Exhale 30 Day Song Challenge [DAY 25]

[Midnight]

Just now, Adriannn said:

The Unplugged versión add so much to it. Love Zoé

Yes, I became a huge fan of them I love all of their music.

[Roxxy]

26 minutes ago, iAlwaysSingLive said:

I think I've talked about this like 1989 times already, but whatever...  So, I went to an exchange program in Ireland. There was this really cute Romanian guy that I had a crush on. He was this really intelligent looking dude that listened to classical music. My crush was so big that my dramatic *** thought about him while listening to "Gorgeous" 24/7 because the lyrics were super relatable at the time. Like, now I realize how cringe my behavior was, omg. Cute but still super cringe. I'm lowkey mortified every time I think about it. 

Also, I got really drunk and told his big brother that I liked his little brother. Not sure if he told him, though.  Also, on the final day we did one of those games where you write everyone's names on separate sheets of paper, pass them around and write what you think about each person anonymously. Well... On his paper, I wrote, "I hope I didn't creep you out or anything. You're cute." WHAT WAS I THINKING?!  And then I remember being jealous when he was put in a group with one of my friends. Talk about being a total drama queen, omg. 

Cute story, luv. But why would you cringe at the thought of it if he's that gorgeous anyway 

Did you realize that he wasn't cute afterall 

[FedericoScquizzato]

DAY 25

This song is very personal to me

This goes back to elementary school. A classmate of mine was talking to one of his friends and suddenly she pulled out a magazine with Tokio Hotel in the cover.

Looking at the cover I was shockingly curious about one of the member, because he had an extravagant look and i was super curious to know more about him and the band.

She explain to me that the guy with that look is the singer of the band and he has a twin brother that also play in the band as the guitarist in the german band Tokio Hotel. The twin brother look and style is so different and that I couldn't believe they were twins.

With that in mind and me being a curious person, i wanted to listen to the band and know more about them.

I checked their music and i felt in love immediately. At that time they had only german songs out except for Monsoon.

I immediately became a fan and bought CDs and DvDs of live concert and knew everything about them.

In my life I listened to a very great amount of artists and bands and I can say that is no other artist similar to them, their sound is truly unique and magical.

This band is very close to my heart, that made me pick up the guitar and starting learning.

This song in particular is my favorite song from them and also one of the first songs i listened from them and brings back everytime emotional feelings.

There is no english music video ( By Your Side ) available on youtube apart from the german one so i'll post that.

 

[Roxxy]

22 minutes ago, blackoutbixxh said:

I didn’t expect to get so emotional writing my entry  When I first read the topic I was stumped for a hot minute but for some reason this song popped in my head and all of those happy memories came back  Excellent challenge Roxxy 

OMG thank you  and i'm jealous that y'all have experienced Britney in Vegas and/or have seen her live. When will me.

[Mr. Cavill]

2 years ago I was in a very bad place mentally the whole summer. I isolated myself and took night shift after night shift which messed up my metabolism. I was in a relationship with this sweet girl who was the best but struggled very much with my behaviour at the time. Things got worse one day after I had watched Forest Gump. I got drunk and had a breakdown because of all things that had accumulated.

That night I also had to face my sexuality. Well I didn't have to but my mind chose the moment to do that. I had tried stuff with guys before that but was in the stage of denial that I was only straight. I felt horrible for not having told my girlfriend at the time and I chose not to tell her so we broke up. 

That's when I decided I'd end my life. That I was worthless. This song represents that moment of my life. I listened to it for hours on end. 

[Roxxy]

23 minutes ago, Midnight said:

A guy named Gabriel dedicated this song to me on my birthday. 

Who. is. Gabriel.

[Itachi]

3 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

First of all, thank you for baring your soul today. I appreciate it. And I went through the same experience with my bestfriend in 2010. The exact same thing and I still consider it as the most painful heartbreak I ever experienced. I was a mess for months. The worst part was when I asked him what are we, he said we were bestfriends and i was like but bestfriends don't fxck each other.  and it just spiraled into this huge fight that lead to our "break-up".

Adrian, if you're watching.

i'm surprised myself that was the experience that came into my mind immediately. damn this ype of guys. and the bad part is their memories linger on.

here's to all the frienzoned, fubu-zoned hoes that were left hanging

[Roxxy]

19 minutes ago, Mattyj7883 said:

So my best friend came down to visit me.  Every time we are together we have the best time.  We laugh so much and are just so silly.  I love her.  She’s my soulmate.  Anyway, as one of her trips came to an end she was wicked bummed about going home.  We used to do crazy things all the time together.  So I told her to stay in the other room and once I was ready she had to press play on the CD player and come into the room.  Well, this song came on and when she opened the door I was on my bed, white pants and a white jacket that looked like a straight jacket, and a big red smile painted on my face, with pictures of the two of us scattered around me on the bed.  I literally acted like I was a character straight out of Girl Interrupted.  It made her laugh and smile and that’s honestly all I wanted because it made me happy to hear and see her happy.  

 

Not gonna lie but I got so jealous reading this story, Matty. 

[blackoutbixxh]

7 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

OMG thank you  and i'm jealous that y'all have experienced Britney in Vegas and/or have seen her live. When will me.

B10 and then second coming of primeney will be your time to shine 

[OnlyBeyonce]

43 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

What is this

it's a good story

[Roxxy]

24 minutes ago, MX3 said:

Whenever I hear Taylor Swift's Blank Space I think of this time I was at a bar, with my closest friends, we were seeing Matoma and we were all fans of his. I was tearing it up - I looked great, and Matoma let me party with him in his DJ booth for a bit and drink his bottles of champagne. 

My ex was there with his new gf. They must have came from a formal Christmas party cause she was wearing this boring-*** dress (do I sound bitter?) LOL I really wasn't though - It had been about a year since we spoke and I had dated and dumped another guy in that time. I was having a really fun time that night - I said a cheerful hello and just kept dancing and having fun with my friends.

At one point, this random girl started shoving me and I didn't understand why. Eventually I turned to her and said "I think you think I'm someone else!" and she said "I'm Eddie's girlfriends best friend!" and I was like "I haven't spoken to him in a year!" like, I get that I'm his ex but.....I can't help that! It's in the past!

anyways! That night his girlfriend cornered me in the bathroom wanting to talk about her bf / my ex and get some dirt from me. I told her that we had a tumultuous relationship and there was fault on both sides but it was in the past and that they last time we had talked was over a year ago. She told me that HE told her that this song reminded him of me / that I was like "that Blank Space song...." 

It had just come out. And I was like oh sweetie....
 

as much as I know he meant it as an insult....I took it as a compliment LOL

OH MY GOD I HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.  I mean not with the whole ex and his girlfriend story but someone also told me that Blank Space reminds them of me. And I was so happy about it. Actually two people have said that to me.

[Roxxy]

26 minutes ago, Mattyj7883 said:

Don’t we have a sister wives love story on here?  I tell people I’m in a relationship.  Should I not?  Is it all a lie?! 

You are. We are. You and I are.

[BabyBabyBay]

This came out the summer I was going to start college (the UK version, not university) and things with the first guy I ever dated fell apart.

I had found out that he fell for the friend I confided everything about the situation to and they were together. I was pretty devastated and felt betrayed.

Thankfully I spent a lot of that summer with my actual friends and I was staying with one friend. We played this song and it just made me realise that I was going to be okay and that I was still surrounded by good people and my life was good regardless.

It was my first experience of getting jaded and focusing on bad experiences and thinking peoples' actions are a reflection on you. I still go back and forth with that a lot, but times like this one always reel me back to the realisation that regardless of how many people do wrong by you, there are people that still love you and there's so much good in life to come.

We get better, not bitter 

[Roxxy]

25 minutes ago, Alestaos said:

Was the song i first started self-harming to as a coping mechanism, and later on as a teen would sit and listen to wishing i was dead.

I hope you're better now and no longer want to die. Life is good. Life is a gift.

Stream Life Goes On from our new compilation. 💛🧡💜

A song that inspires you to move forward in life

[Alestaos]

1 minute ago, Roxxy said:

I hope you're better now and no longer want to die. Life is good. Life is a gift.

 

 

Thanks, everyday is a different struggle but that's what dealing with Mental Illness is like. Out of everything i have ever dealt with dealing with my own Mental Illness is the hardest thing, because your own mind/moods become your enemy!

But its also made me alot more caring towards how others feel

 

[Roxxy]

27 minutes ago, FedericoScquizzato said:

DAY 25

This song is very personal to me

This goes back to elementary school. A classmate of mine was talking to one of his friends and suddenly she pulled out a magazine with Tokio Hotel in the cover.

Looking at the cover I was shockingly curious about one of the member, because he had an extravagant look and i was super curious to know more about him and the band.

She explain to me that the guy with that look is the singer of the band and he has a twin brother that also play in the band as the guitarist in the german band Tokio Hotel. The twin brother look and style is so different and that I couldn't believe they were twins.

With that in mind and me being a curious person, i wanted to listen to the band and know more about them.

I checked their music and i felt in love immediately. At that time they had only german songs out except for Monsoon.

I immediately became a fan and bought CDs and DvDs of live concert and knew everything about them.

In my life I listened to a very great amount of artists and bands and I can say that is no other artist similar to them, their sound is truly unique and magical.

This band is very close to my heart, that made me pick up the guitar and starting learning.

This song in particular is my favorite song from them and also one of the first songs i listened from them and brings back everytime emotional feelings.

There is no english music video ( By Your Side ) available on youtube apart from the german one so i'll post that.

 

Tokio Hotel is the reason you got into playing music?  I know one song from them and but I can't remember the title and how it goes but I discovered it on MTV before and I would always watch it whenever it was on. I just forgot the title. What was their biggest hit? 

[Exaholic]

So when I was 16 I had this group of friends, initially they were actually my close cousin Heather’s friends from school and she introduced me to everyone and I became part of their friend group and we all became very close. Although I stayed across town and went to another school, I made the effort to travel most days and socialise with them all after school.

Anyways, it was the last weekend of summer before school started and we were all at Jess’ house having a barbecue in her garden. Jess and my cousin Heather were best friends. We had all been having a sneaky drink because Jess’ parents were out of town and her older brother Jason was in charge of the house for the weekend, he wasn’t part of our friend group because he was 20 and in college, but he sometimes would hang out with us. I got really drunk and he ended up driving me home. Before I got out the car he told me that he really liked me. It took me aback because I thought Jason was 100% straight. Like legitimately never would have guessed he was into guys at all, besides playing sports with them.

So anyway the next day, I couldn’t actually remember what he’d said and I thought he told me that, but at the same time wasn’t sure if I had imagined it or something. Later in the day he text me and told me he wanted to go for a drive in the car so we could talk, so I figured he actually did say what I thought he did. So we drove and talked for a while and he said that we could see each other, but it had to be in secret until he had the confidence to tell people he was gay. I had only recently came out and understood how scary it was and so I went along with the idea.

So for like 6 months, at any given opportunity, we would meet each other. It was exciting. But after a while I got tired of waiting for him. Things were getting serious and he didn’t want to tell anyone. I felt like I needed to speak to someone about it, it was taking a toll on me too and so I decided that it would be safe to tell my cousin Heather what was going on because she wouldn’t tell anyone.

Of course, I was wrong. Within a few hours she had told his sister Jess and the whole friend group knew. Jess confronted Jason about it and he flat-out denied the whole thing. Everyone believed his story - he was so heterosexual-acting that it had to be me that was lying.

The whole group, including Jason, confronted me about it together and Jason punched me in the face when I tried to tell them all my side of the story. What he then said was that it was obvious I was lying because him and Natalie (another girl in the friend group) had been seeing each other for the last few months and so it couldn’t be true. That literally broke my heart. He’d been seeing her at the same time.

He is now married to Natalie and they have 3 kids together. I’ve never spoke to my cousin or any of them again.

When I rediscovered “You Oughta Know” around the time of the break up, it spoke to me in ways no song has ever spoke to me before. It was the exact embodiment of everything I felt, everything I wanted to say. It was like therapy for me. Alanis’ lyrics helped me in ways I cannot even explain and I’m so grateful this song exists.

Sorry for the insanely long story...

[redacted statement]

31 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

Cute story, luv. But why would you cringe at the thought of it if he's that gorgeous anyway 

Did you realize that he wasn't cute afterall 

No, he was genuinely cute. I just think my behavior was embarrassing and that of a 12 year old tween girl. 

[Midnight]

29 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

Who. is. Gabriel.

One of my menses from the past 

[Roxxy]

36 minutes ago, Geralt_of_Rivia said:

2 years ago I was in a very bad place mentally the whole summer. I isolated myself and took night shift after night shift which messed up my metabolism. I was in a relationship with this sweet girl who was the best but struggled very much with my behaviour at the time. Things got worse one day after I had watched Forest Gump. I got drunk and had a breakdown because of all things that had accumulated.

That night I also had to face my sexuality. Well I didn't have to but my mind chose the moment to do that. I had tried stuff with guys before that but was in the stage of denial that I was only straight. I felt horrible for not having told my girlfriend at the time and I chose not to tell her so we broke up. 

That's when I decided I'd end my life. That I was worthless. This song represents that moment of my life. I listened to it for hours on end. 

I'm glad your life didn't end that day and you're here with us now, Geralt.  Not everyone is cut out to handle troubled men. Lucky for you, I am.