Next to Me

This is one of those songs that I listen to, and while things may still seem crap, there's hope. A cutesy sentiment I know, but when a song spells out what I feel and what I've been through so well, and tells me that I'm not the first person to feel that way and that I don't have to struggle through it alone, I have to give credit where credit's due:

'When they drag you from your bed before the dawn
When they beat you 'til you know you can't go on
When you believe you're right but still you're always wrong
Come and sit down here with me

When they freeze you out of every conversation
When you get hurt but they tell you you're exaggerating
When you don't fit into any of the plans that they are making
Come and sit down here with me

When rejection is your natural condition
When they give someone else your job or dream position
When you've got more to offer than they could possibly imagine
Come and sit down here with me

When there's no one to trust at the hour of your confession
When there's no grace to give you time to learn your lesson
When you are only worth ten percent of your possessions
Come and sit down here with me

Come and sit down here with me
You're in perfect company
No matter how lonely you may feel
Come and sit down here with me

When all that you believed is a dream that is dying
When they still sell you lies but long ago you stopped buying
When you're more scared of falling than excited by the flying
Come and sit down here with me

When you have long given up hope of your own healing
When all the prayers you pray bounce back down from the ceiling
When the last breath you take is the only one that's appealing
Come and sit down here with me

Come and sit down here with me
You're in perfect company
No matter how lonely you may feel
Take the weight off of your feet

Come and sit down here with me
You're in perfect company
No matter how lonely you may feel
Come and sit down here with me'

-Brian Housten 'Next to Me'