Sometimes it can be really hard to share your feelings—to find an appropriate way to express them with the world. Music is the place where you can find everything. There are songs out there for any situation, for every feeling, for everyone. Here are 16 songs that are my go-tos. When you put them all together, they express me perfectly.
1. "H.O.L.Y." by Florida Georgia Line
Could there be a more beautiful love song? This song does not describe my life, but I pray every day that one day it will. To be loved like this and to love like this is my dream.
2. "7 Years" by Lukas Graham
Lukas helps you remember how time flies past. He reminds you that everything in the world is pushing you to grow up as fast as possible, and that we need to slow down and enjoy our lives while we have them because you're only seven once. Don't let your life pass you by without living it.
3. "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber
I really do not like Justin, so it causes me some pain to add this song, but its message is important. Sometimes you need to just love yourself, focus on yourself, but don't hurt anyone because of it. When you enter a relationship, it's not about you anymore.
4. "Hallelujah" by Panic! at the Disco
Sometimes I just need to scream for joy and with this song, I do—how could you not? We are not all perfect, but we are all the same; we can make it. We just have to keep praying and trying, but we are making it and we should sing praise and thank God for bearing with us.
5. "Hero" by Sterling Knight
I want to find my hero, an ordinary guy with heart and soul who can be my hero.
6. "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" by Gary Allen
Sometimes it seems like no matter what you do, nothing is going to change. That it is never going to get better, but it will. Like Gary Allan says, every storm runs out of rain. Just hold on and it will all get better.
7. "Always Sing" by RaeLynn
RaeLynn is an amazing person and singer. Again everything gets better. This is almost like the happier version of "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)." My best friend and I will go cruising and scream this song until we feel better sometimes.
8. "Break Free" by Of Mice and Men
Sometimes, though, I really need to scream and then I play this song. It will get you pumped to fight a battle. It gives me strength. I am enough all on my own.
9. "My Demons" by Starset
This song is kind of like a thank you note and a cry for help all in one. We all have a person in our lives that keeps us grounded, makes us feel OK, heals our pain and this song is for them.
10. "Crying on a Suitcase" by Casey James
And sometimes we just need to cry. It might just be a girl thing, but sometimes it just feels really good to cry, to nonstop wail and cry our eyes out. Somehow when we are done, at least for me, we feel better. I like crying to this song.
11. "Don't Lean on Me" by Amity Affliction
There are times when we are so low that we feel as if we are dragging everyone else down with us. This song is a beautiful way of saying that I cannot bear to take you with me because you are the only thing holding me up.
12. "That Don't Sound Like You" by Lee Brice
Have you ever had that person in your life, at the time they are one of the most important people in the entire world and then something changes? It hurts. This song is a testament to them. You are still an essential part in our lives, but they're just not the same anymore.
13. "Far Away" by Nickelback
And then sometimes the person you need is just too far away. You want them close, and you dream that they are, but they are not.
14. "Goner" by Twenty One Pilots
Sometimes you just feel like no matter what there is no coming back. You are done. You have given up. You're a goner.
15. "Happy Song" by Bring Me the Horizon
There are times when you will try anything to feel happy. Sometimes this "happy" song does the trick. It's catchy and full of emotion, and you get to scream.
16. "My Heart I Surrender" by I Prevail
"To you my heart I surrender," even though you do not even know it. My hopes and fears are outlined in this song.
As I am sure you can now tell, I am a hopeless romantic with an extremely eclectic taste in music who just wants to be loved and have everything work out perfectly right now. Oh, and I like to scream!
