Songs that mean something?

Question

Whats the most insperational song you've ever heard?
I can't go passed Since you've been gone, by Aussie band Powderfinger. The song was writen by the lead singer after the passing of his brother.

Answer 1

Me & A Gun by Tori Amos, it was written about the time she was raped at knifepoint.

Answer 2

Allman Brothers Band. Sweet Melissa, off of Eat A Peach. A tribute to recently departed Duane.

Answer 3

Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of your life)", not sure if its about anything particular but it reduces me to tears everytime. The words just grab me by the heartstrings, its almost happy & sad at the same time.

Also Pink's "Who Knew". I know technically she's a pop artist & most of the time pop songs don't mean a lot but its such a heartfelt song with lots of emotion & reminds me of an ex I loved very dearly.

Not sure if these songs mean anything to the artists but they mean a lot to me.

Answer 4

"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd ( or is it Led Zeppelin?)
is about a band missing member.
Also, Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" about his son that passed away is terribly sad! : (

Answer 5

Four Songs From The Grateful Dead`s American Beauty Album
"Ripple" "Broke Down Palaces" "Attics of My Life" and "Box of Rain" always seemed to fit Together
They were scattered through The Album but Yet They seemed Like An Inner Album contained
Within The Album

Box of Rain lyrics

Look out of any window, any morning, any evening, any day.
Maybe the sun is shining, birds are singing,
No rain is falling from a heavy sky.
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.
Walk out of any doorway, feel your way, feel your way like the day before.
Maybe you'll find direction,
Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.
What do you want me to do, to watch for you while you are sleeping?
The please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too.
Look into any eyes you find by you, you can see clear to another day,
Maybe been seen before, through other eyes on other days while going home.
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.
Walk into splintered sunlight,
Inch your way through dead dreams to another land.
Maybe you're tired and broken,
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through.
Just a box of rain, wind and water,
Sun and shower, wind and rain,
In and out the window like a moth before a flame.
And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there,
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.
And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair;
Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
Ripple lyrics

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,
Perhaps they're better left unsung.
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air.
Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,
If your cup is full may it be again,
Let it be known there is a fountain,
That was not made by the hands of men.
There is a road, no simple highway,
Between the dawn and the dark of night,
And if you go no one may follow,
That path is for your steps alone.
Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.
But if you fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home.
La dee da da da, La da da da da, Da da da, Da da, Da da da da da
La da da da, La da da, Da da, La da da da, La da, Da da.

Brokedown Palace lyrics

Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one.
All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone.
Going to leave this brokedown palace,
On my hand and knees, I will roll, roll, roll.
Make myself a bed in the waterside,
In my time, I will roll, roll roll.
In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head.
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.
River going to take me, sing sweet and sleepy,
sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home.
It's a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago.
Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left home.
Goin' home, goin' home, by the riverside I will rest my bones,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.
Going to plant a weeping willow,
On the bank's green edge it will grow, grow, grow.
Sing a lullaby beside the water,
Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll.
Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.
Attics of My Life lyrics

In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal.
Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see.
When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me.
I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung.
Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see.
When there was no strings to play, you played to me.
In the book of love's own dream, where all the print is blood.
Where all the pages are my days, and all the lights grow old.
When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me.
In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed.
When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold.
When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me.
Attics of My Life lyrics

In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal.
Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see.
When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me.
I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung.
Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see.
When there was no strings to play, you played to me.
In the book of love's own dream, where all the print is blood.
Where all the pages are my days, and all the lights grow old.
When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me.
In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed.
When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold.
When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me.

It was Years Later Robert Hunter The Main Lyricist of The Grateful Dead I think it was after Gerry Garcia Died revealed That The Four Songs Were Indeed Linked
They Were all Written in A London Hotel Room overlooking Hyde Park,
They were writen after Robert Had received a Transatlantic phone call from his Father telling Robert that He His Father had
been Diagnosed with an inoperable Cancer
With a bottle of wine for fuel He sat Down and Wrote These Four Songs
American Beauty Reckoned To BeThe The Best Grateful Dead Album and One of The Greatest Rock Album of All Time

Answer 6

"knockin on heavens door" by guns n' roses!!!

Answer 7

heroes by david bowie. ***** me