“When I’m a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone”
Thanks to Haley for this suggestion of this powerfully sad and moving song.
Song (click for full lyrics): Nobody Home
Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Wall
Year: 1979
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Categories: Break Up · Coping · Life · Loneliness · Love · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Relationships · Year 1979
Tagged: Coping, Loneliness, Lyrics, Music, Pain, Pink Floyd, the wall
“The Sun will Set for You“
Song (click for full lyrics): The Shadow of the Day
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Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Minutes To Midnight
Year: 2007
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Categories: Coping · Life · Linkin Park · Loneliness · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Tragedy · Year 2007
Tagged: Coping, death, Linkin Park, Lyrics, Music, Shadow of the Day
“Won’t somebody help me off of this reef?“
– For all of us struggling to overcome something –
Perhaps my favorite band of all time. That unique and diverse skunk sound. Those genius lyrics. That bass. I was surprised myself to see that I had not added any Sublime lyrics. More to come. RIP Bradley Nowell.
Song (click for full lyrics): Badfish
Artist: Sublime
Album: 40 Oz. To Freedom
Year: 1992
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Categories: Coping · Life · Loneliness · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Sublime · Tragedy · Year 1992
Tagged: drugs, Lyrics, Music, Sublime
“When I walk beside her, I am the better man”
Dedicated to Gina, on our anniversary.
Song (click for full lyrics): Hard Sun
Artist: Covered by Eddie Vedder (lyrics and original by Gordon Peterson/Indio)
Album: Into the Wild Soundtrack
Year: 2007
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Categories: Eddie Vedder · Freedom · Life · Loneliness · Love · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Pearl Jam · Relationships · Year 2007
“How could Hell be any worse?“
For all my fellow southern Californians. May God bless us.
Song (click for full lyrics): Los Angeles is Burning
Artist: Bad Religion
Album: The Empire Strikes First
Year: 2004
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Categories: Bad Religion · Coping · Hope · Life · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Tragedy · Year 2004
Tagged: 2004, Bad Religion, California fires, Lyrics, Music
“ The ones who love us best are the ones we’ll lay to rest… The ones who love us least are the ones we’ll die to please“
Thanks to Dave-O for the tip
Song (click for full lyrics): Bastards of Young
Artist: The Replacements
Album: Tim
Year: 1985
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Categories: Coping · Life · Loneliness · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Replacements (The) · Tragedy · Year 1985 · Youth
“Trust is something that comes easy, when you’ve never been a victim“
Song (click for full lyrics): Disconnected
Artist: Face to Face
Album: Don’t Turn Away
Year: 1992
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Categories: Face to Face · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Relationships · Year 1992
For my dear friend Bob on his 44th birthday.
“The more I see the less I know“
Song (click for full lyrics): Snow (Hey Oh)
Artist: Red Hot Chili Pepppers
Album: Stadium Arcadium
Year: 2006
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Categories: Coping · Hope · Life · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Red Hot Chili Peppers · Year 2006
“All I want to do is be more like me and be less like you“
Song (click for full lyrics): Numb
Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Meteora
Year: 2003
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Categories: Coping · Life · Linkin Park · Lyrics · Music · Pain · Year 2003 · Youth
“He said ‘Son when, you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?’“
Song (click for full lyrics): Welcome to the Black Parade
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Album: The Black Parade
Year: 2006
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Categories: Life · Lyrics · Music · My Chemical Romance · Pain · Tragedy · Year 2006 · Youth
