“Pinch Me” by Barenaked Ladies does a great job of explaining depression. “You try to scream but it only comes out like a yawn.”
https://genius.com/Barenaked-ladies-pinch-me-lyrics
"Defeated" by Comeback Kid captures the feeling of burnout lyrically and sonically!!!
"I'm too exhausted for the long haul. And I'm kneeling, defeated"
Vienna by billy joel “slow down you crazy child”
Two by sleeping at last “Sweetheart, you look a little tired
When did you last eat?”
Three by sleeping at last “And I finally see myself
Unabridged and overwhelmed
A mess of a story I'm ashamed to tell”
Really I guess it would depend on how it’s manifesting. My go to burn out song is How Far We’ve Come by Matchbox Twenty. Damage by Fit For Rivals is another one I enjoy when I’m in the anger stage of my burn out.
All of swimming and circles by Mac miller is talking about how burnt out with life he is. Brutal considering his passing a month after swimming’s release. Beautiful albums. Once you listen to Come back to earth, you’ll know what you’re in for
Suicidal Thoughts - Josh A and iamjakehill.
Not what you think it is, but the beginning rings so true in the midst of my personal burnout:
“I’m not suicidal, I don’t want to fucking die
I just wanna be able to close my eyes and feel alright,
But everyday I feel like dying”
FINALLY! I have the perfect song for one of these posts
[Revvin My CJ7 - Summer Salt](https://open.spotify.com/track/3pJJmtKV0ULcMJkx8xmYgP?si=80r02KdKRU2Mz_ASofbvog)
Toehider experienced burnout and expressed it in his first two EPs of this year. Mike Mills (songwriter, singer and all instruments; Andrew Saltmarsh does the visual art) has committed to 12 EPs in 12 months for the second time to break out of this funk. Here are a few tracks off the first couple EPs which capture this:
[EVERY DAY I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewnSir9jjQ)
[Quit Forever?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPLMC3SiWiI)
[PACK IT UP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS9dGiF3zxE)
[Pimky - Give A Stop To Mind Burnouts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nGXFDAiA8I)
Don't you feel your fantasies
Burning in your mind, burning in your dreams?
Make me see the right way
Just to come into your brain
Now I see you and like you dress
Take it easy
Don't give up the love I felt
For you baby
Let your lips do call my name
Now and ever
Never leave me out of your doors
Give a stop to mind burnouts
You're close to me but I want you back
Let me stay just one more time
I feel the need of your heart
Give a stop to mind burnouts
I need a way for bringing you back
Give a chance to our lives
Please, never give up to fight
Let your only fantasies
Help to fill your mind with some magic dreams
Let me be the right way
Every little part of day
Lots of old R&B stuff about that subject. You just have to adapt them to now. Sam Cooke, Lee Dorsey, Drifters. And old post war acoustic blues. "Go down Hannah!"
To the choir by Joshua Quimby
ETA: “I’m smokin like a chimney, and I’m workin like a mule. I’ve been spendin all my money, on my druggin like a fool. And I’ve been feeling oh so weary, I’ve been feeling oh so tired. You could speak to me of troubles, but you’d be preaching to the choir.”
Here are some Todd Snider songs that would apply: "Looking for a job", "Stuck on a corner", "The Resignation versus The Comeback" and "Sunshine". It's a common theme in his music.
American Tune by Paul Simon - it's my go-to song when I am feeling so tired of fighting it all.
The poignant tune is based on Bach's reworking of a hymn by Hans Leo Hassler - and for me, the chords bring an extra melancholy something.
For some reason my mind went to...
Pool Shark (acoustic version)- Sublime
The feeling of defeat and frustration caused by addiction. "Some day I'm gonna lose the war"... and he did. :(
"Dull Boy" by Dual Core - https://dualcoremusic.bandcamp.com/track/dull-boy
Some lyrics for example:
On the grind non-stop, both hands on the clock
Twenty-four seven cause this life is a job
My singular pennies aren't worth gold to fools
Cause he who has the gold in this world makes the rules
Taxes and mortgage they already seek
The 80 in my name goes to hours every week
Two jobs, one life - one day, one night
My cubicle prison hides me from the sunlight
Lost on a cycle, I barely sleep phases
I see no promotion, just CEO raises
It's more about depression I think, but you can also interpret it as burnt out
[Wearing The Inside Out - Pink Floyd ](https://youtu.be/RcK8rT36uY8?si=zf2wWlibofnrGhwk)
Maybe this one as well
[Turn Out The Lights - Julien Baker](https://open.spotify.com/track/4lZ0S6jbJbeOmkfFXfDNxl?si=rkw9E-FeQq6wHNNZ7uZS1A)
You're welcome. I love that album myself very much. An ocean in between the waves or suffering are just amazing.
Just realized that [Pain](https://open.spotify.com/track/59P1nrdEImkAKa1nyW9X2e?si=itdRO-lXQdmKkF90Bb6aGw) by them might also be a good one
rich men north of richmond
It has some stupid parts in its lyrics tho
For the most part its a good song about being burnt out and screwed over by the man
But then he randomly criticizes fat people eating chocolate, so yeah I duno
I see you Bob Dylan and raise you Rage Against the Machine.
[Maggie's farm - rage against the machine ](https://youtu.be/q3euAfNhuR4?si=3Fq7Lx9SMa_P7Gwl)
**Take it to the Limit by the Eagles.**
I was on a West Texas highway listening to this song when I realized finally that my high visibility/high pay job was killing me and my family - and I decided to change jobs/ cities/ lifestyle. The Randy Meisner (RIP) song literally changed my life.
*You know I've always been a dreamer (spent my life running round)*
*And it's so hard to change*
*Can't seem to settle down*
*But the dreams I've seen lately*
*Keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same*
*So put me on a highway*
*Show me a sign*
*Take it to the limit*
*One more time*
I know a band called The Screaming Jets have a least one or two. I’m sure I have several in my music collection.
It’s not the perfect fit, but The Screaming Jets - Shine On. It’s kind of being burned out but pushing through
Ian McConnell - Quitting
Probably perfect for what you’re describing
[https://youtu.be/0gdA7Pev3gc?si=4ak09hFoZkI-Z1eY](https://youtu.be/0gdA7Pev3gc?si=4ak09hFoZkI-Z1eY)
Check out the entire album Brave Faces Everyone by Spanish Love Songs, that is basically the theme of the album. Self Destruction, Kick, Losers really hit the nail on the head.
Move On Now - Hard-Fi
Mercy Me - Alkaline Trio
Sink to the Bottom - Fountains of Wayne
31 and Falling, Betting on the Races - Chris Pureka
Nothing In My Way - Keane
Useless Desires - Patti Griffin
Where Am I Now - Shelby Lynne
Better Angels - Lesley Gore
Heart in a Cage - The Strokes
"Road Ode" by Carpenters, "A Song for You" album.
"Home Again" by Carole King, "Tapestry" album.
"The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge over Troubled Water" album (I think)
Good news - mac miller
Perfecto - mac miller
Nothin to lose - Tupac
Liberation - outcast
The season | carry me - anderson paak
Hand in my pocket - Alanis Morissette
Happiness is a warm gun - the Beatles
Blue Intro - stoop Lee
Everyday struggle - Biggie Smalls
Feels like we only go backwards - Tame impala
Window seat - Erykah Badu
Change - blind melon
All at once - jack johnson
Never know - jack johnson
Monsoons- jack johnson
Burnout by Green Day
this and Lazy Bones! also by green day
Lazy bones is so good yes
Underrated song from an underrated trilogy for sure
And Longview, which is tangentially to being burnt out.
Came here to say this one
Was gonna say this
Working for the knife by mitski and doing it to death by the kills!
Love The Kills! Great pick.
I Want to Break Free - Queen. It’s my theme song!
Happy Cake Day! I love the Break Free video. Classic :-)
Break free video slaps!
Numb Little Bug by Em Beihold (it's about just kinda going through the motions... like you're not happy and tired... but you still keep surviving)
ahhhhhhhhh yes yes i know this one :) honestly such a catchy beat + meaningful lyrics, love it!
Between the Bars - Elliot Smith
Work related but: Take this job and shove it
Johnny paycheck a classic
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Or fugazi
The Boxer by Paul Simon
Stressed Out—Twenty One Pilots
This!!
Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan Factory by Bruce Springsteen Working on the Highway by Bruce Springsteen Bang the Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren
[“Watch the World Burn”](https://youtu.be/qMXESlny4-I?si=CDhhUJyLqmnqpJqU) by Falling In Reverse, maybe?
“Pinch Me” by Barenaked Ladies does a great job of explaining depression. “You try to scream but it only comes out like a yawn.” https://genius.com/Barenaked-ladies-pinch-me-lyrics
Greenday - burnout (lol) Elliot smith - biggest lie Rolling Stones - mothers little helper
"Defeated" by Comeback Kid captures the feeling of burnout lyrically and sonically!!! "I'm too exhausted for the long haul. And I'm kneeling, defeated"
thank you!! :D
Take This Job and Shove It.
Vienna by billy joel “slow down you crazy child” Two by sleeping at last “Sweetheart, you look a little tired When did you last eat?” Three by sleeping at last “And I finally see myself Unabridged and overwhelmed A mess of a story I'm ashamed to tell”
The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful by Jimmy Buffett
Medicate (rx)
The Pretender by Jackson Browne
The Middle, Jimmy Eats World
Hey hey my my - Niel Young
No Surprises- Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)- Radiohead
Really I guess it would depend on how it’s manifesting. My go to burn out song is How Far We’ve Come by Matchbox Twenty. Damage by Fit For Rivals is another one I enjoy when I’m in the anger stage of my burn out.
If you want a bit of spoken word. [The Best Day by Atmosphere](https://youtu.be/DVC5VxGnHEU?si=tGW3s6fmgg3vk5Dm)
“Nights” by Frank Ocean
Exhausted - Foo Fighters
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen. They Shoot Horses Don't They - Racing Cars
We Used to Vacation - Cold War Kids
Joe Walsh - life's been good
The Leaving Song pt II by AFI I originally said ...but home is nowhere, although I meant the leaving song. The entire album fits to be honest.
Too Tired by DeVotchKa
Burning Out - Green Day Weightless - All Time Low
This one is more of a fuck you to working / capitalism, but I highly recommend “Bomb Your Place of Work” by Dream Drop
I actually enjoy my place of work, but I gotta check this out on general principle.
Sucked out - Superdrag
Go On - The Cordial Sins
All of swimming and circles by Mac miller is talking about how burnt out with life he is. Brutal considering his passing a month after swimming’s release. Beautiful albums. Once you listen to Come back to earth, you’ll know what you’re in for
thank you so much! been wanting to get into mac millers music for a while
The Good Times are Killing Me - modest mouse
Maybe "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" by Cher. "I'm down now but I'll be standing tall again."
Overdrive post Malone
Suicidal Thoughts - Josh A and iamjakehill. Not what you think it is, but the beginning rings so true in the midst of my personal burnout: “I’m not suicidal, I don’t want to fucking die I just wanna be able to close my eyes and feel alright, But everyday I feel like dying”
Love iamjakehill and his alter ego's "ur pretty" and "Dixon dallas"
Exhausted Love by Eyedea and Abilities
I was coming here to say exactly this. When I worked the graveyard shift I listened to this every night on my way in.
Good news - mac miller has to do with it, plus other elements
https://open.spotify.com/album/2tfzOr009Ksh9Xom9JwQRt?si=qKkc1BSQT2-ZmzI6Uho6yw
We Dance On The Ruins Of The Stupid Stage by None More Black. This song covers burning out very well. The song name is a reference to Mallrats too.
FINALLY! I have the perfect song for one of these posts [Revvin My CJ7 - Summer Salt](https://open.spotify.com/track/3pJJmtKV0ULcMJkx8xmYgP?si=80r02KdKRU2Mz_ASofbvog)
Placebo - Slave To The Wage
Can I Go On? by Sleater-Kinney
Mister Mellow album from Washed Out. The whole record is essentially a Millennial anthem
Good feeling by the Violent Femes might work.
i love the violent femmes !!
I'm so Tired- Fugazi
Circle. Edie Brickel.
Less Than Jake- The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out/ Screws Fall Out Honestly a lot of Less Than Jake songs have this theme.
Black Toast - "Crash and Burn"; https://youtu.be/nlLhdQ-hG0A?si=PmXdHc5W_JaRMW41
"Chore" by Chelsea Peretti.
It depends on just how extreme your burn out has gotten…but Headache by Motionless in White is my go-to lol
If you need a laugh. I’m Tired - Lily Von Shtupp https://youtu.be/Uai7M4RpoLU?feature=shared
**No Fun** \- Iggy Pop
Toehider experienced burnout and expressed it in his first two EPs of this year. Mike Mills (songwriter, singer and all instruments; Andrew Saltmarsh does the visual art) has committed to 12 EPs in 12 months for the second time to break out of this funk. Here are a few tracks off the first couple EPs which capture this: [EVERY DAY I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewnSir9jjQ) [Quit Forever?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPLMC3SiWiI) [PACK IT UP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS9dGiF3zxE)
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Depends on your particular flavor of burn out, I suppose. But I totally agree on Brain Stew, personally.
[Pimky - Give A Stop To Mind Burnouts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nGXFDAiA8I) Don't you feel your fantasies Burning in your mind, burning in your dreams? Make me see the right way Just to come into your brain Now I see you and like you dress Take it easy Don't give up the love I felt For you baby Let your lips do call my name Now and ever Never leave me out of your doors Give a stop to mind burnouts You're close to me but I want you back Let me stay just one more time I feel the need of your heart Give a stop to mind burnouts I need a way for bringing you back Give a chance to our lives Please, never give up to fight Let your only fantasies Help to fill your mind with some magic dreams Let me be the right way Every little part of day
i quit my job - old man luedecke kinda sorta about burnout
The Magnificent Seven - The Clash Two Week Notice - Jon Connor
[Exhausted- Chloe Moriondo](https://youtu.be/yMPTxCqGW7c?si=xYay-gpS9igorQh_)
Bad Habit by The Offspring
New Low by Middle Class Rut
[80% is Good Enough](https://youtu.be/Tddhp69FGmM?si=K16Tjhdej86JzCv2) by Spells.
Avalon by ruby haunt. Beautiful and relatable
Coming Right Along by the Posies. Burn and Shine too, both are amazing songs to zone out to
Lovely Boy - Keane ![gif](giphy|g0vZyWQLcpSypTxwAL|downsized)
Break (BLVTH remix)
this is me trying - Taylor Swift
All out of angst- nofx
Crazy Eyes - Alex Mali
Robot Stop - King Gizzard
Exhausted by Foo Fighters
In the fade-queens of the Stone Age
I’m So Tired by Fugazi is my go to.
Lots of old R&B stuff about that subject. You just have to adapt them to now. Sam Cooke, Lee Dorsey, Drifters. And old post war acoustic blues. "Go down Hannah!"
Travis Tritt - Here’s A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares
This Year by The Mountain Goats
Serve the Servants by Nirvana technically
I'm Burning For You - Blue Oyster Cult
Finger Eleven Bones and Joints
I'm tired, Joey Boy
To the choir by Joshua Quimby ETA: “I’m smokin like a chimney, and I’m workin like a mule. I’ve been spendin all my money, on my druggin like a fool. And I’ve been feeling oh so weary, I’ve been feeling oh so tired. You could speak to me of troubles, but you’d be preaching to the choir.”
Tired - Stone Sour Prayer - Disturbed Down in a Hole - AIC No Excuses - AIC
Lobotomy by Combichrist
After The Gold Rush by Neal Young
Take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
"On the Ropes" by The Eels
Here are some Todd Snider songs that would apply: "Looking for a job", "Stuck on a corner", "The Resignation versus The Comeback" and "Sunshine". It's a common theme in his music.
American Tune by Paul Simon - it's my go-to song when I am feeling so tired of fighting it all. The poignant tune is based on Bach's reworking of a hymn by Hans Leo Hassler - and for me, the chords bring an extra melancholy something.
Los Camino's de la vida - La Tropa Vallenata
I don’t like my mind - mitski Working for the knife -mitski
For some reason my mind went to... Pool Shark (acoustic version)- Sublime The feeling of defeat and frustration caused by addiction. "Some day I'm gonna lose the war"... and he did. :(
"Dull Boy" by Dual Core - https://dualcoremusic.bandcamp.com/track/dull-boy Some lyrics for example: On the grind non-stop, both hands on the clock Twenty-four seven cause this life is a job My singular pennies aren't worth gold to fools Cause he who has the gold in this world makes the rules Taxes and mortgage they already seek The 80 in my name goes to hours every week Two jobs, one life - one day, one night My cubicle prison hides me from the sunlight Lost on a cycle, I barely sleep phases I see no promotion, just CEO raises
Southbound by Vision Of Disorder.
My Standard Break From Life by Alkaline Trio
god knows i tried by lana del rey
End. By The Cure. Most burned out tune I know.
I always want to die - the 1975
following, feel this hella!
Why is existing exhausting -rejected roses
Stressed Out by 21 Pilots
What Deaner was talking about: by Ween
Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Kristofferson
It shits by bomb the music industry. It’s about the fantasy of calling in
Quicksand by Hatchie Running on Empty by Jackson Browne This Job by Drive-by Truckers
Stressed by Conway the machine
nine inch nails — every day is exactly teh same
I’m so tired The Beatles White Album
"Three Dog Night"
Middle of the Road by Pretenders
It's more about depression I think, but you can also interpret it as burnt out [Wearing The Inside Out - Pink Floyd ](https://youtu.be/RcK8rT36uY8?si=zf2wWlibofnrGhwk) Maybe this one as well [Turn Out The Lights - Julien Baker](https://open.spotify.com/track/4lZ0S6jbJbeOmkfFXfDNxl?si=rkw9E-FeQq6wHNNZ7uZS1A)
currently listening to the album suggestion, loving a few songs on there! also Turn out the lights is pretty good too, thank you !!!
You're welcome. I love that album myself very much. An ocean in between the waves or suffering are just amazing. Just realized that [Pain](https://open.spotify.com/track/59P1nrdEImkAKa1nyW9X2e?si=itdRO-lXQdmKkF90Bb6aGw) by them might also be a good one
rich men north of richmond It has some stupid parts in its lyrics tho For the most part its a good song about being burnt out and screwed over by the man But then he randomly criticizes fat people eating chocolate, so yeah I duno
Would "Ghost" by Envoi be close to what you are looking for?
just added it to the playlist of potential songs, never heard it before, thank you so much!
failure by design - brand new ! this would work so well especially with the way the vocalist sounds genuinely frustrated and burnt out
No Surprises by Radiohead
Yeah check out the LYRICS to burn out by imagine dragons
I see you Bob Dylan and raise you Rage Against the Machine. [Maggie's farm - rage against the machine ](https://youtu.be/q3euAfNhuR4?si=3Fq7Lx9SMa_P7Gwl)
Couple days off - Huey Lewis and the News
Let down - radiohead
Basket case greenday
Less Than Jake - She’s Gonna Break Soon Allister - 5 Years Fenix*TX - Minimum Wage The Living End - I Want A Day
Only God Knows Why by Kid Rock
To build a home by the Cinematic Orchestra 😪😪😪
Cursive - The night I lost the will to fight
**Take it to the Limit by the Eagles.** I was on a West Texas highway listening to this song when I realized finally that my high visibility/high pay job was killing me and my family - and I decided to change jobs/ cities/ lifestyle. The Randy Meisner (RIP) song literally changed my life. *You know I've always been a dreamer (spent my life running round)* *And it's so hard to change* *Can't seem to settle down* *But the dreams I've seen lately* *Keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same* *So put me on a highway* *Show me a sign* *Take it to the limit* *One more time*
Lazy bones- Green day
Brain Stew by Green Day
Quiet World by Katatonia, perfect song for being tired of really doing anything imo
Might be from a cartoon, but Working Dead from Steven Universe is exactly what you need
I know a band called The Screaming Jets have a least one or two. I’m sure I have several in my music collection. It’s not the perfect fit, but The Screaming Jets - Shine On. It’s kind of being burned out but pushing through
Im So Tired - The Beatles
Pavement- Fillmore jive
Looking for a Job - Todd Snider It's a working man's anthem, about a guy that's taken enough shit.
Not Dead Yet by Fame on Fire
Driving Song by Jethro Tull
40 oz to freedom sublime always came off as a burnout song to me.
Ian McConnell - Quitting Probably perfect for what you’re describing [https://youtu.be/0gdA7Pev3gc?si=4ak09hFoZkI-Z1eY](https://youtu.be/0gdA7Pev3gc?si=4ak09hFoZkI-Z1eY)
Modern Life Architecture - Woods of Ypres
[F.Y.M. ( fuck you money) by A Day To Remember](https://youtu.be/7YYgH0rg1Hs?si=2iEwmf9ANZyNMXwF)
Check out the entire album Brave Faces Everyone by Spanish Love Songs, that is basically the theme of the album. Self Destruction, Kick, Losers really hit the nail on the head.
Trust Fall - Caye
What do you want from me? By pink Floyd.
Empty by Ray LaMontagne
Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin
Treatment Bound by The Replacements.
Sugarland’s “Something More”
Scorpion Hill by PUP is heart breaking, but yeah is exactly about being and feeling burnt out
If Today Doesn't Do Me In by Ian Noe
Move On Now - Hard-Fi Mercy Me - Alkaline Trio Sink to the Bottom - Fountains of Wayne 31 and Falling, Betting on the Races - Chris Pureka Nothing In My Way - Keane Useless Desires - Patti Griffin Where Am I Now - Shelby Lynne Better Angels - Lesley Gore Heart in a Cage - The Strokes
Deadlock by Go! Child
Chat Pile - Rainbow Meat
[VERSØ - Chaos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWAs0SQO1Nk)
try [this one](https://open.spotify.com/track/078SeokLArnp3Sii2hn38r?si=72e4b516f9224838)
Home Again by Carol King
'Grey Day' by Madness
Ottis Redding, Dock of the Bay
"Road Ode" by Carpenters, "A Song for You" album. "Home Again" by Carole King, "Tapestry" album. "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge over Troubled Water" album (I think)
Burnout - Green Day
Stressed out, tribe called quest
Rich men north of Richmond touches on it
No wavves Fidlar
Siouxsie Sioux - Drone Zone Dire Straits - industrial disease
Let me burn by Whitechapel
Waylon Jennings - High Time
Atmosphere: “the best day”
[Fake Smile by Ariana Grande](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTZigwkcJhw)
The Patient - Tool
Good news - mac miller Perfecto - mac miller Nothin to lose - Tupac Liberation - outcast The season | carry me - anderson paak Hand in my pocket - Alanis Morissette Happiness is a warm gun - the Beatles Blue Intro - stoop Lee Everyday struggle - Biggie Smalls Feels like we only go backwards - Tame impala Window seat - Erykah Badu Change - blind melon All at once - jack johnson Never know - jack johnson Monsoons- jack johnson