Messages found in lyrics

[Cynthia13]

I often find myself wrapped in the lyrics of a song. Some just speak to me at the exact moments that I need to hear their message. So I'm wondering if anyone else shares my love of lyrics.
Here's a few of my favorites...
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Haven't we been here before - Styx
And haven't we felt this same way
Sure in our hearts, but afraid just the same
To say I can't stay one minute more

You might think that it's hopeless
Beyond our control
But that's not necessarily so
Can't you see there's a chance
For the daring young soul
Who's finally learned to say no

No, I won't be misused
Ignored or refused
And I won't just give up and let go
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I will survive Gloria Gaynor
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (hey-hey)
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I am woman - Helen Reddy
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul

[Deleted]

After all these years I'm just now really beginning to listen more closely to the lyrics rather than just the instrumental beat. 

Bonnie Raitt "You can't make me love you"

"The Cat in the Cradle" drove me to tears. I could plainly see the generational shortcomings starting with my dad, then myself and now my sons and how we have been so adversely affected by our own busyness.

Just to name a few.

[Laura J]

"Strange" Kerli and Tokio Hotel

A Freak of nature
Stuck in reality.
I don't fit the picture
I'm not what you want me to be.
Sorry
Under the radar,
Out of the system,
Caught in the spotlight,
That's my existance.
You want me to change,
But all I feel is strange!
Strange, in your perfect world.
So-o-o strange, strange!!
I feel so absurd in this life.
Don't come closer.
In my arms,
Forever you'll be
Strange!
Strange!
You want to fix me,
Push me,
Into your fantasy.
You try to give me,
sell me,
A new personality.
You try to lift me,
I don't get better,
What's making you happy,
Is making me sadder.
In your golden cage,
All I feel is strange!
Strange, in your perfect world.
So-o-o strange, strange!
I feel so absurd in this life.
Don't come closer.
In my arms,
Forever you'll be
Strange!
Strange!
Like me.

[Cynthia13]

Wow! Love those lyrics, never heard the song before. Need to see if it's on YouTube.


Hold on - Wilson Philips
Some day somebody's gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
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This one has driven me to tears a number of times, probably because I wish someone had cared enough when I was young to protect me this way.

Don't take the girl - Tim McGraw
Take the very breath you gave me
Take the heart from my chest
I'll gladly take her place if you'll let me
Make this my last request
Take me out of this world
God, please don't take the girl
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Moments - Emerson Drive
I've had my moments, days in the sun
Moments I was second to none
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do
Like that cool night on the E. Street Bridge
When a young man almost ended it
I was right there, wasn't scared a bit
And I helped to pull him through
Lookin' at me now you might not know it
Oh, lookin' at me now you might not know it
But I've had my moments

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"This one has driven me to tears a number of times, probably because I wish someone had cared enough when I was young to protect me this way."

Don't take the girl - Tim McGraw
Take the very breath you gave me
Take the heart from my chest
I'll gladly take her place if you'll let me
Make this my last request
Take me out of this world
God, please don't take the girl
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I've prayed like that before for a very sick spouse in the hospital with life threatening asthma attacks. She quit using sugar and the asthma has been gone for a number of years. Now I suffer from awful sinus/upper respiratory problems annually ever since. Spent two sessions in the ER since September, be careful what you pray for! Either way I would it rather be me than her.

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I can't do links.

Would someone please link a you tube of knight in white satin here for me?

[Deleted]

Also where are you going from godspell, and fires at midnight from jethro tull.

If you can.

Thanks dears

[Laura J]

[Laura J]

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You are a godsend

[JamieP]

Cynthia named one of mine, Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (my anthem)
Police - Every Breath You Take (the black & white video & the stand up bass is a classic)
I'm sure I have others but those are my two top favs that come to mind right now.

[Cynthia13]

Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace, oh
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

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Unwritten

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

[Ellie]

This one has been haunting me for decades... the interplay with Buckingham's acoustic is magic. Get out your hankies kids:

Landslide -Stevie Nicks

I took my love and took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh, I'm getting older too

I take my love, take it down
I climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down, oh, oh
The landslide bring you down

[Ellie]

see what I mean?

[JamieP]

Nice you added the video & musically brings out the lyrics. I like that Stevie stepped behind Lindsey on the instrumental break, very classy. I have only seen a tv show of a concert they did featuring the Rumors record songs. Last fall my wife & I went to see Fleetwood Mac at the Air Canada Center in my city of Toronto. Again they did mostly the Rumors songs.  There were a few & didn't know & this sounds familiar. Christine McVey was back after about a 16 year absence. Both ladies, after the years of drugs & aging don't have the singing range they used to have, but still sing fine. I love drums, get a big kick out of Mick, sat above & just off the right side of the stage, so  had a good view of him. The band was mighty good! I managed to sneak in my Hi-Def camcorder, got about half dozen numbers for 22 minutes of the show. I have 5 on Youtube. I can post a link if anyone is interested.