30 Indie/Alternative Songs That Make Me Feel
By Hyam Daouk
30. “This could be the end of everything, so why don’t we go somewhere only we know.” -Somewhere Only We Know by Keane
29. “I’m sorry but I’d rather be getting high than watching my family die.” – Me by The 1975
28. “They say it’s happy here, but happiness is figurative. I’m happy ‘cause of me, doesn’t matter where I’m living.” – West Coast by The Neighbourhood
27. “New York had lied to me, I needed the truth. Oh I need somebody, needed someone I could trust. I don’t gamble, but if I did, I would bet on us.” – Dead Sea by The Lumineers
26. “I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you, but now I don’t care. I could go anywhere with you and I’d probably be happy.” – First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes
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25. “There’s no end, there’s no goodbye, disappear with the night. No time, no time, no time, no time, no time.” – Wait by M83
24. “I’m tired of feeling like I’m fucking crazy.” – Ride by Lana Del Rey
23. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside, it’s where my demons hide.” – Demons by Imagine Dragons
22. “But I crumble completely when you cry, it seems like once again you’ve had to greet me with goodbye. I’m always just about to go and spoil the surprise, take my hands off of your eyes too soon.” – 505 by Arctic Monkeys
21. “If the city never sleeps, then that makes two.” –The City by Ed Sheeran
20. “Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be so hard. Oh, take me back to the start.” –The Scientist by Coldplay
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19. “Oh, can you tell? I haven’t slept very well since the last time that we spoke.” – Stay by Mayday Parade
18. “And I, I hope for your life, you can forget about mine.” – Small Hands by Keaton Henson
17. “I don’t love you, but I always will.” – Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars
16. “I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.” – How To Save A Life by The Fray
15. “You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve, and I have always buried them deep beneath the ground. Dig them up; let’s finish what we started.” – Flaws by Bastille
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14. “You’ve got a warm heart, you’ve got a beautiful brain, but it’s disintegrated from all the medicine.” – Medicine by Daughter
13. “We’re reeling through the midnight streets, and I’ve never felt more alone. It feels so scary, getting old.” – Ribs by Lorde
12. “Use your hands in my spare time, we’ve got one thing in common, it’s this tongue of mine.” – Sex by The 1975
10. “What am I gonna do when the best part of me was always you?” –Breakeven by The Script
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9. “And I don’t want the world to see me, ‘cause I don’t think that they’d understand. When everything is meant to be broken, I just want you to know who I am.” – Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls
8. “Home is wherever I’m with you.” – Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
7. “If I just lay here, will you lay with me and just forget the world?” –Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
6. “So for once in my life, let me get what I want. Lord knows, it would be the first time.” -Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths
5. “The blood is on your tongue as well as your hands.” – Antichrist by The 1975
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4. “And I told you to be patient, and I told you to be kind. And I told you to be balanced, and I told you to be kind.” – Skinny Love by Bon Iver
3. “Control yourself. Take only what you need from it.” – Kids by MGMT
2. “You sit there in your heartache, waiting on some beautiful boy to save you from your own ways.” – When You Were Young by The Killers
1. “Won’t stop ‘till it’s over, won’t stop to surrender.” – Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap