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#20: January 15, 2011, 07:52:28 AM
Oh, I love music and how certain songs resonate at certain times in our life.

Courageous Wife, I love the "Jar of Hearts" song!  I heard that on the radio a few days after H left us again to go back with OW...

Right after BD, I listened to lot of Sheryl Crow.  Here is a good one that I really identified with:

Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow

God, I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I’d be the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Nothing’s true and nothing’s right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you can’t change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe
Lie to me
But please don’t leave

I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
It’s try and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?

When I’ve shown you that I just don’t care
When I’m throwing punches in the air
When I’m broken down and I can’t stand
Will you be strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe
Lie to me
But please don’t leave 
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Re: Music Thread
#21: January 30, 2011, 02:39:58 PM
Okay, so maybe I just have MLC too much on the mind but the band in church this morning sang this song and it had a shade of MLC to me:

Wayward Son
by Kansas

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say

{Refrain

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

{Refrain
No!

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
The center lights around your vanity
But surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry (don't you cry no more)
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Re: Music Thread
#22: January 30, 2011, 07:27:51 PM
One day I turned on NPR in my car (on my way to the liquor store, LOL!) and heard John Hiatt discussing his "Mid Life Crisis" Album "Same Old Man".... found it at the library that day and every song resonates... I'll post lyrics to a couple of the songs here, but they're worth listening to in person.... try your local library!


Songwriters: Hiatt, John

SAME OLD MAN

Truth is I never was young
Shot like a bullet from a rusty old gun
I could never find the straight and true
Honey, baby till I found you

I ain't saying I ever grown up girl
Oh I'm the biggest baby in the world
I know you can say a lot about that
But you're so sweet you keep it under your hat

Honey I'm still the same old man
That you married way back when
A few less brain cells a lot less hair
Honey tell me do you still care

I love you more than I ever did
I love you just like a little kid
Guess I'll always be your biggest fan
Honey I'm still the same old man

We been down a rough road or two
This is another one we'll get through
Don't ask me how I know
I'm just saying baby please don't go

Cause I can still sparkle up your eyes
You can still cut me down to size
Please take me as I am
Honey I'm still the same old man

Honey I'm still the same old man
That you married way back when
A few less brain a lot less hair
Honey tell me do you still care

I love you more than I ever did
I love you just like a little kid
I guess I'll always be your biggest fan
Honey I'm still the same old man

You start out trying to change everything
You wind up dancing with who you bring
I loved you then and my love still stands
Honey I'm still the same old man   

AND......

LET'S GIVE THIS LOVE A TRY

Sometimes I don't like bein' where I am.... no matter what
I'd rather be in a barrel of kosher salt and pickle brine... with a thousand paper cuts
I'm uncomfortable in my own skin you might say... feelin' my own guts
So tell me somethin' about yourself sweetheart... before I screw this whole thing up

You say you feel like a phony romancer... though you still believe in love
Make you feel like a dancer, like you got all the answers...Leave you wonderin' what you were made of
You don't see no chain mail hidin' puppy dog tails...I've been sufficiently horrified
I've got just enough left to wanna see what's next... Why don't we give this love a try?

Let's give this love a try
All we can do is cry
Hang out your tears to dry
Let's try this love
Let's give this love a try
The sun's setting in your eyes
I'm all out of when and why's
Let's try this love

I never met two people more likely to explode... Scattered, chopped, screwed, covered up and smothered into each other's arms
Please forgive me my basic negativity... God help us both if you find it even part of my charm
By the way you swept me off my feet with the gentleness of an Angel flying by...
I'm a longshot baby but they do come in.... why don't we give this love a try

I'll admit I fantasize my husband has these feelings, but, how would I ever know? :-\ John Hiatt wrote the great song ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY which I've performed many times....
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Re: Music Thread
#23: January 30, 2011, 08:05:47 PM
Here's another John Hiatt lyric from the same album...

SOMEBODY HURT MY BABY

No need to be explicit... Anyone can see
The injury was permanent.. The wound was really deep
Doesn't talk about it much... I listen when she does
And when she's in that distant place... I know it's just because

Somebody hurt... my Baby...
Somebody hurt... my Girl
Somebody hurt... my Baby
Somebody hurt... In this mean ol' world

She's developed all these nervous tics... to prove she's still alive
Does 90 down to zero... back in overdrive
Her sleep is just a nightmare state... she really gets no rest
'til someone has come forward... 'til one of us confess

Somebody hurt... my Baby
Somebody hurt... my Girl
Somebody hurt... my Baby
Somebody hurt... in this mean ol' world

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Re: Music Thread
#24: February 02, 2011, 10:25:30 AM
The Skillet CD Awake came out right around the same time my H went into his little world shutting the rest of us out. I found A LOT of solace in this CD. There are songs on here about changing your life, infidelity, missing your loved one, etc. One song stands out among them all. It's my "hello you have every right to be angry" song. When I'm feeling particulary ticked off by his actions, I play this song and sing it as loud as I can. I visualize myself saying the words in this song to him. What's even more ironic about the timing of this CD's release, is that my H can't stand to listen to them. Huh, reality check maybe?

It's Not Me, It's You

Let's get the story straight
You were a poison
You flooded through my veins
You left me broken
You tried to make me think
That the blame was all on me
With the pain you put me through
And now I know that it's not me it's you

It's not me it's you
Always has been you
All the lies and stupid things you say and do
It's you
It's not me it's you
All the lies and pain you put me through
I know that it's not me it's you
You
You
It's not me it's you, you

So here we go again
The same fight we're always in
I don't care so why pretend
Wake me when your lecture ends
You tried to make me small
Make me fall and it's all your fault
With the pain you put me through
And now I know that it's not me it's you

Let's get the story straight
You were a poison
Flooding through my veins
Driving me insane
And now you're gone away
I'm no longer choking
From the pain you put me through
And now I know that it's not me it's you

Even though he's still in my life, this song helps me get my frustrations out and remind me that this is his issue, not mine. It affects our lives, but I can choose to not let his actions be a poison to me.
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Re: Music Thread
#25: February 05, 2011, 08:25:31 AM
Not about MLC but about what LBS might feel


On My Own (from Les Miserables)

And now I'm all alone again nowhere to turn, no one to go to
without a home without a friend without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers

I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known

I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
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Re: Music Thread
#26: February 10, 2011, 12:23:12 PM
I found a good one "For the First Time"

She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart
While i'm drinking jack all alone in my local bar
And we don't know how we got into this mad situation
Only doing things out of frustration

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
She needs me now but I can't seem to find a time
I've git a new job now in the umemploymentline
And we don't know we got into this mess it's a gods test
Someone hulp us cause we're doing our best

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gunna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Sit talking up all night
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time

She's in line at the door with her head held high
While I just lost my job but didn't lose my flight
But we both know how we're gonna make it work when it hurts
When you pick yourself up you get kicked in the dirt

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gunna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
The Script For The First Time lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com/the-script-for-the-first-time-lyrics.html

Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time

Drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time
For the first time
Oh, for the first time
Yeah, for the first time

Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby

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Re: Music Thread
#27: February 10, 2011, 12:36:58 PM
Evening all,
I recently bought the album 21 by Adele - it has blown me away - there are 2 songs one of them is Rolling in the Deep - try and listen to it:-

There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,

Finally, I can see you crystal clear,
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your sheet bare,
See how I'll leave with every piece of you,
Don't underestimate the things that I will do,

There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
I can't help feeling,

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Baby, I have no story to be told,
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair,
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
I can't help feeling,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/rolling-in-the-deep-lyrics-adele.html ]

(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Could have had it all,
Rolling in the deep,
You had my heart inside of your hands,
But you played it with a beating,

Throw your soul through every open door,
Count your blessings to find what you look for,
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold,
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown,

(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
We could have had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
It all, it all, it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,

But you played it,
You played it,
You played it,
You played it to the beat.

THE SECOND SONG is Set Fire to the Rain

I let it fall, my heart,
And as it fell, you rose to claim it,
It was dark and I was over,
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me,
My hands, they were strong, but my knees were far too weak,
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet,

But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win,

But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name,

When laying with you I could stay there,
Close my eyes, feel you here forever,
You and me together, nothing is better,

'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you's play, you would always win, always win,

But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/set-fire-to-the-rain-lyrics-adele.html ]

'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames,
Well, I felt something die,
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time,

Sometimes I wake up by the door,
And heard you calling, must be waiting for you,
Even that when we're already over,
I can't help myself from looking for you,

I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touch your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames,
Well, I felt something die,
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh,
Oh, no,
Let it burn, oh,
Let it burn,
Let it burn.

She has such an amazing voice - I feel powerful and uplifted when i sing these 2 songs

((hugs))

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Re: Music Thread
#28: February 10, 2011, 12:43:20 PM
Chloe,

I love Skillet. I listen to them all the time. I had been listening to them for awhile and my S10 told me they were a Christian Rock bank. That made me love them all them the more!
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#29: February 10, 2011, 01:18:31 PM
That's amazing RCR I have that movie, Middle Aged Crazy!  My h sent that to me way back in 2006.  He said it portrayed how he felt.  He asked me to watch it, which of course I did. 

It just made me feel sad.  Our children were furious, they thought it was just another "ploy" to string me along. Personally, I believed my h when he said the movie depicted his confusion.  Definitely, he was trying to keep his anchor holding and it did work for a few more weeks. 

Everybody has their limits.  I reached mine as I said a couple of weeks after watching that movie.  I concluded that there was nothing I could do about him.  I washed my hands of him and got busy rebuilding my life.  I truly felt our marriage was over.

Yes, I have heard that song and I have seen the movie. 

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