Favorite Empathetic Lyrics In A Song?

Could be a line, couplet, entire song... Not a contest, just your favorite.

Pink Floyd - Echoes

"Strangers passing in the street, by chance two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me"

 

The Tremeloes, Silence is Golden

 

"I know it's hard
there's so many people and they're trying to stop you
They tell that you're wrong
They tell you that you live wrong, you do things wrong, you live your life wrong
you gotta learn it for yourself
you gotta make your own rules"
The Avengers - I Believe In Me as done at Winterland for the Sex Pistols

 

Everything Kate Bush sings in "Don't Give Up" with Peter Gabriel.

 

The Only One by Stiff Little Fingers

There are no words to say just what it is you mean
But if you feel it's real it's real it's real
And as for all the rest
They think you're in a mess
And say that they know best
But you know better
You keep your temper
It proves that you're still alive
It makes you so angry
A rage that's all your own
It makes you feel so lonely
But you're not alone
For I still feel it that way
And he and she do too
And it's enough for us to know that
It's enough to know
There are no words to say just what it is you mean
But if you feel it's real it's real it's real
What you feel is real
You're not the only one
You're not the only one
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

 

No Place Like Home by The Neighborhoods

Mom and dad are so frightening
Every day is a crisis
Dad comes home and he's nervous
the air so thick you can't breathe
don't let em get to you
there's not much you can do
I been there boy I know what you're going through

Life's not easy as a weakling
Always taking a beating
My best friend is my hi-fi
at 33 and 45
when you get home from school
run for your lonely room
I been there boy I know what you're going through

 

Power and Freedom by Iggy Pop

When you feel all cut off
And nobody gives you talk
You want power, you want freedom

The loneliness will craze you
and nobody cool will save you
And the system's built to waste you
You want power, freedom

Getting out is all that matters
When your spirit's getting flattened
You need power, freedom

When you're feeling alone and dead
like you're living in your head
and you're feeling all cut off
nobody hears you talk

 

It's Alright by The Impressions

When you wake up early in the morning
Feelin' sad like so many of us do
Hum a little soul, make life your goal
And surely something's got to come to you

Now everybody clap your hands
Give yourself a chance
You got soul and everybody knows
That it's all right, whoa, it's all right

 

"When things go wrong/ So wrong with you/ It hurts me too", Hudson Whitaker a/k/a Tampa Red. As sung by Elmore James.

 

Can't Have The Highs (Without The Lows) - The Greg Kihn Band (Larry Lynch)

So your spirit
has you been wading tears
aren't you imagining it being worse
always someone who'll be last
there's someone who'll be first
can't have friends without the foes
can't feel pleasure without the woes
can't have the highs
without the lows

And you're down
ah, you've made a mistake
an embarrassing moment or two
Don't forget, you wouldn't be human
if you didn't make a few

 

Personality Crisis by the New York Dolls

Personality crisis you got it while it was hot
Frustration and heartache is all you got, don't you worry
Personality crisis please don't cry
It's just a personality crisis, please don't stop

Because you're walking personality,
talking personality!

 

Listen by Stiff Little Fingers

It seems so easy in the light of day
And when we're there it always feels OK
But then again
I'm so alone when I am by myself
And can I ever count on someone else?
And then you say
Why don't you listen to your heart
Listen to your heart

Why don't you listen to your heart
Listen to your heart
Because you gotta UNDERSTAND

 

Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsakened
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
An' the poet and the painter far behind his rightful time
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute
For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chaineded an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Tolling for the aching whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

 

I'm not easy to live with
I know that it's true
You're no picnic either, baby
That's one of the things I loved about you.

"Not Enough Love in the World"
-Don Henley

 

Steely Dan, "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"

I never seen you looking so bad, my funky one
You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone
Any major dude with half a heart, surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
Have you ever seen a squonk's tears? Well, look at mine
The people on the street have all seen better times
Any major dude with half a heart, surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do
You can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you
Any major dude with half a heart, surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you

 

"Don't Let Em Grind Ya Down" by Motorhead

I wrote them out but had to censor so much
best to just hear the song; likely if you have,
you know how empathetic it truly IS.

 

"I'll Be There" is written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Bob West, and Willie Hutch. It was the biggest hit for the Jackson 5.

You and I must make a pact
We must bring salvation back
Where there is love, I'll be there
I'll reach out my hand to you
I'll have faith in all you do
Just call my name and I'll be there
And oh, I'll be there to comfort you
Build my world of dreams around you
I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength
I'll keep holdin' on
Yes I will, yes I will
Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness, girl, is all I'm after
Whenever you need me, I'll be there
I'll be there to protect you
With unselfish love that respects you
Just call my name and I'll be there (I'll be there)

 

Going way back, Bob Darin's ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS moved me greatly.

Alone in the world was poor little Anne
As sweet a young child as you'd find.
Her parents had gone to their final reward
Leavin' their baby behind.
This poor little child was only nine years of age
When mother and dad went away;
Still brav-el-y worked
At the one thing she knew
To earn her few pennies a day.
She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers,
Flowers for ladies of fashion to wear;
She made artificial flowers, you know those artificial flowers,
Fashions from Annie's despair.
With paper and shears, with some wire and wax
She made up each tulip and mum.
As snowflakes drifted into her tenement room
Her baby little fingers grew numb.
From makin' artificial flowers, those artificial flowers
Flowers for ladies of high…
From makin' artificial flowers, those artificial flowers
Flowers for ladies of high fashion to wear.
She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers
Made from Annie's despair.
They found little Annie all covered in ice
Still clutchin' her poor frozen shears
Amidst all the blossoms she had fashioned by hand
And watered with all her young tears.
There must be a heaven where little Annie can play
In heavenly gardens and bowers.
And instea-a-ad of a halo she'll wear 'round her head
A garland of genuine flowers.
No more artificial flowers;
Throw away those artificial flowers,
Flowers for ladies of society to wear.
Throw away those artificial flowers,
Those dumb-dumb flowers,
Fashioned from Annie's,
Fashioned from A-a-a-annie's
Des-pa-a-a-air.
(Give her the real thing!

 

Midnight Cruiser - Steely Dan


Walflower - Peter Gabriel
Here Comes The Flood

 

Bridge Over Troubled Water?

 

Then she whispered “Look...
The honey-coloured ball is lilting its way into another morning”.
Then she flicked the back of her neck, defiantly...
And for such gestures, one could fall hopelessly in love... for a lifetime.

Steve Harley - ‘Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf)’

 

Excellent choice...as any major dude will tell you...

 

All the lyrics in "Crash And Burn" by Savage Garden. It's the same message as "Don't Give Up," but to the audience instead of a duet partner.

 

Listening to a lot of early Costello lately.
Got a hard time coming up with something.

 

What's the use in regrets,
They're just things we haven't done yet.
What are regrets?
They're just lessons we haven't learned yet.

"Sweetest Decline" - Beth Orton