Songs You Relate To

[Deleted member 29920]

Following on from that I listen to

The Damned - Smash it up
We've been crying now for much too long
And now we're gonna dance to a different song
I'm gonna scream and shout til my dying breath
I'm gonna smash it up til there's nothing left

Oh oh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
Oh oh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up

People call me villain oh its such a shame
Maybe its my clothes must be to blame
I don't even care if I look a mess
Don't want to be a sucker like all the rest

Oh oh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
Oh oh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up

Smash it up [Repeat: x5]

Smash it up, you can keep your Krishna burgers
Smash it up, and your Glastonbury hippies
Smash it up, you can stick your frothy lager
Smash it up, and your blow wave hairstyles

And everybody's smashing things down
I said everybody's smashing things down yeah

 

[Peach]

My anthem for the past few months has been Olly Murs - Up featuring Demi Lovato. I'm in love, but we're kind of on the rocks because he is still working out his PTSD and doesn't think he can handle a relationship. I'm more Olly's part of the song and my guy is Demi. :p

I drew a broken heart
Right on your window pane
Waited for your reply
Here in the pouring rain
Just breathe against the glass
Leave me some kind of sign
I know the hurt won't pass yeah
Just tell me it's not the end of the line

I never meant to break your heart
I won't let this plane go down
I never meant to make you cry
I'll do what it takes to make this fly
You gotta hold on
Hold on to what you're feeling
That feeling is the best thing
The best thing alright
I'm gonna place my bet on us
I know this love is heading in the same direction
That's up

You drew a question mark
But you know what I want
I wanna turn the clock yeah
Right back to where it was
So let's a build a bridge yeah
From your side to mine
I'll be the one to cross over
Just tell me it's not the end of the line

Chorus

Girl I know we could climb back to where we were then
Feel it here in my heart
Put my heart in your hand
Well I hope and I pray that you do understand
If you did all you have to say is
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

 

[Lionheart]

I like this song because it encourages one to grieve past relationships and to forgive and somehow, I find that comforting.


The Heart Of The Matter
Don Henley

I got the call today, I didn't wanna hear
But I knew that it would come
An old true friend of ours was talkin' on the phone
She said you found someone
And I thought of all the bad luck,
And the struggles we went through
And how I lost me and you lost you
What are these voices outside love's open door
Make us throw off our contentment
And beg for something more?

I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you sometimes
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again
I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

These times are so uncertain
There's a yearning undefined
...People filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age
The trust and self-assurance that can lead to happiness
They're the very things we kill, I guess
Pride and competition cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us,
Doesn't keep me warm

I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you, Baby
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I figured out, I have to learn again
I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But everything changes
And my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

There are people in your life who've come and gone
They let you down and hurt your pride
Better put it all behind you; life goes on
You keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you inside

I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
Because the flesh will get weak
And the ashes will scatter
So I'm thinkin' about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

 

[Peach]

Alanis Morissette - You Owe Me Nothing In Return

I'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it
I will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want if you need it
You can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs and I'll hold it
You can share your so-called shame filled accounts of times in your life and I won't judge it
(and there are no strings attached to it)

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
And you owe me nothing in return

You can ask for space for yourself and only yourself and I'll grant it
You can ask for freedom as well or time to travel and you'll have it
You can ask to live by yourself or love someone else and I'll support it
You can ask for anything you want anything at all and I'll understand it
(and there are no strings attached to it)

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
And you owe me nothing in return

I bet you're wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop
I bet you're wondering when my conditional police will force you to cough up
I bet you wonder how far you have now danced you way back into debt
This is the only kind of love as I understand it that there really is

You can express your deepest of truths even if it means I'll lose you and I'll hear it
You can fall into the abyss on your way to your bliss I'll empathize with
You can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion and I'll hear it
You can even hit rock bottom have a mid-life crisis and I'll hold it
(and there are no strings attached)

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
And you owe me nothing in return

 

[Loris]

For years,this song has reminded me that every one has experienced pain. Everybody hurts.
And that,no matter what...we need to hang on.


R.E.M.
Everybody Hurts

When your day is long and the night
The night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go
Everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand Oh, no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
(Hold on, hold on)

Everybody hurts
You are not alone

 

[Peach]

Soley - I'll Drown

If you look it up on Youtube, the "Live on KEXP" version is better than the album version, IMO.

He's alone in his house out there,
far, far away,
he sleeps with his eyes open.

He was so sad last night,
in this house out there
he took my hand
and whispered.

And life is so sad
in this house out there,
his window's alright
his garden is wonderful.

But this waterfall salt tears
comes from him,
he will fill his house.

He takes my hand
and whispers:
I'll drown when I see you,
I'll drown when I see you,
I'll drown when I see you.

These tears run so fast
in his house out there
he tried to get out,
his house took his hand and smiled.

You'll never escape
from this sad, sad house,
I take his hand,
we sink.

I'll drown when I see you,
I'll drown when I see you,
I'll drown when I see you,
I do.

 

[Candleflames]

Aurelio Voltaire - Raised by Bats

When I was young, I was feeble
and it stung when they pushed me down.
I was so hated by these people,
that I knew I had to do what I could
to get out of that town.

So I ran away to this sacred place
and was taken in by creatures of the night.
Now when the people all stop and stare
and say, "Why you gotta dress like that?"
I just look them in the eye and tell them
I was raised by bats!
When the people all stop and stare
and say, "Why you gotta be like that?"
I just look them in the eye and tell them
I was raised by bats.

 

[Candleflames]

Aesthetic Perfection - A Nice Place To Visit

Swallow your panic.
What’s so tragic about
giving up your soul?

No way out!
No way out!
There is no way out
of this hole!

I know that you want me
And I know that you love me
And I hope when you touch me
That you know,
you’ve touched damnation!

 

[Saint Nik]

I know the thread is a few years old :laugh: but I just couldn't resist and help myself to put down a few tunes that have helped me through PTSD, that I have related with:

Biffy Clyro - Machines.

I look around the grave for an escape route of old routines
There doesn’t seem to be any other way

Cause I’ve started falling apart I’m not savouring life
I’ve forgotten how good it could be to feel alive

Crazy as it sounds you wont feel as low as you feel right now
At least that’s what I've been told by everyone
I whisper empty sounds in your ear and hope that you won’t let go
Take the pieces and build them skywards

Evanescence - My Immortal.

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

Katy B - Crying for no reason.

I push all my problems to the back of my mind
Then they surface in my dreams, they come alive
I sweep all my issues to somewhere I can't find
In hope that I'll forget but there's just so many times

Why can't I be strong and just confront all my fears?
When my fear is hurting you by being sincere
But how many more days can I run? How many years?
Emotions flooding and now it's all seeming so clear

I push all my problems to the back of my brain
A darkness deep inside where I just can't find my way
How can I walk with a smile? Get on with my day
When I deceived myself pretending it's all okay

I tried my best to hold it all together, I know
The strings have worn away and now I'm all exposed
I try to hide it all away on top of the shelf
I can lie to everyone but not to myself

Forgive me now 'cause I said that I'll be there for you, care for you
I let you down, I walked away
'Cause there were things I couldn't say to you, say to you
I'm breaking now

I burned some bridges down
There must be some way out
The voices speak so loud
Will you forgive me now?

Crying for no reason, feel the tears roll down
I felt strong but am I breaking now?
Crying for no reason 'cause I buried it deep
I made promises I could not keep
'Cause I never faced all the pain I caused
Now the pain is hitting me full force

:singing:

 

[Neverthesame]

"Paranoid eyes" by Pink Floyd.

Button your lip, don't let the shield slip. Take a fresh grip on your bulletproof mask.
And if they try, to break down your disguise with their questions.

You can hide, hide, hide.
Behind paranoid eyes.

You put on your brave face and slip over the road for a jar.
Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar.
Laughing too loud at the rest of the world, with the boys in the crowd.

You can hide, hide, hide.
Behind petrified eyes.

You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory.
Now your lost in the haze of alcohol soft middle age.
The pie in the sky, turned out to be miles too high.

And you hide, hide, hide.
Behind brown and mild eyes.

 

[Lionheart]

And So It Goes
Billy Joel

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lover's past
Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes and so it goes
And so will you soon, I suppose

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

 

[TonyG]

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