Songs You Relate To

[Kintsugi]

I've probably said this before. But I would not have survived my memoir without this song.

Till I Collapse
Eminem

Sometimes you just feel tired
You feel weak
But you gotta search within you
For that inner strength
And just pull that shit outta you
And not give up
And not be a quitter
No matter how much you wanna just fall down on your face
And collapse


Till I collapse I'm spillin these raps
Long as you feel em
Till the day that I drop
You'll never say that I stopped killin em
'Cause when I am not
Then I'ma stop pennin' em
And if I am not hip-hop
Then I'm just not Eminem
Subliminal thoughts when I'm stop sendin em
Women are caught in webs spin and hauk venom
Adrenaline shot the penecillin could not
Get the illin' to stop
Amoxicillin is not real enough
The criminal cop
Killing hip-hop filling a minimal
Swap to cop
Millions of Pac listeners
You coming with me
Feel it or not you're gonna fear it
Like I showed you the spirit of God lives in us!
You hear it a lot
Lyrics that shock
Is it a miracle or am I just a product of pop
Fizzlin up
For sizzle my wizzle this is the plot
You bizzles forgot
Slizzle does not give a f*ck!


Music is like magic
There's feelin you get when you're real
And you spit and people are feeling your shit
This is your moment
And every single minute you spend
Trying to hold onto it
Because you may never get it again
So while you're in it
Try to get as much shit as you can
And when your run is over just admit
When it's at its end
Cause I'm at the end of my wits with half the shit that gets in
I gotta list
Here's the order of my list that it's in...


Also the most impressive thing I can spit.

 

[TwoDee2ThreeDee]

When I was growing up, this song was always playing inside my head, like an outsider looking in.
What about Me?
Sung by Moving Pictures - 1982

Well there's a little boy waitin' at the counter of a corner shop
He's been waitin' down there, waitin' half the day
They never ever seem to have the time
He gets pushed around, knocked to the ground
He gets to his feet and he says;
"What About me, it isn't fair
I've had enough now I want my share
Can't you see? I wanna live!
But you just take more than you give..."

Well there's a pretty girl servin' at the counter of a corner shop
She's been waitin' back there, waitin' for her dream
And dreams walk in and out, they never stop
Well she's not too proud to cry out loud
She runs to the street and she screams;
"What About me, it isn't fair
I've had enough now I want my share
Can't you see? I wanna live!
But you just take more than you give..." (More than you give)

Take a step back and see the little people
There's nothin there but the words that make the big people big
So listen, as they whisper;
"What about me? ..."

Now we're standin' on the corner of a world gone home
Nobody's changed, nobody's been saved
And I'm feelin' cold and alone
I guess I'm lucky, I smile a lot
But sometimes I wish for more than I've got...
"What About me, it isn't fair
I've had enough now I want my share
Can't you see? I wanna live!
But you just take more - What about me?!
It isn't fair!
I've had enough now I want my share!
Can't you see? I wanna live!
But you just take more,
You just take more,
You just take more than you give...

What about me?
What about me?
What about me?

***This relates more to my jealousy of how it seems easy for most people to laugh and enjoy themselves and connect with each other. And yes, it's a tad bit whiny.

 

[HëllaBubz]

Josh Groban - Don't Give Up/You Are Loved

Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
When your heart's heavy
I...I will lift it for you

Don't give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you
I...I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside
I...I will be there to find you

Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I...I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

You are loved
Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
Don't give up
Every one needs to be heard
You are loved

 

[Kintsugi]

Good Day
The Dresden Dolls

So you don't wanna hear about my good song
You don't wanna hear about how
I am getting on
With all the shit that I can get done
The sun is in the sky and I am
By my lonesome

So you don't wanna hear about my
Good day
You have better things to do than
To hear me say

God, it's been a lovely day
Everything's been going my way
I took out the trash today
And I'm on fire!

So you don't wanna hear about my
Good friends
You don't have the balls to take the
Triple consequence
Success is in the eye of the beholder
And it's looking even better
Over your cold shoulder!

I'm not suggesting
You get to line me up
For questioning but Jesus think
About the bridges you are burning
And I'm betting
That even though you knew it from the start
You'd rather be a bitch than be an ordinary broken heart

So go ahead and talk about your
Bad day
I want all the details
Of your pain and misery
Which you are inflicting on the others
I consider them my sisters
And I want their numbers!

God, it's been a lovely day
Everything's been going my way
Ever since you went away
And I'm on fire!

I picked up the pieces of my
Broken ego
I have finally made my peace
So far as you and me go
But I'd love to have you up to see the place
I'd like to do more than survive
I'd like to rub it in your face

Hey, it's been a lovely day
Everything's been going my way
I took up croquet today
And I'm on fire

I'm on fire
I'm on...

So you don't wanna hear about my
Good
Day

... *silence*

(Background, skipping noises)

Now the war is over
And Puscillini's dead
He wants to go to Heaven
With the crown upon his head
The Lord said no,
You've got to stay below
All dressed up
And nowhere to go!
(Laughter)

 

[NavyGunner]

Journey Separate Ways

Troubled times
Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain
Distant eyes
Promises we made were in vain
In vain, vain

If you must go
I wish you love
You'll never walk alone
Take care my love
Miss you love

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched
And went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
You know I still love you
Though we touched
And went our separate ways

 

[Lionheart]

American Tune
Paul Simon

"...I don't know a soul who's not been battered
Don't have a friend who feels at ease
Don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to it's knees.
But it's all right, all right,
We've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on,
I wonder what went wrong,
I can't help it
I wonder what went wrong.

And I dreamed I was dying.
I dreamed my soul rose unexpectedly,
And looking back down on me,
Smiled reassuringly,
And I dreamed I was flying..."

 

[Pietro]

Shoot It Out
Ten Years

...

Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want a little more
You can be rest assured
You give them all you got and you give them a little more
And never even know what for

They feed and they suck until you're unconscious
It's never enough, they kill your subconscious

I'm ready to die

Will you kill what's left of me to stop the bleeding?
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Suffocate integrity till I'm not breathing
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now

Feed them, f*cking starve them, keep begging a little more
Feed them, f*cking starve them, keep begging a little more

Feed them, f*cking starve them, keep begging a little more
I'm not gonna be your whore
Load it, cock it, pull it, refuse to be ignored
I'm not gonna fight your war

All the distractions kill the compassion
Suddenly fame has lost its attraction

I'm ready to die

Will you kill what's left of me to stop the bleeding?
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Suffocate integrity till I'm not breathing
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now

Feeding the wolves, don't you know better?
Feeding the wolves, the taste of blood is bitter

Feeding the wolves, you're feeding the wolves
Feeding the wolves, don't you know better?
Feeding the wolves, you're feeding the wolves
Feeding the wolves, the taste of blood is bitter

Will you kill what's left of me to stop the bleeding?
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Suffocate integrity till I'm not breathing
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now, now
Shoot it, shoot it out 'cause they want it, want it now

...

 

[Miss_Understood]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Three Days Grace - Animal I have become
Fear Factory - Descent

 

[nomedic1]

Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
And our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues drawn
But it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaah
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back so shake him off

And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It's a fine romance but its left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

Oh woah, oh woah...

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

 

[Candleflames]

So I feel a little exposed posting this song but here it goes.

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 1& 2

It was a cold night and the snow lay .round
I pulled my coat tight against the falling down
And the sun was all
The sun was all down

I am a poor man, I haven.t wealth nor fame
I have my two hands and a house to my name
And the winter.s so
The winter.s so long

But all the stars were crashing .round
As I laid eyes on what I found

It was a white crane, it was a helpless thing
On a red stain with an arrow in its wing
And it called and cried
It called and cried so

Chorus

And how I helped her and how I dressed her wounds
And how I held her beneath the rising moon
.Til she stood to fly
She stood to fly away

My crane wife, my crane wife

My crane wife
Arrived at my door in the moonlight
All star-bright and tongue-tied
I took her in

We were married
And bells rang sweet for our wedding
And our bedding was ready
When we fell in

Chorus:
Sound the keening bell
And see it.s painted red
Soft as fontanel
The feathers in the thread
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
My crane wife

We were poorly
Our fortunes fading hourly
And how she vowed me
She could bring it back

But I was greedy
I was vain and I forced her to weaving
On cold loom in closed room
With down wove

Chorus

There.s a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
Rakes at my heart

 

[Pietro]

A lot of people dislike this era of U2's music, but I think that they did some of their most creative stuff during this time. I've always liked this song. :)

Zooropa
U2

Zooropa...a bluer kind of white
Zooropa...it could be yours tonite
We're mild and green
And squeaky clean

(What do you want? What do you want?)
(What do you want? What do you want?)

Zooropa...better by design
Zooropa... fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science
We've got that ring of confidence....

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

And I have no religion
And I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit
The limit of what we got

Don't worry baby. It'll be alright
You got the right shoes
To get you through the night
It's cold outside, but brightly lit
Skip the subway
Let's go to the overground
Get your head out of the mud baby
Put flowers in the mud baby
Overground

No particular place names
No particular song
I've been hiding
What am I hiding from?

Don't worry baby. It's gonna be alright
Uncertainty...can be a guiding light
I hear voices, ridiculous voices
In the slipstream
Let's go, let's go...overground
Take your head out of the mud baby

(She's gonna dream up the world she wants to live in, She's gonna dream out loud...she's gonna dream out loud...dream out loud)

 

[CraftyCath]

I was watching a video about PTSD on Facebook and the music played over it struck a chord and made me want to cry. It is by 3 Doors Down and is called 'When I'm Gone.'

There's another world inside of me
That you may never see
There're secrets in this life
That I can't hide
Somewhere in this darkness
There's a light that I can't find
Maybe it's too far away...
Or maybe I'm just blind...
Or maybe I'm just blind...

[Chorus]

So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
Everything I am
And everything in me
Wants to be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good
So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared
You won't always be there
So love me when I'm gone
Love me when I'm gone...

When your education X-Ray
Cannot see under my skin
I won't tell you a damn thing
That I could not tell my friends
Roaming through this darkness
I'm alive but I'm alone
Part of me is fighting this
But part of me is gone

[Chorus]

Or maybe I'm just blind...

[Chorus]

Love me when I'm gone...
Love me when I'm gone
When I'm Gone
When I'm Gone
When I'm Gone