“Breathe in and let it go, oh. Your tears are not for nothing. Let them fall off. In every teardrop there is something beautiful. You are stronger than you know, oh. Oh, you’re something beautiful.” Sometimes, we don’t realize how far we’ve come in our struggles. We fail to...
From losing a lover, a friend, a mother, or a beloved family pet, there’s something on this list that has grabbed us all emotionally — and will undoubtedly continue to do so for a long time. Related See more: Top 50 Country Love Songs | Top 50 Saddest Songs | Top 25 Relaxing...
Is Maxwell talking about love on “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder),” the second single from Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite? A woman? God? Drugs? Maybe all of the above, which is why the chorus penetrates your soul: You know the feeling when something takes you to a place you’ve never...
The rhythm might seem jaunty, but the lyrics of this song are sad. The tempo distracts from the themes of addiction and loneliness. Consider this song if you want to convey how much losing someone will affect you. 19. “Don’t Take Your Guns To Town” from "The Fabulous Johnny Cash"...
Chicago singer-songwriter Kara Jackson spends most of “dickhead blues” sounding exasperated—that’s what dealing with an endless stream of, as she puts it, “losers who find themselves losing me” will do to a person. But it’s not about them. It’s about Jackson proclaiming her self-...
Alan recently sent us an unsolicited email in which he told us a story about one of his favorite songs. He wrote “Is There Something I Can Do?” after several people in his life were in the process of losing or had lost loved ones. ...
When it comes to songwriting, the 11-time nominee said "nothing's really ever lost. You learn something about yourself writing terrible songs. I know myself better because of the songs that you've never heard." Tweedy offered other helpful concepts and strategies, like accumulating enough voice...
Say Something by A Great Big WorldA more recent song about a couple losing contact with each other. The piano part is very little playing but beautiful.American Pie by Don McLeanAnother song from my youth in the 80s, very popular with almost every American of my generation. It retells ...
Say Something by A Great Big World---A more recent song about a couple losing contact with each other. The piano part is of very little playing but beautiful.The Weight by The Band— Another old song, originally made public in 1968, but one I didn’t hear until I was in high school...
Lyrics of Love: "How do you do it, you got me losing every breath/What did you give me to make my heart beat out my chest?" "All of Me," by John Legend Lyrics of Love: "'Cause all of me/Loves all of you/Love your curves and all your edges/All your perfect imperfections" ...