Songs for survival

chrisguy
chrisguy Member Posts: 13
edited March 2014 in Emotional Support #1
I find music to be very therapeutic with me. What are some of your favorite coping songs?

For instance, a good song to wallow to is:
Cold Desert - by Kings of Leon (http://tinyurl.com/colddesert)
Features the lyrics, "No one ever carried my load/I'm too young to feel this old"

Another song I like is also melancholic, but with definite attitude. Lyrics begin
"I want to be someone else or I'll explode" but by the end of the song there's a phrase that goes "You want me?/F---ing well come and find me/I'll be waiting/With a gun and a pack of sandwiches/I'm ready".
My own take of the song is of a guy on the precipice of life who says to fate: come and get me, then. I'll fight to the end. The attitude gets to me.
Talk Show Host - by Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWCZpTTvdc)

So, again, what are some of YOUR coping and survival songs? The can be songs to cry to, songs to rage to, songs to inspire, songs to empower, etc.
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  • terato
    terato Member Posts: 375
    #2
    "Invincible" by Pat Benatar
    INVINCIBLE

    Pat Benatar

    "This bloody road remains a mystery
    This sudden darkness fills the air
    What are we waiting for?
    Won't anybody help us?
    What are we waiting for?
    We can't afford to be innocent
    Stand up and face the enemy
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible!

    This shattered dream you cannot justify
    We're gonna scream until were satisfied
    What are we running for?
    We've got the right to be angry
    What are we running for?
    When there's no where we can run to anymore

    We can't afford to be innocent
    Stand up and face the enemy
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible
    And with the power of conviction
    There is no sacrifice
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible!

    Won't anybody help us?
    What are we running for?
    When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore

    We can't afford to be innocent
    Stand up and face the enemy
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible
    And with the power of conviction
    There is no sacrifice
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible!"

    Sing it loud and sing it proud!

    Rick
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #3
    terato said:

    "Invincible" by Pat Benatar
    INVINCIBLE

    Pat Benatar

    "This bloody road remains a mystery
    This sudden darkness fills the air
    What are we waiting for?
    Won't anybody help us?
    What are we waiting for?
    We can't afford to be innocent
    Stand up and face the enemy
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible!

    This shattered dream you cannot justify
    We're gonna scream until were satisfied
    What are we running for?
    We've got the right to be angry
    What are we running for?
    When there's no where we can run to anymore

    We can't afford to be innocent
    Stand up and face the enemy
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible
    And with the power of conviction
    There is no sacrifice
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible!

    Won't anybody help us?
    What are we running for?
    When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore

    We can't afford to be innocent
    Stand up and face the enemy
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible
    And with the power of conviction
    There is no sacrifice
    It's a do or die situation
    We will be invincible!"

    Sing it loud and sing it proud!

    Rick

    Oh Dear
    One of my favourites is 'Wasted Time'.. Eagles. Story of my life and reduces me to tears every time. Sad ain't I...LOL
    Jxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • tiny one
    tiny one Member Posts: 465 Member
    #4
    music therapy
    I love music, I listen to all kinds but here are some of my favs. The fray- How to save a life. We are the champions, The climb-Miley Cirrus, Joe Walsh-One Day at a Time- his story of his personal struggle with alcoholism, Love Hurts-Nazareth, Michael Buble-Lost,I am 51 years old, when I listen to music from the 70's, especially my favorites, it brings back the intense emotions that I used to feel as teen. Wish I could write and play music.
  • tiny one
    tiny one Member Posts: 465 Member
    #5
    have you heard this song
    My favorite group in Branson the Haygoods recorded this song. It is also performed by Simple Plan, it's called How Could This Happen To Me. The words describe how I have felt at my lowest.
  • SonSon
    SonSon Member Posts: 174
    #6
    Bryan Akipa
    Well - my iTunes is loaded with SOOO much music and almost all of it I am crazy about (the rest I really like a lot)...
    When I am really stressed I will put my iPod on and listen to Bryan Akipa - Native American Flute music. VERY relaxing.
    Sometimes I will listed to Chanting of the Mystic Heart - Sufi chanting.
    Fatima
  • terato
    terato Member Posts: 375
    #7
    SonSon said:

    Bryan Akipa
    Well - my iTunes is loaded with SOOO much music and almost all of it I am crazy about (the rest I really like a lot)...
    When I am really stressed I will put my iPod on and listen to Bryan Akipa - Native American Flute music. VERY relaxing.
    Sometimes I will listed to Chanting of the Mystic Heart - Sufi chanting.
    Fatima

    "The Happening" by The Supremes
    THE HAPPENING

    Diana Ross and The Supremes


    "Hey life look at me, I can see the reality
    Cause when you shook me, took me out of my world
    I woke up, suddenly I just woke up to the happening.

    When you find that you left the future behind
    Cause when you got a tender love you don-t
    Take care of, then you better beware of the happening.

    One day you-re up, then you turn around
    You find your world is tumbling down
    It happened to me and it can happen to you.

    I was sure, I felt secure, until love took a detour
    Yeah, riding high on top of the world
    It happened, suddenly it just happened.

    I saw my dreams torn apart, when love walked away from my heart
    And when you lose that precious love you need to guide you
    Something happens inside you, the happening.

    Now I see life for what it is
    It-s not all dreams, it-s not all bliss
    It happened to me and it can happen to you
    Once!

    Is it real, is it fake, is this game of life a mistake
    Cause when I lost the love I thought was mine
    For certain, suddenly I started hurting.

    I saw the light too late, when that fickle finger of fate
    Yeah came and broke my pretty balloon
    I woke up, suddenly I just woke up to the happening.

    So sure, I felt secure, until love took a detour
    Cause when you got a tender love you don-t
    Take care of, then you better beware of the happening."

    ...And, keep your doctor's appointments!

    Rick
  • SIRENAF42
    SIRENAF42 Member Posts: 202
    #8
    India Arie "I AM NOT MY HAIR"
    WHen I had to cut off my hair for treatments, if found this song to be conforting to me.... Its by India Arie and its called, I AM NOT MY HAIR... this verse was written for Robyn on Good Morning America

    Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
    Took away her crown and glory
    She promised God if she was to survive
    She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh
    On national television
    Her diamond eyes are sparkling
    Bald headed like a full moon shining
    Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...

    I am not my hair
    I am not this skin
    I am not your expectations no no
    I am not my hair
    I ma not this skin
    I am a soul that lives within
  • liveformiracles
    liveformiracles Member Posts: 13
    #9
    music = love
    I depend on music for support constantly. It is amazing how much it can change your mood of help you vent by screaming the lyrics to a song. Hmm..let me think of some of my favorites.

    U2 - Breathe, Walk On, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, Beautiful Day

    MONTY Are I - Metropolis, Only the Weak

    Landsdowne - See You Again

    Damone - When You Live

    The Fray - How to Save a Life, Heaven Forbid

    Hanson - Watch Over Me, Blue Sky

    Flogging Molly - Laura

    Jack's Mannequin - Swim, Spinning

    +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
  • terato
    terato Member Posts: 375
    #10
    liveformiracles said:

    music = love
    I depend on music for support constantly. It is amazing how much it can change your mood of help you vent by screaming the lyrics to a song. Hmm..let me think of some of my favorites.

    U2 - Breathe, Walk On, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, Beautiful Day

    MONTY Are I - Metropolis, Only the Weak

    Landsdowne - See You Again

    Damone - When You Live

    The Fray - How to Save a Life, Heaven Forbid

    Hanson - Watch Over Me, Blue Sky

    Flogging Molly - Laura

    Jack's Mannequin - Swim, Spinning

    +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating

    "Hero" by Mariah Carey

    HERO

    Mariah Carey

    "There's a hero If you look inside your heart You don't have to be afraid Of what you are There's an answer If you reach into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away

    And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you

    It's a long road When you face the world alone No one reaches out a hand For you to hold You can find love If you search within yourself And the emptiness you felt Will disappear

    And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you

    Lord knows Dreams are hard to follow But don't let anyone Tear them away Hold on There will be tomorrow In time You'll find the way

    And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you"

    Even if you live alone, like me, "a hero lies in you!"

    Rick
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #11
    terato said:

    "Hero" by Mariah Carey

    HERO

    Mariah Carey

    "There's a hero If you look inside your heart You don't have to be afraid Of what you are There's an answer If you reach into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away

    And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you

    It's a long road When you face the world alone No one reaches out a hand For you to hold You can find love If you search within yourself And the emptiness you felt Will disappear

    And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you

    Lord knows Dreams are hard to follow But don't let anyone Tear them away Hold on There will be tomorrow In time You'll find the way

    And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you"

    Even if you live alone, like me, "a hero lies in you!"

    Rick

    I like that!

    I like that!
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #12
    favorite lyric
    one of my favorites lines in a song is by John Lennon:"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans......"
  • Geliphish74
    Geliphish74 Member Posts: 1
    #13
    here are a few
    You Gotta Be by Des'Ree
    Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel
    This Woman's Work by Kate Bush
  • stage4liver
    stage4liver Member Posts: 46
    #14
    Geliphish74 said:

    here are a few
    You Gotta Be by Des'Ree
    Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel
    This Woman's Work by Kate Bush

    Take a listen to this
    Take a listen to this one...its the video on the top left of the page. A good friend of mine played the electric guitars on it...
    http://www.thistimetomorrow.org/

    Some of my personal faves
    Led Zep - Ramble on, Going to California & The Song Remains the Same
    Iron Maiden - Wasted Years and all of "Live After Death"
    Van Halen, 311, Rusted Root, Blues Traveler, Jack Johnson, James Brown I'm kinda like different things all over the board...
  • AKAngel
    AKAngel Member Posts: 74 Member
    #15
    Geliphish74 said:

    here are a few
    You Gotta Be by Des'Ree
    Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel
    This Woman's Work by Kate Bush

    Wow
    I love Peter Gabriel's song "Don't Give Up"...but just seeing it here made my eyes well up. It's what I constantly want to say to my mom, who sees her death coming faster and faster, whereas we don't actually have an "expiration date" on her....I want her to 'please don't give up/rest your head/you worry too much/it's gonna be alright'. Okay, crying now...have to go!
  • Tina Blondek
    Tina Blondek Member Posts: 1,500 Member
    #16
    AKAngel said:

    Wow
    I love Peter Gabriel's song "Don't Give Up"...but just seeing it here made my eyes well up. It's what I constantly want to say to my mom, who sees her death coming faster and faster, whereas we don't actually have an "expiration date" on her....I want her to 'please don't give up/rest your head/you worry too much/it's gonna be alright'. Okay, crying now...have to go!

    Hi AkAngel,
    That is so
    Hi AkAngel,
    That is so sweet. You are a great daughter. You are an awesome caregiver. I recently lost my dad to esophageal cancer with mets to the liver on 3/9/10. I too love to listen to music. My dad received these relaxation tapes when he was dx'd. We got them from the HR Bloch Association. They sent us two great books on fighting the battle with cancer, Cancer there is hope, and a wonderful cd...all for free! He loved all of these gifts. He faithfully listened to his relaxation cd. I have a few songs that we played at my dad's memorial service. How Great Thou Art, My Way, and Amazing Grace. They all bring tears to my eyes and give me goose bumps. I also love a country music song by I think Keith Urban....Cryin for Me. Hope my experience helps you to know that you are not and never will be alone. Let us know how you are all doing.
    Tina
  • AKAngel
    AKAngel Member Posts: 74 Member
    #17
    Tina Blondek said:

    Hi AkAngel,
    That is so
    Hi AkAngel,
    That is so sweet. You are a great daughter. You are an awesome caregiver. I recently lost my dad to esophageal cancer with mets to the liver on 3/9/10. I too love to listen to music. My dad received these relaxation tapes when he was dx'd. We got them from the HR Bloch Association. They sent us two great books on fighting the battle with cancer, Cancer there is hope, and a wonderful cd...all for free! He loved all of these gifts. He faithfully listened to his relaxation cd. I have a few songs that we played at my dad's memorial service. How Great Thou Art, My Way, and Amazing Grace. They all bring tears to my eyes and give me goose bumps. I also love a country music song by I think Keith Urban....Cryin for Me. Hope my experience helps you to know that you are not and never will be alone. Let us know how you are all doing.
    Tina

    To Tina...
    Thank you...I've read many of your posts and you give a lot to this board. I came to CSN to get advice and help, but sometimes just reading other people's experiences help me know I'm not alone. My mom is often to antsy to just sit/lay down and listen to music, but I do a lot of listening I guess for the both of us. (((hugs)))
  • crovn
    crovn Member Posts: 22
    #18
    Music
    Music helps me cope too, my Ipod has been my life since my mom got diagnosed 10 months ago. I have found a lot of songs. Here are a few, if you need help finding some songs let me know!:)

    (I put some good parts of the song below the song title)

    You're Not Alone by Saosin
    -You're not alone
    There is more to this I know
    You can make it out
    You will live to tell

    Again I Go Unnoticed by Dashboard Confessional
    - Please tell me you're just feeling tired,cause if it's more than that I feel that I might break.Out of touch. Out of time.

    Arms Around Me by Hawk Nelson
    - When I hurt You, I never meant to hurt You. I'm just trying to work through things in my life. Emotions can be mean and I didn't really mean it. I never stopped believing in the truth. I'm not big on waiting. I could use some patience.This time I'm not afraid of losing
    Wrap Your arms around me I know.Trying hard not to let go.Every time I stand up, I fall without You. When You wrap Your arms around me I know with me wherever I go. Nothing else matters at all when You're here

    Do You Feel by The Rocket Summer
    -I'm thinking about other things I heard about today
    All this week and tomorrow
    And how these hands can create some better things for bettering
    but you see for now I got my own things
    I can't help it
    I got too many issues I own
    So I cannot help I'm afraid, yeah
    But keep on preaching, preaching and heal the world
    Lip service makes us look great

    Do you feel
    The weight of the world singing sorrow
    Or to you is it just not real
    Cause you got your own things
    Yeah we all have our things I guess
    Holy My Heart by Tenth Avenue North
    -One tear in the driving rain,
    One voice in a sea of pain
    Could the maker of the stars
    Hear the sound of my breaking heart?
    One life, that's all I am
    Right now I can barely stand
    If You're everything You say You are
    Would You come close and hold my heart

    I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin

    The Lost Get Found by Britt Nicole

    Oceans from the Rain by Seventh Day Slumber

    Rain by Creed
  • stayingcalm
    stayingcalm Member Posts: 650 Member
    #19
    Audio hug
    Chillout, from zefrank, written at the request of a girl who was having trouble coping with changes in her life. You can read the story behind it and then listen to the song, or listen to the song and then read the story, or just listen while you read the story :) It's a very sweet song, an "audio hug", as the young lady calls for.
  • HeartofSoul
    HeartofSoul Member Posts: 729 Member
    #20
    coloCan said:

    favorite lyric
    one of my favorites lines in a song is by John Lennon:"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans......"

    If you go to link below, you
    If you go to link below, you can hear the song as you read the lyrics

    http://csn.cancer.org/user/112518/view/expressions?page=3

    Imagine” John Lennon 1971

    This is a dedication to all cancer survivors & to the memory of the ones who have passed.
    (I modified some of the lyrics below to reflect the hope towards a cure for cancer)

    Imagine there's no cancer
    It's easy if you try
    No hell to go thru
    Only a path to peace
    Imagine all the people
    Living without fear

    Imagine there's no chemo
    It isn't hard to do
    No one would suffer or die
    And no surgery too
    Imagine all the people
    Living life in peace

    You may say I'm a dreamer
    But I'm not the only one
    I hope someday you'll join us
    And the world will be as one

    Imagine no deadly tumors
    I wonder if you can
    No need for sorrow or tears
    All of us joining hands
    Imagine all the people
    Sharing all the joy

    You may say I'm a dreamer
    But I'm not the only one
    I hope someday you'll join us
    And the world will be as one

    Heart of Soul two time cancer survivor and caregiver
  • Tina Blondek
    Tina Blondek Member Posts: 1,500 Member
    #21
    AKAngel said:

    To Tina...
    Thank you...I've read many of your posts and you give a lot to this board. I came to CSN to get advice and help, but sometimes just reading other people's experiences help me know I'm not alone. My mom is often to antsy to just sit/lay down and listen to music, but I do a lot of listening I guess for the both of us. (((hugs)))

    You are Welcome AKangel
    Hey AK,
    I wanted to correct my post from the last time. I had my country music singers mixed up! The song is "Cryin for Me" by Toby Keith. I think your mom would enjoy the relaxation tapes. They teach you how to breath to relieve stress,etc. They would make her less antsy! Keep up the good work. Thinking of you.
    Tina

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