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- SILVERCHAIR
The official site, announcing the new album, "Young Modern." - Silverchair on Wikipedia
Silverchair is an Australian rock band. The group has had more top twenty hits in Australian charts during the last decade than any other local artist and they have sold over six million albums worldwide. - Daniel Johns on Wikipedia
The lead singer of Silverchair, Daniel Johns admitted to struggling with anorexia in the Australian edition of Rolling Stone Magazine. - Celebrities with Eating Disorders - List and Pics
Daniel Johns listed among other eating disordered celebrities. Brief bios and pics.
Silverchair - Ana's Song
Please die, Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
and sharpened nails seem softer
And I need you now, somehow
And I need you now, somehow
Open fire
On my needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire
On my knees desires
What I need from you
Imagine pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker
Sandpaper tears corrode the film
And I need you now, somehow
And I need you now, somehow
Open fire
On my needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire
On my knees desires
What I need from you
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life
Open fire
On the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire
On my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire
On the needs designed
Open fire
On my knees desires
On my knees for you
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- alanis morissette
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Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized[1] American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She ranks among the top selling recording artists in history, largely thanks to her multi-mil - Celebrities with Eating Disorders - List and Pics
Listed among countless other eating disordered celebrities. Brief bios and pics.
Alanis Morissette - Mary Jane
What's the matter Mary Jane, you had a hard day
As you place the don't disturb sign on the door
You lost your place in line again, what a pity
You never seem to want to dance anymore
It's a long way down
On this roller coaster
The last chance streetcar
Went off the track
And you're on it
I hear you're counting sheep again Mary Jane
What's the point of trying to dream anymore
I hear you're losing weight again Mary Jane
Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for
Well it's full speed baby
In the wrong direction
There's a few more bruises
If that's the way
You insist on heading
Please be honest Mary Jane
Are you happy
Please don't censor your tears
You're the sweet crusader
And you're on your way
You're the last great innocent
And that's why I love you
So take this moment Mary Jane and be selfish
Worry not about the cars that go by
All that matters Mary Jane is your freedom
Keep warm my dear, keep dry
Tell me
Tell me
What's the matter Mary Jane
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- Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as "The Manics") are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. They are known for their intelligent and often political ly
Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb
Spoken: "I eat too much to live and not enough to stay alive. I'm just sitting in the middle, waiting."
Days since I last pissed
Cheeks sunken and despaired
So gorgeous sunk to six stone
Lose my only remaining home
See my third rib appear
A week later all my flesh disappear
Stretching taut, cling-film on bone
I'm getting better
Karen says I've reached my target weight
Kate and Emma and Kristin know it's fake
Problem is diet's not a big enough word
I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view
I want to walk in the snow
And not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
And not soil its purity
Stomach collapsed at five
Lift up my skirt my sex is gone
Naked and lovely and 5st. 2
May I bud and never flower
My vision's getting blurred
But I can see my ribs and I feel fine
My hands are trembling stalks
And I can feel my breasts are sinking
Mother tries to choke me with roast beef
And sits savouring her sole Ryvitta
That's the way you're built my father said
But I can change, my cocoon shedding
I want to walk in the snow
And not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
And not soil its purity
Kate and Kristin and Kit Kat
All things I like looking at
Too weak to fuss, too weak to die
Choice is skeletal in everybody's life
I choose, my choice, I starve to frenzy
Hunger soon passes and sickness soon tires
Legs bend, stockinged I am Twiggy
And I don't mind the horror that surrounds me
Self-worth scatters, self esteem's a bore
I long since moved to a higher plateau
This discipline's so rare so please applaud
Just look at the fat scum who pamper me so
Yeah 4st. 7, an epilogue of youth
Such beautiful dignity in self-abuse
I've finally come to understand life
Through staring blankly at my navel.
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- FILTER
The official site. - Filter on Wikipedia
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 by Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang.
Filter - Skinny
So here you are in your small little world
Kept up like a little precious virgin girl
To hear 'bout your grace and your silly face
Wrapped up like a knot in a ball of shoelace
And everytime I talk to you
It sounds like you're caught in a psychological flu
Don't ever let them see you cheat
Don't Ever let them see you bleed
Don't Ever let them shake your hand
Don't ever let them believe that scam
Skinny
And it will make you cry
Skinny
And it will make you lie
Skinny
And if it makes you soft inside
Skinny
At least you will not die
And if you take a good look at them
All caught up in their graciousless win
Every sin is their seamless smile
Will go on for a countless while
And just because they think they won
It just means that the shit has just begun
Don't ever let them see you cheat
Don't ever let them see you beat
Don't ever let them shake your hand
Don't ever let them believe that scam
Skinny
And it will make you cry
Skinny
And it will make you lie
Skinny
And if it makes you soft inside
Skinny
At least you will not die
Yeah, skinny, skinny, huh
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- Saves the Day
Official Site - Saves the Day on Wikipedia
Saves The Day originally performed in the New Jersey area under the name Sefler as a five-piece band. The name change came sometime around late 1997. Of the original lineup, only Chris Conley remains today. - Saves the Day - YouTube Channel
Saves the Day - Cars and Calories
Her life was magazines
And faithful TV screens
Selling an empty dream
Of cars and calories
Everything in between
The sun and Saturn's ring
The price tag can't be seen
And it took bites
Out of her insides
'Till she was just a hollow shell
Grew up in east LA
Watching celebrities
Living out all of her dreams.
The plastic canopy
Of US royalty
Drew her gaze towards the sky
Away from her own mind
And it took bites
Out of her insides
'Till she was just a hollow shell
And at her home her mother cried
Cause daddy had something on the side
They didn't look up when she sighed
When August came around
Bathing suits on the ground
Replaced by a cotton cloak
To see her own reflection
Was like squinting in the sun
And when all tomorrow brings
Is a set of broken wings
Well it takes bites
Out of your insides,
'Till you are just a hollow shell
And it took bites
Out of her insides
'Till she was just a hollow shell
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Courage by superchick
paperbag fiona apple
are also really good!!
Sophie by Eleanor McEvoy is an amazing ED song.
Some more songs 'bout EDs:
'Feed me' -Juliana Hatfield
'Starving for attention' -Geri Karlstrom
'Beauty from pain' -Courage
'Supermodel' -Jill Sobule
'Lucy at the gym' -Jill Sobule
'Coffee and Cigarettes' -Augustana
skeleton song by kate nash reminds me of my ed.
Blood Red Bracelet by Corinna Fugate is also very good. :)
"Perfect" by Alanis Morissette is a good one too.
Oh yeah and also "Lua" and "Laura Laurent" By Bright Eyes are two of my favorite songs ever, can't believe I forgot about them.
Unfortunately I have no idea were to download most of them, but I have afew. Personally, one of my favourite songs is "Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple. :)
Breath Me by Sia is amazing!
Anorexic Beauty - Pulp
Big isnt Beautiful - King Adora
skin and bones - marianas trench
feeling small - marianas trench
Download them from Limewire
beautiful - christina aguilera
beautiful - bethany dillon
I'm Not Okay - My Chemical Romance
My chemical romance - this is how i disapear
HA! It's funny when people assoiciate My Chemical Romance with EDs cause they have nothing to do with them! i realy love "Tonight and the rest of my life" by Nina Gordon.
Courage- Superchick.
Maria Mena - Just A Little Bit
Beautiful - Joydrop
Someone i once knew - dead celebrity status >>> thats a great one!
Anorexia - Fakebestfriend
Superchick - Stand in the rain
Good luck
x
Eleanor McEvoy - Sophie
Lisa Loeb - She's Falling Apart
Geri - Starving for Atten
Katie by Missy Higgins is a really good song about anorexia
Great Hub !!!!!
Waltz Moore By From First To Last
She's falling apart by Lisa Loeb is amazin.
But also Sophie by Elanor McEvoy is the most amazing and emotional song you will ever hear. honestly.
Know any Binge Eating Disorder songs?
Cky- dressed in decay
neely o'hara - bright eyes is probobly the best one i've heard...
Dear Friend - Stacie OrricoEnjoy x
also staind-outside (bulimia)
In Too Deep by Sum 41
angel--sarah mclaughlin (let me be empty. . .)
courage by superchick is a really good one too
Jenny You're Barely Alive - Rilo Kiley
The name thing always gets me. It's great.
Binge and purge- Luna chicks
Curse of curves- Cute is what we aim for
Jennifers body- Hole
Lemon- Katy Rose
Buried myself alive- the used
how about some on bulimia?
pieces - sum 41
does anyone know a song about a guy who's in love with someone with an eating disorder?
LOL! You get more people to talk about eating disorder songs than I can about anything. I suck!
my silent undoing by queen adreena
it's dark and pretty.
Great hub! I like Silverchair and "Ana" reminds me of an old friend who deliberately turned himself into an anorexic in order to be "cool"...
err i used to know heaps.
bulimic - the used
anorexic beauty - pulp
tunic (song for karen) - sonic youth
Big Dreams by Bow Wow
When you've got Big Dreams Keep your Eyes on the prize...
beautiful like me-joydrop
I have a whollle playlist of 233 songs having to do with ED's haha
some of my favs:
lucas carpenter -- "Making Mirrors Extinct"
Barlow Girls--- "Mirror"
The Bravery -- "Tragedy Bound" (not technically ed specific- but I think about my ed everytime I listen to it
Bryn Christopher -- "The Quest" (verrryy metaphorical- LOVE this one
The Calling-- "Stigmatized" is beautiful
Christina Auguilera-- "Walk Away"
Coldplay-- "Talk"
Everclear -- "Normal Like You"
Faces Withour Name-- "Deadly Beauty" (absoultely lovely... makes me so sad)
Foo Fighters-- "Skin and Bones"
The Format-- "I'm ready I am"
The Gossip-- "Standing in the way of control" (I dance to this and vent like crazzzzyy)
Ingrid Michaelson-- "Keep Breathing" ... I listen to this and it makes me cry...
Jon Foreman -- "TheCure For Pain"
Kate Havnevik-- "You Again" and "New Day" and "Timeless" are goodddddd
Kelly Clarkson-- "Addicted" is AMAZINGGG
Landon Pigg-- "Perfectionist" reminds me of my ed... we're often perfectionists... so yeah...
Maria Mena--- "Internal Dialogue" "Long Time Coming" "My Lullaby" "Just a little bit" and "Your glasses" ... she has a lot of great ED songs
Marion Raven-- "Here I am" (AMAZINGGG SONG!!!!!!) - very powerful and also "Gotta Be Kidding"
Nada Surf-- "See These Bones"
Nelly Furtado-- "Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover)" it's acoustic... and is a lot different...
Snow Patrol-- "Open Your Eyes" ... who hasn't felt like this
Superchick-- "Beauty from pain" "courage" "stand in the rain" "get up" "pure"
Susie Suh- "Recognition"
those are a few of my most favorites- ask if you'd like more- my tastes differ :P
"framed" by excuse 17.
This one isn't nessisarily about ed's but I always thought about it whenever I heard it because it's about addiction.
The dutch courage by the spill canvas.
beautiful by bethany dillon is the song that similar with my 4 years long with ana. just exact what i feel...
out of every ED song, fakebestfriend-anorexia is by far the best. its the song that plays if you follow the link.
From First To Last - World War Me
not sure if its about eating disorders or suicide, but i like how to save a life, by the fray,
best song,
filmclip is awesome as too, (:
If you know spanish 90-60-90 by Florencia VillagraSomenone once I knew Anerexia Nerviosa by mother anorexia (this one is a bit scary... i think is heavy metal.)Esta vez by cafe tacubasuper model by superchickSuddlendly by superchickLucky by britney spear (don't know why it reminds me eventhough she doesn't have anything to do with this)
innocent by our lady peace, its such a great song one of my favorites
Hey Susie... can you post all 233 songs?
the trews - ana & mia
sum 41 - in too deepsum 41 - motivation^ these 2 aren't specific but always made me think of that
jackies strength- tori amos
bleed like me- garbage
forgot these two.
Barlow - Walk Away
K's Choice - Not An Addict
posters by jack johnson.absolutely love it.
ok pioneers by bloc party
and while your at it, skeleton by bloc party too
amazingg. in my taste anyway
and paper bag (fiona apple) is an alltime favorite
Avril Lavigne - Anything But Ordinary
Bjork - Pneumonia
Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
Lovehatehero - Hollywoodemia
Mae - The Ocean
Natalie Merchant - My Skin
Nelly Furtado - Crazy (Cover)
No Doubt - Beauty Contest
No Doubt - Magic's In The Make-Up
Pompeii - Numbers
Radiohead - Creep
Smashing Pumpkins - Ugly
well most of my fave ones are already posted. but i would like to add
"american dreamgirl" by joydrop
"who knew" by pink
any ED rock or metal??? please searchig like crazy for some thanks:)
hmm, thanx guys.. i love all these songs.. also there is one song, its like on thinspo.com and all that but i dont think its an ed song.. i think its about the kkks but like only one line in the song makes it sound like the kkks
its Daddy by Jewel
My bones are tired, Daddy I don't get enough sleep I don't eat as good as I should, Daddy What's that say about me? Sometimes I sleep past noon, Daddy Drink lots of black coffee and I smoke like a chimney, Yes, I left the refrigerator door half open, Daddy What's that say about me? Sometimes I want to rip out your throat, Daddy For all those things you said that were mean, Gonna make you just as vulnerable as I was, Daddy What's that say about me? Sometimes I want to bash in your teeth, Daddy Gonna use your tongue as a stamp Gonna rip your heart out the way you did mine, Daddy Go ahead and psycho-analyse that 'Cause I'm your creation, I'm your love Daddy Grew up to be and do all those sick things you said I'd do Well last night I saw you sneak out your window With your white hood, Daddy What's that say about you? I'm sloppy, what's that say about you? I'm messy, what's that say about you?
i have bulimia and I was wondering if there were any songs anyone knows up to relate specifically to this disease?
definitely "numbers" by pompeii, it's written about bulimia
"my problems hide in numbers that leave when i gag and heave.."
My favorite Mia song is Me and Mia by Ted Leo and the Pharmacist
there is also anorexia - flaw
i love anorexic beauty by pulp <3
oh man this forum is making me feel all ana again
argghhhh i think im going to go eat a sandwich quick!
Stop Eating by Cex
i've had an eating disorder for years, and one of the most powerful moments I can remember was when one of my treatment therapist played the song "Piece of Glass" by Cademon's Call...absolutely amazing!
Can’t believe that I did it again Wake me up from this nightmare Cause this monster is wasting me away and taking my days Every day I live a bit less; one night leads to another Even if I went back would they recognize me or criticize me Who are you that lies when you stare in my face Telling me that I’m just a trace of the person I once was Cause I just can't tell if you're telling the truth or a lie On you I just can't rely After all you're just a piece of glass Still I control this nightmare, when I call it answers But I can't tell it when to come, or when to stay Who are you that lies when you stare in my face Telling me that I’m just a trace of the person I once was Cause I just can't tell if you're telling the truth or a lie On you I just can't rely After all you're just a piece of glass Don’t talk, listen Hold me tighter Stay with me just for a while Until the sun shines stay with me Just give me one more day Who are you that lies when you stare in my face Telling me that I’m just a trace of the person I once was Cause we're not the same, you're just a picture of me You’re gone as soon as I leave; you've lived my life for me And you're no more than a piece of glass You're no more than just a piece of glass
also, what a way to wanna be by shania twain
<3
Tonight & The Rest Of My Life- Nina Gordon
4st 7lbs- Manic Street Preachers
Mirror- Barlowgirl
Courage- Superchick
Ana's Song- Silverchair
Lucy At The Gym- Jill Sobule
Skin & Bones- Mariana's Trench
bones by the killers
gone with the sin by HIMits rumoured that the lead singer wrote this song for one of his ex's with anorexia
be like that by 3 doors down
keep holding on by avril
walking on air by kerli
yellow by coldplay
Crazy by Simple Plan
Don't know if this was said, but Never Good Enough by Rachel Ferguson is a good one.
Personally, I think "Control" by Alexisonfire is more so about someone suffering from depression in general, but there are loads of people convinced it's about anorexia. Can't blame them with lyrics like;
"Say that you're in control, you say that you are, [but] I can't think of a time when you've looked less alive"
"Look past the mirror and find, just look past the mirror, that there's something inside, something more to your life"
Hello people..to you all who have know THAT hell on earth..to all of you who simple want to know more about how we feel...for the ones who are still struggling...for the ones who can now look back and wonder how on earth they survived...for the ones who now live in relative peace but the ashes and dust of those days are deeply carved in their hearts...for the ones who where sadly conquered by their demons...
One of my most beloved compositions...fiinally recorded this year, available now just to download but hopefuly will be released as a vinyl next year....
For you all.."hungerstirke" by eLaMoRTe...
http://audiostreet.net/elamortethequestion
peace and good moon....
Pray..pray to be delivered from satan's feast....
Disturbia by Rihanna
chica fresa-amandititita
I don't know or it's a song about ED's but it does reminds me of it every time a listen to it. I'm talking about"you are the moon" by the hush sound. It's just a wonderful song... so dreamy
Hedley - Gunnin' - amazing and soo sad.
Geez... thank you Katharine for this post because I've been searching the title and the band of this song for a year and finally, Hedley it was, and I found it here!! that's great!!
for me, my favorite songs related to how I feel are:
angel, sarah mchlaclan
courage, superchick
mary jane, alanis morissette
let go, frou frou (for some reasons...)
and
Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles (about being lonely)
Two good songs not necessarily having to do with ana but still remind me are: Let Go by Imogen Heap and Smoke by Natalie Imbruglia
Anna Begins - counting crows.
About a man who loves an anorexic.
From first to last - World War me
I know two French songs about eating disorders but.. it's in French
June by Indochine
(about bulimnia mostly)
and
Ficelle by Syrano
(about anorexia)
Uhm well I know of soooo many but the main one is Alanis Morisette(think that is how it is spelt) and its called You live,You learn.
all about learning and if you think about it with anorexia in mind..well there ya go!
uhm anything by katy rose is really good for eating disorders, especially Lemon. some song quotes of hers: "And starving hurts the sould when you're hungry for some love." "soups on hot, feeling like a do or die. i can't throw up i dont think i even wanna' try." "Still my hand won't go to the other side, My boney fingers stay locked here." "i think that we're all starving." "i don't know how i'll eat today, every option's looking gray." "Try not to be so all alone. it's hard to hear my stomach when it groans." and yeah.
My Chemical Romance is my favorite band, but I have to say I don't see even a remote connection with any of their songs and EDs.
Although, I guess you can pretty much read into any song what you want, people color things in with their own perspective, so to speak.
Maria Mena - Eyesore "The ugly naked truth: She starves me of my youth, And I stand alone until You catch on. I swear it's not by choice. But Ana has this voice, And it calms me down, It gives me purpose." AND
"My worth is measured solely According to the scale. I am heavy, but I feel frail."
Maria Mena - Cause and Effect "I can't laugh too hard, I'm on a diet. I'm trying to lose myself, You ought to try it. Just starve for six days straight, Oh, it's a riot. Ev-e-ry Sun-day night. I binge, and I barf, 'cause I carry the Scars of an eight-year-old, Whose mother applied the same rules To her kid's body, As her own."
I have absolutley loaaaaaaaddddddddddsss!.
all of these work for me;
Stand Still look Pretty - The Wreckers. (amazing)
No Good - Kate Voegele
Fallen - Sarah McLachlan
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
Be My Escape - Relient K
Nobody - Amy Studt
Everything's Just Wonderful - Lilly Allen(sarcasm makes me laugh.)
Imaginary - Evanescence
I Can feel you all around me - Flyleaf
No Good - Rachel Ferguson (reeeally good, only girls though.)
Fight The Sky - Gavin Mikhail
Over and Over - Three Days Grace
You Get Me - Michelle Branch
Beautiful Lie - Amy Studt
When She Cries - Britt Nicole (more SH though)
Not Gonna' Get Us - Tatu (if there's 2 of you)
All She Wrote - Ross Copperman
Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink
Last Thing - Diana Anaid (someone with an ED being messed around etc)
Harder Everyday - Ashlee Simpson
Nobody's Home - Avril Lavigne
Numb - Ben Lee
The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls
The Voice Within - Christina Aquilera
One Fne Wire - Colbie Caillat
Older - Colbie Caillat
Falling - Emmy Rossum (i like this one lots too)
Inside Out - Emmy Rossum
Good Enough - Evanescence
I Thought It Was Over - The Feeling (for relapses)
Haunted - Kelly Clarkson
Addicted - Ditto
Hole - Ditto
Anything I'm Not - Lenka (i LOVE this song, it's happy as well :D)
She's Falling Apart - Lisa Loeb (LOVE THIS "pull up the chair to the table, and look at the food on her plate") :D its good.
ummmmmmmmm, ask for more if you want?
xxxxx
Strawberry gashes jack off jill
What’s left of me Nick Lachey
Cause and Effect Maria Mena
Thinspiration Kyle Jo Konnor
Jackie’s Strength Tori Amos
Shadowland Sarah Slean
Pride Robert Palmer
Translucence Broken hope
Break the mould Oi Polloi
Someone I once knew Dead Celebrity Status
She walks over me Hole
Annie’s anorexic The Huntingtons
Hate yourself Solefald
Eyesore Maria Mena
Save you Simple plan
Bones The Killers
Fully alive Flyleaf
Fashion Victim Greenday
Messiah Anorexia Nervosa
Beautiful 3:59 Joydrop
I Would Die For You 4:48 Garbage
Even Angels Fall 3:27 Vanessa Carlton
The Second Day.mp3 3:24 Kendall Payne -
Suddenly 3:36 Superchick
Were Young And Beautiful 3:52 Carrie Underwood
None of your Business 3:33 Salt n Pepper
Limp 3:31 Fiona Apple
Help Me Out God 3:55 Superchick
Barcelona 3:55 Jewel
Miss Popularity Jordan Pruitt
My Beloved Monster 2:13 Eels
Every Body Hurts 5:20 REM
Twilight 4:00 Vanessa Carlton
If I Could Be Like That 4:28 3 Doors Down
Little Miss S. 3:40 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Drop Dead Gorgeous 4:31 Garbage
Fall Down 3:36 Superchick
Silent All These Years 4:11 Tori Amos & Ani Difranco -
Everyone's Beautiful 5:18 Waterdeep
Killing Me Softly (original) 4:45 The carpenters
Ordinary girl 2:31 Clueless Soundtrack
Cars And Calories 2:46 Saves The Day
Another Perfect Day 3:39 American Hi Fi
You Make Me Feel Like A Whore 2:47 Everclear
Crawling In The Dark 2:55 Hoobastank
Bring On The Rain 3:59 Jo Dee Messina
What's Good For Me 4:03 Lucy Woodward
Control 6:03 Poe Haunted
Creep 3:57 Radiohead
Grazed Knees 2:55 Snowpatrol
pure 3:31 Superchick
Things I'll Never Say 3:44 Avril Lavigne
Broken 1:37 Chris Daughtry
Yellow 4:31 Coldplay
With Arms Wide Open 4:35 Creed
Here With Me 4:15 Dido No Angel
Honestly OK 4:39 Dido No Angel
Acoustic #3 1:57 goo goo dolls
I Wish You Were Here 3:34 Incubus
Little Wing 2:21 Jimi Hendrix
Vogue 5:17 Madona
Die For You (Alternate Mix) 3:53 Megan McCauley
Wires 4:08 Athlete
I Love Myself Today 3:30 Bif Naked
A Bitter Song 2:32 Butterfly Boucher
Reflections (Mulan) 3:35 Christina Aguilara
Beautiful World 2:17 Coldplay
Beautiful 4:19 Creed
Waltz Moore 4:08 From First To Last
Celebrity Skin 2:42 Hole
Video 4:14 India Arie
You are beautiful 3:34 James Blunt
Sometimes Wanna Die 3:13 Joydrop
another dumb blond 3:51 legally blonde
Frozen 5:00 Madonna Ray of Light
Born Losers 5:20 Matthew Good
White Lilies Island 4:44 Natalie Imbruglia
Magic's in the Makeup 4:22 No Doubt
Roads 5:05 Portishead
Breathe Me 4:35 Sia
Dear Friend 4:25 Stacie Orrico
Another Word For Desperate 5:20 Straylight Run
Angels with Dirty Faces 2:23 Sum 41
Beautiful Love 4:07 The Afters
Angelina 3:27 Billy Bob Thorton
Ugly 3:19 The Exies
Medication 4:08 Garbage Version 2.0
Black Balloon 4:09 Goo Goo Dolls
Drive 3:53 Incubus
Black Dress 3:21 Kisschasy
Suddenly I See 3:22 KT Tunstall
Ordinary 2:28 Lucky Boys Confusion
Razor 2:51 New Years Day
Made to Heal 3:47 Our Lady Peace
Hold On 5:19 Sarah McLaughlin
Vulnerable 3:22 Secondhand Serenade
Your Call 17:01 Secondhand Serenade
pieces 3:02 sum 41
Sugar 2:34 System of a Down
Unpretty 4:38 TLC
Eversleeping Xandria
If You Could Only See 4:24 Tonic
stray light run_x 3:23 Good Times Gonna Come
Sometimes 4:07 Ash
Bittersweet-Bittersweet Faith 4:20 Bitter Sweet
All These Things I Hate 3:46 Bullet For My Valentine
Rainy Days And Mondays 3:36 Carpenters
Pretty 2:16 The Cranberries
Beautiful Obscene 3:41 Diana Anaid
Life Styles Of The Rich And Famous 3:11 Good Charlotte
Perfect Day 3:30 Hoku
Ugly like Me 5:42 Limp Bizkit & Stained
Break You 3:13 Marion Raven
Tonight And The Rest Of My Life 5:14 Nina Gordon
My Sweet Prince 5:47 Placebo
Liquid Courage 3:27 Pretty Girls Make Graves
Awake 4:03 Secondhand Serenade
Ugly 3:50 Sugarbabes
Hunger Strike 4:06 Temple Of The Dog
Uninvited 4:36 Alanis Morissette
God Send Me An Angel 3:40 Amanda Perez
If I Fall 3:56 Amber Pacific
Joyful Girl 6:17 ani difranco
Plays Pretty For Baby 2:08 Anthony Green
What You Are 4:09 Audioslave
Miss Otis Regrets 2:35
Ugly Side 4:24 Blue October
Lua 4:29 Bright Eyes
Laura Laurent Bright Eyes
The beauty in ugly (ugly betty) Jason Mraz
Breathe For Me 4:06 Deadstar Assembly
Ashes 4:26 Embrace Out Of Nothing
Fast As You Can 4:40 Fiona Apple
Even When I'm Sleeping 4:35 John Farnham
Exceptional 3:44 JoJo
Breathing By Wires 3:51 The Juliana Theory
Makes Me Wonder 3:31 Maroon 5
Into Dust 5:37 Mazzy Star
When You Come Back Down 3:50 Nickel Creek
We Are Broken 3:38 Paramore
Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous 4:48 PlayRadioPlay!
Little Wonders 3:27 Rob Thomas
beauty in the breakdown 3:01 the scene aesthetic
Broken 4:19 Seether feat. Amy Lee
Today 3:20 Smashing Pumpkins
Perfect Grave 3:11 Social Code
Restless Heart 2:02 Starsailor
Free Falling 4:09 Tom Petty
Hold Me Down 7:00 Tommy Lee
As Ugly as I Seem 2:17 The White Stripes
In The Waiting Line 4:32 Zero 7
A Beautiful Lie 4:03 30 Seconds To Mars
alan jackson - She Don't Know She's Beautiful
The Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Smiths - Asleep
100 stories 3:45 Alkaline Trio
Queen of Pain 3:58 Alkaline Trio
Forever 2:54 Angelina
beautiful mistake 3:11 The Ataris
God Loves Ugly 3:50 Atmosphere
The End's Not Near 3:44 Band of Horses
Everything Burns 3:43 Ben Moody
Broken & Ugly 3:34 Beth Hart
Beautiful Liar 3:29 Beyonce ft Shakira
Wanderlust 5:51 Bjork Volta
Come in Closer 5:28 Blue October
Stronger 3:23 Britney Spears Oops I Did It Again
Distant Voices 6:40 Bush Razorblade Suitcase
Stigmatized 4:28 The Calling
So Small 3:52 Carrie Underwood
Broken Like an Angel 4:23 Cold Play
Beautiful 4:05 Eisley
All By Myself 4:57 Eric Carmen
All the Pretty Ones 3:30 The Exies
What You Deserve 3:08 The Exies
The First Taste 4:47 Fiona Apple
Ugly Girl 3:48 Fiona Apple
Broken Wings 4:00 Flyleaf
Let Go 4:14 Frou Frou
City Of Angels 3:47 GooGoo Dolls
Beautiful Blue 4:07 Holly McNarland
Nothing Nowhere 3:20 Jakalope
Your Song 3:34 Jamison Parke
Anorexia 3:50 Jeffree Star
Beautiful Soul 3:57 jesse mcartney
Skin And Bones 3:17 Jet Shine On
She's Perfect 4:09 Jimmy eat world
Skinny Legs and All 3:07 Joe Tex
Beautiful In My Eyes 4:09 Joshua Kadison
Feed Me 3:12 Juliana Hatfield
I Don't Like Mondays 4:19 The Boomtown Rats
first song-hipbones and microphones by cute is what we aim for
Angels and Airwaves: The Adventure
Missy Higgins: Casualty
Matt Nathonson: Little Victoria
Neko Case: Hold on Hold on
Matchbox 20: bed of lies
Sheryl Crowe: I shall believe
Silverchair: Straight Lines
World war Me From first to last
Without you David Bowie
The Fear-Lily Allen
Kinda punk and kinda funny, but so true...
II by alive in wild paint --this is from the guys point of view as he sees the girl
and i know this song isnt about eds but one part reminds me every time i hear it. its chelsea hotel no. 2 by leonard cohen or you may like the regina spektor version better. the part is:
"And clenching your fist for the ones like uswho are oppressed by the figures of beauty,you fixed yourself, you said, 'Well never mind,we are ugly but we have the music.'"
I've Been Eating For You - The Bright Eyes.
Half these songs have nothing to do with ED. Strawberry Gashes? That's about Self Harm. Not Gunna Get Us, is about the reationship between those two girls. Fully Alive and Broken, no. I'm sorry. I just don't want you guys to be lead on the wrong way.
Fully Alive is about getting saved and finding Jesus, so that is SO wrong. Flyleaf is a Christian band
Binge and Purge by Lunachicks
du löst dich auf by fotos.its a german song, really good actually
"Someone I once knew" by Dead Celebrity Status
You want a gritty, killer song about an eating disorder?
Schoolyard Heroes - Battlestar Anorexia
Sick of it All by The Distillers. Also Hall of Mirrors by them, if you read the lyrics in the right way it can be about beating an eating disorder; eg 'meat petals bloom in a bone garden'
"My Sweet Prince" by Placebo is about heroin, not ED.
Sonic Youth - Tunic (Song For Karen)
Alexisonfire - Control
Alexisonfire - To a Friend
if you are not into this type of music you should at least check out the lyrics. I think the second one is just about any type of inner battle.
skin and bones by marianas trench
LIFEHOUSE:
1) hanging by a moment
2) sick cycle carousel
3) trying
4) only one
5) simon
6) everything
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL:
Hope this helps!!! There's a lot of VARIETY here!!! *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
AQUALUNG:
1) easier to lie 2) another little hole
AZURE RAY:
1) no signs of pain 2) look to me 3) rise
BETH ORTON:
1) ooh child 2) wild world
CARY BROTHERS: loneliest girl in the world
LIFEHOUSE:
1) hanging by a moment 2) sick cycle carousel 3) trying 4) only one 5) simon 6) everything
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL:
1) ghost of a good thing 2) carve your heart 3) so beautiful 4) standard lines 5) places you have come to fear the most
SILVERCHAIR:
1) ana's song 2) suicidal dreams
ASHTRAY HEARTS:
1) perfect halves 2) on the wires 3) rules
THE CALLING: stigmatized
THE WEEPIES: world spins madly on
VANILLA SKY: distance
TORI AMOS:
1) cornflake girl 2) a sorta fairytale
TIMBALAND: apologize
THIRTEEN SENSES: thru the glass
ALANIS MORISETTE:
1) mary jane 2) perfect
VANESSA CARLTON: twilight
TONIC: if you could only see
ANI DIFRANCO: 32 flavors
FIONNA APPLE: plastic bag
CAT POWER: wonderwall
KEREN ANN: suicide is painless
LISA LOEB:
1) stay 2) lucy at the gym
MARIA MENA: just a little bit
feel free to email me @ EdieIllustration@me.com for tips/thinspirationstay strong xoxo - edie (e.d.)
maybe u could try Gary Jules - Mad world and Falling Awake.. its more about the inner world and feelings
Paper Bag is by FAR the best song. I urge anyone who hasn't heard it to check it out. Anyone who has anorexia/ bulimia will be able to completely relate to the chorus; we've all been in that position.
-Breathe Me : Sia
-My Skin : Natalie Merchant
-She's Falling Apart : Lisa Loeb
-Sophie : Eleanor McEvoy
..are some of my favourites
some i havent seen above i think? not all about ED i think but they all make me think of my ed soo.. )du bist schon - lafee .. (its about bulimia in german)pro ana partyslamma - kitty on the catwalk .. (i actually find this song funny..)
skin - adema ( more about self-harm but it also can relate to an ED i think )Weightless - dear maria
Ana free - It's TimeAndrew landon - Addicted / She looked like death ( also not really about an ED but it always makes me think of my ED so )bright eyes - neely 'o haracold war kids - hospital beds
cute is what we aim for - There's A Class For This
death cab for cutie - The Sound of SettlingThe Terrible Secret - EmeryFilter - SkinnyFrom First to Last - Failure By Designer Jeans
Hot hot heat - Bandages (more about self-harm but okey )the huntingtons - Lucie's about to lose her mindJill Sobule - Supermodel
Jim bakkum - ana (if you're dutch... )KT Tunstall - heal overMerril Bainbridge - state of mind
Missy higgins - hold me tight
Muse - time is running outNatalie Merchant - My skin
Placebo - Protect Me From What I Wantplus 44 - When Your Heart Stops BeatingPolaroid - So Damn BeautifulThe Rocket summer - Movie Stars and Super ModelsAnimal I have Become - Three days GraceThe trews - ana & mia
Apulanta: Poistuisitko mun elämästäni
I don't know if you guys are interested in songs that aren't in English. But this is a Finnish one that has helped me a lot in my recovery process from ana. It's not an ED specific song but it's really powerful, full of anger. It is just what I'd like to say to my ED. Here's a translation of the song:
What, oh what went into me back then? What, what, what did I see in you? Why do you eek and squeak like a rat? I'd like to bite your face off!
Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face? Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face?
What, what did you put into my coffee? I feel so sick. Can't you see you get up my nose? Baby, baby you're hopeless!
Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face? Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face?
Out of my life, your ugly face, out of my life, you and all your friends!
C-c-could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face? Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face?
Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your ugly face? Could you get out of my life? Could you take away your rotten smell?
Out of my life, your ugly face, out of my life, you and all your friends!
To people going "THIS AND THAT SONG ISN'T ABOUT EATING DISORDERS BLAHBLAH!"
The beauty of music and lyrics is that you can interpret them any way you like, a certain song can relate to what you're feeling at whatever point in your life, doesn't matter what the songwriter was actually writing about.
It's poetry, it's art, it should be interpreted by each individual:/
Eyesore -Maria mena
The ugly naked truth:
She starves meof my youth, And I stand alone untilYou catch on.I swear it's notby choice.But Ana has this voice, And it calms me down, It gives me purpose.And it's alright, I'm alright, I want to be okay.I've seen it before, This eyesore; it's me.Ohh, ohh, ohh, me.I want out from underThis confining skinThat I soreluctantly live in.My worth ismeasured solelyAccording to the scale.I am heavy, but Ifeel frail.And it's alright, I'm alright, I want to be okay.I've seen it before, This eyesore; it's me.Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohhh.
another good song that i havent seen listed is Hold On by Wilson Philips. it hits the spot... just listen to it and youll know it.
Um, Gary Jules didn't write Mad World. He covered it. It's a Tears For Fears song. And Tears For Fears has a lot of good songs that can relate to EDs.
Skinny little bitch by angelspit is an epic song x]
beautiful-agape..he deicated to his friend with anorexic..I have anorexic and bulimia sysmtoms but recovery is better
Crawl - Superchick
I'm sure this has already been said
but
Ana's Song (Open Fire) - Silverchair
All these suggestions are amazing and I have used them and they have truly helped me deal with my disorder. So I want to take some of the songs that have helped me through my toughest times and hopefully, they will one day help someone else. The list is as follows
Gravity- Sara Bareilles
Taylor Swift- Tied Together With A Smile
Relient K- Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
Leona Lewis- Here I Am
The Fray- Hundred
Paramore- We Are Broken
John Mayer- Dreaming With A Broken Heart
Fighter by Christina Agulier, the video reminds of the dark side of things ans alsoly, when the modles eat the black food.
Apocalypse Hoboken - Anorexic Complexion
Die Cheerleader Die - Anorexic Nation
Credit in the Straight World By Hole (Courtney LOve) so raw
Stupid Girl - Cold
The Collapse - Kill Hannah
No Secrets - The Exies
Irreversible - The Exies
Pain - Three Days Grace
The Drop Dead Look - Excuse 17
Swallowed In The Sea - Coldplay
Comfortable Liar - Chevelle
Broken - Seether ft. Amy Lee
A Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds to Mars
The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars
Stripped - Shiny Toy Guns (a Depeche Mode cover)
Emerge [Junkie XL Mix] - Fischerspooner
Perfect Picture - Lillyjets
Someone I Once Knew - Dead Celebrity Status
My Goddess - The Exies
It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish - MCR
Save Me - Remy Zero
Pretty (Ugly Before) - Elliott Smith
Ageless Beauty - Stars (I LOVE THIS ONE)
Attractive Today - Motion City Soundtrack
Into Dust - Mazzy Star
I'm So Sick - Flyleaf
Don't Cry Out - Shiny Toy Guns
You're My Obsession - Animotion
Away From Me - Evanescence
Feed Me - Juliana Hatfield
Suffer For Fashion - Of Montreal (upbeat)
One Thing - Finger Eleven
Deathwish - L7
Calm and Collapsed - The Exies
Past Praying For - VersaEmerge
Infection by Chihiro Onitsuka is a good one, but it is in Japanese. It has the video on youtube with the subtitles, very sad...
Hi, um these songs are ok but tbh there aren't many that have the darker side, they are mostly done in a kind of happy mood so if anyone has real good darker, maybe rock or punk style would be much appreciated. I like listening to the ano songs when im down to remind me how crap it was so this upbeat stuff kinda messes with my mind.
Bulimia by One-Eyed Doll.
Breathe Again by Too Sorry For Apologies.
"So Unusual" - Jason Mraz
"Too Much Food On My Plate" - Jason Mraz
"On Love, In Sadness" - Jason Mraz
"Disease" - Matchbox Twenty
"Unwell" - Matchbox Twenty
"Cold" - Matchbox Twenty
"Dizzy" - Tabitha's Secret
"I Am An Illusion" - Rob Thomas
A song doesn't have to be ABOUT ED's in order for you to put it on this forum. It's what you take from the song, you can take almost every song and pick something out from it that you can relate back to your ED.
My favourite song that I feel I can relate to ED wise is 'Believe In Me' by Demi Lovato.
"Don't know where to turn, I've been stuck in this routine." & "I don't wanna be afraid, I wanna wake up feeling beautiful today. And know that I'm okay, 'cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways. You see, I just wanna believe in me." & "The mirror can lie, doesn't show you whats inside. And it can tell you you're full of life, it's amazing what you can hide, just by putting on a smile."
Courage by Superchick
Dear Friend by Marie Digby
Stand in the Rain by Superchick
Someone I Once Knew by Dead Celebrity Status
Diamond by Amanda Falk
Charade by Amanda Falk
Slow Fade by Casting Crowns
Breathe Again By Jimmy Robbins
[Chorus]
She's got this journal filled
With all her black ink guilt
And love is the only thing keeping her alive
She's got her mind made up
That all she needs is love
Her heart is the only thing helping her decide
To breathe again, to breathe again
[Verse 1]
And when she's tired she doesn't sleep
A week since I've seen her eat
She's skin and bones, she's beautiful
No matter what
I wish I could help her see
She means the world to me
But the world, it doesn't mean much to her
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I'll be there to split your lips
Like when the ice berg hits
And the ship has to break apart
Show its teeth and smile
[Chorus]
She's got this journal filled
With all her black ink guilt
And love is the only thing keeping her alive
She's got her mind made up
That all she needs is love
And she'll breathe again
And she'll breathe again
And she'll breathe again
She'll breathe again, again
Thankyou SO SO much everyone!!
My favorite is a really happy/cute song called 'tomoko' by hufdis huld (I think)... you SERIOUSLY have to you-tube it, it's adorable.
My other fave is "Skinny love" by Bon Iver. That's so beautiful, like a folk-y genre.
Here are some more. I have a playlist of 831 songs that remind me of ED's... god that's alot hahaha!
I'll try not to post repeats.
“Wheels” by Foo fighters
“Coming to Terms” by Carolina Liar
“ The Climb” by Miley Cirus
“Amen (I’m alive)” by Nickleback
“The Battle” by Missy Higgins
“Out of the Dark” by Matt Hires
“Wish you Well” by Katie Herzig
“Your Ghost” Greg Laswell
“Blindness” by Metric
“Uprising” by Muse
“Tomorrow” by Avril Lavigne
“Forgotten” by Avril Lavigne
“Fall to pieces” by Avril Lavigne
“Your Nck” by Alkaline Trio
“Catalyst” by Anna Nalick
“Wreck of the Day” Anna Nalick
“Into the West” Annie Lennox
“The Boy who blocked his own shot” Brand New
“Guernica” Brand New
“Failure by Design” Brand New
“What can I say” brandi Carlisle
“I will survive” by Cake
“This is Only for Now” Charlotte Sometimes
“Sad News” Chris Garneau
“Castle Time” by Chris Garneau
“Human” by Civil Twilight
“Three Evils (Embodied in Love)” Coheed and Cambria
“In my Place” by Coldplay
“Everything’s Not Lost” Coldplay
“Am I still the One” Dan Powter
“I did it” Dave Matthews Band
“Nothing Brings me down” Emiliana Torrini
“Gotta Figure this out” Erin McCarley
“Everything to Everyone” Everclear
“That’s Life” Frank Sinatra
“Viva la Gloria (Little Girl) ” Green Day
“Restless Heart Syndrome” Green Day
“And then you” Greg Laswell
“The Waitress” the Hanks
“Bittersweet” by HIM, Apocalptica
“Let Her cry” Hootie and the Blowfish
“Over the rainbow” Ingrid Michaelson
“Oh what a day” Ingrid Michaelson
“Giving up” Ingrid Michaelson
“They” by Jem
“Nowhere Warm” Kate havnevik
“Betty” Kate Walsh
“Everybody’s Changing” Keane
“Your Eyes Open” Keane
“A Bad Dream” Keane
“Put it Behind You” Keane
“Emily” Keri Noble (goooood song)
“When it hurts so bad” Lauryn Hill
“Whispering” Spring Awakening (the musical)
“The Guilty Ones” Spring Awakening
“The fear” Lily Allen
“Wind’s Nocturne” Lunar Silver Star story
“He’s Hurting me” Maria Mena
“Dear ___” Maria mena
“Said and Done” Meiko
“Time Turned Fragile” Motion City Soundtrack
“Ruled by Secrecy” Muse
“This is how I disappear” My Chemical Romance
“Decode” Paramore
“Remember a Day” Pink Floyd
“Dream” Pricilla Ann
“Winter Song” Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
“Cares at the Door” Sia
“Crazy” Simple Plan
“Voices in my head” Stephen Lynch
“Mr. Roboto” by Styx
“Bowling Ball” superchick
“live & love” superchick
“hold” superchick
“hey hey” superchick
“Ready to rise” Vaughan Penn
“In the waiting line” Zero 7
“Prevent this Tradegy” Alkaline Trio
“Nobody’s Fool” Avril Lavigne
“Numb” Ben Lee
“Shadow on the wall” Brandi Carlisle
“Believe” the bravery
“To be free” Emiliana Torrini
“Thinking out loud” Emiliana Torrini
“Serenade” Emiliana Torrini
“Heart Shaped Box” Evanescence (cover)
“Why I don’t Believe in God” Everclear
“Chariot” by Gavin Degraw
“Boogie Monster” Gnarls Barkley
“Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring
“Hold On” Green Day
“Life is wonderful” Jason Mraz
“The Acrobat” Jonathan Rice
“Security” by Joss Stone
“Pull me Out Alive” Kaki King
“This is the Last Time” Keane
“Sunshine” Keane
“Smile Like you Mean it” the Killers
“Everything will be alright” the Killers
“Hold On” KT Tunstall
“Trickery” Landon Pigg
“Everything is Everything” Lauryn Hill
“Look What you done” Lethal Bizz and Kate Nash
“Katie’s Lullaby” Lucas Carpenter
“All I can do is write about it” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“You’re the only one” maria Mena
“Monday morning” Maria Mena
“Little by Little” marion Raven
“Explosions” The Mary Onettes
“Crashing Down” by Mat Kearney
“Where we gonna go from here” Mat Kearney
“Walk by” Meiko
“Scar” Missy Higgins
“Attractive Today” Motion City Soundtrack
“Sleep” My Chemical Romance
“Cast No Shadow” Oasis
“She’s Got Issues” Offspring (fun haha…)
“Pressure” Paramore
“Get Well Soon” The Perishers
“Teeology” Shady Bard
“You Could Be Happy” Snow Patrol
“It’s On” Superchick
“Conquest” White Stripes
“Liar” 8mm
a few more:
"I hurt too" Katie Herzig
"Still Hungry" Katie Herzig
"Unnatural selection" Muse
"The City Lights" Umbrellas
"I Belong to you (New moon remix)" Muse
Wow, I didn't realize there were so many songs about this subject.
A lot of them can be taken to relate to the eating disorder- like having a lost lover or something, because eating disorders are like abusive lovers- they beat you, but you still love them and can't leave them *le sigh*.
I don't know if this has been mentioned but it's not that common so...
Annies Anorexic-The Huntingtons.
And I know Bones by The Killers isn't e.d. related but it makes me think of two anorexic people hooking up xD.
wow!! thank u guys this realy helps! I know this was already posted but i LOVVVVEEE 'Sophie' by Eleanor Mcevoy :)) stay strong XXX
Skin and Bones
Feeling Small
both by marianas trench
I see "My Skin" from Natalie Merchant appear several times. I guess "Tell Yourself" by Natalie Merchant also deals with the subject (don't know for sure, though).
Other songs that I think would help people with an ED:
Change - Tracey Chapman
My Life as a Ghost - Tanya Donelly
Beautiful Freak - Eels
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
Sometimes - Melanie Horsnell
Save Me - Aimee Mann
Wise Up - Aimee Mann
Learning to Fly - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The Greatest - Cat Power
Hate - Cat Power
Wonderful Life - Black
Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Nina Simone
Laughing With - Regina Spektor
Calling You - Jevetta Steele
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
Je Cherche - Tarmac
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of - U2
My Weakness - Moby
Life Is Sweet - Natalie Merchant
myfriendjane- nevershoutnever
Fences by Paramore.
pink nobody knows
If you know spanish: Valor Interior - Boom Boom Kid.
Lafee - Du bist schon
Picture of my life -Jamiroquai (it's not about eating disorders, but it explains how I feel after struggling six years with both ana/mia. It's a sad song)
Anorexia Nervosa by Mellow Melange
World War Me-From First To Last
Lunacy Fringe-The Used
Fade into you- Mazzy Star
It very much reminds me of my experiences with ana. It's a painfully beautiful song.
Never good enough by Rachel ferguson.
The Nobodies - Marilyn Manson
The Fear - Lily Allen
Meds - Placebo
Don't stop me now - Queen (But only when you have reached a target/goal)
Also, one I forgot:
Don't Cry Out - Shiny Toy Guns
"321 and having fun... happiness comes at the goal"
Too perfect for words.
Sorry, yet another one:
Disease Remission - Ayria
"You suck the life right out of me and set me free"
Great hub, Maddie. It's not letting me play the Alanis song. Something about it not being available in my country... I dunno. Thought you might like to know.
save the hero by beyoncé always reminds me of ed i can totally relate to it
Beautiful by agape.
Tied together with a smile by Taylor Swift.
I have had anorexia for four years, recovery is hard but worth it!
If the number of times a song is mentioned on this hub were a measure for its relevance or popularity, then please find below a summary of the songs that were mentioned at least 3 times (thus far):
7: "Courage" by Superchick (year: 2005, genre: pop)
5: "Someone I Once Knew" by Dead Celebrity Status (year: 2006, genre: hip-hop/rap)
5: "Ana's Song" by Silverchair (year: 1999, genre: rock)
4: "World War Me" by From First To Last (year: 2006, genre: hard rock)
4: "She's Falling Apart" by Lisa Loeb (year: 2002, genre: pop)
4: "Skin And Bones" by Marianas Trench (year: 2006, genre: rock)
4: "Sophie" by Eleanor McEvoy (year: 1999, genre: pop)
4: "My Skin" by Natalie Merchant (year: 1998, genre: indie)
3: "The Fear" by Lily Allen (year: 2008, genre: pop)
3: "Stigmatized" by The Calling (year: 2002, genre: rock)
3: "Tonight And The Rest Of My Life" by Nina Gordon (year: 2001, genre: rock)
3: "Feed Me" by Juliana Hatfield (year: 1992, genre: rock)
3: "Eyesore" by Maria Mena (year: 2008, genre: pop)
3: "Just A Little Bit" by Maria Mena (year: 2004, genre: pop)
3: "Mary Jane" by Alanis Morissette (year: 2005, genre: pop)
3: "Anorexic Beauty" by Pulp (year: 1986, genre: rock)
3: "Breathe Me" by Sia (year: 2004, genre: pop)
alexandra mcdonald - starving for attention
In addition to my previous post, these are the songs mentioned by two contributors to this hub:
"A Beautiful Lie" by 30 Seconds To Mars, "Beautiful" by Agape, "Control" by Alexisonfire, "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos, "Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple, "Mirror" by BarlowGirl, "Laura Laurent" by Bright Eyes, "Lua" by Bright Eyes, "Neely O'Hara" by Bright Eyes, "Twilight" by Vanessa Carlton, "Yellow" by Coldplay, "Beautiful" by Bethany Dillon, "Anorexia" by Fakebestfriend, "Never Good Enough" by Rachel Ferguson, "Skinny" by Filter, "Waltz Moore" by From First To Last, "Let Go" by Frou Frou, "Crazy" by Nelly Furtado, "Annie's Anorexic" by The Huntingtons, "Starving For Attention" by Geri Karlstrom, "Bones" by The Killers, "Du Bist Schon" by Lafee, "Numb" by Ben Lee, "Me And Mia" by Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, "Binge And Purge" by Luna Chicks, "4st 7lbs" by Manic Street Preachers, "Feeling Small" by Marianas Trench, "Into Dust" by Mazzy Star, "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan, "Cause And Effect" by Maria Mena, "Perfect" by Alanis Morissette, "Attractive Today" by Motion City Soundtrack, "This Is How I Disappear" by My Chemical Romance, "Magic's In The Make-Up" by No Doubt, "Dear Friend" by Stacie Orrico, "We Are Broken" by Paramore, "Numbers" by Pompeii, "Creep" by Radiohead, "Lemon" by Katy Rose, "Cars And Calories" by Saves The Day, "Broken (featuring Amy Lee)" by Seether, "Don't Cry Out" by Shiny Toy Guns, "Crazy" by Simple Plan, "Lucy At The Gym" by Jill Sobule, "Supermodel" by Jill Sobule, "Tunic (Song For Karen)" by Sonic Youth, "In Too Deep" by Sum 41, "Pieces" by Sum 41, "Pure" by Superchick, "Stand In The Rain" by Superchick, "Tied Together With A Smile" by Taylor Swift, "If You Could Only See" by Tonic, "Ana & Mia" by The Trews, "In The Waiting Line" by Zero 7
Girl Disappearing by Tori Amos
Dont leave home by Dido - sung from ana perspective (dido had ed apparently) great song
"shrink - the gathering"
"To feel this great urge
to hold and embrace you
I slowly dry out
I shrink and shrink
until I'm gone
nothing to make out of me
oh what the hell went wrong
my heart gets pulled out
into your direction
it's no use
you have forsaken me"
i don't think is really about an ED but it always gets to me and besides, it's a beautifull song anyway
There are a lot of really great songs on this list..Just thought I should contribute a few of my own. I'll do my best to not repeat any:
"Me" by Paula Cole
"Everybody's Fool" by Evanescence
"The Outsider" by A Perfect Circle
"Magic's in the Makeup" by No Doubt
"Miss World" by Hole
"One-Eighty by Summer" by Taking Back Sunday
"Crawling" by Linkin Park
"Hold On" by Dashboard Confessional
"So Beautful" by Dashboard Confessional
"Amphetamine" by Everclear
"Sober" by Tool
crazy by gnarls barkley
Someone I Once Knew- Dead Celebrity Status
Queen Of Pain by Alkaline Trio.
thank you so much everybody. thank you
My favourite ED song is Genevieve by Outcast Youth. It's so powerfull and really helped me.
I found it on youtube, look for Outcast Youth Genevieve and it should come up.
i always loved songs and music i didn't know that there are songs about eating disorders.
i like
skeleton song - kate nash
paper bag - fiona apple
creep - radiohead
the fear - lily allen
chocolates and cigarettes - angus and julia stone
all of me - angus and julia stone
wasted - angus and julia stone
Anoretic and bulimic of ten years...outpatient services could not help me and I'm due for inpatient this week...don't know if it has been mentioned but my favorite song is "bulimia" by Tamara Dearing.
This has been a great resource. I run a body movement group a a residential eating disorders facility and have gotten some great music ideas to use with my patients - thank you!
I think more and more songs like these are going to come out because I believe these songs are an extension of what they have gone through in their lives.
"Big Isn't Beautiful" by King Adora. ?
This is a wonderful hub! VERY helpful!
Now, hopefully someone can help me/answer my question:
A year or so ago I was looking up ED related songs and I found a website that listed some with the music videos. I found one that I LOVED and loved the video too. I told myself to write down the song title so I could download it later but, I forgot to write down the title or artist!!! :( I have tried finding the song and the website i got it from with no luck, so, I will try to explain the video:
It is a guy singing and there are bunch of different scenarios. He is on a truck that is similar to a semi but the whole trailer part is transparent. He sings through all of the scenarios and it plays out one that is like a girl in the gym working out. Also, in each of the scenes it says on the glass "The Perfect....". Like, on the working out one it says "The Perfect Body". Then at the end it is just him sitting in one and it says "The Perfect Life".
Does anyone know what music video/band/song I am talking about??
Thanks in advance!!
Skinny by Edith Bucklund
i worry about the pro ana tone this has taken. i'm sure many of the artists who wrote the songs about eating disorders were not intending to promote disease but to show the suffering that they or someone else has endured. they would probably not like at all the public spread of their songs for the purpose of pro ana. i know it doesn't sit well with me, and i have an eating disorder. pro ana makes me angry and confused.
Most people have posted my fave songs liek fiona apple, and superchick, and garbage, used etc
but theres also INXS-beautiful girl
i always luvd that song so somber with a beautiful piano tune, but wasnt til i watched their film clip of it that made me undertsand it more and realise why i related to it so much. beautiful song worth a listen
i love the song hide and seek by imogen heap.
it reminds me of my battle with ana.
i don't know if this song was said yet but it's "beautiful disaster" by jon mclaughlin.
Bruno Mars- Just the way you are
it just came out this week and its so inspirational!
maria mena's songs:
-sleep to dream
-cause and effect
-eyesore
-power trip ballad
-self fulfilling prophecy
-just a little bit
-shadow
?
Los campesinos-the sea is a good place to think of the future. Definately a must listen.
i love how this list has literally 3 years worth of songs on it.
Binge and Purge by Lunachicks... don't think I saw anyone mention that one.
This list is massive!
Pretty much all of mine have been said (4st 7lb by Manic Street Preachers & Queen of Pain by Alkaline Trio are amazing)
& Not a barbie doll by Kerli, which I don't think anyone mentioned (?)
piece of glass by caedmon's call
cries from the city by nevertheless
The Sea Is A Good Place To Think O The Future - Los Campesinos! Absoloutely amazing song.
catatonia - bulimic beats
Tell Yourself - Natalie Merchant
Here's a good one that I don't see up here: "Save Me" by Jem. It reflects the ED thoughts that often seem uncontrollable, and the attempts to control them. I think many of you might relate to this, no matter what your ED.
Wow, what a great list. Most of the ones I was going to mention have already been named, this thread has been going a while, lol! The only one I can think of that i didn't see is 90210 by Wale..."And she throws up whatever she eats She leave the bathroom wit a nose bleed. Regular girl, celebrity dreams. She is...90210."
This is my ED/workout playlist. Many of the songs have been listed, but oh well. All are either directly related to EDs, or can be interpreted as such. Enjoy and I hope to see more postings here, especially of non-English language music!
Remember the Name (Fort Minor)
The Collapse (Kill Hannah)
Blood Red Bracelet (Corinna Fugate)
Anorexia (Jeffree Starr)
Ana (Jim Hakkum)(in Dutch)
Battlestar Anorexia (Schoolyard Heroes)
Bleed Like Me (Garbage)
Bulimiarexia (Eths) (in French)
Cries from the City (Nevertheless)
Pro-Ana Party Slamma (Kitty on the Catwalk)
June (Indochine) (in French)
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Maria Mena)
4 Stone 7 (Manic Street Preachers)
Keep Holding On (Avril Lavigne)
Ana’s Song (Silverchair)
Ficelle (Syrano)(in French)
She Will Always Be A Broken Girl (She Wants Revenge)
Stop Eating (Cex)
Paper Bag (Fiona Apple)
World War Me (From First To Last)
So I Could Be Lovely (65daysofstatic, ed. LifeIsMyCatwalk)
My Silent Undoing (queenadreena)
Binge and Purge (Lunachicks)
Gravity (The Dresden Dolls)
Breathe Again (Jimmy Robbins)
Forgot About A.N.A. (Dr Dre, ed. LifeIsMyCatwalk)
Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
The Quest (Bryn Christoph)
Holy (The Golden Palominos)
Annie’s Anorexic (The Huntingtons)
Katie (Missy Higgins)
Me and Mia (Pharmacists & Ted Leo)
Dangerous and Moving (t.A.T.u.)
Anorexic Beauty (Pulp)
90-60-90 (Florencia Villagra)(in Spanish)
Starving for Attention (Geri Karlstrom)
Skinny (Filter)
Mother Anorexia (Ana Voog)
Imperfection (Skillet)
Lucy at the Gym (Jill Sobule)
Skin and Bones (Marianas Trench)
Mother Anorexia (Anorexia Nervosa)
Deadly Beauty (Faces Without Names)
Superman’s Dead (Our Lady Peace)
Not Gonna Get Us (t.A.T.u.)
Neely O’Hara (Bright Eyes)
A Protest in Lines Too Thin to Read (Evaline)
Ana & Mia (The Trews)
The Show Must Go On (Queen)
Vanishing (A Perfect Circle)
It’s Not a Fashion Statement, It’s a Fucking Deathwish (My Chemical Romance)
Feed Me (Juliana Hatfield)
Anorexia (FakeBestFriend)
Whispers in the Dark (Skillet—I’m the only person in the world who hears this as ED-related)
Perfectly Flawed (Otep)
Adam’s Ribs (You Am I)
Everybody’s Fool (Evanescence)
Waltz Moore (From First To Last)
Courage (Superchick)
Overachiever (Cries From the City)
Anorexia (Squishy Squid)
Someone I Once Knew (Dead Celebrity Status)
Numbers (Pompeii)
Piece of Glass (Caedmon’s Call)
Framed (Excuse 17)
The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future (Los Camposinos)
She’s Falling Apart (Lisa Loeb)
Du bist Schön (LaFee) (in German)
A scale, A Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks (Bright Eyes)
Zero (Smashing Pumpkins)
Skinny (Edith Backlund)
Fast As You Can (Fiona Apple)
Feeling Small (Marianas Trench)
Perfect Enemy (t.A.T.u.)
Dressed in Decay (CKY)
90210 (Wale)
Bulimia Sisters (We Are the Physics)
Sophie (Eleanor McEvoy)
Control (Alexisonfire)
Cause and Effect (Maria Mena)
My Leftovers (Porcelain and the Tramps)
Down (Kutless)
Mela (Ses Najist) (in Czech)
Tunic (Sonic Youth)
Quod Me Nutrit, Me Destruit (Escala, ed. LifeIsMyCatwalk)
Away From Me (Evanescence)
Eyesore (Maria Mena)
Never Good Enough (Rachel Ferguson)
also, if anyone knows where I can find "Born To Lose" by King Adora, pleeeease post here! It's not on iTunes or anywhere on YouTube.
Monster by meg & dia
anamiamusic
youtube it
they have a youtube page..
all with eating dissorder songs
he he he! Nice songs and a great hub..
Tori Amos - Doughnut Hole
Great Hub with great songs and lyrics. Thanks.
Katy Perry - Firework ...
@Catherine of Siena, I've always heard whispers in the dark as a song about eating disorders.
Run - snow patrol (interpretative)
Great list. If I had to add just one song to the playlist, it would be Rhett Akin's version of "Driving My Life Away". Some other themed songs to consider might be "The Road Goes on Forever" by Robert Earl Keen; "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers; "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots; "Fast as You" by Dwight Yoakum; and perhaps even "Roam" by the B-52s.
Dont leave home by dido awesome!
my skin by natalie merchant
probably its no about anorexia but i liked a lot
Skin & Bone by Picture Me Broken.
The bands not mainstream and can be pretty hard to find on Lime/Frostwire but their amazing :)
Dead Celebrity Status - Someone I Once Knew
@ PretentiousLoveStory--definitely thought I was the only one, but it's comforting to know someone else thought that as well! I'm strangely obsessed with that song...
"I lock the door, turn all the water on, and bury that sound so no one hears anything anymore. Mirror lie to me, tell me you can see, and I think you won't be able to recognize me now. I know you can feel all the things you steal and you're taking it. And you're taking it. Feeling so easy, make me skin and bones, and I'm always on my kees for you, break like it's even, when you're leaving it. THIN, where the hell have you been? Oh sometimes it burns, maybe I'll wash it out. It all looks so big, nevermind, I don't feel anything. It only hurt a bit, and I still feel like shit, and I think you won't be able to recognize me now. It's easier to quit, it's harder to admit. And you're pushing me, you're fucking pushing me. Feeling so easy, make me skin and bones. I'm always on my knees for you break me like it's even, when you're leaving it. THIN. Where the hell have you been? 'Cause you always win. You always win. Lauging like it works, bleeding like it don't hurt. Knock you off your feet, even if you need me, tear you apart and I hate how I need you. Feeling so easy, make me skin and bones, and I'm always on my kees for you, break like it's even, when you're leaving it. Too fucking easy, make me skin and bones, and I'm always on my kees for you, break me like it's even, when you're leaving it. THIN. Where the hell have you been? 'Cause you always win. You always win. You always win. I will burn all this. I will burn all this. I will burn all this. I will burn all this. I will burn all this. I will burn all this."
-Skin and Bones by Marianas Trench.
Paper Mache - The Vaccine
Skinny by Filter. Its a really good song about Ana
'the special two' by missy higgins.
Cant believe it hasn't been said already (if it has, sorry i missed it)
xoxo rach.
" live happy, live with anorexia" by stage
i have tons of ED songs as well, but since most of them have already been mentioned, i'll just post the ones that reminds me of my ED (i like post-hardcore music, so most of the songs are this genre).
XO skeleton - A skylit Drive
skin & bones - picture me broken (@Tay-Tay i know this song too, and it's amazing! )
lille pige - sys bjerre (it's in danish)
numbers - pompeii (AMAZING!)
persuit of happiness - LOST? (I know the band, and it's actually written after he talked to a girl with anorexia. it's about how there's someone out there who is fighting the same battle as you)
Look alive - we are the ocean
to hell and back - blessthefall
it never ends - bring me the horizon
hope you'll like 'em :')
The Sea is a good place to think about the future- by Los Campesinos
MY FAVOURITE.
Torture by Elise Estrada reminds me on that little voice in the back of your head tlling you your fat and what to eat. Yes i know the songs about a boy friend but it's just what i feel.
espejismos-porta(rap español)
Christina Aguilera -The voice within
Beauty From Pain - Superchick
Courage - Superchick
So Rich So Pretty - Mickey Avalon
If you could only see - Tonic
You're gonna go far, kid - The offspring
Never alone - Barlow Girl
Numb by Linkin Park.
This song seriously describes everything i've felt over the past year.
I know it's not about an eating disorder, but when you listen to it think of Ed as the "you"s in the song.
Beautiful Tonight by Krystal Meyers is the perfect song
Pink-perfect
Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me however I know this thread is really old.
There was once a song I knew from myspace and I am sure it was called 'a.n.a is in my d.n.a' - I think? And it was a female artist!
It went along the lines of;
You gave me ana and said that i'd love her,
red elastic around my wrist all day;
Watch out she comes round,
painting up my town
- A.N.A is in my D.N.A
I'm looking for this song, but cannot remember the artist & no amount of googling is bringing anything more to light!
If someone recognises this/knows the artist please let me know asap!
You can get me at x__xbeautyinthebreakdown@live.co.uk
Thanks alot, hoping this will jog someones memory!! xxx
Demi Lovato - Believe In Me
Courage - Superchick
Ana's Song - Silverchair
Mary Jane - Alanis Morissette
Car's and Calorie's - Save's the Day
Paperbag - Fiona Apple
I'm Not Okay - My Chemical Romance
Beautiful - Christina Aguilara
She's Falling Apart - Lisa Loeb
In Too Deep - Sum41
Lemon - Katy Rose
Buried Myself Alive - The Used
Anything But Ordinary - Avril Lavigne
Who Knew - Pink
Daddy - Jewel
Monster -Meg & Dia
Piece Of Glass - Cademon's Call
Crazy - Simple Plan
Control - AlexisOnFire
Disturbia - Rihanna
Over and Over - Three Day's Grace
Be My Escape - Relient K
All Around Me - Flyleaf
Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink
The Great Escape - Boy's Like Girl's
Exceptional - JoJo
We Are Broken - Paramore
Criminal - Fiona Apple
Beautiful - Eminem
No Matter What - T.I.
Imma Go Getta - Lil Wayne
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Numb - Linkin Park
I'll Never Tell - the Glass Child
It’s quiet now
Broken glass and pieces of me on the floor
I hear you now, please don’t be angry anymore,
starring at that door
I wear you on my skin
Open wounds form every fight, no one can win
You made me doubt my worthiness, believed your sin
Murder from within
Don’t leave me now
Don’t leave me fallen here to drown
Who am I now?
Can’t you see you’re all I’ve got
I take your fists, if you take me too
Secret hidden well
and I will never tell
Don’t leave me now
My body’s broken now my heart is too
I’m running now
Counting every breath I take,
you’re right behind
Breathing down my neck, what will you do this time?
And will I survive..?
Then you’re slowing down
Say, I don’t deserve this but now I can’t do without
Boy, you can use violence, I will hurt for you
Please just kill this silence,
if I only knew
Loneliness is worth than being killed by you
Don’t leave me now
Don’t leave me fallen here to drown
Who am I now?
Can’t you see you’re all I’ve got
I take your fists, if you take me too
Secret hidden well
and I will never tell
Don’t leave me now
My body’s broken now my heart is too
I’ll take your fists, if you take me too
Secret hidden well and I will never tell
I’m counting every berate I take
Don’t leave me now
Don’t leave me fallen here to drown
Who am I now?
Can’t you see you’re all I’ve got
I take your fists, if you take me too
Secret hidden well
and I will never tell
Don’t leave me now
My body’s broken now my heart is too
'i have you' - by the carpenters.
'song for karen' - by sonic youth. (written about karen carpenter who died from anorexia)
xoxo rach.
"One More" by Superchick.
good list sisters!!!!! Does anyone know the name of a song that has a refrain about "she walks down the street"? It was a 'model' song about an anorexic model and i can't figure out what the name of it was... i heard it recently on the radio any ideas?
keine lust - rammstein (in germany)
hippo - apulanta ( in finnish)
Sia- Breathe me
Hilary Duff- dangerous to know,underneath this smile
my personal ana/mia faves
such a nice list of songs :D also a god ew ones among the comments :D thanks.
Addicted by Kelly Clarkson (she actually had bulimia, and this song really depicts how much control the disease has over you)
Courage by Superchick (obviously)
Even If It Kills Me by Motion City Soundtrack (good for when you're on the road to recovery)
A Little Bit Longer by Jonas Brothers (for when you're in the hospital/in some sort of treatment and waiting to be released and get better)
Little Voice by Hilary Duff (it's not actually about ED but it reminds me so much of it)
Lover Dearest by Marianas Trench (it's actually about the singer's heroin addiction, but ED is like an addiction)
Misfit by Lesley Roy (about negative image)
Paper Bag by Fiona Apple (obviously)
Skin & Bones by Marianas Trench (about bulimia, or purging in general)
Therapy by All Time Low (for those times when you hate therapy!)
Tied Together With A Smile by Taylor Swift (an outsider's view of someone struggling with an ED)
Unwell by Matchbox Twenty (not exactly about ED but can be related to it)
Okay so i read though all of the songs in hopes to find out who song this song that has been suck in my head, the song was pulled off of youtube i'm not sure why. They were written by someone who was recovering there is a cd out. I don't know the name of the singer or where to find the songs, i forget the second song by the one i know is called dear friend and no it's not by that girl your thinking not by stacie here are the lyrics
"Dear friend I’ve come for you again
You know but with me this wont end
I love to see you hate yourself
And everybody else
I’m all that you’ve got
I want you to feel guilt
And never let it go
To see you lie your way through life
I want you to feel low
And when you try to leave
I will make you insecure
And I will make sure everybody knows
How messed you are
I wanna be the first thing
You wake to everyday
And be the last
To tuck you in
And watch you go insane
I’ll never let you be
I’ll watch you when you sleep
I’ll be there when you screaming for me
Help you to forget
You make me
You make me confused
Or even manically depressed
And when you think you’ve lost it all
Il take a little more
All I can get
I want to be mad
And hate this very world
And blame it for the way you are
And all you could have been
I cannot say enough
About your loyalty
And all the friends and family
You traded all for me
Everybody knows
You will never ever leave me
Come and take my hand
You can depend on
Depend on me
I wanna be the first thing
You wake to everyday
And be the last
To tuck you in
And watch you go insane
I’ll never let you be
I’ll watch you when you sleep
I’ll be there when you screaming for me
Help you to forget"
please help
Garbage-Bleed Like Me.
Where Is My Mind? (feat. Emily Browning)
Split My Personality-Salem Al Fakir
Numbers, by Pompeii
idk if anyone already said this but Never Good Enough by Rachel Ferguson is great.
I don't know if anyone already saids Waltz Moore by From First To Last
Not strictly about ED, but you can decide if the lyrics mean something to you.. Something a bit different;
Mirror mirror - Robots in disguise
Selfish - Keith caputo (Quite a hard track to get these days, but can be found on youtube or spotify)
Supernova - Fear Factory
Move this mountain - Sophie ellis bextor (I find this song inspirational. I consider the 'mountain' to be weight.)
Pagan Poetry - Bjork
Teen angst - m83 (Beautiful, and long enough to take your mind off temptation)
Today has been ok - Emiliana torrini (I listen to this when I'm feeling low.. and we all have those moments right?)
Nothing is ever finished - Fink (Again beautiful song, strikes a chord with me, and it helps)
I also like instrumental songs, they make me sit and think, thinking can while away times of temptation, and jog your memory, remind you why you keep on keeping on...
Peace x
Do you realise what an open university Hubpages is? Some of us never knew there was such heartfelt poetry in song written on this theme.
I have a song by a South African artist.. It is dubstep but the lyrics are amazing! Its called :" feed me" by Tasha Baxter
The lyrics:
Do you ever get the feeling, that you think your gonna die?
When your hearts imminent beating, makes you wanna cry.
When you feel you can't go on, with this somber life,
Everytime you get close to the top, you fall.
Makes you wanna cry..
Do you ever get the feeling that you think your gonna die,
When your hearts imminent beating, makes you wanna cry.
Do you ever feel that sinking, in your stomach to the floor,
When your hands won't stop the shaking
And you can't take anymore ,
Can't take anymore.
When your hearts imminent beating,
With your stomach to the floor
And you can't take anymore.
When everythung you've lived for, just walked out the door.
Everytime you get close to the top, you fall
Crashing down from the sky.
LOVE IT :)
"Born To Lose" by King Adora
Animal I have become by Three Days Grace
Beautiful girl (stay with me, she wanna go home)
i cried at this song coz (sobs quietly)
To Hell And Back - Blessthefall
(Watch the music video)
Just a Little Bit - Maria Mena
Eyesore - Maria Mena
Courage - Superchick
Self-fulfilling Prophecy - Maria Mena (doesn't specifically say ED, but applies)
Beautiful - Bethany Dillon (see above, and religious undertones)
'Where Good Girls Go To Die' by London After Midnight
Step into this picture
release all your light
I think God has gone mad... here tonight
You can't believe your eyes,
control is so hard to keep
obsession can be hell
from which you'll never be free
It's all for the taking, here tonight
Where good girls go to die
that's where I'll be
Waiting for my love with my heart on my sleeve
Forget about the future
forget about the past.
My heart beats so,
my hands are cold
please God make this moment last
You seek to fill me
with virtues I lack
I'll turn your pure white wings to pure black.
You've pushed too far and now
you've lost control can't you see?
You thought you were the master
but you're down on your knees.
It's all for the taking, here tonight
Where good girls go to die
that's where I'll be,
remembering our love as if it were a disease.
Forget about the future
it wasn't meant to last
My heart beats slow my hands are cold
Oh God it's the end at last.
'Help I'm Alive' by Metric - it's not strictly about an eating disorder, but it is an awesome song
Wow! This hub and the massive heap of subsequent comments have been an interesting and amusing read!
Princesswithapen
One that's never been posted and sums up my experience with body dysmorphia...
Piece of Glass - Caedmon's Call
SO GOOD.
I have spent hours standing in front of the mirror obsessing about my weight and body image - this song describes exactly that and those awful, endless thoughts that race through my head.
Who are you that lies when you stare at my face?
Telling me that I’m just a trace of the person I once was
Cause I just can't tell if you're telling the truth or a lie
On you I just can't rely
After all you're just a piece of glass
Ayria-"Girl on the Floor"
Mirror mirror, on the wall
I'm just someone with no self control
You don't know the real me,
but you get a glimpse so you paint a picture
So vivid, but just so wrong
This little girl is broken this time
I've seen things no one should ever have to see
I paint a smile on to tell the world I'm doing fine While everything I've known flies out the window
(Chorus:) I just want to leave this situation
I don't want to reach this destination
Can't you see I've lost the motivation
I want to leave this situation
Mirror mirror, on the wall
You see a girl with no self control
You ask what I want, it's complicated
The truth is, I don't know
I guess it's not enough to be there sometimes
But I've been dealt a hand no one should ever have to play
I guess I've really messed up this time
I'm too tired to fake the strength behind this lie
CHORUS
And now I sit here, all alone and bored
My head is filled with advice I once ignored
That all you get from this moment,
is all you gave to your past
And all you'll get from this moment,
is what you gave to your past
I'm turning to the next thing
I laugh just for this moment
I'm crying on the bathroom floor
'cause nothing is the same
Turning to the next one
Then we're laughing for the moment
I'm crying on the bathroom floor
I can not regain strength
CHORUS
And now I sit here,
all alone and bored
My head is filled with advice I once ignored:
That all you get from this moment,
is all you gave to your past
And all you'll get from this moment,
is what you gave to your past
i know this seems like a weird choice but disturbia by rihanna - when i listen to the lyrics it reminds me of the terrifying feeling of knowing you are slipping.
Clever Meals - Tegan and Sara
while people tend to argue over what this song is about, I personally like it, whether or not it was written about eating disorders and controlling one's food intake
Beautiful - Bethany DIllon
Skin and Bones - Marianas Trench
Feeling Small - Marianas Trench
90210 - Wale
Shopaholic 4 years ago
Also there's this great song called Me And Mia by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, You should add it to the list above :)