The "Song of My Life" thread.

[Disney's Divinity]

I remember the major one I used to listen to was "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls:

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am



The only other song that reminds me of myself everytime I hear of it is, well, "Part of That World." That song has so much subtext, from Ariel reflecting on her possessions and realizing they mean nothing if she never gets to live to see the world above (and how the world above represents everything missing from her cold, oppressed, pre-pubescent life in the sea). Knowing that there's so much she's never learned and then her hesitancy at the end when she comes to herself, believing that it's impossible for her to ever change or to abandon her responsibilities (to friends, to family). It's quite a depressing song actually--but what good ballad isn't?