Songs for Recovery

[Before you can make things better, you have to stop making them worse...]

Thought it might be interesting to share songs that we've heard that produce some reactions deep inside us.  They can be songs to generate memories of the good times, songs of the despair we feel or felt, songs of hope for the future, or anything that causes a stir inside.  I recommend listing the song title and artist.  Include the lyrics if you want.  Then we can go listen to it at our convenience (I use Youtube) and share if a particular song touched us in a certain way.  Happy listening!

Half of Me - Emily Browning (Plush)

Where did you go?

Where did you go, my mistery

You left me alone

You left me to drown in misery

I can't feel no pain

I can't feel nothing but memories

So Where are you now?

Why would you want to leave me to

Go sleep in the clouds and dream still shine and down on me

And pieces underneath

Cause half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

You took my heart

You took the purest part of me

You left me alone

You made me my own worst enemy

Lost in the world

Searching for how we used to be

When you are there

When only you could carry me back to

Where we started

Before I got so brokenhearted

Before you took the best of me

Cause half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Baby please wake up

Baby please wake up for me now

Uhhhhh Uh

Uhhhhh Uh

[steve195915]

Thought it might be interesting to share songs that we've heard that produce some reactions deep inside us.  They can be songs to generate memories of the good times, songs of the despair we feel or felt, songs of hope for the future, or anything that causes a stir inside.  I recommend listing the song title and artist.  Include the lyrics if you want.  Then we can go listen to it at our convenience (I use Youtube) and share if a particular song touched us in a certain way.  Happy listening!

Half of Me - Emily Browning (Plush)

Where did you go?

Where did you go, my mistery

You left me alone

You left me to drown in misery

I can't feel no pain

I can't feel nothing but memories

So Where are you now?

Why would you want to leave me to

Go sleep in the clouds and dream still shine and down on me

And pieces underneath

Cause half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

You took my heart

You took the purest part of me

You left me alone

You made me my own worst enemy

Lost in the world

Searching for how we used to be

When you are there

When only you could carry me back to

Where we started

Before I got so brokenhearted

Before you took the best of me

Cause half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Half of me is gone

Baby please wake up

Baby please wake up for me now

Uhhhhh Uh

Uhhhhh Uh

[samynet]

Hi Steve,

I don't know why but the song "Return to the Innocence" from Enya, give me some peace and I think it summarizes a little what I'm passing by... .returning to my true self, the one smashed by all my fears and perfectionism:

Return to the Innocence - Enya

Don't be afraid to be weak

Don't be too proud to be strong

Just look into your heart my friend

That will be the return to yourself

The return to innocence.

If you want, then start to laugh

If you must, then start to cry

Be yourself don't hide

Just believe in destiny.

Don't care what people say

Just follow your own way

Don't give up and use the chance

To return to innocence

That's not the beginning of the end

That's the return to yourself

The return to innocence

[kc sunshine]

At my weakest: Do what you gotta do, Nina Simone

":)o What You Gotta Do"

Do what you gotta do

Come on back see me when you can

Man I can understand how it might be

Kinda hard to love a girl like me

I don't blame you much for wanting to be free

I just wanted you to know

I've loved you better that your own kin did

From the very start it's my own fault

What happens to my heart

You see I've always known you'd go

So you just do what you gotta do

My wild sweet love

Though it may mean that I'll never kiss

Those sweet lips again

Pay that no mind

Find that dappled dream of yours

Come on back and see me when you can

Now I know it'll make you feel sad

And make you feel so bad

They say you don't treat me me like you should

They got ways to make you feels no good

I guess they got no way to know

I've had my eyes wide open from the start

And man you never lied to me

The part of you that they'll never see

Is the part you've shown to me

So you just do what you gotta do

My wild sweet love

Though it may mean that I'll never kiss

Those sweet lips again

Pay that no mind

Find that dappled dream of yours

Come on back and see me when you can



At my strongest: One less problem without you, Ariel Grace

Uh huh

I got one more problem with you, girl

Aye!

Ariana Grande

(One less, one less problem)

Hey baby, even though I hate ya

I wanna love ya (I want you)

And even though I can't forgive ya

I really want to (I want you)

Tell me, tell me baby

Why did you leave me?

'Cause even though I shouldn't want it

I gotta have it (I want you)

Head in the clouds

Got no weight on my shoulders

I should be wiser

And realize that I've got

Big Sean

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

Ariana Grande

I know you're never gonna wake up

I gotta give up (but it's you)

I know I shouldn't ever call back

Or let you come back (but it's you)

Every time you touch me

And say you love me

I get a little bit breathless

I shouldn't want it (but it's you)

Head in the clouds

Got no weight on my shoulders

I should be wiser

And realize that I've got

Big Sean

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

Iggy Azalea

It's Iggy Iggz

Uh, what you got?

Smart money, bettin' I'll be better off without you

In no time, I'll be forgettin' all about you

You sayin' that you know but I really, really doubt you

Understand my life is easy when I ain't around you

Iggy Iggy, too biggie to be here stressin'

I'm thinkin' I love the thought of you more than I love your presence

And the best thing now is probably for you to exit

I let you go, let you back, I finally learned my lesson

No half-steppin', either you want it or you just playin'

I'm listenin' to you knowin' I can't believe what you're sayin'

There's a million yous baby boy, so don't be dumb

I got 99 problems but you won't be one

Like what!

Ariana Grande

One less, one less problem

One less, one less problem

Head in the clouds

Got no weight on my shoulders

I should be wiser

And realize that I've got

Big Sean

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

One less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less problem without ya

I got one less, one less problem

[butterfly15]

I stumbled across this Eminem/Sklyar Grey song "Twisted" I just hear the lyrics and it has helped me.

You sit there stone-faced, as if I'm not here

Can't you see that I've been crying?

I didn't know you'd be insane

Dreams can be so deceiving

You're an itch I can't reach

A wound that won't heal

The smell of skin that's burning

I didn't know you'd be insane

But it's true, and just say all I am to you is a


Pain in my neck, thorn in my side

Stain on my blade, blood on my knife

Been dreaming of her, all of my life

But she won't come true, she's just my nightmare I woke up to


She's twisted, he's a rebel, she's sick, he's hard to handle

The worst of all is he just don't care

She's twisted like a rope, that is wrapped around her throat

But the worst part of all is she really don't give a... .(shyt)

(She don't give a shyt)

Sometimes I wish that you'd just die

Cause I'm too afraid of leaving

I didn't know you'd be insane

Dreams can be so deceiving

(How did it come to this?

Why do I fantasize to kill you when you're sleeping?)

I didn't know you feel the same

When I say you're no good

All you are to me


Is a pain in my neck, thorn in my side

Stain on my blade, blood on my knife

Been dreaming of her, all of my life

But she won't come true, she's just my nightmare I woke up to



Love ain't no fairytale, love is a buried nail

Inside of this heart of stone, so you wanna get married?

Well Romeo, Romeo, smokin' blow with Antonio

In the back alley takin' shots of whiskey and only gold

Juliet's at the nudie bar, doin' God only knows

Neither one of 'em came to see the dog and the pony show

But a b___ is a b___, and a horse is a horse, ain't it?

Sorry I can't afford to get your daddy's old Porsche painted

Sorry Juliet that you embedded the sayin'

If a dollar makes you holler well then I'm gettin' the short change of it

Feel like I've been asleepin' alone and lovin' this angel

Entangled between a dream and a coma

Walkin' the edge of this cliff, like a sheep to it's owner

Now if you say that you hate somebody and you livin' with them

Then they pack up and leave and then you bytch about how you miss 'em

You gotta see the pattern of the blood all over the steerin' wheel

Love is a cannibal ridin' a carnival carousel

'Round and 'round we roll, where it stops, baby nobody knows

Some people go crazy and they lose control

Some people jump off, some people won't let go

Some people say love, some people say why

Some people don't love, they just want a free ride

The rain won't stop, it'll never dry

If she's in the house of pain then love is standin' outside



Maybe I'm the twisted one that screwed this up

So I guess this means Goodbye, for now

[steve195915]

Some great lyrics.  I listened to one of them so far and intend to make time to listen to the rest.  On that note I wanted to add some more to the list.  I came across this song that's so very powerful.  Then I listened to other songs by that group and it sure seems like most were about a dysfunctional relationship maybe with a pwBPD involved but I have no idea.  The lead singer overdosed on Heroin.  They don't know if it was accidental or suicide. So listen to this song and see if you can feel his pain when he sings it. 

Watch Me Bleed - Scary Kids Scaring Kids

This silence keeps it easy

Keeps you safe for the moment

As you're walking away

Your footsteps get louder

All you needed was time

But now time will destroy us

It will all be over and here we are

We're stuck inside this salted earth together

You pierce my lungs

My limbs go numb as my colors fade out

You watch me bleed

You watch me bleed

I gave you everything to die with a smile

All you wanted was to live for a while

You took everything but it left you empty

You can't replace me, you can't

It's almost over and here we are

We're stuck inside this salted earth together

You pierce my lungs

My limbs go numb as my colors fade out

You watch me bleed

You watch me bleed

It will all be over and here we are

We'll die inside this salted earth together

You pierce my lungs

Some other applicable songs by this group are "The Deep End", "A Pistol to My Temple", "Holding On", "A Breath of Sunshine".

Also I came across some songs from another group on the same lines. To keep this post short I'll leave off the lyrics but these songs are great listening.

Pieces – Red

Lie to Me - Red

[Confused?]

A perfect circle- the outsider.

Too lazy to post lyrics

Also tool- push  it  another good one. One word but gets cencored on this forum. Also equally as lazy as before to post lyrics.

[lovenature]

Goo Goo Dolls; long way down.

Puddle of Mudd; she hates me, blurry, control.

Adele; hello.

All on youtube.

[samynet]

I would suggest a new one:

Now we are free - Gladiator soundtrack

www.lyricstranslate.com/en/now-we-are-free-now-we-are-free.html-0#ixzz3ufppsnja

Now We are Free

Healing to me

And freely to you from Sol Omnipotens

Yellow

Wings of Joy

Warmth of Day,

Sun of Dawn

O Sun of Yellow,

The Son of Righteousness,

Son of Morning Light,

Shine high and below!

Shine Aeonion!

Shine now, O Great I AM!

(Aaahh)

Shine now, O He Who Was!

Shine now, O Great to Come!

Now we are Free!

(Fast tempo, 4 times)

One the One now whom he was to be!

And the One by whom we now do all see

Healing to me;

Healing to you now freely from Sol:

Yellow

Yellow

For all the world too

Yellow

Live on

Rays below,

Come now,

Wings of Joy

Warmth of Day, Sun of Dawn;

The Sun of

Yellow,

Yellow,

Flame by Day

From Our Lord

Jesus,

Jesus,

True Sun of Liberty

Healing you free.

[heartbroken25]

I'm looking through you -The Beatles

"I'm Looking Through You"

I'm looking through you, where did you go?

I thought I knew you, what did I know?

You don't look different, but you have changed

I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Your lips are moving, I cannot hear

Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear

You don't sound different, I've learned the game

I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?

Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight

You're thinking of me, the same old way

You were above me, but not today

The only difference is you're down there

I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?

Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight

I'm looking through you, where did you go

I thought I knew you, what did I know

You don't look different, but you have changed

I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Yeah

Oh baby I'm changed

Ah I'm looking through you

Yeah I'm looking through you