Lyrics that make you think "Yes!..."

[IntelligentInputDarling]

Clunky title right 😅

I'm listening to The Boss 'Dancing in the Dark' and
"You can't start a fire,
you can't start a fire without a spark"
just gets me.

Bloody love this song ❤️ 🎵

I used to think it was
silence like a casserole.
which made sense 😂

Kiss me, please, kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, not consolation
Oh, you know it makes me so angry
'Cause I know that in time, I'll only make you cry
This is our last goodbye

Did you say, "no, this can't happen to me"
Did you rush to the phone to call
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind
Saying, "maybe you didn't know him at all"

last goodbye - Jeff buckley

his voice in this is just perfection

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh, Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

Love so many Joni Mitchell lyrics but especially these from 'A Case of You'

You do know this is about oral sex ? 😬

‘Cathy, I’m lost’, I said
though I knew she was sleeping.
’I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why,’

’America’ by S&G. Hits home.

Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking
You say you're happy and you're doing fine
Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time
Because sad eyes never lie
Because sad eyes never lie

Well for a while I've been watching you steady
Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready
You show up and then you shy away
But I know pretty soon you'll be walking this way
Because sad eyes never lie
'Cause Sad eyes never lie

Baby don't you know I don't care
Don't you know that I've been there
Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind

I know you think you'd never be mine
Well that's okay, baby, I don't mind
That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact
Go ahead, I don't mind the act
Here you come all dressed up for a date
Well one more step and it'll be too late
Blue blue ribbon in your hair
Like you're so sure I'll be standing here
I guess sad eyes never lie
I guess sad eyes never lie
I guess sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie

These lyrics by Bruce Springsteen have always drawn me in. They’re sexy, and jaded, and world-weary, and hopeful, all at once. Just an absolute movie of a song.

This Night Has Opened My Eyes by The Smiths - easier to appreciate if you know A Taste of Honey, which it's based on. But the basic plea to keep going hits hard. Several people I'm close to are having a hard time rn & ut can be awful not feeling able to help.

In a river the color of lead
Immerse the baby's head
Wrap her up in the News Of The World
Dump her on a doorstep, girl
This night has opened my eyes
And I will never sleep again
You kicked and cried like a bullied child
A grown man of twenty-five
Oh, he said he'd cure your ills
But he didn't and he never will

Oh, save your life
Because you've only got one
The dream has gone
But the baby is real
Oh, you did a good thing
She could have been a poet
Or, she could have been a fool
Oh, you did a bad thing
And I'm not happy
And I'm not sad

A shoeless child on a swing
Reminds you of your own again
She took away your troubles
Oh, but then again
She left pain

Oh, please save your life
Because you've only got one
The dream has gone
But the baby is real
Oh, you did a good thing
She could have been a poet
Or, she could have been a fool
Oh, you did a bad thing
And I'm not happy
And I'm not sad

Another one for "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian. I was about 15 when I heard this, and as a slightly unworldly English girl I didn't understand some of the references, but what I did understand hit hard.
More recently "Feel" Robbie Williams.....
I don't wanna die,
But I'm not keen on living either
Not much has changed in 50 years.

"You can't have too many good times, children
You can't have too many lines
Take a good look at these crows feet
Sitting on the prettiest eyes"

Prettiest Eyes - The Beautiful South. Resonates with me more and more the older I get

And every single word of Hallelujah when Jeff Buckley is singing it

@foreverblowingbubbless lalala I’m not listening. It’s about me and that’s that 🤣

I hope you think about me when she asks you if it's in
Can she tell where the lying stops and where the truth begins?
I'm sorry that you're balding, but you're paying for your sins
You'll get used to it

Here's to us, one more toast, and then we'll pay the bill
Deep inside, both of us can feel the autumn chill
Birds of passage, you and me
We fly instinctively
When the summer's over and the dark clouds hide the sun
Neither you nor I'm to blame when all is said and done

In our lives, we have walked some strange and lonely treks
Slightly worn, but dignified, and not too old for sex
We're still striving for the sky
No taste for humble pie
Thanks for all your generous love and thanks for all the fun
Neither you nor I'm to blame when all is said and done

When All Is Said and Done - ABBA

I must admit, my favourite is the line about being dignified and not too old for sex. Some positivity that I think we'd all like to feel in a split.

"Stop crying your heart out" by Oasis came on the radio as we were clearing out our family home after our parents died within a few months of each other in 2020. The entire song IMO is beautiful but this particular verse just got me that day.

We're all of the stars, we're fading away
Just try not to worry, you'll see us some day
Just take what you need, and be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

All the lyrics in 'She used to be mine' from The Waitress. Used to play it on repeat when I drove to work. Utterly summed up how I felt about my life at the time. Left my place of work after 2 decades there and can now feel the 'fire in my eyes' coming back.

When I am (often) overcome with the beauty of the world I think of the very simple lyrics of Wonderful World.

I do think to myself. What a wonderful world.

Listening to the radio this morning and Sit Down by James came on. Forgot how much I loved this song, especially this part

Now I've swung back down again
It's worse than it was before
If I hadn't seen such riches
I could live with being poor

I sung that song to both my babies as a lullaby every night, always makes me think of those baby days.

Gosh, some of these are really profound. Thanks for sharing.

Omg that song from waitress! We saw it with teens quite a fun show then the actress belted that one out! Dh was actually in tears. Its like it’s from a different play altogether.

Saw the Dancing in the Dark lyrics and realised how long that song (and The Boss) have been in important parts of my life.
First saw it performed on TOTP on a small b/w portable in my teen bedroom with a friend - loved it/him as only a teen can.
Later but still a teen I went to a guy friend's house, big into music, to listen to Bruce's old albums and got introduced to some good other stuff I'd not come across - also short term relationship ensued.
Wanted to see him in concert in my home town but husband at time wouldn't let me - part of the jealousy and abuse - we could still hear him where we lived which was worse! - and this eventually turned into my sanitised break up story of why I left to go into a refuge. (Tbf I would have ran off with him if he gave me the option lol)
Played him over and over in my new home post break up - many years later a friend's brother told me it was first time he heard it leading to his own lifelong enjoyment of his music.
Decades later it's mine and my granddaughter's song and she absolutely loves to have it on and dance to it - we also have a video of us dancing to it at a daughter's wedding - only video of me I ever coped with but it is nice and happy.
I resolved earlier trauma by getting to see him latterly (my excuse for cost lol) - in Sunderland- I took a small break as well and went around my late father's old haunts and managed to find his parents' graves.
This year I wasn't able to book as commitments on relevant dates and then he added one I could go to - see what memories I find in Liverpool then.
I have a Bruce record on my funeral list - got to change it to Dancing in the Dark.
Music really does touch the soul and lives.

It’s not profound or anything, but I’ve always liked this because I feel like you can immediately picture exactly the kind of man she’s talking about and how she feels in comparison.

You were so magnetic it was almost obnoxious
Flush with the currency of cool
I was always turning out my empty pockets

Should add that Dancing in the Dark works for me as a 'yes' get up sing/dance song musically and a motivating song lyrically - just works for me all round!

I loove the "I sit and talk to God, and he just laughs at my plans"

"Not sure I understand, this role I've been given"

The Cranberries' "Zombie" was definitely the rìght song at the right time.
"It's the same old theme / since 1916"
captured the anger, pain, helplessness and generally sick-of-this-shit feeling of ordinary people in Northern Ireland in the 90s.

Harry Styles - Matilda

'You can let it go. You can start a family that will always show you love. You don't have to be sorry'

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