Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew But I don’t care for sugar honey if I can’t have you Since you’ve abandoned me My whole life has crashed Won’t you pick the pieces up ‘Cause it feels just like I’m walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass The sun’s still shining in the big blue sky But it don’t mean nothing to me O-o-oh let the rain come down Let the wind blow through me I’m living in an empty room With all the windows smashed And I’ve got so little left to lose That it feels just like I’m walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass And if you’re trying to cut me down You know that I might bleed ‘Cause if you’re trying to cut me down I know that you’ll succeed And if you want to hurt me There’s nothing left to fear ‘Cause if you want to hurt me You do it really well my dear Now everyone of us was made to suffer Everyone of us is made to weep We’ve been hurting one another Now the pain has cut too deep So take me from the wreckage Save me from the blast Lift me up and take me back Don’t let me keep on walking (don’t let me keep on walking) I kept on walking on Keep on walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass
My 2 cents –
I feel like I’m terrible at communicating. Though I work with words and it should be simple…I don’t seem to be able to say anything right. This song hits too close to home with my ability to get my own thoughts to be understood.
Just let it go don’t wanna argue anymore I can’t be sure I know just what are we fighting for I know you’re scared and that you’re thinking I may go I’m not leaving I’m not leaving And if you’re thinking I might Might be led astray Just remember this one question What if I was nothing? What if this is true? What if I was nothing, girl? Nothing without you So, what if I was angry? What did you think I’d do? I told you that I love you, girl Nothing without you I know it’s hard it seems we’ve worked at this so long It’s often foolish pride that tells us we’re not wrong I hear your voice you tell me that you’ll never go And I believe it, I believe it And if you’re thinking I might Might be led astray Just remember this one question What if I was nothing? What if this is true? What if I was nothing, girl? Nothing without you So, what if I was angry? What did you think I’d do? I told you that I love you, girl Nothing without you We can keep this going on We’ll make it work some way And every step it makes us stronger every day (every day) And if you’re thinking I might Might be led astray (led astray) Just remember this one question What if I was nothing? What if this is true? What if I was nothing, girl? Nothing without you So, what if I was angry? What did you think I’d do? I told you that I love you, girl Nothing without you What if I was nothing? What if this is true? What if I was nothing, girl? Nothing without you So, what if I was angry? What did you think I’d do? I told you that I love you, girl Nothing without you
My 2 cents –
I think that this is so often how love feels…. and exactly how hard it is to explain.
All I really want is something beautiful to say Keep me locked up in your broken mind I keep searchin’, never been able to find a Light behind your dead eyes Not anything at all You keep living in your own lie, ever-deceitful and ever-unfaithful Keep me guessin’, keep me terrified Take everything from my world Say can you help me right before the fall Take what you can and leave me to the wolves Keep me dumb, keep me paralyzed Why try swimming? I’m drowning in fables You’re not that saint that you externalize You’re not anything at all It’s oh-so playful when you demonize To spit out the hateful, you’re willing and able Words are weapons I’d be terrified You’re nothing in my world Say can you help me right before the fall Take what you can and leave me to the wolves All I really want is something beautiful to say Keep me guessin’, keep me terrified All I really want is something beautiful to say You keep livin’ in your own lie All I really want is something beautiful to say To never fade away, I wanna live forever All I really want is something beautiful to say To never fade away, I wanna live forever You keep living in your own lie Keep me guessin’, keep me terrified All I really want is something beautiful to say Say can you help me right before the fall Take what you can and leave me to the wolves All I really want is something beautiful to say Words are weapons I’d be terrified All I really want is something beautiful to say Keep me guessin’, keep me terrified All I really want is something beautiful to say To never fade away, I wanna live forever All I really want is something beautiful to say To never fade away, I wanna live forever
My 2 cents –
As a poet, I feel like this is my theme song. I am aware of the power of words… Are you?
“So, what would you little maniacs like to do first?”
Watching through my fingers Watching through my fingers
Shuts my eyes and count to ten It goes in one ear out the other, oh One ear out the other, oh Burning bright right ’til the end Now you’ll be missing from the photographs Missing from the photographs
Watching through my fingers Watching through my fingers
In my thoughts you’re far away And you are whistling a melody Whistling a melody Crystallizing clear as day Oh, I can picture you so easily Picture you so easily
What’s gonna be left of the world if you’re not in it? What’s gonna be left of the world? Oh
Every minute and every hour I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more Every stumble and each misfire I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more
Watching through my fingers Watching through my fingers
Caught off guard by your favorite song I’ll be dancing at a funeral Dancing at a funeral Sleeping in the clothes you love It’s such a shame we have to see them burn Shame we have to see them burn
What’s gonna be left of the world if you’re not in it? What’s gonna be left of the world? Oh
Every minute and every hour I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more Every stumble and each misfire I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more
“If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle Now stop worrying and go get dressed”
You might have to excuse me I’ve lost control of all of my senses And you might have to excuse me I’ve lost control of all of my words So get drunk, call me a fool Put me in my place, put me in my place Pick me up, up off the floor Put me in my place, put me in my place
Every minute and every hour I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more Every stumble and each misfire I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more
Watching through my fingers Watching through my fingers
‘Cause every minute and every hour I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more
My 2 cents –
First… Thank you to Andrew McDowell for introducing me to this band. I have been doing a deep dive on their discography since.
So I had to ask my kid if they knew about it. And of course they did. It created a conversation about the meaning of the band name and the fact that so many of the songs have sad lyrics. All have a great beat. But an incredibly sad lyrics.
The response I got was something along the lines of the happier the day the music starts to be less so. Because the beat is so much better on the sad ones.
Regardless I love the band and it had somehow escaped my life before now.
Can someone tell me I’m not going crazy? The thoughts in my head make me hate me Maybe I’m too far from saving Can someone check that the room isn’t spinning? Seems like the oxygens thinning The monsters in my head keep on winning
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts I’m better than the way they make me feel I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel I’m bigger than the bad thoughts I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal So why do they feel so real?
Breathe in, breathe out Sometimes I don’t like the cards that I’m handed Life can seem too hard to manage I’m proud of myself for just standing When light feels too real that the door shuts on reasons Voice in my heads preys on my biggest weakness I count my breath, one, two, three, four
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts I’m better than the way they make me feel I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel I’m bigger than the bad thoughts I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal Why did it feel so real? When I know they’re not real
Breathe in, breathe out
Just ’cause I think something don’t make it true Been here before but I’ve gotten through Maybe not now but I’ll be okay soon Maybe not now but I’ll be okay soon
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel I’m bigger than the lone nights I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal So why do they feel so real? I know they’re not real Bad thoughts aren’t real
I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright
I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright
I’ma be- I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright
I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright
I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright
I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright I’ma be alright
My 2 cents –
I am slightly overwhelmed lately with life. But I’ma be alright.
Got a boy back home in Michigan And it tastes like Jack when I’m kissing him So I told him that I never really liked his friends Now he’s gone and he’s calling me a bitch again There’s a guy that lives in a garden state And he told me that we make it ’til we graduate So I told him that the music would be worth the wait But he wants me in the kitchen with a dinner plate I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe That we’re meant to be But jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy Get the best of me Look, I don’t mean to frustrate, but I Always make the same mistakes, yeah I Always make the same mistakes ’cause I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) But you can’t blame me for tryin’ You know I’d be lyin’ sayin’ You were the one (ooh-ooh) That could finally fix me Lookin’ at my history I’m bad at love Got a girl with California eyes And I thought that she could really be the one this time But I never got the chance to make her mine Because she fell in love with little thin white lines London girl with an attitude We never told no one but we look so cute Both got way better things to do But I always think about it when I’m riding through I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe That I’m in too deep And jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy Get the best in me Look, I don’t mean to frustrate, but I Always make the same mistakes, yeah I Always make the same mistakes ’cause I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) But you can’t blame me for tryin’ You know I’d be lyin’ sayin’ You were the one (ooh-ooh) That could finally fix me Lookin’ at my history I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) Oh, you know, you know, you know, you know (ooh) I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) I know that you’re afraid I’m gonna walk away Each time the feeling fades Each time the feeling fades I know that you’re afraid I’m gonna walk away Each time the feeling fades You know I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) But you can’t blame me for tryin’ You know I’d be lyin’ sayin’ You were the one (ooh-ooh) That could finally fix me Lookin’ at my history I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) Oh, you know, you know, you know, you know (ooh) I’m bad at love (ooh-ooh) Oh, oh
My 2 cents –
This song sounds so much like the stories I tell of my past romances that I sometimes wonder who was watching me.
The Waiter I picked up and dated for 2 weeks until I found out He had been married for 2 years.
The sweet girl I scared because I was so reckless with my own life.
The lover I acquired because our fiances cheated on us, so we decided to return the favor.
The lover that I would have spent hours listening to because he understood me, but we met when I couldn’t stay.
They say if a poet loves you then you will be immortal…and each of them has been. For a part of me loves everyone I have ever loved. Even if I never should have.
Hey, your glass is empty It’s a hell of a long way home Why don’t you let me take you? It’s no good to go alone I never would have opened up But you seemed so real to me And after all the bullshit I’ve heard Refreshing not to see That I don’t have to pretend She doesn’t expect it from me So, don’t tell me I Haven’t been good to you Don’t tell me I Have never been there for you Just tell me why Nothing is good enough Hey little girl, would you like some candy? Your Momma said it’s okay The door is open, come on outside No, I can’t come out today It’s not the wind that cracked your shoulder And threw you to the ground Who’s there that makes you so afraid? You’re shaken to the bone And no, I don’t understand You deserve so much more than this So, don’t tell me why He’s never been good to you Don’t tell me why He’s never been there for you Don’t you know that why It’s simply not good enough Oh, so just let me try I will be good to you Just let me try And I will be there for you I’ll show you why You’re so much more than Good enough So, don’t tell me why He’s never been good to you Don’t tell me why He’s never been there for you Don’t you know that why It’s simply not good enough Oh, so just let me try I will be good to you Just let me try And I will be there for you I’ll show you why You’re so much more than Good enough
My 2 cents –
This was the first song that I ever heard that had defined Queer undertones. I had always had the abusive relationship, so this song hit so hard the first time I heard it. The idea that music could talk openly about all of it. (I had been sheltered music wise before I heard this one…A Lot of Country and Hard Rock. Neither really tackle queer topics or rather did back then.) Nowadays queer representation in music is everywhere…but back when I first heard this song it was such a new thing.
[Verse 1] My entire childhood I thought I had to hide who I was I never let anybody see I finally accept now That some things never change How your image will always matter more than me I never really seem to measure up I gave my all, but it’s just never good enough[Chorus] But I’m your daughter, ain’t that enough To be someone you’re proud of? I tried my best And yet you wish that I was different And the reason why I always shut you out Was because I felt like I let you down If I continue this way I’m gonna break I’m not the one who needs to change
[Verse 2] I always used to hold back Afraid that I’d be too much ‘Cause my whole life you taught me that I was Afraid I was too wild When in fact I was just a child Who desperately wanted to be loved So I chased the love from others You never understood But did it ever cross your mind that maybe they gave me what you never could? [Chorus] ‘Cause being your daughter is not enough To be someone you’re proud of I tried my best And yet you wish that I was different And the reason why I always shut you out Was because I felt like I let you down If I continue this way I’m gonna break I’m not the one who needs to change
[Bridge] And I know my sexuality Doesn’t go well with what you believe And when I started in recovery You became my worst enemy It’s like I’m always almost good enough It’s like I always almost measure up But if I could then I would be the one that you want me to be I just don’t see why
[Chorus] Being your daughter is not enough To be someone you’re proud of I try my best And yet you wish that I was different And the reason why I always shut you out Is because I know that I’ve let you down If I continue this way I’m gonna break I’m not the one who needs to change
My 2 cents –
This is Pride month. And though my own mother barely reacted when I came out of the closet, there was so many other reasons why I felt like I had disappointed her. And this song felt so much like someone understood. This month I plan on mostly hitting on the songs that fit the queer tags, but Like usual I try to also pop the ones in that feel like they give me something to say.
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