Songs You Relate To

[alleycat]

Sorry this is so long but otherwise I'll forget some...

SOiL - Redefine (and the vast majority of their other stuff)
Mindless Self Indulgence - Bed of Roses (hey it's alright my life has never been a bed of roses...)
Theory of a Deadman - Bitch Came Back
Cage the Elephant - Ain't no Rest for the Wicked
pretty much everything from The Distillers's Coral Fang
Matchbox Twenty - 3AM
Mountain Goats - No Children and This Year
Nirvana - Rape me
Papa Roach - Binge
Puddle of Mudd - psycho
Seether - Tonight; Fake it

I've also had Foster the People's Pumped up Kicks, Pitbull's Ay Chico, LMFAO's Sexy and I Know it, and Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger stuck in my head but they aren't all that pertinent :p

 

[Loveneverfails]

Here is a song I absolutely LOVE. It's by Bruno Mars and I listen to it every time I need to remember to love myself and keep moving forward. A very beautiful and encouraging song.

Today My Life Begins

I've been working hard so long
Seems like pain has been my only friend
My fragile heart's been done so wrong
I wondered if I'd ever heal again

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same
All around me I can feel a change (ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins

Yesterday has come and gone
And I've learn how to leave it where it is
And I see that I was wrong
For ever doubting I could win

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same
All around me i can feel a change (ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins

Life's to short to have regrets
So I'm learning now to leave it in the past and try to forget
We only have one life to live
So you better make the best of it

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins...

 

[popeye]

Well I am not sure if I could do the whole song here. But this song really spoke to me one day. Since then whenever I am feeling like reflecting on life I listen to it.

Dropkick Murphy's
Green fields of France.

"Oh how do you do, young Willy McBride
Do you mind if I sit here down beside your graveside
And rest for a while 'neath the warm summer sun
I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done
And I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fallen in 1916
Well I hope you died quick
And I hope you died clean
Oh Willy McBride, was is it slow and obscene

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the Last Post in chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined
And though you died back in 1916
To that loyal heart you're forever nineteen
Or are you a stranger without even a name
Forever enshrined behind some old glass pane
In an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the Last Post in chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

The sun shining down on these green fields of France
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished long under the plow
No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard that's still no man's land
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation were butchered and damned

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the Last Post in chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

And I can't help but wonder oh Willy McBride
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you the cause?
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing and dying it was all done in vain
Oh Willy McBride it all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the Last Post in chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?"

 

[Loveneverfails]

Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing and dying it was all done in vain
Oh Willy McBride it all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again"

Definitely causes some deep thinking Pop. Great song.

 

[Elisacullen21]

There are two songs from the band Linkin Park which I love. These are the Crawling and Numb. There are more, of other bands, but these two are the main. I will only to show the lyrics of Crawling.

Crawling
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

There's something inside me
That pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling, I can't seem

To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Without a sense of confidence
And I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before, so insecure

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing confusing what is real

There's something inside me
That pulls beneath the surface
Consuming
Confusing what is real

This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling
Confusing what is real

 

[Loveneverfails]

There are two songs from the band Linkin Park which I love. These are the Crawling and Numb.

I LOVE Numb. I also like the song I think is called 'Guilty by Association'? Linkin Park is an epic band.

 

[Elisacullen21]

I totally agree with you. Linkin Park have always been one of me favorite bands.
The song you speak of is called Runaway.

 

[AuraBunny]

Rock/Metal:
Avenged Sevenfold:
A Little Piece of Heaven

"You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime
Yeah, yeah, but baby don't cry."

Bullet For My Valentine:
-Tears Don't Fall

Skillet:
Monster

Within Temptation:
-A Demon's Fate

Eyes Set to Kill:
-Broken Frames

Korean Pop:
2NE1-
Go Away

 

[jasmineR]

Rock

Set Me Free (By Casting Crowns)

It hasn't always been this way
I remember brighter days
Before the dark ones came
Stole my mind
Wrapped my soul in chains

Now I live among the dead
Fighting voices in my head
Hoping someone hears me crying in the night
And carries me away

Set me free of the chains holding me
Is anybody out there hearing me?
Set me free!!!

Morning breaks another day
Finds me crying in the rain
All alone with my demons I am
Who is this man that comes my way?
The dark ones shriek
They scream His name
Is this the One they say will set the captives free?
Jesus, rescue me
SET ME FREE!!!

 

[jasmineR]

Kelly Clarkson and/or Reba Mcentire

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you
Because of you​

 

[votedmostcheerful]

This is a song (Lupe Fiasco) of hope that I never would have heard had I not had 2 tween sons:

So no matter what you been through
No matter what you into
No matter what you see when you look outside your window
Brown grass or green grass
Picket fence or barbed wire
Never ever put them down
You just lift your arms higher
Raise em till’ your arms tired
Let em’ know you’re their
That you struggling and survivin’ that you gonna persevere
Yeah, ain’t no body leavin, no body goin’ home
Even if they turn the lights out the show is goin’ on!

Alright, already the show goes on
Alright, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
Alright, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!

 

[SeekingSerenity]

This one is very very special to me....

At Last

At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song

Oh yeah at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you

And I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known

Oh yeah, and your smile, your smile
Oh, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven
For you are mine at last

Darling, I love you, and I always will.
I am so proud you chose me.:inlove: