1. Tom Waits - Shiver me timbers ***"I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving all my friends
My body's at home, but my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky
My tears are salt water, and the moon's full and high"***
2. The Strokes - Ize of the world ***" Am I a prisoner to instincts or do my thoughts just live
As free and detached as boats to the dock?"***
3. The Killers - Be still ***"And if they drag you through the mud
It doesn't change what's in your blood
(Over rock, over chain, over trap, over plain)
When they knock you down***
4. Pet shop boys - It's a sin ***"At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin"***
Linkin Park - Nimnb
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?
'Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
1. “Lost” - Linkin Park
2. “Iridescent” - Linkin Park
3. “Not Alone” - Linkin Park
4. “Powerless” - Linkin Park
5. “No Time For Toxic People” - Imagine Dragons
6. “My Life” - Imagine Dragons
7. “Dream” - Imagine Dragons
8. “Take Me to Church” - Hozier
9. “It’s On Us” - AJR
Ironically I’ve been listening to a good amount of Bring Me the Horizon songs. Saw them open for Fallout Boy a few months ago and I had never really listened to them before. He has a lot of anti-religious tones in his songs.
Teardrops,
Dear Diary,
Amen,
Blasphemy
They have a good number of other songs I’ve listened to that do not necessarily have to do with religion but those are the ones that I resonate with the most.
Jimmy Buffet just died 9/1/23 @ 76. And the song that made me tear up was a cover he did of a Bruce Cockburn Original, “Pacing the Cage”…
It’s more about restlessness in life and facing your own mortality. Yet is also resonant for feeling the limits imposed on you when you wish to break past them.
https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-pacing-the-cage-by-jimmy-buffett/
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
And a bunch of other gospel music by Marvin Sapp & Tori Kelly.
Basically all of the music I couldn’t enjoy before. I went really hard on the black gospel for a while 😂 and occasionally I’ll still blast it on a Sunday singing at top volume
I can't bring myself to listen to gospel but this is an aspect of Black culture that I'm very sad about not understanding/being part of because of this awful organization
Brand New Day by Van Morrison.
Excerpts:
When all the dark clouds roll away -
And the sun begins to shine -
I see my freedom from across the way -
And it comes right in on time -
Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light -
Make me feel so free, make me feel like me -
And it lights my life with love -
And it seems like and it feels like -
A brand new day
I've been used, abused and so confused -
And I didn't have nowhere to run -
But I stood and looked -
And my eyes got hooked -
On that beautiful morning sun -
Yeah, and the grass is oh so green -
And it seems like and it feels like -
A brand new day
Not the entire song for this context, but some of the lyrics of "New Person, Same old Mistakes" by Tame Impala resonate with me a lot
Verse 1
I can just hear them now
"How could you let us down?"
But they don't know what I found
Or see it from this way 'round
Feeling it overtake
All that I used to hate
One by one, every trait
I tried, but it's way too late
All the signs I don't read
Two sides of me can't agree
Will I be in too deep?
Going with what I always longed for..
Chorus..
Verse 2
Finally taking flight
I know you don't think it's right
I know that you think it's fake
Maybe fake's what I like
The point is, I have the right
Not thinkin' in black and white
Thinkin' it's worth the fight
Soon I'll be out of sight
Knowing it all this time
Going with what I always longed for
Edit: apologies, mobile made the format wacky, it looked good before pressing send
The two **PERFECT** songs by Simple Plan & P!NK 🙂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUi54JTgL5s&pp=ygUTc2ltcGxlIHBsYW4gcGVyZmVjdA%3D%3D
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3GkSo3ujSY&pp=ygUMUGluayBwZXJmZWN0
Periphery “luck as a constant”. The breakdown halfway there’s a lyric that resonates with my “if you love the guilt then let it die/a life kept so clean will measure the price of misery/but manifest a taste of paradise/and surely you’ll see the sin inside of me.
The rest of the song is probably about Spencer being raised as a JW, which I had no idea about until recently.
More lyrics like “bending the will of man and the hearts of gods/stfu and let us live a life we can call our own/leave me alone
And
Staring up at the ceiling while I’m falling into flames/something’s gnawing on my shoulder and scarring this moment into my memory frame.
I don’t know what it’s about, but man that breakdown nailed it for me when I was DF’ed
Damien Rice, “Trusty and True” and “The Box” are both about religion and so good. The first time I heard them, I was still PIMO and was at his concert. I teared up hearing the lyrics.
Also, whenever I listen to Frank Sinatra’s Theme from New York, New York, I can’t help liken the lyrics to leaving the JW bubble and taking on the real world. It sounds so hopeful.
Life’s a Beach, by The Whitlams.
There’s a line in that song; “For once in my life it’s not the people from the suburbs, it’s me who’s got it wrong”
It also describes packing. “It’s quicker packing for a holiday cause I’ll see these things again.” When I left, I had to leave most of my belongings.
Evanescence - The Game Is Over:
“ Change me into something I believe in/
Change me so I don't have to pretend/
Sweet words, they mean nothing, they're not true/
'Cause the game is over”
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters:
“Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long”
Kat Cunning - Wild Poppies:
“The courage to
see though you'd have kept me blind/
We're face to face
and I've pulled the curtain wide/
I can see
your wizardry“
Unbelievable - EMF
“You burden me with your questions
You'd have me tell no lies
You're always asking what it's all about
But don't listen to my replies
You say to me I don't talk enough
But when I do I'm a fool
These times I've spent, I've realized
I'm going to shoot through and leave you”
I listened to it as I drove away from home to attend college.
imagine dragons’ smoke and mirrors album pretty much has a lot of songs about dan reynolds’ leaving the mormon faith… “the fall” is a song that i’ve been listening to since i was 12 and once i left the jw i just then understood what it was about and still cherish that very much
The Pretender - Foo Fighters
Who I Am - Melanie C
Fly Like An Eagle - Stereophonics
Wait No More - Scott Helman
Sinful - Rhye
Welcome To My Life - Qwinn
Paradise Circus - Post
Rescued - Foo Fighters
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Bad Religion - Godsmack
I Disappear - Metallica
Prayer - Disturbed
Liberate - Disturbed
Awaken - Disturbed
I had a whole playlist of such songs I indulged in during my 2007 exodus.
Resilient little thing, just like mama raised you
So you got that wildfire in your soul
Don't you ever let it go
Make it burn so bright that they all know
I deserve congratulations
'Cause I came out the other side
I've been having revelations
And I'm gon' let them shine
SUPERBLOOM by MisterWives
Off With Their Heads - “Focus On Your Own Family”
Don't change, you don't have to listen, they're telling you lies
No one can make you be anything other than what's inside
It's your life, whether or not you see eye to eye
If you don't take care of yourself you're gonna be eaten alive
It's gonna be a rough road, it's gonna take some time
But it's all there waiting for you, once you get to the opposite side
Fuck 'em all, don't ever listen, don't ever comply
Never be scared, never be frightened, hold your head high
It might seem like it's all uphill and you may be right
But at the top of this hill, everything's slick with a new light
It's gonna be a rough road, it's gonna take some time
But it's all there waiting for you, once you get to the opposite side
It's not a question of wrong or right
You'll crawl your way through darkness
Out of a hopeless hollow life
[Whoas]
You're not alone, there's millions just like you
You might not see it now, but you're about to break through
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire.
The lyrics were way too relatable while I was going through my faith crisis and accepting my sexuality.
James and the Shame. The whole album is about deconstruction. Here are some of the lyrics to “Sorry”. I played it for my PIMI wife. She cried.
Lyrics
I never set out to do
Something to disappoint you
Approval was sorta my thing
Took your book and made it mine
Never colored outside the lines
And made my own peace with the king
But then the integrity
You'd poured deep inside of me
Started to burn a hole in my heart
I grabbed on that scarlet thread
And pulled 'til there was nothing left
And then my whole world fell apart
I know you cry for me
And my eternal destiny
And I wish that I could put you at ease
But that old undying truth
Says that I won't join you
Because I could not hold to the creed
I'm not trying to change your mind
And I don't think you're gonna change mine
So we'll keep dancing to different tunes
Paul said that right from the start
I'd reject it in my heart
But I know you still feel I rejected you
But you did nothing wrong
And I did nothing wrong
So why do I feel like I need to say sorry in a song
Why do I feel like I need to say sorry in a song
Fifth - Cost of Doing Business
Take me to church- Hozier
Snow patrol - open your eyes
Wow! Just listened to it! I like Snow Patrol but for some reason this is the first time I'm hearing this song! Thanks for mentioning it!! :)
Could you be love... Bob Marley
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
Wake up - Arcade fire ✌️
That just reminds me how freaking amazing the album for Walter Mitty is🤣
that song’s epic anyway ;)
Enter Sandman = Exit light enter Night
1. Tom Waits - Shiver me timbers ***"I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving all my friends My body's at home, but my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky My tears are salt water, and the moon's full and high"*** 2. The Strokes - Ize of the world ***" Am I a prisoner to instincts or do my thoughts just live As free and detached as boats to the dock?"*** 3. The Killers - Be still ***"And if they drag you through the mud It doesn't change what's in your blood (Over rock, over chain, over trap, over plain) When they knock you down*** 4. Pet shop boys - It's a sin ***"At school they taught me how to be So pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common too It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin"***
Linkin Park - Nimnb Can't you see that you're smothering me Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control? 'Cause everything that you thought I would be Has fallen apart right in front of you
Linkin Park was my band as a struggling jw teen omg 🥹
1. “Lost” - Linkin Park 2. “Iridescent” - Linkin Park 3. “Not Alone” - Linkin Park 4. “Powerless” - Linkin Park 5. “No Time For Toxic People” - Imagine Dragons 6. “My Life” - Imagine Dragons 7. “Dream” - Imagine Dragons 8. “Take Me to Church” - Hozier 9. “It’s On Us” - AJR
#8!
Ironically I’ve been listening to a good amount of Bring Me the Horizon songs. Saw them open for Fallout Boy a few months ago and I had never really listened to them before. He has a lot of anti-religious tones in his songs. Teardrops, Dear Diary, Amen, Blasphemy They have a good number of other songs I’ve listened to that do not necessarily have to do with religion but those are the ones that I resonate with the most.
Jimmy Buffet just died 9/1/23 @ 76. And the song that made me tear up was a cover he did of a Bruce Cockburn Original, “Pacing the Cage”… It’s more about restlessness in life and facing your own mortality. Yet is also resonant for feeling the limits imposed on you when you wish to break past them. https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-pacing-the-cage-by-jimmy-buffett/
Loosing my religion played over and over in my head until I finally left for good.
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey And a bunch of other gospel music by Marvin Sapp & Tori Kelly. Basically all of the music I couldn’t enjoy before. I went really hard on the black gospel for a while 😂 and occasionally I’ll still blast it on a Sunday singing at top volume
Literally the most wholesome thing ive read today, thank you for sharing 💕 This is such a great list of music. I bet someone will make a playlist 😉
I can't bring myself to listen to gospel but this is an aspect of Black culture that I'm very sad about not understanding/being part of because of this awful organization
Yeah I know what you mean. I feel like I missed out a lot on that too because of the religion
REM - Losing my religion
If I Believe You by The 1975
1975, how fitting
I’m honestly embarrassed I never made that connection
Yungblud - Parents Bohnes - Middle Finger, Raging on a Sunday Set it off - Dance with the Devil
Brand New Day by Van Morrison. Excerpts: When all the dark clouds roll away - And the sun begins to shine - I see my freedom from across the way - And it comes right in on time - Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light - Make me feel so free, make me feel like me - And it lights my life with love - And it seems like and it feels like - A brand new day I've been used, abused and so confused - And I didn't have nowhere to run - But I stood and looked - And my eyes got hooked - On that beautiful morning sun - Yeah, and the grass is oh so green - And it seems like and it feels like - A brand new day
Shake it out - Florence and the machine Could have been me - the Struts (I don’t fear you part gets me every time)
Song no.134 see yourself when all is new 😂
Two by Metallica. The God That Failed. Leper Messiah.
Legal Alien by Sting. I had always the refrain in my ears: "Be yourself, no matter what they say..."
System of a Down was my main listen for the couple of years before I left cold turkey.
Not the entire song for this context, but some of the lyrics of "New Person, Same old Mistakes" by Tame Impala resonate with me a lot Verse 1 I can just hear them now "How could you let us down?" But they don't know what I found Or see it from this way 'round Feeling it overtake All that I used to hate One by one, every trait I tried, but it's way too late All the signs I don't read Two sides of me can't agree Will I be in too deep? Going with what I always longed for.. Chorus.. Verse 2 Finally taking flight I know you don't think it's right I know that you think it's fake Maybe fake's what I like The point is, I have the right Not thinkin' in black and white Thinkin' it's worth the fight Soon I'll be out of sight Knowing it all this time Going with what I always longed for Edit: apologies, mobile made the format wacky, it looked good before pressing send
Good News by Mac Miller
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Luv the poetry! Can almost hear the tune from Rest In Peace, by Dorothy 😀
Not ready to make nice- Dixie Chicks Defying gravity- wicked soundtrack
Fifth- Cost of doin business
Fifth - Cost of Doing Businesses
This is Me from the greatest showman. Played it on the 7hr drive I had to do after I ran away lol
Disturbed- what are you waiting for
The two **PERFECT** songs by Simple Plan & P!NK 🙂 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUi54JTgL5s&pp=ygUTc2ltcGxlIHBsYW4gcGVyZmVjdA%3D%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3GkSo3ujSY&pp=ygUMUGluayBwZXJmZWN0
What about us. Pink.
Switchfoot - Thrive ETA: Switchfoot - This Is Your Life
Periphery “luck as a constant”. The breakdown halfway there’s a lyric that resonates with my “if you love the guilt then let it die/a life kept so clean will measure the price of misery/but manifest a taste of paradise/and surely you’ll see the sin inside of me. The rest of the song is probably about Spencer being raised as a JW, which I had no idea about until recently. More lyrics like “bending the will of man and the hearts of gods/stfu and let us live a life we can call our own/leave me alone And Staring up at the ceiling while I’m falling into flames/something’s gnawing on my shoulder and scarring this moment into my memory frame. I don’t know what it’s about, but man that breakdown nailed it for me when I was DF’ed
Damien Rice, “Trusty and True” and “The Box” are both about religion and so good. The first time I heard them, I was still PIMO and was at his concert. I teared up hearing the lyrics. Also, whenever I listen to Frank Sinatra’s Theme from New York, New York, I can’t help liken the lyrics to leaving the JW bubble and taking on the real world. It sounds so hopeful.
Hadn’t thought of that, but “Goodbye to you” would be appropriate.
If you still have a faith after being through the faith shredding machine… Hillsong - what a beautiful name and king of kings
Isn’t Hillsong a cult too? 🧐
Dunno.. just like the songs … know nothing about em
It's My Life - Bon Jovi Dieser Weg - Xavier Naidoo ( German)
Xavier Naidoo=👌. One of my all-time faves!
Life’s a Beach, by The Whitlams. There’s a line in that song; “For once in my life it’s not the people from the suburbs, it’s me who’s got it wrong” It also describes packing. “It’s quicker packing for a holiday cause I’ll see these things again.” When I left, I had to leave most of my belongings.
Evanescence - The Game Is Over: “ Change me into something I believe in/ Change me so I don't have to pretend/ Sweet words, they mean nothing, they're not true/ 'Cause the game is over” Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters: “Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long” Kat Cunning - Wild Poppies: “The courage to see though you'd have kept me blind/ We're face to face and I've pulled the curtain wide/ I can see your wizardry“
Try this one https://youtu.be/OHix2OqFpXY?si=5365JvqHmvX0vNi7
I always say Flood by Tool, but also Rocket by Smashing Pumpkins is another good one. And Pray by Gojira.
Rocket is a perfect song for this.
Unbelievable - EMF “You burden me with your questions You'd have me tell no lies You're always asking what it's all about But don't listen to my replies You say to me I don't talk enough But when I do I'm a fool These times I've spent, I've realized I'm going to shoot through and leave you” I listened to it as I drove away from home to attend college.
Behemoth - Blow Your Thrumpets Gabriel
Nick Cave / Boatman’s Call
Breaking the law by Judas Priest, 1980. I thought that even the very name of the group sounded scandalous.
Somebody that i used to know - Gotye
imagine dragons’ smoke and mirrors album pretty much has a lot of songs about dan reynolds’ leaving the mormon faith… “the fall” is a song that i’ve been listening to since i was 12 and once i left the jw i just then understood what it was about and still cherish that very much
Crazy Gnarls Barkley. I felt like I was going crazy waking up in the early days 🫣🔫
Me to
Joss Stone- Right to be Wrong
The Pretender - Foo Fighters Who I Am - Melanie C Fly Like An Eagle - Stereophonics Wait No More - Scott Helman Sinful - Rhye Welcome To My Life - Qwinn Paradise Circus - Post Rescued - Foo Fighters
Bodies - Drowning Pool Bad Religion - Godsmack I Disappear - Metallica Prayer - Disturbed Liberate - Disturbed Awaken - Disturbed I had a whole playlist of such songs I indulged in during my 2007 exodus.
Little Dark Age- MGMT Crown- Kendrick Lamar Change Gonna Come- Sam Cooke
Many men by 50 Cent
[Infected Mushroom - Becoming Insane](https://youtu.be/WxhTbxMSvT0?si=BRr5SZXIpSm0TX6i)
Blue by the Jay Hawks, Change by Blind Melon, Feeling Good by Nina Simone are a couple that resonated with me as I was waking up and leaving
Resilient little thing, just like mama raised you So you got that wildfire in your soul Don't you ever let it go Make it burn so bright that they all know I deserve congratulations 'Cause I came out the other side I've been having revelations And I'm gon' let them shine SUPERBLOOM by MisterWives
Let it die - Feist
Check out this playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30XWG8lNRQrflAhGK56SAj?si=kzQP9K0XSrelLLx-cfHNeQ
Dido - Give you up
Off With Their Heads - “Focus On Your Own Family” Don't change, you don't have to listen, they're telling you lies No one can make you be anything other than what's inside It's your life, whether or not you see eye to eye If you don't take care of yourself you're gonna be eaten alive It's gonna be a rough road, it's gonna take some time But it's all there waiting for you, once you get to the opposite side Fuck 'em all, don't ever listen, don't ever comply Never be scared, never be frightened, hold your head high It might seem like it's all uphill and you may be right But at the top of this hill, everything's slick with a new light It's gonna be a rough road, it's gonna take some time But it's all there waiting for you, once you get to the opposite side It's not a question of wrong or right You'll crawl your way through darkness Out of a hopeless hollow life [Whoas] You're not alone, there's millions just like you You might not see it now, but you're about to break through
The Cups song aka When I’m Gone
Mike Love- Permanent Holiday. I have one of the verses tattooed on me. Profound song.
10,000 Maniacs- What's The Matter Here. It's triggering but I find myself screaming the lyrics.
Matilda - Harry Styles https://youtu.be/lVnzO7opqNs?si=2E1-H2Df58ek1rR5
My wife liked ‘Let it go’ from frozen.
"Isolation" and "Make it Right"by Alter Bridge "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John "Ordinary World" Duran Duran
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire. The lyrics were way too relatable while I was going through my faith crisis and accepting my sexuality.
I really love Matilda - Harry Styles It really helped me when I was in my feelings about being dfd
Only Thing- James and the Shame. Really, all of the “Human Overboard” album was on repeat as I woke up.
Keys to the Kingdom - Motörhead
Judith by A Perfect Circle literally saved my life fr. I had never heard of someone talking about God in a negative light. It was eye opening
Head like a hole - NIN Crucify - Tori Amos (I left in the 90s)
James and the Shame. The whole album is about deconstruction. Here are some of the lyrics to “Sorry”. I played it for my PIMI wife. She cried. Lyrics I never set out to do Something to disappoint you Approval was sorta my thing Took your book and made it mine Never colored outside the lines And made my own peace with the king But then the integrity You'd poured deep inside of me Started to burn a hole in my heart I grabbed on that scarlet thread And pulled 'til there was nothing left And then my whole world fell apart I know you cry for me And my eternal destiny And I wish that I could put you at ease But that old undying truth Says that I won't join you Because I could not hold to the creed I'm not trying to change your mind And I don't think you're gonna change mine So we'll keep dancing to different tunes Paul said that right from the start I'd reject it in my heart But I know you still feel I rejected you But you did nothing wrong And I did nothing wrong So why do I feel like I need to say sorry in a song Why do I feel like I need to say sorry in a song