Michelle38 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Music has played an integral role in helping me survive my depression. I get random song lyrics that pop in my head at just the right time to help me carry on and fight to live another day. They seem to bring insight and inspiration and answers to the questions that plague me. As well I always seem to happen upon a song that speaks to my soul and helps me release my pain and feel better. Below are some of the songs that have touched me. Please add your own. Brave by Josh GrobanBrave by Sara BareillesBreath by Ryan StarCarry On by FunClose Your Eyes by Michael BubleEverybody Hurts by R.E.M.Fix You or just about any Cold Play songI Won’t Give Up by Jason MrazNo Day But Today by Idina MenzelRiver So Wide by Phil CollinsRoads by Chris MannRun by Snow PatrolShine by Take ThatShow Me What I’m Looking For by Carolina LiarSome Day by Rob ThomasStay Alive by Jose GonzalezYou Raise Me Up by Josh GrobanAnd last but not least this song found its way to me on the very night I hit my lowest point. The darkest place anyone can find themselves, a place where I had lost all hope of ever overcoming my despair. I was giving up and I firmly believe this song saved my life.May It Be by Enya 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSpellThornwell Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I'm Good - Trip Lee Nothing I Can't do - Tedashi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapped_Mind Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) Two optimistic/happy songs I listen to areThe Shape of Things to Come- Bear McCrearyLight Through the Veins- John HopkinsRelaxing feel good songs for me areYou Got to Go (MJ Cole remix)- Above & BeyondStairway to Heaven- The O'JaysStrangers- Yoko KannoI do listen to sad songs as well. Releases bad energy.God Senna Theme Reprise Redux - Antonio PintoDistance- Toshihiko Sahashi Edited January 6, 2015 by Trapped_Mind 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike092 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) the gift by seether. every single lyric in that song i can relate to. its can be a pretty dark, difficult song to listen to it in case anyone looks it up. Edited January 6, 2015 by bigmike092 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian2014 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I've just been listening to Lucinda Williams today. (I hope a link to some songs is allowable. If not, my apologies).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQVaGdJEMY I Lost ItI just want to live the life I pleaseI don't want no ememiesI don't want nothin, if I have to fake ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9ZFkqt5Lw Lake Charles This is just a really beautiful song that makes me tear up, but in a good way. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmixer36 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I apologize in advance for the length of my list lolJames Blake - Wilhelm ScreamNatasha Khan & Jon Hopkins - Garden's HeartGary Jules - Mad WorldKendrick Lamar - Sing About Me I'm Dying Of ThirstInterpol - Obstacle 1Julian Plenti (Interpol) - Only If You RunJeff Buckley - HallelujahBand of Horses - No Ones Gonna Love You, The Funeral, Detlef Schrempf, & Is There A GhostThe Black Keys - You're The OneKid Cudi - All Along (Alone), Erase Me, Trapped In My Mind, & The EndBob Marley - There She Goes & No Woman No CryLil Wayne - I Hate LoveLil B - I Hate Myself & Gon Be OkayEarl Sweatshirt - LuperPenny & The Quarters - You and MePortishead - Numb, Only You, Wandering Star, & pretty much their whole catalogueVince Staples - Taxi & Versace RapEminem - If I Had, Stan, Way I Am, Just Don't Give A F**k, & Still Don't Give A F**kEyedea - **(Possible trigger)** Burn Fetish, Smile, By The Throat, Factory, Paradise, Time Flies When You Have A Gun, Hay Fever, Spin Cycle, & Sky DiverAnd finally, the last song I'll ever listen to: The Notorious BIG - Suicidal Thoughts 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle38 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 No worries djmixer. Mine is long too. Ok, need to go check out that last one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian2014 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Here's one that always gets me dancing around the room like a crazy person. Turn up your speakers, it's guaranteed to lighten your mood!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_nvakLJAhYGuero Canelo - Calexico 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle38 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks Vivian, Could always use a song that makes you dance like a crazy person. My favorite one for that right now isParty Hard by Andrew W.K. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblehead Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I actually need sad songs when I feel bad. They allow me to really feel sad isntead of just putting the lid on those feelings. So I usually listen to those. Reflect and sometimes even cry and I feel better eventually.I personally love Pink Floyd - The Wall album. Not only that it's musically stunnign and it contains some of the best written lyrics ever but it also speaks on topic of personal isolation which resoantes within me deeply. "Tragedy of modern man" I'd call it :-) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoitytoity Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Seasick, yet still docked- MorrisseyDaylight- Aesop Rock (everything he does)hate in a puddle- Illogicleave no deed undone- wolfsheimGod loves ugly- atmosphereRun- dark time sunshineEnjoy the unknown- and one 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle38 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 I actually need sad songs when I feel bad. They allow me to really feel sad isntead of just putting the lid on those feelings. So I usually listen to those. Reflect and sometimes even cry and I feel better eventually.I personally love Pink Floyd - The Wall album. Not only that it's musically stunnign and it contains some of the best written lyrics ever but it also speaks on topic of personal isolation which resoantes within me deeply. "Tragedy of modern man" I'd call it :-)Yes, the same here on both fronts. My list is very sappy and sentimental. I find crying it out helps a lot. I also love Pink Floyd's The Wall. It is by far my favorite album ever. I am generally a song person, I like particular songs but that album the whole thing is a masterpiece to me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostingreece Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I've sat and listened to this for hours some days the vibration when listened to loud helps lift my spirits, such beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4gvD8lhlwSome great music listed already. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblehead Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Yes and gonna share this beautiful tune. Highly recommend the movie too ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian2014 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I like some sad songs too, and appreciate the suggestions. With these guys I have a very visceral response and love the pick-me-up. Here's an amazing video of Calexico in concert. Turn it up!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH-dh0vdTks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmixer36 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I've sat and listened to this for hours some days the vibration when listened to loud helps lift my spirits, such beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4gvD8lhlwSome great music listed already.Good song, made me think of this by himhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostingreece Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I've sat and listened to this for hours some days the vibration when listened to loud helps lift my spirits, such beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4gvD8lhlwSome great music listed already.Good song, made me think of this by himhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQIRequiem is great, really woke the neighbours up with that.this is a little more Sombre but great.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlyzznCxkQ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epictetus Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Bridge Over Troubled Waters. You Lift Me Up.Music by Beethoven, Britten, Samuel Barber. Prokofiev and many others.Sad songs. "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber is the saddest music I have ever heard. It can bring tears to my eyes. Sometimes its helps me to listen to it. Sometimes I cannot bear it because it is so sad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie85 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Seasick, yet still docked- MorrisseyThat's one of mine too! I actually have that tattooed on my arm!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staccato Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 My choices are mostly bittersweet or just flat-out sad, but it looks like some other people have gone that way as well (loving the classical!). For me, Common Reactor and Rusted Wheel by Silversun Pickups, a bunch of songs by Raised by Swans, and 3055 by Ólafur Arnalds do it every time. There are others but those are the ones that occur to me off the top of my head. If you've only got time for one song, 3055 is a bit intense (in my opinion), but also one of the most beautiful pieces of music that I'm aware of. If you're into classical music in general, Ólafur Arnalds is worth looking into; he puts a more modern spin on it which I find interesting.Also, Fiona Apple, Sara Bareilles, and the band Lyu:Lyu, among others, tend to cheer me up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afflicted Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Failure - Another Space SongSoundgarden - Blind Dogs, RowingMeat Puppets - Fly Like the Wind, New Leaf, Roof With a HoleStone Temple Pilots - All in that Suit That You WearAlice in Chains - Nutshell, VoicesFaith No More - King for a Day, Last Cup of SorrowHonestly I could probably sit here and list stuff all day. But these few are all good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyHiker Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Rush, Different Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Mozzer Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Asleep~The SmithsSeasick Yet Still Docked~Morrissey (it`s on my list too!!!)Well I Wonder~The SmithsSmiler With Knife~MorrisseyFell On Black Days~SoundgardenBack To The Old House~The SmithsUnloveable~The SmithsMost of mine are sad.For me anyway it helps me to listen to music that I can very much relate to.It sort of helps me feels less alone. Edited January 7, 2015 by Lady Mozzer 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle38 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 That's funny. With all this music talk I had a dream about a being in a big music number singing Aretha Franklin's Think with a bunch of ghosts. The ghosts sang well, me not so much. Too funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayElle Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) "Let Go" by FrouFrou is an amazing song. Sometimes I listen to it when I feel like I'm sliding back into depression. The lyrics say "There's beauty in the breakdown," and this makes me feel that I'm still worthwhile even though I'm depressed."Lithium" by Evanescence is also a great song. It describes the struggle of wanting to recover, but at the same time being so used to the depression/mental illness that it's had to change.I love Britney Spears music to cheer me up, since a lot of her songs are fun and light.I never saw the movie but Frozen's "Let It Go" is a really powerful song. Especially the cover on YouTube someone did using Goofy's voice, that ALWAYS makes me laugh! :DOther cheerful songs I also love:Fly by Hilary DuffBrave by Sara BareillesWhat a Feeling by Irene CaraBreak My Stride by Matthew WilderI may add more as I think of them! This is a great topic. Edited January 7, 2015 by KayElle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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