The War On Drugs - "Disappearing"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ7v9YBropc All this way to connect And all the way to the corner everyday You were there for me But will you wait for the one that disappear? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I was home when you came It threw me out of touch It took away from the cold of your arms Now I wait for my turn to let it blow Against me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Will you wait for the one that disappears? Comments The economy of words and beat reminds me of a tired, weary march, and would not allow me to let this song go. I was left, grasping at straws, seeing as how it tints the song with an expectation of loss, sadness, and tragedy. It stems from the writer - Adam Granducie - beat crippling anxiety and isolation. If you have never suffered from crippling anxiety, count your blessings. I believe this song is in response to a bad bout with anxiety. The person in the song with him came "All this way to connect" When the Adam does good to make it "All the way to the corner everyday" he writes "You were there for me." but then goes on "But will you wait for the one that disappears?" Few understand what the clinically anxious are going through. If you've seen depictions of a dog so abused and scared that it gives up on 'fight or flight' and just freezes with its head in a corner even after the threat is passed. The clinically anxious, like the abused dog, can't reason it's way out of the corners. The fear is crippling because they loose the ability to do some of the most basic and necessary things for living. When he writes "But will you wait for the one that disappears?" He's recognizing that this person will soon give up on him too, eventually coming to the false conclusion that "He could do better if he wanted to." Disappearing (under this scenario) is the appropriate title. The narrator is disappearing in every way possible; mentally, physically, socially, emotionally, even financially. He is not seen and has given up hope of being seen. The lyrics end a quarter way through the song. The beat wearily marches on like the passing of time. Guitars and harmonica wail in lament as the music slowly disappears down the road. Not really ending as much reaching the end of the horizon and fading into oblivion.

Chicago - I'm a Man - (7/21/1970 - Tanglewood)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPZUgfOqAdg Well my pad is very messy, got whiskers on my chin Never had no problems 'cause I've always paid the rent I got no time for lovin' 'Cause my time is all used up I stand outside creatin' All the groovy kinds of love I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so If I had my choice of matter I'd would rather be with cats All engrossed in mental chatter Showing where your mind is at While relating to each other How strong the love can be By resisting all the good times with each groovy chick we see I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I've got to keep my image While I'm standing on the floor If I drop upon my knees It's just to keep them on my nose You think that I'm not human And my heart is made of stone But I've never had no problems 'Cause my body's pretty strong I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so If I had my choice of matter I would rather be with cats All engrossed in mental chatter Showin' where your mind is at While relating to each other How strong your love can be By resisting all the good times with each groovy chick we see I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I'm a man yes I am and I can't help but love you so I gotta keep my image While I'm standin on the floor If I drop upon my knees It's just to keep them on my nose You think that I'm not human And my heart is made of stone But I never had no problems 'Cause my body's pretty strong I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so Man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so Man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so Man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so

Bernhoft - C'mon Talk (Live @ Lydverket)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3joWYIUIAY C'mon and talk to me I will try the upmost try to be honest with you Try to be honest with you Every single Work Imma gonna talk to me I will try the upmost try to be rhythmical Try to be rhythmical C'mon and talk to me I will try the upmost try to be honest with you Try to be honest with you Every single Work Imma gonna talk to me I will try the upmost try to be rhythmical Try to be rhythmical C'mon and talk to me I will try the upmost try to be honest with you Try to be honest with you Every single Work Imma gonna talk to me I will try the upmost try to be rhythmical Try to be rhythmical C'mon and talk to me I will try the upmost try to be honest with you Try to be honest with you Every single Work Imma gonna talk to me I will try the upmost try to be rhythmical Try to be rhythmical I've been thinking a lot since the end of our family affair And the things that went wrong, in a matter of speaking Should have been more forthcoming about the things I needed to say But you've seen to be talking to someone else Now you've got me feeling so sorry For something I didn't do You've got me crawlin around a gutter When I should have been busy making love to you So it's all smoothed over You covered your ears real tight Is it up to me to be telling The black from the white Talkin to you is bittersweet Now Talkin to you is bittersweet Now Talkin to you is bittersweet Bittersweet bittersweet Talking to you is bittersweet Bittersweet bittersweet Been now talkin to you Bittersweet bittersweet C'mon talk talk talk talk To me yeah To me yeah (Repeat) So what matters most in the end is beyond our big (blue reeds)??? Had to unfold all the mysteries It take a different kind of species I'm unable to handle the weight Of all of your doubts What a (new words)??? Now you've got me feeling so stupid When I couldn't understand You've got me reeling around in circles Incomprehensible demand Been talkin to you Bittersweet bittersweet Been talkin to you Bittersweet bittersweet Bittersweet bittersweet Bittersweet bittersweet C'mon talk talk talk talk To me yeah To me yeah (Repeat) C'mon talk talk talk talk Bittersweet bittersweet (Repeat) C'mon talk talk talk talk To me yeah To me me me me me yeah

Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4JtCCWB6Y4 A man we passed just tried to stare me down And when I looked at you You looked at the ground I don't know who he is But I think that you do Dadgummit Who is he, and what is he to you Something in my heart and in your eye Tells me he's not someone just passing by And when you cleared your throat Was that your cue Dadgummit Who is he, and what is he to you Now when I add the sum of you and me I get confused when I keep coming up with three You're too much for one man But not enough for two Dadgummit Who is he and what is he to you Well, you tell me men don't have much intuition Is that what you really thinking girl Or are you wishing Before you wreck your old home And search for another new Dadgummit Who is he, and what is he to you Dadgummit Who is he, and what is he to you Dadgummit Who is he, and what is he to you Dadgummit Who is he, and what is he to you

Jack Edwards - Never Surrender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBbes9qdgk Just rest your head on my shoulder You'll be 'till the end of the day I know its all been going wrong lately And you can't always laugh the trouble away Sometimes we look around and wonder what's left Wonder what's on its way yeah We've been punch drunk as long as we remember It's better to freeze where we lay Lift me up I'll show you love When faced with the end I swear I'll never surrender I'll never surrender yeah Some things have no rhyme or reason Somethings just happen too late Sometimes I dont know why bother But then you put your arms around me and say Lift me up Take the weight away I'll show you love Faced with the end I swear I'll never surrender Like a one man arm I will rise I will fight for you I will stand I'll defend From the rain I'll come again Have no doubt Feel no fear If you lift me up Take the weight away I'll show you love Faced with the end I swear I'll never surrender I'll never surrender I'll never surrender Baby Alright As long as long as I live

Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixqofv-Oi74 Ooo I bet you're wonderin' how I knew 'Bout your plans to make me blue With some other guy that you knew before Between the two of us guys You know I loved you more It took me by surprise I must say When I found out yesterday Ooo I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Ooo I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah You know that a man ain't supposed to cry But these tears I can't hold inside Losin' you would end my life you see 'Cause you mean that much to me You could have told me yourself That you found someone else Instead I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Ooo I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah People say you believe half from what you see Non non none from what you hear I can't help being confused If it's true won't tell me here Do you plan to let me go For the other guy that you knew before? Ooo I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Ooo I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to loss my mind Honey, honey, yeah Ooo I heard it through the grapevine, Not much longer would you be mine Ooo I heard it through the grapevine, And I'm just about to lose my mind Ooo I heard it through the grapevine, Not much longer would you be mine Ahh I heard it through the grapevine, And I'm just about to lose my mind, honey honey yeah Songwriters: Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield

Lone Justice - Live London 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wjFtHo_Es0 Ways to be Wicked / Sweet Sweet Baby Mine Honey tell me why you smile When you see me hurt so bad Tell me what I did to you babe That would make you act like that Yes I've been your fool before babe And I probably will again You ain't afraid to let me have it You ain't afraid to stick it in You know so many Ways to be wicked But you don't know one little thing About love Yeah I can take a little pain Yeah I can hold it pretty well I can watch your little eyes light up While you're walking me through hell Yes I've been your fool before babe And I probably will again You ain't afraid to let me have it You ain't afraid to stick it in You know so many Ways to be wicked But you don't know one little thing About love Those cobra eyes Lie with a smile Honey you take pride In the devil down deep inside Well I can take a little pain Yeah I can hold it pretty well I can watch you little eyes light up While you're walking me through hell Yeah I've been your fool before babe And I probably will again You ain't afraid to let me have it You ain't afraid to stick it in You know so many Ways to be wicked But you don't know one little thing About love You know so many Ways to be wicked But you don't know one little thing About love Songwriters: Michael W. Campbell / Tom Petty Sweet sweet baby mine I want you 'round me all the time Cause you know you make my soul sing And the bells in my heart go chime chime chime Sweet sweet baby mine I'm short of breath and full of sighs Yeah you set my sprit soaring And you make my lovelight shine shine shine I'm gracin' the edge I'm losing my head I'm fallin' But I don't mind You set the fire Inside my soul And the heat Makes it hard to say no I didn't wanna lose control But I'm fallin' Sweet sweet baby mine I want you round me all the time Cause you know you make my soul sing And the bells in my heart go chime chime chime Sweet sweet baby mine If the way I'm feelin' is a crime Oh honey, then I'm guilty Cause you got my heart beatin' double time time time I'm gracin' the edge I'm losing my head I'm fallin' But I don't mind Songwriters: Benmont M. Tench / Maria McKee / Steven Van Zandt