No matter how eloquent or poetic I sometimes wax, there are still times when only a song can say it for me. Even when I myself cannot manage to sing through the tears in my throat or the laughter in my heart. This is one of those times, so I’ll let someone else’s lyrics speak for me. I’ve discovered some new songs and rediscovered some old ones that ring true for the moment…in a mix of sadness, relief, and just…observing without doing anything about what I see because it’s not mine to do.
If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks then I’ll follow you into the dark. —“I’ll Follow You into the Dark,” Death Cab for Cutie
These are dangerous days to say what you feel is to dig your own grave “Remember what I told you if you were of the world they would love you” —“Black Boys on Mopeds,” Sinead O’Connor
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When the dark wood fell before me and all the paths were overgrown When the priests of pride say there is no other way I tilled the sorrows of stone. —“Dante’s Prayer,” Loreena McKennitt
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon. —“A Life Uncommon,” Jewel
I am looking for someone who can take as much as I give and give back as much as I need You know and they still have the will to live ah no Cause I am intense, I am in need I am in pain, I am in love. —“Blood and Fire,” Indigo Girls
I do believe it’s true that there are roads left in both of our shoes If the silence takes you then I hope it takes me too. —“Where Soul Meets Body,” Death Cab for Cutie
Well, I’ll be damned. Here comes your ghost again. —“Diamonds and Rust,” Joan Baez
And I know that I’m gonna be like this forever I’m never gonna be what I should And you think that I’ll be bad for just a little while But I know that I’ll be bad for good. —“Bad for Good,” Jim Steinman
You got to cry without weeping Talk without speaking Scream without raising your voice. —“Running to Stand Still,” U2
In a room without a door A kiss is not enough. —“Love My Way,” Psychedelic Furs
I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream. —“Losing My Religion,” REM
It’s nothing but time and a face that you lose I chose to feel it and you couldn’t choose. —“Ex-Lover Is Dead,” Stars
The little conversations on me are very rough They leave me all in pieces You know there’s never time enough. —“Little Conversations,” Concrete Blonde
And she will always carry on Something is lost But something is found They will keep on speaking her name Some things change Some stay the same. —“Hymn to Her,” The Pretenders
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