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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[Croix]

I guess it is the habit of crossing bridges before you come to them - actually you may not meet them anyway.

Reminds me of the 1983 song "Overkill" by Colin Hay, lead with "Men at Work"

"I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications ..."

[Eagle Ray]

I like that song Croix, and other Colin Hay/Men at Work songs too.

My song tonight is Fast Car by Tracy Chapman.

I relate to the desire to escape to a different place and the struggle life is at times. I think this is one of the best songs ever written. 

[Croix]

Yes

"You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away? "

Tom Wait's "Chicago" talks about moving to a new place, a little mixed but overall encouraging.

I used to think all one's troubles were one's own and traveled with one like the shell of a snail, I've been pleasantly surprised by a change in location/circumstances.

[Eagle Ray]

Croix, I love the lyrics to Chicago. I just read them. I also just watched a live version of Tom Waits performing it the Letterman show. He's such a great performance artist. Funky song!

[Eagle Ray]

Another song about going to a new place...

Coming Together - Tenille Townes

[Si12345]

The mood playlist is ever expanding. Right now the song that I'm enjoying is "Home" by Jack Savoretti - it just has that calming uplifting soothing quality that just relaxes my mind. The whole Written in Scars album is just full of sentimental value for me.

[Eagle Ray]

I like that song Si12345.

For me at the moment I think it is Learning to Fly by Tom Petty. I particularly like some of the live acoustic versions he did of this song. I feel I am learning new ways of being in the world which as the song says is not always easy and involves being in a transitional phase. As the song says, “I guess I’ll know when I get there”. 

[Croix]

I guess I need the ridiculous at times

Muppet Songs: Mahna Mahna (Muppet Show - 1976)

I particularly like the phone all at the end.

and for those of you that use sign language:

Sesame Street: Billy Joel And Marlee Matlin Sing Just The Way You Are

[smallwolf]

Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Want to Change the World

[Halecia]

😁I k ow This is an old thread from 2016, but I just came across it. I like MUSE Starlight was my Biggest song in 2015 . I found the nostalgic vibes and it made me Hopeful and Happy