XPost: alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english, nl.taal   
   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 20/12/25 10:26, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >> Anton Shepelev:   
   >   
   >>> No idea.  99% of English speech I hear is in songs, and I can't   
   >>> seem to remember a song with the words `build' or `built'.   
   >>   
   >> "We built this city on rock and roll."   
   >   
   > That's the song that started this thread.   
      
   A quick google (the AI summary at the top, probably not   
   definitive)   
      
      
   Songs with "Build" or "Built" in the Title/Chorus:   
      
   "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert: "I was never really here   
   until I saw this house/And the roof was on fire, and the water was   
   high/But it was home, and the walls were warm/And I was safe and sound...".   
      
   "We Built This City" - Starship: "We built this city on rock and roll".   
      
   "Build" - The Housemartins: "It's build a house where we can stay / Add   
   a new bit every day".   
      
   "Proud of the House We Built" - Brooks & Dunn: "I'm proud of the house   
   we built / It's stronger than sticks, stones, and steel".   
      
   "Build My Life" - Pat Barrett: "Build my life upon your word / Build my   
   life upon your love".   
      
   "Build" - Healy: "I'm just tryna build my block up".   
      
      
   Songs with "Built" in the Lyrics:   
      
   "Believer" - Imagine Dragons: "You break me down, you build me up,   
   believer, believer".   
      
   "The Hexx" - Pavement: "never build a building till you're 50, what kind   
   of life is that?".   
      
   "Built the Wall" - Luke TheNotable: "built the wall it's so dang tall".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)