Hmm, this is a slightly trickier one for me. I have a few songs with lyrics that really mean something to me, but that's mainly because they were what I listened to at certain points in my life when I was attempting to make sense of it and get over some things and they helped. Writing them here makes them sounds somewhat shallow, but they honestly did impact my life and how I live it by simply being heard by me at the right time. If that makse sense.
One, U2
Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say…
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...
Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...life
One
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, U2
I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard
I'm just trying to find a decent melody
A song that I can sing in my own company
I never thought you were a fool
But darling look at you
You gotta stand up straight, carry your own weight
These tears are going nowhere, baby
You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better now you're stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it
I will not forsake, the colors that you bring
The nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted by the light you brought to me
I listen through your ears, and through your eyes I can see
And you are such a fool
To worry like you do
I know it's tough, and you can never get enough
Of what you don't really need now…my oh my
You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it
Oh love, look at you now
You've got yourself stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it
I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm 'til you discover how deep...
I wasn't jumping...for me it was a fall
It's a long way down to nothing at all
You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better
Now you're stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it
And if the night runs over
And if the day won't last
And if our way should falter
Along the stony pass
And if the night runs over
And if the day won't last
And if your way should falter
Along this stony pass
It's just a moment
This time will pass
The Fly, U2
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight
They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon
Y'know I don't see you when she walks in the room
It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help
It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else
They say a secret is something you tell one other person
So I'm telling you… child
Low Voice –-- Gospel Voice
A man will beg –-- Love we shine like a
A man will crawl ---- Burning star
On the sheer face of love ---- We're fallin' from
Like a fly on a wall ---- The sky.... tonight
It's no secret at all
It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
Every artist is a cannibal every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief
Low Voice –-- Gospel Voice
A man will rise –-- Love we shine like a
A man will fall ---- Burning star
From the sheer face of love ---- We're fallin' from
Like a fly from a wall ---- The sky.... tonight
It's no secret at all
Oh yeah
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploding 'cosa one man's lie
Look I gotta go
Yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things
If I could I'd rearrange.
Rinbu Revolution, Masami Okui (rough translation)
Let's go on living our lives heroically, with style.
(Just a long long time)
And even if the two of us should be separated,
(Let go of me)
Take my revolution.
In the sunlit garden, hand in hand,
we drew close, and soothed each other with the words:
"Neither of us will ever fall in love again."
Our unity was so strong, it changed its form
And now our lifestyle is so robust…
everyday, every time
I'll take a bit of my loneliness, and cram it inside
the smile I have in this picture of us cheek-to-cheek.
As of tomorrow, I'll be such a heroic, stylish woman,
everybody will turn and look back at me.
But even if the two of us should be separated,
our hearts will always be together.
They say "Money can't buy love."
I know that, but can love buy me money?
They said so on TV.
Apathy, indifference...It's so endless.
That they think all young people are that way makes me
feel so bad! But how could we help ourselves?
But you know, I believe we care about our friends
more than anything, and surely more than grown-ups do.
Though I dream, cry, and get hurt,
and reality approaches now, frantically,
I can't lose my place in life and my self-worth
just to protect myself.
I'll go my way. No turning back. Before the time comes
for each of us to choose a different path
I'll release the so precious, oh so precious
memories.
Take my revolution. Let's go on with our lives.
Reality approaches now, frantically.
What I want is to find my place in life and my self-worth,
taking who I've been up until today...
...and heroically stripping her down until she's bare,
like the roses whirling in freedom.
But even if the two of us should be separated,
I will change the world.
One Girl Revolution, Superchick
I wear a disguise
I'm not just your average jane
The super doesn't stand for model
But that doesn't mean I'm plain
If all you see is how I look
You miss the superchick within
And I christen you titanic underestimate and swim
I've got the rifle gonna be myself
I'll be everything that I want to be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot bang that you hear round the world
I'm a one girl revolution
Some people see the revolution but most only see the girl
I can lose my hard earned freedom in my fear defines my world
I declare my independence from the critics and their stones
I can find my revolution I can learn to stand alone…
You'll See, Madonna
You think that I can't live without your love
You'll see,
You think I can't go on another day.
You think I have nothing
Without you by my side,
You'll see
Somehow, some way
You think that I can never laugh again
You'll see,
You think that you destroyed my faith in love.
You think after all you've done
I'll never find my way back home,
You'll see
Somehow, someday
All by myself
I don't need anyone at all
I know I'll survive
I know I'll stay alive,
All on my own
I don't need anyone this time
It will be mine
No one can take it from me
You'll see
You think that you are strong, but you are weak
You'll see,
It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat.
I have truth on my side,
You only have deceit
You'll see, somehow, someday
All by myself
I don't need anyone at all
I know I'll survive
I know I'll stay alive,
I'll stand on my own
I won't need anyone this time
It will be mine
No one can take it from me
You'll see
You'll see, you'll see
You'll see, mmmm, mmmm
Power of Goodbye, Madonna
Your heart is not open so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
Freedom comes when you learn to let go
Creation comes when you learn to say no
You were my lesson I had to learn
I was your fortress you had to burn
Pain is a warning that something's wrong
I pray to God that it won't be long
Do ya wanna go higher?
There's nothing left to try
There's no place left to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of good-bye
Your heart is not open so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
You were my lesson I had to learn
I was your fortress
There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of good-bye
Learn to say good-bye
I yearn to say good-bye
Down with the Sickness, Disturbed
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing
Broken, your servant I kneel
Can you give it to me
It seems what's left of my human side is changing
Can you give it to me
Is slowly changing in me
Looking at my own reflection
When suddenly it changes
Violently it changes
I know, there is no turning back now
You've woken up the demon in me
Get down, come on, get down with the sickness
Get down, come on, get down with the sickness
Open up your hate and let it flow into me
Get down come on get down with the sickness
You mother get down come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get down come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift that has been given to me
I can see inside you the sickness is rising
Don't try to deny what you feel
It seems that all that was good has died
And is decaying in me
It seems you're having some trouble
In dealing with these changes
Living with these changes
The world is a scary place
Now that you've woken up the demon in me
Get down, come on, get down with the sickness
Get down, come on, get down with the sickness
Open up your hate and let it flow into me
Get down come on get down with the sickness
You mother get down come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get down come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift that has been given to me
Get down, come on, get down with the sickness
Get down, come on, get down with the sickness
Open up your hate and let it flow into me
Get down come on get down with the sickness
You mother get down come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get down come on get down with the sickness
Madness has now come over me
I have others, but those are the more pertinent ones and I don't want this post to get any longer. Oh, and that last song actually has a rational explanation for being in this list– basically, at a very emotional turning point in my life when a lot of other stuff was going on, someone I was ending a friendship with called me "the sickness" in a couple of my friendships, so adopting that as my personal themesong was sort of my rebuttal. It was just as important to me as the other "empowering" songs that seem more obvious as to why they're listed here. Just wanted to explain. ;)
--Bevin