I have been tagged by TheBoyandMe and Lauren from The Real Housewife Of Suffolk County in a meme started by the ever so talented MammyWoo called Music Therapy
The idea is very simple, pick
3 songs
By
3 different artists
With
3 sets of lyrics that touch you in some way
I found it really hard to do this which is strange because I love music and can really lose myself in certain songs. In the end I am going with 3 songs which I find beautiful to listen to and where the words are touching, powerful and emotive.
1. Adele – Someone Like You (the live version as performed at the BRIT Awards)
The first time I heard this song, I was gobsmacked firstly by how amazing Adele sounds singing live and secondly by the simplicity and beauty of this song. The lyrics are very moving and some which I think we can all probably relate to in some way.
My favourites lines from it are:
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead
Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regret’s and mistakes they’re memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
2. Alanis Morrisette – Oughta Know
It’s not that I have ever experienced this kind of break up before, but this song is amazing! Such an angry post break up song and from a female point of view – the lyrics are so charged and vengeful! I love it. Such a great song to sing a long to when you need to get rid of some pent up frustration!
The lyrics are so explosive and full of bitterness and I think for a woman to have written and released them n a hit record is brilliant! Check these out
I want you to know, that I’m happy for you
I wish nothing but the best for you both
An older version of me
Is she perverted like me
Would she go down on you in a theatre
Does she speak eloquently
And would she have your baby
I’m sure she’d make a really excellent mother
’cause the love that you gave that we made wasn’t able
To make it enough for you to be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me you’d hold me
Until you died, till you died
But you’re still alive
And I’m here to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It’s not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
You seem very well, things look peaceful
I’m not quite as well, I thought you should know
Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced
Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?
3. Take That – Back For Good
I think the lyrics of this song are just very clever and well written and I especially love the inclusion of lipstick mark still on your coffee cup. I think it’s a beautiful song.
I guess now it’s time for me to give up
I feel it’s time
Got a picture of you beside me
Got you’re lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now
So now I need to pass this meme on. So I nominate the following
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Thank you xx
Thank you xx
If only I’d known how much you liked that Adele song I would’ve got Jack to sing it to you…he knows all the words as it’s permanently on in Daddy’s car!
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Good choices. It’s funny how certain lyrics stick with you x
Really good choices. Especially love the Tale That one, takes me back to college years.
I chose Someone Like You as wel, it is such a beautiful song. I used to love Alanis Morrisette too! Haven’t listened to it in ages! Will have to find it tomorrow for a singing session! x
Brilliant songs! I adore all three of them. Like you I was wowed by Adele at the Brits, recently downloaded 21 album and it is amazing. The Take That song is obviously a genius choice, and I forgot how much I love Alanis Morrissette!
Back for good came out just after I’d split up from my first boyfriend when I was 17 and it my song!
I always loved that line from Back For Good too! I loved the video for that song….in a pervy way. Watching them all drenched in rain was very sexy……xx