What song "speaks to you" the most?

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katsumoto03

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A number of weeks ago I was doing my usual routine of watching YouTube video after YouTube video when I stumbled upon this song:


I've listened to it hundreds of times since then and can't get it out of my head. It's the lyrics that really get to me, this line in particular:

...'Cause I wanted my name in lights,
when I could have fed a family of four for forty fucking fortnights.​

It affects me as I am overwhelmed and not just a little angered at artists and publishing companies (across all forms of media), yet longs to become an artist myself. It's a personal conflict that has been raging inside me for months, but that's not really what this thread's about.

My question is this, Escapists: What song speaks to you in a unique way, and why? What about it do you connect with?

Note: This is a personal opinion thread. The point isn't to compare our tastes in music.
 

smearyllama

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It sends shivers down my spine, still.
One of the greatest game themes out there, and hearing it live, was probably one of the best things that ever happened to my ears.
 

TriggerUnhappy

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Not so much anymore, but I used to strongly connect to this:
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Not so much the lyrics though, but rather the deep melancholy and despair I often felt, that would explode into extreme rage, much like the progression of the song.
 

Astoria

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This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and so many of the lines in it perfectly describe things about my life and my friends lives too.

 

Stickwell

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The Camper Velorium III-Coheed and Cambria

The lyrics 'Die white girls!' just speak to me so well!
 

InnerRebellion

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Astoria said:
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and so many of the lines in it perfectly describe things about my life and my friends lives too.

Yes, yes, yes. I love that song too.
 

katsumoto03

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Astoria said:
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and so many of the lines in it perfectly describe things about my life and my friends lives too.

That's a good one. I love Rise Against for their very powerful songs. Both lyrically and even just the sound of them.
 
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Ok, I want to say, if anyone at all takes offense to the below video, I'll remove it, because I realise how messed up it is. But its a joke, ok?
Seriously, if you are at all squeamish, do not watch this video.Seriously, I think Im ashamed for posting this here.

Anyways, serious answer:


Ths one would be the lyrics, it has a deep personal meaning.
 

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xHipaboo420x said:
The entirety of Hospice by The Antlers.

For now, at least.
QFT, it's especially poignant for me since the week after I got it my grandfather was diagnosed with bone cancer. Though it was in his spine and not the femur.

Also Aeroplane over the Sea, the entire album not just the song by Neutral Milk Hotel

and "Rejoice" by Andrew Jackson Jihad
 

thylasos

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John Martyn's May You Never, which speaks to me of my relationship with my best friend. :)
 

SpaceSpork

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A song about questioning your own beliefs. In my opinion, the most beautiful song of all time.
 

OctoH

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Ryan Adams. Wonderwall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjZCO9vtjpY&feature=fvst
 

UberMore

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Johnny Cash - Hurt.

Not to sound tired, worn out or on a bandwagon, but this song truly "speaks to me the most".
Maybe not in the literary meaning of the song, but in how it makes me feel.


If I'm not allowed "Hurt", then it'll be "Float" by Flogging Molly, for the same reason.