Sometimes it's necessary for anxiety and depression to hear they are understood in order to calm them down, allowing them to rest awhile.
Life Is Sweet ~ by: Natalie Merchant It's a pity It's a crying shame Who pulled you down again? How painful it must be To bruise so easily inside It's a pity It's a downright crime But it happens all the time You wanna stay little daddy's girl Wanna hide from the vicious world outside But don't cry Know the tears'll do no good So dry your eyes Your daddy he's the iron man A battleship wrecked on dry land Your mama she's a bitter bride She'll never be satisfied, And you know That's not right But don't cry Know the tears'll do no good So dry your eyes Oh, they told you life is hard It's misery from the start It's dull it's slow and painful I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more Be grateful Well, who do you believe? Who will you listen to Who will it be? It's high time that you decide In your own mind Tried to comfort you Tried to tell you to be patient They are blind and they can't see Fortune gonna come some day All gonna fade away Your daddy the war machine and Your mama the long and suffering Prisoner of what she can not see Oh, they told you life is hard It's misery from the start It's dull and slow and painful But I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more Be grateful So, who will you believe? Who will you listen to? Who will it be? Cause it's high time that you decide It's time you make up your own, your own sweet little mind Oh, they told you life is long Be thankful when it's done Don't ask for more You should be grateful But I tell you life is short Be thankful because before you know It, it will be over
[repeat²] Cause life is sweet And life is also very short Your life is sweet Your life is sweet Your life is sweet...
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Paul Simon, from the song America.
“So I looked at the scenery. She read her magazine. And the Moon rose over an open field.”
More from my, 'Feeling Feelings' playlist...
Everybody Hurts ~ REM When your day is long And the night, the night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough Of this life, well hang on Don't let yourself go 'Cause everybody cries Everybody hurts sometimes Sometimes everything is wrong Now it's time to sing along When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on) If you feel like letting go (hold on) If you think you've had too much Of this life, well hang on 'Cause everybody hurts Take comfort in your friends Everybody hurts Don't throw your hand, oh no Don't throw your hand If you feel like you're alone No, no, no, you are not alone If you're on your own in this life The days and nights are long When you think you've had too much Of this life to hang on Well, everybody hurts sometimes Everybody cries Everybody hurts, sometimes And everybody hurts sometimes So hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on Everybody hurts...
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Trouble Me ~ by 10,000 Maniacs Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and your worries. Trouble me on the days when you feel spent. Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong? Trouble me. Speak to me, don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling; There's no telling where it starts or how it ends. Speak to me, why are you building this thick brick wall to defend me when your silence is my greatest fear? Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong? Speak to me. Let me have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning. Please don't hide them just because of tears. Let me send you off to sleep with a "There, there, now stop your turning and tossing." Let me know where the hurt is and how to heal. Spare me? Don't spare me anything troubling. Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and your worries. Speak to me and let our words build a shelter from the storm. Lastly, let me know what I can mend. There's more, honestly, than my sweet friend, you can see. Trust is what I'm offering if you trouble me.
And because at some point, you may need a someone you can trouble... MHA Warmlines ~ National and by State 💓
Wicked Game remake. Modified to say “I don’t want to fall in love…this world is only going to break your heart”
@quixotic_life
I have read that Everybody Hurts is the letter that Michael Stipe had written to his friend Kurt Cobain, but sadly too late.
Oh man! That's the worst... Not knowing the depths of another's pain, feeling the guilt from not being there, that had it been realized you'd have been there in an instant. But it's not fair to fault ourselves for what we didn't know, or for the things we can't control.
Pretty much all of these.
Anna Blue - Silent Scream:
Machine Gunn Kelly - Home:
Avril Lavigne - With You:
(Nightcore) Forgettable by Project 46 (ft. Olivia):
@quixotic_life “Lude us sweet” damn 😭😭that hit too close to home! I love what you hid in the spoiler 😘😘😘
@Chris55555 Agree!!!
I don’t want to fall in love…this world is only >going to break your heart”
Here is one song that is perfect for a cuddling session. Here are the lyrics to "Cool Night" "Come on over tonight Come on over
It's gonna be a cool night Just let me hold you By the firelight, if it don't feel right You can go
On a cool night, let me hold you On a cool night, just let me hold you By the firelight, if it don't feel right You can go
On a cool night, let me hold you On a cool night, just let me hold you By the firelight, if it don't feel right You can go"
@exitstageright ♡♡♡ Love that!!
Telephone Line Song by Electric Light Orchestra
Hello, how are you? Have you been alright Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights? That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything If you'd pick up that telephone Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, how're you feelin'? Are you still the same? Don't you realise the things we did, we did, were all for real? Not a dream I just can't believe they've all faded out of view Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ooh-ooh-ooh I look into the sky (The love you need ain't gonna see you through) And I wonder why (The little things you planned ain't coming true) Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Okay, so no one's answering Well, can't you just let it ring a little longer, longer, longer Oh, I'll just sit tight In shadows of the night Let it ring forevermore, oh-woh Yeah, yeah, yeah I look into the sky (The love you need ain't gonna see you through) And I wonder why (The little things you planned ain't coming true) Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Lynne Jeff
I'm an ol' fashion kinda guy. I'm not going to type it all out but I'll ask all the ladies on here to listen to: "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton. Nuff said.
@Alexjustforu70 I just feel these two are co related somehow……….maybe just in my head!
Got no connection, no faith or direction, no Searching and searching for someone to save my soul, ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh I was swept up in a wave, swept up in a wave Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Then I heard you say my name Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah Lost, I was lost, I was lost 'til you loved me Now I'm found, now I'm found, now I'm found Yeah, you took me to a place It was safe, it was sound (sound-sound-sound) Lost, I was lost, now I'm found Lost, I was lost, I was lost 'til you loved me Now I'm found, now I'm found, now I'm found Yeah, you took me to a place It was safe, it was sound (sound-sound-sound) Lost, I was lost, now I'm found I was so broken, my heart was an empty space (oh, oh, oh) Life was a joke 'til the moment I saw your face Saw your face, saw your face Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh I was swept up in a wave, swept up in a wave Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Then I heard you say my name Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah Lost, I was lost, I was lost 'til you loved me Now I'm found, now I'm found, now I'm found Yeah, you took me to a place It was safe, it was sound (sound-sound-sound) Lost, I was lost, now I'm found Lost, I was lost, I was lost 'til you loved me Now I'm found, now I'm found, now I'm found Yeah, you took me to a place It was safe, it was sound (sound-sound-sound) Lost, I was lost, now I'm found Ooh-ooh-ooh, again (ah-ah) Ooh-ooh-ooh, again, yeah Ooh-ooh-ooh, again (ah-ah) Ooh-ooh-ooh, again, yeah Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh I was swept up in a wave, swept up in a wave Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh I was stranded when you came Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Lost, I was lost, I was lost 'til you loved me (I was lost, lost) Now I'm found, now I'm found, now I'm found (now I'm found, found, found) Yeah, you took me to a place, it was safe, it was sound (yeah, yeah, yeah) Lost, I was lost, now I'm found (oh yeah) Lost, I was lost, I was lost 'til you loved me (I was lost, lost) Now I'm found, now I'm found, now I'm found (now I'm found, found, found) Yeah, you took me to a place, it was safe, it was sound (ooh, yeah, yeah) Lost, I was lost, now I'm found
Bittersweet thing Could this be a dream Or just the same nightmare that keeps me awake? Feel it in my brain A tall shot of pain Pour a little out now for the love that we've made I feel it in the morning You're still here in the morning I see you but you're gone Telephone a doctor, "I'm not okay" The bottom of the bottle To fill this empty heart up A thousand proof Don't change the truth I dive in but I can't I can't drink you away I've tried Jack, I've tried Jim I've tried all of their friends But I can't drink you away All these rocks I can't swim Out of this skin I'm living in Say Now tell me, baby, don't they make a medicine for heart break, ooh? Tell me, baby, oh, yeah, now don't they make a medicine for heart break? Got a pounding on my brain So I drowned it away When the sun comes up tomorrow you can find me doing the same 'Cause I just can't forget The way we turned out this bed And now the only thing that sleeps here is a ghost of you instead And then I feel it in the morning You're still here in the morning I see you but you're gone Telephone a doctor, "I'm not okay" Bottom of the bottle To fill this empty heart up A thousand proof Don't change the truth I dive in but I can't I can't drink you away I've tried Jack, I've tried Jim I've tried all of their friends But I can't drink you away (no, I can't) All these rocks I can't swim Out of this skin I'm living in
I make music for depressed kids, stuck in hole with no rope to climb to the top Just a rope to tie in a knot around their necks Signed "Goodbye cruel world, leaving the flies to the cops"
I need the kinda love that Can outlast the night I need the kinda love that Is willing to fight
When the going gets tough And my strength's not enough I see you showing up like never before This battle for my heart You took on from the start You are the peace when my mind's at war And o-ohh
You will never stop fighting for me When I can't fight for myself Every word is a promise you keep 'Cause you love me like nobody else You stand up for me In the darkest night When my faith is weak You're still by my side You will never stop fighting for me You will never stop fighting for me
In the perfect timing You make all things right You paint a silver lining In this heart of mine
Your love Is winning me over Your heart Is pulling me closer Your love Is winning me over Your heart Is pulling me closer
You will never stop... Fighting for me, fighting for me Every word is a promise you keep, oh, o-ohh
You will never stop fighting for me When I can't fight for myself (When I can't) Every word is a promise you keep (Oh, oh) 'Cause you love me like nobody else (Nobody) You stand up for me (You stand up for me) In the darkest night (In the darkest night) When my faith is weak (Yeah, yeah) You're still by my side (My side) You will never stop fighting for me (You will never stop) You will never stop fighting for me
Bittersweet Surrender Big Head Todd and the Monsters
The lines "Are we everything we wanted" and "we don't tell each other all the little things that we need." ugh.
A little light looks through her bedroom window She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets Her hair blowing in the breeze And she can't see me watching And I'm thinking love Love Love Love
It's bittersweet More sweet than bitter More bitter than sweet It's a bittersweet surrender
It's bittersweet More sweet than bitter Bitter than sweet It's a bittersweet surrender
I'm older now I work in the city We live together But it's different than my dream Morning light fills the room, I rise She pretends she's sleeping Are we everything we wanted? And I'm thinking love Love Love Love
I know we don't talk about it We don't tell each other All the little things that we need We work our way around each other As we tremble and we As we tremble and we bleed As we tremble and we As we tremble and we bleed
I just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You Colin Hay
There was a whole year I bawled every time I listened to this song (which I totally sought out on purpose every time).
I drink good coffee every morning It comes from a place that's far away And when I'm done I feel like talking Without you here there is less to say
Don't want you thinking I'm unhappy What is closer to the truth Is that if I lived till I was a hundred and two I just don't think I'll ever get over you
I'm no longer moved to drink strong whiskey I shook the hand of time and I knew that if I lived till I could no longer climb my stairs I just don't think I'll ever get over you
Your face it dances and it haunts me your laughter is still ringing in my ears I still find pieces of your presence here even after all these years
I don't want you thinking that i don't get asked to dinner cause I'm here to say that I sometimes do and even though I may seem to feel a touch of love I just don't think I'll ever get over you
if I live till I was a hundred and two I just don't think I'll ever get over you
@MaineCuddle —the lyrics to this song remind me of someone very dear to me. I wish life had panned out differently for both of us. Thank you for sharing.
@MaineCuddle
There are some songs I cannot listen to, and that’s one of them.
Going through heartbreak currently, and also healing from the loss of a pregnancy which I experienced in November 2020. Family and friends roll their eyes a lot because I haven't gotten over it all yet. I've been reeling for the last 6-8 months, but music pulls me through and allows me to feel. Right now I think I'm most resonating with Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams" and Chelsea Cutler's "Somebody Else Will Get Your Eyes". The latter of which is ironically a favourite song of my former partner, whom introduced me to Cutler's music.
@Catloaf
I know you in only the barest of ways, via these forums, but please accept a huge virtual hug from me.
Thank you @CharlesThePoet, it means the world.
If I expected love when first we kissed Blame it on my youth If only just for you I did exist Blame it on my youth
I believed in everything Like a child at three You meant more than everything All the world to me
If you were on my mind all night and day Blame it on my youth If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray Blame it on my youth
If I cried a little bit When first I learned the truth Don't blame it on my heart Blame it on my youth
Oscar Levant (music) and Edward Heyman (Lyrics)
I Want to Know What Love is,
By Foreigner
from "Wish That You Were Here" by Florence and the Machine
"...We all need something watching over us Be it the falcons, the clouds or the cross And then the sea swept in and left us all speechless Speechless
And I never minded being on my own Then something broke in me and I wanted to go home to be where you are But even closer to you, you seem so very far...
And now I'm reaching out with every note I sing And I hope it gets to you on some pacific wind Wraps itself around you and whispers in your ear Tells you that I miss you and I wish that you were here..."
@MaineCuddle I can’t listen to this song anymore without bawling my eyes out!
@Catloaf sending you tight hugs🫂!