A song to express your feelings

[lookingforme]

At this hour, I find myself particularly vulnerable because I am heavily sleep deprived, and my brain can't really process. I have been awake for 21 hours and 12 minutes straight after a string of nights of only a few hours' sleep. I don't feel well, nor do I feel sleepy. So, I am listening to the soundtrack of my life entitled "Walkabouts" and right now, the perfect song to describe what I am feeling (at least the chorus of it) is Madness by Muse. Has anyone ever felt like they could communicate more if they did it through the songs that already exist? I challenge us to have a conversation consisting of song quotes.

So, dedicated to my depression; here I go...

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad....Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...I, I can't get these memories ooout of my mind, and some kind of maaaadness has started to evolve. Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad... And I, I tried so hard to let you go-ooo, but some kind of maaaadness is swallowing me whole, yeah....Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...I have finally seen the light. And I have finally realized, what you mean....

Ooh oh oh

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[Eagle Ray]

If I Could Only Be Your Lover - Bruce Springsteen

There is something beautiful and transcendent about this song that leaves you with a sense of peace. He's just released 7 albums worth of new songs at once of previously unreleased material. Bruce's songs have gotten me through so many difficult times in my life over many years. There's some kind of reckoning with the human condition that is an underlying theme across the hundreds of songs and many genres he's covered.

[smallwolf]

For obvious reasons I'm on an Ozzy bender re musical choices....

[Eagle Ray]

It's great you are enjoying the Ozzy reminiscing smallwolf. I've watched a few clips with Ozzy including things like interviews, and he always seems such an open person which I really like.

My song this evening is Dreamville by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. It's a song reminiscing about childhood memories and I've had a lot of such memories passing through for me recently, both good and not so good. So the song is like a reflection of my reflective state.

[Eagle Ray]

Hush Little Voices - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

[Eagle Ray]

Connected by Eric Bibb

I got to see Eric Bibb at a festival in 2008 and he’s such a nice person, and this song is so beautiful too 💫

[smallwolf]

Return to Serenity by Testament

this song is about searching for something deeper and more meaningful...

[Eagle Ray]

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

[Eagle Ray]

Needed Time - Eric Bibb

Sometimes we just need some time.

[Eagle Ray]

Square One - Tom Petty

Sometimes it feels like you are back at square one and you went through a lot to get there, but there's learning along the way.

[Eagle Ray]

Everybody's Song - Robert Plant

I like the wild animals in the video for this one. The song has both a warm, kind of uplifting feeling and an uneasy feeling at the same time. It's a mix of rock, Arabic and blues. It's also a bit Celtic-sounding.