Nothing like some nice, self-indulgent bitter lyrics to take you through another sucky day [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img]<P><I>Self Esteem</I> by <B>Offspring</B><P>I wrote her off for the tenth time today<BR>And practiced all the things I would say<BR>But she came over, I lost my nerve<BR>I took her back and made her dessert<BR>Now I know I'm being used<BR>That's okay, man, cause I like the abuse<BR>I know she's playing with me<BR>But that's ok cause I got no self esteem<P>Oh way oh, yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<P>We make plans to go out at night<BR>I wait till 2 then I turn out the light<BR>All this rejection's got me so low<BR>If she keeps it up I just might tell her so<P>Oh way oh, yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<P>When she's saying, oh, that she wants only me<BR>Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends<BR>When she's saying, oh, that I'm like a disease<BR>Then I wonder how much more I can spend<BR>Well I guess, I should stick up for myself<BR>But I really think it's better this way<BR>The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care...Right? Yeah<P>Now I'll relate this a little bit<BR>That happens more than I'd like to admit<BR>Late at night she knocks on my door<BR>She's drunk again and looking to score<BR>Now I know I should say no<BR>But it's kind of hard when she's ready to go<BR>I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb<BR>I'm just a sucker with no self esteem<P>Oh way oh, yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<BR>Oh yeah yeah<P>When she's saying, oh, that she wants only me<BR>Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends<BR>When she's saying, oh, that I'm like a disease<BR>Then I wonder how much more I can spend<BR>Well I guess, I should stick up for myself<BR>But I really think it's better this way<BR>The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care...Right? Yeah!<P>___________________________________<P>And then some <B>Fiona Apple</B><BR><I>Sleep To Dream</I><P>I tell you how I feel but you don't care.<BR>I say tell me the truth but you don't dare.<BR>You say love is hell that you cannot bear,<BR>And I say gimme mine back and go there for all I care.<P>I got my feet on the ground and I dont go to sleep to dream.<BR>You got your head in the clouds, you're not at all what you seem.<BR>This mind, this body, cannot be stifled by your deviant ways...<BR>So dont forget what I told you, dont come around, I got my own hell to raise.<P>I have never been so insulted in all my life;<BR>I could swallow the seas to wash down this pride.<BR>First you run like a fool just to be at my side;<BR>And now you just run like a fool, but you just run to hide, and I cant abide.<P>Dont make it a big deal, dont be so sensitive.<BR>We're not playing a game anymore; you dont have to be so defensive.<BR>Dont plead me your case, dont bother to explain.<BR>Dont even show me your face cuz you're a crying shame.<BR>Just go back under the rock from under which you came.<BR>Take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim,<P>And don't forget the blame...

No one has mentioned that Natalie Imbruglia song, which I wore out TWICE while going through this<P>I don't have the lyric sheet, but it's something like this:<P>TORN<P>I thought I saw a man brought to life<BR>He was warm he came around like he was dignified<BR>He showed me what it was to cry<P>You couldn't be that man I adored<BR>You don't know don't seem to care what your heart is for<BR>I don't know him anymore <P>THere's nothing where he used to lie<BR>Conversation has run dry<BR>That's what's going on <P>Nothing's fine I'm torn<BR>I'm all out of faith <BR>this is how I feel <BR>I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor<BR>Illusion never changed<BR>into something real<BR>I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn<P>So I guess the fortune teller's right<BR>I should have seen what was there and not some holy light <BR>But you crawled beneath my veins and now<BR>I don't care, I have no luck<BR>I don't miss it all that much<BR>THere's so many things that I can't touch <BR>I'm torn<P>Okay, that was the old song. I'm looking for a happier tune these days [img]images/icons/smile.gif" border="0[/img] <P>Snow

Dear Snow,<BR>A happier song was mentioned on another thread and I have now worn out the CD -<BR>It is called "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts<P>I've dealt with my ghosts and<BR>I've faced all my demons<BR>I'm finally content with a past I regret<P>I've found you find strength in <BR>your moments of weakness<BR>For once I'm at peace with myself<P>I've been burdened with blame<BR>trapped in the past for too long<BR>I'm movin' on<P>I've lived in this place and I know all the faces<BR>Each one is different but they're always the same<BR>They mean me no harm, but its time that I faced it<BR>They'll never allow me to change<BR>But, I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong<BR>I'm movin on<P>I'm movin on<BR>At last I can see<BR>Life has been patiently waiting for me<BR>And I know, there's no guarantees<BR>But I'm not alone<BR>There comes a time in everyone's life<BR>when all you can see are the years passing by<BR>And I have made up my mind that those days are gone<BR>I'm movin on<P>I sold what I could and I packed what I couldn't<BR>Stopped to fill up on my way out of town<BR>I've loved like I should, but lived like<BR>i shouldn't <BR>I had to lose everything to find out<BR>Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road<BR>I'm movin on<P><BR>Its pretty powerful stuff.<P>I also love<BR>Some Days are Better than Others by Trisha Yearwood and Lovely Day by Bill Withers

W, beautiful! That CAN be my new Happy Tune! <P>But I think "I will Survive" is still my all time favorite "up" song. My friends even had the DJ play it for me at our last company holiday party and draaaaged me out onto the dance floor, gathered around me, SCREAMING out the lyrics and generally causing a joyful, all-about-Snow, ruckus. <P>But hey, the title of THIS thread was "Bitter, Self-indulgent Lyrics..." And we all need those every now and then, too! Maybe we should start a Happy Tunes thread?<P>Snow<p>[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: Snowwhite ]