quietsins

they say for every life event there is a song. and lets face it. most of us could lament and talk about the beer drinkin songs that remind us of our A. or the broken hearted blues. but this is alanon. we are healing ourselves. so.. my challenge is... what song is an inspiration to you?


for me. "living on a prayer" by Bon Jovi. the line "we're half way there.... livin on a prayer... take my hand... we'll make it i swear" reminds me of where i came from and the great steps my kids and i have made towards recovery, happiness, and a healthy lifestyle.

now its your turn.

Dan

Hope you don't mind me throwing in one that rings for me...
Never Die Young. James Taylor.

We were ring-around-the-rosy children
They were circles around the sun
Never give up, never slow down
Never grow old, never ever die young

rivercitybelle

For me, I'd say it was this song. I'd made my choice to leave (partly for my own safety and sanity) and had been on my own for several months. I had moved from the Pacific Northwest which I loved and found myself east of the Mississippi in the birthplace of Rock & Roll and Home of the Blues. This song spoke volumes to my heart and helped me to heal.

I'm Moving On By Rascal Flats

I've dealt with my ghost and I've faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with myself
I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long

I'm moving on

I lived in this place and I know all the faces
Each one is different, but they’re always the same
They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it
They’ll never allow me to change
But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong

I'm moving on

I'm moving on and last I can see
Life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there’s no guarantees, but I'm not alone
There comes a time in everyone’s life
When all you can see are the years passing by
And I have made up my mind, that those days are gone

I've sold what I could and packed what I couldn’t
Stopped to fill up on my way out of town
I've loved like I should, but lived like I shouldn't
I had to lose everything to find out
Maybe forgiveness will find me some where down this road

I'm moving on

I'm moving on

I'm moving on

smoke gets in my eyes

I can see clearly now

Jonny Nash
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I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It`s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
It`s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day

I think I can make it now, the pain has gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I`ve been praying for
It`s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
It`s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day

Look all around, there`s nothing but blue sky
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue sky.
I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It`s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day

smf30

This is my current "survival" theme song:

Fighter - Christina Aguilera

When I, thought I knew you
Thinking, that you were true
I guess I, I couldn't trust
'Cause your bluff time is up
'Cause I've had enough
You were, there by my side
Always, down for the ride
But your, joy ride just came down in flames
'Cause your greed sold me out of shame, mmhmm

After all of the stealing and cheating
You probably think that I hold resentment for you
But, uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do
I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you

'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

Oh, ohh

Never, saw it coming
All of, your backstabbing
Just so, you could cash in
On a good thing before I realized your game
I heard, you're going around
Playing, the victim now
But don't, even begin
Feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave, uh huh

After all of the fights and the lies
Yes you wanted to harm me but that won't work anymore
Uh, no more, oh no, it's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this way now, and never back down
So I wanna say thank you

'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
Makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
It makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

renee18

I was born three months too early
The doctors gave me thirty days
But I must've had my mama's will
And God's amazing grace

I guess I'll keep on livin'
Even if this love's to die for
'Cause your bags are packed and I ain't cryin'
You're walkin' out and I am not trying
To change your mind 'cause I was born to be

Chorus:
The baby girl without of chance
A victim of circumstance
]The one who ought give up, but she's just
Too hard headed
A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and theheart of a fighter I am a survivor

I don't believe in self-pity
It only brings me down
May be the queen of broken hearts
But don't hide behind the crown
When the deck is stacked against me
I just play a different game
My roots are planted in the past
And though my life is changing fast
Who I am is who I wanna be

Repeat Chorus

A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
I am a survivor

But I must've had my mama's will
And God's amazing grace

This song always makes me smile when I hear it and the first time I heard it I made me think about my life and the obstacles I have over come in my life

BlueMoon

Let It Be

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me.
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
. . .
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted,
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
. . .
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

. . .
And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me.
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
. . .
Oh there will be an answer, let it be.
. . .
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .
another fav of mine was already mentioned by smoke --> I Can See Clearly Now

McKrazy

Sweet Baby James Taylor:
"Up on the Roof"

when this old world starts getting me down
and people are just to much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below can't bother me
Let me tell you now

When I come home feelin' tired and beat
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet
I get away from the hustling crowd
And all that rat-race noise down in the street
On the roof, the only place I know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Let's go up on the roof

At night the stars put on a show for free
And, darling, you can share it all with me
I keep a-tellin' you

Right smack dab in the middle of town
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two
Up on the roof

Everything is all right.... up on the roof.

best

Hard to type this because of a tear in my eye and Thankfulness in my heart.
This song speaks so much of the people in my life and of My Lord.

For Jim who guided me to what is right
My wife who put up with me for all these years and her love that lifts me daily
and My Lord for being the wind beneath my wings

and now if I can learn to be the same for my own sons and daughter.

I have taken the credit many a time but it has been others who have helped me grow and set me free.

Wind Beneath My Wings

~ Bette Midler


It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way,
you always walked a step behind.

So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strength.
A beautiful face without a name -- for so long,
a beautiful smile to hide the pain.

Chorus
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it,
I would be nothing with out you.

Chorus
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

Fly, fly, fly away,
you let me fly so high.
Oh, fly, fly,
so high against the sky, so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you, thank God for you,
the wind beneath my wings.

bookworm

"My Immortal" - Evanescence

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

[Chorus:]
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

[Chorus]

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along


When I'm feeling very disturbed by G's drinking, I listen to this and I realise that if I don't take care of myself, I'll end up feeling awful - these lyrics say it all. This song acts as my wake up call.
HugZ
Sandra

spirit

oh can i have two hahaha, i am a song nut and in the past have been known to sing, so i love my music, very varied taste. as i type i am listening to (how ironic) sober by jennifer paige

Sober:
Girl meets boy, girl goes crazy
Boy backs away, she gets her heart broken
No words are spoken
Boy comes back and acts
As if everything is cool
Soon she's got him back on a pedestal
She only sees what she wants to see
Love is blind, love is so misleading

(CHORUS)
I see the light, oh what a light
And I am sober
All that you served to me
No longer will I drink it in
I took the time to think it over
I see the you that I never knew
Now it's finally sinking in
I am sober

Girl wakes up and smells the coffee one day
Realizes she's on her own again
All alone again
Boy takes every opportunity
To play on every insecurity
Get her back on track
She's in a daze, back in the fire
But will she cave into her old desires

MY ANTHEM IS "questions" : again jennifer paige

Stare into God's face
Trying to find my place
Keeps avoiding me
That trace of who I want to be
Suffered injustice
Don't know what trust is
It slipped away
But I trust I'll find it someday

(CHORUS)
Been disconnected embraced and rejected
Either way it doesn't bother me
But I keep moving doing what I'm doing
Guess that's the way it's s'posed to be
Who, what, where and why
Voices walk with me at night
Who, what, where and why
Questions of my life

Angel on my shoulder
Winds blow colder
And I'm afraid
They might blow my angel away
I'm the dead ringer
There goes the chick singer
What they don't know
Is what they'll never see

(Chorus)

But I Keep movin' doin' what I'm doin'
All The fear I've held inside
Has left me with some peace of mind
And now love's knockin' at my door
That's when I know there's something more

IAM

Whenever the wife gets on one of her drinking spells I jump in the truck and put in a TSO CD and drive out in the country. This CD is an emotional roller coaster, but after it's over, I feel a heckuva lot better. The whole CD is my favorite, but if I'd have to pick it would be "AFTER THE FALL".


TIME
ONLY TIME
COULD NEVER TAKE ME AWAY FROM YOU

AND WHY
SHOULD IT TRY
TIME NEVER CARES JUST WHAT WE DO

IT JUST SITS ON A STAR
AND GAZES DOWN
DROPPING ITS MOMENTS ALL AROUND
AND IF I COULD WISH UPON THAT STAR
I WOULD FIND WHAT YOU DREAM
AND THEN ASK GOD TO GRANT IT

I WANTED
TO SAY THIS
LONG BEFORE THIS DARK WOULD FALL
AT NIGHT I
WOULD PRAY THIS
THEN WONDER IF GOD HEARD AT ALL
FOR THE CHANCES I'VE HAD ARE NOW LONG GONE
AND THAT STAR IS NO LONGER WISHED UPON
FOR ON THIS NIGHT IT SEEMS TOO FAR AWAY

TRY
I HAVE TRIED
TO PRETEND THAT I DON'T CARE
BUT THEN
SLEEP ARRIVES
AND IN EVERY DREAM I FIND YOU THERE

BUT I DON'T WANT THE PAST TO BE MY LIFE
AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE INSIDE THE NIGHT
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR SHADOW FADE
SO I SLEEP AND I DREAM
THOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT

I WANTED
TO SAY THIS
LONG BEFORE THIS DARK WOULD FALL
AT NIGHT I
WOULD PRAY THIS
THEN WONDER IF GOD HEARD AT ALL
FOR THE CHANCES I'VE HAD ARE NOW LONG GONE
AND THAT STAR IS NO LONGER WISHED UPON
FOR ON THIS NIGHT IT SEEMS TOO FAR AWAY

YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE IN A THOUSAND WAYS
BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THAT SINGLE DAY
WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU REGRET
WHAT YOU CAN'T RECLAIM BUT YOU CAN'T FORGET
IF I COULD JUST FALL BACK INTO MY LIFE
AND FIND YOU THERE INSIDE THIS NIGHT
AND LET ETERNITY JUST DRIFT AWAY

Lorelai

I have a song for every mood but I heard this new Martina McBride song over the weekend and it fit my mood perfectly:

How Far

There's a boat, I could sail away
There's the sky, I could catch a plane
There's a train, there's the tracks
I could leave and I could choose to not come back
Oh never come back

There you are, giving up the fight
Here I am, begging you to try
Talk to me, let me in
But you just put your wall back up again
Oh when's it gonna end

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

There's a chance I could change my mind
But I won't, not till you decide
What you want, what you need
Do you even care if I stay or leave
Oh, what's it gonna be

Out of this chair, or just across the room
Halfway down the block or halfway to the moon

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say
Yeah, I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

Of course, I much prefer when my theme song for the day is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". :-)
L

Dazimae

WALK A LITTLE STRAIGHTER DADDY

walk a little straighter daddy your swaying side to side, your foot steps mak me dizzy daddy no matter how I try, I keep triping and stumbling if you look down here you'll see, walk a little straighter daddy your leading me.

heart breaker.

spirit

wow you guys are good.

what about better midlers shiver me timbers "well i am leaving my family, leaving all my friends, my body's at home but my hearts in the wind..."

skylark, mr rockerfella, the girl is onto you, up the ladder to the roof, oh god there are so many

thank for sharing
kath

DefofLov

Well...considering all of the neglect I have dealt with and the fact that I have my own, Billie Holiday's God bless the Child is extremely relevant to me. Great thread!

God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday

Them that's got shall get
Them that's not shall lose
So the Bible said and it still is news
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own

Yes, the strong gets more
While the weak ones fade
Empty pockets don't ever make the grade
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own

Money, you've got lots of friends
Crowding round the door
When you're gone, spending ends
They don't come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But don't take too much
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own

Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own
He just worry 'bout nothin'
Cause he's got his own



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spirit

what a wonderful song
there is so much good music around isnt there
kath

liliacfae

This one is almost like she pulled the lyrics out of the story of my life...

"He drowns in his dreams
An exquisite extreme, I know
He's as damned as he seems
And more heaven than a heart could hold
And if I tried to save him
My whole world could cave in
It just ain't right, it just ain't right

Oh and I don't know
I don't know what he's after
But he's so beautiful
Such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster?

He's magic and myth
As strong as what I believe
A tragedy with
More damage than a soul should see
And do I try to change him?
So hard not to blame him
Hold on tight, hold on tight

Oh 'cause I don't know...
I don't know what he's after
But he's so beautiful
Such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster?

I'm longing for love and the logical
But he's only happy hysterical
I'm waitin' for some kind of miracle
Waiting so long,
So long

He's soft to the touch
But frayed at the end he breaks
He's never enough
And still he's more than I can take

Oh 'cause I don't know
I don't know what he's after
But he's so beautiful
Such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster?

He's beautiful
Such a beautiful disaster

Beautiful
Beautiful disaster"