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Hey everyone, I hope you’re all having a wonderful and successful day. For me personally, I’ve always found music to make me feel a lot of emotions - happy, sad, euphoric. Some songs and lyrics just make me feel in ways that are hard to describe. I thought I’d share a few lyrics from songs I’ve listened to over the years that have made me feel certain emotions more than others. I’d love to hear about songs you’ve listened to and lyrics that made you feel a certain way.
Noel Gallagher - "We're on Our Way Now"
Stood on top of the world
And when the cold wind blows, you say the chill doesn't matter
Having the time of your life
But when you take those pills, does it make it better?
When I discovered that song, I was going through a really tough time with my mental health. It sounds like a very depressing song, but it resonated with me as I was feeling very lost.
Oasis - "My Big Mouth"
Around this town, you've ceased to be
That's what you get for sleeping with the enemy
Where angels fly, you won't play
So guess who's going to take the blame for...
My big mouth, my big name.
In my personal opinion, this is a really underrated Oasis song. This year, in particular, I’ve felt that I’m starting to put some of my struggles behind me, and this song is about myself proving people wrong in my life who didn’t think I’d succeed.
Yael Naim - "New Soul"
I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take
But since I came here
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake.
I heard this song many years ago as it was in an advert for an Apple laptop, and I've always kept it in my head. A few weeks ago, I listened to it for the first time in ages and I thought about it as me recovering from my mental health problems, trying to find myself again, and making the same mistakes.
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By (user no longer on site) 36 weeks ago
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"How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here" - Pink Floyd, wish you were here
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""How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here" - Pink Floyd, wish you were here
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one of my absolute favourite ever lyrics. So glad you posted that |
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Shinedown-A symptom of being human.
I can still remember me and Miss November Rain
Beautiful and strange
Always so inclined, coloring outside the lines
Yeah, you were never on time
You've always been slightly awkward, kinda weird
Upside down and not all here
What's a-wrong with me and you is crystal clear
Sometimes I'm in a room where I don't belong
And the house is on fire and there's no alarm
And the walls are melting too
How about you?
I've never been the favorite, thought I'd seen it all
'Til I got my invitation to the lunatic ball
And my friends are comin' too
How about you?
Don't worry, it's all just a symptom of being human
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Noel Gallagher dead in the water
So don't walk away love
There's never enough that could make me crash on the broken glass
Let the storm rage, I'd die on the waves
But I will not rest while love lies dead in the water |
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By (user no longer on site) 36 weeks ago
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If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see
But if I stay here with you, girl
Things just couldn't be the same
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change
Freebird - Lynryd Skynryd |
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"If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see
But if I stay here with you, girl
Things just couldn't be the same
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change
Freebird - Lynryd Skynryd "
in my top 5 songs ever |
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Maneskin- the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
There's a few lines that I have wrote
In case of death, that's what I want, that's what I want
So don't be sad when I'll be gone
There's just one thing I hope you know, I loved you so
'Cause I don't even care about the time I've got left here
The only thing I know now is that I wanna spend it
With you, with you nobody else here
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest |
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By (user no longer on site) 36 weeks ago
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I can tell by the tracks on your face
That you've been crying
I said the way you're reacting
You'd think that somebody was dying
Then you grabbed all my hair
And bit on my lip till it bled
Fuck the notion of living without you
I'd rather be dead
Fickle Mcselfish - Gerry Cinnamon |
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"I can tell by the tracks on your face
That you've been crying
I said the way you're reacting
You'd think that somebody was dying
Then you grabbed all my hair
And bit on my lip till it bled
Fuck the notion of living without you
I'd rather be dead
Fickle Mcselfish - Gerry Cinnamon"
These faces I've known
Growing up on the streets in the Southside
From the hills of the 'milk
To the parade in the east end
I remember the change
In the accents on the Westside
Making money 'til there's no time left to spend
It's all bullshit but we all still pretend |
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Oh so many songs make me feel things and the feelings can change all the time for the same song too but my current lyrical obsession is:
Wake Up - Freya Ridings
I love you with all that I am
And I need you not to understand
And trying is the only way
I told you I cannot be saved
I'm waking up, I can see it all
I'm waking up
Can I breathe in the love from you?
'Cause I know you want me too
Let me breathe, let me breathe |
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By *sWyldWoman 36 weeks ago
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Music is powerful. Many songs resonate or stir up emotions in me.
The one that does it the most is one I still can't listen to without tears.
Yesterday by the Beatles. It was my dad's favourite and he used to sing it beautifully. It just makes me miss him even more. |
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"Music is powerful. Many songs resonate or stir up emotions in me.
The one that does it the most is one I still can't listen to without tears.
Yesterday by the Beatles. It was my dad's favourite and he used to sing it beautifully. It just makes me miss him even more. "
Good evening MsWyld. It’s really powerful for me. it won’t stop the sadness he’s not with you anymore but at least you think of him when listening |
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By (user no longer on site) 36 weeks ago
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"The only song which brings me close to tears (ok sometimes does) for no apparent reason is Keane - Bedshaped. Gets me every time."
Totally agree - can’t sing along without tearing up! |
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Paul Weller English rose
No matter where I roam
I will return to my English Rose
For no bonds
Can ever tempt me from she
I've sailed the seven seas
Flown the whole blue sky
I've returned with haste
To where my love does lie |
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"The only song which brings me close to tears (ok sometimes does) for no apparent reason is Keane - Bedshaped. Gets me every time.
Totally agree - can’t sing along without tearing up! "
Massive Attack - Teardrop is a great second best too |
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By *sWyldWoman 36 weeks ago
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And this one. Literally and figuratively means a lot.
The Scientist by Coldplay
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start |
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Sam fender spit of you
You kissed her forehead
And it ran like a tap
No more than four stone soaked wet through
And I'd never seen you like that
Spun me out
Hurt me right through
'Cause it was love
In all its agony
Every bit of me
Hurting for you
'Cause one day that'll be your forehead I'm kissing
And I'll still look exactly like you
And I can talk to anyone
I can talk to anyone
I can't talk to you
I can talk to anyone
I can talk to anyone
I can't talk to you |
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird - The Beatles |
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Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Landslide- Fleetwood Mac |
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When you're driving with the brakes on
When you're swimming with your boots on
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't
But unless the moon falls tonight
Unless continents collide
Nothing's gonna make me break from her side
Del Amitri - Driving with the brakes on.
(I never did leave her side even when it was tough. I’m at peace with it now, but that one means a lot to me) |
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So you wanna know me now
How I've been
You can't help someone recover
After what you did
So tell me am I looking better?
Have you forgot
Whatever it was that you couldn't stand
About me about me about me?
Because
Yes I do feel better
Yes I do I feel alright
I feel well enough to tell you what you can do with what you got to offer
Yes - McAlmont & Butler
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And recently on repeat... Cool About It by boygenius
I ask you how you're doing and I let you lie
But we don't have to talk about it
I can walk you home and practice method acting
I'll pretend being with you doesn't feel like drowning
Tellin' you it's nice to see how good you're doing
Even though we know it isn't true
J |
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"When you're driving with the brakes on
When you're swimming with your boots on
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't
But unless the moon falls tonight
Unless continents collide
Nothing's gonna make me break from her side
Del Amitri - Driving with the brakes on.
(I never did leave her side even when it was tough. I’m at peace with it now, but that one means a lot to me) "
Great band great artist songwriter
Still getting over the news about Justin Curries Parkinson's diagnosis |
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You throw your head back, and you spit in the wind
Let the walls crack, 'cause it lets the light in
Let 'em drag you through hell
They can't tell you to change who you are
That's all I know so far
And when the storm's out, you run in the rain
Put your sword down, dive right into the pain
Stay unfiltered and loud, you'll be proud of that skin full of scars
That's all I know so far
That's all I know so far
P!nk - that's all I know so far
Reminds me of my daughter |
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"When you're driving with the brakes on
When you're swimming with your boots on
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't
But unless the moon falls tonight
Unless continents collide
Nothing's gonna make me break from her side
Del Amitri - Driving with the brakes on.
(I never did leave her side even when it was tough. I’m at peace with it now, but that one means a lot to me)
Great band great artist songwriter
Still getting over the news about Justin Curries Parkinson's diagnosis "
Haven’t really taken it in myself, saw the video posted and really sad news.
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Oasis talk tonight
I wanna talk tonight
Until the morning light
'Bout how you saved my life
You and me see how we are
You and me see how we are
All your dreams are made of strawberry lemonade
And you make sure I eat today
You take me walking
To where you played when you were young
I'll never say that I won't ever make you cry
And this I'll say, I don't know why
I know I'm leaving
But I'll be back another day
I wanna talk tonight
Until the morning light
'Bout how you saved my life |
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Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't
It isn't in my blood
Laying on the bathroom floor, feeling nothing
I'm overwhelmed and insecure, give me something
I could take to ease my mind slowly
Just have a drink and you'll feel better
Just take her home and you'll feel better
Keep telling me that it gets better
Does it ever?
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
Sometimes I feel like giving up
No medicine is strong enough
Someone help me
I'm crawling in my skin
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't
It isn't in my blood
It isn't in my blood
I'm looking through my phone again, feeling anxious
Afraid to be alone again, I hate this
I'm tryna find a way to chill, can't breathe, oh
Is there somebody who could help me?
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Lyrically, Dermot Kennedy writes like no other. Doves and Ravens EP and first album, Without Fear are well worth a listen.
"I could have told you 'bout the long nights
How no one loves the birds that don't rise
So you can tell the heroes go hide
My sense of wonder's just a little tired
But if only you could see yourself in my eyes
You'd see you shine, you shine
I know you'd never leave me behind
But I am lost this time
Are we destined to burn or will we last the night?
I will hold you 'til I hold you right"
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"So you wanna know me now
How I've been
You can't help someone recover
After what you did
So tell me am I looking better?
Have you forgot
Whatever it was that you couldn't stand
About me about me about me?
Because
Yes I do feel better
Yes I do I feel alright
I feel well enough to tell you what you can do with what you got to offer
Yes - McAlmont & Butler
J"
That's an outstanding song. |
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Cold - quiet now
On the day you went away from me
I remember all the little things
When you held my hand and said I'll be OK
I can still feel you in everything
Every movie, every song they play, every time I hear your name I pray
For rain
It's a little too quiet now
And it's harder everyday
I'll stand in the storm 'til the world is gone to keep you in my dreams
It's a little too quiet now
And no time can heal this pain
I'll stand up to God like I'm super man to keep you close to me
It's a little too quiet
I can still feel you in everything, every night brings back the memories
When I close my eyes you wave goodbye to me... |
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""How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here" - Pink Floyd, wish you were here
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One of my faves!
Mrs x |
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""How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here" - Pink Floyd, wish you were here
One of my faves!
Mrs x"
listen to that all the time such an amazing song x |
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This song helps and hinders me, the lyrics and guitar work by Jeff Beck help me in my darkest moments. Blanket Imogen Heap,
Emotionless this city lies
Cruel it is, it clouds my eyes
The dull the dark shades on my day
I live inside this place
I see only what I wanna see
I'll be only what I wanna be
My blanket covers me, yes
Yeah, as a youth man I was body poppin, breaking on the lino
Traded in my lino for a pad and a biro
And I used to stand in line just so as I could sign my giro
Now my ends are meetin' in the best way that our lord got us
And the beast that goes boom
Music I consume to escape the doom and gloom
The beats and melodies keep realities at bay
But what happens when the record's gonn' start to fade away
Alone within myself again
I try to veil away my pain
Above the concrete feels pillow
With you I wanna go
I see only what I wanna see
I'll be only who I wanna be
My blanket covers me
Covers me, covers me, covers me
Woudn't they
I see only what I wanna see
I be only who I wanna be
My blanket covers me, yeah
You are my living world
You are my living world
You are you are you are
Only living world
I see only what I wanna see
I'll be only who I wanna be
My blanket covers me
Covers me, covers me, covers me
Woudn't they
I'll be only who I wanna be
I'll see only what I wanna see
My blanket covers me
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Peter Akinrinlola / Imogen Jennifer Heap
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This one Strikes a major chord with me.
Dylan Gossett : Coal
Now I've seen Heaven without dyin'
Met the devil without tryin'
And they both seem to want to talk to me
But I'm all out of luck now
And my dreams aren't worth a buck
How it's tough tryin' to land on my feet
When this game of life plays heavy on my heart
And love is tough, but loneliness is twice as hard
And I'll carry that 'bout everywhere I go
They say pressure makes diamonds
How the hell am I still coal? |
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There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more
One of the songs I've chosen for my funeral |
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When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I'll dry them all
I'm on your side
Oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
Oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
This takes me back to a painful time, and gets me crying every time. |
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Dry bones rattle in a lonely soul
Slipped and fell into a deep black hole
I can tell you're lost, I'm here for you
Wildfires burning you down to stone
Blind eyes, turning from a world so cold
A million miles apart, within my reach
It's not like me to worry
But when I see you fading in the dark
I'll leave a light on for you
Through the long nights, I will be right
There for you if you drift too far
I'll leave a light on for you, you, you
Rain comes following an endless drought
To wash away the remnants of all your doubt
I hope that you'll see me looking out
It's not like me to worry
But when I see you fading in the dark
I'll leave a light on for you
Through the long nights, I will be right
There for you if you drift too far
I'll leave a light on for you
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Through the long nights, I will be right
There for you if you drift too far
I'll leave a light on for you, you, you
Papa roach, leave a light on (talk away the dark) |
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Stranded in this spooky town
Stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down
Floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
Driven by the str*ngle of vein
Showing no mercy, I'd do it again
Open up your eyes
You keep on crying, baby, I'll bleed you dry
Skies are blinking at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer |
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