# Psychologically unhealthy songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064 "2006-06-09T14:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/41 "2006-06-10T00:01:44Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] Oh good, maybe somebody who can tell me who sings that song that goes “…LIEEEE to me, I promise I’ll believe. LIEEEE to me, but please don’t lee-ee-eeave”? I really like that song. [/QUOTE] Sheryl Crow, “Strong Enough”. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/42 "2006-06-10T00:29:14Z")
Don’t know about anybody else, but Matchbox 20’s “Push” squicks me: _She said I don’t know if I’ve ever been good enough I’m a little bit rusty and I think my head is caving in and I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved by a hand that’s touched me well I feel like something’s gonna give and I’m a little bit angry well this ain’t over no not here not while I still need you around you don’t owe me We might change yeah yeah we just might feel good (chorus) I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will wanna push you down, well I will, well I will I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted I will, I will_ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/43 "2006-06-10T00:31:54Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Sheryl Crow, “Strong Enough”. [/QUOTE] I will hate her forever for it, too. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/44 "2006-06-10T01:05:24Z")
All Wrong by God Lives Underwater \*Here I am my anger and me temper makes it hard to see this situation i’m in again everything must come to an end now there’s some things that I want to do and I don’t want to lie to you but it still makes me go and do the things I know all wrong\* Sanctified by Nine Inch Nails \*I’m just caught up in another of her spells. she’s turning me into someone else. everyday I hope and pray this will end but when I can I do it all again \* ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/45 "2006-06-10T01:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Air Supply’s [Without You](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~maverick/old_public_html/lyrics/WithoutYou.html) There’s not much to the lyrics, except this over and over again: - I can’t live, if living is without you. I can’t give, I can’t give any more. Can’t live, if living is without you. Can’t give, I can’t give any more. \* Dude, get over it! Giving up on life because your girl left you isn’t really a healthy attitude to have… [/QUOTE] They said they can’t live, and yet … they REFUSE TO DIE! I think they should at least be sued for breach of contract or false advertising or something. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/46 "2006-06-10T01:27:22Z")
Wasn’t it Guns & Roses with “I Used to Love Her, But I Had to Kill Her”? No beating around the bush with the mental health issues there. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/47 "2006-06-10T02:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=Idlewild] I have _issues_ with the Celine Dion song that contains the lyrics “I’m everything I am because you loved me.” It’s full of lovely sentiments about her loving sticking by her through the bad times but it just ooks me the hell out. What, none of what you are is you? Bleh bleh. [/QUOTE] I’ve heard Celine Dion interviewed and she claims she wrote that song about the love of her father, not a relationship. It makes the lyrics more palatable to me. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/48 "2006-06-10T02:34:24Z")
The winner: Joan Armatrading’s _Call Me Names_: > [@](#): > > I can’t wait to see you again > I know you’re gonna slap my face > you beat me up then beat me again > and over and over and over and over > And over and over > > I love it when you call me names What’s even odder is that the song reveals that the woman is beating up a man: > [@](#): > > Big woman > And a short short man > And he loves it > When she beats his brains out. All to a cheery, upbeat tune. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/49 "2006-06-10T03:04:53Z")
How about _Where The Wild Roses Grow_ by Nick Cave \*On the third day he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said, “All beauty must die” And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth \* ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/50 "2006-06-10T04:06:17Z")
**Vagus** : I love that song! Yes it is extremely creepy. Can someone explain to me what REM’s “The One I Love” _is_ about? I realize it isn’t a love song, and I’ve heard over and over how people still play it as a romantic song when it isn’t… but the lyrics are really vague to me and I can’t tell what it actuall is supposed to be about… ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/51 "2006-06-10T04:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=Ruby] I’ve heard Celine Dion interviewed and she claims she wrote that song about the love of her father, not a relationship. It makes the lyrics more palatable to me. [/QUOTE] OK, yeah, it definitely squicks me less as a parental appreciation song… that’s much better. But still… didn’t she do anything for herself?! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/52 "2006-06-10T06:46:43Z")
Well, there’s this gem from Nickelback (which I hope, but don’t know for sure, is intended to be ironic): “Figured You Out” I like your pants around your feet And I like the dirt that’s on your knees And I like the way you still say please While you’re looking up at me You’re like my favourite damn disease And then it gets worse… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/53 "2006-06-10T15:31:24Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Can someone explain to me what REM’s “The One I Love” _is_ about? I realize it isn’t a love song, and I’ve heard over and over how people still play it as a romantic song when it isn’t… but the lyrics are really vague to me and I can’t tell what it actuall is supposed to be about… [/QUOTE] I always though that the “simple prop” was the writing of the song. So I thought it was a love song. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/54 "2006-06-10T15:35:13Z")
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me: I don’t like you But I love you Seems that I’m always thinking of you Whoa-oh-oh you treat me badly I love you madly You’ve really got a hold on me ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/55 "2006-06-10T16:08:46Z")
There’s a Grade song, “Stolen Bikes Ride Faster”, which has always given me a case of the willies. > [@](#): > > Some people like to go some of the way, but I like to go all the way. You have to claim responsibility for your own perfection. Don’t be afraid of the word no. It gets in the way of progress. Link to the full lyrics: [right here](http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/G/grade-lyrics/grade-stolen-bikes-ride-faster-lyrics.htm). I especially like the part about the blood on the lips. :dubious: Maybe it’s not meant the way it sounds, because the last line sort of redeems it, but it reads as a rape song to me! Oddly enough, I thought about this randomly in the shower the other day for the first time in years, and only then realised that the last line could have meant that “rape is bad, mmmkay?” ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/56 "2006-06-11T04:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] There were a whole lotta masochistic gal-beatin’ lyrics in the 1920s: My Man, Mean to Me, Moanin’ Low, Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (for some reason I can’t get _any_ goddam urls to link today, so you’ll have to Google the lyrics yourselves) . . . [/QUOTE] Ever heard, _Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean_ (Unsure of Artist)? Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/57 "2006-06-11T05:47:00Z")
How about [I hold your hand in mine?](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Hold-Your-Hand-In-Mine-lyrics-Tom-Lehrer/782093FCEC177EF448256A7D0024958D)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/58 "2006-06-11T05:52:12Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned _Creep_ by Radiohead. Here’s something to cheer you up: \*I don’t care if it hurts I want to have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice when I’m not around You’re so fucking special I wish I was special But I’m a creep \* Man, I’m bummed just typing that out. Back to sniffing glue for me… ---
**Author:** ![sleeping\_mud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@sleeping\_mud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping_mud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/59 "2006-06-11T05:53:59Z")
[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane] I think Bloodrock’s “DOA” fits the bill, too. About a guy in a plane crash, dying. Here’s one stanza for an instance: [/QUOTE] I look for my arm but its not there gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :eek: ---
**Author:** ![sleeping\_mud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@sleeping\_mud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping_mud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064/60 "2006-06-11T05:56:30Z")
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