Song Lyrics That Hit Home

One for me. Avett brothers, down with the shine.....

"There's nothing good because nothing lasts
And all that comes here, it comes here to pass.
I would voice my pain, but the change wouldn't last.
All that comes, it comes here to pass"
 
One more from the avett brothers....

"Ten thousand words swarm around my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
I wrote or read them all when searchin’ in the swarms
Still can’t find out how to hold my hands"
 
And nowadays I dream of an old cane pole
My baby's sweet tea and my favorite fishin' hole
I sit down on that bank underneath the shade tree
And I thank God the Good Times, Lord Ain't What They Used to Be
 
And one more that just came across Pandora that always makes me stop and just listen.
It hits a little close to home for those that know my story..

You and I were almost nothing
Pray to God the Gods were bluffing
Seventeen ain't old enough to reason with the pain
How could we expect the two to stay in love
When neither knew the meaning of
The difference between sacred and profane?

I was riding on my mother's hip
She was shorter than the corn
All the years I took from her
Just by being born
 
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

I used to quietly hum and sing that song to my son while feeding him a bottle when he was a baby. Just the memories of that make me tear up when I hear it now.
 
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junkxj said:
You sir are an introspective person who seems to find solitude and friendship in your own mind. Nature seems to calm my mind to the point of balance needed for clarity in deciding what is needed, and what is perceived, and I am guessing you are the same....
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It's all in how a person lives.
They majority of people only listen to music, they don't actually hear it. Same goes with life as a whole.
 
What's really fun is when you can be part of a music scene while it's booming, and personally know those in it. The early 2000s was hot for underground rap in Charleston. I usually hate it, but back in those days we were all riding around in big body cars blowing down on some killer green listening to demos that were recorded walking distance down the road from us. A lot of times, even hanging out with the groups who produced it.
 
Back on track... I saw Drivin' N' Cryin' while in college in 91 in Myrtle Beach @ The Afterdeck. To this day one of my all time favorite bands.

 
Rumble Seat
John Mellencamp

All the leaves are green
All my friends are gone
I'm livin' in my hometown
I can barely get along
I feel sorry for myself
That's an easy thing to do
I feel sorry for the world
I feel sorry for you
Yes I am a pitiful sight
I can't even get one thing right
I know just what it's like
To be ridin' in the rumbleseat
Yes I know just what it's like
To be a big time rider in the rumbleseat
Well I could have a nervous breakdown
But I don't believe in shrinks
I should be drunker than a monkey
But I don't like to drink
Call up some girls
But I'm afraid of the phone
I'm always talkin' to myself
I guess I'm never alone
Am I the only one that feels this way
I'd buy myself some stylish clothes
But I sure hate to pay
I know just what it's like
To be ridin' in the rumbleseat
Yes I know just what it's like
To be a big time rider in the rumbleseat
The sun is coming up
Just goin' to bed
I combed my hair with my pillow
Still got some dreams left
Tomorrow is a new day
Gonna make these dreams come true
I'm gonna believe in myself
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna stop puttin' myself down
I'm gonna turn my life around
I'll be ridin' high
With my feet kicked up in the rumbleseat
Yeah we'll go for a drive
And we'll be singin' shotgun from that rumbleseat
Yes I'll blow you a kiss
And we'll be ridin' big time in my rumbleseat

 
Bravado
Rush

If we burn our wings
Flying too close to the sun
If the moment of glory
Is over before it's begun
If the dream is won
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
When the dust has cleared
And victory denied
A summit too lofty
River a little too wide
If we keep our pride
Though paradise is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
And if the music stops
There's only the sound of the rain
All the hope and glory
All the sacrifice in vain
(And) If love remains
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost

 
For my grandpa, Sgt Bobby J Holloway USMC
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Sweet Annie by Zac Brown Band.
Grandma's name is Ann but my Grandpa always called her "Annie" and my Grandpa had Alzheimer's and remember listening to this song during that time and it really chokes me up each time I hear it especially these lines..

Sweet Annie
Can I stay with you a while
'Cause this road's been putting miles on my heart,
Sweetheart I’ve been livin' in a fantasy
But one day lightning will strike
And my bark will lose its bite
But don’t give up on me
Sweet Annie

Landslide By Fleetwood Mac, Although I do love the version Dixie Chicks did as well.

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til 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 changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Mmm
Well, I've been 'fraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm gettin' older, too
Well, I've been 'fraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm gettin' older, too
I'm gettin' older, too
Ah, take…
Ah, take my love, take it down
Oh, climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh, the landslide will bring it down

And because I now have a child and Christmas being my favorite holiday

Toyland by Johnny Mathis

Toyland, toy land
Little girl and boy land
While you dwell within it
You are ever happy there
Childhood's joy land
Mi-istic merry toy land
Once you pass its borders
You can ne'er return again
When you've grown up my dears
And are as old as I
You'll laugh and ponder on the years
That roll…
When you've grown up my dears
And are as old as I
You'll laugh and ponder on the years
That roll so swiftly by my dears
That roll so swi-iftly by-why
Childhood's joy land
Mi-istic merry toy land
Once you pass its borders
You can ne'er return again
 
XJsavage said:
Looks like we're getting back on track here. As many have noticed, I analyze song lyrics A LOT. My build thread is loaded with excerpt after excerpt from songs and applied to personal life events. I am a music nerd that spends years scouring the world for just the right sound and content, and usually, I end up finding it's origin to be in Europe and Scandinavia in the form of rock/heavy metal. I'll try not to cover duplicates from my build thread and keep it less....creepy.

"Well it seems that I was lost
In intoxicated nights
Following the trace of ecstasy
With no future and no past
Just the present was alive
Like a prisoner chained on to a dream
I was drowning in a feeling
That obsession rules
'till the morning kills the creatures of the night."
-Scorpions. "Every minute, every day", Savage Amusement 1988.

This is a flashback to my heavy years of drug use that started in 2004 and escalated after my first use of the drug extacy. It was literally a feeling of obsession over the control I had over my emotions with the use of opiates, stimulants and halucinagins. If I wanted to feel a certain way, I knew of a concoction that could unlock whatever door I wanted, and exactly how to mask it come morning when it was time to go to work. And yes, I was able to cure myself eventually.

"The treetops, the chimneys, the snowbed stories, winter grey
Wildflowers, those meadows of heaven, wind in the wheat
A railroad across waters, the scent of grandfatherly love
Blue bayous, Decembers, moon through a dragonfly's wings
Where is the wonder, where's the awe?
Where's dear Alice knocking on the door?
Where's the trapdoor that takes me there
Where's the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare?
Where is the wonder where's the awe
Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for
Before the years take me
I wish to see the lost in me."
-Nightwish. "I want my tears back" Imaginarium

This one goes back to childhood and being a very strange child. I was tossed around, put in special classes, repeatedly tested for autism...you name it. I was a dreamer, above all. I loved fantasy. Alice in wonderland was a favorite movie of mine for the longest time. Throughout school years I was picked on a lot and it took it's toll on me. I never fit in at all. My grades were exceptional but my social anxiety kept me in misery. The only cure was to cope, and to blend in. I did, but it took from me what I charished the most; and that is my imagination. I've made it my life goal to get it back. It was a few years ago when I was out west that I met an angel. Her real name is Angelique, a Reno native that found me wandering around aimlessly and noticed my hidden uniqueness. She was a college student then that worked graveyard shift as a bartender. We would lay on the grass outside of her bar at 3am and stare at the sky for hours. She had a large tattoo on her back of a dragonfly. She's undoubtedly the most inspirational person Ive ever met. We shared closely guarded secrets of magic that very few minds could ever comprehend, and still to this day we share them. My quest to recover what I wished was gone will continue until the day I die. I am no longer ashamed of that gift.

Nocturnal poetry:
Dressed in the whitest silver you'd smile at me
Every night I wait for my sweet Selene
But still...
Solitude's upon my skin
A Life that's bound by the chains of reality
Would you let me be your Endymion?
I would
Bathe in your moonlight and slumber in peace
Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
Shadows they will fade
But I'm always in the shade
Without you...
Serene and silent sky
Rays of moon are dancing with the tide
A perfect sight, a world devine
And I...
The loneliest child alive
Always waiting, searching for my rhyme
I'm still alone in the dead of night
Silent I lie with a smile on my face
Appearance deceives and the silence betrays
As I wait for the time
My dream comes alive
Always out of sight
But never out of mind
And under waning moon
Still I long for you
Alone against the light
Solitude am I
In the end I'm enslaved by my dream
In the end there's no soul who'd bleed for me
Hidden from daylight I'm sealed in my cave
Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to nightmare,
Where I'm all alone
Venial is life when you're but a dream,
The book is still open the pages as empty as me
I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade
Trying to break the desolation I hate
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
We will never meet
Only Misery and me
This is my final call
My evenfall
Drowning into time
I become the night
By the light of new day
I'll fade away
Reality cuts deep
Would you bleed with me
My Selene?
-Sonata Arctica. "My Selene" Reckoning night.

This is word for word a reality I live knowing that I will never find my human love. I've come close, but still there's emptiness. All I have left is hope. If I only live to be an inspiration to others, then my seed will truly be here forever.
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So let me ask you, What is your take on Hotel California? I know that Don Henley says there is a lot of hidden stuff in the song but that's its mostly about a journey from innocence to experience or something like that.
 
Cherokeekid88 said:
So let me ask you, What is your take on Hotel California? I know that Don Henley says there is a lot of hidden stuff in the song but that's its mostly about a journey from innocence to experience or something like that.
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Well, (memorizing the lyrics in my head) the reference of California would suggest a wild lifestyle. Having been there, it really and truly is life-changing for someone who's never been; Hotel signifying a place of stay for a traveler. The rest would pool in with flashbacks of an older way of life from the perspective of the traveler himself.
I'll study it some and get back.
 
Songs about travel are really captivating, I think. A singer and songwriter that tell a story of places they've been always grabs my attention.

 
XJsavage said:
Well, (memorizing the lyrics in my head) the reference of California would suggest a wild lifestyle. Having been there, it really and truly is life-changing for someone who's never been; Hotel signifying a place of stay for a traveler. The rest would pool in with flashbacks of an older way of life from the perspective of the traveler himself.
I'll study it some and get back.
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I always like hearing peoples perception of songs especially this one.
 
From someone that has battled with depression and the other occasional ailments that go along with it...this one hits me every time.

A Reason to Fight
Disturbed


The image in your eyes
Reflecting the pain that has taken you
I hear it in your voice, so ridden with shame
From what's hailing you
I won't give up so don't give in
You've fallen down but you can rise again
So don't give up
When the demon that's inside you is ready to begin
And it feels like it's a battle that you will never win
When you're aching for the fire and begging for your sin
When there's nothing left inside, there's still a reason to fight
Lost in your world of lies
I find it so hard to believe in you
Can it be real this time?
Or just a part of this game that we're playing through
I won't give up so don't give in
You've fallen down but you will rise again
I won't give up
When the demon that's inside you is ready to begin
And it feels like it's a battle that you will never win
When you're aching for the fire and begging for your sin
When there's nothing left inside, there's still a reason to fight
Don't let it take your soul
Look at me take control
When knowing to fight this war
This is nothing worth dying for
Are you ready to begin?
This is a battle that we are gonna win
When you're aching for the fire and begging for your sin
When there's nothing left inside, there's still a reason
When the demon that's inside you is ready to begin
And it feels like it's a battle that you will never win
When you're aching for the fire and begging for your sin
When there's nothing left inside, there's still a reason to fight
I'll be your reason to fight
Give you a reason to fight



My reason is in the face of my little angel sitting at home.
 
Another song that really struck a chord with me is "Brother"- NEEDTOBREATH. We all need someone to fall on time to time. We all have our weak points and we all break. For the longest time I felt I had no one to go to, no one to break on. That was probably the worst couple years of my life so far.


Ramblers in the wilderness we can’t find what we need
We get a little restless from the searching
Get a little worn down in between
Like a bull chasing the matador is the man left to his own schemes
Everybody needs someone beside em’ shining like a lighthouse from the sea

Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home

Face down in the desert now there’s a cage locked around my heart
I found a way to drop the keys where my failures were
Now my hands can’t reach that far
I ain’t made for a rivalry, I could never take the world alone
I know that in my weakness I am stronger
It’s your love that brings me home

Brother let me be your shelter
I’ll never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home

Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home

Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re feeling low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home

Brother let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home

Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter
Brother let me be your shelter



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The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life
Oh, how they fill my eyes
The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life
Oh, how they fill my eyes
Oh, my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
Oh, my crying (Oh, my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home
I'm changing, arranging
I'm changing
I'm changing everything
Everything around me
The world is
A bad place
A bad place
A terrible place to live
Oh, but I don't want to die
Oh, my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
Oh, my crying (Oh, my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home
Oh, my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
 
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