# Song Lines that sum up your world view at this very second **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031 "2001-01-14T21:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/61 "2001-01-15T04:53:58Z")
Hrm. Let’s see…these are more my general state of mind, more than how I feel RIGHT now. > [@](#): > > Now there’s no point in placing the blame > And you should know I’d suffer the same > If I lose you, my heart would be broken > Love is a bird, she needs to fly > Let all the hurt inside you die > You’re frozen when your heart’s not open - Madonna, “Frozen” > [@](#): > > And the ones who love us least, are the ones we’ll die to please. - Replacements, “Bastards of Young” > [@](#): > > These signs, this space, takes a path you didn’t choose. > Stay strong, keep faith - there’s a change that’s coming through… - Tea Party, “Heaven Coming Down” > [@](#): > > I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens… - Tara MacLean, “At Seventeen” And all of the song “Waking Up Beside You,” by Stabbing Westward. ---
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/62 "2001-01-15T05:09:25Z")
It’s a bummer that so many (not all) of the replies so far seem negative. I have a great one in my head. I spent the weekend up north visiting with old friends and such, and on the way out of town the radio was good enough to play for me Todd Rundgren’s ‘Just One Victory’. It made my day, my weekend, and perhaps my week. If ya know the tune you know what I mean, if you don’t, look it up. It’s cool. Listening to tunes about hope and optimism is far superior to listening to doom and gloom. It’s an attitude thing, and no matter what has happened, positive music is a great way to get your head in a better direction. I’m headed out to get Todd’s CD tomorrow, I forgot how just that one tune made me feel. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/63 "2001-01-15T05:39:31Z")
This is from my friends band, and they’re REALLLLLLY good, one of my favorite bands now, but their music is really depressing, which pisses me off, because it makes me depressed, but I can’t stop listening to it. Rape (not exact lyrics, this is what I hear) He throws his fist down says where you been all my life… tears my skin and often cuts me down to size… don’t hold me now… I can’t fall asleep… they tell me so… theres a secret I keep… Chorus: So Don’t let me down By the window (of the back way) Been hanging around by the backdoor Every voice in the dark reminds me of him Every face in the light reminds me of him Every time theres a kiss theres a kiss Everytime theres I love you theres him Chorus After dinner I eat with my eyes all ablaze Mom and dad they talk and pray I’m just another girl I’m just another fuck I’m just another girl who ran into a little bit of luck Chorus I cant hold me now I can’t call asleep don’t let me down… ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/64 "2001-01-15T05:43:21Z")
well, here’s mine… \*Delusional, I believed I could cure it all for you, dear Coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you Make it right for you Sleeping Beauty Truly thought I could heal you Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to rescue Sleeping Beauty Drunk on ego, truly thought I could make it right If I kissed you one more time to help you face the nightmare But you’re far too poisoned for me Such a fool to think that I could wake you from your slumber That I could actually heal you Sleeping Beauty…poisoned and hopeless Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to find a way to comfort you Far beyond a visible sign of you awakening And hiding from some poisoned memory Poisoned and hopeless Sleeping Beauty\* **Sleeping Beauty, by A Perfect Circle** cheery, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![rpinrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@rpinrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinrd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/65 "2001-01-15T06:04:43Z")
_Send somebody to the Quickpak store We need some ice and an extension cord. A can of been dip and some Diet Rite A box of tampons, some Marlboro lights_ Followed a verse later by… _Send somebody to the Stop-n-Go we need some celery and a can of fake snow A bag of lemons and some Diet Sprite a box of tampons, some Salem lights._ All brought on by a sink replacement that took two days and **6** extra trips to the Home Depot to complete. But I own a basin wrench now!! ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/66 "2001-01-15T06:28:35Z")
i tried so hard to hate you/but it only makes things worse/i only end up hating myself/and as my hatred grows/so do the lies/it’s hard to face the truth sometimes –stabbing westward ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/67 "2001-01-15T07:09:02Z")
> [@](#): > > you will find me down by the river > getting high on my mortality > i’ll be holding hands with my nameless beauty > or whoever wants to stand next to me > > all eyes on me > i’m going to the moon > time heals what you can’t see > heads back > i’m leaving soon leaving soon ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/68 "2001-01-15T09:22:31Z")
“Nothing changes on New Year’s Day” U2 “Sometimes a fantasy is all you need” Billy Joel “All my life, I heard calling It 's clear to me, it does seem, that you’re stalling On my account, don’t be coy, and don’t be clever Your tone of voice hints of holes and sugar coating” _So Graciously Said – Dovetail Joint_ [http://www.dovetailjoint.com](http://www.dovetailjoint.com) “But I can’t find my way To get far away and bury these days” Untitled - Fuel ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Bad\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Hat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/69 "2001-01-15T09:42:56Z")
well there was a time when you let me know, whats really going on below, but now you never show that to me, do ya? but remember when I moved in you? and the holy doubt was moving too? and every breath we drew was hallelujah? -leonard cohen, channeled thru Jeff Buckley “hallelujah” ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/70 "2001-01-15T09:47:29Z")
_Mind Of My Own_ by **Strung Out** > [@](#): > > I preach my pessimism > Right out loud to anyone who’ll listen. > I’m not afraid to be alive, > I’m afraid to be alone. > Late at night my monsters find me, > From under the bed or right out of my past. > All alone with nobody to talk to, > Sanity gets put to the test. > I close my eyes but I’m still haunted, > Sometimes I get too twisted to sleep. > As all my world crumbles all around me, > Inspirations become admissions of defeat. > Cause I don’t have a mind of my own, > Everything in my life just thinks for me. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/71 "2001-01-15T09:50:14Z")
“Help!” ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/72 "2001-01-15T13:23:02Z")
“At Seventeen” is a Janis Ian song. It was all over the radio about 20 years ago. My personal line is from the Stones’ “Rocks Off.” “Sunshine bores the daylights out of me.” ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/73 "2001-01-15T13:39:15Z")
you and me we’re in this together now none of them can stop us now we will make it through somehow you and me if the world should break in two until the very end of me until the very end of you NIN just the frame of mind I’m in at the moment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/74 "2001-01-15T15:34:12Z")
It’s always the same song (I think I have the lyrics right)- And I’d give up forever to touch you’ Cause I know that you fill me somehow You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be And I don’t want to go home right now And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life’ Cause sooner or later it’s over I just don’t want to miss you tonight And I don’t want the world to see me 'Cause I don’t think that they’d understand When everything’s made to be broken I just want you to know who I am And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming Or the moment of truth in your lies When everything feels like the movies And you bleed just to know you’re alive And I don’t want the world to see me 'Cause I don’t think that they’d understandWhen everything’s made to be broken I just want you to know who I am ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/75 "2001-01-15T15:45:41Z")
Okay… I see the makers of Prozac will be buying adtime here soon, they’d make a killing. 😃 > [@](#): > > I’d like to find your inner child and kick its little ass. From the **One** Eagles song I like. _Get Over It._ Which applies to 90% of the human race, I think. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/76 "2001-01-15T16:32:40Z")
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they’re here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be There’s a shadow hanging over me Oh, yesterday came suddenly {Refrain} Why she had to go I don’t know she wouldn’t say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday {Refrain} Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday ~Da Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Minty\_Rae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Minty\_Rae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minty_Rae)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/77 "2001-01-15T17:11:58Z")
Out of this world and out of your mind, Just like it don’t matter what you’re leaving behind Trying to change your life, you change your point of view But no matter what you do, it’s the same old you Wherever you go, there you are You can run from yourself, but you won’t get far You can dive to the bottom of your medicine jar But wherever you go, there you are —_Clint Black_ * * * It’s just another day in paradise As you stumble to your bed You’d give anything to silence Those voices ringing in your head You thought you could find happiness Just over that green hill You thought you would be satisfied But you never will Learn to be still —_The Eagles_ * * * Where do I take this pain of mine? I run, but it stays right by my side **and** My eyes seek reality My fingers seek my veins (…) So as I write to you Of what is done and to do Maybe you’ll understand And won’t cry for this man 'Cause low man is due Please forgive me —_Metallica_ Okay. So maybe I’m not exactly a bundle of warmth and good cheer. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/78 "2001-01-15T23:17:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > > > [@](#): > > > > I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens… > > - Tara MacLean, “At Seventeen” > > \*\* I hate to nitpick but At seventeen was first done by Janice Ian about 30 years ago. It just about summed MY feelings at seventeen. “for those of you that knew the shame of valentines that never came. and those whose names were never called when choosing sides at basketball” I was asthmatic as a child, and was never good in sports.I am still deeply emotionally scarred by the fact that I was always the last person left and the one that the other team HAD to take. Now I’m over 40 but my cheeks still burn with shame, their spiteful laughter still ring in my ears and my heart still aches when I remember…Ha ha loser, YOU have to take Cindi. Choosing the team was the cruelest part of school. I hope it’s not still going on. ---
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/79 "2001-01-15T23:40:55Z")
The last horizons I can see Are filled with bars and factories I never thought I’d still be here today I’ll drink enough of anything To make this world look new again I’m drunk, drunk, drunk in the gardens and the graves ---
**Author:** ![St.Attila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031/80 "2001-01-16T01:28:13Z")
**Bad Hat** : Jeezus that song kicks butt. Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I’ve changed my face, I’ve changed my name But no one wants you when you lose \* Don’t give up, 'cause you have friends Don’t give up, you’re not beaten yet Don’t give up, I know you can make it good \* Though I saw it all around Never thought that I could be affected Thought that we’d be last to go It is so strange the way things turn Drove the night toward my home The place that I was born, on the lakeside As daylight broke, I saw the earth The trees had burned down to the ground \* Don’t give up, you still have us Don’t give up, we don’t need much of anything Don’t give up, 'cause somewhere there’s a place where we belong Rest your head You worry too much It’s gonna be alright When times get rough You can fall back on us Don’t give up, please don’t give up \* Got to walk out of here I can’t take anymore Gonna stand on that bridge keep my eyes down below Whatever may come and whatever may go That river’s flowin’, that river’s flowin’ Moved on to another town Tried hard to settle down For every job, so many men So many men no-one needs \* Don’t give up 'cause you have friends Don’t give up, you’re not the only one Don’t give up, no reason to be ashamed Don’t give up, you still have us Don’t give up now, we’re proud of who you are Don’t give up, you know it’s never been easy Don’t give up, 'cause I believe there’s a place, There’s a place where we belong \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lines-that-sum-up-your-world-view-at-this-very-second/50031.md?page=5)