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This may be an odd post, but I know that music is a tool that people use to help cope with depression, or anything, really. I don't use it, myself, on a regular basis. But sometimes a song or album will somehow resonate with my feelings of depression, sometimes lifiting me up a little bit in the midst of it, sometimes just making me consider it a little.
Lately parts of the lyrics to "The Greatest Show" from the movie musical The Greatest Showman have been weirdly helpful. So here is the part I am referring to, followed by what it makes me think, in terms of my depression. Don't fight it, it's coming for you, running at yaSo the "greatest show," for me, is the hope for and the attainment of feeling free from my depression. The happiness, Or joy. Or simple contentment, without the dark cloud of sadness, moodiness, irritability, etc. that I feel. I like to think of it in terms of the all the coolness that this section of lyrics presents the circus as - all the colored lights, the rush of feeling that can't be overtaken or stopped, where the weirdos like us mental health sufferers claim ownership and run with it. Sounds awesome, right? So, there you go. My weird approach to a song lyric that is upbeat in sound and from which part of it I can impose an interpretation of hope. Your turn. |
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That's interesting, personally, it's the song 1-800-273-8255 that always makes me feel a bit better. Because it starts with exactly how I feel, then at the end it makes me feel like someone wants me to get better, kinda. The melody is great as well, the song is so close to perfection.
So here's some of the lyrics: I've been on the low I been taking my time I feel like I'm out of my mind It feel like my life ain't mine (Who can relate? Woo!) I've been on the low I been taking my time I feel like I'm out of my mind It feel like my life ain't mine I don't wanna be alive I just wanna die today [...] I want you to be alive You don't gotta die today You don't gotta die I know where you been, where you are, where you goin' I know you're the reason I believe in life What's the day without a little night? I'm just tryna shed a little light It can be hard It can be so hard But you gotta live right now You got everything to give right now [...] Pain don't hurt the same, I know The lane I travel feels alone But I'm moving 'til my legs give out And I see my tears melt in the snow But I don't wanna cry I don't wanna cry anymore I wanna feel alive I don't even wanna die anymore Oh I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't even wanna die anymore Listening to the whole song is of course a lot different from reading the lyrics, I often listen to this song on repeat during a depressive episode, it helps that tiny bit __________________ "The only way to fail is to not fight. So you fight until you can't fight anymore." -Amelia Shepherd |
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This video, with the photo and the cinematic ending song playing from the The Theory of Everything, just breaks my heart and gives me hope at the same time. Breaks my heart that there'll be people like Dr.Stephen Hawking who suffer, and gives me the hope that I can be a pharmaceutical scientist and hopefully discover better drugs. |
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" here I am, at the end of me,
trying to hold on to what I can't see I forgot how to hold, this night's been so long I cling to your promise, their will be a dawn" superchick- beauty from pain |
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You taught me the courage of stars before you left How light carries on endlessly, even after death With shortness of breath, you explained the infinite How rare and beautiful it is to even exist I couldn't help but ask For you to say it all again I tried to write it down But I could never find a pen I'd give anything to hear You say it one more time That the universe was made Just to be seen by my eyes I couldn't help but ask For you to say it all again I tried to write it down But I could never find a pen I'd give anything to hear You say it one more time That the universe was made Just to be seen by my eyes With shortness of breath, I'll explain the infinite How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist |
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This may sound strange but sometimes listening to I guess depressed type songs makes me feel better
I'm not sure why. I mean sometimes they make me cry which actually makes me feel better But even if I don't cry, those depressed type songs that have good meaningful lyrics makes me happier |
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You're right. The auditory experience definitely has something to do with how we experience the lyric (obviously, since music is an auditory experience). And I barely mentioned that in my OP. For the example I gave, the beat and rhythm defintely catch me first, then hold me as I re-interpret the lyric to fit my mental health needs. Thanks for sharing. Please share others, if you think of them! |
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I love how you interpret this for yourself in your profession! So cool, and I am grateful for the work you do for all of us who suffer with mental health. THanks for shairing the video and song! |
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Doesn't sound strange at all. Hearing those types of songs probably helps you feel like someone gets you, and crying lets you release those feelings physiologically (however that works, as I can't remember at the moment). It's like you're in that negative space and rising above it at the same time. |
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A black eyed dog he called at my door A black eyed dog he called for more A black eyed dog knew my name A black eyed dog knew my name __________________ |
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And she said, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled" Suzanne Vega - The Queen & The Soldier Lyrics | AZLyrics.com |
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Wow, those lines speak to the feelings really well. Thanks for sharing. |
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What great imagery in those lines. Thanks for sharing! |
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Pink Floyd is one of my go tos when I am feeling depressed.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (with lyrics) YouTube |
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Two segments from Here To Stay by Korn resonate positively with my depression. In the sense that when I hear them I don't feel so alone with feeling messed up. I guess that was one of Korn's great musical gifts.
This state is elevating As the hurt turns into hating Anticipating All the fked up feelings again And... You've taken everything and Oh, I cannot give any more (((Peace & Love to you PC))). |
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The Matrix Revolutions - Navras. From delusion lead me to truth From darkness lead me to light From death lead me to immortality. |
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Too many to list, all my life. Here’s one favorite:
Lent you outsiders and my new Badu While you were thinking I didn't have a clue Tough to sort files with your voice in my head So then I bribed you downstairs with a Marlboro Red, uh huh And now I feel so small discovering you knew How much more torture would you have put me through? You probably saw me laughing at all your jokes Or how I did not mind when you stole all my smokes, yeah And although my pride is not easy to disturb, yeah You sent me flying when you kicked me to the curb With your battered jeans and your Beasties tee Now I can't work like this, with you next to me And although he's nothing in the scheme of my years It just serves to bludgeon my futile tears And I'm not use to this, no no, I observe yeah, I don't chase But now I'm stuck with consequences, thrust in my face, yeah And the melodramas of my day delivery blows And that surpass your rejection, it just goes to show A simple attraction that reflects right back to me So I'm not as into you as I appear to be Although my pride, yeah, is not easily disturbed You sent me flying when you kicked me to the curb With your battered jeans, yeah and your Beasties tee, yeah yeah Now I can't work like this, no with you next to me yeah yeah His message was brutal but the delivery was kind Maybe if I get this down, I'll get it off my mind, yeah Oh it serves to condition me and smoothen my kinks Despite my frustration for the way that he thinks And I knew the truth, when it came, would be to that effect At least you're attracted to me which I did not expect Didn't think you'd get my number down as such But I never hated myself, for my age so much, yeah And although my pride's, yeah, not easy to disturbed, yeah You sent me flying when you kicked me to the curb, yeah So with your battered jeans, yeah, and your Beasties tee Now I can't work like this, no, with you next to me, yeah And although my pride's, yeah, not easy to disturbed, yeah You sent me flying when you kicked me to the curb So with your battered jeans yeah and your Beasties tee Now I can't work like this, no, with you next to me Songwriters: Amy Winehouse / Felix Howard __________________ "And don't say it hasn't been a little slice of heaven, 'cause it hasn't!" . About Me--T |
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