Songs about emotions: TUC's Top 10 Mix

What are emotions? Generally speaking, when we talk about emotions, we are referring to a strong feeling of happiness, sadness, anger, love, hurt, etc. The emotions can be related to relationships, moods, and circumstances. In a nutshell, having emotions means that you have flesh and bones and that you are human. One of my primary goals on The Unprecedented Cult has been to capture different human emotions through words. Till now, I have written multiple poems and songs around strong emotions and feelings, and these are curated from my experiences.

Years back when I went online, I was apprehensive about writing on emotions and porting my previous work. The content that I wrote was sensitive to an extent. It exposed the vulnerable side of the humans, a rigid thought process, the cold society norms, and other things that were still considered taboo. Later, I realized that if I don’t publish that work, my purpose of reaching out to the concerned people would not be fulfilled.

So, after a lot of thinking, I decided that I will not hold back and will publish the content (songs and poems) relating to the different kinds of emotions.

In this post, I will talk about my top 10 songs published on The Unprecedented Cult relating to different types of emotions.

So, without further delay, let us jump right in. It is going to be an intense ride and an amalgamation of songs and emotions.

#1 – Sanctity: The Lost Identity

One of my favorite songs that truly brings out the deepest emotions. The song is about sexual abuse against women. It depicts the pain, misery, and mental state of the victim who is ill-treated by the society and men.

A sad woman sitting head down and a clenched fist of a man in the foreground depicting her abuse, suppression, emotions, and misery.

Prying Eyes
how do I shut you down?
You judge
by the ways that don’t make sense somehow
No exposure
No seduction
I carry this way to suit my comfort

Rules
you made to suppress the voices
Narrow
are your thoughts that make the choices
Never
do you want to be equal in stature
Strength
you have used to show your true nature

Screams
you don’t realize how deep they are
Pain
it pierces my shadow in the dark
Hurt
you have given all my life
The truth
you believe in, is a deplorable lie

Memories
are now a curse to withstand
Heart I gave
but you stabbed me in the back
Black and white
I now fail to decipher
The sad part is
you forgot your own creator

Part of me
has gone numb and died
Sanctity
was the ultimate treasure I lost tonight

#2- Crimson on the street: A Black Night

A rap song that depicts the scene of a civil war. It talks about the night of death and massacre. The narrator asks the question – why we humans thirst for power? Is the bloodshed solution to problems? And, why can’t everyone live in peace?

A scene of complete destruction and buildings in ruins as part of war.

Deafening silence
Blood in my ears
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to hide
The memories haunt like hell
The pictures he painted were real
Black was all around
When I woke up in fear

Tears in my eyes
Hiding pain behind that smile
The rain and the thunder
were chaotic that night
The words he etched
were beyond my shallow mind
Black was all around
wherever I took my sight

Dark before the light
Silence before the fight
Living in a sadistic world
was so much true and realistic that night
Gunshots to the head
Grenades behind
Black was all around
and there was nowhere to hide

An infant running on the street
Flashes across the sky
Why do we kill each other
when there can be peace if we decide?

Black was all around
hurting every life
Black was all around
clouding every mind
Black was all around
the people howled that night
Black was all around
and death reigned that night

#3 – Succumb: Torn Apart

Another one of my favorite songs that brings out the dark emotions. The song showcases depression and how it affects the life of a person. Helplessness and misery are the core ingredients here.

A man in a dark jungle and wearing a beak mask depicting depression, death, and darkness.

I’ve been trying so hard,
but the darkness still tears me apart
I’ve fallen too many times,
but still have no answer to those signs
When a tragedy strikes,
I feel so helpless and numb,
when the storm hits hard,
I hide in your grave and succumb

I’ve tried to overcome,
but there isn’t a doorway to escape this fear
I’ve seen familiar ghosts in the dreams,
waking me up with the deafening screams
When the clouds turn grey,
I know the force lashing out at me,
when nothing makes sense,
I know I am in the midst of another calamity

You can hate or love me for who I am,
but, what’s the point if I’m not the same from the inside
Why do I feel so cold in hard days?
when I should be strong and ready to face my fate
I’m not the one you want to trust in the end,
I am weak and can’t move on with this mess
It’s been years and I still feel so helpless and numb,
when the storm hits hard,
I hide in your grave and succumb

#4 – Torched the broken: Fallen Faith

There are few writings on TUC that actually talk about faith, emotions, and war with God when unfortunate things happen. This song talks exactly about the same. One of the dark rap songs that focus on a person, his emotions, and how he lost faith when certain unwanted things happened in his life. Misery, pain, sadness, and distress is what describes the person now.

A broken, burnt, and crying angel depicting emotions and loss of faith in God.

Born with regrets,
drowned, in an isolated space,
held your hands,
so you come to my aid.

Silence in me,
the fear of inevitability,
losing the sanity,
chased you to the infinity.

Hopeful,
kneeled before you,
arms wide open,
my faith was in you.

Destruction, catastrophe,
knocked on my door,
you just looked,
while I crawled on the floor.

Cold, numb,
wrapped in my pain,
darkness filled,
traded smile for the pain.

Screaming within,
embracing the betrayal,
pushed my life,
from heaven to hell.

Are you still there?
can you see the broken?
the torn prayers?
the life that’s sinking?

Feeling the swing,
the tides in my head,
tears roaring to come out,
but confined in my chest.

Smiling at me,
eternal darkness has fallen,
mocking this weak,
you torched the broken.

#5 – Hurricane: The Inside Storm

A rap song about insanity, depression, pain, inner turmoil, emotions, and misery of a person going through a dark phase in life. It is one of the darkest songs from emotions perspective.

A distressed man in the dark with hands on his face showcasing emotions, misery, and pain.

Fading
my imagination,
burnt,
in the sea of condemnation.
Walking,
on the road of intoxication,
bleeding,
in the search of my creation.

Confused,
of the path I tread,
tied,
with the chains inside my head.
Howling,
like wolves for the dead,
white,
the skin I shed.

Suffocating,
the breath it hurts,
drowning,
in the pool of my own blood.
Running,
the doors I shut,
voices,
still, pierce the wood.

Smoke,
fill my lungs,
stumbling,
I feel numb.
Fighting,
the wound of the stung,
poison,
destroys warmth of the sun.

Thoughts,
mix with emotions,
screams,
left in the devotion.
Sanity,
struck by the commotion,
buried,
deep within the ocean.

Erupting,
the voice in my core,
pledges,
the hurricane on the shore.
Death,
shouts at the door,
closing,
I feel no more.

#6 – Where’d you go: Destroyed Love

A song about love and pain. It talks about emotions and misery felt when a person pushes away his/her love due to negativity or depression that can’t be controlled.

A girl crying with red rose on her lap depicting broken love, pain, and misery.

Looking at me behind the mist
I’ve hated myself to be like this
A thirst for unwanted bliss
and nothing makes sense a bit

I’ve searched all around
the traces of you couldn’t be found
I’m waiting
I’m torn apart
a force, a pain in my heart

Just come back
my words are left unsaid
and this void is too much to take
I’m running behind your shadows
and I’m not sure which path to follow

All the happiness in me
I was mistaken
and the shallowness inside
crawling, can’t be taken

Where’d you go?
I’m lying wide awake
searching for the stars, they’ve disappeared
The thoughts are flickering through my head
not sure as I’m lying on this cold bed
All my faith has gone away
and I can’t find you leading my way

Where’d you go?
I’m standing here all alone
I’m trying to be strong, but this pain tears me through

#7 – Going Down: Messed Up

Another rock song that focusses on misery, emotions, and dark memories. It talks about depression and its effects on a person. Misery, pain, helplessness, and suffering are some of the highlights of the song.

A man crying in front of a burning house depicting broken memories, pain, and misery.

I’ve seen it all fall apart
The life pushing out from the eternal scars
It was never meant to be this way
I breathe but the blood inside decays

I’m going down and it feels like I’m chained inside
A wish for suffering
and nothing can bring me back from the other side

Motionless in an empty room
I’m thinking about something I can’t pretend
A thousand memories rush through my head
Suffocating, I can’t get out of this bed

I run far away from my shadows
They haunt me like a ghost on my back
I see nothing get through this head
It’s dark all around and I’m in a mess

I’m going down and it feels like I’m chained inside
A wish for suffering
and nothing can bring me back from the other side

I’m going down……
It’s hard to let you go
I’m so drowned in your memories
And I don’t know what to do
I’m gonna forget you someday
And maybe then my life shall fall in place

I’m going down……..

#8 – You and I: My Own Battle

A song about depression and how it cripples the life of a person. The song specifically brings out the emotions of anger and frustration.

A raging man with a red face screaming and showcasing frustration and anger.

A thousand times
I’ve died this way
A thousand times
Your strength has made me weak.

There are no regrets
for the things I’ve done
But, I’ve lived here
with a curse, and I’m undone

Let me show you how it’s done
Cut me through
Do you think its fun?

I’m killed by the accusations
I know you will survive on this earth
And if you’re gonna leave me alone
I’ll still never go back from what I’ll become

I’m torn apart in the ways unknown
I’m so far that I can’t go back home
My body and soul needs rest now
Maybe, one day I’ll return with all the pain gone

I’ve heard the screaming silence
I’ve hurt too much to take in
I’ve seen people despise me
in all the possible ways
You don’t care
A dark space I’ve become
There is a monster inside
That’s ready to erupt.
I’ve tried to be calm
But now the hatred has struck

The end of my mortality
is not far behind
Even the angels
can’t shake me back to life
But still,
You’re not gonna let me die
Coz you want to see me burn in this life

#9 – Battling Memories: Shadow Of The Devil

A rock song about a person who is still not able to come to terms with sad memories. Hurting thoughts, dark emotions, and eternal pain are the key components in the song.

A man fading away in the darkness showcasing sad memories, misery, and depression.

I’ve got to come to terms
with the life of the past,
a time
I need to let go,
to heal my invisible scars.

I don’t know
how to clean up this mess,
my mind is frozen as dead,
and the heart has evaporated
with burning regrets.

All I want
is a reason not to die again,
but every page I turn,
brings back the memories of pain.
I can’t let go of
the past that pushed me away,
tell me
why I have to fight
against my own shadow every day?

The stars and the moon,
they lead my way,
and
leave me into a dark pit, my grave.

All my emotions
tell the story of the same part,
an animal unleashed
from the thoughts of my past,
and now I live with a devil
inside my heart.

The battles I’m fighting
can be delayed but not stopped,
the blood you can’t see
has burst the veins inside,
turning me blue, drop by drop.

I’m floating in space,
the gravity’s gone,
but I still feel the weight.
I can’t see the light anymore,
the darkness,
is now my destiny and fate.

#10 – Infused Misery: Volcano Inside

One of the sad songs about emotions. A rap song that talks about misery and death. It depicts the life of a person who lost a close one many years back but is still not able to move on with life.