This thread is relating a specific song title and how it affected/or distracted you in a time of need...emotionally.....you can have more than one song and post about it more than once. I will. Please include the lyrics in your post. Pat

I will Always Love You
Dolly Parton

If I should stay
Well, I would only be in your way
And so I'll go and yet I know
That I'll think of you each step of my way

And I will always love you
I will always love you

Bitter-sweet memories
That's all I have and all I'm taking with me
Good-bye, oh please don't cry
'Cause we both know that I'm not what you need

I will always love you
I will always love you

And I hope life, will treat you kind
And I hope that you have all
That you ever dreamed of
Oh, I do wish you joy
And I wish you happiness
But above all this
I wish you love

I love you, I will always love

I, I will always, always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you

The love of my life had died with a brain tumor and his business partners had found the lyrics to this song, in his desk, with a note asking them to send it to me......his last gift....we were both married to other people and he had moved to another state because we felt that we shouldn't act upon our feelings and that distance was the best thing that we could do for ourselves and our families. I didn't go to his funeral, though I wanted to. P

[shakes]

Walking higher by Heather Nova

I carry you with me,
a ghost inside
And in these shattered arms
you're still alive.
I carry you with me,
a holy shrine
and dogs and angels follow
right behind.

And could I be walking higher,
Could I be right beside her ?

The bones they buried
will feed the trees
but every word you ever spoke
is still in me.

And could I be walking higher,
Could I be right beside her ?

And I will feel for you in the music.
And I will send that river home.
And I will cry for you sometimes
when the night is down.
And I raise my head up to the mountains,
talk to the birds and I fly
'cause the spirit lives on,
when the body dies

And could I be walking higher,
Could I be right beside her?
Could I be walking higher
Could I be right beside her?

[ktp]

Higher by Creed

When dreaming, I'm guided to another world
Time and time again
At sunrise, I fight to stay asleep
'Cause I don't want to leave the comfort of this place.

There's a hunger, a longing to escape,
From the life I live when I'm awake.
So let's go there,
Let's make our escape
Come on, let's go there
In trust can we stand.

Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see?
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets?

Although I would like the world to change
It helps me to appreciate those nights and those dreams
But my friend, I'd sacrifice all those nights
If I could make the Earth and my dreams the same
The only difference is
To let love replace all our hate.

So let's go there
Let's make our escape
Come on, let's go there
In trust can we stand

Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see?
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets?

So let's go there
Let's go there
Come on, let's go there.
In trust can we stand.

Up high, I feel like I'm alive
For the very first time.
Up high, I'm strong enough
To take these dreams and make them mine.

Can you take me higher?
To a place where blind men see?
Can you take me higher?
To a place with golden streets?

_________________________________________________________________

This was my late stepfather's favorite song. He was around from the time I started getting to visit with my mother. He was a wonderful man who was always joking and just so fun to be around. I was with him when he died in 2001 of an accidental poisoning. I wanted this song to be played at his funeral, unfortunately neither my mother or my sister listened. But this was his favorite song, so it affects me even today.

Kimberly.

[lenjan]

Church Clothes by Matt Nathanson

I've spent more than my share on temptation
trying to cool my swollen tongue
I gorged myself on all that free good will
and left the others none
What I wear like church clothes,
you wear just like jewelry
All the simple things you revel in,
they just suffocate me
And I don't know anymore,
wish someone would tell me who to be
Because I'm ready, I'm ready to try anything

I'm dazzled by glamour and camera angles,
the drama and swagger of fools
sacrificed beauty once to chase after their parade
and spent my morning after
crawling back to you
What I wear like church clothes,
you wear just like jewelry
All the simple things you revel in,
they just suffocate me
And I don't know anymore,
wish someone would tell me who to be
Because I'm ready, I'm ready to try anything

I want to be brand new
I want to trade in these wings, mine don't work like yours do
What I wear like church clothes,
you wear just like jewelry
All the simple things you revel in,
they just suffocate me
And I don't know anymore,
wish someone would tell me who to be
Because I'm ready, I'm ready to try anything

I'm stunned.........your songs blow me away. The lyrics all hit me right in the gut. Thanks, you guys. This may turn out to be a very good thing for us, emotionally.....xoxoxo

[SeptemberMorn]

I Want To Know What Love Is
(Foreigner)

I gotta take a little time,
a little time to think things over
I better read between the lines,
in case I need it when I'm older

Now this mountain I must climb,
feels like the world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine,
it keeps me warm as life grows colder

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far,
to change this lonely life

I want to know what love is,
I want you to show me
I want to feel what love is,
I know you can show me

I'm gonna take a little time,
a little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide,
it looks like love has finally found me

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far,
to change this lonely life

I want to know what love is,
I want you to show me
I want to feel what love is,
I know you can show me
I want to know what love is,
I want you to show me
(And I wanna feel) I want to feel what love is
(And I know) I know you can show me

Let's talk about love -
I want to know what love is
The love that you feel inside -
I want you to show me
And I'm feeling so much love -
I want to feel what love is
No, you just can't hide -
I know you can show me
I want to know what love is (let's talk about love),
I know you can show me
I wanna feel it too -
I want to feel what love is
I wanna feel it too, and I know and I know -
I know you can show me
Show me love is real, yeah -
I want to know what love is...

But it's usually countered with:

Sounds of Silence
(Simon and Garfunkel)

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said,
"The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

[jbug]

"Let Me Fall (From Cirque De Soleil)"

Let me fall
Let me climb
There's a moment when fear
And dreams must collide

Someone I am
Is waiting for courage
The one I want
The one I will become
Will catch me

So let me fall
If I must fall
I won't heed your warnings
I won't hear them

Let me fall
If I fall
Though the phoenix may
Or may not rise

I will dance so freely
Holding on to no one
You can hold me only
If you too will fall
Away from all these
Useless fears and chains

Someone I am
Is waiting for my courage
The one I want
The one I will become
Will catch me

So let me fall
If I must fall
I won't heed your warnings
I won't hear

Let me fall
If I fall
There's no reason
To miss this one chance
This perfect moment
Just let me fall

This is sung by Josh Groban another one of his songs that touches me is:
Darkness lies outside me here
And a bit inside as well
How absurd is this desert city

I can't even explain how
But this is NOT my dimension
And my mind never gets comfort
It is always somewhere else

But you... where are you? Where's your voice
What about me if I don't have you
If I don't get your help

Everything will look better
Under the light that will come from the sun
This night will be gone
Darkness will fade out

Hills will be seen
I will go on looking for you

Away from this melancholy
Envy or rage alike
I don't want these words anymore
To be here in my heart

But you... where are you
Where's your smile
What about me if I don't have you
If I don't get your love

Everything will look better
Under the light that will come from the sun
This night will be gone
Darkness will fade out

And under the light of that sun
I will go on looking for you

Everything will look better
Under the light, under the sun
Silence will die
People there will feel confused

And under the light of that sun
I will go on looking for you

Its actually called Alle Luce Del Sole and its sung in Italian I believe but this is the English translation. It is beautiful when he sings it....ever since I learned what it meant I cry every time I hear it.

Janniebug

[ktp]

(((((((Sept)))))))

Another song that I love....

My Immortal by Evanescence

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

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
You still have all of me....

You used to captivate me by your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
You still have all of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along...

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
and I held your hand through all of these years
and you still have
all of me....
all of me....
all of me....

_________________

I just think this is a beautifully sad, haunting song.

[lalo53]

Cool. I got her CD as soon as I heard this song. Good taste in music.
Lindsay

[kimmydawn]

This song has always meant a lot to me...

The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where

But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

So on we go
His welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

Bridge:
If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with gladness
And love for one another

It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share
And the load doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

He's my brother
He ain't heavy, He's my brother.

[ktp]

You guys are going to get REALLY sick of me! lol. I'm a music dork remember...but this song is really very special to me. I had such a connection to this song that my husband sings me this song and actually learned to play it on the guitar just for me.

On to the song:

Excess Baggage by Staind

Well I know the words
But I can't really speak them
To you
And I hide all the pain
That I've gained with my wisdom
From you
And I'm eaten alive
By what I hold inside
All the things that I live with
I can't easily hide
And I'm left here with nothing
Nothing to live for
But you...
It's not easy to hide
All this damage inside
And I'll carry it with me
Until I'm not alive...

When you look at my face
Does it seem just as ugly
To you?
I can't seem to erase
All the scars I have lived with
For you
I'm so sick of this place
This taste in my mouth
Cuz of you I can't figure what I'm all about
And I'm left here with nothing
Nothing to live for,
But you....
It's not easy to hide
All this damage inside
And I'll carry it with me
Until I'm not alive...



(((Hugs all))) thanks for putting up with me!

Kimberly

[kimmydawn]

Here is another one, then I'll stop...hehe. I have too many songs that have meant so much to me for different reasons. This song tho, always puts a smile on my face. The music is upbeat, and the lyrics are fun, good and simple.

Be safe,

Kimmydawn

Fishing in the Dark by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonight
Shinin' through the trees
Crickets are singin' and lightning bugs
Are floatin' on the breeze
Baby get ready
Across the field where the creek turns back
By the old stump row
I'm gonna take you to a special place
That nobody knows
Baby get ready
Ooooh - Ooh!

You and me go fishin' in the dark
Lyin' on our backs and countin' the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moonlight
We'll be fallin in love
In the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Stayin' the whole night through
It feels so good to be with you!

Spring is almost over and the summer's come
And the days are gettin' long
Waited all winter for the time to be right
Just to take you along
Baby get ready
And it don't matter if we sit forever
And the fish don't bite
We'll jump in the river and cool ourselves
From the heat of the night
Baby get ready
Ooooh - Ooh!

You and me go fishin' in the dark
Lyin' on our backs and countin the stars'
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moonlight
We'll be fallin' in love
In the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Stayin' the whole night through
It feels so good to be with
You and me go fishin

(You and me go fishin in the dark)
in the dark

Lyin' on our backs and countin' the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river (Down by the light)
in the full moonlight
We'll be fallin' in love
(We'll be fallin in love)
in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
You and me go fishin' (You and me go
fishin in the dark) in the dark
Lyin on our backs and countin' the stars
Where the cool grass grows

[ktp]

((((((Kimmydawn)))))))

I remember that song from when I was a child. It is connected with good memories so like you, it makes me smile to hear it! Thanks for sharing.

Take Care,
Kimberly.

This first verse of this song pretty much describes my childhood to a T and the message is probably the only way I lived through it. I just wish it was still enough to do it for me today.

"I'm Still Here" by Bruce Carroll

It's three o'clock and school is out
He should be going home
But the anger he knows waits for him
Chills him to the bone
The words from all the times before
Echo in his mind
They've left him feeling so unloved
They make this young boy cry
He goes into his hiding place
And tries to get away
As he lifts his fists to heaven,
It's then he hears god say:

I'm still here
I'm still here
No you have not been abandoned
Though you can't see through your tears
I'm still here

Another Sunday morning
She drives to church alone
While the man she loves is sleeping
His life away at home
With one hand on the steering wheel
The other wipes her tears
She cries out for her husband
The same way she's cried for years
She can hear him say,
"You're such a fool,"
And it's more than she can take
So she gives it to the father
Cause she know what he will say

I'm still here
I'm still here
No you have not been abandoned
Though you can't see through your tears
I'm still here

Sometimes there are no easy answers
Yet my promise remains true
I may not take your trials away
But I'll always take you through

I'm still here
I'm still here
No you have not been abandoned
Though you can't see through your tears
I'm still here

This song is more where I am in the here and now. Some people think it's uplifting, but for me it's about endings.

"Angel" by Sarah McLachlan

You spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh beautiful release
from the memories that seep from my veins
let me be empty
and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

in the arms of an angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there

so tired of the straight line
and everywhere you turn
there's vultures and thieves at your back
and the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lie
that you make up for all that you lack
that it don't make no difference
to escape one last time
is easier to believe
than this sweet madness oh
this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

in the arms of an angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here

[lenjan]

I know someone who had "Angel" played at her mom's funeral. I have to agree -- it's a beautiful song, but it's never uplifted me! Definitely about endings.

It has affected you......post it and tell how it came to be important to you. Several years ago I was going to my first ever Indian rodeo on the Navajo reservation. I was terrified. I was scared that they would not let me photograph and I was scared that I'd screw up and ruin everything. I wasn't afraid to be in the arena...it was a "mind" thing. I found a tape in my truck that belonged to one of my then teenagers. Here's what I played over and over and over, as loud as humanly possible. My dog, Tippy, would look over at me, as if to say "it's going to be okay, turn the frigging music down".....

It's another lonely evening
And another lonely town
But I ain't too young to worry
And I ain't too old to cry
When a woman gets me down
Got another empty bottle
And another empty bed
Ain't too young to admit it
And I'm not too old to lie
I'm just another empty head

That's why I'm lonely
I'm so lonely
But I know what I'm gonna do -

I'm gonna ride on
Ride on
Ride on, standing on the edge of the road
Ride on, thumb in the air
Ride on, one of these days I'm gonna
Ride on, change my evil ways
Till then I'll just keep ridin' on

Broke another promise
And I broke another heart
But I ain't too young to realize
That I ain't too old to try
Try to get back to the start
And it's another red light nightmare
Another red light street
And I ain't too old to hurry
Cause I ain't too old to die
But I sure am hard to beat

But I'm lonely
Lord I'm lonely
What am I gonna do -

Ride on
Ride on, got myself a one-way ticket
Ride on
Ride on, going the wrong way
Ride on, gonna change my evil ways
Ride on, one of these days
One of these days

Ride on
Ride on
I'm gonna ride on
Ride on, looking for a truck
Ride on
Ride on, keep on riding
Riding on and on and on

AC/DC

My daughter was addicted to heroin and I went and got her and took her to my ranch. I played the Sarah McLaughlin song for her and told her that I was planning to play it at her funeral. It was a huge turning point for the both of us. She's married now and has a darling baby girl named Stella Rebecca King Taylor!!!!!! Thanks for giving me that good feeling again. P

[kimmydawn]

ty ((((((((((((( kimberly)))))))))))))))))

you remember that from when you were a child and i remember singing it with my children we have a connection

you be safe and it's great hearing from you again!

Kimmydawn

[SeptemberMorn]

OH, JEEEEEEEEEEEZ!! I just scarfed down a whole box (cooked) of macaronni and cheese! I'm not trying to fill "the hole," am I?

Man, am I ever glad it was "cooked"....if not, I'd really worry about you and maybe send in the forces......

[lenjan]

Hey, I eat raw macaroni all the time! It makes for a really good "crunch" when I need that. I started that habit as a kid, though. Maybe adults shouldn't try this one at home.

[SeptemberMorn]

LMAO!! Yeah, I took the time to cook it, first. LOL

OooooWeeeeeeeeeee!! I just caught myself in time before I fell headlong into the depths of dispair!!

Here's a song that has inspired me from time to time:

"I Believe I Can Fly"
R KELLY

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the Everlasting Arms
(I've taken the liberty of capitalizing because to me, it can only mean One Person. )

If I can see it, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[1] - I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, oh

If I can see it, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Repeat 1]

Hey, cuz I believe in me, oh

If I can see it, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Repeat 1]

Hey, if I just spread my wings
I can fly
I can fly
I can fly, hey
If I just spread my wings
I can fly
Fly-eye-eye

The guy's been back on the news again. Hmmm... Shows to go ya, we're all human. The first time he got in trouble, it bothered me. Maybe I expected better of him until I realized "Hey! I don't know the guy! Where do I get off putting expectations on him?"

[SweetCrusader]

I have about a million of these, but here is one that is especially "my song". This song is totally me because I have struggled with like all of these issues. It makes me think of the huge crisis I was in that finally lead me to ask a professor for help and I started therapy for the first time. I am so glad that I was pushed far enough (finally) that I took the risk and I opened myself up to her, so she could help me with problems that had never been discussed, let alone worked through.

This song addresses things I have struggled with like my health problems, over-eating, self-injury, feeling estranged from my spiritual side, blaming everyone but myself, blaming myself for everything, etc. Alanis said that, to her, this song is a PRAYER and she wants to get down on her knees every time she sings it. I feel the same way about this song. A lot of people don't get that, but I sure do. I think a lot of people here have been there.

And here it is...

THANK U (BY ALANIS MORISSETTE)
how 'bout getting off of these antibiotics?
how 'bout stopping eating when i'm full up?
how 'bout them transparent dangling carrots?
how 'bout that ever elusive kudo?
thank u india
thank u terror
thank u disillusionment
thank u frailty
thank u consequence
thank u, thank u silence
how 'bout me not blaming you for everything?
how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once?
how 'bout how good it feels to finally forgive you?
how 'bout grieving it all one at a time?
thank u india
thank u terror
thank u disillusionment
thank u frailty
thank u consequence
thank u, thank u silence
the moment i let go of it
was the moment i got more than i could handle
the moment i jumped off of it
was the moment i touched down
how 'bout no longer being massochistic?
how 'bout remembering your divinity?
how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out?
how 'bout not equating death with stopping?
thank u india
thank u providence
thank u disillusionment
thank u nothingness
thank u clarity
thank u, thank u silence

GREAT THREAD, Pat!

Angela

[SeptemberMorn]

I've never heard the song, but I can relate to it, too. Being sung like a prayer isn't in the realm of impossibility to me, either.

[SeptemberMorn]

eeewwwwwww! Raw macaronni? No taste to it! My grandkids do that, though. I've seen them sneak some before it gets put in the water to boil. LOL My mom would say "Stop that! You're going to get sick!" LOLOL