I forgot about this particular one until it came on the random play this morning:

"Why's It so Hard?"
Madonna
Why's it so hard to love one another
Why's it so hard to love


What do I have to do to be accepted
What do I have to say
What do I have to do to be respected
How do I have to play
What do I have to look like to feel I'm equal
Where do I have to go
What club do I have to join to prove I'm worthy
Who do I have to know

Chorus:

I'm telling you brothers, sisters
Why can't we learn to challenge the system
Without living in pain
Brothers, sisters
Why can't we learn to accept that we're different
Before it's too late
Why's it so damn hard

What do I have to learn to know what's right for me
What do I have to know
What am I going to do when I feel righteous
Where do I have to go
Who should get to say what I believe in
Who should have the right
What am I going to do with all this anger
Why do I have to fight

(chorus)

Bring your love, sing your love
Wear your love, share your love


Bring your love, sing your love
Wear your love, show your sister how

Brothers, sisters, what do I have to say
Brothers, sisters, how do I have to play
Brothers, sisters, who should have the right
Brothers, sisters, why do I have to fight

Why's it so hard to love one another
Love your sister, love your brother


Why's it so hard to love one another
Why's it so hard to love

(chorus)

Sing your love
Share your love
(repeat 3 times)

Love your brother now
Show your sister how
Love your brother now
Show your sister

Well, I heard some people talkin’ just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you’ll soon find out it’s true
And then you’ll have to eat your lunch all by yourself
’cause I’m already gone
And I’m feelin’ strong
I will sing this vict’ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,woo,hoo,hoo

The letter that you wrote me made me stop and wonder why
But I guess you felt like you had to set things right
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky
You can see the stars and still not see the light (that’s right)

And I’m already gone
And I’m feelin’ strong
I will sing this vict’ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,woo, hoo,hoo

Well I know it wasn’t you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn’t you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key

But me, I’m already gone
And I’m feelin’ strong
I will sing this vict’ry song
’cause I’m already gone
Yes, I’m already gone
And I’m feelin’ strong
I will sing this vict’ry song
’cause I’m already gone
Yes, I’m already gone
Already gone
All right, nighty-night


Especially this stanza:

Well I know it wasn’t you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn’t you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key

And Madonna just in general. She's the anti-Boyd.

She's my favourite artist, She gets a lot of shit, but she is one of the reasons I was able to stay somewhat sane as a teen. :)

I like that, "The Anti-Boyd!" And the Eagles kick ass!

Blue October's Angel

How do you tell an angel
That you don't believe in God?
Why do I feel
Like such a stranger
I look around
I look around
And all my friends are gone

Ah, threats of Hell and hopes of Paradise,
One thing is certain; this life flies.
One thing is certain, the rest is lies:
The rose, once blown, forever dies.

From-the-Rubaiyat-of-Omar-Khayyam-ly yrs,

S

Come fill the Cup, and in the Fires of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling!
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly; and Lo! The Bird is on the Wing!

I listened the hell out of Pretty Hate Machine.

Cathartic to put Terrible LIE on repeat and sing along.

Wind-Up --- Jethro Tull

When I was young and they packed me off to school
and they taught me how not to play the game.
I didn't mind if they groomed me for success
or if they said that I was just a fool.
So I left there in the morning with their God tucked underneath my arm -
their half - assed smiles and the book of rules.
And I asked this God a question and by way of firm reply
He said - I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
So to my old headmaster (and to anyone who cares):
before I'm through, I'd like to say my prayers -
I don't believe you:
you had the whole damn thing all wrong -
He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
Well you can excommunicate me on my way to Sunday school
and have all the Bishops harmonise these lines -
How do you dare to tell me that I'm my Father's son
when that was just an accident of Birth.
I'd rather look around me - compose a better song
'cos that's the honest measure of my worth.
In your pomp and all your glory you're a poorer man than me
as you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
I don't believe you:
you had the whole damn thing all wrong -
He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXf2PbEPQ-Y

The lyrics:

Every night I say a prayer in the hope that there's a heaven,
And everyday I' more confused as the saints turn into sinners,
All the heroes and legends I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay,
And I feel this empty place inside so a fraid that I've lost my faith.

Show me the way, show me the way,
Take me tonight to the river and wash my illusions away,
Please show me the way.

And as I slowly drift to sleep, for a moment dreams are sacred,
I close my eyes and know there's peace in a world so filled with hatred
That I wake up each morning and turn on the news to find we've so far to go,
And I keep on hoping for a sign,
So afraid that I just won't know.

Show me the way, Show me the way,
Bring me tonight to the mountain,
And take my confusion away,
And show me the way.

And if I see a light, should I believe?
Tell me, how will I know?

Show me the way, show me the way,
Take me tonight to the river,
And wash my illusions away
Show me the way, show me the way,
Give me the strength and the courage
To believe that I'll get there someday,
And please Show me the way

Every night I say a prayer
In the hope that there's a heaven .....
Show me the way.



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by Johnny Rzeznik.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A6uLPBwouw

This part has always stuck out at me...

"and their words are just whispers and lies that I'll never believe."

"Believe In Yourself" Etta James from the cd Let's Roll.

girls just wanna have fun cyndi lauper

I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
'Cause I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on

I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad, I think of childhood friends
And the dreams we had, we lived happily forever, so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold
But we'll try best that we can to carry on

A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope and this is what they said
They said, "Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me lads
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me baby
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me"

I thought that they were angels but to my surprise
We climbed aboard their starship, we headed for the skies
Singing, "Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me lads
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me"

***

I sang this song in my head during Sacrament Meeting - I called it my dissociation mantra.

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The Best way to Travel, by the Moody Blues

And you can fly,
High as a kite, if you want to,
Faster than light, if you want to,
Speeding through the universe,
Thinking is the best way to travel.

Its all a dream,
Life passing by on the screen,
there's you and I on the Beam,
Speeding through the Universe,
Thinking is the best way to travel.

We ride the wave,
distance is gone, will we find out
How life began, will we find out,
Speeding through the universe,
Thinking is the best way to travel.

And you can fly,
High as a kite, if you want to
Faster than light, if you want to
Speeding through the universe,
Thinking is the best way to travel.


Thinking is the best way to do anything.

Blank Page - The Smashing Pumpkins

Blank page was all the rage
Never meant to say anything
In bed, I was half dead
Tired of dreaming of rest
Got dressed, drove the state line
Looking for you at the five and dime
Stop sign told me stay at home
Told me you were not alone

Blank page was all the rage
Never meant to hurt anyone
In bed, I was half dead
Tired of dreaming of rest

You haven't changed...
You're still the same
May you rise as you fall

You were easy, you are forgotten
You are the ways of my mistakes

I catch the rainfall
Through the leaking roof
That you had left behind
You remind me
Of that leak in my soul

The rain falls
My friends call
Leaking rain on the phone

Take a day, plant some trees
May they shade you from me
May your children play beneath

Blank page was all the rage
Never meant to say anything
In bed, I was half dead
Tired of dreaming of rest
Got dressed drove the state line
Looking for you at the five and dime
But there I was, picking pieces up

You are a ghost
Of my indecision

I looked these guys up and they sound a lot like some of the music I listened to when I was a teenager (basically, Bay Area punk-metal like Neurosis or Sleep). So while these guys didn't get me out of Mormonism per se, similar stuff did.

I'm The Slime.



I am gross and perverted
Im obsessed n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think Im delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin out
From your tv set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't got for help...no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks..
Don't touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin along on your livinroom floor

I am the slime from your video
Cant stop the slime, people, lookit me go


The part that got me thinking of a paralel to the tssc was:

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you

Describes the Corporation to a Tee.

If you replace "she" or any reference to a female with the LDS church, and replace "nookie" with "celestial kingdom" it fits exactly! That is exactly how I feel knowing that I was suckered just like a "chump."



I came into this world as a reject
Look into these eyes then you'll
See the size of the flames (the size of the)
Dwellin' on the past (past)
It's burnin' in my brain (hot)
Everyone that burns has to learn from the pain
Hey I think about the day (days)
My girlie ran away with my pay
When fella's came to (play)
play now she's stuck with my homeez that she fucked (ooh)
and i'm just a sucker with a lump in my
throat (hey)
like a chump (hey)
a like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)
a like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)

should i be feelin' bad (no)
should i be feelin' good (no)
it's kinda sad i'm the laughing stock of the neighborhood
hey you would think that i'd be movin' on (movin')
but i'm a sucker like i said
fucked up in the head not
an' maybe she just made a mistake
and i should give her a break
my heart'll ache either way
hey what the hell what you want me to say
i won't lie that i can't deny

(chorus) (2x)
i did it all for the nookie (come on) the nookie (come on)
so you can take that cookie and stick it up your (yeah)
stick it up your (yeah) stick it up your (yeah)
stick it up your

why did it take so long
why did i wait so long huh
to figure it out but i didn't
and i'm the only one underneath the sun who didn't get it
i can't believe that i could be decieved (but you were)
by my so-called girl but in reality
had a hidden agenda
she put my tender heart in a blender
and still i surrendered

(hey) like a chump (hey)
a like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)
a like a chump (hey)
like a chump (hey)
like a chump

(chorus) (2x)

i'm only human it's so easy for your friends to give you their advice

they'll tell you just let it go (let it go) it's easier said than done

(i appreciate it) i appreciate it i do but just leave me alone

(leave me alone) leave me alone (leave me alone) just leave me alone

and nothing's gonna change 'cause you can go away and i'm just gonna stay here and always be the same (3x)
i'm just gonna staaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy

I'm a nevermo but when I feel annoyed with TSCC for what it did to my sister this song helps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6APxbBYnoo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This bit especially makes me think of Mormonism



Now you'll never see

What you've done to me

You can take back your memories

They're no good to me

And here's all your lies

If you look me in the eyes

With the sad, sad look

That you wear so well

Sooo many... I'm a music fiend... but one of my current faves is "Dear God" by XTC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo

Have you heard Tori Amos's "God?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Qpp1QJpxc&feature=related

"questions and answers" by Sham 69

As soon as we are born
We're told what to say and do
But only a friend can know the you that's you

So think before you do what they say
It's your life so go your own way
Questions and answers, honesty, lies
Yes, no, you can't, but you can if you know why

Argument's your statement
Just say look I'm alive
Just doing what you think is right
Will help you to survive

So think before you do what they say
It's your life so go your own way
Questions and answers, honesty, lies
Yes, no, you can't, but you can if you know why

There is no one that should tell you
What you can and cannot be
The world was made for all of us
For you and yes for me

So think before you do what they say
It's your life so go your own way
Questions and answers, honesty, lies
Yes, no, you can't, but you can if you know why