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Title: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on April 16, 2017, 09:23:39 am
Music and words bring me to tears pretty regularly. I'm going to be contributing to this thread quite often I think, haha.

Click Here: I Wish I Was - The Avett Brothers
But if I get too close, will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off - or away?
If I pull you in, would I push you out
Of something here you care about?

Well I'm at a loss for what to do.
But I'm drawn to you.

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Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: sweetiepi on April 16, 2017, 09:29:09 am
One of my fave songs just really connects with me and I have no explanation as to why.

Song: Someone to fall back on- Aly Michalka

Quote
I am no prince
I am no saint
I am not anyone's wildest dream
But I will stand behind and be
Someone to fall back on
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on April 16, 2017, 09:32:42 am
One of my fave songs just really connects with me and I have no explanation as to why.

Song: Someone to fall back on- Aly Michalka


Just listened. I like it. How did you discover it?
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: sweetiepi on April 16, 2017, 09:36:00 am
Just listened. I like it. How did you discover it?
I actually discovered it from a movie. I was given a DVD of Bandslam I think 4-5 years ago and I've loved the song (and the movie) since :)
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: TooLazy on April 16, 2017, 10:20:26 am
Anything from J Cole is real af
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 16, 2017, 11:43:40 am
Mika writes the most beautiful lyrics imo and his songs are often dark but sound joyful and this lyrical dissonance is genius

Any other world:
In any other world you could tell the difference
And let it all unfurl into broken remnants
Smile like you mean it and let yourself let go

overrated:
Words get broken
Cut me open
Love confound me
Kill me quickly

and blue eyes is good

also David Bowie Space Oddity

Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: pootato on April 16, 2017, 12:37:45 pm
a song that i can relate to on every single lyric is Mariah Carey's 'Outside'
Spoiler
Standing alone
Eager to just
Believe it's good enough to be what
You really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the
Outside
also kind of off topic but i find that i can't cry when listening to/watching sad stuff even if i want to. i can only cry when i laugh too much or yawn. i can't remember the last time i cried sad tears. is this normal or am i just weird? i don't have depression.
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: HopefulLawStudent on April 16, 2017, 02:29:08 pm
Quote
I just want them to know
That I gave my all, did my best
Brought someone some happiness
Left this world a little better just because, I was here

I was here, I lived, I loved, I was here
I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

I have this on loop whenever I'm studying haha
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Paulrus on April 16, 2017, 03:04:54 pm
So much of Don't Let the Kids Win by Julia Jacklin is stunning lyrically. Really simple but it encapsulates all the weird feelings about growing older and the fear of relationships growing apart so well. Definitely worth listening to rather than just reading, but I'll include the lyrics too lol

Spoiler
Don't let the kids win
Just let them lose
They're not gonna learn anything
If that's the way you choose to play

Don't let the kids win
Just let them fall
You don't want them growing up thinking three-year-olds are good at playing basketball

Don't let your grandmother die
While you're away
A cheap trip to Thailand's not's gonna make up for never getting to say goodbye

And don't let your brother
Stop thinking you're cool
Yeah I know he's got a girlfriend now and he's taller but that don't mean
He stopped looking up to you

And I've got a feeling
That this won't ever change
We're gonna keep on getting older
It's gonna keep on feeling strange

Don't let your friends turn cold
While you burn to green
When they walk off the stage embrace them
And say that's the best shit I've ever seen

And don't let your sister
Walk down the aisle
Without pulling her close, saying I love you and it's okay
If I don't see you for a while

And I've got a feeling
That this won't ever change
We're gonna keep on getting older
It's gonna keep on feeling strange

Don't let the time go by
Without sitting your mother down
And asking what life was like for her
Before you came to be around
And tell her it's okay if she puts herself first
Us kids we'll be alright if we're not the centre of her universe

And I've got a feeling
That this won't ever change
We're gonna keep on getting older
It's gonna keep on feeling strange

And after a late one
I don't know anything
Except the more I keep on talking
The less breath I have left to sing
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: geminii on April 16, 2017, 07:29:30 pm
Can I do more than one song? haha :D

My Wish - Rascal Flatts
Spoiler
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, 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.

How To Save A Life - The Fray
Spoiler
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Perfect World - Kodaline
Spoiler
Touchdown to reality
It's not exactly what you had in mind, oh
Brother, brother
Was it only a matter of time?

In a perfect world
In a perfect world
In a perfect, a perfect world

Never Forget You - Zara Larsson
Spoiler
I'll never forget you
You'll always be by my side
From the day that I met you
I knew that I would love you till the day I die
And I will never want much more
And in my heart I will always be sure
I will never forget you
And you'll always be by my side till the day I die

Till the day I die

Paradise - Coldplay
Spoiler
When she was just a girl,
She expected the world,
But it flew away from her reach,
And bullets catching her teeth.

Life goes on,
It gets so heavy,
The wheel breaks the butterfly.
Every tear, a waterfall.
In the night, the stormy night,
She closed her eyes.
In the night, the stormy night,
Away she flied.
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: heids on April 18, 2017, 05:35:06 pm
Y'know, just because Joseph started this thread I feel compelled to post Avett Brothers lyrics; these were the first two I thought of (other than "if you have love in your heart let it show while you can", perhaps my favourite line of all).

No Hard Feelings
Under the curving sky
I'm finally learning why
It matters for me and you
To say it and mean it too -
For life and its loveliness
And all of its ugliness
Good as it's been to me -
I have no enemies.

Once and Future Carpenter
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

Interestingly I gravitate straight towards songs about death...
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 18, 2017, 07:04:48 pm
Can I do more than one song? haha :D

My Wish - Rascal Flatts
Spoiler
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, 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.

How To Save A Life - The Fray
Spoiler
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Perfect World - Kodaline
Spoiler
Touchdown to reality
It's not exactly what you had in mind, oh
Brother, brother
Was it only a matter of time?

In a perfect world
In a perfect world
In a perfect, a perfect world

Never Forget You - Zara Larsson
Spoiler
I'll never forget you
You'll always be by my side
From the day that I met you
I knew that I would love you till the day I die
And I will never want much more
And in my heart I will always be sure
I will never forget you
And you'll always be by my side till the day I die

Till the day I die

Paradise - Coldplay
Spoiler
When she was just a girl,
She expected the world,
But it flew away from her reach,
And bullets catching her teeth.

Life goes on,
It gets so heavy,
The wheel breaks the butterfly.
Every tear, a waterfall.
In the night, the stormy night,
She closed her eyes.
In the night, the stormy night,
Away she flied.

I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THESE

coldplay and the Fray are awesome

Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on April 18, 2017, 07:09:00 pm
Y'know, just because Joseph started this thread I feel compelled to post Avett Brothers lyrics; these were the first two I thought of (other than "if you have love in your heart let it show while you can", perhaps my favourite line of all).

No Hard Feelings
Under the curving sky
I'm finally learning why
It matters for me and you
To say it and mean it too -
For life and its loveliness
And all of its ugliness
Good as it's been to me -
I have no enemies.

Once and Future Carpenter
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die


Unfffff

I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THESE

coldplay and the Fray are awesome



What are your favourite songs? ;D
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 18, 2017, 07:20:35 pm
Unfffff

What are your favourite songs? ;D

For Coldplay, The Scientist, Yellow (it reduces me to tears, Chris sings it so beautifully and it has so much meaning) and Paradise since it makes me feel a feeling which I cant explain- but a really good feeling :)

The Fray, How to Save a Life was the song that got me through my bullying and Run for your life is good but hey, you asked a hard question since I legit love all coldplay and the fray songs :P

Well I also adore Queen, arctic monkeys, Lana Del Rey, Halsey and then Angus and Julia Stone, Imagine Dragons, The Script

and MIKA

and French music :D

and other random rock and pop and even classical :D
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 18, 2017, 07:22:50 pm
also Postal Service if anyone remembers them haha, and PATD and OWL CITY
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 18, 2017, 07:30:24 pm
Bjork is so good too anddddd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hV-UnrC9tU
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: geminii on April 18, 2017, 08:31:28 pm
also Postal Service if anyone remembers them haha, and PATD and OWL CITY

Idk why but listening to Fireflies by Owl City always makes me cry? I'm an emotional person though, so..

I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THESE

coldplay and the Fray are awesome



I know right! Paradise by Coldplay got me through a lot of really hard times, and How To Save A Life made me want to help people who had been through the same thing as me after I got through it. Really emotional songs! Paradise makes me cry when I listen to it. I listened to it for the first time in years day before yesterday and the memories and emotion came flooding back! Brilliant song.
What do you think of their newer songs? :)
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 18, 2017, 09:09:28 pm
Idk why but listening to Fireflies by Owl City always makes me cry? I'm an emotional person though, so..

I know right! Paradise by Coldplay got me through a lot of really hard times, and How To Save A Life made me want to help people who had been through the same thing as me after I got through it. Really emotional songs! Paradise makes me cry when I listen to it. I listened to it for the first time in years day before yesterday and the memories and emotion came flooding back! Brilliant song.
What do you think of their newer songs? :)
are you me? literally same, I mean How to Save a Life and Paradise both got me through tough times, and along with Mika, these songs helped during the days where living was hard

I am so happy the songs helped you too! :)

I really recommend the whole "Ocean eyes" album by owl city- Adam writes very deep songs, and yah I cry at Fireflies too and Caving in

I love their newer songs! :D Well personally, I have a deep adoration for Yellow, The Scientist (this got me through tough times too) but their new stuff is great :D I love Hypnotised btw and I wanna hear the rest already!! You have a good music taste :D

Bjork is really good btw and I recommend Passion Pit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmtsXAmKSkA :)
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Max Kawasakii on April 18, 2017, 09:31:45 pm
I totally agree with some of the songs on here, The fray and Cold play especially are powerful indeed!

For me personally one song that hit homes every time I hear it is, Enya - Only Time. Aside the fact that it's a beautiful song, the first time I ever heard it was it was when it played in the background of a 9/11 tribute. The song is extremely emotional and the effect of certain pictures being displayed have had an everlasting impression. There is a significant tonal shift from a somewhat despondent tone to an uplifting one, and the lyrics encapsulate this feeling perfectly.

The song means a lot to me know as it reminds be of family member who passed away in the incident, nonetheless I would recommend.

Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 19, 2017, 04:21:44 pm
do any of you like musicals?

Wicked and Hamilton and Phantom of the Opera too omg
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: sweetiepi on April 19, 2017, 04:23:34 pm
Another song that means a lot to me is Walking on Sunshine- Katrina and the Waves.
Just the whole song is so energetic and bright, like me
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: brenden on April 19, 2017, 05:01:22 pm
The metaphor/imagery in these lyrics get me every time... I've been reading and listening to these lyrics for a good 8 years or something and they never get less striking.

I'll be back for more in this thread. I've already got my next contribution lined up  8)
Strange Lot by Seth Sentry - Verse 2
We all look so morose
Soaked overcoats, hope comatosed
Folks know the ropes, don't row the boat, just float

Don't delay, don't you go and chase the blown away
Umbrella 'cross the motorway, tell 'em keep a poker face

[lyrics omitted]

Moments past only last in photographs, show some gums
Fool the picture homie, no, he couldn’t give a lonely fuck

So they don’t smile they just show their teeth
And sit below the streets on broken rollercoaster seats

With today's valid ticket like this trip is where they're all supposed to be
But don't be difficult, the warning poster's read

And if it all amounts to this, then all aboard and count your chips
A flock of dirty pigeons fighting over water fountain sips
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 19, 2017, 05:10:21 pm
The metaphor/imagery in these lyrics get me every time... I've been reading and listening to these lyrics for a good 8 years or something and they never get less striking.

I'll be back for more in this thread. I've already got my next contribution lined up  8)
Strange Lot by Seth Sentry - Verse 2
We all look so morose
Soaked overcoats, hope comatosed
Folks know the ropes, don't row the boat, just float

Don't delay, don't you go and chase the blown away
Umbrella 'cross the motorway, tell 'em keep a poker face

[lyrics omitted]

Moments past only last in photographs, show some gums
Fool the picture homie, no, he couldn’t give a lonely fuck

So they don’t smile they just show their teeth
And sit below the streets on broken rollercoaster seats

With today's valid ticket like this trip is where they're all supposed to be
But don't be difficult, the warning poster's read

And if it all amounts to this, then all aboard and count your chips
A flock of dirty pigeons fighting over water fountain sips

omfg I swear i thought i was the only one who still loved that song! Seth has many gems imo too :D

Warm winter is really good! And Float Away connects with me in many ways and helped me :)
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: brenden on April 19, 2017, 05:15:38 pm
omfg I swear i thought i was the only one who still loved that song! Seth has many gems imo too :D

Warm winter is really good! And Float Away connects with me in many ways and helped me :)
Like, I'm not shitting you when I say this is my favourite song of all time... and like... you might be my favourite person in the world rn. Warm Winter is the most CHILLING song EVER.

Seriously love Float Away. Also Campfire, Langoliers Banquet, How Are You, and like obviously Pripyat 1/2. (and virtually every other Seth Sentry song, ever).
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on April 19, 2017, 05:28:49 pm
Lyrics that mean a lot to you thread. Bringing people together.

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Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 19, 2017, 05:29:45 pm
Like, I'm not shitting you when I say this is my favourite song of all time... and like... you might be my favourite person in the world rn. Warm Winter is the most CHILLING song EVER.

Seriously love Float Away. Also Campfire, Langoliers Banquet, How Are You, and like obviously Pripyat 1/2. (and virtually every other Seth Sentry song, ever).
honestly, this made my day Brenden! To know that there are well cultured people with such a bomb taste in music! :D AtarNotes has the coolest admin :)

YEAH! Warm winter gives literal chills and it is pure unfiltered magic.

Yup literally all his songs are masterpieces and the lyrics are so in depth, the music, the composition- he is a genius imo. Langolier's Banquet!!!!! I adore that! Also, many artists usually have those songs which are the "skip" ones which you skip immediately, but for Seth, legit every song is great and EVERY album holds strong *love heart eyes*

wow I could go on!

Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on April 19, 2017, 05:30:48 pm
AtarNotes has the coolest admin :)

Thanks, sssona09! ;D

... ;)
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 19, 2017, 05:34:43 pm
Thanks, sssona09! ;D

... ;)

AHAHHA ffs!

jks :P all the admins are dope ;)
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: brenden on April 19, 2017, 05:44:33 pm
honestly, this made my day Brenden! To know that there are well cultured people with such a bomb taste in music! :D AtarNotes has the coolest admin :)

YEAH! Warm winter gives literal chills and it is pure unfiltered magic.

Yup literally all his songs are masterpieces and the lyrics are so in depth, the music, the composition- he is a genius imo. Langolier's Banquet!!!!! I adore that! Also, many artists usually have those songs which are the "skip" ones which you skip immediately, but for Seth, legit every song is great and EVERY album holds strong *love heart eyes*

wow I could go on!


You've literally just summarised my brain in a post
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: itssona on April 19, 2017, 05:49:00 pm
You've literally just summarised my brain in a post
great minds :D
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on April 21, 2017, 07:18:39 pm
Ill With Want - The Avett Brothers
Quote
I am sick with wanting -
And it's evil how it's got me.
And every day is worse than the one before.

The more I have, the more I think
I'm almost where I need to be -
If only I could get a little more.
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: sweetiepi on April 21, 2017, 08:09:53 pm
Breakaway- Kelly Clarkson

The chorus. <3
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jet plane far away
And breakaway
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: geminii on April 22, 2017, 12:52:54 pm
Never Give Up by Sia

Just the story of this song is amazing. It was made for the movie Lion (2017) about a 5 year old Indian boy who accidentally boarded a train that took him all the way across the country to Calcutta, where he lived on the streets by himself for two weeks, until he was finally adopted by an Australian couple. He grew up in Australia and then 25 years later he decides to use the newly released program 'Google Earth' to search every pixel of India to see if he can spot his childhood home and find his family. And, it's a true story!

Spoiler
I've battled demons that won't let me sleep
Called to the sea but she abandoned me

But I won't never give up, no, never give up, no, no
No, I won't never give up, no, never give up, no, no

And I won't let you get me down
I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground
Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh
I won't let you get me down
I'll keep gettin' up when I hit the ground
Oh, never give up, no, never give up no, no, oh

I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh
I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh
I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh
I'll find my way, find my way home, oh, oh, oh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw11C7rF3Ws
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: heids on April 22, 2017, 02:19:53 pm
I have always loved "May It Be" (Enya) <3

Spoiler
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home

May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornie utulie (Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantie (Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: heids on May 03, 2017, 08:38:01 am
*not a positive uplifting song* :P but still one that means a lot to me.

"Turning" from Les Miserables follows a failed revolution where all the uni students who revolted were killed. The women continue with life, washing their laundry as they chat and reflect on the useless loss of life.

Spoiler
Did you see them
Going off to fight
Children of the barricade
Who didn't last a night?
Did you see them
Lying where they died?
Someone used to cradle them
And kiss them when they cried.
Did you see them lying side by side?

Who will wake them?
No one ever will.
No one ever told them
That a summer day could kill.
They were schoolboys,
Never held a gun -
Waiting for a new world
That would rise up like the sun.

Where's that new world
now the fighting's done?

Nothing changes. Nothing ever will.
Every year another brat, another mouth to fill.

Same old story.
What's the use of tears?
What's the use of praying
When there's nobody who hears?


Turning, turning, turning, turning,
Turning through the years.
Minutes into hours, and hours into years.
Nothing changes. Nothing ever can.
Round about the roundabout and back where you began...
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Hungry4Apples on May 03, 2017, 04:33:51 pm
'If I call you an animal, aint nothing to it, gangster rap made me do it'
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: brenden on May 14, 2017, 12:23:21 am
"Wanna be alone
Wanna be surrounded
Wanna be transient
Wanna be grounded
But all the dissonance disappears from me
When you drape an arm across my knee
Intentionally lazily and"

Soooooo good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-FfhZ6MvA
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on June 17, 2017, 08:40:00 am
From the same song as that mentioned in the OP:

Spoiler
I'm a man in love, writing you a letter.
Will you take it?
Will you keep it?
Will you read it - believe it?

I love you.
I'm sorry.

Seriously an amazing song. Listen here.
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Janna on June 17, 2017, 03:27:32 pm
Be Still by The Fray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtp-p7qFI2I

and

Swallowed in the Sea by Cold Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VsvuvKT20
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: Joseph41 on December 03, 2017, 09:27:39 pm
"Is there a remedy for waiting for love’s victorious return? Is there a remedy for hating every second that I’m without you?"

All Of Me | Angus & Julia Stone
Title: Re: Lyrics that mean a lot to you
Post by: beatroot on December 03, 2017, 09:44:56 pm
"Dear Evan Hansen,​
Today is going to be a good day. And here's why: because today, today at least you're you and—that's enough.​"

~ "Finale" from the Dear Evan Hansen OBC recording