Songs for avoidants

Pretty much everything Radiohead has ever done. Well, especially if you're an anarchist/conspiracy theorist/misanthrope like yours truly. I literally cannot think of a song Thom Yorke has written that I can't relate with in some way (I could probably find one, but it would take a while).

Also, a lot of Nine Inch Nails, "darker" Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles (Lennon's stuff) and Jimi Hendrix.

Some of the more introspective rap (like Kid Cudi and Vinnie Paz from Jedi Mind Tricks).

Also, Pink Floyd and Johnny Cash.

Some variation of those artists (and others, of course) are my playlist when I'm feeling rather avoidant/depressed.

Circa Survive - Your Friends Are Gone

It climbs in slowly behind
If you trust your neighbors
They'd never suspect what you're like
Welcome them into your life
No one has to know
Playback, delete, and rewind

It's getting closer than you thought it'd get
Just get inside
It's moving faster than you'd ever planned
You'll be relieved when

When you open up
You let yourself seem vulnerable
And the morning sun
Will make our bodies comfortable
In taking off your clothes
Everything hidden is suddenly exposed

Nobody wants to hear another
Story about how you couldn't write right
It climbs in slowly behind
No one has to know
Playback, delete, and rewind

Each one is louder than the one before
And the people you care for
At ten times the expense
of all that you spent
You'll be relieved when

When you open up
You let yourself seem vulnerable
And the morning sun
Will make our bodies comfortable
In taking off your clothes
Everything hidden is suddenly exposed

You'll keep it on the inside
'Cause that's the safest place
'Cause that's the safest place to hide

All of your friends are gone
And you were barely holding on
We were wrong and they fooled us once again
We are the loneliest of men, we're the loneliest

And all your friends are gone
Nobody hears you
And all your friends were wrong
Nobody cares
And all your friends are gone
Nobody is here with you
And all your friends were wrong
Nobody cares

That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You by Aaron Tippin

Maybe we'll never be seen together
At night on a crowded street
I may never reach across your body
And kill the light when you're asleep

Maybe i'll never watch you dressing
Or sound too familiar on the phone
But i can touch your hand that's against me
And take that moment home

That's as close as i'll get to loving you
Even though there's nothing else i'd rather do
I can dream, i can hope, i can see but still i know
That's as close as i'll get to loving you

I won't be there when you need holding
But i'm sure that he can pull you through
But i can sing this song to everybody
And pretend it's not about you

That's as close as i'll get to loving you
Even though there's nothing else i'd rather do
I can dream, i can hope, i can see but still i know
That's as close as i'll get to loving you

That's as close as i'll get to loving you
Even though there's nothing else i'd rather do
I can dream, i can hope, i can see but still i know
That's as close as i'll get to loving you

That's as close as i'll get to
Yeah that's as close as i'll get to
That's as close as i'll get to loving you



Kryptonite by Three doors down


I took a walk around the world to
Ease my troubled mind
I left my body laying somewhere
In the sands of time
I watched the world float to the dark
Side of the moon
I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah
I watched the world float to the
Dark side of the moon
After all I knew it had to be something
To do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
My superman might
Kryptonite
You called me strong, you called me weak,
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times I
Never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head, if
Not for me then you would be dead
I picked you up and put you back
On solid ground
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with my
Superman might
Kryptonite
Yeah!!
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be there
Holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
My superhuman
Kryptonite



Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback

This time, I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life, the one we all dream of
But dreams just done enough
So I'll be waiting for the real thing, I'll know it by the feeling
The moment when we're meeting, will play out like a scene
Straight off the silver screen
So I'll be holding my own breath, right up 'til the end
Until that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with

Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares
Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me like that
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know the night alone
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there

Tonight, out on the street, out in the moonlight
And dammit this feels too right, it's just like déja vu
Me standing here with you
So I'll be holding my own breath, could this be the end?
Is it that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with

Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares
Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me like that
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know the night alone
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there

You can't give up, (when looking for) a diamond did erupts?? (you will never know)
The wind shows up, (make sure you're holding on)
Cause it could be the one, the one you're waiting on
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
And everyone wants to feel like someone cares
Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me, oh

Nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know the night alone
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there
Nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there

When There's No One Around by garth brooks


This is a song that nobody knows
I couldn't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around
This is the man that nobody sees
He wears my old clothes and he looks just like me
Just one of the boys who gets lost in the crowd
He's the man that I am when there's no one around
It's four in the morning
Im lyin' in bed
A tape of my failures
Playin' inside my head
It's heartaches and hard knocks
And things I don't know
I listen and I wonder
Where will it go
This is a glimpse of the child that's within
He's so immature but he's still my best friend
If he could learn how to fly he'd never touch down
He's the kid that I am when there's no one around
This is the dance I do every day
I let my feet go and get carried away
I let my soul lead and follow the sound
It's the dance that I do when there's no one around
It's four in the morning
Im lyin' in bed
A tape of my failures
Playin' inside my head
It's heartaches and hard knocks
And things I don't know
I listen and I wonder
Where will it go
Thi is a song that nobody knows
I still can't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry our laugh right out loud
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around

Don't Laugh At Me by Mark Wills

I'm a little boy with glasses
The one they call the geek
A little girl who never smiles
'cause i've got braces on my teeth
And i know how it feels
To cry myself to sleep

I'm that kid on every playground
Who's always chosen last
A single teenage mother
Tryin' to overcome my past
You don't have to be my friend
But is it too much to ask

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In god's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

I'm the cripple on the corner
You've passed me on the street
And i wouldn't be out here beggin'
If i had enough to eat
And don't think i don't notice
That our eyes never meet

I lost my wife and little boy when
Someone cross that yellow line
The day we laid them in the ground
Is the day i lost my mind
And right now i'm down to holdin'
This little cardboard sign...so

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In god's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

I'm fat, i'm thin, i'm short, i'm tall
I'm deaf, i'm blind, hey, aren't we all

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In god's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

The The - The Sinking Feeling

All my books lay on the table
Waitin' to unfold
I sit and stare at my reflection
While the darkness chills my bones
My head fills like a junk shop
In desperate need of repair
The path of least resistance leads to the
Garbage heap of despair
I think I'd better get back in bed

I'm just a symptom of the moral decay
That's gnawing at the heart of the country

You can't destroy your problems
By destroying yourself
Death is not the answer
For your soul may burn in hell
My memory my fond deceiver
Is turning all my past into pain
While I'm being raped by progress
Tomorrow's world is here to stay
They wouldn't have it any other way

I'm just a symptom of the moral decay
That's gnawing at the heart of the country


Morrissey - Seasick, Yet Still Docked

I am a poor, freezingly cold soul
So far from where
I intended to go
Scavenging through life's very constant lulls
So far from where I'm determined to go

Wish I knew the way to reach the one I love
There is no way ...
Wish I had the charm to attract the one I love
But you see, I've got no charm
Mmm...

Tonight I've consumed much more than I can hold
Oh, this is very clear to you
And you can tell I have never really loved
You can tell, by the way, I sleep all day

And all of my life no-one gave me anything
No-one has ever given me anything
My love is as sharp as a needle in your eye
You must be such a fool to pass me by


Fiona Apple - Better Version Of Me

The nickel dropped
When I was on
My way beyond
The Rubicon
What did I do

And the things that I can handle
None are ones worth a candle
What can I do

I'm a frightened, fickle person
Fighting, cryin', kickin', cursin'
What should I do

Oooh, after all the folderol,
And hauling over coal stops
What will I do

Can't take a good day without a bad one
Don't feel just a smile until I've had one
Where did I learn

I make a fuss about a little thing
The rhyme is losing to the riddling
Where's the turn

I don't want a home, I'd ruin that
Home is where my habits have a habitat
Why give it term

Oh, after all the folderol
And hauling over coal stops
What did I learn

I am likely to miss the main event
If I stop to cry and complain again
So I will keep a deliberate pace
Let the damned breeze dry my face

Oh, mister, wait until you see
What I plan to be

I've got a plan, a demand and it just began
And if you're right, you'll agree

Here's coming a better version of me
Here it comes a better version of me
Here it comes a better version of me

Same Damn Thing by Anjulie

You see the light in my eyes but it all goes away
Black as sun dripping down and it fills up my days
You don't know this part of me
You can't see these scars on me
I see the world as a child, see it purple and grey
Running reckless and wild like a horse with no reins
Am I still sleeping?
Yeah, I must be dreaming

Got a knife in my back and a bad, bad headache
Got my heart broke again still the same damn thing
Well I know it ain't easy it's harder to say
Gonna walk on the sunny side of the street if that's all I do today

You're so damn civilized you just flip through the pages
Of my problems like I'm some Psychology case
You don't know this part of me
Oh you can't see these scars on me
I see a squiggly line running round the ceiling
Try to catch him he's mine til my eyes start to sting
Am I still sleeping?
Oh I must be dreaming

Got a knife in my back and a bad, bad headache
Got my heart broke again still the same damn thing
Well I know it ain't easy it's harder to say
Gonna walk on the sunny side of the street if that's all I do today

It's warm like winter in my mind
Shadows speak to me so nice
So leave me here I'll be alright
Why don't you leave me here alone tonight

You see the light in my eyes but it all goes away
Black as sun dripping down and it fills up my days
You don't know this part of me
You can't see these scars on me

Got a knife in my back and a bad, bad headache
Got my heart broke again still the same damn thing
Well I know it ain't easy it's harder to say
Gonna walk on the sunny side of the street

Got a knife in my back and a bad, bad headache
Got my heart broke again still the same damn thing
Well I know it ain't easy it's harder to say
Gonna walk on the sunny side of the street if that's all I do today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liDUD4Apl2w

Pink Floyd - Hey You

Dream Theater - These Walls

My favorite song from the past year was Son of Sam by Violent Soho:

Follow in the queue and take your hat off.
The emptiness in you, innate fake drama.

Beautiful girl you got a hole in your heart,
sitting pretty 'til the world tore apart,
you were the son of Sam,
no one cares or really understands.

Choked by all your curls, happy dead laughter.
Lift your hands in praise and eat your answers.

Beautiful girl you got a hole in your heart,
sitting pretty 'til the world tore apart,
you were the son of Sam,
no one cares or really understands.

The city took my only love,
the end of the line, the beat and the hum.
You look so pretty in the light of the night,
the only joy, the sound of your lung.

Beautiful girl you got a hole in your heart,
sitting pretty 'til the world tore apart,
you were the son of Sam,
no one cares or really understands

Don't remember if anyone mentioned these:

DUFFY - distant dreamer

Although you think I cope,
my head is filled with hope...
of some place other than here.

Although you think I smile,
inside all the while...
I'm wondering about my destiny.

I'm thinking about,
all the things,
I'd like to do in my life.

I'm a dreamer,
a distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope, from today.

Even when you see me frown,
my heart won't let me down,
because I know there's better things to come (Woah Yeah).

And when life gets tough,
I feel I've had enough,
I hold on to a distant star,

I'm thinking about,
all the things,
I'd like to do in my life...

I'm a dreamer,
A distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope from today.

I'm a dreamer,
A distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope from today.

Yeah, I'm a dreamer


E-TYPE - Do You Always (have To Be Alone)

I wake to the sound of a far away thunder
Wondering why this secret in your heart
Why don't you let me share your thoughts
Something strange is going on
Maybe something you've gone through
So often sadness in your eyes
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do
Do you always have to be alone?
Just by yourself, just you alone
Why don't you let me in?
Do you always have to go away, so far away, so far away?
Why can't you stay?
In a place of refuge where no one's allowed

Somewhere up north where no helping hands will reach you
In your silent desert land
As captain of a peaceful phantom ship
In a proud and senseless soul
How am I supposed to help you
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do
Do you always have to be alone?
Just by yourself, just you alone
Why don't you let me in?
Do you always have to go away, so far away, so far away?
Why can't you stay

I also agree that Creep by radiohead is a good one.

Burning Bright 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

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning

There's nothing ever wrong but nothing's ever right
Such a cruel contradiction
I know I cross the lines it's 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

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning

I feel like there is no need for conversation

Personally, I'm obsessed with the band Hole. So much so that I just have to share. Especially Boys On The Radio, which sounds incredibly longing, borderline happy/sad, dazed and dreamy,

"...In your endless summer night
I'll be on the other side
When you're beautiful and dying
All the world that you've denied
When the water is too deep
You can close your eyes and really sleep tonight
Tonight

I want what's yours
Oh, I'd give anything and
I'll take the pain
I wait alone
For what will never come and
I throw it all away..."

Dying, which is more like entering the depths of despair,

"...I am so dumb
Just beam me up
I've had it all forever
I've had enough

Remember, you promised me
I'm dying, I'm dying, please
I want to, I need to be
Under your skin..."

and of course the obligatory and equally as good Doll Parts, Miss World, and all the rest of them! <3 Edit: Forgot to mention Northern Star, Petals,