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social phobic songs/lyrics
Does anyone know any social phobic songs or songs with lyrics which remind them of social phobia? There's a song I like by Garbage called Silence is golden which reminds me alot of how I feel sometimes, although another message board said it's about abuse.
If I am silent then I am not real But if I speak up then no one will hear If I wear a mask there’s somewhere to hide Silence is golden I have been broken Safe in my own skin So nobody wins If I raise my voice will someone get hurt And if I can’t feel then I won’t get touched If no truths are spoken then no lies can hide Silence is golden Nobody gets in Safe in my own skin So nobody wins Did you hear me speak Do you understand Did you hear my voice Will you hold my hand Do you understand me Won’t someone listen Nobody gets in My body’s a temple But nothing is simple Silence is golden I have been broken Something was stolen Safe in my own skin Something was stolen. I have been broken. |
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I think "I am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel is one of the most famous songs about social anxiety and lonliness.
Not quite the same musical genre as Garbage lol but good lyrics all the same. There's a lyrics link at the end of the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_A_Rock |
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No one here will have heard of them but Grave Flowers a doom metal band from Sweden I can relate to this song even though am not quite as morbid yet lol.
Mentally Exposed Waking up alone and my dream is gone Face another day I***8217;m feeling cold my soul has holes That will never heal I***8217;m so sick inside got a twisted mind Can no longer cope I wish I could be happy but reality hurts It brings me down and makes me lick the dirt Looking back at life then I realize I***8217;m not meant to be How did I end up here is it cause I fear The world outside I can***8217;t hear a sound and I can***8217;t look out Mostly my eyes are shut I fear for my tomorrow cause it might be like yesterday I felt all the sorrow and I cried in vain Looking at the white walls with tears in my eyes I don***8217;t know why I***8217;m here and why I***8217;m alive It***8217;s so cold in here and no one hears me cry When death calls my name I***8217;ll gladly say goodbye Night will soon be here then I disappear Into my own world No one can hurt me there and I feel no fear Embraced by tranquility Please don***8217;t let me wake my body shakes I have left my life Now I***8217;m happy and reality doesn***8217;t hurt I***8217;m underground, I***8217;m buried in the dirt No white walls surrounds me, now I***8217;m free to fly To leave this earth was a good way to say goodbye |
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Also this one
2. Lackrosy I hide myself in me and I always will Overdose of reality has made me ill Have I spent to much time alone? I curse myself for being born When everything drowns in black, there is no turning back And I don't want to be seen I hide from reality, I'm scared like a child Don't come close to me There is no hope, no joy only anguish that bites And cuts me like a knife This is how it feels to be me, do you want to Take over my life? Lift me from this abyss where I dwell Please save me from my private hell Don't judge, just listen if I speak No I won't reveal it makes me weak When everything drowns in black, there is no turning back And I don't want to be seen I hide from reality, I'm scared like a child Don't come close to me There is no hope, no joy only anguish that bites And cuts me like a knife This is how it feels to be me, do you want to Take over my life? Dark in room and I'm lying in my bed Trying to figuring out when I became so sad Is there a hope and a life for me I need my dreams more than reality When everything drowns in black, there is no turning back And I don't want to be seen I hide from reality, I'm scared like a child Don't come close to me There is no hope, no joy only anguish that bites And cuts me like a knife This is how it feels to be me, do you want to Take over my life? |
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I also identify with Simon and Garfunkel's I am A Rock. Thanks for that link Shadow Walker.
Leo Sayer's Bedsitter Land is about being alone while being surrounded by people. I used to identify with it a lot in my 20s. I'm thinking of taking the easy way out open the window I'll fall to the ground I could do it -- wouldn't be much too it I gotta little place here in the city it's kind of small and dirty, it's a bedsitter and there's a lot of us living here wall to wall in one big house and when the night comes 'round I can see a lot of lonely lights there are people in there breathing but it don't seem right in the streets way down below me I'm listening for just a sound but nobody comes around in bedsitterland and there's a man below me on the balcony crying to be heard screaming to be heard I'm haunted by his words and the people in the street just shrug their shoulders saying he's disturbed he's in another world screaming at the birds crying to be heard I hear his every word I've slept in the gutter on a summer's day oh I've bummed cigarettes in the night cafes I've joined the breadline believe I got a deadline I gotta little place here in the city it's kind of small and dirty, it's a bedsitter and there's a lot of us living here wall to wall in one big house and when the night comes 'round I can see a lot of lonely lights there are people in there breathing but it don't seem right in the streets way down below me I'm listening for just a sound but nobody comes around the lights are going down nobody comes around in bedsitterland Last edited by Winnie57; 21st June 2006 at 11:40. |
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No problem, Winnie.
I didn't know Leo Sayer wrote deeper meaning lyrics. I just assumed he was your ordinary pop artist. :D I'll try and catch it on Capital Gold or some oldie station sometime - my dad'll probably know it. Thanks |
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Thanks, I'll look into them.
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this song ties in everything for me (sa and the rest)
Its by SHINEDOWN: I feel like there is no need for conversation Some questions are better left without a reason And I would rather reveal myself than my situation Now and then I consider, my hesitation The more the light shines through me I pretend to close my eyes The more the dark consumes me I pretend I'm burning, burning bright I wonder if the things I did were just to be different To spare myself of the constant shame of my existence And I would surely redeem myself in my desperation Here and now I'll express, my situation CHORUS (2) There's nothing ever wrong but nothing's ever right Such a cruel contradiction I know I cross the lines its not easy to define I'm born to indecision There's always something new some path I'm supposed to choose With no particular rhyme or reason CHORUS (2) |
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nowhere girl you're living in a dream, nowhere girl you stay behind the scenes, nowhere girl you never go outside, nowhere girl cause you prefer to hide. every night, every day in that all old familiar light you hang up when i call you at home. and i try to get through ant i try to talk to you but there's something stopping me from getting through. nowhere girl what you had you need, nowhere girl all functional and neat, nowhere girl in self-imposed exile, nowhere girl a martyr-like denial. every night, every day in that all old familiar light you hang up when i call you at home. and i try to get through and i try to talk to you but there's something stopping me from getting through. That is a great song, ShyDoll. I used to drunkenly dance to that in the 80's. A class record. They had another son I loved too. Not SA related though. It was called 'Remembrance Day'. |
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A Most Peculiar Man
P. Simon, 1965 He was a most peculiar man That's what Mrs. Riordan says and she should know She lived upstairs from him She said he was a most peculiar man He was a most peculiar man He lived all alone within a house Within a room, within himself A most peculiar man He had no friends, he seldom spoke And no one in turn ever spoke to him 'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care And he wasn't like them Oh no! He was a most peculiar man He died last Saturday He turned on the gas and he went to sleep With the windows closed so he'd never wake up To his silent world and his tiny room And Mrs. Riordan says he has a brother somewhere Who should be notified soon And all the people said, "What a shame that he's dead But wasn't he a most peculiar man?" |
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SARAH McLACHLAN
"Silence (Delirium)" Give me release witness me I am outside give me peace Heaven holds a sense of wonder and I wanted to believe that I'd get caught up when the rage in me subsides In this white wave I am sinking in this silence in this white wave in this silence I believe Passion chokes the flower 'til she cries no more possessing all the beauty hungry still for more Heaven holds a sense of wonder... I can't help this longing comfort me I can't hold it all in if you won't let me Heaven holds a sense of wonder... In this white wave I am sinking in this silence in this white wave in this silence I believe I have seen you in this white wave you are silent you are breathing in this white wave I am free |
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'Head Down' by Soundgarden
We steal that smile from your face We hear you cry We hear you wail We steal that smile from your face We see you laugh We see you dance We take that away everyday We see you cry We turn your head Then we slap your face Bow down with your life Head down, hide that smile Head high got to smile Head high got to smile We see you try We see you fail Some things never change We hear you cry We hear you wail We steal that smile from your face Bow down with your life Head down, hide that smile Head high got to smile Head high like a song you like This song is how I think the people who don't like me feel about me. |
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That and the "I am a Rock" song. I love them both. |
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a good song of a great emo band. a guy feels inferior to a girl he likes.
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Last edited by Laziz; 24th July 2006 at 05:14. |
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Portishead - Sour Times, don't listen to it much as it make me depressed. The definitate sad/lonely song
To pretend no one can find The fallacies of morning rose Forbidden fruit, hidden eyes Curtises that I despise in me Take a ride, take a shot now Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you do Covered by the blind belief That fantasies of sinful screens Bear the facts, assume the dye End the vows no need to lie, enjoy Take a ride, take a shot now Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you do Who oo am I, what and why Cos all I have left is my memories of yesterday Ohh these sour times Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you do After time the bitter taste Of innocence decent or race Scattered seeds, buried lives Mysteries of our disguise revolve Circumstance will decide .... Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you do Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you Nobody loves.. me Its true Not, like, you.. do |
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I'll go with a favourite of mine: I Know It's Over by The Smiths
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed Oh well. Enough said. I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go Oh ... Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head See, the sea wants to take me The knife wants to slit me Do you think you can help me ? Sad veiled bride, please be happy Handsome groom, give her room Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly (Though she needs you More than she loves you) And I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go Over and over and over and over Over and over, la ... I know it's over And it never really began But in my heart it was so real And you even spoke to me, and said : "If you're so funny Then why are you on your own tonight ? And if you're so clever Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very entertaining Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very good-looking Why do you sleep alone tonight ? I know ... 'Cause tonight is just like any other night That's why you're on your own tonight With your triumphs and your charms While they're in each other's arms..." It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes strength to be gentle and kind Over, over, over, over It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes guts to be gentle and kind Over, over Love is Natural and Real But not for you, my love Not tonight, my love Love is Natural and Real But not for such as you and I, my love Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my ... Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can even feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my ... And one more, by the seminal Jesus & Mary Chain - My Little Underground: Running away I got something to say You're in my way So goodbye yesterday I'm gonna run and find A place where I can hide Somewhere that no one knows Someplace that no one goes So don't you look for me I'll be where you can't see Somewhere I can't be found My little underground It's easy to see That you're laughing at me No guarantee At least none I can see And it's cold outside Doesn't work out right Gonna stay inside Gonna stay inside I'm gonna run and find A place where I can hide Somewhere that no one knows Someplace that no one goes So don't you look for me I'll be where you can't see Somewhere I can't be found My little underground Sun shines so high Bright in the sky Sun shines so Sun shines so Sun shines so high above And it's cold outside And it's cold outside Doesn't work out right Gonna stay inside And I can't Can't understand it Don't know why Don't know why Just can't Can't understand it Don't know why Don't know why And it's cold outside Doesn't work out right |
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For me, Lennon & McCartney capture the feeling very well in their lyrics.
There are several examples on the Help! album; especially "Help!", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", "It's Only Love" and "Yesterday". "Nowhere Man" from Rubber Soul is fairly apt too. |
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Here are a couple of songs that i identify my SA with, its strange my SA is triggered off by my friends and my girlfriend the people i know and love rather than complete strangers. (there not the most poetic of songs, but I like that about them)
Blink 182 - Story of a lonely guy Push it out, fake a smile AVERT disaster, just in time I need a drink, cause in a while Worthless answers from friends of mine It's dumb to ask, cool to ignore Girls posess me, but they're never mine I made my entrance, avoided hazards Checked my engine, I fell behind........I fell behind She makes me feel like it's raining outside And when the storm's gone i'm all torn up inside I'm always nervous on, days like this like the prom I get too scared to move, cause i'm a ****in' boy Remember when I was in the grocery store, now's my time Lost the words,lost my nerve, lost the girl, left the line I would wish upon a star, but that star, it doesn't shine So read my book with a boring ending A short story of a lonely guy........Who fell behind She makes me feel like it's raining outside And when the storm's gone i'm all torn up inside I'm always nervous on, days like this like the prom I get too scared to move, cause i'm a ****in' boy She makes me feel like it's raining outside And when the storm's gone i'm all torn up inside I'm always nervous on, days like this like the prom I get too scared to move, cause i'm still just a stupid worthless boy Sorry to put two in, but this song i think a lot of us can relate too, (from reading posts) i can and Ive left school. Billy Talent - Nothing to lose Need more friends with wings All the angels I know Put concrete in my veins I’d always walk home alone So I became lifeless Just like my telephone There’s nothing to lose When no one knows your name There’s nothing to gain But the days don’t seem to change Never played truth or dare I’d have to check my mirror To see if I’m still here My parents had no clue That I ate all my lunches Alone in the bathroom There’s nothing to lose When no one knows your name There’s nothing to gain But the days don’t seem to change There’s nothing to lose My notebook will explain There’s nothing to gain And I can’t fight the pain Teachers said "it's just a phase" When I grow up my children Will probably do the same Kids just love to tease Who'd know it put me underground At seventeen There’s nothing to lose When no one knows your name There’s nothing to gain But the days don’t seem to change There’s nothing to lose My notebook will explain There’s nothing to gain And I can’t fight the pain There’s nothing to lose When no one knows your name There’s nothing to gain But the days don’t seem to change There’s nothing to lose When no one knows your name There’s nothing to gain And I just died today |
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I don't quite know
How to say How I feel Just a lil bit from new snow patrol single. Heard it and this bit jumped out at me, exaclty how i feel when i try to explain sa |
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How Soon Is Now by The Smiths always seemed SAish to me.
I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir of nothing in particular You shut your mouth how can you say I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and the heir of nothing in particular You shut your mouth how can you say I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does There's a club if you'd like to go you could meet somebody who really loves you so you go, and you stand on your own and you leave on your own and you go home, and you cry and you want to die When you say it's gonna happen "now" well, when exactly do you mean? see I've already waited too long and all my hope is gone You shut your mouth how can you say I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does Oh and Imaginary is my personnel song so I'll put it too though its not particulary SAish. swallowed up in the sound of my screaming cannot cease for the fear of silent nights oh, how i long for the deep sleep dreaming the goddess of imaginary light in my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby i lie inside myself for hours and watch my purple sky fly over me i linger in the doorway of alarmclock screaming monsters calling my name let me stay...where the wind will whisper to me where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story if you need to leave the world you live in lay your head down and stay awhile though you may not remember dreaming something waits for you to breathe again in my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby i lie inside myself for hours and watch my purple sky fly over me |
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Hope you don't mind, not a song but a poem
IN MY SHYNESS In my shyness . . . At times I retreat to my "shell," Clinging to the security of being alone. In my shyness . . . I may attempt to merge with my surroundings-- To be ignored, unnoticed, a silent voice rarely heard. In my shyness . . . I can feel completely alone, Although surrounded by people. In my shyness . . . I'm perceived as having a padlocked soul-- And few try to gain entry into my realm. In my shyness . . . Few will dare venture to really know me-- To hear my quiet voice or to really try to understand. In my shyness . . . I can have a myriad of words to say, Yet, my sealed lips will not release them. In my shyness . . . The words I do speak will at times be jumbled, And I'll feel worse for having spoken them. In my shyness . . . I will be viewed as "stuck up" and unfriendly, Labeled by the presumption of a troubled past. Yet, despite my shyness . . . I will at times emerge from my "shell," And you may catch a glimpse of who I am. And despite my shyness . . . I may put on a good "front," Disguising my innermost insecurities. Despite my shyness . . . A select few will manage to penetrate these "walls," With the sharing of time and the evolving of trust. My shyness . . . Frequently unrecognized, seldom understood-- A shackle, a haven, a veil. --Jo A. Witt Copyright 2001 |
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"Lonelines is the killer"
Killer by seal brought me lots of inspiration when Ineeded it. "Solitary brother is there a part of you that wants to live" Solitary sister is there a part of you thats wants to give" This is a hugely positive uplifting track, check it out. |
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Katie Melua's new single is called 'Shy Boy' Jack like! Jack like!
I'm sittin' in the window of a street cafe Watchin' you walking by each day, It seems that you always wanna look my way Hey, you can't deny, boy, You're such a shy boy. So good looking you seem to be But you're too tongue-tied to say hi to me, You could make it happen so easily Woah, I'll tell you why boy, 'Cos I'm looking for a shy boy Most guys advertise By making eyes and telling lies If you only knew, You could make your dreams come true All you gotta do is ask me to If this was a quiz on a TV show And the prize was a guy who would love me so Whatever they ask, the answer I know Hey, my reply boy Is gimme a shy boy. Most guys advertise By making eyes and telling lies If you only knew You could make your dreams come true All you gotta do is ask me to Some guys act a bit too sure And maybe you're thinkin' that less is more But Honey, you still gotta knock on my door Hey, just try boy, And you could be my boy I'll tell you why boy I'm looking for a shy boy, Just try boy, you're such a shy boy |
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TEARS FOR FEARS LYRICS
"Mad World" Went to school and I was very nervous No one knew me, no one knew me Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson Look right through me, look right through me |
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If only there were more girls with Katie Melua's sentiment, eh guys lol
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Marc Almond did this song in the 1980s
Called Bedsit-land Sunday morning going slow I'm talking to the radio Clothes and records on the floor The memories of the night before Out in club land having fun And now I'm hiding from the sun Waiting for a visitor Though no-one knows I'm here for sure Dancing laughing Drinking loving And now I'm all alone In bedsit land My only home I think it's time to cook a meal To fill the emptiness I feel Spend my money going out I've nothing in I'm left without Clean my teeth and comb my hair And look for something new to wear And start the night life over again And kid myself I'm having fun Dancing laughing Drinking loving And now I'm all alone In bedsit land My only home I look out from my window view There's really nothing else to do Read a book maybe write a letter Mother, things are getting better Watch the mirror count the lines The battle scars of all the good times Look around and I can see A thousand people just like me Dancing, laughing Drinking, loving And now I'm all alone In bedsit land My only home Dancing, laughing I'm drinking, loving (I'm only having fun) And now I'm all alone In bedsit land My only home Dancing, laughing I'm drinking, loving (I'm only having fun) Do you look a mess Do you have a hangover Did you over do the lemonade Cut short on the soda Did you do that dance The doctor told you that you shouldn't do But you're only young You should do that dance twice over I know it's pretty early But you still look great Just ready for the beauty That the make-up will create Take a little blusher Take a little paint Put on the silver dress The one that makes the young boys faint I'm sitting on my bed And I'm looking at the time Have a cup of coffee And you're feeling fine Put on that new record That you brought the other day The words'll make you smile You can dance the dust away Make your single bed And push the tea leaves down the drain Take a long deep breathe And start the night life over again Dancing Laughing Drinking Loving Dancing Laughing I'm waiting for something I'm only passing time And now I'm all alone And I don't care And I don't care And I'm waiting for something I'm only passing time And now I'm all alone And I don't care And I don't care 'Cause I'm waiting for something I'm only passing time And now I'm all alone And I don't care And I don't care And I don't care And I don't care I'm only passing time And I don't care (no) And I don't care (no) I'm only passing time |
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here's one song i can really relate to even though its not overtly about social phobia
PLACEBO LYRICS "Black Eyed" I was never faithful And I was never one to trust Borderlining schizo And guaranteed to cause a fuss I was never loyal Except to my own pleasure zone I'm forever black-eyed A product of a broken home I was never faithful And I was never one to trust Borderline bipolar Forever biting on your nuts I was never grateful That's why I spend my days alone I'm forever black-eyed A product of a broken home (Broken home) Black-eyed [repeat] I was never faithful And I was never one to trust Borderlining schizo And guaranteed to cause a fuss I was never loyal Except to my own pleasure zone I'm forever black-eyed A product of a broken home (Broken home) Black-eyed [repeat] |
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I sometimes think this song is about SA (or something similar), I might be wrong though.
Sounds really beautiful anyway The City Consumes Us The Delgados. Streets like the rest of them but i can't forget Faces familiar and full of regret I hated this place And all who came from it Far from the scenery, far from the road Far from the greenery lifted my load We borded the train to come back again I was convinced in my mind I was not of this kind Faced with the with banality I choose calamity See us Watch how the city consumes us Watch how the city destroyes us Walking on pathways i walked with my friends Hearing that some of them have met bitter ends How can you concieve Your friends will be grieving for you Running from memories a lonely tonite Doesn't make remedies they still survive I hated this place And i have come from it I was convinced in my mind I was not of this kind Faced with reality I choose frivolity See us Watch how the city consumes us Watch how the city destroyes us Prices i'm happy to pay See you comming near See you walking close to me Fear inside my head Fear is never far from me Walk you in the side Walk you in the day we met We will disappear We will reappear We can disappear We can reappear See us Watch how the city consumes us Watch how the city destroyes us Prices i'm happy to pay. |