Valentine's day is a day to celebrate love for many and a reminder of loneliness for others. In the spirit of love and loneliness, I have organized -- in no particular order -- some of the best indie love songs over the last 10 or so years or so. Each of these songs are draped in melancholy while also delivering a powerful and heartfelt message of love. Throughout my life, I have used these same tracks to wallow in sadness, whereas now they supplement my feelings to the one I love.
Nada Surf "Weightless"
uploaded by barsukrecords at youtube.com
The winner of the Nada Surf / You Tube "Weightless" video contest! Directed by Richard Card and Austin Trotter.
Watch all the entries at http://www.youtube.com/group/nadasurfweightless
Augustana - Coffee And Cigarettes
uploaded by CulinaryKidBrian at youtube.com
Augustana - Coffee And Cigarettes
Wake up, take your pills dear
I know this time of year ain't right for you
You came with a sickness
Shot down back in Christmas kamikaze rain
And I'm sure you've lost that weight again
And I'm sure the pills keeps pouring in
Like smoke that falls, it's caving into you
So put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere
Put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere
Put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere with you
With you
One night when you woke up
You bled til you spoke up
Oh, this ain't pretty dear
With clocks, watch the time go
Til spring, when the sun can finally be free
And I'm sure you've lost that weight again
And I'm sure the pills keeps pouring in
We'll scream at night to make it go away
So put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere
Put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere
You should put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere but you
But you
But you
We'll scream at night to make them go away
So put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere
Put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere
Put me on a plane and fly me to anywhere but you
But you
But you
But you
Songs ... : Elliott Smith - Everything Reminds Me of Her
uploaded by AlternativeUses at youtube.com
A list of songs that you may not have heard but really should've. There's nothing to say about this song other than its subtlety is incredible. You either see it or you don't.
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"I never really had a problem because of leaving,
but everything reminds me of her this evening
So if I seem a little out of it, sorry
why should I lie?
Everything reminds me of her
The spin of the earth impaled a silhouette
of the sun on the steeple
and I got to hear the same sermon
all the time now from you people
Why are you staring into outer space, crying?
just because you came across it, and lost it
Everything reminds me of her"
the postal service - such great heights High Rez
uploaded by kweber103 at youtube.com
the postal service - such great heights High Rez
The Weepies - World Spins Madly On
uploaded by NettwerkMusic at youtube.com
Video produced and directed by Joseph Gaffney. http://www.comicspace.com/holland_francis/ Song is "World Spins Madly On" by Deb Talan & Steve Tannen (2006 ASCAP/BMI), from The Weepies CD "Say I Am You" (Nettwerk). Check out The Weepies music on iTunes: http://www.nettwerk.com/forms/goto.jsp?link_id=1636
Rocky Votolato - Streetlights - Cologne 2008
uploaded by IanoukI at youtube.com
12.02.2008, Rex Kino am Ring - Cologne
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
uploaded by yurksemesh at youtube.com
Artist: Bon Iver
Song: Skinny Love
Album: For Emma, Forever Ago
Lyrics
Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
[Muse] Falling Away With You
uploaded by Charles2337 at youtube.com
A song by Muse called Falling Away With You.
Lyrics:
I can't remember when it was good
moments of happiness elude
maybe I just misunderstood
all of the love we left behind
watching the flash backs intertwine
memories I will never find
so I'll love whatever you become
and forget the reckless things we've done
I think our lives have just begun
I think our lives have just begun
and I'll feel my world crumbling,
and I'll I feel my life crumbling
and feel my soul crumbling away
and falling away,
falling away with you
staying awake to chase a dream
tasting the air you're breathing in
I hope I won't forget a thing
promise to hold you close and pray
watching the fantasies decay
nothing will ever stay the same
and all of the love we threw away
and all of the hopes we've cherished fade
making the same mistakes again
making the same mistakes again
and I feel my world crumbling,
and I feel my life crumbling down,
I can feel my soul crumbling away,
and falling away,
falling away with you
all of the love we left behind
watching the flash backs intertwine
memories I will never find
memories I will never find.
*I DO NOT OWN THIS SONG. ALL CREDIT GOES TO MUSE AND THEIR RECORD COMPANY*
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