Song Lyrics that have hite a chord!

by AnonJW 10 Replies latest jw friends

  • AnonJW
    AnonJW

    Ever listened to a song, and the lyrics really touched & hit a nerve with what you are going through faith wise?

    I listened to an album the other day for the first time and there was a lot - quite a few of the songs hit. I'm not afraid to say that driving along, some made tears well up a bit - It was the Robbie Williams Escapology album, the songs "Better Man" and "Come undone" had lines in them that really hit home. For example "If I stop lying I will just disappoint you, watch me come undone". And "Lord, I'm doing all I can, to be a better man".

  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    Dylan, Beatles, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen (many of his songs are expressly Biblical), Pete Seeger. Some of Pete Townshend's work.

    My Anglican hymnal.

  • JRK
    JRK

    Pete Townshend: I am an animal

    I was always here in the silence
    But I was never under your eye
    Gather up your love in some wiseness,
    For every memory shall always survive
    And you will see me.

    I am an animal
    My teeth are sharp and my mouth is full
    And the passion is so strong
    When I'm alone, loneliness will change me

    I am a vegetable
    I get my body badly pulled
    I'm rooted to the spot
    Nothing will rearrange me

    I'm looking back and I can't see the past
    Anymore so, hazy
    I'm on a track and I'm traveling so fast
    Oh for sure I'm crazy

    I am a human being
    I can't believe all the things I'm seeing
    I've nowhere to hide anymore
    I'm losing my way

    I am an angel
    I booked in here I came straight from hell
    I don't know how to lie anymore
    I'm boozing to pray

    I'm looking back and I can't see the past
    Anymore so, hazy
    I'm on a track and I'm traveling so fast
    Oh for sure I'm crazy

    I was always here in the silence
    But I was never under your eye
    Gather up your love in some wiseness
    for every memory shall always survive
    And you will see me

    I will be immersed
    Queen of the fucking Universe
    And I don't know what I have anymore
    Anymore than you do

    I am a nothing king
    Been right around on a golden ring
    I don't know where you are anymore
    I've got no clue

    I was always here in the silence
    But I was never under your eye
    Gather up your love in some wiseness
    for every memory shall always survive
    And you will see me

    I am an animal.


  • strymeckirules
    strymeckirules

    arcade fires new song

    We Used to Wait.

    really easy to relate being an ex witness to it.

    thought it was about being a witness untill i looked at the lyrics.

  • MrFreeze
    MrFreeze

    Just read the lyrics to All These Things I've Done by The Killers...

    When there's nowhere else to run
    Is there room for one more son
    One more son
    If you can hold on
    If you can hold on, hold on
    I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
    You know, you know - no you don't, you don't
    I wanna shine on in the hearts of men
    I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand

    Another head aches, another heart breaks
    I am so much older than I can take
    And my affection, well it comes and goes
    I need direction to perfection, no no no no

    Help me out
    Yeah, you know you got to help me out
    Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
    You know you got to help me out

    And when there's nowhere else to run
    Is there room for one more son
    These changes ain't changing me
    The cold-hearted boy I used to be

    Yeah, you know you got to help me out
    Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
    You know you got to help me out
    You're gonna bring yourself down
    Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down
    Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down

    I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
    I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
    ...

    Yeah, you know you got to help me out
    Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner
    You know you got to help me out
    You're gonna bring yourself down
    You're gonna bring yourself down
    Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner
    Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down

    Over and out, last call for sin
    While everyone's lost, the battle is won
    With all these things that I've done
    All these things that I've done
    If you can hold on
    If you can hold on

  • Joliette
    Joliette

    Pink Floyd's The Wall (the entire album).

  • Lady Viola
    Lady Viola

    I really cried my eyes out on Rock Werchter (festival in Belgium) last year during the Editors performance of this song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXUCFk8VJFY

    I was standing right in the front and thought 'i will get through this, God will help me to cary this'... And I haven't visit a meeting ever since.

    (the guy they are filming was very funny)

    Editors No Sound But the Wind Lyrics:

    We can never go home
    We no longer have one
    I'll help you carry the load
    I'll carry you in my arms
    The kiss of the snow
    The crescent moon above us
    Our blood is cold
    And we're alone
    But I'm alone with you

    Help me to carry the fire
    We will keep it alight together
    Help me to carry the fire
    It will light our way forever

    If I say shut your eyes
    If I say look away
    Bury your face in my shoulder
    Think of a birthday
    The things you put in your head
    They will stay here forever
    Our blood is cold
    And we're alone, love
    But I'm alone with you

    Help me to carry the fire
    We will keep it alight together
    Help me to carry the fire
    It will light our way forever

    Help me to carry the fire
    We will keep it alight together
    Now help me to carry the fire
    It will light up our way forever

    If I say shut your eyes
    If I say shut your eyes
    Bury me in suprise
    Where I say shut your eyes

    Help me to carry the fire
    We will keep it alight together
    Help me carry the fire
    It will light our way forever

    And a totally different song... ;-) but I really like to put this song on whenever I feel down and it makes me feel good because I have a whole life to live...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_7TL5PAzA

    Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

    I am unwritten,
    Can't read my mind
    I'm undefined
    I'm just beginning
    The pen's in my hand
    Ending unplanned

    Staring at the blank page before you
    Open up the dirty window
    Let the sun illuminate the words
    That you could not find
    Reaching for something in the distance
    So close you can almost taste it
    Release your innovation

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    Drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open
    Today is where your book begins
    The rest is still unwritten, yeah

    Oh, oh

    I break tradition
    Sometimes my tries
    Are outside the lines, oh yeah yeah
    We've been conditioned
    To not make mistakes
    But I can't live that way oh, oh

    Staring at the blank page before you
    Open up the dirty window
    Let the sun illuminate the words
    That you could not find
    Reaching for something in the distance
    So close you can almost taste it
    Release your inhibitions

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open
    Today is where your book begins

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    drench yourself in words unspoken
    live your life with arms wide open
    Today is where your book begins
    the rest still unwritten

    (Gospel)
    Staring at the blank page before you
    Open up the dirty window
    Let the sun illuminate the words
    That you could not find
    Reaching for something in the distance
    So close you can almost taste it
    Release your inhibitions

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    Drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open *****
    Today is where your book begins

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    Drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open *****
    Today is where your book begins

    The rest is still unwritten

    The rest is still unwritten

  • brotherdan
    brotherdan

    My JW song will always be Muse - Uprising

    I know it's technically about rebelling against the economic transgressions of the government and wall street. But it applies so well to how I feel about the Watchtower.

    UPRISING

    The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
    The transmissions will resume
    They'll try to push drugs
    Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
    We will never see the truth around
    (So come on!)

    Another promise, another scene, another
    A package not to keep us trapped in greed
    With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
    And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
    (So come on!)

    They will not force us
    They will stop degrading us
    They will not control us
    We will be victorious

    Interchanging mind control
    Come let the revolution take its toll if you could
    Flick the switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
    We should never be afraid to die
    (So come on!)

    Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
    The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
    Their time is coming to an end
    We have to unify and watch our flag ascend

    They will not force us
    They will stop degrading us
    They will not control us
    We will be victorious

    Hey .. hey ... hey .. hey!

    They will not force us
    They will stop degrading us
    They will not control us
    We will be victorious

    Hey .. hey ... hey .. hey!

  • Lady Viola
    Lady Viola

    That is funny Brotherdan! I have posted this song on my Facebook last week! (the song was great live as well...)

  • brotherdan
    brotherdan

    They performed it at the Grammy's last night. It was absolutely amazing!

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