Relief and healing through music

I love music. I don't listen to it much though, too much chaos in my house due to kids running everywhere, and the kids... well, their music tastes, let's just say they don't align with mine.

I got to thinking while journaling, certain music pulls out our emotions. The right music can bring emotional relief in the moment. Sometimes the right music strips us to our core and helps us find clarity, compassion, or understanding.

If you don't mind, I'd love for you share any music that brings out your emotions.

I told my wife about my porn problems. She didn't want to know, she just hated me for it. I can't blame her, but it hurts, we both hurt, it always hurts.
"You don't care enough for me to cry"


I want to quit. I try, but I can't figure out why I keep failing. I know the pain I cause, why isn't the pain enough to make me stop?
"using again"


At some point, we all find out that we missed so much, lost so much time due to our addiction. Time we will never get back, moments and opportunities lost to time forever. But, I am here. I want to be here, with you. Let me stay, let me be with you.
"I'll follow your trail"


You know I have failed so many times. I am stronger than this. Give me another chance, do you remember who you married?
"I am not afraid"

 

I am "Jeremiah". Oh Jeremiah, tell me what have you done.


Get away from me. You've ruined everything. I'm damaged.
"Can't be loved"


She can't get that feeling of betrayal out of her head.
"Rosemary"


Our anger has been building. It's time to overflow. I'm not ready to give up, I will fight for our marriage.
"Down to the river"


It's over. "There was a time" when I called you mine. Our home is empty.

 

I enjoy John Mayer. Thanks for the song link, I had never heard it before. I was in the car with the wife yesterday and decided to play it. Being an proactive participant in our marriage is always something I have struggled with. "Love is a Verb" reminded me that I have a lot of work to do in that arena.

 

I am a big fan of John Moreland. His voice cuts to my soul. I'll listen to the songs you recommended right now.

 

Thanks for that Liam. Very uplifting.

 

Thanks for sharing. This seems like something I might want to listen to while meditating.

 

This song represents the love I want to feel everyday in my marriage. The song makes me smile, makes me happy. I love imperfection in music.

She don't like her eggs all runny
She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
She looks down her nose at money
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny
She's my baby, I'm her honey
I'm never gonna let her go

He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
Caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
He's my baby, I'm his honey
I'm never gonna let him go

Refrain:
In spite of ourselves we'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds, honey we're the big door-prize
We're gonna spite our noses right off of our faces
There won't be nothin' but big ol' hearts dancin' in our eyes

She thinks all my jokes are corny
Convict movies make her horny
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
Swears like a sailor when she shaves her legs
She takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'
I'm never gonna let her go

He's got more balls than a big brass monkey
A whacked-out weirdo and a love bugged junkie
Sly as a fox crazy as a loon
Payday comes and he's a-howlin' at the moon
He's my baby, I don't mean maybe
I'm never gonna let him go

Refrain x2


"In Spite of Ourselves" John Prine and Iris DeMent

 

Let's all keep some perspective. The world is going to throw us some curve balls, then sometimes a disaster or two, but That's the Way the World Goes Around.

That's the Way That the World Goes Round by John Prine


I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
He's a pretty nice fellow, but he's kind of confused.
He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.
Thinks he own half of this town.

Started drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

Refrain
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
You're up one day and the next you're down.
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
When the radiator broke, water all froze.
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
Naked as the eyes of a clown.

I was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,
When the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.
I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

Refrain

 

This is how I felt early in my porn addiction and anxiety problems. My problems were the fault of others. It is so hard to turn the spotlight onto oneself.

If I were You by Chris Knight


If I were you
then I would gladly loan to me a dollar or two
So I could eat, yeah and maybe get just one good night of sleep

But I'm not
And I'm stranded like a cast away in this town
And you seem so unwilling to help a fellow when he's down

If I were you
That's what I would do

If I were you
I wouldn't be out on these streets the whole night through
Yeah I'd have a job and a pretty wife that I could come home to

But I don't
And I have twenty cents left to my name
and your the only one left here that I have to blame

If I were you
That's what I'd do

But sir its not my way To take from you The things I haven't earned
Wish I could go back and heed The Lessons I have learned

But I Cant
So you gladly put your money In this sack
Yes sir this thing is loaded And I have to hammer back

If I were you
That's what I'd do

If I were you
That's what I'd do