“How could it go on when I don't exist? I don't exist…So now that we've got that straightDoesn't mean that I can flyDoesn't mean I that I can go do whatever I want.”Regina Spektor "Daniel Cowman" Songs (2002)
“The world's got a nosebleed, it saidAnd we're flooding, but we keep on cutting the trees and the forests!And we keep on paying those freaks on the TVWho claim they will save us, but want to enslave us, andSweating like demons, they scream through our speakersBut we leave the sound on 'cause silence is harder, andNo one's the killer and no one's the martyrThe world that has made us can no longer contain usAnd prophets are silent and rotting away.”Regina Spektor "Consequence of Sounds" Songs (2002)
“Power to the peopleWe don't want itWe want pleasureAnd the TVs try to rape usAnd I guess that they're succeedingAnd we're going to these meetingsBut we're not doing any meetingAnd we're trying to be faithful, but we'reCheating, cheating, cheating”Regina Spektor Hero Begin to Hope (2006)
“Two birds on a wireOne tries to fly awayAnd the other watches him close from that wireHe says he wants to as wellBut he is a liar”Regina Spektor Two Birds Far (2009)
“Pavlov's Daughter,woke up in the morning,hear the bell ring,and something deep inside of her,makes her want to salivate,so she lays there drooling on her pillow…”Regina Spektor Pavlov's Daughter 11:11 (2001)