Songs to Lift Your Spirits

The last couple of weeks haven't been my best. Anxiety has been a reoccurring problem over the last few years and especially in the last couple of months. When another wave of anxiety overcame me earlier today, I began withdrawing again. That's basically how I deal with problems. I withdraw from others. It's unhealthy, but it's easier than trying to maintain conversations or fighting back tears if someone asks me what's wrong. 

Through all of this, though, I have found certain things that help fight this pressure pushing through my skull. I wanted pass these tips on; maybe these will be of some help to others who suffer from this too. Today I'll share the music that keeps me up during this time. They are in no particular order, just a list of excellent, stress-relieving songs. 

• Hey Asshole- Watsky featuring Kate Nash (Really, anything by Watsky works)

I know I’m often told there is a pot of gold

but I don’t see no fucking rainbow when my coffee’s cold.

I know I should be grateful, I know I’m good and able,

but I don’t have the strength to get up from the kitchen table.

• Lost in My Mind- The Head and the Heart

Put your dreams away for now

I won’t see you for some time

I am lost in my mind

I get lost in my mind

Momma once told me

You’re already home where you feel loved

I am lost in my mind

I get lost in my mind

• Stubborn Love- The Lumineers

It’s better to feel pain, than nothing at all

The opposite of love’s indifference

So pay attention now, I’m standing on your porch screaming out

And I won’t leave until you come downstairs

So keep your head up, keep my love

• The Sound of Silence- Simon and Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend 

I’ve come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains within the sound of silence

• Casimir Pulaski Day- Sufjan Stevens

Sunday night when I cleaned the house 

I find the card where you wrote it out 

With the pictures of your mother 

On the floor at the great divide 

With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied 

I am crying in the bathroom 

• Imaginary Friend- L'Orange

Our guardian star lost all his glow, the day, the day you said no. 

And oh-

Let your love grow.

Let your love grow.

• Low - Cracker

Sometimes I go and walk the street 

Behind the green sheet of glass. 

A million miles below their feet 

A million miles, a million miles 

I'll be with you girl 

Like being low 

hey hey hey like being stoned

• Dearest- Buddy Holly

Dearest, though you’re the nearest to my heart

Please don’t ever (ummm yeah) ever say we’ll part

You scold, and you are so bold

Yes together (ummm yeah) our love will grow old

(Ummm yeah) Our love will grow old

You may-ay-ay-ay be a million miles away

Please believe me (ummm yeah) when you hear me say

I love you, I love you

Come ho-o-o-ome, keep me from these sleepless nights

Try my love again (ummm yeah)

I’m gonna treat you right, (ummm yeah), I’m gonna treat you right

• Come on Eileen- Dexys Midnight Runners

These people around here wear beaten-down eyes 

Sunk in smoke-dried faces 

They’re so resigned to what their fate is

But not us, no, not us 

We are far too young and clever

• Adulthood- Jukebox the Ghost

“And I dare you to survive 

being grown for the rest of your life

From adulthood, no one survives”

Have a listen, see if you like these songs and let me know! Later guys.

Days Left of BEDA: 22

Song of the Day: Hey Asshole by Watsky featuring Kate Nash

Miles Run in April: 4