Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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Hah, LF, couldn't help myself, I burst out laughing at the title!    Never heard of that fella, very cool, thanks, will have to investigate him more. 

Nice to have a little company here at this ridiculous hour. 

Try and get some sleep, okay.

 

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"Unsteady" - X Ambassadors

Hold

Hold on

Hold on to me

Cause I'm a little unsteady

A little unsteady

 

Mama, come here

Approach, appear

Daddy, I'm alone

Cause this house don't feel like home

 

If you love me, don't let go

If you love me, don't let go

 

Hold

Hold on

Hold on to me

Cause I'm a little unsteady

A little unsteady

 

Mother, I know

That you're tired of being alone

Dad, I know you're trying

To fight when you feel like flying

 

If you love me, don't let go

If you love me, don't let go

 

Hold

Hold on

Hold on to me

Cause I'm a little unsteady

A little unsteady

 

 

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This one was about a heroin addiction, but it applies to this so much.

 

 

I never thought that this day would ever come

When your words and your touch just struck me numb

Oh, and it's plain to see that it's dead

The thing swims in blood and it's cold stony dead

 

It's so hard not to feel ashamed

Of the loving living games we play

Each day

 

And I'm stuck in a shack

Down the back of the sea

Oh, and I'm alive and I'm alone

Inside a sick, sick dream

 

Oh, is it me

Is it me that feels so weak

I cannot deceive but I find it hard to speak

 

 

The hardest walk you could ever take

Is the walk you take from A to B to C

 

I walk

Oh, honey I talk

 

Don't want you to want me

Don't want you to need me

Don't want you to need me

Don't want you to need me

 

And I walk

 

 

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Awesome violinist, cool video.

 

"Shadows" - Lindsey Stirling

 

 

 

"Shatter Me"

Lindsey Stirling Featuring Lzzy Hale

 

I pirouette in the dark

I see the stars through a mirror

Tired mechanical heart

Beats till the song disappears

 

[Chorus]

Somebody shine a light

I'm frozen by the fear in me

Somebody make me feel alive

And shatter me

So cut me from the line

Dizzy, spinning endlessly

Somebody make me feel alive

And shatter me

Shatter me

Somebody make me feel alive

And shatter me

 

If only the clockworks could speak

I wouldn't be so alone

We burn every magnet and spring

And spiral into the unknown

 

[Chorus]

 

If I break the glass

Then I'll have to fly

There's no one to catch me if I take a dive

I'm scared of changing

The days stay the same

The world is spinning but only in gray

If I break the glass

Then I'll have to fly

There's nobody to catch me if I take a dive

I'm scared of changing, the days stay the same

The world is spinning but only in gray

 

[Chorus]

 

Shatter me

Somebody make me feel alive

And shatter me

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Maria Mckee - High Dive

 

 

 

Blowing my trumpet

Believin' in something

Courageous and crazy

Nothing could phase me

'Till I hit the pavement

 

And now it's back to school

Ready to play the fool

'Cause I took a high dive into an empty pool

 

Wearin' the dunce cap

Stuck in the corner

Heckled and pecked at

All of the pack said "we tried to warn her"

 

What will I tell my friends?

When I run into them

I took a high dive into the shallow end

 

Everything planned out

None of it panned out

I could have mauled it straight to the top

If I kept my fangs out

 

What'll I tell my friends

I'll get up and try again

And I'll take a high dive

Someday I'll never land

 

 

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Great song, LF, and I love her voice! 

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"Through The Pain" - Madina Lake

 

On the Chicago River after dark

We watch the city lights tear the sky apart

The wind was blowing her hair around

As the scenery explodes, I'll tell you how

 

I fell into an old cliche

Always on the road

Only halfway sane

No hospital can fix what I've become

 

I've trapped myself in a ring of fire

If I say I'm okay, I'm also a liar

The only way out is through the pain

How am I gonna get through this

 

I got so low that I get high

Just to sit and watch the miles go by

Now I'm cold and sweaty with a nauseous heart

I got a million addictions wearing me down

 

I fell into an old cliche

Always on the road only halfway sane

 

I've trapped myself in a ring of fire

If I say I'm okay, I'm also a liar

The only way out is through the pain

 

And as I write these words

My hands start to shake

These troubles sneaking in not a second too late

The only way out is through the pain

Tomorrow I'll start again

 

And now I'm begging for help

I know I can't get up

Gotta face this one all alone

And if I don't make it

Remember that I'll always be a part of you

 

I've trapped myself in a ring of fire

If I say I'm okay, I'm also a liar

The only way out is through the pain

 

And as I write these words

My hands start to shake

These troubles sneaking in not a second too late

The only way out is through the pain

Tomorrow I'll start again

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"Fearless" - Cyndi Lauper

 

Sometimes I'm afraid

When you go

Sometimes I'm afraid

When you come home

Underneath it all

I think I'm afraid

When there's nothing wrong

 

But if I was fearless

Could I be your reckless friend

And if I was helpless

Could you be the one

That comes rushing in

 

There's something

That I never told

When I find myself

Slipping off of my pedestal

I'm a fierce believer afraid to fall

 

But if I was fearless

Could I be your reckless friend

And if I was helpless

Could you be the one

That comes rushing in

 

Sometimes I'm afraid of the dark

I can't find the light in my heart

I can feel my hand

Pushing away from you hard as I can

 

But if I was fearless

Could I be your reckless friend

And if I was helpless

Could you be the one

That comes rushing in

 

Sometimes I'm afraid when you go

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"Something Beautiful" - NeedToBreathe

 

In your ocean, I'm ankle deep

I feel the waves crashing on my feet

It's like I know where I need to be

But I can't figure out, I can't figure out

 

Just how much air I will need to breathe

When your tide rushes over me

There's only one way to figure out

Will you let me drown, will you let me drown

 

[CHORUS]

Hey now, this is my desire

Consume me like a fire

Cause I just want

Something beautiful to touch me

I know that I'm in reach

Cause I am down on my knees

I'm waiting for something beautiful

Something beautiful

 

And the water is rising quick

And for years I was scared of it

We can't be sure when it will subside

So I won't leave your side

Oh I can't leave your side

 

[CHORUS]

 

In a daydream

I couldn't live like this

I wouldn't stop

Until I found something beautiful

When I wake up

And all I want I have

You know its still not what I need

Something beautiful

 

Hey now, this is my desire

Consume me like a fire

Cause I just want something beautiful

To touch me

I know that I'm in reach

Cause I am down on my knees

I'm waiting for something beautiful

Something beautiful

 

 

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"Give me One More Shot" - Alabama

 

Life ain't all that easy I can testify to that

It's been up and down and round and roun

To get to where I'm at

If you could see how I'm living

And this old car I drive

Well you'd probably wonder and even ponder

Why I even wanna stay alive

 

[CHORUS]

So give me one more shot

I'll give it all I've got

Let me open my eyes

To a new sunrise I pray

Give me one more chance

I'll learn to dance the dance

I'm satisfied just being alive

Give me one more day

 

Well I could complain about taxes

Or the weather we're having today

Go on and on about things that are wrong

From New York to L.A.

Well that's just not my nature

To sit around feeling sad

We're only here for awhile so why not smile

Hey, living ain't all that bad 

 

[CHORUS]

 

When I look around there's lots of folks

Worse off than me

So I just thank the good Lord

And ask him please

 

[CHORUS]

 

Give me one more shot

I'll give it all I've got

Give me one more day

Show me the way

And give me one more day

 

Give me one more shot

 

 

 

 

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Ride - Vapour Trail

 

 

"Vapour Trail"

 

First you look so strong then you fade away

The sun will blind my eyes, I love you anyway

Thirsty for your smile, I watch you for a while

You are a vapour trail in a deep blue sky

 

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la

 

Tremble with a sigh, glitter in your eye

You seem to come and go, I never seem to know

And all my time is yours as much as mine

We never have enough time to show our love

 

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la

 

 

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"Strange Days" - The Doors

https://youtu.be/-NSz-9qqgKE

 

Strange days have found us

Strange days have tracked us down

They're going to destroy

Our casual joys

We shall go on playing

Or find a new town

 

Strange eyes fill strange rooms

Voices will signal their tired end

The hostess is grinning

Her guests sleep from sinning

Hear me talk of sin

And you know this is it

 

Strange days have found us

And through their strange hours

We linger alone

Bodies confused

Memories misused

As we run from the day

To a strange night of stone

 

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"Hear Me" - Imagine Dragons

 

Try

Try to hear my voice

You can leave

It's your choice

Maybe if I fall asleep

I won't breathe right

Maybe if I leave tonight

I won't come back

 

[CHORUS]

I said it before, I won't say it again

Love is a game to you, it's not pretend

Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right

Can nobody hear me

I've got a lot that's on my mind

I cannot breathe

Can you hear it too

 

You kiss and you kiss

And you love and you love

You've got a history list

And the rest is above

And if you're warm

Then you can't relate to me

From the floor to the floor

And the sky to the sky

You've got to love and adore

And the rest is a lie

And if you're warm

Then you can't relate to me

 

[CHORUS]

 

Leave your shoes at the door, baby

I am all you adore lately

Come with me and we will run away

 

Can nobody hear me

I've got a lot that's on my mind

I cannot breathe

Can you hear it too

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"Hercules" - Sara Bareilles

 

I miss the days my mind would just rest quiet

My imagination hadn't turned on me yet

I used to let my words wax poetic

But it melted a puddle at my feet now

It is a calcifying crime, it's tragic

I've turned to petrified past life baggage

I want to disappear and just start over

So here we are

 

And I'll breathe again

 

[CHORUS]

Cause I have sent for a warrior

From on my knees

Make me a Hercules

I was meant to be a warrior please

Make me a Hercules

 

I've lost a grip on where I started from

I wish I'd thought ahead and left a few crumbs

I'm on the hunt for who I've not yet become

But I'd settle for a little equilibrium

There is a war inside my heart gone silent

Both sides dissatisfied and somewhat violent

The issue I have now begun to see

I am the only lonely casualty

 

This is not the end though

 

[CHORUS]

 

This is my darkest hour

A long road has lead me out here

But I only need turn around to face the light

And decide flight or fight

 

Cause I have sent for a warrior

From on my knees

Make me a Hercules

I was meant to be a warrior please

Make me a Hercules

 

 

 

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"Collapse" - Vancouver Sleep Clinic

 

I sunk in oceans blue

And they're all frozen over

I should have took your hand

We should have crossed the border

 

Because never again

Means none of this at all

Forever pretend

In our shelters we don't fall

 

Falling short again

I'm falling short again

The range is set so high

And I could never climb

Falling

 

It's so cold, I've come old

Where's the all I have to show

The knowledge that I've never known

The garden that I failed to grow

 

Cause when the wreck is through

And it's all consumed

Maybe then baby

You'll tell me that we didn't cling to enough

That we couldn't outlast the rough

 

Falling short again

I'm falling short again

The range is set so high

And I could never climb

Falling

 

On my own

I've been outgrown

We've been outgrown

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"Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond

 

Song sung blue

Everybody knows one

Song sung blue

Every garden grows one

 

Me and you are subject to

The blues now and then

But when you take the blues

And make a song

You sing them out again

You sing them out again

 

Song sung blue

Weeping like a willow

Song sung blue

Sleeping on my pillow

 

Funny thing

But you can sing it

With a cry in your voice

And before you know it

Get to feeling good

You simply got no choice

 

 

 

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Charlotte by Hope Sandoval

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S91zMopA1E

 

She's got a rose in her smile

She says she knows and she does

 

And her mind aches

And her heart breaks

'Cause she's silly

 

Gonna teach her to sin

'Cause I'm always knowing where she's been

Livin' on the wrong side of the tracks

And you know she's never

Coming back

 

She's got a smile like a flower

She looks so fine by the hour

 

But her mind aches

And her heart breaks

'Cause she's silly

 

Gonna teach her to steal

'Cause I'm always knowing

How she feels

Livin' on the wrong side of the tracks

And I know she's never

Coming back

 

Oh no...

 

And her mind aches...

And her heart breaks...

'Cause she's silly...

 

To me (2x)

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"Mary Jane"

 

Alanis Morissette

 

 

"Mary Jane"

 

What's the matter Mary Jane, you had a hard day

As you place the don't disturb sign on the door

You lost your place in line again, what a pity

You never seem to want to dance anymore

 

It's a long way down

On this roller coaster

The last chance streetcar

Went off the track

And you're on it

 

I hear you're counting sheep again Mary Jane

What's the point of trying to dream anymore

I hear you're losing weight again Mary Jane

Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for

 

Well it's full speed baby

In the wrong direction

There's a few more bruises

If that's the way

You insist on heading

 

Please be honest Mary Jane

Are you happy

Please don't censor your tears

 

You're the sweet crusader

And you're on your way

You're the last great innocent

And that's why I love you

 

So take this moment Mary Jane and be selfish

Worry not about the cars that go by

All that matters Mary Jane is your freedom

Keep warm my dear, keep dry

 

Tell me

Tell me

What's the matter Mary Jane...

 

 

 

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" Baker Street"

 

Gerry Rafferty

 

 

"Baker Street"

 

Winding your way down on Baker Street

Light in your head and dead on your feet

Well, another crazy day

You'll drink the night away

And forget about everything

This city desert makes you feel so cold

It's got so many people, but it's got no soul

And it's taken you so long

To find out you were wrong

When you thought it held everything

 

You used to think that it was so easy

You used to say that it was so easy

But you're trying, you're trying now

Another year and then you'd be happy

Just one more year and then you'd be happy

But you're crying, you're crying now

 

Way down the street there's a light in his place

He opens the door, he's got that look on his face

And he asks you where you've been

You tell him who you've seen

And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buying some land

He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands

And then he'll settle down

In some quiet little town

And forget about everything

 

But you know he'll always keep moving

You know he's never gonna stop moving

'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone

And when you wake up, it's a new morning

The sun is shining, it's a new morning

And you're going, you're going home

 

 

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"The Great Unknown

 

Rob Thomas

 

 

"The Great Unknown"

 

People are talking, what you can't un-know

And what you wanted wasn't real at all

So many people never cross that road

Staring out the window of a combat zone

 

[Chorus:]

So just hold on

Driving through the valley of the great unknown

Hoping that the headlights shine on

Everyone around you has a heart of stone

But you just roll on

Just roll on

 

People are talking but you can't be sure

So many whispers at your own front door

And when you open up you lose that hope

Now you start to wonder if you're all alone

 

[Chorus:]

So just hold on

Driving through the valley of the great unknown

Hoping that the headlights shine on

Everyone around you has a heart of stone

But you just roll on

 

Remember walking when you thought you couldn't stand

Remember what it feels like

I know you think that they could never understand

Oh, but you don't want to be right

And now you only want to make it out alive

 

[Chorus:]

So just hold on

Driving through the valley of the great unknown

Hoping that the headlights shine on

Everyone around you has a heart of stone

But you just roll on

Just roll on

 

❤️

 

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LF, that's mental telepathy, Hope Sandoval.  The last couple of weeks I've been on a Mazzy Star binge.  LOVE their music!  A great choice for sleepless nights too.    Thanks, as always, for the share.

 

 

"Look On Down From The Bridge" - Mazzy Star

 

Look on down from the bridge

There's still fountains down there

Look on down from the bridge

It's still raining up here

 

Everybody seems so far away from me

Everybody just wants to be free

Look away from the sky

It's no different when you're leaving home

 

I can't be the same thing to you now

I'm just gone, just gone

How could I say goodbye

How could I say goodbye

Goodbye

 

Maybe I'll just place my hands over you

And close my eyes real tight

There's a light in your eyes

And you know, yeah, you know

 

Look on down from the bridge

I'm still waiting for you

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Saga MB

Amazing tunes, such powerful lyrics, all of them!  Was playing them on loop during the vampire hours last night. 

So much love and swiks to you always, my fierce friend. 

 

 

"Never An Easy Way" - Morcheeba

 

I think I slipped the net

But I cut myself free

I'm not losing yet

So don't forget me

 

I'll say it, replay it

And try tomorrow

I'll say it, replay it

And live with sorrow

 

You'd think I'd learn by now

There's never an easy way

I'll get through somehow

I'm on my knees to pray

 

I'll admit I'm wrong

But I'm getting on track

I've been here too long

I'm under attack

 

I'll place it, replace it

And try to change

I'll place it, replace it

And rearrange

 

You'd think I'd learn by now

There's never an easy way

I'll get through somehow

I'm on my knees to pray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Cloudy Skies" - Ugly Kid Joe

Well, they keep on taking my heart

And they keep on taking my soul

They keep taking an inch when I give them a mile

And now it seems its been a while since anyone smiled

 

They don't know me, they don't know me

They don't know me, they don't know me

But my name is on the highway sign

Never look behind

All those troubles are gone

Nothing left but to run

So meet me down and don't be shy

A place where we can hide

There ain't nothing to fear

There ain't no-one back here

But you and I

And these cloudy skies

 

So it's time to leave our home

And see the faces we've outgrown

Through the years we've kept our backs to the wind

So long, farewell, goodbye my friend

 

They don't know me, they don't know me

They don't know me, they don't know me

But my name is on the highway sign

Never look behind

All those troubles are gone

Nothing left but to run

So meet me down and don't be shy

A place where we can hide

There ain't nothing to fear

There ain't no-one back here

But you and I

And these cloudy skies

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"Chasing Cars"

 

Snow Patrol

 

The Wind and The Wave

 

Sleeping at Last

 

 

We'll do it all

Everything

On our own

 

We don't need

Anything

Or anyone

 

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

And just forget the world

 

I don't quite know

How to say

How I feel

 

Those three words

Are said too much

They're not enough

 

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

And just forget the world

 

Forget what we're told

Before we get too old

Show me a garden

That's bursting into life

 

Let's waste time

Chasing cars

Around our heads

 

I need your grace

To remind me

To find my own

 

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

And just forget the world

 

Forget what we're told

Before we get too old

Show me a garden

That's bursting into life

 

All that I am

All that I ever was

Is here in your perfect eyes

They're all I can see

 

I don't know where

Confused about how as well

Just know that these things

Will never change for us at all

 

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

And just forget the world

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"Over The Hills And Far Away " - Led Zeppelin

 

Hey lady, you got the love I need

Maybe more than enough

Oh Darling, walk a while with me

You've got so much, so much, so much

 

Many have I loved

Many times been bitten

Many times I've gazed

Along the open road

 

Many times I've lied

Many times I've listened

Many times I've wondered

How much there is to know

 

Many dreams come true

And some have silver linings

I live for my dream

And a pocketful of gold

 

Mellow is the man

Who knows what he's been missing

Many, many men

Can't see the open road

 

Many is a word

That only leaves you guessing

Guessing about a thing

You really ought to know