weyes Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 a lot of people don't really listen to lyrics in songs; my aunt, for instance, only sees them as another instrument - doesn't really process them or remember them. but i see them as the music's equal. the lyrics are the reason for the song, the song is the reason for the lyrics. and, seriously, people shouldn't discount lyrics just because they come from groups that seem "bubble-gum" or not serious. check out this one, for instance:you have so many relationships in this lifeonly one or two will lastyou go through all the pain and strifeyou turn your back and it's gone so fast(i put the last line in boldface just because it's always been a favorite lyric of mine.) anyway, that, my friends, is a verse from hanson's "mmmbop." that's some sadass shit, and the song sounds so goddamn cheery. nobody really knew that it was such a sad song, 'cause they couldn't understand what those goldarned kids were saying. but those weren't the sad lyrics i intended to post. here's one of the saddest i know:i need you more than want youand i want you for all timedamn... that's a need that's infinite, greater than an already infinite want. impossible, painful . and it gets me every time. that one's from glen campbell's "wichita lineman." anybody got some that particularly strike a chord in you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 3 songs do it to me:All of my Love --Led Zepplinit's a dedication to Robert Plant's son who passed away at a very early age... so touching... Piano Man --Billy Joelit's one of those "im drunk-let-me-let-it-all-out kinda jingles and American Pie So bye bye miss American PieDrove the Chevy to the Levvy But the levvy was dryand good ol boys are drinkin' whisky and ryesayin this will be the day that i diethis will be the day that i........die... <><><>(then it cheers up later, but it's still sad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 On the Road Again by Willie Nelsonand...ummm....Copacabana and ummm...geeze this is too hard..anything by Quiet Riot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemerald Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 i cry everytime i hear this one!!! "when you find a love when you know that it exists then the lover that you miss will come to you on those cold, cold nights when you've been loved when you know it holds such bliss then the lover that you kissed will comfort you when there's no hope in sightso the words you could not say I'll sing them for you and the love we would have made I'll make it for two for every single memory has become a part of me you will always be...my love" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weyes Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 funny you should mention george michael, 'cause i was thinking of a wham! song. one of our faves, everyone, careless whisper. these lines always get me:i'm never gonna dance againthe way i danced with youwhen i was a kid, i didn't get the significance of the "way i danced with you" part. i thought he was saying that he wouldn't dance at all 'cause he couldn't dance with her. now, even though i understand that part, the first line is still enough to break my heart - that he wouldn't dance a certain way he used to, ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 ooooh, there was this track on a set by John Graham "Quivver" last year that totally freaked me out..i know teh thread is about sad songs but this one is freaky...and it goes (in a deep freaky manly voice)"i'm watching you....i want you....can you see me?i touch you...deeper....can you feel it...deeper still....i want you.."its the first track to that set, and it totally sent shivvers through my spine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weyes Posted July 13 Author Report Share Posted July 13 bjork's "hyperballad" is one of the saddest songs i know, even though i guess it's the whole song that's sad, not really so much a few lines that i could pinpoint. well, i'll put all the words here, but the lyrics in boldface are the ones that stand out as sad on their own. then i'll give a little summary of the song, as it speaks to me (essays for you, from me! this is free practice for those of you studying to be teachers !)we live on a mountainright at the topthis beautiful viewfrom the top of the mountainevery morning i walk towards the edgeand throw little things offlike car parts, bottles, and cutleryor whatever i find lying aroundit's become a habita way to start the dayi go through all thisbefore you wake upso i can feel happierto be safe up here with you(2x)it's early morningno one is awakei'm back at my cliffstill throwing things offi listen to the sounds they make on their way downi follow with my eyes till they crashi imagine what my body would sound likeslamming against those rocksand when it landswill my eyesbe closedor openi go through all thisbefore you wake upso i can feel happierto be safe up here with you(2x)safe up here with you... (ad infinitum)i think her imagery is really good; i can see a picture of this happening. and it reminds me of being the person awake in bed early in the morning while my significant other was still asleep. makes me think of lying still, thinking so many worrisome thoughts, just to hope to get through them somehow, without waking him up - but i never did resolve them or feel any better. but i always thought that, hey, i have it easier now, with this guy around , but still, of course, i didn't. that's the thing - no one else can fix your broken life. and i guess, once he woke up, just like bjork was saying, i did appreciate having him more, and for all the wrong reasons: i was hoping he'd save me from the things that made me want to imagine throwing myself off cliffs along with cutlery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 sinead o'connornothing compares 2 uIt's been seven hours and fifteen days Since u took your love away I go out every night and sleep all day Since u took your love away Since u been gone I can do whatever I want I can see whomever I choose I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing I said nothing can take away these blues `Cause nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u It's been so lonely without u here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me baby where did I go wrong I could put my arms around every boy I see But they'd only remind me of you I went to the doctor n'guess what he told me Guess what he told me He said girl u better have fun No matter what u do But he's a fool `Cause nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u All the flowers that u planted, mama In the back yard All died when u went away I know that living with u baby was sometimes hard But I'm willing to give it another try Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjonmartin Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Originally posted by vicman sinead o'connornothing compares 2 uIt's been seven hours and fifteen days Since u took your love away I go out every night and sleep all day Since u took your love away Since u been gone I can do whatever I want I can see whomever I choose I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing I said nothing can take away these blues `Cause nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u It's been so lonely without u here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me baby where did I go wrong I could put my arms around every boy I see But they'd only remind me of you I went to the doctor n'guess what he told me Guess what he told me He said girl u better have fun No matter what u do But he's a fool `Cause nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u All the flowers that u planted, mama In the back yard All died when u went away I know that living with u baby was sometimes hard But I'm willing to give it another try Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u this was written by Prince and performed first by The Family FYI. Great song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weyes Posted July 15 Author Report Share Posted July 15 all right. i mean, shit, people, with the amount of country music i listen to, you'd think i'd have more lyrics. the thing with country is, though, that it's hard to catch the exact words. the singers are storytellers, and you hear stories, not lines with syllables and rhymes (even though they're there, in some cases just more strictly than others.).ok, now i don't wanna hear any crap from you, joey, about me listening to country . and now that i've gotten that out of the way , we can continue (but i-ee-i will always love you-ooooo, joey , it's ok .).ok, after my co-workers make me listen to that off-key smut that people call "r & b" these days all day long, i get my turn for the top 7 country countdown and then the rest of the next 2 hours. relaxing. but i have to give you the link to this song, because it almost made one of my male co-workers cry, and he really dislikes country. it's not so much a sad song, but intense (as most country is). and it has a happy ending, even though that doesn't belong in this thread. but if you do wanna treat yourself and make me happy in the process , you have to listen to the whole thing. as i said, it's a story.http://www.wbr.com/nashville/blakeshelton/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardstone Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 Way Out West- Intensify(The Fall)"but I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leafs start to fall . . ."...... this track is so heart felt and involving.those are the only words in the entire track, those are the only words you need....... you really feel this one.Stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 Originally posted by weyes all right. i mean, shit, people, with the amount of country music i listen to, you'd think i'd have more lyrics. the thing with country is, though, that it's hard to catch the exact words. the singers are storytellers, and you hear stories, not lines with syllables and rhymes (even though they're there, in some cases just more strictly than others.).ok, now i don't wanna hear any crap from you, joey, about me listening to country . and now that i've gotten that out of the way , we can continue (but i-ee-i will always love you-ooooo, joey, it's ok.ok, after my co-workers make me listen to that off-key smut that people call "r & b" these days all day long, i get my turn for the top 7 country countdown and then the rest of the next 2 hours. relaxing. but i have to give you the link to this song, because it almost made one of my male co-workers cry, and he really dislikes country. it's not so much a sad song, but intense (as most country is). and it has a happy ending, even though that doesn't belong in this thread. but if you do wanna treat yourself and make me happy in the process , you have to listen to the whole thing. as i said, it's a story.http://www.wbr.com/nashville/blakeshelton/ shiietttt....*sniff*sniff* like with older traditional mexican folk music from the north of the country lots of the songs arent just lyrics, they are actually stories. even though i get bored of them pretty quick because they all sound the same to me, if i take the music part out and just read the word of the song, sometimes i just cant help it and drop a tear or two along the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weyes Posted July 16 Author Report Share Posted July 16 Originally posted by vicman shiietttt....*sniff*sniff* like with older traditional mexican folk music from the north of the country lots of the songs arent just lyrics, they are actually stories. even though i get bored of them pretty quick because they all sound the same to me, if i take the music part out and just read the word of the song, sometimes i just cant help it and drop a tear or two along the way i'm so glad you liked it!it's funny - with mexican music i basically time how soon into the song it is before they say "corazon." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 Originally posted by weyes it's funny - with mexican music i basically time how soon into the song it is before they say "corazon." :laugh: or "mi vida" (my life..referring to the person in question being the "life" of the person singing it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msbobois Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 "The Wild Ones" by suedeThere's a song playing on the radioSky high in the airwaves on the morning showAnd there's a lifeline slipping as the record playsAnd as I open the blinds in my mind I'm believing that you could stayAnd oh if you stay I'll chase the rainblown fields awayWe'll shine like the morning and sin in the sunOh if you stayWe'll be the wild ones, running with the dogs todayThere's a song playing through another wallAll we see and believe is the D.J. and debts dissolveAnd it's a shame the plane is leaving on this sunny dayCos on you my tattoo will be bleeding and the name will stainBut oh if you stay we'll ride from disguised suburban gravesWe'll go from the bungalows where the debts still grow every dayAnd oh if you stay I'll chase the rainblown fears awayWe'll shine like the morning and sin in the sun oh if you stayWe'll be the wild ones running with the dogs todayWe'll be the wild ones running with the dogs today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msbobois Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 last goodbye - jeff buckleythis is our last goodbyei hate to feel the love between us diebut it's overjust hear this and then i'll goyou gave me more to live formore than you'll ever knowthis is our last embracemust i dream and always see your facewhy can't we overcome this wallwell, maybe it's just because i didn't know you at allkiss me, please kiss mebut kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolationyou know it makes me so angry 'cause i know that in timei'll only make you cry, this is our last goodbyedid you say "no, this can't happen to me," and did you rush to the phone to callwas there a voice unkind in the back of your mind saying maybe you didn't know him at allyou didn't know him at all, oh, you didn't knowwell, the bells out in the church tower chimeburning clues into this heart of minethinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memories offer signs that it's over... it's over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weyes Posted July 20 Author Report Share Posted July 20 wow. i'll have to hear the whole song, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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