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Re: Song lyrics that either hit home or have personal meaning
FYI- Cats in the Cradle is a Harry Chapin song. I think people associate it with Cat Stevens cause of the Cat use.
Good song though. |
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Break Your Heart -Barenaked Ladies
The bravest thing I've ever done Was to run away and hide But not this time, not this time And the weakest thing I've ever done Was to stay right by your side Just like this time, and every time I couldn't tell you I was happy when you were gone So I lied and said that I missed you when we were apart I couldn't tell you, so I had to lead you on But I didn't mean to break your heart And if I always seem distracted Like my minds somewhere else That's because it's true, yes it's true it's this stupid pride that makes me feel Like I have to follow through Even half-assedly, loving you Why must I always speak in terms of cowardice? When I guess I should have just come out and told you right from the start Why must I always tell you all I want is this? I guess 'cause I didn't want to break your heart And you said What'd you think that I was gonna do, Curl up and die just because of you? I'm not that weak, you know What'd you think that I was gonna do, Try to make you love me as much as I love you? How could you be so low? You arrogant man, What do you think that I am? My heart will be fine Just stop wasting my time And now I know that you will be okay, and that I got what I want and that's rid of you Good bye And it's not cause I'll be missing you That makes me fall apart It's just that I didn't mean to break No I didn't mean to break No I didn't mean to break Your heart I had a girlfriend in college and we dated for awhile. She had always dated real [censored] before and fell instantly in love with me because I treated her with a little respect. Long story short, I figured out that we were great as friends but I didnt like the relationship. Instead of breaking it off I distanced myself from her emotionally until she got pissed and broke it off. She said that this was the worse because before, she knew she was dating [censored] and with me she thought she was getting a nice guy but I turned into a bigger [censored] cause I led her on. This song could have literally been written about how I felt about our relationship. |
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From Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash:
I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die These lyrics always remind me of when I used to live in Reno. |
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Good lyrics speak for themselves.
Givin' The Dog A Bone |
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A lot of Dylan fans don't like this song because they say it's to repetitive and drawn out.Dylan said it was the only song that he ever regretted making because it's so harsh to the sister.
But the reason i like this song is the brutally honest lyrics about lost love and making mistakes in relationships that you can't recover from. Another Side of Bob Dylan - Ballad In Plain D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGG9g...B8&index=9 I once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze. With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn. I courted her proudly but now she is gone, Gone as the season she's taken. Through young summer's breeze, I stole her away From her mother and sister, though close did they stay. Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day, With strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us. Of the two sisters, I loved the young. With sensitive instincts, she was the creative one. The constant scapegoat, she was easily undone By the jealousy of others around her. For her parasite sister, I had no respect, Bound by her boredom, her pride to protect. Countless visions of the other she'd reflect As a crutch for her scenes and her society. Myself, for what I did, I cannot be excused, The changes I was going through can't even be used, For the lies that I told her in hopes not to lose The could-be dream-lover of my lifetime. With unknown consciousness, I possessed in my grip A magnificent mantelpiece, though its heart being chipped, Noticing not that I'd already slipped To a sin of love's false security. From silhouetted anger to manufactured peace, Answers of emptiness, voice vacancies, Till the tombstones of damage read me no questions but, "Please, What's wrong and what's exactly the matter?" And so it did happen like it could have been foreseen, The timeless explosion of fantasy's dream. At the peak of the night, the king and the queen Tumbled all down into pieces. "The tragic figure!" her sister did shout, "Leave her alone, God damn you, get out!" And I in my armor, turning about And nailing her to the ruins of her pettiness. Beneath a bare light bulb the plaster did pound Her sister and I in a screaming battleground. And she in between, the victim of sound, Soon shattered as a child 'neath her shadows. All is gone, all is gone, admit it, take flight. I gagged twice, doubled, tears blinding my sight. My mind it was mangled, I ran into the night Leaving all of love's ashes behind me. The wind knocks my window, the room it is wet. The words to say I'm sorry, I haven't found yet. I think of her often and hope whoever she's met Will be fully aware of how precious she is. Ah, my friends from the prison, they ask unto me, "How good, how good does it feel to be free?" And I answer them most mysteriously, "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?" |
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On my depressed days, nothing hits me more than Trouble by Cat Stevens. I sometimes associate it with the death of my father, but I think that might just be because I also associate it with the scene in Harold and Maude when Maude commits suicide. More aptly I think it just has to do with the black cloud that depression can bring.
Trouble by Cat Stevens Trouble Oh trouble set me free I have seen your face And it's too much too much for me Trouble Oh trouble can't you see You're eating my heart away And there's nothing much left of me I've drunk your wine You have made your world mine So won't you be fair So won't you be fair I don't want no more of you So won't you be kind to me Just let me go where I'll have to go there Trouble Oh trouble move away I have seen your face and it's too much for me today Trouble Oh trouble can't you see You have made me a wreck Now won't you leave me in my misery I've seen your eyes and I can see death's disguise Hangin' on me Hangin' on me I'm beat, I'm torn Shattered and tossed and worn Too shocking to see Too shocking to see Trouble Oh trouble move from me I have paid my debt Now won't you leave me in my misery Trouble Oh trouble please be kind I don't want no fight And I haven't got a lot of time |
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"Now they call you prince charming
can't speak a word when you're full of ludes. Said you'll be all right come tomorrow but tomorrow might not be here for you" My dad was pretty big on chasing random tail after his divorce. Died abruptly with 0.47 % alcohol in his blood. |
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[ QUOTE ]
FYI- Cats in the Cradle is a Harry Chapin song. I think people associate it with Cat Stevens cause of the Cat use. Good song though. [/ QUOTE ] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfjIsCCJOWQ The music set to this particular video has much meaning to me in regards to both my father and my son. |
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I am profoundly moved by The Beatles 'Golden Slumbers' (or more properly the three joined songs on Abbey Road that start with 'Golden Slumbers') in a very profound way. It's like the perfect song about fatherhood and being in a family, and what being a real and devoted father and husband is all about, warts and all, without being overt about it in any way.
Once there was a way to get back homeward Once there was a way to get back home Sleep pretty darling do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Golden slumbers fill your eyes Smiles awake you when you rise Sleep pretty darling do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Once there was a way to get back homeward Once there was a way to get back home Sleep pretty darling do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time I never give you my pillow I only send you my invitation And in the middle of the celebrations I break down Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Oh yeah, all right Are you going to be in my dreams Tonight? And in the end The love you take Is equal to the love you make. |
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Wooden Ships
Crosby, Stills and Nash If you smile at me I will understand 'Cause that is something Everybody everywhere does in the same language I can see by your coat, my friend You're from the other side There's just one thing I've got to know Can you tell me please, who won? Say, can I have some of your purple berries Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now Haven't got sick once Prob'ly keep us both alive Wooden ships on the water, very free, and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline let us be Talk'n 'bout very free, and easy Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all human feelings die We are leaving, you don't need us Go take a sister, then, by the hand Lead her away from this foreign land Far away, where we might laugh again We are leaving, you don't need us And it's a fair wind Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder Guess I'll set a course and go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAWqT_R5NI |
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