What song best epitomizes what keeps you going

by Lady Lee 52 Replies latest jw friends

Lady Lee

I know a lot of song threads have been posted but I am interested in WHAT and WHY a particular song moves you to keep going when you have lost so much.

If possible find the lyrics to the song and post them along with your WHAT SONG and WHY it was so important

As a kid I had an old 78 record player that I had to wind up to play (I did say old. right?) There was one old record that had a song by Ed Ames 'The Impossible Dream" I was in foster care and had no contact with my family. My foster mother acted more like a jailer (no phone calls, dropped off and picked up at school, no friends from school, no after school activities, etc)

This one song kept me going for 3 very long years (13 - 16). The words felt so true to what I felt inside. And to this day the song and the lyrics fit who I am and what I believe.

Yesterday while I was waiting for the bus to come home a lady sat beside me and we chatted about disabilities and how important it is to stay positive and do all you can to have a life you feel good about in spite of the problems we are faced with. I sat there with my wheelchair and she spoke of needing a cane soon and has all ready got eyeglasses and a hearing aid. Glasses are pretty common and most people think nothing of them but I sure couldn't do very well without them. They are an aid to better living. People resist hearing aids but the principle is the same. So is the cane and the wheelchair or any other device you need to continue living well.

So while this song helped my as a child the lesson is still there for me:

to keep on dreaming of better things and better times.
to keep on living well when I have lost so much
to find new things to challenge me
to know I did the best I could from what was handed to me

"The Impossible Dream"

from MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972)

music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion

"The Impossible Dream" (a .MP3 file courtesy MGM).

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star

compound complex

Dear Lady Lee,
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
I don't have the sheet music at hand, but I do remember:
"When you walk through the night, hold your head up high, and don't be afraid of the dark...At the end of a storm is a golden sky, and the sweet mellow song of a lark...Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart...and you'll never walk alone."
Mostly correct I believe---the moment I fixed on your question, this song title came to mind. Go with the first impression, right? Thanx for the good work you do here, Lady Lee.
CoCo
fullofdoubtnow

This song by Peter Case helped me when I was leaving the org, and a few times since then. It's kind of saying to me that, whatever situation I am in, there's always a way out. It's up to me to find the way, and follow it. I'd never heard it until I came to Trevs, and it's one of my favourite songs now, I was listening to it just now.
Beyond The Blues
The old man on the corner, is playin' my life
He's playin' guitar with a rusty old knife
Each line that he sings rhymes with the truth
And the promise of somethin' beyond the blues
Beyond the blues
Now you and me darlin' took the long way around
Across the wide - open country, past the heart - attack town
We hit the fork in the road where we all have to choose
Between the darkness and light beyond the blues
Beyomd the blues
Beyond the shadows and the rain
Beyond the darkness, beyond the pain
when you know in your heart there's a way out but through
Take a walk with me darlin' beyond the blues
That old man on the corner, he's been gone for years
And his guitar and his knife are all rusted with tears
But there's a song that he gave us that we'll never have to lose
About another life waitin' beyond the blues
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows and rain
Beyond the darkness, beyond the pain
When you know in your heart there's a way out but through
Take a walk with me darlin' beyond the blues
Beyond the blues, beyond the blues
Love is the road beyond the blues
Lady Lee

compound complex
here are your lyrics
Rodgers & Hammerstein Lyrics - You'll Never Walk Alone Lyrics
When you walk through a storm
Keep your chin up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At he end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never walk alone.
Very good. What a great inspirational song to keep a person going. I remember that one well
fullofdoubtnow
It's kind of saying to me that, whatever situation I am in, there's always a way out. It's up to me to find the way, and follow it.
We all need to remember there is a way out. And even if it seems the hardest thing to do, there is a way. I don't know this song but the lyrics are great
daystar

Something very simple:
Everything in Its Right Place - Radiohead
Everything, everything, everything, everything..
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Right place

Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon

Everything, everything, everything..
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place

There are two colours in my head
There are two colours in my head
What is that you try to say?
What was that you tried to say?
Tried to say.. tried to say..
To say.. to say.. to say...

Everything, everything, everything..
Everything in its right place
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Everything, no matter if it seems bad, no matter if it's good, is exactly as it must be. Everything is in its right place. And it could be no other way.
lost_light06

"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
Not sure why, I guess it kind of describes my current situation and for some reason that helps me cope, plus I just love The Killers.
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his-chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, letting me go

And I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside

I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his-chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, letting me go

Cause I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
Daystar, I love Radiohead. They're actually my all time favorite band. There are too many of their songs to list that have helped me out in dark times. Probably my favorite is "Let Down".
Transport, motorways and tramlines,
starting and then stopping,
taking off and landing,
the emptiest of feelings,
disappointed people, clinging on to bottles,
and when it comes it's so, so, disappointing.

Let down and hanging around,
crushed like a bug in the ground.
Let down and hanging around.

Shell smashed, juices flowing
wings twitch, legs are going,
don't get sentimental,
it always ends up drivel.
One day, I am gonna grow wings,
a chemical reaction,
hysterical and useless
hysterical and

let down and hanging around,
crushed like a bug in the ground.
Let down and hanging around.

Let down,
Let down,
Let down.

You know, you know where you are with,
you know where you are with,
floor collapsing, falling, bouncing back
and one day, I am gonna grow wings,
a chemical reaction, [You know where you are,]
hysterical and useless [you know where you are,]
hysterical and [you know where you are,]

let down and hanging around,
crushed like a bug in the ground.
Let down and hanging around.
Sorry for the Ultra long post
Gopher

This song was popular about the time I had decided never to go back to the JW's. It is about not letting anyone keep control of your life, because you're not going to live forever and you've got to grab hold of life NOW!
BON JOVI :
"It's My Life"This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud

[Chorus:]
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to make your own breaks

[Chorus:]
It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life

Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

[Chorus:]
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive

[Chorus:]
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life!
Nosferatu

There's a few songs that have helped me. Three Triumph songs come to mind: "Magic Power", "Fight The Good Fight", and "Hold On".
However, this song got me through some of the hardest times in my life ever since I bought the CD. Actually, the CD as a whole has some life-motivating songs, but this one probably tops it all:
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All Comes Down - Cinderella
Everybody thinks it's so easy
Everybody thinks it's so fine
But everytime I get a little closer to the top
I find myself at the end of the line
You take a slow ride up
And a fast one down
Nothin's gonna stop you spinnin' round and round and round
Everybody's talkin' at me
But nothin's soundin' right
They say my future's lookin' brighter
But I don't see no light
I got a bottle of hurricane
It gets me high as a kite
Now the rain's pissin' down
And the storm is in sight
When the shit hits the fan
You gotta stick to the fight
Everybody says the world owes me
Everybody wants a free ride
Well let me tell ya mister
If you never raise a blister
Then you might as well have laid down and died
Cause you ain't gettin' out what you don't put in
You're never gonna make it if your head is in a spin
Everybody's talkin' at me
But nothin's soundin' right
They say my future's lookin' brighter
But I don't see no light
I got a bottle of hurricane
It gets me high as a kite
Now the rain's pissin' down
And the storm is in sight
When the shit hits the fan
You gotta stick to the fight
Can you feel the heat, yea
Comin' down on you
When it all comes down
When it all comes down watcha gonna do
Feel it comin' down on you now
When it all comes down
When it all comes down
When it all comes down
When it all comes down
Ooo, yea
When it all comes down
Can ya feel it, feel it, feel it comin' down on you, yea
Can ya stick to the fight when the heat's comin' down on you
When it all comes down
Ah, take me
When it all comes down
When it all comes down, yea
Good Girl or Bad Girl?

I have a couple. Music speaks to me so much. It is definitely one of my biggest coping mechanisms...
This is one that plays on the radio a lot right now. As I'm getting ready for work in the morning, and I hear it, I can't help but wonder if Tracy Chapman was a JW. I know she wasn't, but well, here are the words:
Tracy Chapman Change Lyrics
If you knew that you would die today
If you saw the face of God and love
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that love can't break your heart
When you're down so low you cannot fall
Would you change would you change?
How bad how good does it need to get?
How many losses how much regret?
What chain reaction
What cause and effect
Makes you turn around
Makes you try to explain
Makes you forgive and forget
Makes you change
Makes you change
If you knew that you couldn't be alone
Knowing right being wrong
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you would find a truth
That brings a pain that can't be soothed
Would you change would you change?
How bad how good does it need to get?
How many losses how much regret?
What chain reaction
What cause and effect
Makes you turn around
Makes you try to explain
Makes you forgive and forget
Makes you change
Makes you change
Are you so upright you can't be bent
if it comes to blows
Are you so sure you won't be crawling
If not for the good why risk falling
Why risk falling
If everything you think you know
Makes your life unbearable
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you'd broken every rule and vow
And hard times come to bring you down
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you would die today
If you saw the face of God and love
Would you change?
Would you change?
Why this song resonates with me: It hasn't been the easiest decision to walk away from my entire way of life, but it's been the best choice, the choice that has saved my life.
GoodGirl/BadGirl
Good Girl or Bad Girl?

PS Daystar, I'm listening to Kid A right now. So when you posted your song choice, I went back to that track. It's a VERY GOOD ONE.
Here's my other song choice, I can't explain why it touches me, it just does. I have a very emotional reaction to it, probably because I grew up with it...
RAINBOW CONNECTION
Kermit the Frog

Why are there so many
Songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side
Rainbow's are visions
They're only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to
Believe it
But I know they're wrong wait and see

Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
And look what it's done so far
What's so amazing
That keeps us star gazing
What so we think we might see

Someday we'll find it
That Rainbow Connection
The lovers the dreamers and me

Have you been half asleep
And have you heard voices
I've heard them calling my name
Are these the sweet sounds that called
The young sailors
I think they're one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
There's something that I'm supposed to be

Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

What song best epitomizes what keeps you going

"The Impossible Dream"

from MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972)

music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion

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