"Important To You" songs... Which Ones and Why?...

[VisualOddity]

So, after I read Kens post about loosing his dad (), I started thinking about when I lost my parents. Then when I went to lunch, a song came on my ipod that now means a great deal to me... I'll explain...

My parents both died in mid & late 2003, and for about a year after that, I became a very angy person. I am normally very passive and easy to get along with, but I completely went to the other side. I became very aggressive at the smallest things, very angry, didn't care about anything, etc. Basically, I became a mess, and in a sense (almost literally), I lost control of myself.

I realized there was something wrong, that I needed to turn around. There was this one song that I used to listen to all the time while I tried to 'heal' myself. The song was 'Incubus - Drive'. Honestly, I am not a huge fan of Incubus, I like maybe 4-5 songs, but this one really used to kind of help me. It would make me feel better when I listened to it, and it kinda made me feel like I would get through everything, which I did.

I give the back story because it is why this song means a lot to me, and that is what this post is about... (Lyrics and Vid in next post)



So, lets hear yours. What songs have a deeper meaning to you than just a good beat, and why?

[VisualOddity]

Incubus - Drive




Sometimes, I feel the fear of,
uncertainty stinging clear.
And I can't help but ask
myself how much I'll let the fear
take the wheel and steer.

It's driven me before, and it seems to a faint,
haunting mass appeal.
But lately I, am beginning to find that I,
should be the one behing the wheel.

Chorus

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there,
with open arms and open eyes, yeah.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there,
I'll be there....

So if I, decide to waiver my,
chance to be one of, the hive.
Will I, choose water over wine
and hold my own and drive?

It's driven me before, and it seems to be the way,
that everyone else gets around,
But lately I'm, beginning to find that,
When I drive myself my light is found.

Chorus

Would you choose, water over wine,
hold the wheel and drive...

Chorus

[scayf]

"Goin' Back Home" by Lightnin' Hopkins...'cuz I'll be goin' home before too long.

[studiocygnet]

Speaking of dads, my dad was a true Irish tenor. He never sang professionally, but at any party all of his friends would coerce him to get up and sing. And one of his favorites was "Danny Boy". When I was a kid, I always thought it was kinda corny. I grew up playing traditional Irish fiddle tunes, and was a snob toward the popular Irish sing-a-longs of the time.

However, he died at age 56, in 1983. Since it was one of his favorites, I played Danny Boy at his funeral. Now the song has taken on a new meaning for me. Can't hear it without thinking of him. And here in Austin for a long time, country music singer Don Walser did a fabulous version of it at his shows. He just passed recently as well.
I've been known to perform an instrumental version of it now and again on violin these days. Except it's got to be the right moment, I could end up with tears on the bow.

[BeccaJ]

"I Can Only Imagine" - I dont know the artist as it's been done numerous times, it's a praise song i learned in youth choir at church. They played a version i hadnt heard before at my cousin Jeremy's funeral last December. I get goosebumps as soon as I hear the intro. I'll forever remember sitting in the pew behind my great grandmother listening to it, and the silence in that church, the service he gave his country, and what a great young man he truly was.

[texasguy3]

"Wind Beneath My Wings"-

I have always loved that song, but since September 2000, it now it is even more important and special to me. I lost my Dad September 30, 2000 and my mom wanted that song sung as his funeral.

For a couple of years, I wasn't able to listen to the song without getting emotional and depressed. But when Bette Midler came to Dallas for a concert and I got tickets, I knew that I would have to get over my painful memories of that day of the funeral and embrace the spirit of the song. I was able to do that and now it is a source of peace for me. I was even lucky enough to see Bette in concert again this past February on her opening night at Caeser's palace.

[CFord]

"That's my Job" by Conway Twitty.

It wasn't until I had kids of my own that truly appreciated all of the things my Dad did and sacrificed for me to be who I am today. I only hope that I am able to follow in his footsteps with my own kids. He's still here for me but I dread the day we have to part.

[ara.bentley]

"that's All" - 1950's song that I walked down the isle to at my wedding
"how great thou art" - my dads favorite hymn :)

[HeatherLou]

There are several songs that every time I hear gets me. I'm glad that most of them make me smile.
"Your song"-Elton John-That is when I met Leslie and Brad, two of my bestest friends.
"In my Life"-The Beatles-My and Jeff's first dance song.

I suppose the one that has followed me through out my life is "Into the Mystic"-Van Morrison. Any time my life is about to change, that song has played on the radio in my car. When I left home for college, when I moved to Texas from Nebraska, when driving in the car to the place where Jeff and I got married. Most recently, it played on my road trip to go see the specialist in DFW that basically told me I wasn't going to have kids. Now keep in mind, I do not have this song ANYWHERE. Not on tape, CD, iPod, I Love the song, but refuse to buy it. I look at it as a way that someone is letting me know I'm on the right track, even if I don't like whats going on at the time.

[HotHolly]

Back in college I was taking a grad class that said your favorite music is almost always from the time period you first fell in love. I never noticed that before, but it was true.

I love happy songs from 1994. lol. boo yah! OMG, I met Mike almost 15 years ago. I totally lost track of time.

[molshovsky]

When my oldest son, Hunter passed away at the age of 4, I all but gave up on life. This song was sung at his funeral. Four years have passed and the pain is just as raw now as then, its just different. Then it was about losing him...now its about not having him.


Chris Rice - Untitled Hymn (Come To Jesus) Lyrics

Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!

And like a newborn baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk
Sometimes we fall...so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!

O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!

[HeatherLou]

Speaking of Love Songs, this is mine and Jeff's First Song!!! Pay no attention to the dufus on camera, but listen to the song.....this is what made me fall in love with my goof ball, he used to sing this to me LOL

[johnastovall]

Mozart's Requiem Mass in D minor as preformed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Herbert von Karajan. We played it all during my wife's home hospice care and at her funeral mass.

[prncfarquad]

Originally Posted by ara.bentley

"how great thou art" - my dads favorite hymn :)

That was my dads too. My brother read the words at his memorial service in '99 and my eyes are watering just typing this.

and Brad Paisley's "little moments" just strikes a chord with me on how in the big scheme of things the littlest moments are sometimes the ones mean the most and are remembered the most.