This one expresses my feelings quite well right now.

Love Stinks - J. Giels Band

You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can't win

And so it goes
'Til the day you die
This thing they call love
It's gonna make you cry

I've had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing's for sure...LOVE STINKS

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Two by two
And side by side
Love's gonna find you
Yes it is
You just can't hide

You'll feel it call
Your heart will fall
Then love will fly
It's gone - that's all

I don't care what any Cassanova thinks
All I can say is...LOVE STINKS

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

I've been through diamonds
I've been through minks
I've been through it all
LOVE STINKS

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Heart of the Matter

Don Henley

I got the call today, I didn’t want to hear
But I knew that it would come
An old, true friend of ours was talking on the phone
She said you found someone
And I thought of all the bad luck, and the struggles we went through
How I lost me, and you lost you
What are these voices outside love’s open door
Make us throw off our contentment and beg for something more?

But I’m learning to live without you now
But I miss you sometimes
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it’s about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore

Oh, these times are so uncertain
There’s a yearning undefined
People filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age?

Oh, the trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness
They’re the very things we kill, I guess
Oh, pride and competition
Cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us
You know it doesn’t keep me warm

I’m learning to live without you now
But I miss you, baby
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I’d figured out, I have to learn again

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But everything changes and my friends seem to scatter
But I think it’s about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore

There are people in your life who’ve come and gone
They let you down
You know, they hurt your pride
You better put it all behind you, baby
’Cause life goes on
You keep carrying that anger, it’ll eat you up inside, baby

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it’s about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
Because the flesh will get weak and the ashes will scatter
So I’m thinking about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me

Forgiveness (yeah)
Forgiveness (baby)
Forgiveness (oh, yeah)
Forgiveness (ah, yeah)
Forgiveness (oh)
Forgiveness
Even if you don’t love me anymore
Forgiveness (oh)
Forgiveness (yeah)
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness… [fades]

This one sums up my feelings quite well right now,

F.O.D., by Green Day

Somethings on my mind,
It's been for quite some time,
This time I'm on to you,

So where's the other face?
The face I heard before
Your head trip's boring me

Let's nuke the bridge
We torched 2,000 times before
This time we'll blast it all to hell
I've had this burning in my guts now for so long
My belly's aching now to say

Stuck down in a rut of dislogic and smut
A side of you well hid
When it's all said and done
It's real and it's been fun
But was it all real fun

For the Recovery Soundtrack:

NOTHING REALLY MATTERS
madonna

When I was very young
Nothing really mattered to me
But making myself happy
I was the only one

Now that I am grown
Everything’s changed
I’ll never be the same
Because of you

Chorus:

Nothing really matters
Love is all we need
Everything I give you
All comes back to me

Looking at my life
It’s very clear to me
I lived so selfishly
I was the only one

I realize
That nobody wins
Something is ending
And something begins

(chorus, repeat)

Nothing takes the past away
Like the future
Nothing makes the darkness go
Like the light

You’re shelter from the storm
Give me comfort in your arms

Hank Williams
Your Cheatin' Heart
-------------------
Your cheatin heart,
Will make you weep,
You'll cry and cry,
And try to sleep,
But sleep wont come,
The whole night through,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

Your cheatin heart,
Will pine some day,
And crave the love,
You threw away,
The time will come,
When you'll be blue,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
When you feel that hole inside your soul
You wonder what you're made of
well, we all find out
When the lights go down

When the lights go down
At the end of the day when this game that I play
has gone another round
As I lay there alone in this big empty bed
With nothing but thoughts of you in my head
I think of the things that I wish I had said.
When you were still around.

When the lights go down, yeah
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
And I wonder if all my life's about the sum
Of all my fears and all my doubts
Yeah, when the lights go down.

THE OTHER GUY

Little River Band


I found out that you care for another guy
I found out that you want for another smile
We are alone as two different people can be
And it's hurting me so
Just to know that you don't care for me

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

I found out that your heart's with another guy
You found out that you're tellin' another lie
We've grown apart and goin' our own separate ways
And you don't understand
Why I love you and want you to stay

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

You don't know it's me that you need
You're thinking of him and I can't compete
But I'm here to say I still want you back again

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

Lament of the WS!

"One Of Us" (ABBA)

They passed me by, all of those great romances
You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances
My picture clear, everything seemed so easy
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know

One of us is crying
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all

I saw myself as a concealed attraction
I felt you kept me away from the heat and the action
Just like a child, stubborn and misconceiving
That's how I started the show
One of us had to go
Now I've changed and I want you to know

One of us is crying
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
Never left at all

Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
Necer left at all

You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I'm only just beginning to see the real you
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly
At times I understand you
And I see how hard you've tried
I've watched while love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Sarah McLachlan
Do What you have to do

What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage
Created you a monster
Broken by the rules of love
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do ...
And I have the sense to recognize that
I don’t know how to let you go
Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul
I’m ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
But I have the sense to recognize
That I don’t know how
To let you go
I don’t know how
To let you go
A glowing ember
Burning hot
Burning slow
Deep within I’m shaken by the violence
Of existing for only you
I know I can’t be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can’t be with you
I do what I have to do
And I have sense to recognize but
I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go




Sarah McLachlan
Full of Grace

The winter here’s cold, and bitter
It’s chilled us to the bone
We haven’t seen the sun for weeks
To long too far from home
I feel just like I’m sinking
And I claw for solid ground
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength and all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love
So it’s better this way, I said
Having seen this place before
Where everything we said and did
Hurts us all the more
Its just that we stayed, too long
In the same old sickly skin
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength
And all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love

The Streets
Dry your eyes

In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round
I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground
Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down
World feels like it's caved in - proper sorry frown
Please let me show you where we could only just be, for us
I can change and I can grow or we could adjust
The wicked thing about us is we always have trust
We can even have an open relationship, if you must
I look at her she stares almost straight back at me
But her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me
Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity
When they open up she's lookin' down at her feet

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

So then I move my hand up from down by my side
It's shakin', my life is crashin' before my eyes
Turn the palm of my hand up to face the skies
Touch the bottom of her chin and let out a sigh
'Cause I can't imagine my life without you and me
There's things I can't imagine doin', things I can't imagine seein'
It weren't supposed to be easy, surely
Please, please, I beg you please
She brings her hands up towards where my hands rested
She wraps her fingers round mine with the softness she's blessed with
She peels away my fingers, looks at me and then gestures
By pushin' my hand away to my chest, from hers

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

And I'm just standin' there, I can't say a word
'Cause everythin's just gone
I've got nothin'
Absolutely nothin'

Tryin' to pull her close out of bare desperation
Put my arms around her tryin' to change what she's sayin'
Pull my head level with hers so she might engage in
Look into her eyes to make her listen again
I'm not gonna [censored]', just [censored]' leave it all now
'Cause you said it'd be forever and that was your vow
And you're gonna let our things simply crash and fall down
You're well out of order now, this is well out of town
She pulls away, my arms are tightly clamped round her waist
Gently pushes me back and she looks at me straight
Turns around so she's now got her back to my face
Takes one step forward, looks back, and then walks away

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

I know in the past I've found it hard to say
Tellin' you things, but not tellin' straight
But the more I pull on your hand and say
The more you pull away

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now.

The Cranberries
No Need to Argue

There’s no need to aruge anymore
I gave all I could
But it left me so sore
And the thing that makes me mad
Is the one thing that I had

I knew, I knew, I’d lose you
You’ll always be special to me

And I remember all the
Things we once shared
Watching tv movies on
The living room armchair

But they say it will work out fine
Was it all a waste of time
Cause I knew, I knew, I’d lose you

You’ll always be special to me

Will I forget in time
You said I was on your mind
There’s no need to argue
No need to argue anymore
There’s no need to argue anymore
Special

This song really used to get to me as a FWS and H was distant and looking to leave.

Jann Arden
Hanging by a thread

When I cry
I close my eyes
And every tear falls
Down inside
And I pray
With all my might
That I will find my heart
In someone's arms
When I cry
Cry...

When I cry
And when I'm sad
I think of every awful thing I ever did
And when I cry
There is no love
No there is nothing
That can comfort me enough
When I cry
Cry...

Oh the salt inside my body ruins
Everyone I come close to
My hands are barely holding up my head
I am so tired of looking at my feet
And all the secrets that I keep
My heart is barely hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread...

Oh look at me
At all I've done
I've lost so many things that I so dearly loved
I've lost my soul
I've lost my pride
Oh I lost any hope of having a sweet life
And so I cry...
Cry...
Cry...

Oh the salt inside my body ruins
Everyone I come close to
My hands are barely holding up my head
I am so tired of looking at my feet
And all the secrets that I keep
My heart is barely hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread...

I miss you all
I wish I was
With you now
I wish... I.... was...

BURNED WITH DESIRE
ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT JUSTINE SUISSA

For each forgotten kiss
For all the memories
For all the times alone
Said all we had to say

You played your part so well
A modern Romeo
You came on Cupid's wings
And then you flew away

When you touched my face
When you call my name
I'm burned with desire

When you touched my face
When you call my name
I'm burned with desire
But you left me in the rain

For every sleepless night
Forever in your arms
For every hour spent
Lost in the reverie

You broke your promises
No shame and no regrets
You burned the bridges to
An endless mystery

When you touched my face
So beautiful
When you call my name
My name..
I'm burned with desire

When you touched my face
So beautiful
When you call my name
My name..
I'm burned with desire
But you left me in the rain

When you touched my face
So beautiful
When you call my name
My name..
I'm burned with desire

When you touched my face
When you call my name
I'm burned with desire
But you left me in the rain..


Yes, another of my trance selections...


TM

I've got a million of them, but this one has been playing in my head this morning.

Juliana Hatfield
Everybody Loves Me But You

Well I wake up in the morning and the first thing that I say
Is that I hope that I can make it through another lonely day
I'm afraid I might explode if I keep going on this way
People always notice me wherever I go
They think I'm lucky but they don't really know
Beauty and brains aren't all that I've got
I've got a cold, cold bed and broken heart
Everybody loves me,
Everyone but you
But nobody undoes me
Like the thought of you can do
They search my eyes but I don't know why
'Cause all they ever do is cry
Everybody loves me but you
Girls want to be me so they can pick and choose
They figure out of 10 men there's no way that they can lose
Men will walk the plank for me and set themselves on fire
What do they see in me that isn't sad and tired?
I can spend my life with people who want to be with me
Do like they say there's other fish in the sea
There's a world out there and a million things to do
But what do I care if it doesn't include you?
Everybody loves me
Everyone but you
But nobody undoes me
Like the thought of you can do
They search my eyes but I don't know why
'Cause all they ever do is cry
Everybody loves me but you
A cold, cold bed and a broken heart
An empty house and a broken car
A cold, cold bed and a broken heart

And a couple more...

Toad the Wet Sprocket
Dam Would Break

Is it this place that makes me fall from you
Forget the words that once rang so true
Did we expect that life was ever fair, my god
I sowed a field of rose and reaped a whipping rod
And everything I've held to tight inside
Could make a part of me die
And if my lips could only speak the name
The dam would break
What is this ice that gathers 'round my heart
To stop the flood of warmth before it even starts
It would make me blind to what I thought would always be
The only constant in the world for me
And every hour of every day
I need to fight from pulling away
And if my mind could only loose the chain
The dam would break
For all the things I hid away
And all the words I could not say
The dam would break.

Nickel Creek
Somebody More Like You

I didn't hear you say you're sorry
The fault must be mine
I wish you all the best of ,uck at
Finding somebody more like you

You said you'd love me always truly
I must have changed
'Cause you don't need me like you used to
I hope you find somebody more like you

I hope you finally find someone that you trust
And give him everything
I hope you meet someone your height so you can see eye to eye
With someone as small as you

You came out of nowhere and made me smile then tore me two
Saying we're very different people so dear
I hope you find somebody more like you

Sigh... and we won't even start with Ani DiFranco!

I looked all the way through the lyrics thread, but I didn't see this one. Listened to it a lot on the boat this summer. Love and recovery continue on, it's a blue sky day.
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Sheryl Crow
"My Favorite Mistake"

I woke up and called this morning
The tone of your voice was a warning
That you don't care for me anymore

I made up the bed we sleep in
I looked at the clock when you creep in
It's 6 AM and I'm alone

Did you know when you go it's the perfect ending
To the bad day I was just beginning
When you go, all I know is you're my favorite mistake

Your friends act sorry for me
They watch you pretend to adore me
But I'm no fool to this game

Now here come your secret lover
She'll be unlike any other
Until your guilt goes up in flames

Did you know when you go it's the perfect ending
To the bad day I'd gotten used to spending
When you go, all I know is you're my favorite mistake
You're my favorite mistake

Well maybe nothing lasts forever
Even when you stay together
I don't need forever after, but it's your laughter
won't let me go
So I'm holding on this way

Did you know could you tell you were the only one
That I ever loved?
Now everthing's so wrong
Did you see me walking by, did it ever make you cry?
Now you're my favorite mistake
Yeah you're my favorite mistake
You're my favorite mistake

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Mr Incredible has taken to holding me tight when I listen to this song (LOUD).

We also love that Linkin Park song that's been on this thread over and over. That one and Hoobastank are definitely the most popular lyrics on the thread.

That's a good one, 10Swords. Here's one of my favorites from the Indigo Girls... gotta love Emily Saliers.

Fare thee well my bright star
I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness
But you were long gone before I ever got to you
Before you blazed past this address
I caught you then in your moment of glory
Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage
With the memory so clear that it’s as if you’re still before me
My once in a lifetime star of an age
So fare thee well my bright star
The vanity of youth, the color of your eyes
That which I looked up to and I clung to for dear life
Had to burn itself up just to make itself alive
Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings
For a cool evening I began to yearn
But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire
Waiting to see if I would burn
So fare thee well my bright star
Last night the tongues of fire circled me around
This strange season of pain will come to pass
When the healing hands of autumn cool me down

I do not have the CD in front of me so I will have to go from memory but I really like this excert from the U2 song "Running to Stand Still"

You've got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

Ya know she took the poison
from the poison tree
Then she floated out of here

She suffers the needle chill
She's running to stand ..... still.


I repeated the first verse above during my Plan A period. The song is about a girlfriend's herion addiction (I believe) but addiction, addiction, addiction...whats the difference.

The "running to stand still" lyric is applicable to affairs as no matter how far the WS runs. There they are. Their problems, FOO, insecurities, and guilt follow them no matter where they run.

Mr. Wondering

Now HERE'S the story of my life. Anyone remember Kristin Hersh of the Throwing Muses? She had a few solo albums several years ago, and this is so appropriate for right now... There's a baby AND an OW.

Kristin Hersh
Me and My Charms
You can come back when you want
just know that I'll be here
I haven't left this step
and when the lights go out
I pick the angel up
I only have two hands...
Is she here? is she here right now?
drive her off; don't bother to call
I'm checking out today...
Me and My charms
When I kiss the angel I have a taste of you
When I take the angel I have a piece of you
I have a piece
You can come back
I haven't left you yet
and when the lights go out
I pick the angel up
I only have two left feet
All I have in my hands, me and my charms
When I kiss the angel I have a taste of me and my charms
me and my charms down on the ground
You can't leave me now
I haven't left you yet