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{{quote|''But my dreams, they aren't as empty<br />
{{quote|''But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be...<br />
As my conscience seems to be...
I have hours, only lonely<br />
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance<br />
My love is vengeance
That's never free...''|"Behind Blue Eyes", by [[The Who]]}}
That's never free...''|"Behind Blue Eyes", by [[The Who]]}}


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* "I'm so Ronery", Kim Jong Il's song in ''[[Team America]]''.
* "I'm so Ronery", Kim Jong Il's song in ''[[Team America]]''.
* Dr. Frank N Furter's final song in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', "I'm Going Home."
* Dr. Frank N Furter's final song in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', "I'm Going Home."
{{quote| '''[[Tim Curry|Frank]]: Everywhere it's been the same... feeling... Like I'm outside in the rain... wheeling... Free, to try and find a game... dealing... Cards for sorrow, cards for pain...}}
{{quote|'''[[Tim Curry|Frank]]: Everywhere it's been the same... feeling... Like I'm outside in the rain... wheeling... Free, to try and find a game... dealing... Cards for sorrow, cards for pain...}}
* "Marley and Marley" from ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'', wherein [[Statler and Waldorf|Jacob (and Robert) Marley]] narrate how it took suffering in the afterlife to realize their misdeeds while living.
* "Marley and Marley" from ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'', wherein [[Statler and Waldorf|Jacob (and Robert) Marley]] narrate how it took suffering in the afterlife to realize their misdeeds while living.
{{quote| "There was that time we evicted the entire orphanage!"<br />
{{quote|"There was that time we evicted the entire orphanage!"
"I remember them standing in the cold with their frostbitten teddy bears!"<br />
"I remember them standing in the cold with their frostbitten teddy bears!"
"Doh-ho-ho-ho! [[Made Myself Sad|*shudder*]]" }}
"Doh-ho-ho-ho! [[Made Myself Sad|*shudder*]]" }}
* "Up there" from [[South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut]]. Who would have known Satan could be that woobieish?
* "Up there" from [[South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut]]. Who would have known Satan could be that woobieish?
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* "Die Unstillbare Gier" from ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]'', in which both the audience and Alfred realize that Count von Krolock is a ''person'', capable of great longing and regret.
* "Die Unstillbare Gier" from ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]'', in which both the audience and Alfred realize that Count von Krolock is a ''person'', capable of great longing and regret.
* "No Good Deed" from ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''.
* "No Good Deed" from ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''.
{{quote| Sure I meant well<br />
{{quote|Sure I meant well
Well, look at what well-meant did! }}
Well, look at what well-meant did! }}
* "Accursed All Base Pursuit" from Gounod's ''Faust''. Yep, an actual operatic example.
* "Accursed All Base Pursuit" from Gounod's ''Faust''. Yep, an actual operatic example.
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