Obviously a work in progress but, here goes... in no particular order. Lyrics verified on azlyrics.com. PLEASE add your own by leaving a comment below!

"You gave me nothing, now it's all I got." from One by U2

"If you're sleeping, are you dreaming? If you're dreaming, are you dreaming of me?" from Calling You by Blue October

"Used-to-be's don't count anymore, they just lay on the floor 'til we sweep them away." from You Don't Bring Me Flowers by Neil Diamond

"No matter what I say, you'll ignore me anyway. I might as well talk in my sleep." from Casual Conversations by Supertramp

"Had a dream it was war, but they couldn't tell me what it was for." from Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) by Roger Hodgson

"Sometimes I think too much, but say nothing at all." from Tell Her This by Del Amitri

"Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog, where no one notices the contrast of white on white." from Round Here by Counting Crows

"I could surrender but I'd... Just be pretending, no I'd... Rather be dead than live a lie... Burn the white flag!" from White Flag by Joseph

"Sometimes you dream, sometimes it seems there's nothing there at all. You just seem newer than yesterday, and you're waiting for tomorrow to call." from Roy Rogers by Bernie Taupin/Elton John

Along those same lines (no pun intended), see One of the All-Time Great Rock Era Lyricists

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