Song lyrics that make you shiver

[GambleGamble]

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I'm bound by the life you've left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

-My Immortal by Evanescence

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Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'm praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream

-Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross

[Mrs. Utah]

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and other Floydian:
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they disembarked in 45
and no one spoke and no one smiled
there were too many spaces in the line

gathered at the cenotaph
all agreed with hand on heart
to sheath the sacrificial knifes

but now
she stands upon southampton dock
with her handkerchief
and her summer frock
clings to her wet body in the rain

in quiet desperation knuckles
white upon the slippery reins
she bravely waves the boys goodbye again

and still the dark stain spreads between
his shoulder blades
a mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves

and when the fight was over
we spent what they had made
but in the bottom of our hearts
we felt the final cut




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keep going.....

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotguns in the hall,
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.

There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines.
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?

And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.

[Mrs. Utah]

I have cried to this song.

This Woman's Work-Kate Bush

Pray God you can cope.
I stand outside this woman's work,
This woman's world.
Ooh, it's hard on the man,
Now his part is over.
Now starts the craft of the father.

I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things I should've said,
That I never said.
All the things we should've done,
That we never did.
All the things I should've given,
But I didn't.

Oh, darling, make it go,
Make it go away.

Give me these moments back.
Give them back to me.
Give me that little kiss.
Give me your hand.

(I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.)

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things we should've said,
That were never said.
All the things we should've done,
That we never did.
All the things that you needed from me.
All the things that you wanted for me.
All the things that I should've given,
But I didn't.

Oh, darling, make it go away.
Just make it go away now.

[DrewDevil]

That entire Evanescence album is haunting.

[nomadtla]

Also like Amazing Grace

Garth Brooks - Ireland

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There are no words to be spoken
Just a look to say good-bye I draw a breath and night is broken
As I scream our battle cry


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Dashboard Confessional - Remeber To Breath

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remember she asked you
remember to breathe
and everything will be okay


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and - Screaming Infideleties

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I'm missing your laugh
How did it break?
And when did your eyes begin to look fake?
I hope you're as happy as you 're pretending.


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Live - Turn My Head

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I can't forget her, but I can't remember why

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Jimmy Eat World - 23

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I won't always love what I'll never have
I won't always live in my regrets


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[Blarg]

Don't Give Up, from Peter Gabriel's "So" album

Bonnie Raitt's song about "I can't make you love me if you don't"; dunno if that's the title though

Similar theme, also well done, by Meatloaf, in Two out of Three Ain't Bad

That "I will always love you" song was surprisingly great when done by Dolly Parton instead of Whitney Crackston. Same for "The Greatest Love of All" when done by George Benson instead of Crackney Wh*reston. Simple sincerity vs. exploitive bombast.

"Back on the Chain Gang" by the Pretenders always does something for me, too

[jesusarenque]

Just when every ray of hope was gone
I should have known that you would come along
I can't believe I ever doubted you
My old friend the blues

Another lonely night, a nameless town
If sleep don't take me first, you'll come around
'Cause I know I can always count on you
My old friend the blues

Lovers leave and friends will let you down
But you're the only sure thing that I've found
No matter what I do I'll never lose
My old friend the blues

Just let me hide my weary heart in you
My old friend the blues.

--Steve Earle

[econophile]

"In Heaven His throne is made of gold
The ark of his Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold.
It's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And God is never far away.

Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries
To enter the bright eye
I go shuffling out of life
Just to hide in death awhile
And anyway I never lied.


And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is burning
And I think my head is glowing
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway there was no proof
And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is glowing
And I think my head is smoking
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all these looks of disbelief.
A life for a life
And a truth for a truth
And I've got nothing left to lose
And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is smoking
And I think my head is melting
And in a way that's helping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
But I'm afraid I told a lie."

Johnny Cash's version with the spooky organ gives me goosebumbs.

[wet work]

Mission In The Rain. Every time i heard this song live it sent shivers up my spine.

I turn and walk away
then I come round again
It looks as though tomorrow
I'll do very much the same.

i must turn down your offer
but I'd like to ask a break
You know I'm ready to give everything
for anything i take

Someone called my name you know
I turned around to see
It was midnight in the mission
and the bells were not for me

come again
walking along in the mission in the rain
come again
walking along in the mission in the rain

Ten years ago I walked this street
my dreams were riding tall
tonight I would be thankful
Lord, for any dream at all

Some folks would be happy
just to have one dream come true
but everything you gather
is just more that you can lose

All the things I planned to do
I only did half way
tomorrow will be sunday
born of rainy saturday

There's some satisfaction
in the San Francisco rain
whatever comes down
the mission always looks the same

Garcia/Hunter.

[NutzyClutz]

George Jones...He Stopped loving her today they placed a wreath upon his door and soon they'll carry him away He stopped loving her today

Honey, Bobby Goldsboro. And caught her cryin' needlessly In the middle of the day. And it was in the early Spring When flowers bloom and robins sing She went away And honey, I miss you And I'm bein' good And I'd love to be with you
If only I could One day while I was not at home While she was there and all alone The angels came..

Grateful Dead. A pistol shot, at five o'clock, the bells of heaven ring, ... Take up your china doll, take up your china doll, it's only fractured and just a little nervous from the fall.


Reba Mcentire.. Now each day is one day that's left in her life She won't know love, have a marriage or sing lullabies She lays all alone and cries herself to sleep 'Cause she let a stranger kill her hopes and her dreams And all her friends say what a pity what a loss And in the end when she was barely hangin' on All she could say is she thinks his name was John She thinks his name was John