Song that means something to you

[Kigan2006]

I like opening discussions like this. I'm curious to hear wide varieties of opinions.


I think a lot of people have a song that has a special meaning to them. Maybe it represents something in their life/past, or perhaps always bring back a memory, or perhaps is the song they shared with someone special. For example, my song is:

You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban

I first heard this song shortly after I came very close to comitting suicide at 15. The only reason I stopped is because this guy I had only recently met had said he cared about me. We had become fast friends and he had broken through all the walls I put up to block people out. We are best friends to this day, but back then he was also the only reason I couldn't go through with the suicide. I had other friends, but they were distant and didn't seem to notice when I was upset or something was wrong. He did. Shortly after that day, I heard "You Raise Me Up" on a radio station as I was looking for something to listen to. I immediately thought of him and how his friendship made me felt. Now, everytime I hear that song, I always remember how he saved my life without even knowing it and just how important he is to me.

So, any song that has important meaning to you. I'm curious to see what songs hold meaning to people and why.

 

[Yuki Sohma]

"The First Cut Is the Deepest"

"......The first cut is the deepest.
Babeee...I know the first cut is the deepest.
But when it comes to being lucky...he's cursed.
When it comes to loving me...he's worst.

I still want you by my side.
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried.
But I'm sure gonna give you a try.
'Cause if you want...I'll try to love again.
Try to love again...try to love again.
Babeee...I'll try to love again.
But I know...

The first cut is the deepest..........."​

 

[starlight70]

My sister had passed away. Everytime I hear Yesterday, In My Life or When She Loved Me, I think of her.

Wouldn't It Be Nice - I think of ex. That was our song.

 

[G-Lexington]

"Our song" is Kirsty MacColl/Tracey Ullman's "They Don't Know".

The Fray's "Over My Head (Cable Car)" means something extremely special to me, but I can't discuss it here.

Lex

 

[mojoe54]

When My Dad was dying in the hospital "Tears In Heaven" was a big hit,playing on every radio station. That was many years ago, but to this day when I hear that song I want to cry.
On a happier note, my bf once played me Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" and told me that it reminded him of me--aw, shucks!

 

[coco2006]

"Hallelujah", by Jeff Buckley : I stopped to believe in God.

i heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don't really care for music, do you
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah

hallelujah...

well your faith was strong but you needed proof
you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to her kitchen chair
she broke your throne and she cut your hair
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah

hallelujah...

baby i've been here before
i've seen this room and i've walked this floor
i used to live alone before i knew you
i've seen your flag on the marble arch
but love is not a victory march
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

hallelujah...

well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah

well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

hallelujah...

 

[gaz1978]

"Hallelujah", by Jeff Buckley :

You heard the original by Leonard Cohen?

 

[gaz1978]

For me, its a song like "The Promise" by Bruce Springsteen. A downbeat song about how ambition gets ground down by reality.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

Back on the Chain Gang

The Pretenters.

Great song......... lot's of memories

 

[coco2006]

You heard the original by Leonard Cohen?

Yep... not the same feeling...

 

[gazzax2]

Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) by the lostprophets. It;s so emotional, and i had to ever describe a song as life changing this would be it. i know so many other ppl who hav been affected by it aswell.

When our time is up
When our lives our done
Will we say we've had our fun

Will we make a mark this time
Will we always say we tried

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we got now
Everybody Scream your

All the love i've made
I have no regrets
If at all it's now i'm sad
Will we make a mark this time
will we always say we tried

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we got now
Everybody scream your

Standing on the rooftops
(Wait until the bombs drop)
This is all we got now
(Scream until your heart stops)
Never gonna regret
(Watching every sunset)
We'll Listen to your heartbeat
(All the love that we found)

Scream your heart out [x4]

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we got now
Everybody Scream your..

 

[Hotguy018]

"Moonriver" has always meant a lot to me.

 

[getoverit]

Mama- Spice girls

If you listen to the lyrics of the song its exactly how me and my mom were/are. i played that song for her at my graduation party a few years back and it brought us both to tears.

 

[scrapple]

"Everything I Own" by Bread. Anyone who has lost a parent can relate to the lyrics. Also, "Hard Habit To Break" by Chicago always brings me back to my breakup with my ex.

 

[skibby]

Hey gaz & coco, if you like "Hallelujah" also try the Rufus Wainwright version.

The Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place" always makes me incredibly happy & Joan Armatrading's "The Weakness in Me" always makes me gloriously melancholy. Always have to sing along.

I'm not the sort of person
Who falls
In and quickly out of love
But to you I gave my affection
Right from the start

I have a lover
Who loves me
How could I break such a heart
Yet still you get my attention

Why do you come here
When you know I've got trouble enough
Why do you call me
When you know I can't answer the phone

Make me lie
When I don't want to
And make someone else
Some kind of an unknowing fool
You make me stay
When I should not
Are you so strong
Or is all the weakness in me

Why do you come here
And pretend to be just passing by
When I mean to see you
And I mean to hold you
Tightly

Feeling guilty
Worried
Waking from tormented sleep
This old love has me bound
But the new love cuts deep

If I choose now
I'll lose out
One of you has to fall
And I need you
And you

 

[coco2006]

Hey gaz & coco, if you like "Hallelujah" also try the Rufus Wainwright version.

I know it... I think I know all the versions of this song... I dl at least 20 different ones... Jeff Buckley's version is just the only one I can listen 200 times non stop... the other ones just sound ... regular... not enough soul, inside...

 

[gaz1978]

I know it... I think I know all the versions of this song... I dl at least 20 different ones... Jeff Buckley's version is just the only one I can listen 200 times non stop... the other ones just sound ... regular... not enough soul, inside...

Leonard Cohen's has soul. The fact that it took him 5 years to write just makes me love it more.

I like Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright's versions too, but they're too polished, too well sung. The Cohen version has the bitterness and despair in the vocals that the lyrics warrant.

 

[Kigan2006]

This is really interesting hearing all of this. Some of the songs I knew, and others I don't. But I love hearing how all of you feel about these certain songs.

Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) by the lostprophets. It;s so emotional, and i had to ever describe a song as life changing this would be it. i know so many other ppl who hav been affected by it aswell.

I love that song!

 

[luminum]

This is exactly how I felt after my first boyfriend broke up with me. I had just told my parents about him and they weren't talking to me and my life was going through hell. When he dumped me it seemed like the last smack in the face. When it was over, I also realized how stupid I had acted when we were together. That's why I always identify with one of the lyrics in the beginning. As well, when we broke up, he told em that he wasn't ready to date seriously again...only to date his friend in a LTR six days later. Overall, the entire song seemed to encompass everythign that I had been feeling.

India Arie - You Made a Fool of Me

(Verse 1}
I remember when you filled my heart with joy...
Was I blind to the truth? Just there to fill the space
'Cause now, you have no interest in anything that I have to say.
And I've allowed you to make me feel...I feel so dumb.
What kind of fool am I? You so easily set me, aside.

{Chorus}
You made a fool of me
Tell me why
You say that you don't care, but we made love
Tell me why

You made a fool of me
You made a fool of me

{Verse 2}
I want to kiss you.
Does she want you with the pain that I do? Smell you in my dreams.
But now when we're face to face, you won't look me in the eye.
No time, no friendship, no love.
You say don't touch you, I can't touch you no more. Can't touch you, anymore. Anymore...

{Chorus 2x}
You made a fool of me
Tell me why
You say that you don't care but we made love
Tell me why

You made a fool of me
You made a fool of me

Tell me why
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This is how I feel about my relationship with my parents. Even more so now. I think I always tried to be everything that they wanted me to be and when I wasn't, they guilted me into thinking that I didn't care enough about them, or I was too lazy for my own good, or that I was too arrogant to listen to their advice (which were really their demands). At first, it applied to how I did in school, because I used to get so messed up whenever I got a C that I actually started crying during class. My parents were never satisfied with B's and I think eventually they realized that they had put too much emphasis on the grade and less on how much I was learning. As time progressed, it became an issue of my sexuality. It seemed like nothing I ever was could ever 'make up' for the fact that I wasn't straight. After I came out, my dad said it was as bad as being a drug addict. It didn't seem to matter that I was the most polite out of all my cousins, and that I always studied hard, or that I was a compassionate person. I always felt that they wished they had the worst kid inthe world who was straight or that they didn't understand how good they had it or how lucky they were that I cared so much about what they thought and did what they wanted. When I got older, we would bond (or at least I thought so, only to be told recently that we weren't as close as I had thought) and laugh, but I often realized that whenever I had interesting news to tell them or things that applied to my own goals that they used to be proud of for me, they kind of gave a very thoughtless 'mmhmm' and kept doing whatever they were doing. I don't think they ever respected me, even if their love is genuine.

I thought that their desire for us to all be happy would be strong enough that they would eventually rethink their beliefs and prejudices about sexuality and look for opportunities for us to be happy by talking to people like PFLAG, but that turned out not to be the case. I had hoped that we coudl get to that place, and that they would want it too, but it seems that they don't want it and in a sense, I always knew that they wouldn't. But I'm tired of feeling guilty for wanting to be happy and so I really think that perhaps I am better off on my own.

Sum41 - Pieces

I tried to be perfect,
But nothing was worth it,
I don’t believe it makes me real.
I thought it’d be easy,
But no one believes me,
I meant all the things I said.

If you believe it’s in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I’m better off on my own.

This place is so empty,
My thoughts are so tempting,
I don’t know how it got so bad.
Sometimes it’s so crazy,
that nothing can save me,
But it’s the only thing that I have.

If you believe it's in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I'm better off on my own.

(On my own!)

I tried to be perfect,
It just wasn't worth it,
Nothing could ever be so wrong.
It’s hard to believe me,
It never gets easy,
I guess I knew that all along.

If you believe it’s in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I’m better off on my own.

Wow, that was long. Sorry for the emotional dump. Great thread, though.

 

[phoenix72]

"It's All About You (Not About Me)" - Tracie Spencer

It reminds of me a relationship i was in awhile ago with a guy. That i had strong feelings for. I mean i was driving there every weekend to see this dude. Giving up money, buying this guy things whenever. I didnt see it as me being manipulated cause i cared about the guy so much. But when i started to suffer because of this. I had to let it go, i was doing all the giving and not getting it back in return. I cared about the guy and it was hard as hell to leave him...but he made easier once i found out he'd been ...well around a few times. That sealed it..love the song though.