Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Interscope Records; 2011)

Pump the throttle full through the gauntlet of mariachi skeletons as if being born were striking a match tip the size of the world.

The Black Eyed Peas

Desire is pain cloaked in the rafters of some penthouse apartment next to the moon.

T.V. on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

Rats in our hearts crawled through our lungs to seek some light lit by tomorrow's candle.