” “ why don’t you throw me to the wolves ? ” “ you’re not so innocent ” “ you’re standing here like an angry god ” “ you’re no saint  ,  you’re no savior ” “ you only follow rules if others follow with you ” “ that doesn’t sound so holy  ,  only playing victim ” “ keep your judgement for someone else ” “ i’ve had enough ”

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“ welcome to the room i hide in ” “ i’d invite you in but i’m trying to get out of here ” “ the windows know my pain  ,  they feel it ” “ get out of here ” “ you’re still ringing gin my empty head ” “ i can’t let go of you ” “ i don’t know why i can never leave ” “ all that i’m left with are memories ” “ i guess i want your ghost as my company ”

R E V I V A L

“ i’m afraid that i’ve gone vacant ” “ i don’t have time for your equations ” “ i swear i’ll try to save this ” “ i start to despise myself ” “ you say i put you through hell ” “ you never knew if you could feel the way that i do ” “ we aren’t gonna make it ” “ we’ve both been changing ” “ maybe we should find ourselves ”

V A C A N T

“ i've been waiting for you to get your mind right ” “ you've been running from yourself for a while ” “ you think that if you burn down you'll be fine ” “ maybe i’d forget all the times you lied ” “ i hope that you choke on your vacant teeth ” “ i know that you’re empty ” “ you don't even look the same with your brand new eyes ” “ you drained the light out of yourself and now you can't see ”

E U P H O R I A

“ you talk a lot of shit for somebody who's sorry now ” “ i’m a habit that you miss ” “ this is everything i wanna say  ,  but can’t say yet ” “ you’re looking for someone to blame ” “ i gave you all my blood ” “ i’m still waiting for your love ” “ thanks for calling me on my birthday to say i was wrong ” “ i hope you swallow me ”

G R A V E S

“ every time i see you i light up inside ” “ truth is casting shadows all over me ” “ you walk through your house like a ghost ” “ i hope you lie in your bed thinking of me ” “ there’s a hole inside my chest you can’t see ” “ my heads a burial ground of your memory ” “ you can take whats left with you ” “ i can’t keep holding on ”

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collection of prompts  /  starter sentences taken from the  cursedsuggestion  blog 

“ tell me we’ll be safe at least for a little while ” “ no one can hear you and no one can help you ” “ ruin my life and never leave me ” “ haunt me , fucker ” “ leap off the precipice before anyone can shove you ” “ now you know how i feel about you ” “ think of me when you want to come home ” “ you made your choice so live with it ” “ don’t look back on it ” “ family does not guarantee safety ” “ you were an adult for most of your childhood ” “ you’ll be okay somewhere in that vague future tense ” “ what i’m saying is what happened was fucked up ” “ you’re crushed under the spine bending weight of yourself ” “ you fell in love with yourself and projected it onto me ” “ i’m the one with the power this time ” “ i bite off more than i can chew ” “ you ruined your own self ” “ i never say the right things ” “ you didn’t outgrow your misery  ,  you grew into it ” “ i look after me and mine ” “ we’re twin souls ” “ you molded me into something terrible ” “ i’m too rigid to bend back ” “ no one’s coming to fix you  ;  put yourself back together ” “ i’m not even a real person ” “ you don’t love  ,  you just devour what i give ” “ why do you expect others to treat you better than you treat yourself ? ” “ you should try to be you ” “ sometimes fixing something is stopping it from breaking further ” “ you don’t say what you mean  ,  just what sounds good ” “ all you do is watch ” “ i’m a bad habit with a bad attitude ” “ everything you are shown has a purpose ” “ someone else wears your face ” “ my soul is a bit fucked up ” “ i’ll burn the sheets when you go ” “ there is no god that i can see ” “ love isn’t an excuse ” “ scream into the universe until it screams back ” “ i wanted you to stay ” “ the past is with you  ,  for better or worse ” “ this hate keeps me warm in the winter ” “ i’m a wrong number ”

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collection of prompts  /  starter sentences  /  what have you taken from private  /  unpublished works of poetry written by the blog moderator .  feel free to change things  (  such as pronouns  )  as needed !

“ i finally recognize my own reflection ” “ these clothes cling to my body like cobwebs ” “ you left your body somewhere far behind ” “ you know it works every time  ,  half the time  ,  when you get lucky ” “ get the hell away from me ” “ the taste is regret ” “ you never learned to say you’re hurting without forcing someone to hurt with you ” “ you have the audacity to act surprised when your bridges burn ” “ you’re too old to still need a nightlight ” “ still scared of the dark ? ” “ you know them  ,  or you don’t ” “ it doesn’t matter because they’re dead ” “ you’ll join them one way or another ” “ here’s how to relax your muscles ” “ i don’t bother telling anyone the results anymore ” “ they don’t bother asking ” “ i think someone switched the contents ” “ you spend so much time considering what it must be like to be someone else that you forgot to consider what it must be like to be someone at all ” “ i don’t know what to say ” “ you are either a fool or a genius or maybe both ” “ for once i feel like maybe i’m not letting anybody down ” “ he doesn’t believe you ” “ i can’t tell if there’s something wrong or normal with me ” “ the empty container of cup noodles digging into my side is almost pleasant ” “ let them take your place ” “ you are not a king nor were you ever one ” “ i am ready to go home ” “ your mother wept the first time she held you in her arms ” “ you are a miracle ” “ you are something damned ” “ there are not enough apologies in this world to make up for your closed casket funeral ” “ gods will always know the difference ” “ i want to ask my father if he was afraid ” “ maybe never getting to say goodbye is the closest you’re allowed to get to a blessing ” “ the gods will never know the sound of my forgiveness ” “ i just woke up here one morning ” “ i don’t know how to tell you i don’t know where she is ” “ there’s someone here who misses her ” “ i should just be able to bottle up my pain ” “ i feel as though i’m just here to disappoint ” “ if you look closely you can see the snakes shifting beneath the dirt ”