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Over the weekend I was looking for some songs of comfort and validation concerning the kind sort of experiences we share here at DS PTSD about being survivors of chaos as kids. I found this song that talked about a lot of things we share about here.
I left a dysfunctional home at age 17 to put 5,000 miles between me and its violent chaos so I could start healing. Wow, does this song ever speak for me!
I thought I’d share it in case it spoke for somebody else here, too. It’s from an album called “Screaming for My Supper” that has lots of other very honest, insightful Beth Hart songs on it about lives like ours, too. At least like mine.
Her name is real, “Hart,” but I find it to be a real coincidence because she’s got lots of “heart” in her songs. This one speaks for my heart, and maybe for somebody else’s, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nyq5Dnq6dY
Leave the Light On by Beth Hart
“17 and I'm all messed up inside/I cut myself just to feel alive/I leave the light on
21 on the run on the run on the run from myself/From myself and everyone/I leave the light on/I leave the light on/Better leave the light on
Cause I wanna love I wanna live/I don't know much about it I never did/I don't know what to do/Can the damage be undone
I ain't that bad I'm just messed up/I ain't that sad but I'm sad enough…God bless the child with the dirty face”
I love how it ends with the contemporary grown-up self in the song looking back honestly and yet being so gentle and forgiving about confused, hard feelings in the past: “I ain’t that bad I’m just messed up…God bless the child.”
I'm currious to know: is this helpful to anybody else about learning to be gentle with yourself about the trauma you've been through?
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
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Once again I've had a fever today. I'm not going to the hospital because that's a huge waste of time but I did schedule a dr appointment for Wednesday afternoon.
Father and Son..... Cat Stevens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHjEtykqFmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpl1eSqAs_g
Matthew West-Broken Girl.
Originally written for sexual abuse survivors BUT written in such a way that it can apply to ALL female abuse survivors. Just substitute he for she or they if needed.
Martina Mcbride- She's a Butterfly
She,also, has other great ones as well.
Alyssa lies(song can't remember artist)
Big & Rich- Holy Water
J.J. Heller-What Love Really Means
Inner Demons(song can't remember the artist)
Kelly Clarkson has some good ones
Britt Nicole
Superchick
Shania Twain-God Bless the Child
Wow we are all such survivors. Big hugs we deserve to be safe and supported.
Hugs <3
Great lyrics on this one!
Music works with words in a particular way, though. I've noticed we post music threads from time to time here. I was happy to see how from my own one experience with this song and this singer this turned into one again to keep the healing going.