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What are some of your favorite songs that depict the performers’ personal pain or personal loss? ~


Examples:
James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain”.
Sinead O’Conner’s “No One Compares to You”.

Posted - May 4, 2019
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    "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton.  His 4 year old son fell out of a window (50 stories) and soon after he wrote this song. So sad.
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  • 23576
    Yes.
      May 7, 2019 6:56 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    not sure
      May 4, 2019 5:40 PM MDT
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  • 23576


    ("Nothing Compares 2 U")

    :)


    "I Wanted To Be Wrong"         R.E.M.

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  • 757
    I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams


    Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart



      September 30, 2019 12:47 PM MDT
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      September 30, 2019 1:36 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    I'm hoping someone writes and performs "The Impeachment Blues."
      September 30, 2019 1:39 PM MDT
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  • Ugh, the feeling and pain in this song is like nothing I've heard in anything else.

    Watching Over Me
    Iced Earth

    I had a friend many years ago
    One tragic night he died
    The saddest time of my life
    For weeks and weeks I cried
    Through the anger and through the tears
    I've felt his spirit through the years
    I'd swear, He's watching me
    Guiding me through hard times

    I feel it once again
    It's overwhelming me
    His spirit's like the wind
    The angel guarding me
    Oh, I know, oh, I know
    He's watching over me
    Oh, I know, oh, I know
    He's watching over me

    We shared dreams like all best friends
    Blood brothers at the age of ten
    We lived reckless, he paid the price
    Why did he have to die?
    It still hurts me to this day
    Am I selfish for feeling this way?
    I know he's an angel now
    Together we'll be someday

    I feel it once again
    It's overwhelming me
    His spirit's like the wind
    The angel guarding me
    Oh, I know, oh, I know
    He's watching over me



      September 30, 2019 1:46 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    I had tears welling up before the first verse was over.
    :(

    The lyrics and band's song performance strike me as in-your-face honesty - - an in-your-face dynamic doesn't always work for me - -  here it does.

    Thank you for posting the lyrics.


      September 30, 2019 9:01 PM MDT
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  • It’s not all that common to see such blatantly honest emotion in the metal genre. Usually masked in a sea of metaphors. 
      September 30, 2019 9:06 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    I admit I'm very unfamiliar with the metal genre- - but when I've been exposed to it, like you've done here, I now realize that I almost always like the song and/or band. I like this song a lot - - I don't think I've ever heard of the band.
    :)
      September 30, 2019 9:39 PM MDT
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