Musical Monday #74

Welcome to the 74th edition of Musical Monday, the weekly quiz that Soccer Dad and I alternate hosting. As always, the challenge is to identify the title and artist of each song quote below, as well as the common theme of the entire set of songs.

This week, the song quotes are divided into two groups: 1-18 and 19-34. These represent two separate sub-themes which together comprise the overall theme of the quiz.

1) "Arms entwined, the chosen few"
2) "I seem to lean on old familiar ways"
3) "I'd swallow the pain and pride"
4) "And the bus and the tourists are gone"
5) "He's the only reason we exist"
6) "Crumpled bits of paper, filled with imperfect thought"
7) "I swear you taught me everything I know"
8) "Nights are warm and the days are young"
9) "Your arms are hanging limp at your sides"
10) "The trip we made in Hollywood is etched upon my mind"
11) "Blind aspires of fortune, each have separate weight"
12) "But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of his?"
13) "It's the first time that you haven't made the bed"
14) "Your stupid girlfriends tell you that I'm to blame"
15) "Too many kingdoms, too many flags on the field"
16) "There'll be scary ghost stories"
17) "We'd hide from the lights, on the village green"
18) "Watching the wide world riot and hiding out"

19) "I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive"
20) "Lenny Bruce is not afraid"
21) "Offer up your best defense"
22) "You and me were free, we do as we please yeah"
23) "Some are born to sweet delight"
24) "I took the money, I spiked your drink"
25) "Is your conscience at rest if once put to the test?"
26) "The sounds of the city sifting through trees"
27) "Everyone's hoping it'll all work out"
28) "You might see me on the East side, ha, the West side!"
29) "Seven long years for the same corporation"
30) "Drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are"
31) "Two-roomed apartment on the second floor"
32) "The snake is long, seven miles"
33) "The love you take"
34) "Some nights I wake up, I look at your pillow"

Good luck and enjoy!