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    Lyrics that strike a chord

    Apologies for the cheesy title.

    I find that music is very important to how I feel. It lets me deal with emotions. I often find that lyrics -as they can be interpreted in many ways- help me through a lot of things. Even when I'm completly happy.

    So...What lyrics have you listened to recently that are really important to you and help you deal with a certain situation better?

    I'll start it off:

    My 'relation' was with a girl that had some problems. The song "I walk beside you" by Dream Theater had some really fitting lyrics to the situation:

    "There's a story in your eyes
    I can see the hurt behind your smile
    For every sign I recognize
    Another one escapes me

    Let me know what plagues your mind
    Let me be the one to know you best
    Be the one to hold you up
    When you feel like you're sinking

    Tell me once again
    What's beneath the pain you're feeling
    Don't abandon me
    Or think you can't be saved

    I walk beside you
    Wherever you are
    Whatever it takes
    No matter how far
    Through all the may come
    And all that may go
    I walk beside you
    I walk beside you

    Summon up your ghosts for me
    Rest your tired thoughts upon my hands
    Step inside this sacred place
    When all your dreams seem broken

    Resonate inside this temple
    Let me be the one who understands
    Be the one to carry you
    When you can walk no further

    Tell me once again
    What's below the surface bleeding
    If you've lost your way,
    I will take you there

    I walk beside you
    Wherever you are
    Whatever it takes
    No matter how far
    Through all that may come
    And all that may go
    I walk beside you
    I walk beside you

    Oh, where everything is wrong
    Oh, where hopelessness surrounds you
    Oh, the sun will rise again
    The tide you swim against
    Will carry you back home
    So don't give up
    Don't give in

    I walk beside you
    Wherever you are
    Whatever it takes
    No matter how far
    Through all that may come
    And all that may go
    I walk beside you
    I walk beside you"

    It's kinda long, but this entire song is so important to me
    Can someone please explain what is so great about constantly being reminded of that which you cannot have?

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    The lovers need to clear the road cause this thing is ready to blow.
    I just wanna set you on fire so I wont have to burn alone.
    Then you...Then you'll know where I'm coming from.
    Fire bomb.
    These Lyrics are getting to me right now because I am so angry with my ex-fiance because I'm full of resentment. All I want to do is make him feel the way he has made me feel.

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    The last time I freaked out
    I just kept lookin' down
    I st-st-stuttered when
    You asked me what I'm thinkin' 'bout
    felt like I couldn't breathe
    You asked what's wrong with me
    My best friend leslie said
    "Oh, she's just bein' Miley"
    And next time we hang out
    I will redeem myself
    My heart, can't rest till then
    Whoa, whoa, I
    I can't wait
    To see you again

    I got this crazy feelin'
    Deep inside
    when You called and ask to see me
    Tomorrow night

    I'm not a mind reader
    But I'm readin' the signs
    that you can't wait
    To see me again

    Chorus
    The last time I freaked out
    I just kept lookin' down
    I st-st-stuttered when
    You asked me what I'm thinkin' 'bout
    felt like I couldn't breathe
    You asked what's wrong with me
    My best friend leslie said
    "Oh, she's just bein' Miley"
    And next time we hang out
    I will redeem myself
    My heart, can't rest till then
    Whoa, whoa, I
    I can't wait
    To see you again

    I've got my sight set on you
    And I'm ready to aim

    Chorus
    The last time I freaked out
    I just kept lookin' down
    I st-st-stuttered when
    You asked me what I'm thinkin' 'bout
    felt like I couldn't breathe
    You asked what's wrong with me
    My best friend leslie said
    "Oh, she's just bein' Miley"
    and next time we hang out
    I will redeem myself
    My heart, can't rest till then
    Whoa, whoa, I
    I can't wait
    To see you again

    Whoa, whoa, I
    I can't wait
    To see you again
    I gave you my heart
    I gave you my soul
    Now I'm just another number
    at the Center for Disease Control

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    I'm Gonna live my life
    Like every day's the last
    Without a simple goodbye
    It all goes by so fast.

    And now that you're gone
    I can't cry hard enough
    No I can't cry hard enough
    For you to hear me now.

    Gonna open my eyes
    And see for the first time
    I let go of you like
    A child letting go of his kite,
    There it goes up in the sky
    There it goes beyond the clouds
    For no reason why

    I can't cry hard enough
    No, I can't cry hard enough
    For you to hear me now.

    There it goes up in the sky
    There it goes beyond the clouds
    For no reason why

    I can't cry hard enough
    No, I can't cry hard enough
    For you to hear me now
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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    LOVE this thread! I'm with you, music is my drug for any sort of feeling I have. I re-heard this song this weekend and its so what I'm feeling right now.

    on my way up north
    up on the ventura
    i pulled back the hood
    and i was talking to you
    and i knew then it would be
    a life long thing
    but i didn't know that we
    we could break a silver lining

    and i'm so sad
    like a good book
    i can't put this day back
    a sorta fairytale
    with you
    a sorta fairytale
    with you

    things you said that day
    up on the 101
    the girl had come undone
    i tried to downplay it
    with a bet about us
    you said that-
    you'd take it
    as long as i could
    i could not erase it

    and i'm so sad
    like a good book
    i can't put this day back
    a sorta fairytale
    with you
    a sorta fairytale
    with you

    and i ride along side
    and i rode along side
    you then
    and i rode along side
    till you lost me there
    in the open road
    and i rode along side
    till the honey spread
    itself so thin
    for me to break your bread
    for me to take your word
    i had to steal it

    and i'm so sad
    like a good book
    i can't put this day back
    a sorta fairytale
    with you
    a sorta fairytale
    with you

    i could pick back up
    whenever i feel

    down new mexico way
    something about
    the open road
    i knew that he was
    looking for some indian blood and
    find a little in you find a little
    in me we may be
    on this road but
    we're just
    impostors
    in this country you know
    so we go along and we said
    we'd fake it
    feel better with
    oliver stone
    till i
    almost smacked him -
    seemed right that night and
    i don't know what
    takes hold
    out there in the
    desert cold
    these guys think they must
    try and just get over on us

    and i'm so sad
    like a good book
    i can't put this
    day back
    a sorta fairytale
    with you
    a sorta fairytale
    with you

    and i was ridin' by
    ridin' along side
    for a while till you lost me
    and i was ridin' by
    ridin' along till you lost me
    till you lost
    me in
    the rear
    view
    you lost me
    i said

    way up north i took my day
    all in all was a pretty nice
    day and i put the hood
    right back where
    you could taste heaven
    perfectly
    feel out the summer breeze
    didn't know when we'd be back
    and i, i don't
    didn't think
    we'd end up like
    like this
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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    Also by Dream Theater....I won't post the entire song, but I some phrases and passages are pretty much the words I try to live by:

    Don't
    Tell me what's in
    Tell me how to write
    Don't tell me how to win this fight
    Isn't your life
    It isn't your right
    To take the only thing that's mine

    To those who understand, I extend my hand
    To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am
    Not under your command, I know where I stand
    I won't change to fit your plan, Take me as I am

    ''Slow down,
    You're thinking too much
    Where is your soul?''
    You cannot touch
    The way I play
    Or tell me what to say
    You're in the way
    Of all that I believe in
    Can someone please explain what is so great about constantly being reminded of that which you cannot have?

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    I've never felt alone
    'Till I met you
    I'm all right on my own
    And then I met you
    And I'd know what to do if I just knew what's coming
    I would change myself if I could
    I'd walk with my people if I could find them
    And I'd say that I'm sorry to you
    I'm sorry to you
    And I don't want to call you
    But then I want to call you 'cause I don't want to crush you
    But I feel like crushing you
    And it's true I took for granted you were with me
    I breathe by your looks and you look right through me
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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    Pearls and swine bereft of me
    Long and weary my road has been
    I was lost in the cities
    Alone in the hills
    No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel

    I am not your rolling wheels
    I am the Highway
    I am not your carpet ride
    I am the sky

    Friends and liars don't wait for me
    'Cause I'll get on all by myself
    I put millions of miles
    Under my heels
    And still too close to you
    I feel
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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    Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination.
    When he's tall he's what we call a dinosaur sensation!

    Barney friends are big and small they come from lots of places.
    After school they meet to play and sing with happy faces!

    Barney shows us lots of things, like how to play pretend!
    A-B-C's and 1-2-3's and how to be a friend!

    Barney comes to play with us whenever we may need him.
    Barney can be your friend too if you just make believe him!
    If you just make believe him!!!

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    Beautiful text, worth to take Your time and translate...

    Shy'm 'T'es parti'

    Y'a l'homme que l'on aime,
    et l'autre qu'on ne comprend pas
    si les deux sont le même,
    alors lequel nous restera,
    je ne sais pas, je ne sais plus
    lequel tu seras quand tu reviendras

    Refrain:

    Y'a pas que l'amour blesse,
    y'a les conséquence de certains gestes,
    T'es parti.
    Ta famille pleure et la fête est finie,
    y'a pas que l'erreur qui blesse,
    y'a le mal de l'absence qui reste,
    ce pour la vie,
    mais comment as tu pu finir ainsi.


    Y'a l'homme que l'on aime, l'autre qui ne s'aime pas,
    qui s'endort sur ses problèmes,
    trop fière ne parle pas,
    je ne sais pas, je ne sais plus,
    et deux visages pour deux images,
    OH non,
    Je ne sais pas, je ne sais plus,
    Comment te reconnaitre quand tu reviendras.

    Refrain:

    Y'a pas que l'amour blesse,
    y'a les conséquence de certains gestes,
    T'es parti.
    Ta famille pleure et la fête est finie,
    y'a pas que l'erreur qui blesse,
    y'a le mal de l'absence qui reste,
    ce pour la vie,
    mais comment as tu pu finir ainsi.

    Y'a pas que l'amour blesse,
    y'a les conséquence de certains gestes,
    T'es parti.
    Ta famille pleure et la fête est finie,
    y'a pas que l'erreur qui blesse,
    y'a le mal de l'absence qui reste,
    ce pour la vie,
    mais comment a tu pu finir ainsi.

    Y'a pas que l'amour blesse,
    y'a les conséquence de certains gestes,
    T'es parti.
    Ta famille pleure et la fête est finie,
    y'a pas que l'erreur qui blesse,
    y'a le mal de l'absence qui reste,
    ce pour la vie,
    mais comment as tu pu finir ainsi.
    Last edited by Petit Papillon; 20-01-10 at 09:12 AM.
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    Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
    Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
    A mind full of questions, and a teacher in my soul
    And so it goes...

    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
    Holding me like gravity are places that pull
    If ever there was someone to keep me at home
    It would be you...

    Everyone I come across, in cages they bought
    They think of me and my wandering, but I'm never what they thought
    I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts
    I'm alive...

    Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
    Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
    Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead
    Overhead...

    Leave it to me as I find a way to be
    Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting
    I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know meGuaranteed
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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    I've actually been listening to this entire cd since last night, but this song in particular hits home with me. A little at a time, its getting better....
    A little Better by Gnarls Barkley

    [Cee-Lo]
    Now I can sing you the storyline
    And if you like my story fine
    But ain't none of the glory mine
    See my life was a lonely one
    And I was still momma's only son
    With no idea what I'm gon' become
    And I didn't have long to know
    That you don't have to be grown to go
    I could have died so long befo'
    Then I finally saw the sign
    And I made it on down the line
    One step at a time

    [Chorus]
    I feel better!
    I can smile at it now, I feel better
    Ohhhh, better!
    And even a little is still better
    Oh, have mercy on me

    [Cee-Lo]
    Ohhh it's probably plain to see
    That I got a whole lot of pain in me
    And it will always remain in me
    So cold, it's a cryin shame
    Yet here I am, tryin again
    Cause I refuse to die in vain
    The circumstances put soul in me
    And there ain't no holdin me
    I've got a heart made of gold in me
    Hah, can you believe this is where I've been?
    And when adversity comes again
    I'll deal with it then

    [Chorus]
    I feel better!
    I can laugh at it now, I feel better, heh heh
    Ohhhh, better!
    And even a little is still better
    Oh, have mercy on me-heeeeeeee

    [Cee-Lo]
    Ah-ahhh-hahhh-ah yeahhh
    Mmmmmmmmmm, ohhhhhhh-oh-ohhhh!

    I said everything's fine, you can take your time
    What would be on your mind, if you knew you was dyin
    I would wanna just feel this ah-one more time
    I said everything's fine, take yo' time
    What would be on your mind, if you knew you was dyin
    I would wanna just feel this ah-one more time
    I wanna thank you morning sun
    I wanna thank you lowly dirt
    Now I know I'm not the only one
    I, I wanna thank you friendly ghost
    When all the calls were close
    It seems like you cared the most
    I, I wanna thank you Mom and Dad
    For hurtin me so bad
    But you're the best I ever had
    I, I wanna thank you... [fades]
    Last edited by IncognitoSir; 29-01-10 at 12:48 AM.

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    RHCP know whats up...

    My friends are so distressed
    And standing on the brink of emptiness
    No words I know of to express
    This emptiness

    I love all of you
    Hurt by the cold
    So hard and lonely too
    When you don't know yourself

    Imagine me, taught by tragedy
    Release is peace

    I heard a little girl
    And what she said was something beautiful
    To give your love no matter what
    Is what she said

    I love all of you
    Hurt by the cold
    So hard and lonely too
    When you don't know yourself
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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    U2 knows too...

    You say you want
    Diamonds on a ring of gold
    You say you want
    Your story to remain untold

    But all the promises we make
    From the cradle to the grave
    When all I want is you

    You say you'll give me
    A highway with no one on it
    Treasure just to look upon it
    All the riches in the night

    You say you'll give me
    Eyes in a moon of blindness
    A river in a time of dryness
    A harbour in the tempest
    But all the promises we make
    From the cradle to the grave
    When all I want is you
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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    Grandma. <3 forever.

    I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
    I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
    I keep your photograph, I know it serves me well
    I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

    'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
    And I don't feel like I am strong enough
    'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away

    The worst is over now and we can breathe again
    I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
    There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
    I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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