My favorite, perhaps unconventional, romantic songs.
I couldn't utter my love when it counted Ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted Ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now The words hung above But never would form Like a cry at the final Breath that is drawn Remember me, love When I'm reborn As the shrike to your sharp And glorious thorn
Shrike - Hozier
I'd gladly lose me to find you I'd gladly give up all I had To find you I'd suffer anything and be glad I'd pay any price just to get you I'd work all my life and I will To win you I'd stand naked, stoned, and stabbed I'd call that a bargain The best I ever had
Bargain - The Who
If you were a river in the mountains tall The rumble of your water would be my call If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow Just as long as you were with me when the cold winds blow
All I Want Is You - Barry Louis Poliser
When people keep repeating That you'll never fall in love When everybody keeps retreating But you can't seem to get enough Let my love open the door
Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townsend
If I was born as a blackthorn tree I'd wanna be felled by you Held by you Fuel the pyre of your enemies Ain't it warming you, the world gone up in flames? Ain't it the life you, you're lighting of the blaze? Ain't it a waste they'd watch the throwing of the shade? Ain't you my baby? Ain't you my babe?
NFWMB - Hozier
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ Ain't nothing please me more than you Oh, home, let me come home Home is wherever I'm with you Oh, home, let me come home Home is wherever I'm with you La, la, la, la, take me home
Home - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Baby It's been a long day, baby Things ain't been going my way You know I need you here To clear my mind All the time And baby The way you move me, it's crazy It's like you see right through me And make it easier You please me, you don't even have to try
You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
We'll have a blue room A new room for two room Where every day's a holiday Because you're married to me Not like a ballroom A small room, a hall room Where you can smoke your pipe away With my wee head upon your knee
The Blue Room - Ella Fitzgerald
Love me like a river does Cross the sea Love me like a river does Endlessly Love me like a river does Baby don't rush you're no waterfall Love me that is all
Love Me Like A River Does - Melanie Gardot
I pushed her away I walked to the door I fell to the floor I got down on my knees Then I looked at her and she at me Well, that's the way that I want it to stay
Lola - The Kinks
Let me give my love to you Let me take your hand And as we walk in the dimming light Oh darling understand That everything, everything ends
Meet Me on the Equinox - Death Cab for Cutie
Home is where I want to be But I guess I'm already there I come home, she lifted up her wings I guess that this must be the place I can't tell one from another Did I find you, or you find me? There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this where I'll be, where I'll be
This Must Be the Place - Talking Heads
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel
Pictures of You - The Cure
Boys, workin' on empty Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat There's nothing sweeter than my baby I'd never want once from the cherry tree 'Cause my baby's sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin' me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her
Work Song - Hozier
I kiss you on the brain in the shadow of a train I kiss you all starry eyed, my body's swinging from side to side I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else But you
Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
It must be your skin, I'm sinkin' in It must be for real, 'cause now I can feel And I didn't mind, it's not my kind It's not my time, to wonder why Everything gone white, everything's grey Now you're here, now you're away I don't want this, remember that I'll never forget, where you're at
Glycerine - Bush
I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it
God Only Knows - Beach Boys
Her eyes and words are so icy Oh but she burns Like rum on the fire Hot and fast and angry as she can be I walk my days on a wire It looks ugly, but it's clean Oh momma, don't fuss over me The way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine Open hand or closed fist would be fine The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine
Cherry Wine - Hozier
The tiniest moves you make Watching the whole world shake Watching my whole world change The tiniest twist of faith Watching the whole world shake Watching my whole world change
Tiny Moves - the Bleachers
Lean on me When you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on... For it won't be long 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby As long as you're with me, you'll be just fine Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby Nothing's gonna take you from my side And we laugh into the microphone and sing With our sunglasses on, to our favorite songs
Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby - Cigarettes After Sex
'Cause I got issues But you got 'em too So give 'em all to me And I'll give mine to you Bask in the glory Of all our problems 'Cause we got the kind of love It takes to solve 'em Yeah, I got issues And one of them is how bad I need you
Issues - Julia Michaels
Oh my heart is tangled all around you, When you've got trouble I've got trouble too. Oh my life is arm in arm with you When you've got trouble I've got trouble too.