and god help you if you are a pheonix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying back -- Ani DiFranco, "32 Flavors"

I am not an angry girl
but it seems like I've got everyone fooled
every time I say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling -- Ani DiFranco, "Not A Pretty Girl"

Thought I couldn't breathe without ya, I'm inhalin'
You thought I couldn't see without ya, perfect vision
You thought I couldn't last without ya, but I'm lastin'
You thought that I would die without ya, but I'm livin'
Thought that I would fail without ya, but I'm on top
Thought that it would be over by now, but it won't stop -- Destiny's Child, "Survivor"

(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way -- Linkin Park, "Pushes Me Away"

Heart full of pain, head full of stress
hand full of anger, held in my chest
Uphill struggle
Blood sweat and tears
Nothing to gain
Everything to fear -- Linkin Park, "Nobody's Listening"