Songs in the key of Love

The exercise was to find a song that I felt depicted love in a way I find true, wise or inspiring. I thought for a long time but the only songs I could think of were ones that spoke of love in a pained way, so luckily that falls under 'true', because they sure aren't inspiring. the links are to youtube so you can listen to the songs.

Firstly, 'Modern Leper' by Frightened Rabbit stuck out to me because its told from the perspective of that one person, and everyone knows someone like this, who has a chronic problem with loving and then hurting the person they love. This is a person who feels so damaged that they dont understand why someone would want, love, or put up with them at all, so intentionally or unintentionally this person emotionally hurts his/her lover and uses that as an excuse for why they are worthless, and so the never-ending circle effect. I like this song because it isnt whiny and it comes across quite raw. I'm only showing lyrics to this song because this post would be miles long if I also had the others..

A cripple walks amongst you
All you tired human beings
He's got all the things a cripple has not
Two working arms and legs.

And vital parts fall from his system
And dissolve in Scottish rain
Vitally he doesn't miss them
He's too fucked up to care.

Is that you in front of me?
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
Well you must be a masochist
To love a modern leper on his last leg
On his last leg.

I've crippled your heart a hundred times
And still cant work out why
See I've got this disease, I can't shake
And I'm just rattling through life.

Well oh this is how we do things now,
This is how the modern stay scared
So i cut out all the good stuff
Yeah I cut off my foot to spite my leg.

Is that you in front of me?
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
Well you must be a masochist
To love a modern leper on his last leg
On his last leg.

I am ill but I'm not dead
And I don't know which of those I'd prefer
Because that limb which I have lost
It was the only thing holding me up
Holding me up

I'm lying on the ground now
And you walk in through the only door
Well I have lost my eyesight like I said I would
But I still know

That that is you in front of me
And you are back for even more of exactly the same,
Well are you a masochist?
You love a modern leper on his last leg

You're not ill and I'm not dead,
Doesn't that make us the perfect pair?
You should sit with me and we'll start again
And you can tell me all about what you did today
What you did today.


Secondly, 'Fuck you Lucy' by Atmosphere was one that stuck out as being a very intense song of having loved and lost it, and from a totally different perspective. This is told from someone who is no longer sad from losing his love, but angry and obsessed in a kind of scary way that still manages to make you kind of feel for him.

Lastly, 'Why don't you Stay' by Sugarland was one that stuck out because its the "other woman's" ballad. It also doesn't just have her moping about being the other woman, it shows her growth as someone gaining some respect for the love she has and gives away, and the difficult but sometimes necessary choice to remove herself from a relationship that doesnt give back. At the same time its not a song that comes off as in-your-face, but more true to the reality of having to make the choice because you know its best, not because its what you want or because its easy. I think that for some people this would be inspirational in a sense.