...

I wanna sing a song, that’d be just ours

But I sang them all to another heart

And I wanna cry, I wanna fall in love

But all my tears have been used up

On another love, another love

All my tears have been used up

On another love, another love

All my tears have been used up

On another love, another love

All my tears have been used up

--
Another Love by Tom Odell

She got me!

She pulled me in so easily
Right from the start
She played me like I was a melody
One bang on the drum and she funks me with a sweet kiss
She's touching me with lovers caress
No I can't fight it

She's got my soul
She's captured me
Holds me hostage when I hear that beat
I won't take these shackles off my feet
'Cause they're the only thing that make me feel free
That's why

I'm a slave to the music
No I won't stop till my heart pops out
I'm a slave to the music
No I won't give in till I stop breathing

She got me rockin'
She got me movin'
She got me dancin'
She got me rockin'
She got me movin'
She got me dancin'

I don't wanna be saved
Slave to the music
I don't wanna be saved
I'm a slave to the music, yeah yeah *

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* Slave to the Music by James Morrison

Or with the right company...

Just take those old records off the shelf
I sit and listen to 'em by m'self
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll*

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* Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger

Music frees the soul

Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away

And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feeling blue
The guitar's coming through to soothe me*

--
* Drift Away by Uncle Kracker

"There was a secret chord that David played"

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah *

--
* Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

I loved romantic mixed tapes

Singing In My Sleep*
by Semisonic

Got your tape and it changed my mind
Heard your voice in between the lines
Come around from another time
Where nobody ever goes

All alone on the overpass
Wired and phoned to a heart of glass
Now I'm falling in love too fast
With you or the songs you chose**

And all the stars
Play for me
Say the promise you long to keep

I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep
I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep

I've been living in your cassette
It's the modern equivalent
Singing up to a Capulet
On a balcony in your mind

In the city the lion sleeps
Pray to Sony my soul to keep
Were you ever so bright and sweet
Did you ever look so nice

And all the sounds
Dream for me
Dive me down in a soul so deep

I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep
I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep

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* Listen to this song
** The person who gave me this knew almost instinctively how music impacts me.