# Ever listen to a song and notice it mirrors your life? If so which one\>? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469 "2003-10-09T12:46:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/21 "2003-10-10T03:45:36Z")
Mostly the ones I compose myself. Like this tune: **Somewhere In Time** [sup]©[/sup] Somewhere in time my love. I know you’re there somewhere, somehow. Someday I’ll find you love, if you’ll allow … Please come in time my love, I’ve waited so long here until now. Don’t be unkind my love, this heart I’ll vow. You are so far away, these broken wings no longer fly. No angel sings to me, each night I cry. And still I wait for you, each empty day turns into night No passing fancy for, my heart’s delight. So many times I dream, the curtain of night sets the stage. For lonely fantasy, on an empty page … I dip my pen in tears, and slowly trace this sad refrain From sorrow’s copybook, of endless pain. Somewhere in time my love. I know you’re there somewhere, somehow. Someday I’ll find you love, if you’ll allow… Please come in time my love, I’ve waited so long here until now. Don’t be unkind my love, this heart I’ll vow. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/22 "2003-10-10T03:59:35Z")
A couple years ago, when my wife and I were going through a difficult time, I happened to hear Peter Gabriel’s [Secret World](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/peter-gabriel/secret-world.html). I had heard it before, but it never seemed so close as it did on that day. Though (thankfully) those troubled times are long-passed, I still feel a remarkable affinity for that song. It’s become my favorite Peter Gabriel song, because I found that he captured something so perfectly in it. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/23 "2003-10-10T04:21:36Z")
“What a Good Boy” by Barenaked Ladies hit me really hard a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/24 "2003-10-10T06:36:19Z")
A brief psychoanalysis of myself… [Cover Me](http://www.lyricsdir.com/c/candlebox/cover-me.php) / Candlebox ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/25 "2003-10-10T07:10:36Z")
When I was about thirty, I heard the song _Secret Gardens_ by Judy Collins for the first time. I put my head down and bawled like a kid. Still can’t hear it without crying. All of the lyrics can be founds here: [http://www.judycollins.com/lyrics/Secret\_Gardens.htm](http://www.judycollins.com/lyrics/Secret_Gardens.htm) Here are just a couple of snips: > [@](#): > > I still see the ghosts > Of the people I knew long ago > Inside the old kitchen > They bend and sigh > My life passed them up > And the world passed them by > [@](#): > > But most of all > It is me that has changed > And yet I’m still the same > That’s me at the weddings > That’s me at the graves > Dressed like the people > Who once looked so grown-up and brave. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/26 "2003-10-10T09:54:23Z")
“I Am, I Feel”, by Alisha’s Attic - kind of sums up me a few years ago > [@](#): > > He said put that purple skirt on, you know it makes me hot. \ > [@](#): > > Come on look like you’re enjoying my company Reminds me of the times with an ex-boyfriend, where he tried to control what I wore, what I did, who I went out with etc etc. Oh, and the Bangles’ Manic Monday - practically every day! There’s a couple more, but they’re in Hindi, so you’ve probably never heard of them! ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/27 "2003-10-10T11:43:53Z")
Pretty much any song on “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis Morrissette, but especially “Not the Doctor” as I always seem to attract men who expect me to fix them! “This Year’s Love” by David Gray, because no matter how many bad relationships I have I remain convinced that the next one will be the one that’s worth the heartache. And at the minute, one by The Lighthouse Family - the name escapes me at the minute, but one verse in particular: “Remember as a girl, you had a picture of the world, And you’d think of all the great things you would find. But the truth is 9 to 5, and the struggle to survive, Ain’t exactly what you had in mind”. is so true to my life that it’s really depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/28 "2003-10-10T11:59:23Z")
I don’t know how the Eagles wrote “Desperato” without knowing me. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/29 "2003-10-10T15:24:26Z")
[**Superhero** by Ani Difranco](http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/print/Ani_Difranco/Superhero/) Mainly the idea that love can be this destabilizing, even depowering force in one’s life. _CHORUS_ > [@](#): > > I used to be a superhero > No one could touch me–not even myself > You are like a phonebooth > I somehow stumbled into– > And now look at me, > I am just like everybody else also: > [@](#): > > I found religion in the greeting card aisle, > Now I know Hallmark was right > And every pop song on the radio > Is suddenly speaking to me ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/30 "2003-10-10T19:30:38Z")
“Wasted Away in Margaritaville” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/31 "2003-10-10T22:50:03Z")
ALL OF THEM ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/32 "2003-10-10T23:20:16Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* \*\*I was on my way to school this morning and right as I pulled into the parking lot **Bob Seger** kicked on the radio with _Turn the Page_ and I noticed that it mirrored a time in my life when I was on the road a lot. Whoa, That song was on my mind a lot when I was in Arizona too. I had pretty much lost hope of ever getting over my emotional problems and was just focused on getting through the days. It’s gotten a lot better since then but i can still remember staring up at that dead empty sky. Hmm, too angsty? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/33 "2003-10-10T23:27:10Z")
I didn’t hear the song until years after, but _Face of Melinda_ by **Opeth** really reminds me of a specific time in high school. Particularly this part: > [@](#): > > I took her by the hand to say > All faith forever has been washed away > I returned for you in great dismay > Come with me far away, to stay > > Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime > She spoke of her vice, and broke the rhyme > Puzzled herself with the final line > “My promise is made, but my heart is thine” I actually cried the first time I heard those lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/34 "2003-10-11T00:42:49Z")
Not sure; is there a song called “Man, I am such an idiot sometimes”? ---
**Author:** ![ZebWalton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@ZebWalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebWalton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/35 "2003-10-11T00:56:01Z")
“You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon. You bet I think this song’s about ME. 😃 On a more serious note, “My Back Pages,” by Bob Dylan. “I was so much older then. I’m younger than that now.” I’ve never worried too much about the rest of the bizarre imagery in that song, but that chorus line describes me to a ‘T’. And I prefer the '92 tribute version by George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roger McGuinn et al, because they livened it up a lot. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/36 "2003-10-11T01:00:13Z")
Not so much anymore, but for a while Liz Phair’s “Canary” summed up my life in two lines: “I write with a number two pencil I work up to my potential” It’s still one of my favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/37 "2003-10-11T01:21:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*Not sure; is there a song called “Man, I am such an idiot sometimes”? \*\* “History Is Made By Stupid People” by the Arrogant Worms? For me, a lot of songs sum up phases of my life. I’ll take “Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage for the teen years, though. ---
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/38 "2003-10-11T01:35:33Z")
Annie, by Our Lady Peace. That song stunned me the first time I heard it, and all these memories come back when I think about it, not that I want to remember them… [http://www.lyricsdir.com/o/our-lady-peace/annie.php](http://www.lyricsdir.com/o/our-lady-peace/annie.php) > [@](#): > > You’re a little bit shy > A little too quiet > You’re the mixed up girl > That everybody leaves behind > A little bit weird > A little too bright > [@](#): > > You’re a little bit dry > A little uptight > You’re the messed up girl > That every body tries to hide > You’ve had enough > They’re too unkind > But did anyone consider > What Annie might have in mind > Oh, no… Yeah…I had a really bad time for most of school…depressed and suicidal at ten is not good…thank goodness stuff got better eventually…or maybe I’m just used to it now… May I contribute a song that reminds me of someone else? Thief, by the same band. I can’t listen to that without crying…my sister died of a brain tumor at nine, after living with severe cerebral palsy, and that song was what I had them play at her funeral… ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/39 "2003-10-11T01:54:47Z")
_Is There Life Out There?_–Reba Mc Entire \*She married when she was 20, she thought she was ready. Now she’s not so sure. She thought she’d done some livin’, now she’s just wonderin’ what she’s livin’ for. And she’s feeling that there’s something more. Is there life out there? So much she hasn’t done? Is there life beyond her family and her home? She’s done what she should, should she do what she dares? She doesn’t wanna leave, she’s just wonderin is there life out there?\* MetalMaven ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469/40 "2003-10-11T02:06:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*“History Is Made By Stupid People” by the Arrogant Worms? > > For me, a lot of songs sum up phases of my life. > > I’ll take “Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage for the teen years, though. \*\* I’ll also have to second that Garbage song for a huge portion of my life. The only time i felt in tune with everything was when circumstances were miserable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-a-song-and-notice-it-mirrors-your-life-if-so-which-one/206469.md?page=3)