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* {{Music/Beck}}'s "Diamond Bollocks" and "Erase The Sun" have several identical lines: "Offices and fountains that they named for you", "Hari-karis spinning 'round the golden looms"[[note]]Well, actually in "Erase The Sun" it's "hairy fairies", although the song mentions hari-karis too[[/note]], and "choice cut meats from derelict boulevards". Also, both "Erase The Sun" and "Static" mention "delinquent hygienes". "Erase The Sun" was written before either of the other songs, but wasn't released (as a BSide) until later.

** There was a time when Music/{{Beck}} was inordinately fond of the lyric "Yellow cat layin' flat on the road" - "Corvette Bummer" and "Ziplock Bag" both feature this exact line, while in "The Spirit Moves Me", it's a "phony lady" that's "layin' flat on the road" instead. It's probably not a coincidence that "Corvette Bummer" also mentions "a ziplock bag". All three of these songs came out in 1994.
*** Music/{{Beck}} sampled an early unreleased folk song of his in "People Gettin' Busy", which features the lines "Empty and cold, burning a light bulb". These lines later appeared in the B Side "One Of These Days". It is speculated that "One Of These Days" was written years before (as most songs recorded for Mutations were), but whether it evolved from that folk song or if that folk song was unrelated remains to be seen.

* Music/TheFall's "New Big Prinz" prominently includes a self-reference to their earlier song "Hip Priest" - both include the line "He is not appreciated". This is because despite the semi-NonAppearingTitle, the chorus repeatedly refers to a "big ''priest''".

* Tricky's solo debut ''Maxinquaye'' featured two cases of him reusing lyrics from songs he wrote and performed with Music/MassiveAttack for their album ''Protection'': "Overcome" is basically his own version of Massive Attack's "Karmacoma" - the lyrics are entirely taken from that song, but set to new music. Meanwhile, "Hell Is Round the Corner" reuses some of his lyrical contributions to Massive Attack's "Eurochild".

* Despite the similar titles, "Fell On Black Days" and "Black Days III" by {{Music/Soundgarden}} are basically entirely different songs, with only the lyrics "I fell on black days" and "How would I know that this would be my fate?" in common [[note]] "Black Days III" actually was written first, but was re-titled to avoid confusion with "Fell On Black Days" itself or the ChangedForTheVideo version that was also released on the EP ''Songs from the Superunknown.''[[/note]]

** "Love Is The Seventh Wave" (from the album ''Music/TheDreamOfTheBlue Turtles'') has phrases from "Every Breath You Take" (which he performed with his old band Music/ThePolice).

** "Love Is The Seventh Wave" (from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'') has phrases from "Every Breath You Take" (which he performed with his old band Music/ThePolice).

* Despite the similar titles, "Fell On Black Days" and "Black Days III" by {{Music/Soundgarden}} are basically entirely different songs, with only the lyrics "I fell on black days" and "How would I know that this would be my fate?" in common [[note]] "Black Days III" actually was written first, but was re-titled to avoid confusion with the ''Superunknown'' "Fell On Black Days" or the ChangedForTheVideo version that was also released on the EP ''Songs from the Superunknown.''[[/note]]

* Music/{{Radiohead}} included the line "I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied / I don't know why I feel so skinned alive." in two songs. The first to use it was "Cuttooth," a popular B-side to their album ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}''; the second song, "Myxomatosis," is on ''Music/HailToTheThief'', released after ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}''.

--->Burn the pages, let 'em cook

-->Moving warm liquid, flowing blowing glass\\
-->Classical music blasting masks the ringing in my ears

--->Burn the pages, let 'em cook\\

-->Classical music blasting masks the ringing in my ears\\

--->Burn the pages, let 'em cook

-->Unlock my body and move myself to dance
-->Moving warm liquid, flowing blowing glass
-->Classical music blasting masks the ringing in my ears

Burn the pages, let 'em cook\\

* The CutSong "The House of Marcus Lycus" from ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' used "side by side by side" to refer to having ALadyOnEachArm (namely, the Gemini). Music/StephenSondheim made this phrase the title of a song in ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]''.

* Music/{{WASP}}'s album ''The Headless Children'' contains a B-side entitled "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Some of the lyrics and the melody would later form the basis of "The Gypsy Meets the Boy" from ''Music/TheCrimsonIdol''.

* "All my life" and "All of my life" seem to be placeholder phrases for Music/PhilCollins - they appear frequently both in Music/{{Genesis}} songs and in his solo records.

* Two Newton Faulkner songs open with the lyric "I don't know why this took so long": "Resin on my Heart Strings" from Rebuilt By Humans and "Just Outside" from Studio Zoo.