Healing songs/lyrics #2

February 9, 2007

Here's a song I listen to nowadays, when I'm really having a sad moment, and it makes me feel all that much better. It's a meandering folk/blues tune in a traditional standard format.... a nice, rolling train ride through a countryside of meadow flowers....Thank you, John Mayer

"The Heart Of Life"

words and music by John Mayer

from the album "Continuum", 2006

I hate to see you cry

Lying there in that position

There's things you need to hear

So turn off your tears

And listen

Pain throws your heart to the ground

Love turns the whole thing around

No it won't all go the way it should

But I know the heart of life is good

You know, it's nothing new

Bad news never had good timing

But, then your circle of friends

Will defend the silver lining

Pain throws your heart to the ground

Love turns the whole thing around

No it won't all go the way it should

But I know the heart of life is good

Pain throws your heart to the ground

Love turns the whole thing around

Fear is a friend who's misunderstood

But I know the heart of life is good

I know it's good

February 13, 2007

How do I live without you by LeAnn Rimes

How do I get through a night without you

If I had to live without you

What kind of life would that be

I need you in my arms, need you to hold

You're my world, my heart, my soul

If you ever leave

you would take away

everything good in my life

and tell me now

How do I live without you?

I want to know

How do I breathe without you?

If you ever go

How do I ever, ever survive

How do I, how do I, oh how do I live

Without you

There'd be no sun in my sky

there would be no love in my life

there'd be no wonder for me

And I don't know what I would do

I'd be lost if I lost you

If you ever leave

you would take away

everything real in my life

and tell me now

How do I live without you?

I want to know

How do I breathe without you?

If you ever go

How do I ever, ever survive

How do I, how do I, oh how do I live

Please tell me,

How do I go on

If you ever leave

you would take away everything

need you with me

don't you know that you're

everything good in my life

And tell me now

How do I live without you

I want to know

How do I breathe without you

if you ever go

how do I ever, ever survive

how do I, how do I, oh how do I live

How do I live without you?

How do I live?

How do I live without you?

March 22, 2007

I really like this song it describes how I feel.

Song: Holy Water

Artist: Big & Rich

Album: Horse of a different color

Somewhere there's a stolen halo

I use to watch her wear it well

Everything would shine wherever she would go

But looking at her now you'd never tell

Someone ran away with her innocence

A memory she can't get out of her head

I can only imagine what she's feeling

When she's praying

Kneeling at the edge of her bed

And she says take me away

And take me farther

Surround me now

And hold, hold, hold me like holy water

Holy water

She wants someone to call her angel

Someone to put the light back in her eyes

She's looking through the faces

The unfamiliar places

She needs someone to hear her when she crys

And she says take me away

And take me farther

Surround me now

And hold, hold, hold me like holy water

Holy water

She just needs a little help

To wash away the pain she's felt

She wants to feel the healing hands

Of someone who understands

And she says take me away

And take me farther

Surround me now

And hold, hold, hold me

And she says take me away

And take me farther

Surround me now

And hold, hold, hold me like holy water

Holy water

March 23, 2007

My favorite two healing songs currently are Lithium by Evanescence and Best of You by the Foo Fighters. I'm not sure they were intended to be healing songs, but they are to me.

Lithium, by Evanescence

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside

lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without

lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

oh but God I want to let it go

come to bed, don't make me sleep alone

couldn't hide the emptiness you let it show

never wanted it to be so cold

just didn't drink enough to say you love me

I can't hold on to me

wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside

lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without

lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

Don't want to let it lay me down this time

drown my will to fly

here in the darkness I know myself

can't break free until I let it go

let me go

Darling, I forgive you after all

anything is better than to be alone

and in the end I guess I had to fall

always find my place among the ashes

I can't hold on to me

wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside

lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without

lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

oh but God I want to let it go

Foo Fighters - Best Of You Lyrics

I've got another confession to make

I'm your fool

Everyone's got their chains to break

Holdin' you

Were you born to resist or be abused?

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Are you gone and onto someone new?

I needed somewhere to hang my head

Without your noose

You gave me something that I didn't have

But had no use

I was too weak to give in

Too strong to lose

My heart is under arrest again

But I break loose

My head is giving me life or death

But I can't choose

I swear I'll never give in

I refuse

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Is someone getting the best, the best, the be

st, the best of you?

Has someone taken your faith?

Its real, the pain you feel

You trust, you must

Confess

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Oh...

Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...

Has someone taken your faith?

Its real, the pain you feel

The life, the love

You die to heal

The hope that starts

The broken hearts

You trust, you must

Confess

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

I've got another confession my friend

I'm no fool

I'm getting tired of starting again

Somewhere new

Were you born to resist or be abused?

I swear I'll never give in

I refuse

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Has someone taken your faith?

Its real, the pain you feel

You trust, you must

Confess

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Oh...

April 28, 2007

I've been listening to this song every morning while I get dressed. I find it to be very empowering.

Corinne Bailey Rae, "Put Your Records On"

Three little birds, sat on my window.

And they told me I don't need to worry.

Summer came like cinnamon

So sweet,

Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright

The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same

Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song

You go ahead, let your hair down

Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,

Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,

Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,

(just relax, just relax)

Don't you let those other boys fool you,

Got to love that afro hair do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright

The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.

Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song

You go ahead, let your hair down

Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,

Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake

Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger

When you gonna realise, that you don't even have to try any longer?

Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song

You go ahead, let your hair down

Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,

Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song

You go ahead, let your hair down

Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,

Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

April 29, 2007

You don't know

Somebody is hurting

Keeping it all in

Somebody won't let go

All his hope

But the truth is

Is painless

Letting your love show...

Skye "Love Show"

Can you hear me now?

Powerful

Can you feel me now?

Everything is wonderful, meaningful

feels like I am beautiful

no longer cynical

Skye "Powerful"

May 14, 2007

I've always found this to be a comforting song.

This Is To Mother You - Sinead O'conner

This is to mother you

To comfort you and get you through

Through when your nights are lonely

Through when your dreams are only blue

This is to mother you

This is to be with you

To hold you and to kiss you too

For when you need me I will do

What your own mother didn't do

Which is to mother you

All the pain that you have known

All the violence in your soul

All the 'wrong' things you have done

I will take from you when I come

All mistakes made in distress

All your unhappiness

I will take away with my kiss, yes

I will give you tenderness

For child I am so glad I've found you

Although my arms have always been around you

Sweet bird although you did not see me

I saw you

And I'm here to mother you

To comfort you and get you through

Through when your nights are lonely

Through when your dreams are only blue

This is to mother you

*********

And this one I consider to be empowering.

Getting Scared - Imogen Heap

turn your ugly face

are you so surprised to see me

yeah I was your little childhood playground toy

and if I remember

yeah if I do remember rightly

I said the tables would be turned around boy

who's getting scared now

tell me, tell me how does it feel

it feels so good from where I'm standing

the only times in my life

the sun was meant to shine for me

you made it pour down, pour down with tears of rain

dug my pride with a knife

encaged by your obsession with me

time for some mental torture and screams of justified pain

so ya gonna chase me now boy

yeah ya gonna corner me now boy

you think ya gonna threaten me now boy

somehow I don't think so

yeah ya gonna stamp me down now boy

yeah ya gonna crush me down now boy

you think ya gonna threaten me now boy

well somehow I don't think so

who's getting scared now,

tell me, tell me how does it feel

it feels so good from where I'm standing

yeah you're getting scared now, piggy,

go ahead and squeal

it sounds so nice from where I'm standing.

who's getting scared now,

tell me, tell me how does it feel

it feels so good from where I'm standing

yeah you're getting scared now, piggy,

go ahead and squeal

it sounds so nice from where I'm standing

from where I'm standing

who's getting scared?

who's getting scared now?

May 21, 2007

This song really helps when times are rough:

Artist: Nickelback

Song: Savin Me

Prison gates won't open up for me

On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'

Oh, I reach for you

Well I'm terrified of these four walls

These iron bars can't hold my soul in

All I need is you

Come please I'm callin'

And oh, I scream for you

Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like

To be the last one standing

And teach me wrong from right

And I'll show you what I can be

And say it for me

Say it to me

And I'll leave this life behind me

Say it if it's worth savin' me

Heaven's gates won't open up for me

With these broken wings I'm fallin'

And all I see is you

These city walls ain't got no love for me

I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story

And oh, I scream for you

Come please I'm callin'

And all I need from you

Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like

To be the last one standing

And teach me wrong from right

And I'll show you what I can be

And say it for me

Say it to me

And I'll leave this life behind me

Say it if it's worth savin' me

Hurry I'm callin'

And all I need is you

Come please I'm callin'

And oh, I scream for you

Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like

To be the last one standing

And teach me wrong from right

And I'll show you what I can be

And say it for me

Say it to me

And I'll leave this life behind me

Say it if it's worth savin' me

Hurry I'm fallin'

And say it for me

Say it to me

And I'll leave this life behind me

Say it if it's worth savin' me.

Edited May 21, 2007 by ram81

May 23, 2007

I love this song, it's so uplifting. It's a song that I've been listening to over and over lately, it helps

Yolanda Adams-"I Believe"

They said you wouldn't make it so far a a

And ever since they've said it its been hard

But never mind that night'cha had to cry

Cause you had never let it go inside

You worked real hard and you know exactly what you want and need so believe

And you can never give up

You can reach your goals

Just talk to your soul and say

[Chorus:]

I believe I can

I believe I will

I believe I know my dreams are real

I believe I'll stand

I believe I'll dance

I believe I'll grow real soon and

That is what I do believe

Your goals are just a thing in your soul aha

And you know that your moves will let them show

You keep creating pictures in your mind

So just believe they will come true in time

It will be fine leave all of your cares and stress behind and

Just let it go

Let the music flow inside against all the pain

Just start to believe

[Chorus]

Never mind what people say

Hold your head high and turn away

With all my hopes and dreams I will believe

Even though it seems it's not for me

I won't give up, I'll keep it up

Look into the sky

I will achieve all my needs

I will always believe

[Chorus x2]

May 23, 2007

If you don't know them, VNV Nation are a really cool band. I'm not sure what you would call their style. Its sort of techno-industrial-darkwave-dance. Their songs cover things like the helpless feeling guardian angels have watching over us, the carnage of two world wars on europe, and why modern society glorifies violence and murder.

"Standing" by VNV Nation from their 1999 CD "Empires"

Eyes betray the soul and bear it's thinking.

Beyond words they say so many things to me.

A stranger here reborn it seems

awaking wonders deep in me.

If nothing's ventured nothing's gained

so I must seize the day.

And fighting time so hard I pray

that this moment lasts forever.

And will the world stay standing still at least for me.

Through my eyes stare into me.

I bear my heart for all to see.

With my face turned to the sun there ever standing still.

It wasn't you it wasn't me it wasn't anyone.

It was a day so long awaited and a chance to be as me.

I let the wind run through my hands

as I turned to walk away.

In distant days I long to sense it all so clear.

And fighting time so hard I pray

that this moment lasts forever.

And will the world stay standing still at least for me.

Through my eyes stare into me.

I bear my heart for all to see.

With my face turned to the sun there ever standing still.

And fighting time so much I ask.

I will this morning last forever.

Though seasons change and things come to pass

remain inside of me.

And fighting time so hard I pray

that this moment lasts forever.

and will the world stay standing still at least for me.

I had no faith before that day in any vow or deed.

Days followed days and years were meaningless.

Despite the wisdom of defeat

I bore my heart for all to see the wonders I'd seen.

June 2, 2007

I hope this one hasn't already been posted. There are so many songs on here already.

It's "Desensitized" by Invertigo.

When I reach out, you move away from my hands

You're never telling me why

We make plans to spend

Time you forget and the days are just passing us by

When I ask you you never understand it

You don't know what you haven't done

And when I try to explain it sounds like complaint

And the words only make you more numb

Is there a fire if you don't see the smoke?

We can't get higher if you don't let it go.

Ooh ooh ooh

How did your heart ever get like that

How did someone ever hurt so bad

That you can't see that

You've been kicked inside

You're desensitized yeah

Oooh ooh ooh

How did you heart ever get so cold

How did someone ever get so close

That you just don't know

How it feels inside

You're desensitized

I wanna believe that it's a phase you go through

That only gets harder to tell

And sometimes I think it's an easier thing to believe

That there's somebody else

(Sub) (Chorus)

Whatever they did / Whatever they said

You know it's much better just to run and forget

Whatever it was / Whoever's to blame

You know you can let yourself be feeling again

( Chorus Out )

June 2, 2007

This one is probably triggering... but it helps me somehow...

"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"

[2Pac]

I feel you {uhh} .. (baby don't)

but you can't, you can't give up

{Hey.. 2Pac what?}

[2Pac + H.E.A.T.]

Baby please don't cry, I hope you got your head up {Outlawz}

Even when the road is hard, never give up

Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up

Even when the road is hard, never give up {Keep ya head up}

[2Pac]

Now here's a story bout a woman with dreams

So picture perfect at thirteen, an ebony queen

Beneath the surface it was more than just a crooked smile

Nobody knew about her secret so it took a while

I could see a tear fall slow down her black cheek

Sheddin quiet tears in the back seat; so when she asked me,

"What would you do if it was you?"

Couldn't answer such a horrible pain to live through

I tried to trade places in the tragedy

I couldn't picture three crazed ni**az grabbin me

For just a moment I was trapped in the pain, Lord come and take me

Four ni**az violated, they chased and they raped me

Even though it wasn't me, I could feel the grief

Thinkin with your brains blown that would make the pain go

No! You got to find a way to survive

cause they win when your soul dies... baby please don't cry...

June 2, 2007

TW maybe this song always makes me cry it reminds me of what i lost and hopefully someday a long long time from now i'll be able to laugh until i cry again.

Something Beautiful -- Newsboys

I wanna start it over

I wanna start again

I wanna a new beginning

One without an end

I feel it inside

Calling out to me

Chorus:

It’s a voice that whispers my name

It’s a kiss without any shame

Something beautiful

Like a song that stirs in my head

Singing love will take us where

Somethings beautiful

I’ve heard it in the silence

Seen it on a face

I’ve felt it in the long hour

Like a sweet embrace

I know this is true

It's calling out to me

Chorus:

It’s the child on her wedding day

It’s the daddy that gives her away

Something beautiful

When we laugh so hard we cry

Oh the love between you and I

Something beautiful

Chorus:

It’s the child on her wedding day

It’s the daddy that gives her away

Something beautiful

When we laugh so hard we cry

It’s the love between you and I

Something beautiful

June 6, 2007

This song by avril lavigne when I'm feeling frustrated.

"Take Me Away"

I cannot find a way to describe it

It's there inside; all I do is hide

I wish that it would just go away

What would you do, you do, if you knew

What would you do

[Chorus:]

All the pain I thought I knew

All the thoughts lead back to you

Back to what was never said

Back and forth inside my head

I can't handle this confusion

I'm unable; come and take me away

I feel like I am all alone

All by myself I need to get around this

My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you

If I show you, I don't think you'd understand

Cause no one understands

[Chorus]

I'm going nowhere (on and on and)

I'm getting nowhere (on and on and on)

Take me away

I'm going nowhere (on and off and off and on)

(and off and on)

[Chorus]

Take me away

Break me away

Take me away

When I'm angry and depressed I listen to 3 Doors Down so I can 'vent'

"When I'm Gone"

There's another world inside of me

That you may never see

There're secrets in this life

That I can't hide

Somewhere in this darkness

There's a light that I can't find

Maybe it's too far away...

Or maybe I'm just blind...

[Chorus]

So hold me when I'm here

Right me when I'm wrong

Hold me when I'm scared

And love me when I'm gone

Everything I am

And everything in me

Wants to be the one

You wanted me to be

I'll never let you down

Even if I could

I'd give up everything

If only for your good

So hold me when I'm here

Right me when I'm wrong

You can hold me when I'm scared

You won't always be there

So love me when I'm gone

Love me when I'm gone...

When your education X-Ray

Cannot see under my skin

I won't tell you a damn thing

That I could not tell my friends

Roaming through this darkness

I'm alive but I'm alone

Part of me is fighting this

But part of me is gone

[Chorus]

Or maybe I'm just blind...

[Chorus]

Love me when I'm gone...

Love me when I'm gone

When I'm Gone

When I think about my husband's love and support for me - "The Story" by Brandi Carlile

All of these lines across my face

Tell you the story of who I am

So many stories of where I've been

And how I got to where I am

But these stories don't mean anything

When you've got no one to tell them to

It's true...I was made for you

I climbed across the mountain tops

Swam all across the ocean blue

I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules

But baby I broke them all for you

Because even when I was flat broke

You made me feel like a million bucks

Yeah you do and I was made for you

You see the smile that's on my mouth

Is hiding the words that don't come out

And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed

They don't know my head is a mess

No, they don't know who I really am

And they don't know what I've been through but you do

And I was made for you...

This song by Rascal Flatts when I need to think positive

"My Wish"

I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,

And each road leads you where you want to go,

And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,

I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.

And if one door opens to another door closed,

I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,

If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,

All the ones who love you, in the place you left,

I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,

And you help somebody every chance you get,

Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,

And you always give more than you take.

But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish.

This is my wish

I hope you know somebody loves you

May all your dreams stay big

June 6, 2007

SAVIOUR by VNV Nation

As the stars appear

I know I'll find you staring at the sky.

Pointlessly reaching for some light

You hope to guide your sorry way.

Your body bleeding.

Your body burned.

Your body scarred.

Around the cinder of your heart

A God of love.

A God of care.

A God of hope.

A God of words.

A God as lost as you and blind

to fill your hollow soul again.

You seek a God to stand above you,

wrapping healing arms around you.

You'll find another God of pain,

a God of suffering and tears.

Give yourself unto your God.

Sacrifice yourself again.

Burn your thoughts erase your will

to Gods of suffering and tears.

Tie hallowed bonds around your hands.

Kneel before this seat of shame

to Gods as lost,

Gods as blind,

Gods of suffering and pain.

June 11, 2007

i don't who sings it (a girl) its called "in the arms of an angel" i really like it but sometimes i cry at it

I have no idea if it's been posted, but if it hasn't it probably should've been.

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance

For a break that would make it okay

There’s always one reason

To feel not good enough

And it’s hard at the end of the day

I need some distraction

Oh beautiful release

Memory seeps 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

It don’t make no difference

Escaping one last time

It’s easier to believe in 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

It's rather fitting for my first post to be in here to be in the music thread. Because music is half my passion, the other'll be spoken of soon enough I'm sure.

Possible :trigger: -- addressing abuser.

Imagine that I can't be comforted at all
In pieces I went from crawling into a ball

Evidence, it's in my breathing every day

Less and less and less

Hey you - you wore me out

There was nothing left for anybody else

Listen you, you're the last little shit that anyone expected

Could put me through this

Yeah it's true

Turbulence, autopilot to control

Down and down and down

And if he's there then I'll take my order to go

He shouldn't see, he shouldn't know

Hey you - you wore me out

There was nothing left for anybody else

And you, you're the last little shit that anyone expected

Could put me through this

Yeah fucker it's true

And over there in the corner of the room

Sat little Jack Horner in his gloom

Oh how you like it there

Hey you- you slithered around while you ripped every vein out

And you - your once so charming self inflicted tortured act

It's a loser and a poser's tool

Hey you - you wore me out

There was nothing left for anybody else

And you, you're the last little shit that anyone expected

Could put me through this

Yeah fucker it's true

Imagine that.

:trigger: over.

The next song's one I've known for a while, liked, and took up as a personal anthem... tonight. Because something has to give. I've lived five years on denial and disassociation... and as the bold part implies, healing's not a pretty process, it's necessary, and you have to feel it all to feel the good parts. "Shadow" would be, to me, that which hasn't been spoken of through all this time of denial.

My shadow's
Shedding skin and

I've been picking scabs again.

I'm down digging through

My old muscles looking for a clue.

I've been crawling on my belly

Clearing out what could've been.

I've been wallowing in my own

Confused and insecure delusions

For a piece to cross me over

Or a word to guide me in.

I wanna feel the changes coming down.

I wanna know what I've been hiding in my shadow.

Change is coming through my shadow.

My shadow's shedding skin

I've been picking my scabs again.

I've been crawling on my belly

Clearing out what could've been

I've been wallowing in my own

Chaotic and insecure delusions.

I wanna feel the change consume me,

Feel the outside turning in.

I wanna feel the metamorphosis and cleansing

I've endured within my shadow.

Change is coming. Now is my time.

Listen to my muscle memory.

Contemplate what I've been clinging to.

Forty-six and two ahead of me.

I choose to live and to grow,

Take and give and to move,

Learn and love and to cry,

Kill and die and to

Be paranoid and to lie,

Hate and fear and to do

What it takes to move through.

I choose to live and to lie,

Kill and give and to die,

Learn and love and to do

What it takes to step through.

See my shadow changing,

Stretching up and over me

Soften this old armor.

Hoping I can clear the way

By stepping through my shadow,

Coming out the other side.

Step into the shadow.

Forty six and two are just ahead of me.

June 11, 2007

i think that missy higgins has some great songs, and fiona apple too. anyway, some songs -

MISSY HIGGINS LYRICS

"Nightminds"

Just lay it all down. Put your face into my neck and let it fall out.

I know

I know.

I knew before you got home.

This world you're in now,

It doesn't have to be alone,

I'll get there somehow, 'cos

I know I know I know

When, even springtime feels cold.

But I will learn to breathe this ugliness you see,

So we can both be there and we can both share the dark.

And in our honesty, together we will rise,

Out of our nightminds, and into the light

At the end of the fight...

You were blessed by a different kind of inner view: it's all magnified.

The highs would make you fly, and the lows make you want to die.

And I was once there, hanging from that very ledge where you are standing.

So I know

I know

I know,

It's easier to let go.

But I will learn to breathe this ugliness you see,

So we can both be there and we can both share the dark.

And in our honesty, together we will rise out of our nightminds

And into the light at the end of the fight.

...and in our honesty, together we will rise out of our nightminds

And into the light... at the end of the fight...

"Falling"

Don't say what you're about to say.

Believe me, you are my fate.

And I believe you'll find a way,

or will you keep on falling until you reach the ground?

Of your lonely mind will you ever find yourself again?

And will you keep on dying until you've finally found

a better place where you find you will not wake up again?

Cause what you see is crystal wall,

what you breath is silver air,

but weigh this moment with a future of your dreams no longer there.

What you'll see is burning black,

and what'll you see is empty air,

so way this moment with a future of your dreams no longer there...

You're falling... yeah,

So take my hand, and come on let's fly.

There's always someone laughing,

from the corner of their cage,

but to fly amongst the mountains you must dance within the waves.

Or will you keep on falling until you reach the ground?

Of your lonely mind will you ever find yourself again?

And will you keep on dying until you've finally found a better

place where you find you will not wake up again?

Cause what you see is crystal wall,

what you breath is silver air,

but weigh this moment with a future of your dreams no longer there.

What you'll see is burning black,

and what you'll see is empty air,

so way this moment with a future of your dreams no longer there...

You're falling... yeah,

So take my hand, and come on let's fly.

"Scar"

He left a card, a bar of soap and a scrubbing brush next to a note

That said "use these down to your bones"

And before I knew I had shiny skin and it felt easy being clean like him

I thought "this one knows better than I do"

A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle

He tried to cut me so I'd fit

And doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home?

Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could've gone?

And doesn't it feel peculiar when everyone wants a little more?

And so that I do remember to never go that far,

Could you leave me with a scar?

So the next one came with a bag of treats, she smelled like sugar and

spoke like the sea

And she told me don't trust them, trust me

Then she pulled at my stitches one by one, looked at my insides clicking

her tongue and said

"This will all have to come undone"

A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle

She tried to blunt me so I'd fit

And doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home?

Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could have gone?

And doesn't it feel peculiar when everyone wants a little more?

And so that I do remember to never go that far,

Could you leave me with a scar?

I think I realized just in time, although my old self was hard to find

You can bathe me in your finest wine but I'll never give you mine

'Cos I'm a little bit tired of fearing that I'll be the bad fruit nobody buys

Tell me, did you think we'd all dream the same?

And doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home?

Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could have gone?

And doesn't it feel peculiar when everyone wants a little more?

And so that I do remember to never go that far,

Could you leave me with a scar?

"Hold Me Tight"

You cross the room to me,

Put a little bit of paper in my hand, then leave.

As the door goes bang,

There's a little bit inside me that hopes it is blank.

As the words you wrote are burning,

In my head they keep returning, they said

Hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy to fight.

Yeah, hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy to fight.

I should run outside,

I should be running after you.

I should need to cry.

but I don't I stay,

cos theres a little bit inside me,

That likes this pain.

As the words you wrote are burning,

In my head they keep returning, they said

Hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy to fight.

Yeah, hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy to fight, for you.

So I threw it away,

right next to the others that all had the same refrain.

Hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy to fight.

Yeah, hold me tight,

I've been throwing pointless flares at you you're nigh,

So hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy to fight

Hold me tight,

cos I'm losing all the energy,

Ohh, yeah I'm losing all the energy to fight.

FIONA APPLE

"Extraordinary Machine"

I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes

-And-

I certainly haven't been spreading myself around

I still only travel by foot and by foot, it's a slow climb,

But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so

I can't stop changing all the time

I notice that my opponent is always on the go

-And-

Won't go slow, so's not to focus, and I notice

He'll hitch a ride with any guide, as long as

They go fast from whence he came

- But he's no good at being uncomfortable, so

He can't stop staying exactly the same

If there was a better way to go then it would find me

I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me

Be kind to me, or treat me mean

I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day

You deem me due to clean my view and be at peace and lay

I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way, and say,

I've been getting along for long before you came into the play

I am the baby of the family, it happens, so

- Everybody cares and wears the sheeps' clothes

While they chaperone

Curious, you looking down your nose at me, while you appease

- Courteous, to try and help - but let me set your

Mind at ease

(Chorus)

-Do I so worry you, you need to hurry to my side?

-It's very kind

But it's to no avail; I don't want the bail

I promise you, everything will be just fine

If there was a better way to go then it would find me

I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me

Be kind to me, or treat me mean

I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

"Better Version Of Me"

The nickel dropped

When I was on

My way beyond

The Rubicon

What did I do

And of the games that I can handle

None are ones worth the candle

What can I do

I'm a frightened, fickle person

Fighting, cryin', kickin', cursin'

What should I do

Oooh, after all the folderol,

And hauling over coals stops

What will I do

Can't take a good day without a bad one

Don't feel just to smile until I've had one

Where did I learn

I make a fuss about a little thing

The rhyme is losing to the riddling

Where's the turn

I don't want a home, I'd ruin that

Home is where my habits have a habitat

Why give it a turn

Oh, after all the folderol

And hauling over coals stops

What did I learn

I am likely to miss the main event

If I stop to cry or complain again

So I will keep a deliberate pace

Let the damned breeze dry my face

Oh, mister, wait until you see

What I'm gonna be

I've got a plan, a demand and it just began

And if you're right, you'll agree

Here's coming a better version of me

Here it comes a better version of me

INDIGO GIRLS LYRICS

"Touch Me Fall"

I'm waking from a dream

the neighborhood is green

all the sounds i've missed all the years

come down to wedding deaths and fears

and all i've heard has been in vain

like water on a stain

touch me

i'm so beautiful

rub your hands across my head

just like this

come with me

it's not worth it if you don't

are you hiding?

i am hiding

cypress moon

bald in june

like the granite in a stream

swamp ophelia i'm torn down

let your waters let me drown

touch me i'm so beautiful

rub your hands across my head

just like this

come with me

it's not worth it if you don't

are you crying?

i am crying

jump jump jump so high

watch me let you down

if i stumble i will stumble

if i fall i will fall

i'm trying to hold it like rain in a river

everything is getting bigger

better this won't last forever

touch me fall

MUSE LYRICS

"New Born"

Link it to the world

Link it to yourself

Stretch it like a birth squeeze

The love for what you hide

The bitterness inside

Is growing like the new born

When you've seen, seen

Too much, too young, young

Soulless is everywhere

Hopeless time to roam

The distance to your home

Fades away to nowhere

How much are you worth

You can't come down to earth

You're swelling up, you're unstoppable

'cause you've seen, seen

Too much, too young, young

Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless

Show me it's real

Wasting our last chance

To come away

Just break the silence

'cause I'm drifting away

Away from you

Link it to the world

Link it to yourself

Stretch it like it's a birth squeeze

And the love for what you hide

And the bitterness inside

Is growing like the new born

When you've seen, seen

Too much, too young, young

Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless

Show me it's real

Wasting their last chance

To come away

Just break the silence

'cause I'm drifting away

Away from you

EELS LYRICS

"Not Ready Yet"

There's a world outside

And i know 'cause i've heard talk

In my sweetest dream

I would go out for a walk

But i don't think i'm ready yet

I'm not feeling up to it now

Just not that steady yet

And i don't need you telling me how

There's some happiness

And my stone face cracks again

Maybe sometime sooner or later

But i don't think i'm ready yet

I'm not feeling up to it now

Just not that steady yet

And i don't need you telling me how

So if i leave my room

Don't you tell me to lighten up

Maybe sometime sooner or later

But i don't think i'm ready yet

I'm not feeling up to it now

Just not that steady yet

And i don't need you telling me how

RADIOHEAD LYRICS

"How To Disappear Completely"

That there, that's not me

I go where I please

I walk through walls

I float down the Liffey

I'm not here

This isn't happening

I'm not here, I'm not here

In a little while

I'll be gone

The moment's already passed

Yeah, it's gone

I'm not here

This isn't happening

I'm not here, I'm not here

Strobe lights and blown speakers

Fireworks and hurricanes

I'm not here

This isn't happening

I'm not here, I'm not here....

Edited June 11, 2007 by margie

June 11, 2007

Garbage - Silence Is Golden

If I am silent then I am not real

But if I speak up then no one will hear

If I wear a mask theres somewhere to hide

Silence is golden

I have been broken

Safe in my own skin

So nobody wins

If I raise my voice will someone get hurt

And if I cant feel then I wont get touched

If no truths are spoken then no lies can hide

Silence is golden

Nobody gets in

Safe in my own skin

So nobody wins

Did you hear me speak

Do you understand

Did you hear my voice

Will you hold my hand

Do you understand me

Wont someone listen

Nobody gets in

My bodys a temple

But nothing is simple

Silence is golden

I have been broken

Something was stolen

Safe in my own skin

Lacuna Coil - Falling Again

I lay, looking at my hands

I search in these lines

I've not the answer

I'm crying and I don't know

watching the sky

I search for an answer

I'm free, free to be

I'm not another liar

I just want to be myself... myself

And now the beat inside of me

is a sort of a cold breeze and I've

never any feeling inside

ruining me...

bring my body

carry it into another world

I know I live... but like a stone I'm falling down

I pray, looking into the sky

I can feel this rain

right now it's falling on me

fly, I just want to fly

life is all mine

some days I cry alone,

but I know I'm not the only one

I'm here, another day is gone

I don't want to die...

Please be there when I'll arrive, don't cry... please

June 12, 2007

I have a bunch of them and I don't have the lyrics to them all on me right now, so I'll probably be back again sometime later to post some more of them...

I Need Some Sleep- Eels

I need some sleep

It can't go on like this

I've tried counting sheep

But there's one I always miss

Everyone says I'm getting down too low

Everyone says "you've just gotta let it go"

I need some sleep

Time to put the old horse down

I'm in too deep

And the wheels keep spinning round

Everyone says I'm getting down too low

Everyone says "you've just gotta let it go"

Cry- James Blunt

I have seen peace

I have seen pain

Resting on the shoulders of your name

Do you see the truth

Through all their lies?

Do you see the world

Through troubled eyes?

And if you want to talk about it any more

Lie here on the floor

And cry on my shoulder, I'm a friend.

I have seen birth

I have seen death

Lived to see a lover's final breath

Do you see my guilt?

Should I feel fright?

Is the fire of hesitation burning bright?

And if you want to talk about what will be

Come and sit with me

And cry on my shoulder, I'm a friend.

You and I have lived through many things.

I'll hold on, hold on to your heart.

I wouldn't cry for anything

But don't go tearing your life apart.

I have seen fear

I have seen faith

Seen the look of anger on your face.

And if you want to talk about what will be

Come and sit with me

And cry on my shoulder, I'm a friend

And if you want to talk about it any more

Lie here on the floor

And cry on my shoulder, I'm a friend

Cry on the shoulder of a friend.

(lyrics taken from Chasing Time, because I pefer that version to the one on Back to Bedlam)

I have quite a few more but I'll probably post them later.

Anna

June 12, 2007

I was going to post the lyrics to country music star, Collin Raye's "Survivors", but I can't find the cd case @ the moment :rolleyes: so when I find it, I'll post the lyrics -k-

June 12, 2007

I've got a couple more that I know by heart...

Scarlet's Walk- Tori Amos

If you're a thought

You would want me to think you

And I did

Invited a guest up

Until you announced that

You had moved in

What do you plan to do with all your freedom?

The new sheriff said

Quite proud of his badge

You must admit the land is now in good hands

Yes time will tell that

You just lift your lamp

I will follow her on her path

Scarlet's walk through the violets

Just tell your gods for me

All debts are off this year

You're free to leave

Yes you're free to leave

Leaving terra

There was a time

When I thought that her destiny

Should have been mine

Big brave nation

But instead her medicine

Now forgotten

What do you plan to do with all your stories?

The new sheriff said

Quite proud of his badge

We'll weave them through every rocket's red glare

And huddled masses

You just lift your lamp

I will follow her on her path

Scarlet's walk through the violets

Just tell your gods for me

All debts are off this year

You're free to leave

Yes you're free to leave

Leaving terra

If you're a thought

You would want me to think you

And I did

And I did.

Mr. King- Nerina Pallot

Good days, bad days

I've had a few of those

Same old story, I know how this song goes

At least I did

But now I'm not so sure

Nothing's in its place

Nothing's certain any more

Bird's fly, trees sway,

Why can't I be like that?

Happy, knowing what I am in fact

And leaving be

But truth has been obscured

I am only human

And I'm always wanting more

And the world is a place

And they say it's on our side

But I wonder, Is there comfort

In those moments when we die

Now I see, Mr. King,

This was in the books you gave me

Which I read, disbelieving

Thinking poets are depressed

Hey, Mr. King, I have changed

I confess

Oh those good days

I remember well

Tape on windows

Wintertime was hell

But it was fun.

And people there were kind

There was good work to be done

And I learned to think my time

And the world was a good place

And in days where I lived

I imagined life had purpose

And I'd something good to give

Mr. Cave played along

On the battered hallway piano

Oh, every love song a secret to be shared

Oh, Mr. King, how I wish

I was back there

Now I've got ten things lined up on a shelf

Reasons to be cheerful for myself

I don't know why

You're showing me the sky

You say you see heaven, I see hell

But want to try

And the world is a place

And I pray it's on my side

But I'd find greater comfort

If I just laid down and died

Oh I don't know what's become

Of a girl who once knew sunshine

What's become of a girl

Who knew sorrow

But was strong

Oh, Mr. King, you were right

All along, Mr. King, you were right

Oh, Mr. King, you were right

I was wrong.

Anna

June 14, 2007

Back again with more... I'm sure I'll get through them all eventually.

Learning to Breathe- Nerina Pallot

Oh this road is long, this road is wide

It thakes more than luck to last the ride-

It takes strength, and it takes courage to survive.

And did someone ever say to you

'There's nothing bound in thought you cannot do'?

Well, I've seen some things but not all of them came true

So I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first

Don't want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow

And I don't want to be afraid, don't want to look away-

I'm learning to breathe.

No I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first

I just need a hope and a light to follow.

Like saiors look to stars to find their way home

I'm learning to breathe on my own.

And I know a man who lost his wife

This is the way he chooses to describe his life:

He says, 'If I think too much I find there's just a hole.'

But before she went, she left a son

He says, 'Dad, you're not the only one-

Maybe love is just a requiem for the soul...'

So I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first

Don't want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow

And I don't want to be afraid, don't want to look away-

I'm learning to breathe.

No I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first

I just need a hope and a light to follow.

Like saiors look to stars to find their way home

I'm learning to breathe on my own.

Oh, do you still feel small?

Just a speck of life on an ocean wave

Does it pull us all?

So I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first

Don't want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow

And I don't want to be afraid, don't want to look away-

I'm learning to breathe.

No I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first

I just need a hope and a light to follow.

Like saiors look to stars to find their way home

I'm learning to breathe on my own.

I have at least 3 more but unfortunately my tea is nearly ready so I don't actually have time to post them right this minute... and I was too dopey to bring the lyrics downstairs with me anyway. Guess I'll just ahve to post them later.

Anna

June 15, 2007

A Sorta Fairytale- Tori Amos

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 lifelong 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

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

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

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 imposters 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

And I was riding by

Riding along side for a while

Till you lost me

And I was riding by

Riding along till you lost me

Till you lost me in the rear view

You lost me

Way up north I took my day

All in all it 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 thin we'd end up like

Like this

Silent All These Years- Tori Amos

Excuse me but can I be you for a while

My dog won't bite if you sit real still

I got the anti-christ yelling at me again

Yeah I can hear that

Been saved again by the garbage truck

I got something to say you know but nothing comes

Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up

Yeah I can hear that

But what if I'm a mermaid

In these jeans of his with her name still on it

Hey but I don't care

'Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been

Here silent all these years

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts

What's so amazing about really deep thoughts

Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon

How's that thought for you

My scream got lost in a paper cup

You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone

I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough

To get us there

'Cause what if I'm a mermaid

In these jeans of his with her name still on it

Hey but I don't care

'Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been

Here silent all these years

Years go by will I still be waiting

For somebody else to understand

Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty

And the orange clouds raining in my head

Years go by will I choke on my tears

Till finally ther is nothing left

One more casualty

You know we're too easy easy easy

Well I love the way we communicate

Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape

Let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up

The sky is fallin

Your mother shows up in a nasty dress

It's your turn now to stand where I stand

Everybody looking at you here take hold of my hand

Yeah I can hear them

But what if I'm a mermaid

In these jeans of yours with her name still on it

Hey but I don't care

'Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been

Here silent all these years

I've got a couple more and I actually have the lyrics with me (I was vaguely organised for once!) but once again I don't have time to post them all. Blah...

Anna

June 15, 2007

Patience- Nerina Pallot

Been good, been bad, got worse, got better.

I feel I know myself when I'm looking in the mirror.

Been hurt, been loved- I'm scarred, not bitter.

I am an angel with the knowledge of a sinner.

But what do I do, And how should I be?

When I look at myself, I can only be me...

I need a little patience...

Been hard, been soft, been boeth, been niether

Above it all, I am only a survivor.

Been down, been low, got up, got higher-

We are only human, all just liars...

So I wait for the day when I open my eyes

And I look to myself, but it's no big surprise

I need a little patience...

Well I'm sitting here and sinking and I'm on the 8th floor

And I'm thinking do I jump or should I stay around for more?

And I watch my friends get bigger and get better and get richer

But I'm not bitter, no

Time is ticking ticking ticking ticking ticking on with a vengeance

I want it all

I need a little patience...

God- Nerina Pallot

God is good, I never understood

All the darkness in his soul.

And God made man, the only way he can,

But for a heart he left a hole..

And it's killing you

And it's killing me too

Are we failing the truth?

I'm betting on desire, I'm betting on deceit

I'm betting on a moment when everything is sweet

I'm betting on disaster in every living hour.

Would you burn your fingers if you touched God?

Will he let you in if you have or not?

Once my friend, I loved you as a child

Kissed your face before I slept.

Be in my head, and with me when I sleep

In the bloodied tears he wept.

And it's killing you

And it's killing me too

Are we failing the truth?

I'm betting on indifference, I'm betting on belief

I'm thinking of a beauty where everything's complete

I'm betting on a laughter, a very distant star...

Would you burn your fingers if you touched God?

Will he let you in if you have or not?

And it's killing you

And it's killing me too

Are we failing the truth in everything we do?

Are we failing the truth?

I'm betting on desire, I'm betting on deceit

I'm betting on a moment when everything is sweet

I'm thinking of that beauty I love with all my heart

Would you burn your fingers if you touched God?

Will he let you in if you have or not?

Will he let you in?

Black-dove (January)- Tori Amos

She was a january girl

She never let on how insane it was

In that tiny kinda scary house

By the woods

Black-dove Black-dove

You're not a helicopter

You're not a cop out either

Black-dove Black-dove

You don't need a space ship

They don't know you've already lived

On the other side of the galaxy

She had a january world

So many storms not right somehow

How a lion becomes a mouse

By the woods

But I have to get to Texas

Said I have to get to Texas

And I'll give away my blue blue dress

She has a january girl

She never let on how insane it was

In that tiny kinda scary house

By the woods

Yeah okay so I'm pretty sure Black-dove is up here at least once already but I thought what the heck, I'll put it up again...

Anna

June 15, 2007

:trigger:

This is the song I was originally wanting to put in my signature. I wound up putting the song just after it on the same album, because I couldn't choose just one verse and because it would probably be triggering to those with self harm compulsions.

Avalanche is sullen and too thin

She starves herself to rid herself of sin

And the kick is so divine when she sees bones beneath her skin

And she says:

Hey baby can you bleed like me?