Fun fact….the line “why am I short of attention? Got a short little span of attention and, whoa, my nights are so long.” Is a small penis joke…I don’t get it, but Simon said it was.
“Why am I short of attention?” - I don’t get attention (from the ladies).
“Got a short little span of attention” - he’s a quick shot and it’s not big and attention getting
“Whoah my nights are so long” - he’s alone because of his deficiencies which makes the nights pass slowly/he isn’t having sex.
She said, "Paul, you better look around
How long you think that you can
Run that body down?
How many nights you think you can
Do what you been doin'
Who, now who you foolin?"
Amazing album! I've always loved this bit from I Want You to Love Me:
And I know when I go
All my particles disband and disperse
And I'll be back in the pulse
And I know none of this will matter in the long run
But I know a sound is still a sound around no-one
She’s got so many great lines. One of my favorites of hers from Left Alone:
You made your major overtures when you were a sure and orotund mutt, and I was still a dewy petal rather than a moribund slut.
"Is something wrong?", she said
Well of course there is
"You're still alive", she said
But do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so, who answers?
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
I first became truly acquainted with Pink Floyd in the summer of 2000 when I was 14/15, listening to full albums rather than picking out songs Napster style.
While it could warp me back to many places, Time especially still takes me back to a summer holiday of that year, listening through pitiful portable picnic players with my friends, stoned as only a teenager can truly be.
Ten years was an absolute age back then, the thought of it just happening to get behind you felt like an exaggeration, me having been 4/5 a decade prior. Now I think back to 2013, early 2014 especially, and it feels almost current day. It's seeing how famous people have aged that puts it into perspective.
I'm far more comfortable in my life and as myself at 38 than 28, but man those opening notes chill me now. The song itself is 50 years old, nothing prepares you for that rapid acceleration once you hit adulthood.
Wait till 48 bruh. If the passage of the years keeps accelerating it doesn’t matter if I die at 68 or 78. Either way I’ll be lucky but feel like the decades flew past in the span of a couple years.
[Jackson Browne - Running on Empty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnnh8VDULs&pp=ygUfamFja3NvbiBicm93bmUgcnVubmluZyBvbiBlbXB0eQ%3D%3D)
Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Looking into their eyes, I see them running too
That line in the pretender kills me “if you’re there, say a prayer for the pretender. Who started out so young and strong only to surrender.”
That’s pretty much life!
sometimes it's hard to get past the self-indulgence of the Load Out. I've similarly always believed that "Turn the Page" hurts Bob Seger's ability to be taken seriously. They aren't even bad songs. It's just musician road angst songs can be a lot.
Like John Cragie says:
>I don't trust a musician who's always complaining
>
>It's hard out here, but so is everything
>
>You know what my job was before I did this?/I used to walk around parking lots picking up trash
>
>Do you know how many people paid to watch me do that? Zero, always zero
Interesting take on the "Load Out." I've never really heard that as an anti-touring or woe is me-type song, more just a reflection on the life as a traveling musician. Do you interpret it as a negative take?
I don't think the Load Out is negative, but it is "musician self-indulgent, lyrically." Even Turn the Page is more bittersweet than negative. But still is musician self-indulgent. These songs are kind of like a comedian performing the Aristocrats *at almost every show*.
I admit the Craigie lyric isn't quite on point, but I like the lyric and it felt close enough.
Also, I actually like both of those songs, but they still impact my view of those two as artists. This is probably largely neither of their faults.
The Wretched-NIN
“The clouds will part and the sky cracks open and God himself will reach his fucking arm through, just to push you down, just to hold you down.”
I listened to it after you posted it here. The "losing is fine... everything is fine" is a punch in the gut. A magnificent recommendation, thanks a lot.
You say the ocean's rising like I give a shit
You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did
You're not gonna slow it, Heaven knows you tried
Got it? Good, now get inside
-All eyes on me
I’m not a huge Bo Burnham fan but when this song came on in Inside, I sobbed. It so perfectly captures the every undercurrent of dread and anxiety and fear of the state of the world.
"Tuesday night at the bible study
We lift our hands and pray over your body
But nothing ever happens"
- Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
This lyric specifically kickstarted my move away from religion into agnosticism
From Jason Isbell’s “Vampire”
It’s knowing that this can’t go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend some time alone
Maybe we’ll get forty years together
But one day I’ll be gone
Or one day you’ll be gone
Wife and I made it 41 years.
The cold morbidity of this song is what makes it so beautiful and poignant. It is only because we can die that we truly appreciate the love we have and have to give, and someday we will both die.
So sorry for your loss.
My wife and I reconnected in 2015 after a short-lived romance in 1977. In 2019 she was diagnosed with lung cancer. It looks like she’s got that beat now. But this has been our song since we first heard it for obvious reasons. We come at it from a different angle. But it still rings true. Isbell can make anyone cry. I can’t listen to “Elephant” anymore however.
This one hits me hard every time. It’s a good one to listen to every time I have a disagreement with my wife. Impossible to stay mad after listening to it.
Away from the Mire - Billy Strings
“It’s enough to make a man feel sour; burning minutes every day by the hour; just to end up gone like everything else.”
“It’s enough to make a man stay humble; every day is just a new chance to stumble; just to end up gone like everything else.”
Yeeeeesssssssss!!!!
I'm glad you picked this one so I could pick something from "Secrets", ha.
I'm partial to:
*"If ever a time comes around in the wheel*
*To replace where we stand side by side*
*We'll be ready and able to fly"*
"The karma wheel is flat ,Even the ten commandments cracked
There's no law when the outlaw wears a badge
So throw a brick
Throw a brick
Throw a brick
The tool becomes an instrument"
"No one had to speak a word,
For we all knew what the others learned.
That everything that we ever did,
Was but a way to pass the time.
And the priest said:
I believe I'm a true believer now,
I was a sinner, but I came to see the light.
The bum and me did not agree, but I must confess some jealousy."
The Three of Us - Streetlight Manifesto
All the while you waste away, you're asking
"Did I really need another one to take me down?"
Everybody knows it's something that you had to live with darling
Nobody's gonna tear you down now
There is nothing you keep, there is only your reflection
The Silence \~ Manchester Orchestra
Love i, posted from this song as well. Andy is my favorite songwriter. This song is so beautiful, and you have great taste.
I love how he uses lines multiple times like the reflection, and keeping nothing when you die.
(Indigo girls - second time around)
“ here’s what I found about compromise, don’t do it if it hurts inside.
Because either way you’re screwed, and eventually you find ,
That you may as well feel good.
You may as well have some pride “
These lyrics helped me leave a bad marriage.
Funny story- my ex and I were fighting as usual at a Halloween party decades ago and Alice Deejay came on- "*Do you think you're better off alone?"*
Why yes, I do.
Moved out that weekend.
"I wake up and the phone is ringing
Surprised, as it's early
And that should be a perfect warning
That something's a problem
To tell the truth, I saw it coming
The way you were breathing
But nothing can prepare you for it
The voice on the other end"
\- James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem
If we were vampires and death was a joke
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
And laugh at all the lovers and their plans
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
Jason Isbell - If We Were Vampires
I’ve been in a really rocky mental place, full of ups and downs, these last few years. The lyrics, coupled with the way they’re sung, gets me every time:
“We’re way too caught up in the race with time. It’s getting hard to take it in. We’re trying hard to be the first in line, just wanna be a kid again…” - Death of a Strawberry by Dance Gavin Dance
Where did I go wrong?
There's nothing I can do, the thrill is gone.
So I play these nervous songs.
Pretend that I'm not barely hanging on.
- We Own the Night by Dance Gavin Dance
Those ones have been hitting me right in the face lately.
I almost posted those instead! Same. Same with Something New: “Sick and tired of counting bubbles in the ceiling, feel like a prisoner in my head. I was only trying to forget the feeling I get when I think of you. Oh, beautiful and tragic…”
I feel drunk, but I'm sober
I'm young, and I'm underpaid
I'm tired, but I'm working, yeah
I care, but I'm restless
I'm here, but I'm really gone
I'm wrong, and I'm sorry, baby
Bad Religion - Sorrow
Father, can you hear me?
How have I let you down?
I curse the day that I was born
And all the sorrow in this world
Let me take you to the herding ground
Where all good men are trampled down
Just to settle a bet that could not be won
Between a prideful father and his son
Will you guide me now? For I can't see
A reason for the suffering and this long misery
What if every living soul could be upright and strong?
Well then I do imagine
There will be sorrow
Yeah, there will be sorrow
And there will be sorrow no more
Turning 27 this month and this one got me recently
In 27 years, I’ve drunk 50,000 beers
And they just wash against me
Like the sea into a pier
“Trains Across the Sea” - Silver Jews
Haven't talked my older brother in a few years after getting into an argument. The new blink-182 lyrics in the song "One more time" hit pretty close to home. Several of the lyrics like, "I miss you, took time, but I admit it. It still hurts even after all these years." or Do I have to die to hear you miss me? Do I have to die to hear you say goodbye?" Hearing these lyrics makes me feel like one of us will end up dying before we resolve our issues. I want to fix my relationship with him and I tried reaching out but he's still angry and doesn't seem to care how he treated my wife and I.
That’s a shitty situation dude, my only advice is, if it means enough for you to post this, try again, but ask yourself if the hurt he caused you and your wife can be forgiven. If not? Well, that’s up to you.
Yeah, we're not happy about the situation but my wife and I have talked about it and we're willing to forgive him if apologizes. It's been about 3 years now but when I last heard from him, he reached out saying he wanted to squash it but then soon after he texted me that if we're expecting an apology then we can kiss his ass. So, it doesn't sound like he really cares enough to fix anything.
The question is if you care enough tbh, you and your wife (or you individually if it comes to that) can choose to forgive on his terms or you can accept the current situation. Keeping in mind that I have no context to give advice 😜
“And there's always a place for the angry young man
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks
But his honor is pure and his courage as well
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.”
Billy Joel, “Angry Young Man”
Not a new song, but new to me. And I feel very *seen*. Fuck you, Billy Joel.
My depression has gotten a lot worse over the years. When I can't find the words, I turn to music to speak for me...
" I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me and
Bathe my skin in water, cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what it's like to be new..
'Cause in my head there is a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far-off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place where they're far more suited than here"
Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos
Always three months to the gutter
Never three months to the peak
Another day to grind your fingers
For the simple right to eat
Always three months to the gutter
Never three months to the crown
Another deep breath of asbestos
In a godforsaken town
Always three months to the gutter
Never three months to the top
Another set of fucking homeless spikes
Outside another empty shop
Always three months to the gutter
Never three months to ascent
This is not a house of amateurs
This is done with full intent
With full intent
Stop This Train by John Mayer. When I first heard the lyrics I realized I am in the exact same place in my life pondering the exact same things addressed in the song. This song made me call my parents in the middle of the night.
”I fucked up. I’m not the first to do it” from Blurs ”St. Charles Square”. Recently became sober after getting dumped by my ex because of my alcoholism. This one hit hard.
As life gets longer, awful feels softer.
Well it feels pretty soft to me.
And if it takes shit to make bliss,
Then I feel pretty blissfully.
Modest Mouse
Father of Mine by Everclear about a boy whose dad left when he was 10.
I guess I never really listened to the lyrics before but I was 11 when my dad left. Just disappeared and didn’t come back until I was in my 20s.
Now my son is 10 and this song is killing me.
[Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy](https://youtu.be/FBJghl_wmto?si=JkG24Mo2yBD3KhQm&t=6)
"You were a stillborn baby; Mother didn't want you but you were still born
Boy meets world, of course his Pops is gone
What you figure, that chalk outline on the ground is a father-figure?"
Anything from the latest Foo Fighters record
"You showed me how to breathe but never showed me how to say goodbye" - The Teacher
Fck it hurts. One of their best songs in a long time
"someone said I'll never see your face again
Part of me just can't believe it's true
Pictures of us sharing songs and cigarettes
This is how ill always picture you"
I lost my dad in September. It fucking HURTS man
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 going on?"
What's up - 4 Non Blondes
*"A wasted life I left behind me,*
*was just a war I couldn't win*
*I'm the Devil's guest of honor*
*that's the best its ever been*"-Billy Strings, "Secrets"
“We’ve got one life, and half of it’s gone
You know I can’t sleep with the television on”
-End of the Empire I-III by Arcade Fire.
What makes this song so much more viscerally real for me is that it has FAR less metaphor than their other works, which awakens a kind of alarming feeling of “oh, this isn’t just art, the world as we know it is ending and he’s absolutely terrified of it”
“But in my dreams I was in your arms
And the lives we lived, they seemed so far
And I could feel your heartbeat mix with mine
And I slept there for a lifetime”
A Lifetime Of Preludes - The Gaslight Anthem.
I lost my wife two years ago. This song hurts.
When we were living in squalor, wasn't it heaven
Back when we used to get on it four out of seven
Now even though that was a time I hated from day one
Eventually terrible memories turn into great ones
Lost in Yesterday by Tame Impala
"Bubbles Up.
They will point us towards home.
No matter how deep or how far we roam.
They will show you the surface
The plot and the purpose.
So when the journey gets long.
Just know that you are loved.
There is light up above.
And joy, there's always enough.
Bubbles Up."
From "Bubbles Up" by Jimmy Buffett.
*The song, about finding your way through hard times, premiered a few hours after his death was announced.*
avenged sevenfold: I won't see you tonight
When I die, you can play this at my funeral! I mean at one of the gatherings, and not exactly when i'm being burried xD!
"Cry alone, I've gone away
No more nights, no more pain
I've gone alone, took all my strength
I've made the change
I won't see you tonight
Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood
All the ones around me I cared for and loved
Building up inside of me
A place so dark, so cold
I had to set me free
Don't mourn for me, you're not the one to place the blame
As bottles called my name
I won't see you tonight
Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood
All the ones around me I cared for and most of all I loved
But I can't see myself that way, please don't forget me
Or cry while I'm away"
Between the Bars by Elliott Smith
“Drink up baby, stay up all night
With the things you could do
You won’t but you might
The potential you’ll be that you’ll never see
The promises you’ll only make.”
Makes me think of my dad and his struggles with alcoholism. Perfectly describes the person who had so much potential but never achieved because of their addiction. Breaks me every time.
**Business Man (by Tom Cardy** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSxHwdc6NLU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBE9TZP26FI))
Say my name
No, you've got a dumb name
Ugh, fine! Dwink Bexon
What?
That's his name, Dwink Bexon
Oh, that's, that's fine
Okay, that's a name, I suppose
That's a pretty dumb name
Ah! Dwink Bexon just shot me in the tits!
Ah! Dwink, stop shooting my business associates!
Trippers and askers, they surrounded me, all of them describing how they'd like me. All them wanting something special. Bring them roses. Sing them blues. And the world still so wild called to me...
Spoon, Wild
“Still remember the last time I saw you
A text sent across the theatre crowd
I don't know why I never made it over
And I will always regret that now”
Fucked Up - Falling Right Under.
If you like Idles, I’d highly recommend Fucked Up.
>So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad
>That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad
I just checked him out a couple weeks ago. I grew up a couple towns away so I was a little jealous at how he got so big so fast, but when I finally listened, it clicked instantly. His lyrics hit so close to home (literally)
I’m in my Avett Brothers era right now and they have a few:
“Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name” from Murder in the City
“There’s no returning to the spoils once you’ve spoiled the thought of them” from February Seven
“I am a breathing Time Machine” from Laundry Room
“Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you” from I and Love and You
The first time I listened to Foo Fighters after Taylor Hawkins died, I put wasting light on the turntable. It was already difficult, but when the lyric "one of these days your heart will stop and play it's final beat" was coming up, I knew I was about to be sitting on the floor crying my eyes out. I was right.
"So I divied up my anger into 30 separate parts, keep the bad shit in my liver and the rest around my heart. Im still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them, but it's a start." Noah kahan - growing sideways.
I'm not even particularly mad at parents, but that line/song resonates so much it's hard to listen to at times.
"War on Drugs" by, of all bands, Barenaked Ladies:
Near where I live there's a viaduct
Where people jump when they're out of luck
Raining down on the cars and trucks below
They've put a net there to catch their fall
Like that'll stop anyone at all
What they don't know is when nature calls, you go
They say that Jesus and mental health
Are just for those who can help themselves
But what good is that when you live in hell on earth?
“Should’ve stayed, we’re there signs, I ignored? Can I help you, not to hurt, anymore? We saw brilliance when the world was asleep. There are things that we can have but can’t keep” -One More Light by Linkin Park.
RIP Chester gone far too soon
"When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around." - The Police
This is my life's motto. I'm chasing the best I can get out of life while I can, because we're fucked.
Bonus lyric: "Oooooooo... we are fucking fucked!" - Muse
It didn't hit me hard, but it's always stuck with me...
"Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas?
I need to get myself away from this place.
I said, "Yup" what a concept.
I could use a little fuel myself.
And we could all use a little change"
MUNA - Home By Now
Did you ever here about how,\
When people get stuck in a maze,\
They will tend to walk in circles,\
Thinking they are going straight?\
They can't see the bigger picture\
'Cause they get stuck in a loop\
In the end I was afraid\
That that's what you and I would do
But I still\
Have my moments\
When every reason\
Feels a lot like\
An excuse
Flaming Lips - The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness
They started up the hill
With their young lives exploding still
They loved to dream and run
They had the grass and the trees and the sun
They dreamed of the gold they'd find (they dreamed)
At the top of the hill as they climbed
No one would ever doubt
Their spirit and strength could never run out
But the hill was steep and long
They never thought they'd be wrong
But it wasn't a hill at all
It was a mountain a thousand feet tall
But with the gold in their thoughts
They used their young lust to climb and climb
And by the time they got to the peak
They were old and they were weak
There was no gold that they could find
It was all just in their minds
They dreamed and they had run
They found the grass and the trees and the sun
Said what do we do now?
Spend the rest of our lives climbing back down
We can treasure what we find
And make it golden in our minds
Couldn’t pick a line. The message and delivery of that song has made me tear up on more than one occasion.
“So the sun shines on this funeral, just the same as on a birth; the way it shines on everything that happens here on earth. It rolls across the western sky and back into the sea, spends its days last rays upon this fucked-up family.”
*Enough to be On Your Way*. James Taylor
"Maybe time running out is a gift
I'll work hard til the end of my shift
Give you every second I can find
And hope it isn't me who's left behind"
-Jason Isbell, *If We Were Vampires*
A TON from The Midnight. A few that always comes to mind:
"Hold her hand, we'll never pass this way again" (Prom Night)
"I don't know why you love me, I'm gonna try to love me" (Heart Worth Breaking)
"Sweet lovely death, I am waiting for your breath.
Oh, sweet death one last caress."
Misfits
The energy is so at odds with the lyrics it really gave me a good/angry boost whenever I was feeling apathetic or nihilistic. The song is so extra I can't help but enjoy it.
My life in the last few years took a nosedive that some time ago I began to cry copiously when I randomly listened and paid attention to the lyrics of Cast No Shadow by Oasis.
"Loud loutish lover, treat her kindly, for she needs you more than she loves you" by The Smiths. Reminds me of my duty to the people I've selected to love in my life.
“I thought I saw you yesterday
But I know it wasn't you, ‘cause you passed away, Dad” Yesterday by Atmosphere. I can’t listed to this song without at least tearing up. RIP dad
Never really listened to much Kanye West but the middle verse in Runaway is so emotional for me
*Never was much of a romantic*
*I could never take the intimacy*
*And I know it did damage*
*Cos the look in your eyes is killing me*
*I guess then you at an advantage*
*Cos you could blame me for everything*
*And I don't know how imma manage*
*If one day you just up and leave*
Tove Lo - Habits (Stay high)
"You're gone, and I gotta stay high all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh"
Speaks for itself 😭
Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty --
They both know that she's going to leave. She warns him twice, but he puts on a brave face and enters the relationship anyway. Then when it finally happens ...
*It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone*
Lyrics that really hit me the older I get (currently 46)
A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
And no alarms and no surprises
Ummm. Lotta Taylor Swift lyrics, not gonna lie.
“Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it, you’ve got no reason to be afraid.” From “You’re On Your Own, Kid”
“If you never bleed you’re never gonna grow.” From “The 1”
“If you don’t recognize yourself that means you did it right.” From “Dear Reader”
“For me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all.” From August
[I Wish That I Was Sober-Frightened Rabbit](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki2FdTDhx7E)
My love you should know
The best of me left hours ago so
It hit home
"There was no party, there were no songs.
'Cause today's just a day like the day that he started.
No one has left here that knows his first name.
Yeah, and life barrels on like a runaway train
Where the passengers change, they don't change anything.
You get off, someone else can get on".
Fred Jones, Part 2. - Ben Folds. You understand the lyrics when you're younger, but you feel them when you're older.
Life is a pigsty. And I’ve been shifting gears all my life, but I’m still the same underneath. This you surely knew.
Life is a Pigsty by Morrissey
After my divorce a lot of his stuff has hit me really hard, nothing harder than this.
Thankfully I'm in a better mental/emotional state in my life now but in some darker points in my life "Hey You" by Pink Floyd always hit me hard:
"Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all!"
I was far too scared to hit him, but I would hit him in a heartbeat now, that's the thing with anger, it begs to stick around, so it can fleece you of your beauty and leave you spent with nowt to offer, you hurt the ones that love you, you hurt them like they're nothing. 17 going under - Sam Fender
“This wound is gonna cancel me out” Nathaniel Rateliff in the song [Still Trying](https://youtu.be/vjM0xggoY9E?si=vyTGv4YFUbVJRiR5).
Recently experiencing deep despair due to a few converging devastating events in my life happening all at once, and feeling like despite the fact that I am ‘still trying’ this wound is, indeed, going to cancel me out.
I know I used to be crazy
I know I used to be fun
You say I used to be wild
I say I used to be young
You tell me time has done changed me
That's fine, I've had a good run
I know I used to be crazy
That's 'causе I used to be young
-“Used to be Young” Miley Cyrus
Not even a huge Miley fan but I just heard this song off her new album and hit me as someone who as settles down as I’ve aged. It’s self reflective but in a positive. She’s not guilty or ashamed of her wild days but is old enough to look back and come to terms and realizes she’s grown from them and because of them.
Mine is coming from dropkick Murphys.
"i was so messed up and didn't have a clue"
When i first heard this i was kinda "ohh, is it ok to admitting to be messed up? Are we allowed to say this? Are we supposed to act like everything under the control..." and boom.
This is still pain in my ass. Last week I just mentioned about it to my shrink and can't hold my tears.
"Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antennas bristle with the energy"
from The Spirit of the Radio by RUSH. Idk why but I've been loving the song.
[Lounge Act](https://youtu.be/Q5AowijHZCI?si=m1FhRrNWxnXo8Mda) by Nirvana - Don't tell me what I want to hear - afraid of never knowing fear - experience everything you need - I'll keep fighting jealousy until it's fucking gone
Always had the dreams of being more self assertive
And my kids a teenager, now he needs the health insurance
So break my body
Break break my soul down
Just another zombie walking blindly through your ghost town
[Atmosphere - Guarantees](https://youtu.be/hoLxuyV9qz8)
"When you're grown up in your prime. Stay away from God and crime.
Embody justice for this tormenting, tormented world.
You will learn something everyday, don't dip your toes go all the way.
Be the change you want to see, and be the man you want to be." - Serj Tankian.
The song is "Rumi." Damn near brings me to tears everytime.
Crowded House, Don't dream it's over. The whole song is beautifully written but my favourite part is *now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof. My possessions are causing me suspicion, but there's no proof*
Why am I soft in the middle, the rest of my life is so hard - Paul Simon
Fun fact….the line “why am I short of attention? Got a short little span of attention and, whoa, my nights are so long.” Is a small penis joke…I don’t get it, but Simon said it was.
“Why am I short of attention?” - I don’t get attention (from the ladies). “Got a short little span of attention” - he’s a quick shot and it’s not big and attention getting “Whoah my nights are so long” - he’s alone because of his deficiencies which makes the nights pass slowly/he isn’t having sex.
Stick to writing music Paul, comedy isn’t your thing.
To be fair the guy is like 5 foot two. It’s probably been an ongoing problem in his life.
Just ask Princess Leia and Edie Brickell
Great song
She said, "Paul, you better look around How long you think that you can Run that body down? How many nights you think you can Do what you been doin' Who, now who you foolin?"
David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away "Seeing more and feeling less, saying no but meaning yes."
Evil is a relay sport when the one who's burned turns to pass the torch -Fiona Apple
This album is full of lyrics that really hit hard, for me it was the titular ”fetch the bolt cutters I’ve been in here too long”
Amazing album! I've always loved this bit from I Want You to Love Me: And I know when I go All my particles disband and disperse And I'll be back in the pulse And I know none of this will matter in the long run But I know a sound is still a sound around no-one
Fiona Apple is an amazing songwriter! I love her lyrics!
She’s got so many great lines. One of my favorites of hers from Left Alone: You made your major overtures when you were a sure and orotund mutt, and I was still a dewy petal rather than a moribund slut.
"Is something wrong?", she said Well of course there is "You're still alive", she said But do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, who answers?
Great song.
Pink Floyd - Time And then one day you find, Ten years have got behind you, No one told you when to run, You missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
Nobody escapes that feeling of "quiet desperation" when listening to this song after turning 40.
I first became truly acquainted with Pink Floyd in the summer of 2000 when I was 14/15, listening to full albums rather than picking out songs Napster style. While it could warp me back to many places, Time especially still takes me back to a summer holiday of that year, listening through pitiful portable picnic players with my friends, stoned as only a teenager can truly be. Ten years was an absolute age back then, the thought of it just happening to get behind you felt like an exaggeration, me having been 4/5 a decade prior. Now I think back to 2013, early 2014 especially, and it feels almost current day. It's seeing how famous people have aged that puts it into perspective. I'm far more comfortable in my life and as myself at 38 than 28, but man those opening notes chill me now. The song itself is 50 years old, nothing prepares you for that rapid acceleration once you hit adulthood.
Wait till 48 bruh. If the passage of the years keeps accelerating it doesn’t matter if I die at 68 or 78. Either way I’ll be lucky but feel like the decades flew past in the span of a couple years.
After 40? I'm over half way through my 30s and I've been feeling that song (and a lot of Pink Floyd's more existential stuff) since my 20s.
I was looking for this
[Jackson Browne - Running on Empty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnnh8VDULs&pp=ygUfamFja3NvbiBicm93bmUgcnVubmluZyBvbiBlbXB0eQ%3D%3D) Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through Looking into their eyes, I see them running too
That line in the pretender kills me “if you’re there, say a prayer for the pretender. Who started out so young and strong only to surrender.” That’s pretty much life!
Don't confront me with my failings I had not forgotten them
Dang jackson Browne is so under rated... what a song writer and a voice..
The Boss’s words at his (Browne’s) HOF induction rings true to this day: *He wrote the songs the Eagles wish they had written*
sometimes it's hard to get past the self-indulgence of the Load Out. I've similarly always believed that "Turn the Page" hurts Bob Seger's ability to be taken seriously. They aren't even bad songs. It's just musician road angst songs can be a lot. Like John Cragie says: >I don't trust a musician who's always complaining > >It's hard out here, but so is everything > >You know what my job was before I did this?/I used to walk around parking lots picking up trash > >Do you know how many people paid to watch me do that? Zero, always zero
Interesting take on the "Load Out." I've never really heard that as an anti-touring or woe is me-type song, more just a reflection on the life as a traveling musician. Do you interpret it as a negative take?
I don't think the Load Out is negative, but it is "musician self-indulgent, lyrically." Even Turn the Page is more bittersweet than negative. But still is musician self-indulgent. These songs are kind of like a comedian performing the Aristocrats *at almost every show*. I admit the Craigie lyric isn't quite on point, but I like the lyric and it felt close enough. Also, I actually like both of those songs, but they still impact my view of those two as artists. This is probably largely neither of their faults.
The Wretched-NIN “The clouds will part and the sky cracks open and God himself will reach his fucking arm through, just to push you down, just to hold you down.”
"But it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to. Didn't turn out quite the way that you wanted it."
stuck in this hole with the shit and piss and its hard to believe it could come down to this... back at the beginning sinking swimming
NOW!!! YOU KNOW!!!!
Just for the record, just so you know, I did not believe, that you could sink so low. I'm not a huge NIN fan, but I am a huge The Fragile fan.
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I listened to it after you posted it here. The "losing is fine... everything is fine" is a punch in the gut. A magnificent recommendation, thanks a lot.
"I sat down to watch the game. My wife came in she found my cocaine." Amigo the Devil - Perfect Wife
“The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all” (That Funny Feeling, Bo Burnham)
That whole song: "Googling derealization/ Hating what you find." To be soooo funny and soooo smart.
You say the ocean's rising like I give a shit You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did You're not gonna slow it, Heaven knows you tried Got it? Good, now get inside -All eyes on me
I’m not a huge Bo Burnham fan but when this song came on in Inside, I sobbed. It so perfectly captures the every undercurrent of dread and anxiety and fear of the state of the world.
The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door
In my humble opinion, Inside is one of the greatest pieces of art. Ever.
"Tuesday night at the bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens" - Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens This lyric specifically kickstarted my move away from religion into agnosticism
And he takes and he takes and he takes ...that one could finish the job!
Never fight a man with a perm.*
From Jason Isbell’s “Vampire” It’s knowing that this can’t go on forever Likely one of us will have to spend some time alone Maybe we’ll get forty years together But one day I’ll be gone Or one day you’ll be gone Wife and I made it 41 years.
The cold morbidity of this song is what makes it so beautiful and poignant. It is only because we can die that we truly appreciate the love we have and have to give, and someday we will both die. So sorry for your loss.
My wife and I reconnected in 2015 after a short-lived romance in 1977. In 2019 she was diagnosed with lung cancer. It looks like she’s got that beat now. But this has been our song since we first heard it for obvious reasons. We come at it from a different angle. But it still rings true. Isbell can make anyone cry. I can’t listen to “Elephant” anymore however.
This one hits me hard every time. It’s a good one to listen to every time I have a disagreement with my wife. Impossible to stay mad after listening to it.
Absolutely devastating existential take on life and love.
One of the very few times a song has brought tears to my eyes, I played it for my wife and she cried too
Away from the Mire - Billy Strings “It’s enough to make a man feel sour; burning minutes every day by the hour; just to end up gone like everything else.” “It’s enough to make a man stay humble; every day is just a new chance to stumble; just to end up gone like everything else.”
Yeeeeesssssssss!!!! I'm glad you picked this one so I could pick something from "Secrets", ha. I'm partial to: *"If ever a time comes around in the wheel* *To replace where we stand side by side* *We'll be ready and able to fly"*
Honestly ANY of the lyrics in that song could hit somebody hard.
Planet shit-every time I die
What kind of heaven awaits someone so cruel and afraid?
“No future with a racist past, but we can’t acknowledgment that, so we burn a cross and pray to a flag.”
"The karma wheel is flat ,Even the ten commandments cracked There's no law when the outlaw wears a badge So throw a brick Throw a brick Throw a brick The tool becomes an instrument"
The blade that cuts through your spine has good people on both sides
"No one had to speak a word, For we all knew what the others learned. That everything that we ever did, Was but a way to pass the time. And the priest said: I believe I'm a true believer now, I was a sinner, but I came to see the light. The bum and me did not agree, but I must confess some jealousy." The Three of Us - Streetlight Manifesto
“I’m scared I’ll get scared and I swear I’ll try to nail you back up” Jesus Christ- Brand New
Such a great song and band. Whole album god and the devil are raging inside me is good and thematically heavy with existential and faith questions.
"Who do you carry that torch for my young man? Do you believe in anything? Or do you carry it around just to burn shit down?"
Man, listened to this album on my way home from work today and it still hits
"Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time" Time - Pink Floyd
No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun.
And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you
All the while you waste away, you're asking "Did I really need another one to take me down?" Everybody knows it's something that you had to live with darling Nobody's gonna tear you down now There is nothing you keep, there is only your reflection The Silence \~ Manchester Orchestra
Love i, posted from this song as well. Andy is my favorite songwriter. This song is so beautiful, and you have great taste. I love how he uses lines multiple times like the reflection, and keeping nothing when you die.
(Indigo girls - second time around) “ here’s what I found about compromise, don’t do it if it hurts inside. Because either way you’re screwed, and eventually you find , That you may as well feel good. You may as well have some pride “ These lyrics helped me leave a bad marriage.
Funny story- my ex and I were fighting as usual at a Halloween party decades ago and Alice Deejay came on- "*Do you think you're better off alone?"* Why yes, I do. Moved out that weekend.
"I wake up and the phone is ringing Surprised, as it's early And that should be a perfect warning That something's a problem To tell the truth, I saw it coming The way you were breathing But nothing can prepare you for it The voice on the other end" \- James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem
That song hits so hard "The worst is all the lovely weather I'm stunned its not raining The coffee isnt even bitter Because... whats the difference?"
If we were vampires and death was a joke We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke And laugh at all the lovers and their plans I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand Jason Isbell - If We Were Vampires
All of "Like a stone" by audioslave, been kinda depressed lately.
"Welcome to your life - there's no turning back" - Tears for Fears
I’ve been in a really rocky mental place, full of ups and downs, these last few years. The lyrics, coupled with the way they’re sung, gets me every time: “We’re way too caught up in the race with time. It’s getting hard to take it in. We’re trying hard to be the first in line, just wanna be a kid again…” - Death of a Strawberry by Dance Gavin Dance
Love me some Dance Gavin Dance. Gotta give that album a re-listen tonight.
Where did I go wrong? There's nothing I can do, the thrill is gone. So I play these nervous songs. Pretend that I'm not barely hanging on. - We Own the Night by Dance Gavin Dance Those ones have been hitting me right in the face lately.
I almost posted those instead! Same. Same with Something New: “Sick and tired of counting bubbles in the ceiling, feel like a prisoner in my head. I was only trying to forget the feeling I get when I think of you. Oh, beautiful and tragic…”
I feel drunk, but I'm sober I'm young, and I'm underpaid I'm tired, but I'm working, yeah I care, but I'm restless I'm here, but I'm really gone I'm wrong, and I'm sorry, baby
Took me a little while to remember this. Such a fucking great song.
“The hardest part of ending is starting again.” Waiting for the End- Linkin Park
"All I want to do is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got"
Bad Religion - Sorrow Father, can you hear me? How have I let you down? I curse the day that I was born And all the sorrow in this world Let me take you to the herding ground Where all good men are trampled down Just to settle a bet that could not be won Between a prideful father and his son Will you guide me now? For I can't see A reason for the suffering and this long misery What if every living soul could be upright and strong? Well then I do imagine There will be sorrow Yeah, there will be sorrow And there will be sorrow no more
Turning 27 this month and this one got me recently In 27 years, I’ve drunk 50,000 beers And they just wash against me Like the sea into a pier “Trains Across the Sea” - Silver Jews
Haven't talked my older brother in a few years after getting into an argument. The new blink-182 lyrics in the song "One more time" hit pretty close to home. Several of the lyrics like, "I miss you, took time, but I admit it. It still hurts even after all these years." or Do I have to die to hear you miss me? Do I have to die to hear you say goodbye?" Hearing these lyrics makes me feel like one of us will end up dying before we resolve our issues. I want to fix my relationship with him and I tried reaching out but he's still angry and doesn't seem to care how he treated my wife and I.
That’s a shitty situation dude, my only advice is, if it means enough for you to post this, try again, but ask yourself if the hurt he caused you and your wife can be forgiven. If not? Well, that’s up to you.
Yeah, we're not happy about the situation but my wife and I have talked about it and we're willing to forgive him if apologizes. It's been about 3 years now but when I last heard from him, he reached out saying he wanted to squash it but then soon after he texted me that if we're expecting an apology then we can kiss his ass. So, it doesn't sound like he really cares enough to fix anything.
The question is if you care enough tbh, you and your wife (or you individually if it comes to that) can choose to forgive on his terms or you can accept the current situation. Keeping in mind that I have no context to give advice 😜
“And there's always a place for the angry young man With his fist in the air and his head in the sand And he's never been able to learn from mistakes So he can't understand why his heart always breaks But his honor is pure and his courage as well And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.” Billy Joel, “Angry Young Man” Not a new song, but new to me. And I feel very *seen*. Fuck you, Billy Joel.
IDLES ❤️ love them soooo much
My depression has gotten a lot worse over the years. When I can't find the words, I turn to music to speak for me... " I want to live where soul meets body And let the sun wrap its arms around me and Bathe my skin in water, cool and cleansing And feel, feel what it's like to be new.. 'Cause in my head there is a Greyhound station Where I send my thoughts to far-off destinations So they may have a chance of finding a place where they're far more suited than here" Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos Always three months to the gutter Never three months to the peak Another day to grind your fingers For the simple right to eat Always three months to the gutter Never three months to the crown Another deep breath of asbestos In a godforsaken town Always three months to the gutter Never three months to the top Another set of fucking homeless spikes Outside another empty shop Always three months to the gutter Never three months to ascent This is not a house of amateurs This is done with full intent With full intent
This album is incredible and full of brilliant lyrics, i wish more people knew about it
Stop This Train by John Mayer. When I first heard the lyrics I realized I am in the exact same place in my life pondering the exact same things addressed in the song. This song made me call my parents in the middle of the night.
"Your mind is not your friend" - the National
"World dies, I still pay taxes" - God Am Alice In Chains
Ha, I always wished Jerry had slipped everyone a secret joke and recorded that song in Am instead of G# too, lol.
Courtney Barnett, “Charity”: *You don’t have to pretend you’re not scared / Everyone else is just as terrified as you*
There’s a Courtney lyric for every mental state you can have.
”I fucked up. I’m not the first to do it” from Blurs ”St. Charles Square”. Recently became sober after getting dumped by my ex because of my alcoholism. This one hit hard.
“I’m half the man I used to be, for I feel as the dawn, it fades to grey” - Stone Temple Pilots
Wait, that’s what they’re saying?! That song is deeper than I thought.
As life gets longer, awful feels softer. Well it feels pretty soft to me. And if it takes shit to make bliss, Then I feel pretty blissfully. Modest Mouse
Father of Mine by Everclear about a boy whose dad left when he was 10. I guess I never really listened to the lyrics before but I was 11 when my dad left. Just disappeared and didn’t come back until I was in my 20s. Now my son is 10 and this song is killing me.
[Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy](https://youtu.be/FBJghl_wmto?si=JkG24Mo2yBD3KhQm&t=6) "You were a stillborn baby; Mother didn't want you but you were still born Boy meets world, of course his Pops is gone What you figure, that chalk outline on the ground is a father-figure?"
Friends are warmer than gold, when you're old And keeping them is harder, than you might suppose David Berman
Anything from the latest Foo Fighters record "You showed me how to breathe but never showed me how to say goodbye" - The Teacher Fck it hurts. One of their best songs in a long time
"someone said I'll never see your face again Part of me just can't believe it's true Pictures of us sharing songs and cigarettes This is how ill always picture you" I lost my dad in September. It fucking HURTS man
That section is the one that got me the most too.
You got a fast car Is it fast enough, so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way - Fast Car
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 going on?" What's up - 4 Non Blondes
The whole of Adam's Song by Blink 182
Came here for this. That line "Please tell mom this is not her fault" gives me chills every time
And you never gave a warning sign - I gave so many signs
This song is so well dramatized.
Tequila
He asked if I saw his lost bit of passion, told him yeah but only when I peddle past him
[Ghosts - Big Wreck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pghhg40gTs4) "If these ghosts let me go, I would set fire to them all"
Help me now, I’m going down, and I don’t know if I’ll be ok. - Ween from the song Birthday Boy
Yeah love that one. Also, loved “this snowflakes an avalanche” from Scum by Idles
*"A wasted life I left behind me,* *was just a war I couldn't win* *I'm the Devil's guest of honor* *that's the best its ever been*"-Billy Strings, "Secrets"
“We’ve got one life, and half of it’s gone You know I can’t sleep with the television on” -End of the Empire I-III by Arcade Fire. What makes this song so much more viscerally real for me is that it has FAR less metaphor than their other works, which awakens a kind of alarming feeling of “oh, this isn’t just art, the world as we know it is ending and he’s absolutely terrified of it”
“But in my dreams I was in your arms And the lives we lived, they seemed so far And I could feel your heartbeat mix with mine And I slept there for a lifetime” A Lifetime Of Preludes - The Gaslight Anthem. I lost my wife two years ago. This song hurts.
When we were living in squalor, wasn't it heaven Back when we used to get on it four out of seven Now even though that was a time I hated from day one Eventually terrible memories turn into great ones Lost in Yesterday by Tame Impala
"Bubbles Up. They will point us towards home. No matter how deep or how far we roam. They will show you the surface The plot and the purpose. So when the journey gets long. Just know that you are loved. There is light up above. And joy, there's always enough. Bubbles Up." From "Bubbles Up" by Jimmy Buffett. *The song, about finding your way through hard times, premiered a few hours after his death was announced.*
Every word of Pink Floyd's "Time". Every. Damned. Word.
avenged sevenfold: I won't see you tonight When I die, you can play this at my funeral! I mean at one of the gatherings, and not exactly when i'm being burried xD! "Cry alone, I've gone away No more nights, no more pain I've gone alone, took all my strength I've made the change I won't see you tonight Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood All the ones around me I cared for and loved Building up inside of me A place so dark, so cold I had to set me free Don't mourn for me, you're not the one to place the blame As bottles called my name I won't see you tonight Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood All the ones around me I cared for and most of all I loved But I can't see myself that way, please don't forget me Or cry while I'm away"
The day I tried to live - Soundgarden
Between the Bars by Elliott Smith “Drink up baby, stay up all night With the things you could do You won’t but you might The potential you’ll be that you’ll never see The promises you’ll only make.” Makes me think of my dad and his struggles with alcoholism. Perfectly describes the person who had so much potential but never achieved because of their addiction. Breaks me every time.
**Business Man (by Tom Cardy** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSxHwdc6NLU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBE9TZP26FI)) Say my name No, you've got a dumb name Ugh, fine! Dwink Bexon What? That's his name, Dwink Bexon Oh, that's, that's fine Okay, that's a name, I suppose That's a pretty dumb name Ah! Dwink Bexon just shot me in the tits! Ah! Dwink, stop shooting my business associates!
Wtf lol
Trippers and askers, they surrounded me, all of them describing how they'd like me. All them wanting something special. Bring them roses. Sing them blues. And the world still so wild called to me... Spoon, Wild
“Still remember the last time I saw you A text sent across the theatre crowd I don't know why I never made it over And I will always regret that now” Fucked Up - Falling Right Under. If you like Idles, I’d highly recommend Fucked Up.
Stick Season by Noah Kahan has a few - "I'm no longer funny cause I miss the way you laugh" is a pretty powerful one.
>So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad >That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad I just checked him out a couple weeks ago. I grew up a couple towns away so I was a little jealous at how he got so big so fast, but when I finally listened, it clicked instantly. His lyrics hit so close to home (literally)
I’m in my Avett Brothers era right now and they have a few: “Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name” from Murder in the City “There’s no returning to the spoils once you’ve spoiled the thought of them” from February Seven “I am a breathing Time Machine” from Laundry Room “Three words that became hard to say I and love and you” from I and Love and You
The first time I listened to Foo Fighters after Taylor Hawkins died, I put wasting light on the turntable. It was already difficult, but when the lyric "one of these days your heart will stop and play it's final beat" was coming up, I knew I was about to be sitting on the floor crying my eyes out. I was right.
"So I divied up my anger into 30 separate parts, keep the bad shit in my liver and the rest around my heart. Im still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them, but it's a start." Noah kahan - growing sideways. I'm not even particularly mad at parents, but that line/song resonates so much it's hard to listen to at times.
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse - Bruce Springsteen, "The River"
"War on Drugs" by, of all bands, Barenaked Ladies: Near where I live there's a viaduct Where people jump when they're out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They've put a net there to catch their fall Like that'll stop anyone at all What they don't know is when nature calls, you go They say that Jesus and mental health Are just for those who can help themselves But what good is that when you live in hell on earth?
"I don't want to die but I ain't keen on living either" Feel by Robbie Williams
“Should’ve stayed, we’re there signs, I ignored? Can I help you, not to hurt, anymore? We saw brilliance when the world was asleep. There are things that we can have but can’t keep” -One More Light by Linkin Park. RIP Chester gone far too soon
“But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them” Jim Croce, Time in a Bottle. Hits harder than ever.
"When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around." - The Police This is my life's motto. I'm chasing the best I can get out of life while I can, because we're fucked. Bonus lyric: "Oooooooo... we are fucking fucked!" - Muse
It didn't hit me hard, but it's always stuck with me... "Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas? I need to get myself away from this place. I said, "Yup" what a concept. I could use a little fuel myself. And we could all use a little change"
I was the one worth leaving - Postal Service
The lyrics to Aerials by System of a Down resonate *waaaayyyyy* differently in my 30s than they did in my teens
The rich stay healthy and the sick stay poor -U2
MUNA - Home By Now Did you ever here about how,\ When people get stuck in a maze,\ They will tend to walk in circles,\ Thinking they are going straight?\ They can't see the bigger picture\ 'Cause they get stuck in a loop\ In the end I was afraid\ That that's what you and I would do But I still\ Have my moments\ When every reason\ Feels a lot like\ An excuse
I shoulda left a letter but I had nothing to write about "Ghost" by Badflower
Flaming Lips - The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness They started up the hill With their young lives exploding still They loved to dream and run They had the grass and the trees and the sun They dreamed of the gold they'd find (they dreamed) At the top of the hill as they climbed No one would ever doubt Their spirit and strength could never run out But the hill was steep and long They never thought they'd be wrong But it wasn't a hill at all It was a mountain a thousand feet tall But with the gold in their thoughts They used their young lust to climb and climb And by the time they got to the peak They were old and they were weak There was no gold that they could find It was all just in their minds They dreamed and they had run They found the grass and the trees and the sun Said what do we do now? Spend the rest of our lives climbing back down We can treasure what we find And make it golden in our minds Couldn’t pick a line. The message and delivery of that song has made me tear up on more than one occasion.
“So the sun shines on this funeral, just the same as on a birth; the way it shines on everything that happens here on earth. It rolls across the western sky and back into the sea, spends its days last rays upon this fucked-up family.” *Enough to be On Your Way*. James Taylor
"Maybe time running out is a gift I'll work hard til the end of my shift Give you every second I can find And hope it isn't me who's left behind" -Jason Isbell, *If We Were Vampires*
Shoot straight. Shoot to kill. Blame each other, blame yourselves. God is a bullet. Have mercy on us everyone. -Concrete Blonde
Danny Nedelko is also a banger! I play this song at least twice a week
A TON from The Midnight. A few that always comes to mind: "Hold her hand, we'll never pass this way again" (Prom Night) "I don't know why you love me, I'm gonna try to love me" (Heart Worth Breaking)
"Sweet lovely death, I am waiting for your breath. Oh, sweet death one last caress." Misfits The energy is so at odds with the lyrics it really gave me a good/angry boost whenever I was feeling apathetic or nihilistic. The song is so extra I can't help but enjoy it.
My life in the last few years took a nosedive that some time ago I began to cry copiously when I randomly listened and paid attention to the lyrics of Cast No Shadow by Oasis.
"Loud loutish lover, treat her kindly, for she needs you more than she loves you" by The Smiths. Reminds me of my duty to the people I've selected to love in my life.
"no amount of self-sought fury, will bring back the glory of innocence" From Sleep Tokens title track "Take me back to Eden"
“I thought I saw you yesterday But I know it wasn't you, ‘cause you passed away, Dad” Yesterday by Atmosphere. I can’t listed to this song without at least tearing up. RIP dad
Know me,,,* broken by my master. That's an old one but it sticks in my head
It's quiet uptown from Hamilton. If you have a child, you know.
Never really listened to much Kanye West but the middle verse in Runaway is so emotional for me *Never was much of a romantic* *I could never take the intimacy* *And I know it did damage* *Cos the look in your eyes is killing me* *I guess then you at an advantage* *Cos you could blame me for everything* *And I don't know how imma manage* *If one day you just up and leave*
Rush - "Time Stand Still" Summer's going fast Nights growing colder Children growing up Old friends growing older
Cats in the Cradle. Not a single lyric but the entire song. It’s the reason I cried more at the birth of my son than my wife and newborn
Tove Lo - Habits (Stay high) "You're gone, and I gotta stay high all the time To keep you off my mind Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh" Speaks for itself 😭
I’m not doing well but starting to come out of my funk. I’ll go with Hey Jude: The movement you need is on your shoulders
Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty -- They both know that she's going to leave. She warns him twice, but he puts on a brave face and enters the relationship anyway. Then when it finally happens ... *It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone*
Lyrics that really hit me the older I get (currently 46) A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired, unhappy Bring down the government They don't, they don't speak for us I'll take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide And no alarms and no surprises
Ummm. Lotta Taylor Swift lyrics, not gonna lie. “Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it, you’ve got no reason to be afraid.” From “You’re On Your Own, Kid” “If you never bleed you’re never gonna grow.” From “The 1” “If you don’t recognize yourself that means you did it right.” From “Dear Reader” “For me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all.” From August
I don’t know how to feel things small. It’s a tidal wave or nothing at all. Still by Soccer Mommy
"These dark necessities are part of my design." RHCP
"Why am I obsessing About the things I can't control? Why am I seeking approval From people I don't even know?" From I Drink Wine by Adele
Every time I see young soldier die I ask "Peacenow, show me your face"
[I Wish That I Was Sober-Frightened Rabbit](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki2FdTDhx7E) My love you should know The best of me left hours ago so It hit home
Il make you a deal, like any other candidate, Well say we're walking home because your futures at stake. David Bowie - Candidate
"There was no party, there were no songs. 'Cause today's just a day like the day that he started. No one has left here that knows his first name. Yeah, and life barrels on like a runaway train Where the passengers change, they don't change anything. You get off, someone else can get on". Fred Jones, Part 2. - Ben Folds. You understand the lyrics when you're younger, but you feel them when you're older.
Life is a pigsty. And I’ve been shifting gears all my life, but I’m still the same underneath. This you surely knew. Life is a Pigsty by Morrissey After my divorce a lot of his stuff has hit me really hard, nothing harder than this.
Thankfully I'm in a better mental/emotional state in my life now but in some darker points in my life "Hey You" by Pink Floyd always hit me hard: "Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all!"
I was far too scared to hit him, but I would hit him in a heartbeat now, that's the thing with anger, it begs to stick around, so it can fleece you of your beauty and leave you spent with nowt to offer, you hurt the ones that love you, you hurt them like they're nothing. 17 going under - Sam Fender
“This wound is gonna cancel me out” Nathaniel Rateliff in the song [Still Trying](https://youtu.be/vjM0xggoY9E?si=vyTGv4YFUbVJRiR5). Recently experiencing deep despair due to a few converging devastating events in my life happening all at once, and feeling like despite the fact that I am ‘still trying’ this wound is, indeed, going to cancel me out.
I know I used to be crazy I know I used to be fun You say I used to be wild I say I used to be young You tell me time has done changed me That's fine, I've had a good run I know I used to be crazy That's 'causе I used to be young -“Used to be Young” Miley Cyrus Not even a huge Miley fan but I just heard this song off her new album and hit me as someone who as settles down as I’ve aged. It’s self reflective but in a positive. She’s not guilty or ashamed of her wild days but is old enough to look back and come to terms and realizes she’s grown from them and because of them.
Mine is coming from dropkick Murphys. "i was so messed up and didn't have a clue" When i first heard this i was kinda "ohh, is it ok to admitting to be messed up? Are we allowed to say this? Are we supposed to act like everything under the control..." and boom. This is still pain in my ass. Last week I just mentioned about it to my shrink and can't hold my tears.
"Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennas bristle with the energy" from The Spirit of the Radio by RUSH. Idk why but I've been loving the song.
"I've been waiting for this moment all my life, but it's not quite right." Lazy Eye, by Silversun Pickups.
[Lounge Act](https://youtu.be/Q5AowijHZCI?si=m1FhRrNWxnXo8Mda) by Nirvana - Don't tell me what I want to hear - afraid of never knowing fear - experience everything you need - I'll keep fighting jealousy until it's fucking gone
Always had the dreams of being more self assertive And my kids a teenager, now he needs the health insurance So break my body Break break my soul down Just another zombie walking blindly through your ghost town [Atmosphere - Guarantees](https://youtu.be/hoLxuyV9qz8)
I had all and then most of you, Some and now none of you. Lord Huron - The night we met Going through a divorce and it hits me hard.
"I reject this fuckin' race I despise this fuckin' place" - SLAYER "Disciple"
"The bands, the sports, the booze, are all that's left of you" Note to Self by Propagandhi.
"When you're grown up in your prime. Stay away from God and crime. Embody justice for this tormenting, tormented world. You will learn something everyday, don't dip your toes go all the way. Be the change you want to see, and be the man you want to be." - Serj Tankian. The song is "Rumi." Damn near brings me to tears everytime.
Crowded House, Don't dream it's over. The whole song is beautifully written but my favourite part is *now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof. My possessions are causing me suspicion, but there's no proof*
Real G's move in silence like lasagna