I think Shakespeare had it right. I think that music is food for the soul. There are so many songs I've been listening to that hold meaning, and some even have new meaning now. I want to keep a listing of what feeds my soul, so I can nourish it when need be. This is where I'll keep the list. I'll continue to add to this particular posting as time goes, so if any of this music helps you on your journey, be sure to check back from time to time.
- Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters" (one of Alfonso's favorites)
- Carlos Santana & Dave Matthews - "Love of My Life" (I would sing this song to Alfonso all the time)
- Dave Matthews - "Stay or Leave" (lol...He really hated DM, except for the song with Santana. He always said that DM was too whiny...but the lyrics touch my heart.)
- Sheryl Crow - "Safe and Sound"
- The Eagles - "Learn To Be Still"
- Dave Matthews - "Out of My Hands"
- Five Finger Death Punch - "Undone" (Alfonso's FAVORITE band! Oh god...how many times did we listen to their first 2 CDs over and over and over again?!?! lol)
- Sheryl Crow - "I Shall Believe"
- Dave Matthews - "Grave Digger"
- Disturbed - "Darkness" (I have listened to this song repeatedly; it holds so much meaning to me)
- Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"
- Gary Jules - "Mad World"
- Three Doors Down - "Changes"
- Linkin Park - "Crawling"
- Korn - "Get Up!"
- Scorpions - "Send Me An Angel" (Another FAVORITE band of Alfonso's)
- Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong" (One of the songs he & I would sing karaoke together)
- Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper"
- Five Finger Death Punch - "Far From Home" (this song had SO much meaning to Alfonso, and now it's been passed down to me)
- The Cars - "Drive"
- The Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
- Skillet - "Comatose"
- Five Finger Death Punch - "Can't Heal You" (WARNING: This song is something VERY personal to Alfonso and I. We had our tough periods throughout our relationship, and there were moments that he was at a painful loss and couldn't save me from myself. He would play this song for me NOT to be mean, but to motivate me...and it would work each time. So this song may not be appropriate for many people, but it has significance to me.)
- Apocalyptica feat. Adam Gontier & Mats Leven - "I Don't Care" (I can be masochistic sometimes; this song will likely not help heal you any, but I listen to it when I need to)
- Fiona Apple - "The Child Is Gone"
- Slipknot - "Duality"
- Three Days Grace - "Animal I Have Become"
- Thousand Foot Crutch - "Scream"
- Dead By Sunrise - "Too Late"
- Mudvayne - "Forget To Remember"
- Dead By April - "Losing You"
- Seether ft. Amy Lee - "Broken"
- NIN - "Something I Can Never Have"
- Stone Temple Pilots - "Only Dying"
- Five Finger Death Punch - "Crossing Over" (There are times that this song just pops in my head when I least expect it. I like to think that it's Alfonso's way of telling me I need to move on with life, and that one day we'll see each other again.)
- Fiver Finger Death Punch - "A Place to Die"
- Metallica - "Fade to Black"
- The Offspring - "Gone Away"
- Billy Joel - "Got to Begin Again"
- Jem - "Missing You"
- Garth Brooks - "The Dance"
- Kenny Chesney - "She Comes From Boston" (lol...I'm not from Boston, but rather about 2 hours south of there. And a lot of the song doesn't even describe me. But Alfonso loved listening to this song; he said it always made him think of me.)
- Toby Keith - "The List" (Every single time Alfonso would listen to this song, he would just smile as he sang along with it & would temporarily escape into a stress-free world. I can still remember the way he'd turn towards me every time he sang the line, "Sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss"...he would look at me and smile even bigger.)
- Evanescence - "My Heart is Broken"
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and
on which it is impossible to be silent."
~ Victor Hugo ~
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