What is your favorite song about mental health issues?

Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix is my first obvious choice..... but to better express it, the cover that Type O Negative did of it

 

Thats the first song that came into my head when I saw the title

 

Ditto

 

Arnold Layne had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him fine

On the wall hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby blue
He dug it
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne

Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They gave him time
Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it

Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Don't do it again.

 

Pink floyd?

 

Yes- Pink Floyd
Album: Relics

 

"The Doctor is Calling," by Megadeth:

The doctor is calling
Something's gone wrong
Nowhere do I belong
I listen to the voices in the dark room

Something's going down
But I can't make a sound
Looking past the bars of my mind

The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling

Always sharing trips
Remove me from your lips
Sight and mind still and never go away

One too many tantrums
Deviated symptoms
Better lock the phantom away

The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling
I see the chalkline crawling
I hear the doctor calling me away

This place is my home
My mind still runs free
The doctor's prescription
Less for you and more for me

The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling
I see the chalkline crawling
I hear the doctor calling me away
A merciful embalming
I hear the doctor calling me away

 

Rockin'. Massive Attacks one of my favorite bands.

Good call trip seeker.

 

aw, man, karmacoma makes me horny. for real. love that fucking song. it's so good. it's not massive attack, though. it's tricky, i think. though, mostly the same thing.

 

Drunk Skitzo

M-M-M-M-My Dad's a drunk
My My Mom is a skitzo
My Dad's a drunk
My my mom is a skitzo
Dad's a drunk
My mom is a skitzo
I am a drunk and I am a skitzo
My son's a punk
My daughter's a lezbo
My unc's a drunk
I can't make my mind up

Why don't it just fade away
F-F-F-Fade away
F-F-F-Fade away
Ooo-oo-Oh Fade away
Fah Fah Fade away
T-T-T-T-Tah turn the page

My bro's my fo
My nice is a morfo
My wife's a freak
My husband's a psycho
My sister's a whore
I can't take it no more

I got bad luck
But wait there's more
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
My aunt's a bitch
My cuzz is a fuckup
....C-C-Ah C'mon
Why can't they just
Straighten up

SSSSSSAh Straighten up
SSSSSSAh Straighten up
---------Sah Straighten up
---------Sah Straighten up
SSSSSSAh Straighten up
SSSSSSAh Straighten up

All because my dad's a drunk
My mom is a skitzo
My mom's a drunk
My dad is a skitzo
I am a drunk
And I am a skitzo

My Grandma's cool
Grampa's already gone
My Grandma's cool
Grampa's already free
Grandma flips in and out
Of reality
My Grampa's free
No reality
My berath flips in and out
Of reality
Grandma's free no reality
My life flips in and out of reality
Why did he have, Why did she have
To die?

 

let us not forget the classic:

12. Institutionalized

Sometimes I try to do things and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
I get real frustrated and I try hard to do it and I take my time and it doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
It's like I concentrate real hard and it doesn't work out
Everything I do and everything I try never turns out
It's like I need time to figure these things out
But there's always someone there going

Hey Mike:
You know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately.
You know, maybe you should get away and maybe you should talk about it, maybe you'll feel a lot better

And I go:
No it's okay, you know I'll figure it out, just leave me alone I'll figure it out. You know I'll just work by myself.

And they go:
Well you know if you want to talk about it I'll be here you know and you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it.

And I go:
No I don't want to I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself and they just keep bugging me and they just keep bugging me and it builds up inside and it builds up inside.

So you're gonna be institutionalized
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
You won't have any say
They'll brainwash you until you see their way.

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything
But then again I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there she called my name
And I didn't even hear it, and then she started screaming: MIKE! MIKE!
And I go:
What, what's the matter
And she goes:
What's the matter with you?
I go:
There's nothing-wrong mom.
And she goes:
Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!
And I go:
No mom I'm not on drugs I'm okay, I was just thinking you know, why don't you get me a pepsi.
And she goes:
NO you're on drugs!
I go:
Mom I'm okay, I'm just thinking.
She goes:
No you're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!
I go:
Mom just give me a Pepsi please
All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me.
Just a Pepsi.

They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
Drug you up because they're lazy
It's too much work to help a crazy

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up a chair and they sat down, they go:
Mike, we need to talk to you
And I go:
Okay what's the matter
They go:
Me and your mom have been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of problems,
You've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody,
We're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself.
So we decided that it would be in your interest if we put you somewhere
Where you could get the help that you need.
And I go:
Wait, what do you mean, what are you talking about, we decided!?
My best interest?! How can you know what's my best interest is?
How can you say what my best interest is? What are you trying to say, I'm crazy?
When I went to your schools, I went to your churches,
I went to your institutional learning facilities?! So how can you say I'm crazy.

They say they're gonna fix my brain
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
But by the time they fix my head
Mentally I'll be dead

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

It doesn't matter I'll probably get hit by a car anyway

 

Tirky collabarated with Massive Attack on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmacoma_(music_video)

I love massive attack so bad.

 

i do, too. karmacoma is on my tricky cd, so it's all about the same to me. but should anyone actually be buying cds, that's where that is. the rest is pretty good, too.

 

hear the voices in my my head i swear to god it sounds like they're snoring...

hahah that always made me laugh

 

I Go Crazy by Paul Davis


Hello girl it's been awhile
Guess you'll be glad to know
That I've learned how to laugh and smile

Getting over you was slow
They say old lovers can be good friends
But I never thought I'd really see you,
I'd really see you again

I go crazy
When I look in your eyes I still go crazy
No my heart just can't hide that old feelin' inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby, you know when I look in your eyes I go crazy

You say he satisfies your mind
Tells you all of his dreams
I know how much that means to you

I realize that I was blind
Just when I thought I was over you
I see your face and it just ain't true
No it just ain't true

I go crazy
When I look in your eyes I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive, it starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby, you know when I look in your eyes I go crazy

I go crazy
You know when I look in your eyes I go crazy
No my heart just can't hide that old feelin' inside
Way deep down inside
I go crazy

Hotwater

 

Institutionalized was the first song I thought of when I opened this thread. God, how many times I heard that song as a teen and felt exactly the same way the kid in the song did.
Why do parents do that shit? They hound and hound and ask what's wrong and accuse you of drug use. Then, they try to speak your language and it just sounds patronizing. Hey, maybe I just wanted a Pepsi.
Please just leave me alone already, jeez.LOL.

 

I'm impressed. Nice choice.

 

Fucked Up Girl - The Vandals


I'm well aware that you are chemically imbalanced
but I'm the kind of guy that likes a challenge
from a crazy kind of girl who lives in her own world
Who is legally insane

I'm not afraid and I'll rise to the occasion
and I'll remind you when it's time for medication
for a mixed up little girl alone in this big world
Who is legally insane

You need someone who's there weather you're Lucid or delusional
You need someone to hold your hand if your confused at all
I understand all the problems you got
I'll stay up nights on a suicide watch for you
Fucked up girl.

I'll be with you until we find a good solution
and keep you out of any mental institutions
Cuz you're legally insane
It takes some patience and a lot of sacrifice
helping a lunatic get through her life
I'll protect you from yourself cuz you got nobody else
And your legally insane

You need someone who's there when you're losing all your faculties
You need someone who understands all your abnormalities
I understand all the problems you got
I'll stay up nights on a suicide watch for you
Fucked up girl.

You need someone who's there whether you're lucid of delusional
You need someone to hold your hand if your confused at all
I understand all the problems you got
I'll stay up nights on a suicide watch for you
Fucked up girl.

.....


Hey, who said depression had to be depressing!!

Listen here

 

memory lane - elliott smith


this is the place
you’ll end up when
you lose the chase
where you’re dragged against your will
from a basement on the hill
and all anybody knows is
you’re not like them
and they kick you in the head
and send you back to bed
isolation pulled you pass a tunnel to a
bright world where you can make a place to stay
but everybody’s scared of this place
they’re staying away
your little house on memory lane
the mayor’s name is fear
his force patrols the pier
from a mountain of cliche
that advances everyday
the doctor spoke a cloud
he rained out loud
you’ll keep your doors and windows shut
and swear you’ll
never show a soul again
but isolation pushes you ‘til every muscle aches
down the only road it ever takes
but everybody’s scared of this place
they’re staying away
your little house on memory lane
if it’s your decision
to be open about yourself
be careful or else
be careful or else
uncomfortable apart
it’s all written on my chart
and i take what’s given to me
most cooperatively
i do what people say
and lie in bed all day
absolutely horrified
i hope you’re satisfied
isolation pushes past self hatred, guilt and shame
to a place where suffering is just a game
but everybodys scared of this place
they’re staying away
your little house on memory lane
your little house on memory lane

 

Some great ones have already been mentioned, so I will go super emo and say:


"Hate me" - Blue October

I have to block out thoughts of you so I don't lose my head
They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed
Dropping little reels of tape to remind me that I'm alone
Playing movies in my head that make a porno feel like home
There's a burning in my pride, a nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you. Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me? It is I that wanted space

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

I'm sober now for 3 whole months it's one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing I won't touch again
In a sick way I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take
So I'll drive so fucking far away that I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you

Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave
Kicking shadows on the street for every mistake that I had made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes crying and I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling "make it go away!"
Just make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be
And then she whispered "How can you do this to me?"

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you

Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you