Anyone else have songs, or bits of songs that make your heart hurt?

Most of Tori Amos’ first album has this effect on me, particularly Winter, China and Little Earthquakes. Also the line ‘got enough guilt to start my own religion’ from Crucify is just perfect.

Dancing On My Own by Robyn and Loving Kind by Girls Aloud also send shivers down my spine.

Many years have passed since those summer days,
Among the fields of barley.
See the children run,
As the sun goes down,
Upon the fields of gold..."

Ah, it's great isn't it. We went on a trip to Wiltshire/Stonehenge the other year, I think Sting lives in Wiltshire, thought of this song as we went past the fields of gold.

And if you were with me tonight
I'd sing to you just one more time
A song for a heart so big,
God wouldn't let it live

Hear you me, Jimmy Eat World (Haven't RTWT yet so don't know if it has been mentioned)

Yawning801 it's written and sung by Sting.

I remember the day my dad died and I went home and put the Tori Amos song Winter on. Nearly broke my heart.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPvrMpwEvgQ

Oh, and Fields of Gold... not sure who it's by.

"Many years have passed since those summer days,
Among the fields of barley.
See the children run,
As the sun goes down,
Upon the fields of gold..."

It hasn't been released, but the second half of the chorus of "Just Like That" by ABBA, and what Agnetha sings over the top of the instumental, always makes me a bit teary. I think it's about leaving an abusive relationship...

"But I led him on...
Knowing that someday soon,
He'd be gone...
Just like that,
As though he'd only stopped a while for a chat,
But my secrets he learned,
Leaving no stone unturned."

I also got a bit teary listening to All I Ask by Adele a few minutes ago - but that might be PMS!

And 'The Greatest Discovery' by Elton John:

Peering out of tiny eyes
The grubby hands that gripped the rail
Wiped the window clean of frost
As the morning air laid on the latch

A whistle awakened someone there
Next door to the nursery just down the hall
A strange new sound you never heard before
A strange new sound that makes boys explore

Tread neat so small those little feet
Amid the morning his small heart beats
So much excitement yesterday
That must be rewarded must be displayed

Large hands lift him through the air
Excited eyes contain him there
The eyes of those he loves and knows
But what's this extra bed just here

His puzzled head tipped to one side
Amazement swims in those bright green eyes
Glancing down upon this thing
That make strange sounds, strange sounds that sing

In those silent happy seconds
That surround the sound of this event
A parent smile is made in moments
They have made for you a friend

And all you ever learned from them
Until you grew much older
Did not compare with when they said
This is your brand new brother
This is your brand new brother
This is your brand new brother

Numb - Linkin Park
Slipping Through My Fingers - Abba
Both about children growing up in different ways

Dont be sorry! xx

Aw, Lastname, I’m grand, thank you. And I’m sorry! X

American skin (41 shots) written by Bruce Springsteen in response to the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police officers who thought he was reaching for a gun when he was actually reaching for his wallet. 41 shots were fired, those words are repeated in the song 41 times.

DontDIY

I'm actually crying at my desk thinking of you now! Hope you are ok xoxoxoxo

lastname I loved that Enigma song. Used to listen to them and The Cranberries at bedtime after my mum died when I was little.

Also Tears in Heaven kills me for the same reason.

Return to innocence - Enigma- It makes me think of a friend i lost in a car accident, she was only 24 with a 3 year old and a 3month old.

Coldplay - the scientist- its on now actually!

Mike and the mechanics - Living years (i'm not in a good place with my dad, havent been for years, this song i can relate to)

Eric Clapton 0 tears in heaven

Nf let you down first time I heard this song I just stopped and listened and every word I could relate to. Really heart wrenching

"Living without you takes a lot of getting used to.
I'll learn to live with it, but I don't want to", it's by Chicago (Hard Habit to Break?)

Songbird by Fleetwood Mac (although I do like Eva Cassidy's version too). It's giving me goosebumps just thinking about it!

Gallicoscat, if you are open to Schubert, listen to the Erlkonig....just the lyrics alone are a sledgehammer, about a father's love for his child who is dying in his arms. The music is great too

I didn’t know Say hello wave goodbye was softcell either!

I love this thread.

Funnily enough mine is the Katy Perry song- the ‘you’re going to hear me roar’. About being tough and being a fighter.

Was playing in the car as I finally drove my newborn home from hospital after she finished treatment for neonatal meningitis.

And ‘feels like home’- is how I feel about my DP.

Wonderful thread, although making me cry!

I have many.
Tourniquet- Evenescence
Pins and needles- The Birthday Massacre
Until it sleeps- Metallica
Storm the Sorrow- Epica

Recent Favorite Every storm runs out of Rain

I saw you standing in the middle of the thunder and lightning
I know you're feeling like you just can't win, but you're trying
It's hard to keep on keepin' on, when you're being pushed around
Don't even know which way is up, you just keep spinning down, 'round, down
Every storm runs, runs out of rain
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain
So hold your head up and tell yourself that there's something more
And walk out that door
Go find a new rose, don't be afraid of the thorns
'Cause we all have thorns
Just put your feet up to the edge, put your face in the wind
And when you fall back down, keep on rememberin'
Every storm runs, runs out of rain
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain
It's gonna run out of pain
It's gonna run out of sting
It's gonna leave you alone
It's gonna set you free
Set you free
Every storm runs, runs out of rain
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain
It's gonna set you free,
It's gonna run out of pain,
It's gonna set you free

Bridge Over Troubled Water gets me every time, there is such tenderness in the voices of Simon and Garfunkel

Also Ripples and Squonk by Genesis

Logical Song and Don’t Leave Me Now by Supertramp

Farewell Is A Lonely Sound Jimmy Ruffin

Someone Saved My Life Tonight and Tiny Dancer, Elton John