Thread by @kimberley_chiu, chat with @trandyspraxic about her list of emotionally devastating songs reminded me [...]

chat with @trandyspraxic about her list of emotionally devastating songs reminded me of *my* favourite type of song, namely: songs that make me feel like i’m praying. songs that feel like a prayer. truths pulled from the chest. you know.

so here is a thread of That Music:

i wanna get better/better, better, better
( @bleachersmusic) https://open.spotify.com/track/1BwhFXqoIsePt21WyWIttb?si=VRJaNK05T5S9oiba7siVcQ">https://open.spotify.com/track/1Bw...

I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers

https://open.spotify.com/track/1BwhFXqoIsePt21WyWIttb?si=VRJaNK05T5S9oiba7siVcQ

bleachers is very good for this actually. here’s another one:

all my heroes get tired/i’ll be something better yet https://open.spotify.com/track/7AyebpN2kre7LbB2aV3oRh?si=OUFK-U-YSSyKQUQ10LQIFg">https://open.spotify.com/track/7Ay...

All My Heroes - Bleachers

https://open.spotify.com/track/7AyebpN2kre7LbB2aV3oRh?si=OUFK-U-YSSyKQUQ10LQIFg

oh, it’s morning in america

( @jonbellion) https://open.spotify.com/track/2JXNOtb0ANe6MzgRYDQG2J?si=mYyR1B5SRyO0t8WwPXcTnA">https://open.spotify.com/track/2JX...

Morning In America - Jon Bellion

https://open.spotify.com/track/2JXNOtb0ANe6MzgRYDQG2J?si=mYyR1B5SRyO0t8WwPXcTnA

we are made of our longest days/we are falling but not alone/we’ll take the best parts of ourselves and make them gold

( @CHVRCHES) https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z3u3g9VTJIIUlOguL3PCh?si=aY5vgnB3QvWSEluZRAr6Lg">https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z3...

Make Them Gold - CHVRCHES

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z3u3g9VTJIIUlOguL3PCh?si=aY5vgnB3QvWSEluZRAr6Lg

we’re trapped and well-concealed/in secret places/we don’t fight fair

( @falloutboy) https://open.spotify.com/track/26HZ4xullUsdyMx8QnCbmO?si=mf6uB60aTe2xPoQwARwxPg">https://open.spotify.com/track/26H...

"The Take Over, The Breaks Over" - Fall Out Boy

https://open.spotify.com/track/26HZ4xullUsdyMx8QnCbmO?si=mf6uB60aTe2xPoQwARwxPg

i’ll know my name as it’s called again

( @MumfordAndSons) https://open.spotify.com/track/5tV7QNSURiLd8trSLrZahV?si=0qfxfR0pQXuHLusDm3NEwA">https://open.spotify.com/track/5tV...

The Cave - Mumford & Sons

https://open.spotify.com/track/5tV7QNSURiLd8trSLrZahV?si=0qfxfR0pQXuHLusDm3NEwA

one foot in front of the other

( @WALKTHEMOONband) https://open.spotify.com/track/0iQ77tSa7ncj7zBPtVx6cU?si=nhAcSevBSReDTB_TfTGbZg">https://open.spotify.com/track/0iQ...

One Foot - WALK THE MOON

https://open.spotify.com/track/0iQ77tSa7ncj7zBPtVx6cU?si=nhAcSevBSReDTB_TfTGbZg

we’re walking the wire, wire, wire/so look out down below

( @Imaginedragons) https://open.spotify.com/track/7KlOrQFS5NZoAqDzJ2N7r4?si=qrcVwuocTT-CaEMyCwVuUw">https://open.spotify.com/track/7Kl...

Walking The Wire - Imagine Dragons

https://open.spotify.com/track/7KlOrQFS5NZoAqDzJ2N7r4?si=qrcVwuocTT-CaEMyCwVuUw

been up the river/and i’ve been down the drain/life goes on and if i’m wrong/i guess i’ll burn in flames

( @aauthorsmusic) https://open.spotify.com/track/4KSQ9el0QgTKKie5oCtKLe?si=zrZp7J3ISmq0AXNtCfzTlA">https://open.spotify.com/track/4KS...

Pocket Full Of Gold - American Authors

https://open.spotify.com/track/4KSQ9el0QgTKKie5oCtKLe?si=zrZp7J3ISmq0AXNtCfzTlA

the loneliest people/in the whole wide world/are the ones you’re never going to see again

( @mountain_goats) https://open.spotify.com/track/1syVxkFSiM9SzvG5IZMfAY?si=SML0D4orSxKBAIZUcxjnhQ">https://open.spotify.com/track/1sy...

Harlem Roulette - The Mountain Goats

https://open.spotify.com/track/1syVxkFSiM9SzvG5IZMfAY?si=SML0D4orSxKBAIZUcxjnhQ

many, many mountain goats songs make me feel this way tbf, but i shall limit myself to two. this one made me cry the first time i heard it and i felt it with my whole chest https://youtu.be/Y0s4l3_BwyY ">https://youtu.be/Y0s4l3_Bw...

and finally: the one, the only, the original. possibly the first song to make me feel this way. blew my tiny fourteen-year-old mind!

sing it from the heart/sing it till you’re nuts/sing it out for the ones that’ll hate your guts

( @MCRofficial) https://open.spotify.com/track/1mX6SYJ1ZpcoxQUiER8wOI?si=1J9SSVxWRBu-VN9JFTpWsA">https://open.spotify.com/track/1mX...

SING - My Chemical Romance

https://open.spotify.com/track/1mX6SYJ1ZpcoxQUiER8wOI?si=1J9SSVxWRBu-VN9JFTpWsA

i think it is probably the fact that my first music memories are primarily church memories; there is a lot about a church service that feels like a live concert (and vice versa) and while i’m not the hugest fan of most church music these days, it sure taught me how to mean a song

pls feel free to add your own songs in replies, i am always looking for More

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