Is it normal certain songs are too painful to listen to?
Some songs have particular melodies and or lyrics that strike a certain nerve within me, they trigger a very intense painful feeling.
Example: I have avoided listening to Dashboard Confessional's song "Stolen" for months, but before I knew what I was doing, I started listening to it on Youtube:
"We watch the season pull up its own stakes
And catch the last weekend of the last week
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced,
Another sun soaked season fades away"
And it felt like something almost physical (but mostly mental) was "welling up" inside me and I actually started crying.
Another example: The Script's song "For the first time":
"We're smiling but we're close to tears, even after all these years....."
When there are lyrics in a song like this, they're often about topics like change, intense feelings and love. I haven't gone through a lot of these things, yet I still get intense feelings from the songs.
I usually only get the feeling for a few specific parts of the song, a specific combination of melody and lyrics.
IIN?