Songs You Relate To

[Muzikluvr]

These songs are from my childhood and each song represents a member of my family. This is my family represented in song.

Desperado - The Eagles
It may be rainin'
but there's a rainbow above you
you better let somebody love you
let somebody love you

you better, let somebody love you
before it's too late.

My mom picked this song for herself. She even asked me to sing it for her, and when I learned to play guitar she wanted me to play it for her.
I think she never really understood how much I wanted her to let down her walls and let us love her; and now I don't plan to see her unless I have to. It's too late.

Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
"It's Okay" he smiles and says
but this loneliness is driving him crazy
he don't show what goes on in his head
but if you watch very close you'll see it all

This is my song from 8th grade. And I thought it said "he don't know what goes on in his head". I was already hooked by the loneliness aspect, but it was the first time I was consciously aware that I didn't know what was going on in my head.

Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester
But Baby can't be broken cause you see
She had the finest teacher, that was me
And I told her
Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings

My brother liked it when I sang this song. One day when he was driving me to school, he cried as he told me that he was the teacher and I was Baby. I didn't know what he was talking about, according to all my guardians, I wore my feelings on my sleeve. I didn't know what I was hiding. He remembered encouraging me to hide my feelings.

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Oh, my love
My darling
I've hungered for your touch
a long, lonely time
and time goes by so slowly
and time can do so much
are you still mine?
I need your love
I, I need your love
Godspeed your love, to me

Dad's Song. I know this may sound sick to some on here, but it's not. My dad and I stopped touching abruptly after he didn't believe that I'd been raped at age 7, and he let that monster lead me around the rest of the vacation with threats, rape, and psycho/social destruction. And, I've always wanted my dad's love back. So, when my dad believed me at age 22, and he seemed to stand up for me, we used to dance to this song together and lament the years we'd lost. I didn't recollect at that time, that he knew all along and instead of helping me he consciously chose to wait and see without regard to my safety. When the flashbacks came, I was so angry all I could do was sputter and scream at him. So, this song is actually painful to me now. But, very much a part of my PTSD.

 

[Kintsugi]

Triggering please read with caution
Some f'cked up stuff, but it did help me at some point to unlock my appropriate rage instead of just self-loathing

G Tom Mac
Cry Little Sister
"That scream I hear!

Cry, little sister (thou shall not fall)
Come, come to your brother (thou shall not die)
Unchain me, sister (thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (thou shall not kill)"

 

[Crl1983]

@Miss--I cried when I heard that song^ after my little sister was killed. I hadn't ever really listened to it before that. I like the version by Aiden best.

 

[Kintsugi]

@Miss--I cried when I heard that song^ after my little sister was killed. I hadn't ever really listened to it before that. I like the version by Aiden best.

Please do not listen to G Tom Mac unless you want to associate that song directly with incest. : ( He REALLY takes it in that direction.

I really like the version by Carfax Abbey. I just don't relate to it as deeply.

 

[Kintsugi]

She Wants Revenge
Black Liner Run
"My heart is on my sleeve when I write you
These ends that end to dead and surely they excite you
Or did you know? It is you're typing blindly
Choose a public place darling, won't you let me find thee?
She's waited eagerly but will she embrace in bloodied hands
Her new lover's face?"

 

[Mr. Smith]

If I Ever Leave This World Alive
By Flogging Molly

"Wherever I am you'll always be
More than just a memory
If I ever leave this world alive"

Drink 'Till I Die
By Poxy Boggards

"'Tis half past three and the chill is gone
It's the longest binge I've ever been on
Had so many pints, my mind's stupefied
But through all the haze I still hear the cry!"

Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced
By Dropkick Murphys

"I'm a pitiful SIGHT
And I ain't all that bright
I'm definitly not chiseled from stone
I'm a cheat and a liar
No woman's desire
I'll probably die cold and alone
But just give me a chance
Cause deep down inside
I swear I got a big heart of gold
I'm a monogamous man
No more one night stands
Come on, Honey let me take you home"

I have tons of songs I like / love, these are three I thought of this morning.:D



 

[LaurenRose]

Kalli
River of Darkness

River of darkness
My heart is broken
I can't find my way
Out of the grave
I can't find my way

Whitesnake​

Here I Go Again On My Own​

Here I go again on my own ​

goin' down the only road I've ever known. ​

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone. ​

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time.​

Four Non-Blondes​

What's Up​

And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed​

Just to get it all out, what's in my head​

And I, I am feeling a little peculiar​

And so I wake in the morning and I step outside​

And I take A deep breath and I get real high​

And I scream from the top of my lungs,​

What's goin' on​

 

[Cheshire]

If I Ever Leave This World Alive
By Flogging Molly

I LOVE Flogging Molly :D Great song :)

 

[Kintsugi]

The Dresden Dolls
Sex Changes
"The doctor says that once she gets a taste for it
She'll keep on cutting
...
Stiff upper lip in all this sorrow
Hurry up an stick it in! you never know when it will end
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"

Bad Habit
"Pens and penknives take the blame
Crane my neck and scratch my name
But the ugly marks are worth the momentary gain
When I drive a sharpened object in choirs of angels seem to sing
Hymns of hate and memorandum"

Dirty Business
"She's the kind of girl who gets her slings and arrows from the dumpster
The kind who tells you she's bi-polar just to make you trust her
She's the kinda girl that leaves out condoms on the bedroom dresser
Just to make you jealous of all the men she f*cked before you met her"

Mandy Goes to Med School
"I've been feeling dead as a coat hanger
Pretty as a picture of a patient on a fresh IV
Giddy as a gang-banger with a set of stitches
Where his magic johnson used to be"

Good Day
"I picked up the pieces of my broken ego
...But I'd love to see you up to see the place
I'd like to do more than just survive I'd like to rub it in your face!
...God, it's been a lovely day! Everything's been going my way
Ever since you went away, and I'm on fire"

 

[PerfectEmpire]

U2

Dirty Day
"You can't even remember what I'm trying to forget."

Acrobat
No, nothing makes sense, nothing seems to fit.
I know you'd hit out if you only knew who to hit.

Until The End Of The World
In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim...

Zooropa
And I have no compass
And I have no map
And I have no reasons
No reasons to get back

Gary Numan

Are Friends Electric?

The Entire Jagged album, particularly Fold and Slave.

Slave
Here in the dark you're a secret untold
A helpless obsession so perfectly cold
[...]
Cry for someone, something I'll laugh at you
Scream for someone, something I'll laugh at you

 

[Crl1983]

Radiohead-How to disappear completely:

That there, that's not me
I go where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey

In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah, it's gone

I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here, I'm not here

 

[Crl1983]

Evanescence-Breathe no more:

I've been looking in the mirror for so long
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side.
All the little pieces falling, shatter
Shards of me too sharp to put back together;
Too small to matter,
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces
If I try to touch her

Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child