Music. What are your songs? (recovery, depression, happiness, anything)

Music. What are your songs? (recovery, depression, happiness, anything)
 
I Will Always Stand by You
Listening to this old song and it's still a tearjerker. God will never leave or forsake his own
 
 
Sometimes I don’t know whether I’m the boxer or the bag.

This is one of my favorites from Pearl Jam, Yellow Ledbetter.

 
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Old man lying by the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky

Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper flies
Dead man lying by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around

Blind man running through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight
And you can really understand

Red lights flashing through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying in a gutter in the lane
If you're walking home alone

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around

 

What, what is that you tried to say?
What, what was that you tried to say?
Tried to say, tried to say...
Everything
Everything
Everything
 
The perfect song for Good Friday. It's like the movie Passion of the Christ put to music, except that this song came out about 15 years before the movie!!!

 
I'm among those who've known that entering this life alone, and leaving alone can or will happen. @SinkBackIntoTheOcean shared the radiohead video depicting it well.

My concept of a higher power, some kind of good orderly direction or spirituality that connects to me has evolved greatly. There's the trauma that fomented a rage and self hate that refused connection. The later has moved to self worth, the rage is all mine.

I don't describe avoiding spirituality as an absolute rejection, but an overwhelming disapproval of some things thrives in me.

I have a song that puts it to lyrics and music that resonates with me. The time I begged, to next shaking my fist in rage, then to pensive loneliness.

Kate Bush: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"

 
I'm a fan of Mumford and Sons. Reminder is one of my favorites.

"A light that might give up the way is all that I'm asking for"


Live version:

 
Ceremony said:
I'm among those who've known that entering this life alone, and leaving alone can or will happen. @SinkBackIntoTheOcean shared the radiohead video depicting it well.

My concept of a higher power, some kind of good orderly direction or spirituality that connects to me has evolved greatly. There's the trauma that fomented a rage and self hate that refused connection. The later has moved to self worth, the rage is all mine.

I don't describe avoiding spirituality as an absolute rejection, but an overwhelming disapproval of some things thrives in me.

I have a song that puts it to lyrics and music that resonates with me. The time I begged, to next shaking my fist in rage, then to pensive loneliness.

Kate Bush: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"

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It's catchy, I like it. I've found a ton of new music from your posts btw, lots of new artists I had never heard about.

For some reason the expression "If I only could, I'd make a deal with God," reminds me of Isaiah 1:18: "'Come, now, and let us set matters straight between us,' says Jehovah (God)."

She wants to make her pain known, it's honest. In the text He's saying, tell me whats wrong. Thanks for sharing.
 
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Music has always been a constant and reliable mirror of my life. I seem to respond more to the melody than the lyrics. Presently, I have been getting reacquainted with the English band China Crisis. Recently I was searching for some relaxing, soothing catchy melody music and happened upon this playlist on Youtube. I highly recommend it for a lift to your spirits. China Crisis Acoustically Yours Playlist
 
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Kate Bush: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
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dear old kate... i was probably only 6 or 7 the first time i heard 'running up that hill', but i was mesmerized

One more step to the top of the city
Where just a couple of pigeons are living
Up on the Angel's shoulders

I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven
But it looks like Hell down there
These streets have never been paved with gold
Welcome to the loneliest city in the world
It's no good for you, baby
It's no good for you now
Keep looking up for the ladder

I don't know if you'll love me for it
But I don't think we should suffer this
There's just one thing we can do about it
Take me up to the top of the city
And put me up on the Angel's shoulders

See how that building there is nearly built?
There's a big fire over on the north of the city
I see you walking down the street with her
I see your lights going on and off
She's no good for you, baby
She's no good for you now
Look, I'm here with the ladder!

I don't know if you love me or not
But I don't think we should ever suffer
There's just one thing we can do about this
Take me up to the top of the city
Up to the highest point of the city
One more step to the top of the city
Put me up on the Angel's shoulders

 
Haven't got a lot to learn
And my eyes they stray again
Looking for a satellite
In the rays of heaven again

There's no other ending
Sunday sun
Yesterdays are ending
Sunday sun

Jealous minds walk in a line
And their faces jade the strain
Stranded in infinity rooms
And they're safe from any harm

There's no other ending
Sunday sun
Yesterdays are ending
Sunday sun

 
I discovered this song trying to find some ways to release the anger, sadness and who knows what else. It might not be your favorite cup of tea but I invite you to give it a try at least two times. The hard beats remember me I am still alive and it gives me chills all over my body.


"I wake up every morning with my head up in a daze
I'm not sure if I should say this, fuck, I'll say it anyway
Everybody tries to tell me that I'm going through a phase
I don't know if it's a phase, I just wanna feel okay, yeah

I battle with depression, but the question still remains
Is this post-traumatic stressin' or am I suppressing rage?
And my doctor tries to tell me that I'm going through a phase
Yeah, it's not a fucking phase, I just wanna feel okay, okay
Yeah, I struggle with this bullshit everyday
And it's probably 'cause my demons simultaneously rage

It obliterates me, disintegrates me, annihilates me
'Cause I'm about to break down, searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular monster

I think I'm going nowhere like a rat trapped in a maze
Every wall that I knock down is just a wall that I replace
I'm in a race against myself I try to keep a steady pace
How the fuck will I escape if I never close my case?
Oh my God, I keep on stressin', every second that I waste
Is another second sooner to a blessing I won't take
But my therapist will tell me that I'm going through a stage
Yeah, it's not a fucking stage, I just wanna feel okay, okay
Motherfucker, now you got my attention
I need to change a couple things 'cause something is missin'
And what if I were to lie, tell you everything is fine?
Every single fucking day I get closer to the grave
I am terrified, I fell asleep at the wheel again
Crashed my car just to feel again
It obliterates me, disintegrates me, annihilates me
'Cause I'm about to break down, searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular fucking monster
Yeah, here we go again, motherfucker, oh

We're sick and tired of wondering
Praying to a God that you don't believe
We're searching for the truth in the lost and found
So the question I ask is, oh, where the fuck is your god now?

'Cause I'm about to break down, searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular monster
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster"

 
As your bony fingers close around me
Long and spindly, death becomes me
Heaven, can you see what I see?
Hey, you pale and sickly child
You're death and living reconciled
Been walking home a crooked mile

There's no time for hesitating
Pain is ready, pain is waiting
Primed to do its educating
Unwanted, uninvited kin
It creeps beneath your crawling skin
It lives without, it lives within you

Feel the fever coming
You're shaking and twitching
You can scratch all over
But that won't stop you itching

Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on

Blame it on your karmic curse
Shame upon the universe
It knows its lines, it's well-rehearsed
It sucked you in, it dragged you down
To where there is no hallowed ground
Where holiness is never found

Paying debt to karma
You party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving

Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on

 
when im in a funk and need a good music boost i just put on some motown CD's pretty much any artist will do it soon im singing along and or dancing lift's me up most every time,,,im 61 and grew up in the era if u never listened to it give it a try. also 2 shows about motown are the fabulous funk brothers which were the house band for most if not all the artists, and welcome to hitsville USA is the 2nd one i believe both were good shows.
 
I sat by the balcony today to soak up some sun. Normally it lifts my spirit a little bit but today it didn't help. I've felt profoundly lonely. I know that I am not alone, I just feel that way for some reason. Maybe because I am starting to open up about memories and feelings. Whatever it is, I hope it goes away soon.


I like how Eddie Vedder changes the lyrics to this song as he sings it. That's how it should be, use the lyrics you feel in that moment.
 
Don't know if anybody other than me carries this song in their mind. Music that draws me in has some kind of statement on what a bloody freakin mess is the human condition. Too often, I get trapped in a place which on the surface manifests as anger (i.e. i'm a dude); but what I need to come down to earth is something to connect me to sadness I'm really feeling. It doesn't give that bullshit artificial boost of rage and fury; it does allow me to feel more humanoid, and less like a fukkking alien. That's better for me than "feeling better".
Not sure anybody could understand that babble I just wrote; not sure I understand it myself. But maybe still someone might dig this song for its simple power. Maybe not, but wtf anyway.

 
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