identify songs which fill me with unusual feelings

What on Earth is going on in my heart?
as it turns cold to stone…

Seems these days I don’t feel anything
Unless it cuts me right down to the bone.

What on earth is going on in my heart?

Cause my oh my you know it just don’t stop
Cause in my mind I wanna tear it up
I’m trying to fight trying to turn it off
But it’s not enough

It takes a lot of love
It takes a lot of love, my friend
to keep your heart from freezing
to push on til the end.

My oh my!

What on earth is going on in my head?
I know I used to be so sharp.
You know I used to be so definite
Thought I knew what love was for.
I look around these days
I’m not so sharp.
No no no

My oh my you know it just don’t stop.
It’s in my mind I wanna tear it up.
Trying to fight trying to turn it off
but it’s not enough.
It takes a lot of love
It takes a lot of love, my friend
to keep your heart from freezing
to push on til the end
my oh my you just can’t win
you burn it down it comes right back again
what kind of world is this we’re living in
where you never win?

It takes a lot love
it takes a lot love these days
to keep your heart from freezing
to keep your spirit free… oh

my oh my

My oh my you know it just don’t stop
it’s in my mind i wanna tear it up
trying to fight it trying to turn it off
but it’s not enough
It takes a lot of love
It takes a lot of love, my friend
to keep your heart from freezing
to push on til the end.

My oh my you know it just don’t stop
my oh my you know it just don’t stop
Just don’t
My oh my you know it just don’t stop
my oh my
My oh my you know it just don’t stop
my oh my
my oh my you know it just don’t stop
weeeeelll
my oh my you know it just don’t stop
my oh my
my oh my
my oh my you know it just don’t stop
my oh my you know it just don’t stop

Again a beautiful song, and can be interpreted in many ways.

Betty came by on her way
Said she had a word to say
About things today
And fallen leaves

Said she hadn’t heard the news
Hadn’t had the time to choose
A way to lose
But she believes

Gonna to see the river man
Gonna to tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
And all night shows
In summertime

Betty said she prayed today
For the sky to blow away
Or maybe stay
She wasn’t sure

For when she tought of summer rain
Calling for her mind again
She lost the pain
And stayed for more

Gonna see the river man
Gonna to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don’t suppose
It’s meant for me

Oh, how they come and go
Oh, how they come and go

Apart from the beauty of the song itself, I love the world-weariness tinged with hope, and the fact that we are left to interpret for ourselves what the song is actually about. For this reason I hesitate to investigate the meaning too literally, but my feeling is that the song relates to man’s disillusionment with what we have created, that despite our boundless energy, efforts and abilities, we appear not a step closer to Utopia. Yet. There remains some hope, and we continue to look for the right path.

A beautiful, timeless song.