If you’re looking for a song about self-acceptance, this one from Kesha is worth listening to. She sings of finding the inner peace that led her to transcend painful past experiences. This is a moving song aboutrealizing one’s self-worthand finally having that power tolet go of the pas...
“I hope she’ll be a beautiful fool.” And “I haven’t met the new me yet” is a poignant line from a songwriter who’s collected so many New Mes over the years. She also sings about “the dress I wore at midnight” — bet that’s the same party dress she’...
It is a bittersweet love song about a couple finding happiness and fulfillment with others after breaking up. However, the song expresses doubts about the reality of that happiness. Songwriter Will Jennings told Billboard Books, "It is a rather sad and ironic lyric about making it apart and ...
Musgraves' "Miserable" is a song about being fed up with someone's negativity. Throughout the song, she sings directly to that person who's constantly bringing her spirit down, calling them out for only finding happiness in misery and explaining that she has had enough. "Can't liven up f...
Though everyone was caught up by the stirring score, Paul Buchanan said in an interview that the song was about finding true love in the middle of city life. He goes into some pretty grating descriptions of the rat race, but comes out that love can be found if you overcome the cynicism...
01 of 10 Drifters - "Up On the Roof" (1963) Drifters - "Up On the Roof". Atlantic This song about finding escape from the noise and stress of the city is one of the best feel-good pop songs of all time. It was one of many classic pop hits of the 1960s written by the husband...
Three decades into his career, Young had written plenty of songs about searching for a companion, about the heart-skipping joy of finding love and the ditched-out misery of losing it. Here was his simple, soulful prayer to making it last. –Sam Sodomsky Listen: Neil Young, “Harvest Moon...
The '90s saw the rise of fantastic country female singers like Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, and Faith Hill who put out ballads about love and loss. Many high schoolers would turn on these tracks because they found them so darn relatable. Then you had the good, ol' boys of ...
Yes, the song is about finding the will to move forward after loss, but as Lars Ulrich revealed in anMTV Icon special, “Fade to Black” was written during a period in which the band were “obsessed with death,” and the theft of James Hetfield’s favorite Marshall amp inspired him to...
Hank Williams' "A House of Gold" speaks to the human spirit with its timeless message about wealth and happiness. This country classic has been continually revered, covered by numerous artists over the years, and remains a poignant reminder of the importance of love and family. ...