[Silent_tsol]

Any songs remind you of therapy, you in T, you and T, T or any combination that's form-able and related?

I heard this one yesterday driving home from work

Mumford and Sons
After the Storm

And after the storm,
I run and run as the rains come
And I look up, I look up,
on my knees and out of luck,
I look up.

This could be me reaching the point of deciding to go to T in the first place

Night has always pushed up day
You must know life to see decay
But I won't rot, I won't rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won't rot.

And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

That would be T talking

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That's why I hold,
That's why I hold with all I have.
That's why I hold.

I won't die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I'll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and man so small.
Well I'm scared of what's behind and what's before.

My response

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

Anyone else have a song? (You don't have to get as detailed as I did if you don't want. But you can if you want too)

[Snuffleupagus]

Oh, I listened to this all the time when I was about to terminate with exT:

Sick of You by Cake

I'm so sick of you
so sick of me
I don't want to be with you

I'm so sick of you
so sick of me
I don't want to be with you

I want to fly away
I want to fly away

I'm so sick of work
so sick of play
I don't need another day

I'm so sick of work
so sick of play
I don't need another day

I need to fly away
I need to fly away

Every shiny toy
That at first brings you joy
Will always start to cloy and annoy

Every camera every phone
All the music that you own
Won't change the fact you're all alone (All alone! )

I'd also listen to Rob Zombie's Dragula on the way home from an especially disappointing session and kind of yell the "Burn through the witches" line.

[SpiritRunner]

Still Haven't Found what I'm looking for, U2 - I played this one a lot when with T1. I felt like I was searching for answers, I know I hoped T could help me find some. For a while, I guess I thought she was what I was looking for....eh, not so much!
And Roger Daltry, After the fire - After the fire the fire still burns/The heart grows older but never ever learns/The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns/After the fire the fire still burns.
Guess that was how I felt about myself, my life, why I needed therapy ...... the fire still burning, me never learning. Now it's sort the feeling that the memories of that T relationship still smolder and something in me still yearns for the attachment even though it hurt.....
Wish I could think of a more positive song that represented the better things I received in my time with T2 - all I think of at the moment though is a Christian song called Blessings by Laura Story....

[Chopin99]

I think Mumford and Sons are quite therapeutic!

Check out "The Cave"

T says:
It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

I say:
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

T says:
But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

I say:
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

T says:
So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

I say:
So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

T says:
And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

I say:
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Also, a song that has captivated me is "Have You Forsaken Me?" by The Brilliance. Beautiful instrumentation (although not terribly therapeutic)!

The lone lyric over and over:

My God,
Have You forsaken me?
Forsaken me?
Forsaken me?

[nonamecomestomind]

No, I haven't ever thought about a song for me. But I kinda wonder if any T ever wants to sing Toby Keith's "I Wanna Talk About Me"!

[purplelephant]

Sort Of by Ingrid Michaelson

Baby you've got the sort of hands to rip me apart
And baby you've got the sort of face to start this old heart
But your eyes are warning me this early morning
That my love's too big for you my love

Baby you've got the sort of laugh that waters me
And makes me grow tall and strong and proud and flattens me
I find you stunning, but you are running me down
My love's too big for you my love
My love's too big for you my love

And if I was stronger then I would tell you no
And if I was stronger then I will leave this show
And if I was stronger then I would up and go
But here I am and here we go again

Baby you've got the sort of eyes that tell me tales
That your sort of mouth just will not say, the truth impales
That you don't need me, but you won't leave me
My love's too big for you my love
My love's too big for you my love

And if I was stronger then I would tell you no
And if I was stronger then I will leave this show
And if I was stronger then I would up and go
But here I am and here we go again

Tell me what to do to take away the you?

And if I was stronger then I would tell you no.
And if I was stronger then I will leave this show
And if I was stronger then I would up and go
But here I am and here we go again


It's not exact, but it's pretty good.

[PiperLeigh]

One of the songs that really captures the way I felt when I realized I needed help...

JJ Heller - Control

The cut is deep, but never deep enough for me
It doesn't hurt enough to make me forget
One moment of relief is never long enough
To keep the voices in my head
From stealing my peace

Oh, control
It's time, time to let you go

Perfection has a price
But I cannot afford to live that life
It always ends the same; a fight I never win
Oh, control
It's time, time to let you go

I'm letting go of the illusion
I'm letting go of the confusion
I can't carry it another step
I close my eyes and take a breath
I'm letting go, letting go

There were scars before my scars
Love written on the hands that hung the stars
Hope living in the blood that was spilled for me

Oh, control
It's time, time to let you go...
Control
It's time, time to let you go.

*************

I don't have enough posts to add a link, but you can find it on youtube or buy it on itunes.

[stopdog]

Carmina Burana.
or
Night on Bald Mountain.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by Chopin99

I think Mumford and Sons are quite therapeutic!

Sanford and Son is what my apartment looks like, so the theme song from that?

Originally Posted by stopdog

Carmina Burana.
or
Night on Bald Mountain.

That's a funny association! Cracked me up.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by hankster

Sanford and Son is what my apartment looks like, so the theme song from that?

I think we might live in the same apartment and just can't find each other amongst all the crap.

[sconnie892]

Love this thread!
Right now I have three songs that I think about in relation to therapy.

"Suitcases" by Dara Maclean
"You can't run when you're holding suitcases
It's a new day, throw away your mistakes, and open up your heart
Lay down your guard, you don't have to be afraid."

This one makes me think about opening up to T and being free of the past.

"Blessings" by Laura Story
" 'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise"

This is one I like to listen to when I am really struggling and sad.

"The Wishing Tree" by The King's Singers
"And though I am poisoned
choking on the small change
of human hope, gently
beaten into me, look
I am still alive;
in fact, in bud."

This is actually a poem by Kathleen Jamie that's been set to music. It's a wonderfully complex song that I use when I am having anxiety issues. I try to follow one singer's voice through the entire song to help regain my focus. The last line of the poem reminds me of perseverance.

[PiperLeigh]

Originally Posted by sconnie892

"Blessings" by Laura Story
" 'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise"

I love this song.

[likelife]

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

I don't have a particular song that stands out to me, but Chopin, thank you for this. All this time, I thought they were singing "And I WILL let you choke...." Kinda makes all the difference!

[Towanda]

I love this one by Josh Groban

When I am down and oh my soul so weary
When troubles come, and my heart burdened be
Then I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be.

Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls

Therapy and what I think about searching and my quest to find answers

I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
The best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it, I'm crawling on your shore.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper
And I was free.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
I went in seeking clarity.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

We go to the bible, we go through the workout
We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

[stopdog]

Wow - I must live under a rock (or in my own head - but that would make the therapist gloat so I reject it) because, beside my own post info, I only know the King's Singers and Indigo girls. OR, more probably, I am just old.

[pbutton]

Lately I'm all about Wonderful by Everclear.

Particularly:

I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad

and

I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it's all okay
I laugh aloud so my friends won't know
When the bell rings I just don't wanna go home
Go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life

and

Some days I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now...

The Cure/Adele's Lovesong:

Whenever I'm alone with you, I feel like I am whole again . . .
Whenever I'm alone with you, I feel like I free again.
Whenever I'm alone with you, I feel like I am clean again.

However far away, whatever words I say, I will always love you.

[CantExplain]

I've seen you twice, in a short time
Only a week since we started
It seems to me, for every time
I'm getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible case
No-one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There's a lot you can teach me
So I wanna know..

What's the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?
What's the name of the game?
Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know..