What are your favourite relevant/most poignant/powerful song lyrics

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The 1975

"You used to have a face straight out of a magazine.Now you just look like anyone..."

The Cure

"Misjudged your limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed me more"

And, weirdly...

Miley Cyrus

"This world can hurt you
It cuts you deep and leaves a scar
Things fall apart, but nothing breaks like a heart..."

From "Wild is the Wind"

"With your kiss
My life begins
You're spring to me
All things
To me
Don't you know you're
Life itself"

Reminds me of a particularly obsessive and not very healthy but all encompassing love affair I once had.

I always imagine it's what Lady Macbeth listens to before she throws herself from the ramparts!

Before the truth will set you free, it'll piss you off.

Bring me the Horizon - Mantra.

I see you like Darren Hayes. The Tension And The Spark is one of my favourite ever albums.

I'm rumbled!! TTatS and Delicate Thing are both fantastic :) @MadisonAvenue

"it was in love I was created and in love is how I hope I die"

Paolo Nutini

Plenty of others but that one always stick

And who do you think you are?
Running round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're going to catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back to me
Don't come back at all

And

I said a prayer this morning
I prayed I would find a way
To another day, I was so afraid
'Til you came and saved me
And the rain was pouring
'Cause the sun faded away
Now I'm in a better place
No longer afraid
Blinded by your grace
You came and saved me

All my life there's trouble in America
All my life oh there's panic in America
I light a cigarette 'cause I can't get no sleep
There's nothing on the tv there's nothing on the radio that means that much to me
There's nothing on the tv there's nothing on the radio that I can believe in

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 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

Makes me think of child/ parent relationships. It makes me think of my Dad as he loves Fleetwood Mac. The line that gets me is building a life around you, and children growing older.

Here in the dark I cherish the moonlight,
I'm in love with the way your in love with the night.
And it travels from heart to limb to pen.
And we waited for sirens that never come,
We only write by the moon.
Every word handwritten.

The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark
It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark

Elvis Costello - I want you

Whattthefunk My choir sung a beautiful arrangement of this a few years back, it was beautiful.

"I can't understand,
I get misty just holding your hand."

"And you'll bring summer back again..."

Cynical, jaded, faithless, disappointed, disillusioned, used
If I could take back all my sweat, my tears, my sex, my joy I would
My time, my love, my effort, passion, dedication
In case of mistaken identity I gave these things to you
If I sound angry, bitter, sad, infatuated, it's the truth
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, just a few
Stages of acceptance that it's really over
It's just so complicated and I'm stupid for believing in you

You make me feel like my father never loved me
You make me feel like the act of love is empty
Am I so unlovable?
Is my skin untouchable?
Do I remind you of a part of you that you don't like?

I had your back, I held you up, I told you you were good enough
It was not reciprocated, you kept affection and yourself apart
You fed your love to me like crumbs to pigeons in the park
Sometimes I think you're satisfied to see me begging like a dog
I wasn't armored, you were king, I gave my everything
Because sometimes you showed me just a hint of you and then
For just a moment I romanticized the notion
I can take away the torment, I can love you like they never did

You make me feel like my mother, she abandoned me (you abandoned me)
You make me feel like the act of love is empty (I felt so empty)
Am I so unlovable?
Is my heart unbreakable?
Do I remind you of a part of you that you despise?

Sigh abusive childhoods are truly shit.

Paolo Nutini's Pencil Full of Lead

Playing on the radio the day I brought my 2 week old home after an infection that had nearly killed her.

I'm out and about, so I'm in with a shout
I got a fair bit of chat but better than that
Food in my belly and a license for my telly
And nothing's going to bring me down

But best of all (best of all)
I've got my baby
She's mighty fine and says she's all mine
And nothing's going to bring me down

Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre, l'ombre de ta main, l'ombre de ton chien.

Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas. Sounds a lot better in French than in English

She can hear in the distance
The sound of the cars
And she sees the snow falling down on the hill
Now the trees and the houses
Are white as the stars
And she doesn't wanna cry
But she probably will
As she thinks about all of life's mystery
And how slowly the answers unfold
She's becoming gold

Time it was
And what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence
A time of confidences

Long ago it must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you

Pink Floyd - Coming Back to Life

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
'Cause the things you say and the things you do surround me

While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
Headed straight into the shining sun

Now I'm sitting here before the fire, the empty room, the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher, well they've withered, now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear and I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken and the kisses flow, well I will disappear

But let me tell you that I love you, that I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home

....and I'm not even Scottish!

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll Bookends is an incredible song.

Just too true. Struggling so much yesterday and today.

Everybody’s seeking meaning
A place to call a home
Something to believe in before we’re gone

Everybody’s seeking comfort
Someone to be a friend
A hand to hold on to in times of pain

I need some love
I need to hear
The ache of no reason has taken its toll

I think it’s time for giving up
I think it’s time for giving in

Too tired to fight
All I am I give to you
You are home
In you I feel my meaning

Tenderness is a weakness
It tears down your fortresses
Makes you easy access (and I guess that)
Tenderness is a weakness
It makes you so vulnerable
To that sick dangerous feeling
We all know as love
I cried for you
I even lied for you
I died a thousand times for you
I committed endless crimes for you
I sold my soul to some Devil
To do with what he will
Now I'll lock up my heart
And throw away the key
Love have no part in my destiny

Tenderness is a weakness - Marc Almond

J'avoue j'en ai bavé pas vous
Mon amour
Avant d'avoir eu vent de vous
Mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d’une chanson

La javanaise - Serge Gainsbourg (though I love the version by Juliette Greco)

Jamie Lenman - Saturday Night

My old man died on a Saturday night
I watched as he just stopped breathing
And though it was awful and painful and sad
I was glad that he wasn't alone
It felt like something he'd just had to go through
An arduous task he'd been given
And it seemed so unfair it was his cross to bear
The sickest and weakest of us
We never spoke much as a father and son
But we had an understanding
And I still hear his voice when I open my mouth
In anger, or wisdom, or such
If I see a similar jacket or hair
I think for a moment I've found him
But then I remember, it's not about "where"
And I know he's not lost, he is gone
I'm just glad that he wasn't alone

My dad died two weeks ago, I was with him 😢

Now when it rains I don't feel cold
Now that I have your hand to hold.

There’s several songs that can make me cry, and American Tune is one of them:
^Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
We've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
we're traveling on
I wonder what went wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what went wrong^

I'm Glad You Came by The Wanted - reminds me of the glorious summer I had just before I found out I was pregnant. Which was also good of course.

The Time of Your Life by Green Day - someone was playing it full blast outside the day after I brought DD home.

Hey Soul Sister by Train - I just really like it!

Too Many Florence Nightingales, not enough Robin Hoods.
Too many halos, not enough heroes, coming up with the goods.
So you thought you'd like to change the world, decided to stage a jumble sale.
So you thought you'd like to see them heal, got Blue Peter to stage an appeal.
For the poor. For the poor.

• Paul Heaton