# Songs That Hit a Little Too CLose To Home **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752 "2001-06-14T03:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/1 "2001-06-14T03:40:11Z")
Sometimes you hear a song that so perfectly sums up a situation in your life it’s eerie. It’s like the lyrics are coming straight from YOUR heart/mind/soul etc… Here are mine: \*\* Lounge Act \*\* lyrics by Kurt Cobain Don’t regret a thing And I’ve got this friend you see He makes me feel and I want him more than I could steal Don’t tell me what I want to hear Afraid of ever knowing fear Experience everything you need I keep fighting jealousy Until it’s fucking gone \*\* I Want You to Want Me \*\* Cheap Trick I want you to want me I need you to need me I’d love you to love me I’m begging you to beg me \*\* If She Knew What She Wants \*\* the Bangles Some have a style That they work hard to refine So they walk a crooked line But she won’t understand Why anyone would have to try To walk a line when they could fly So,fellow Dopers…what are yours? ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/2 "2001-06-14T05:04:25Z")
**Dixie Chicks "Once You’ve Loved Somebody"** I should go out tonight Get on with my life Break these chains of solitude… Once you’ve loved somebody It ain’t that easy to do Once you’ve loved somebody Like I loved you… I can’t get you off of my mind I’ve tried to tell myself a million times A little time is all it takes **"A Puro Dolor" Son by Four** Don’t know how many times I said I’m gonna live without you, and maybe someone else is standing there beside you, but there’s something, baby you need to know. That deep inside me, I feel like I’m dying. I have to see you, it’s all that I’m asking. Quisiera decirte que hoy estoy de maravilla que no me ha afectado lo de tu partida pero con un dedo no se tapa el sol. **Dixie Chicks "Without You"** You have to feel the pain When you lose the love you gave someone I thought by now the time Would take away these lonely tears I hope you’re doing fine all alone But where do I go from here **Dixie Chicks "You Were Mine"** Sometimes I wake up crying at night And sometimes I scream out your name What right does she have to take your heart away When for so long you were mine I remember when you were mine Yes, I realize that I’m pathetic and I don’t deserve to be allowed to live, but that’s how I feel about the guy. I would go with “Me Vale” by Mana but the vast majority of people here don’t speak Spanish and I really don’t want to translate. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/3 "2001-06-14T05:38:46Z")
While my marriage was in the midst of breaking up there was a country song out–_Maybe Not Tonight_by Lorrie Morgan and some guy I can’t think of at the moment. _I’m gonna leave you someday soon, when I can give up this fight, but maybe not tonight._ The first time I heard it I found myself trying to work while crying my eyes out, and trying to stop crying because I was afraid somebody would come in and see me. The song affected me that way for months. More recently Phil Vasser put out a country song called \*Rose Bouquet: We sang, we laughed, they all watched us as they circled around, and toasted to forever. We played to win, we never gave in, and we threw it all away, like your rose bouquet.\* Even more than a year after the divorce was final, that makes me so infinitely sad I can hardly stand it. And then, just as a general anthem for me as I recede into my late 30s, there’s _Sleep’s Dark And Silent Gate_by Jackson Browne: _Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder where the years have gone. They’ve all passed under sleep’s dark and silent gate._ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/4 "2001-06-14T05:46:26Z")
**My Happiness** by Powderfinger: _My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you’re at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go…_ ---
**Author:** ![shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@shell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shell)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/5 "2001-06-14T06:07:31Z")
\*Hand over hand up the lifeline, luckily the knots stay tight Silhouettes of the two of us climbing, climbing up a rope on fire Climbing up a rope on fire Trapped in a room in a fortess, running outta air to breathe Only seconds to go and we’ll break free, I don’t think that we would reach Only the two of us can diconnect the bomb And save ourselves before the oxygen is gone I’ll call for backup, ou start to scream It’s not the first time we’ve been in this dream She ripped the wings right off my back She whispered deep–keep it on the track She said you’re no angel, no angel anymore All the wheels, are coming loose, close-up shot of a burning fuse The sky is filled, with question marks, will the chains, come apart These few seconds that I’ve left to go, flames and chaos, down below And the earth, opens wide, got to climb a rope on fire Look at the clock, look at the clock, Make it to the car but now the car won’t start We try to move the car but there’s no more time, We’ll have to climb a rope on fire Only the two of us can disconnect the bomb Then save ourselves before the oxygen is gone I’ll call for backup, you start to scream It’s not the first time I’ve been in this deam\* **Morphine** _The Night_ Rope on Fire ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/6 "2001-06-14T06:16:15Z")
**Dead Can Dance** ’s _The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove_: The chorus: You build me up, then you knock me down You play the Fool while I play the clown We keep time to the beat Of an old slave drum You raise my hopes, then you raise the odds You tell me that I dream too much Now I’m serving time In a domestic graveyard I don’t believe you anymore I don’t believe you I don’t believe you anymore I don’t believe you And the ending: Never let it be said I wasn’t true I never found a home Inside of you Never let it be said I wasn’t true I gave you all my time I gave you all my time **Sarah McLachlan** ’s _Out of the Shadows_: All those memories pain and anger flood back one by one They must be just around the bend they always come At night as I lay sleeping they come to me in herds Their lies remain the dreams the same it’s only fleeting words # No one calls there in the shadows There’s no end to the dark There’s no one out there…no one but me The hours pass so slowly The life slipping out of me No way’s the right way is there a way out for me Although, I think one band name actually sums everything up pretty nicely: **Love is Colder Than Death** ---
**Author:** ![Tie-Dye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tie-Dye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tie-Dye)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/7 "2001-06-14T08:49:42Z")
SHE JUST WANTS TO BE(REM) ``` It's not that she walked away Her world got smaller All the usual places The same destinations Only something's changed. It's not that she wasn't rewarded With pomegranate afternoons And Mingus, Chet Baker and chess It's not stampede and fortune Of prim affectations She's off on a riot And she knows now Is greater than the whole Of the past Is greater and now she knows She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be. She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be. It's not that the transparency Of her earlier incarnations Now looked back on Were rich and loaded With beautiful vulnerability But now she knows Now is greater And she knows that. It's not like if angels Could truly look down Stir up the trappings A light on the ground Remind us of what, when, why or who The how's up to us Me and you And now is greater than the whole Of the past Is greater and now she knows that. Now she knows. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/8 "2001-06-14T10:34:03Z")
\*Millionaire say Got a big shot deal And thrown it all away but But I’m not too sure How I’m supposed to feel Or what I’m supposed to say But I’m not, not sure, Not too sure how it feels To handle every day And I miss you love Make room for the prey 'Cause I’m coming in With what I wanna say But It’s gonna hurt And I love the pain A breeding ground for hate but… I’m not, not sure, Not too sure how it feels To handle everyday Like the one that just past In the crowds of all the people Remember today I’ve no respect for you And I miss you love And I miss use love I love the way you love But I hate the way I’m supposed to love you back It’s just a fad Part of the teenage angst brigade And I’m not, not sure, Not too sure how it feels To handle everyday Like the one that just past In the crowds of all the people Remember today I’ve no respect for you And I miss you love And I miss use love Remember today I’ve no respect for you And I miss you love And I miss use love I love the way you love But I hate the way I’m supposed to love you back - _Miss You Love, Silverchair_\* ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/9 "2001-06-14T10:37:59Z")
“Cat’s in the Cradle” - Harry Chapin. I was the kid - 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/10 "2001-06-14T11:08:16Z")
Holes in The Floor of Heaven came out during my mom’s last week alive. I remember hearing it one morning while driving home after spending the night at the hospital with her, listening to her gasping for breath. I cried the rest of the way home. I bought the song, just because it is a bittersweet memory. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/11 "2001-06-14T12:47:45Z")
Creed. “With Arms Wide Open” My son was born right around the time that came out. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/12 "2001-06-14T12:51:14Z")
The first girl I had an “our song” with was my first love back in high school. Journey’s “Faithfully.” After I cheated on her and then broke up with her, it was literally _years_ before I could be in the same room with that song. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/13 "2001-06-14T15:31:38Z")
**Speedway** _Words and music by Counting Crows_ I get so nervous - I’m shaking It’s so I got no pride at all It gets so bad but I just keep coming back for more Guess I just get off on that stuff Thinking about taking some time Thinking about leaving soon I got some things I can’t tell anyone I got some things I just can’t say They’re the kinda things that no one knows about Just need somebody to talk to me I’m thinking about leaving tomorrow I’m thinking about being on my own Think I’ve been wasting my time Thinkin about getting out In all this time The bottom line You don’t know how much I feel You say you see but I dont agree Don’t know - don’t know how I feel Just trying to get myself some gravity You’re just trying to get me to stay Sometimes I sit here looking down upon Los Angeles Sometimes I’m floating away Thinking about breaking myself Thinking about getting back home Think I’ve been waiting way too long Thinking about getting out ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/14 "2001-06-14T16:40:35Z")
**[Unbreak My Heart](http://windoms.sitek.net/~lyrics/braxton.htm)** by Toni Braxton: Don’t leave me in all this pain, don’t leave me out in the rain. Come back and bring back this smile, come and take these tears away. I need your arms to hold me now, the nights are so unkind. Bring back those nights when I held you beside me. Chrous: Unbreak my heart, say you’ll love me again. Undo this hurt you caused when you walked out the door and walked out of my Uncry these tears, I’ve cried so many nights. Unbreak my heart… My heart. Take back that sad word goodbye, bring back the joy to my life. Don’t leave me here with these tears, come and kiss this pain away. I can’t forget the day we laughed, time is so unkind. And life is so cruel without you here beside me. [sup]Slinks off to cry for a while…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/15 "2001-06-14T16:40:51Z")
I am about to leave a country I love and say goodbye to my dearest friends in the world. Some of them I won’t see for years. Some of them I’ll never see again. _Souvenir_ by Pretty & Twisted Will you wonder By the fall Will I wonder Was I here at all? In the morning From now on Will you notice How long I’ve been gone? Can I have a souvenir So I’ll remember I was here I don’t want to see you fade Away… ---
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/16 "2001-06-14T16:44:53Z")
**Nada** by the Refreshments There ain’t no moral to this story at all And anything I tell you very well could be a lie Been away from the livin’, I don’t need to be forgiven I’m just waiting for that Cold black Sun Cracked Numb Inside Soul of mine to come alive… ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/17 "2001-06-14T17:26:30Z")
**Rain** , by _Tindersticks_: “We sit and watch the divide widen. We sit and listen to our hearts crumble.” **Wide-Open Road** , by _The Triffids_: “I wake up in the morning, Thinking you’re still by my side. I reach out to touch you, Then I realize - It’s a wide-open road, it’s a wide open road, And you can now go anywhere, That you want to go.” ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/18 "2001-06-14T17:31:52Z")
I hate to break up the mood around here, but consider Conway and Tammy’s country-western classic, YOU ARE THE REASON OUR KIDS ARE SO UGLY. That’s way too close to home. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/19 "2001-06-14T18:20:40Z")
**Dixie Chicks "You Were Mine"** “I can give you two good reasons to show how you love’s not blind he’s two and she’s four and you know they adore you So how can I tell them you’ve changed your mind?” My son and daughter were the same age when she told me she had filed for divorce. That still chokes me up every time I think of it. I don’t miss her, but I mourn the promise of a family and a future together that my kids will not have. When I _did_ miss her, **The Beatles “For No One”** was a killer. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752/20 "2001-06-15T03:20:56Z")
**Heather Nova, "Truth And Bone"** My mouth is full of secrets I’m too afraid to tell My body’s full of longing for you to know me well I move through the day in the rhythms that I’ve known I’ve got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone **Joni Mitchell, "All I Want"** I want to be strong I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive I want to wreck my stockings in some juke box dive Do you want - do you want - do you want To dance with me baby Do you want to take a chance On maybe finding some sweet romance with me baby Well, come on [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-a-little-too-close-to-home/68752.md?page=2)