Song lyrics that always get you

[yogaretreat]

Just listening to a Spotify playlist and Time After Time came on... That line

"If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting. Time after time."

It just always gives me a little well of emotion. My son needs me so much, I think it's just that feeling of need to be there.

There are so many lyrics that get me no matter how many times I hear them.... What are yours?

No, I never felt like I belonged here
This world wasn't quite ready for me
Whoever's out there in the stratosphere
Got a question for the cosmic engineer
Is it all you believed it would be?

Hey God, why don't you take me home?
Beam me up, I got a ticket to board
Yeah, you know I'm coming home anyway
So, we might as well blast off today, for fun
I'm waiting on my spaceship to come

Leanne Rimes, Spaceship.

Stopped me in my tracks when I heard it. the video is a work of art.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance... I hope you dance...
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin',
Don't let some Hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance... I hope you dance.

Everybody's changing and I don't feel the same (Keane)

And, apt for this thread- the kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you (Elton John)

The Carnival is Over by The Seekers:

Say goodbye, my own true lover
As we sing a lovers' song
How it breaks my heart to leave you
Now the carnival is gone

High above the dawn is waiting
And my tears are falling rain
For the carnival is over
We may never meet again

Like a drum, my heart was beating
And your kiss was sweet as wine
But the joys of love are fleeting
For Pierrot and Columbine

Now the harbour light is calling
This will be our last goodbye
Though the carnival is over
I will love you 'til I die

@NannyGythaOgg I love Those we’re the Days, but the verse that gets me is,
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?

agreed

everything but the girl - 'missing'
lyrics: https://g.co/kgs/R4AdTp

When I was about ten I had a friend who lived in my street. My home life was emotionally abusive and I was gaslit to the point that I wasn't always actually sure I was visible (literally), and he was the only bright light I had - we played out and it was fun, climbing trees and running around.
His family sold the house and left, I didn't even know they were going and didn't get to say goodbye. I never saw him again. I almost died of loneliness. Only us getting a dog saved me. This song describes that loss very well.

She. Elvis Costello
We are the people empire of the sun
Libertines anthems for doomed youth

Oh did this ....

For you @Irisheyesareshining .

So many good ones which get me in this thread and that have had meaning in my life at some point.

Another one is.

I wish the stars up in the sky
Would all just call in sick
And the clouds would take the moon out
On some one-way trip

Bon Jovi It’s hard letting you go.

and yes that line from Always. Gets me every time.

"A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave"

From puff the magic dragon. I always used to cry as a child and made my mum stop playing it. As an adult it makes me cry all over again as I think of my dc growing up and away from me. It's not as lyrically powerful as a lot of others on here, but the one that makes me weep most of all.

David gray - please forgive me

Pleaae Forgive me if I act a little strange
For I know not what I do
Feels like lightning running through my veins
Everytime I look at you

The father of my 3 little children was having a breakdown so had been acting very strange and making life so difficult I couldn’t cope seeing to the children and him, he loved me so much but I couldn’t cope it was too much he had to go into a hospital to get treatment and recover….. he gave me the David gray cd and told me to listen to this - the words are apt and it always breaks my heart, he never recovered mentally and we never reunited but he loves me still

The Killers A Dustland Fairytale for my mum❤️

Now Cinderella don’t you go to sleep
Its such a bitter form
of refuge
Ah don’t you know the kingdoms under siege
Everybody needs you

And Mike and the Mechanics In the Living Years for my dad ❤️

Rainbow Connection always makes me cry too @Blinky21 - it’s just so gentle and innocent

Bridge over Troubled Water..woke up to it being played after a party in Penge oh so many years ago..loved the man I was with...he's now dead..it gets me every time.

For me it's Vitamin C by clean cut kid. I had taken my now 18yo to a gig and she was really struggling with her mental health at the time and still is now. Clean cut kid were the support act and as soon as I heard this song it just said everything that I wanted to say to her.

If the sun don't rise like it's supposed to
You build a wall you won't let me get close to you
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C
Build you back up the way you used to be
If your life ain't happening how you planned it
I feel your pain I can understand it
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C
If you get lonely you can just turn to me

And it breaks my heart to see you cry
I know it's not enough to sing you a lullaby
You're gonna' find those wings, set you free
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C

If I make you cry with the things I say and do
Evelyn you know that I would never mean to hurt you
I'm just tryna to be all that I can be
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C

And it breaks my heart to see you cry
I know it's not enough to sing you a lullaby
You're gonna' find those wings, set you free
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C
I'm gonna' be your Vitamin C

I'm gonna' keep you safe, keep you warm
I'm gonna' be here, the Vitamin C
Be the blood running through your veins
Only used to be you but now it's you and me
No need to be, need to be lonely
I'm gonna' keep you safe, keep you warm
I'm gonna' be here, the Vitamin C
Be the blood running through your veins
Only used to be you but now it's you and me
No need to be, need to be lonely

"I'm lying alone with my head on the phone, thinking of you till it hurts" (Air Supply)
not that anyone would do this these days, but I can remember sitting waiting miserably for the landline to ring!

People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring
She was born in spring
But I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

Bob Dylan - Simple twist of fate.

Transversely, my adult DD has many health issues and therefore is not slipping through my fingers. For her sake, I wish she was/ could, iyswim?

I whisper empty sounds in your ear and hope that you won't let go,
Take the pieces and build them skywards.

All of this song. It made me feel less alone when in a really awful time when my mental state had deteriorated so badly that now it takes me back to that time.

I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear
The stairs creak as you sleep
It's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes
And some days I can't even dress myself
It's killing me to see you this way
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
There's an old voice in my head
That's holding me back
Well, tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will be over and buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young
And full of life and full of love
Some days I don't know if I am wrong or right
Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
Don't listen to a word I say
(Hey)
The screams all sound the same
(Hey)
And though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
You're gone, gone, gone away
I watched you disappear
All that's left is a ghost of you
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart
There's nothing we can do
Just let me go, we'll meet again soon
Now wait, wait, wait for me, please hang around
I'll see you when I fall asleep
Don't listen to a word I say
(Hey)
The screams all sound the same
(Hey)
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
Don't listen to a word I say
(Hey)
The screams all sound the same
(Hey)
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

The living years by Mike and the mechanics always makes me cry

Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce

"If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you"

I ask you for another second chance
But then I drink it all away
And I get bellicose when you react
For the frustration and dismay
I was so delicate when we began
So tender when I spoke your name
But now I'm nothing but a partisan
To my compulsion and my shame

And when I get drunk
You take me home and keep me safe from harm
When I get drunk, you take me home

You know, I'm grateful, I appreciate
But in fact, it's baleful how I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry

Placebo - Bosco
It really portrays how it is to have someone in your life with alcohol addiction, you can feel the emotion in the song.

Can I stay here with you til the daybreak?
There's something you should know, I ain't got no place to go
Can I stay here with you til the daybreak?
How happy it would make me to see your face when I awake

Ray Lamontagne, Can I Stay- that last bit makes me cry every single time.

If you must leave,
Leave as though fire burns under your feet
If you must speak
Speak every word as though it were unique
If you must die, sweetheart
Die knowing your life was my life's best part
If you must die,
Remember your life

Keaton Henson, You- I can't listen this very often because it's too much.

May these words be the first to find your ears.
The world is brighter than the sun
Now that you're here
Though your eyes will need some time to adjust
To the overwhelming light surrounding us.

I'll give you everything I have
I'll teach you everything I know.
I promise I'll do better.
I will always hold you close,
But I will learn to let you go.
I promise I'll do better
I will soften every edge,
I'll hold the world to its best,
And I'll do better
With every heartbeat I have left
I will defend your every breath,
And I'll do better.

'Cause you are loved.
You are loved more than you know.
I hereby pledge all of my days
To prove it so.
Though your heart is far too young to realize
The unimaginable light you hold inside.

Sleeping at Last, Light- I'm crying right now reading these lyrics, I could have wrote them for my son.