If you have ever heard Sam Smith's music, you know all too well the feeling of dying to belt out his passive agressive, heartfelt, bittersweet songs with all your might. It's a little less than possible when you don't live alone and you have three snoozing pets very close by who may be alarmed at your "singing", probably because they'll think another of their brethren is being horribly tortured somewhere that they can't see. But the feelings this man can evoke with his voice are undeniably felt and warranted; beyond any doubt he knows how to sing and how to bring the women of the world to their knees in sobs of simultaneous beauty and agony. There's something so touching and heartwrenching about the way he sings that gets deep into your skin and doesn't let go.
These are the songs that can become embedded in your soul. These are the songs you fall into and drown in, yet they give you breath in your descent. No matter how many times you hear them, they hit you, and they hit you hard. I have this problem with a select few songs, and fewer artists. If you've read anything of this blog you know my music taste is anything but generic, and I love to share what I believe to be good music with friends and the internet alike. However, most don't share my taste in "fall-into" music and find it rather boring. Still, I feel the need to share my songs with you all, and I hope that they help you find some peace in whatever you are struggling with at this point in time. They certainly help me, whether it's to allow me to feel these things harder, or make them seem not so bad for a while.
In no particular order:
Kodaline - "High Hopes"/"All I Want"/"Big Bad World"
Sam Smith - "Lay Me Down"/"Stay With Me"
Hozer - "Take Me To Church"
Rufus Wainwright - "Hallelujah"/"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"/"A Bit of You"
Louis Garrel - "Ma Memoire Sale"
Christina Perri - "Human"
Ingrid Michaelson - "Corner of Your Heart"/"Chain"
Anna Nalick - "Breathe"
Lifehouse - "You and I"
Ed Sheeran - "Thinking of You"
Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris"
Florence + The Machine - "Yellow Dress"/"Ship to Wreck"/"Swimming"/"Never Let Me Go"
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