"Are we human or are we dancer?"
--The Killers' 'Human,' from the forthcoming 'Day & Age'

Ladies and gentlemen, the most famous bad lyric of 2008!

"So if a big rain cloud/Follows you around/Don't let it get you down"
--Plain White T's' 'Big Bad World,' from 2008's 'Big Bad World'

Just snuggle a kitten, hug a rainbow and smile, smile, smile your troubles away!

"I won't attend your pity party/I'd rather go have calamari"
--Ne-Yo's 'So You Can Cry,' from 2008's 'Year of the Gentleman'

I suppose it's better than "I'd rather eat some cheese that's Havarti."

"First we live, but then we die"
--Low vs Diamond's 'Heart Attack,' from 2008's 'Low vs Diamond'

Uh, yeah ... good point.

"Mother Nature is a coward/Mother Nature is a whore"
--Slipknot's 'This Cold Black,' from 2008's 'All Hope Is Gone'

Apparently a certain metal band got stuck at O'Hare because of bad weather.

"For my sweetheart the melancholic/You have crossed the river Styx"
--Bloc Party's 'Biko,' from 2008's 'Intimacy'

Is Kele Okereke hanging out with Sting these days?

"If I eat you like a cannibal, ain't nothin' to it/Gangsta rap made me do it"
--Ice Cube's 'Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It,' from 2008's 'Raw Footage'

If he makes another sequel to 'Are We There Yet,' ain't nothin' to it. Gansta rap made him do it.

"I could step outside and walk in any direction/Everything I choose erases ghosts of potential/But it makes some new ghosts that I can fill"
--The Faint's 'Forever Growing Centipedes,' from 2008's 'Fasciinatiion'

So, like, everything we do creates this dimension, but the other choices are, like, parallel dimensions with their own reality? Bro, if I hadn't already seen 'Donnie Darko' my mind would be, like, totally blown.

"You're the minutes, I'm the hours/But we'll meet somewhere in between/Never, now, or too soon/I say we meet at a quarter till three"
--Hawthorne Heights' 'Somewhere in Between,' from 2008's 'Fragile Future'

What a poignant metaphor about love's eternal power to unite opposite ... oh, sure ... OK. Yeah, 2:45 sounds good. See you then, dude.

"Coffee stains on your favorite book/Remind me of you, so I can't take a look/The magazines you left on the floor/You won't need them anymore"
--Duffy's 'I'm Scared,' from 2008's 'Rockferry'

And I guess you won't be coming back for that used piece of dental floss. Oh, baby, I sit and stare all day at your half-eaten yogurt. Lady, you might feel better if you clean your apartment.