Suicide/Teenage Angst Songs

Here's one:

Elton John's Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Artist : Placebo
Album: Assorted Songs without album
Song : Teenage Angst

Shine the headlight,
straight into my eyes.
Like the roadkill,
I'm paralysed.
You see through my disguise At the drive-in,
double feature,
pull the lever,
break the fever and say your last goodbyes.
Since I was born I started to decay.
Now nothing ever ever goes my way One fluid gesture,
like stepping back in time.
Trapped in amber, petrified.
And still not satisfied Airs and social graces,
elocution so divine.
I'll stick to my needle,
and my favourite waste of time,
both spineless and sublime.
Since I was born I started to decay.
Now nothing ever - ever goes my way.

AT SEVENTEEN
(Janis Ian)
Album: Between the Lines


I LEARNED THE TRUTH AT SEVENTEEN
THAT LOVE WAS MEANT FOR BEAUTY QUEENS
AND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WITH CLEAR SKINNED SMILES
WHO MARRIED YOUNG AND THEN RETIRED
THE VALENTINES I NEVER KNEW
THE FRIDAY NIGHT CHARADES OF YOUTH
WERE SPENT ON ONE MORE BEAUTIFUL
AT SEVENTEEN I LEARNED THE TRUTH

AND THOSE OF US WITH RAVAGED FACES
LACKING IN THE SOCIAL GRACES
DESPERATELY REMAINED AT HOME
INVENTING LOVERS ON THE PHONE
WHO CALLED TO SAY - COME DANCE WITH ME
AND MURMURED VAGUE OBSCENITIES
IT ISN'T ALL IT SEEMS AT SEVENTEEN

A BROWN EYED GIRL IN HAND ME DOWNS
WHOSE NAME I NEVER COULD PRONOUNCE
SAID - PITY PLEASE THE ONES WHO SERVE
THEY ONLY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE
THE RICH RELATIONED HOMETOWN QUEEN
MARRIES INTO WHAT SHE NEEDS
WITH A GUARANTEE OF COMPANY
AND HAVEN FOR THE ELDERLY

SO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WIN THE GAME
LOSE THE LOVE THEY SOUGHT TO GAIN
IN DEBENTURES OF QUALITY AND DUBIOUS INTEGRITY
THEIR SMALL-TOWN EYES WILL GAPE AT YOU
IN DULL SURPRISE WHEN PAYMENT DUE
EXCEEDS ACCOUNTS RECEIVED AT SEVENTEEN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

TO THOSE OF US WHO KNEW THE PAIN
OF VALENTINES THAT NEVER CAME
AND THOSE WHOSE NAMES WERE NEVER CALLED
WHEN CHOOSING SIDES FOR BASKETBALL
IT WAS LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
THE WORLD WAS YOUNGER THAN TODAY
WHEN DREAMS WERE ALL THEY GAVE FOR FREE
TO UGLY DUCKLING GIRLS LIKE ME

WE ALL PLAY THE GAME, AND WHEN WE DARE
WE CHEAT OURSELVES AT SOLITAIRE
INVENTING LOVERS ON THE PHONE
REPENTING OTHER LIVES UNKNOWN
THAT CALL AND SAY - COME ON, DANCE WITH ME
AND MURMUR VAGUE OBSCENITIES
AT UGLY GIRLS LIKE ME, AT SEVENTEEN

Arms Around My Life
(Janis Ian)

ALL THOSE BROKEN PROMISES
ALL THOSE SHATTERED DREAMS
ALL THIS ACHE AND LONELINESS
THAT HIDES INSIDE OF ME
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG
I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO FEEL SOMEBODY'S ARMS AROUND MY LIFE

ALL THIS LONGING
ALL THIS YEARNING
ALL THIS HOPELESS
TWISTING AND TURNING
I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG
I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO FEEL SOMEBODY'S ARMS AROUND MY LIFE

I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE
UNDERNEATH THE STARS
AND WHEN YOU FINALLY FIND ME
I'LL KNOW WHO YOU ARE
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
HAVEN'T I THE RIGHT
TO FEEL SOMEBODY'S ARMS AROUND MY LIFE

ALL THE BROKEN PROMISES
ALL THE SHATTERED DREAMS
ALL THIS ACHING LONELINESS
WILL FINALLY BE SET FREE
I HAVE WAITED FOR SO LONG
TO REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO FEEL SOMEBODY'S ARMS AROUND MY LIFE

Childhood Hero
(Janis Ian)

I can't believe so much could go so wrong
It seems like every door is closed to me
I wake every morning resolved to be strong
I tell myself I keep good company

I can't believe that this is my life
There's always been someone to shelter me
Now I'm out there on the streets without a knife
being told I'm ancient history

The doors that close once opened wide
I try to take it all in stride
and hold my head up to the sky
But now they slam right in my face
with unseen hands that can't be traced
and leave a bruise that even you cannot erase

They say that art's become an industry
and that I've been away too long this time
They say I've taken too much liberty
Well what kind of punishment fits that crime?

They say success came much too fast
I never learned to suffer or to beg
Just look at the bruises I've amassed
I've paid my dues now - can we start again

The doors that close once opened wide
I try to take it all in stride
and think of better times gone by
But I've heard everyone's excuse
It's no longer any use

I might have been your childhood hero
I might have been your native son
but I was grounded close to zero
Now that rocket ride is done

And if I never reach Orion
And if I never fly that far
Still, there's no harm in trying
to go walking on a star

DANCE WITH ME
(Janis Ian)

WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER
I WENT DANCING IN THE STREETS
WITH THE CORPSE OF MY DEAD BROTHER
TO THE SACRIFICIAL BEAT
AND THE BOY SCOUTS AND THE LEGIONNAIRES
CAME HOME FROM OVERSEAS
SINGING "GLORY HALLELUJAH"
TO THE SWANK GESTAPO BEAT

HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
I NEVER SEEN
IN THE WHOLE OF MY LIFE
AN INTELLIGENT SACRIFICE
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
GIVE ME A REASON
TO GO ON BELIEVING
AND I'M READY TO PAY THE PRICE

I HEARD OF A PLAN
IN THE PRESIDENT'S MANSION
HIGH UP IN THE SKY
AND IT CALLED FOR A SACRIFICE
AND MY BROTHER PAID THE PRICE
SENT HIM HOME IN A BAG
THE AMERICAN FLAG
WAS DRAPED AROUND THE BOX
AND THE COFFIN LID WAS LOCKED
AND THE NOTE SAID "THANKS A LOT"

COME AND DANCE WITH ME
COME AND DANCE WITH ME
I'M HOME FROM OVERSEAS
I'M A CORPSE UP TO MY KNEES
CELEBRATE THE VICTORY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DANCE
AND HOLD ME TIGHT
I'M FEELING MOST DISEASED
AND I NEED YOUR COMPANY
COME AND DANCE, COME AND DANCE

COME AND DANCE, COME AND DANCE
I'M HOME FROM OVERSEAS
AND I NEED YOUR COMPANY
CELEBRATE THE VICTORY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DANCE
AND HOLD ME TIGHT
I'M FEELING MOST DISEASED
BUT I'M EASIER TO PLEASE
COME AND DANCE, COME AND DANCE

SAVE SOMEBODY
(Janis Ian/Jimmy Collins)

IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
IS THE BEAT OF A SOUL
AND IT STARES OUT THE WINDOW
AS THE CARS COME AND GO
AND IT HUNGERS FOR HEROES
AND IT DREAMS OF OPEN SKIES
AND THERE'S NO EXPECTATION
THAT THE SUN WILL RISE
YOU BETTER SAVE SOMEBODY
SAVE SOMEBODY
BEFORE THE MOMENT SLIPS AWAY
YOU BETTER SAVE SOMEBODY
WHO'LL BE LONELY
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY

THERE'S A CRACK IN THE HEAVENS
AND A TEAR IN THE SKY
IT CUTS THROUGH THE SHADOWS
LIVING IN HER EYES
AND THE GATES OF THE CITY
ARE CLOSED UNTIL DAWN
WHEN THE GHOSTS OF MIDNIGHT
HAVE COME AND GONE
AND THE HEARTS OF THE WEARY CARRY ON

YOU BETTER SAVE SOMEBODY
SAVE SOMEBODY
BEFORE THE MOMENT SLIPS AWAY
YOU BETTER SAVE SOMEBODY
WHO'LL BE LONELY
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY

AND I'M THINKING OF YOUR SILENCE
HOW THE MEMORY LINGERS ON
AND I WONDER DO YOU MISS ME
NOW THAT I AM GONE
NOW THAT I AM GONE

YOU BETTER SAVE SOMEBODY
SAVE SOMEBODY
BEFORE THE MOMENT SLIPS AWAY
YOU BETTER SAVE SOMEBODY
WHO'LL BE LONELY
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY

Society's Child
(Janis Ian)

COME TO MY DOOR, BABY
FACE IS CLEAN AND SHINING BLACK AS NIGHT
MY MAMA WENT TO ANSWER
YOU KNOW THAT YOU LOOKED SO FINE
NOW I COULD UNDERSTAND THE TEARS & THE SHAME
SHE CALLED YOU BOY INSTEAD OF YOUR NAME
WHEN SHE WOULDN'T LET YOU INSIDE
WHEN SHE TURNED AND SAID
"BUT HONEY, HE'S NOT OUR KIND"

SHE SAYS I CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE, BABY
CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE

WALK ME DOWN TO SCHOOL, BABY
EVERYBODY'S ACTING DEAF AND BLIND
UNTIL THEY TURN AND SAY
"WHY DON'T YOU STICK TO YOUR OWN KIND"
MY TEACHERS ALL LAUGH, THEIR SMIRKING STARES
CUTTING DEEP DOWN IN OUR AFFAIRS
PREACHERS OF EQUALITY
THINK THEY BELIEVE IT
THEN WHY WON'T THEY JUST LET US BE?

THEY SAY I CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE, BABY
CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE

ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GONNA STOP MY LISTENING
GONNA RAISE MY HEAD UP HIGH
ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GONNA RAISE UP
MY GLISTENING WINGS AND FLY
BUT THAT DAY WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A WHILE
BABY, I'M ONLY SOCIETY'S CHILD
WHEN WE'RE OLDER, THINGS MAY CHANGE
BUT FOR NOW THIS IS THE WAY THEY MUST REMAIN

I SAY I CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE, BABY
CAN'T SEE YOU ANY MORE
NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU ANY MORE
BABY

THIS NIGHT
(Janis Ian)

HERE I AM DRESSED FOR THE BALL
DOES HE STILL LIKE ME, WILL HE CALL?
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
WILL HE REMEMBER MY NAME?
I'VE WRITTEN HIS ALL OVER THE SKY
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
I'M GONNA MAKE HIM MINE

AND THE LIGHTS WILL GO SWIRLING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
AND THE BELLS WILL RING ON HIGH
AND I'LL LAUGH UNTIL I CRY THE NIGHT AWAY
THIS NIGHT WILL BE MINE FOREVER NOW
'CAUSE FOREVER IS HIS NAME
AND THE LIGHTS WILL KEEP SWIRLING
AND BURNING UP THE DAY
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT

HERE I AM DANCING AT LAST
HOLDING MY OWN EVEN WHEN THE BAND PLAYS FAST
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
WHAT IF THE BAND PLAYS TOO SLOW?
WILL HE FORGET ME AND LEAVE ME STRANDED
HOW DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW FAR TO GO?

CHORUS

HERE I AM READY FOR BED
DO I LOOK PRETTY OR JUST WELL-FED?
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
WHAT IF I LOOK LIKE A FOOL
MAYBE I JUST BETTER WAIT AND SEE
WHAT'S HE GONNA DO
OR MAYBE HE'S SCARED, TOO

AND THE LIGHTS WILL GO SWIRLING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
AND THE BELLS WILL RING ON HIGH
AND I'LL LAUGH UNTIL I CRY THE NIGHT AWAY
THIS NIGHT WILL BE MINE FOREVER NOW
'CAUSE FOREVER IS HIS NAME
AND THE LIGHTS WILL KEEP SWIRLING
AND BURNING UP THE DAY
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT

Nervous
(Janis Ian)

i was walking down the street
when I spied cnn
in the window of a bar
and I thought here we go again
so I stood there in the crowd
and I watched the world go by
while everyone around me
kept on glancing at the sky
I was nervous

so I went back to my house
and I got down on my knees
it was quiet as a mouse
when he spots a chunk of cheese
I said lord won't you help me
cause I cannot see the light
then I thought about the bomb
and I shut the curtains tight
I been nervous

i been nervous about love
should I go or should I wait
if I tell you that I want you
will you say I came too late
I'm nervous that my nerves
aren't ready for my fate
I'm worried that my worrying
is too much and too late

I am nervous about time
does it start or does it end
if we mess up evolution
do we get to try again
and if I was a potato
could I see you in the dark
underground where I'll be
if they light the final spark
I'm really nervous

I'm nervous for the president
and for the fbi
I'm nervous for the government
and I don't want to fly
I'm nervous 'bout the arabs
when I look up at the sky
and I think I'm being hijacked
when you look me in the eye
I'm really nervous

I'm nervous in the morning
and I'm nervous late at night
and I want to be alone
but I don't want you out of sight
and I don't know what to do
and I don't know where to turn
I just walk around in circles
and I wish I was a germ

cause if I was a germ
I would never be scared
I could hide in a finger
or a little piece of hair
I could give 'em all the clap
I could kill them in their sleep
and they couldn't fight back
and they wouldn't scare me
or make me nervous

I don't want a revolution
I don't want to fight a war
I don't want to think about it
or be nervous any more
so I'm going back to bed
with a dirty magazine
and I'm hoping when I wake up
it'll all have been a dream

if you're feeling nervous
you can come up to my place
we can drink a glass of wine
and pretend we're on a date
or we can sing Kumbaya
by the light of the TV
or we can move to dakota
it's all okay with me
don't be nervous

I think I'll throw a party
for the end of the world
and I'll wear a formal/cocktail dress
and my grandmother's pearls
and we'll talk about the theater
and the movies and pretend
that we never saw a thing
on cnn

it'll be all right
it'll be okay
we will live our lives
and face another day
but until that time
let me say, my dear
that I'm nervous
and I'm very
glad
you're
here

Did I tell you that Janis Ian is the queen of songs about angst and that I absolutely love her poetry and lyrics?

Sorry, I got carried away.

There's lots lots more if you want them.

Teenage Suicide
by Unwritten Law
Album: Unwritten Law

Time's rollin' forward
I'm gettin' bored
Layin' on my back
I'm loozin' track
Shifting patterns
And nothin' matters
'Cause there's no one here
And I've lost my fear
Well I've got no place left to hide
I'm running out of time
Moving slowly
The walls are closing
In on me
I can not see
Appearing fine, well
That's all a lie
'Cause I am not alright
Extinct inside
I'm runnin' out of time
My mother says I'm fine
A teenage suicide
No place to hide
Well I've got no place left to hide
No place to hide
I'm runnin' out of time
No place to hide
Ya, I've got no place left to hide
No place to hide
A teenage suicide

Wow that is a LOT of Janis Ian songs. lol Thanks everyone! These are all great! If you have anymore I would still love to see them. Thank you again to everyone!

Caroline

turn her over
a candle is lit - i see through her
blow it out and
save all her ashes for me
curse me sold her
the poison that runs its course through her
pale white, skin with
strawberry gashes all over, all over
watch me, fault her
you're living like a disaster
she said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes all over
called her over
and asked her if she was improving
she said feels fine
it's wonderful wonderful here
hex me told her
i dreamt of a devil that knew her
pale white skin with
strawberry gashes all over
all over
watch me fault her
you're living like a disaster
she said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes all over
all over
i lay crying
waiting for her voice to say
'some things you lose and some things you just give away'
scold me better
if only id held on tighter
to her pale white skin that
twisted and withered away from,
watch me lose her
its almost like losing myself
give her my soul
and let them take somebody else
get away from me
watch me fault her
you're living like a disaster
she said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes all over. all over me


that was strawberry gashes by jack off jill...if you want any more angsty songs just ask..im loaded with them.

I WANT TO VANISH
Elvis Costello

I want to vanish
This is my fondest wish
To go where I cannot be captured
Laid on a decorated dish
Even in splendor this curious fate
Is more than I care to surrender
Now it's too late

Whether in wonder or indecent haste
You arrange the mirrors and the spools
To snare the rare and precious jewels
That were only made of paste

If you should stumble upon my last remark
I'm crying in the wilderness
I'm trying my best to make it dark
How can I tell you I'm rarer than most
I'm certain as a lost dog
Pondering a sign post

Chorus

I want to vanish
This is my last request
I've given you the awful truth
Now give me my rest

STRANGER THAN KINDNESS
Nick Cave

Stranger than kindness
Bottled light from hotels
Spilling everything
Wet hand from the volcano
Sobers your skin
Stranger than Kindness
You caress yourself
And grind my soft cold bones below
Your map of desire
Burned in your flesh
Even a fool can come
A strange lit stair
And find a rope hanging there
Stranger than kindness
Keys rain like heaven's hair
There is no home there is no bread
We sit at the gate and scratch
The gaunt fruit of passion
Dies in the light
Stranger than kindness
Your sleeping hands journey
The loiter
Stranger than kindness
You hold me so carelessy close
Tell me I'm dirty
Stranger than kindness

DOUBT
The Cure

Stop my flight to fight
And die
And take a stand to change my life
So savage with red desperation
I clench my hands
You draw your claws
A hidden rage consumes my heart
As fuelled by years of wasted time
I close my eyes
And tense myself
And screaming
Throw myself in fury over the edge
And into your blood

Tear at flesh
And rip at skin
And smash at doubt
I have to break you
Fury drives my vicious blows
I see you fall but still I strike you
Again and again
Your body falls
The movement is sharp and clear and pure
And gone
I stop and kneel beside you
Drained of everything but pain

Screaming throw myself in fury
Over the edge and into your blood

Kiss you once and see you writhe
Hold you close and hear you cry
Kiss your eyes and finish your life
Finish your life

Again and again
Your body falls
The movement is sharp and clear and pure
And gone
I stop and kneel beside you
Knowing I'll murder you again tonight

HEART AND SOUL
Joy Division

Instants that can still betray us
A journey that leads to the sun
Soulless and bent on destruction
Struggle between right and wrong
You take my place in the show-down
I'll observe with a pitiful eye
And humble ask for forgiveness
A request well beyond you and I
Heart and soul, one will burn

An abyss that lasted creation
A circus complete with all fools
Foundations that lasted the ages
Then ripped apart at their roots
Beyond all this good the terror
The grip of a mercenary hand
When savagery returns
for good reason
There's no turning back the last stand
Heart and soul, one will burn

Existence-well what does it matter
I exist on the best terms I can
The past is now part of my future
The present is well out of hand
Heart and soul, one will burn
One will burn, one will burn
Heart and Soul, one will burn

24 HOURS
The Swans (as Skin)

24 hours, split three ways.
Because you bought one third, you own everything.
Shut off the possibility, and wipe out the imagination.
Now the world stands still.
I'll take it with me to my grave.
Wrap your hands around my neck.
Now choke me slowly, but I won't die.
I know one thing, and one thing only: you are what you learn to need.
I'll surround myself with things that look like me.
I'll take them with me to my grave.