Hrm. Let’s see…these are more my general state of mind, more than how I feel RIGHT now.
And all of the song “Waking Up Beside You,” by Stabbing Westward.
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.
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…
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?
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!!
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
“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
“But I can’t find my way
To get far away and bury these days” Untitled - Fuel
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”
Mind Of My Own by Strung Out
“Help!”
“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.”
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. 
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
Okay… I see the makers of Prozac will be buying adtime here soon, they’d make a killing. 
From the One Eagles song I like. Get Over It.
Which applies to 90% of the human race, I think.
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
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.
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.
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
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
*