LGBT Related Songs

"Closer to Myself" by Kendall Payne -- It's a Christian song and it's probably talking about something completely different but it makes incredible sense in the context of being in the closet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td21W-NZEiI

 

I love Morrissey and The Smiths too. I think some can't really be interpreted any other way.

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Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett)-He Poos Clouds (It's about how he fell in love with Zelda)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cj_5s35jdw[/YOUTUBE]

Lazy, you lazy poet, your words are reckless, and I can't feel it
But hey, hey, all the boys I have ever loved have been digital
I've been a guest, on a screen, or in a book!
I move 'em with my thumbs, I move them with my thumbs
I write his name in nothing, he whispers to the author
That I will be the only one

Escape! Escape! This time, for real!
We fool around in the service lane
He's the only friend I have who doesn't do cocaine
And all the boys I have ever loved have been confidential
Had a broken home, or a seedy past
So I know it's gonna last
And move him with your thumbs, I move him with my thumbs
He needs, he needs my guidance, he needs, he needs my time
Though I am not the only one

He swam! To the edge of the wall of the world!
Followed my voice, and he cried
Master! The answer is maybe... Maybe not... Maybe not...
Maybe not! I have goals!
Gotta fulfill the seven prophecies!
Gotta be a friend to grandmother!
Gotta rescue Michael from the White Witch!
Gotta find and kill my shadow self
Gotta dig up every secret seashell
You may have been made for love...
But I'm just made.

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The Magnetic Fields have a lot of songs that are "LGBT related". Some may not be as obvious as others though. Here's a more obvious one.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbPG7sPYAmg[/YOUTUBE]

You told me you loved me
I know where and when
Come sunrise, surprise surprise!
The joke's on me again
I know you don't love me
You know I don't care
Keep it hidden better
Did I say the world was fair?

I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

I just hope you're happy
Stringing me along
While you're stringing
I'm here singing
This, my saddest song
I wish I could see you
I wish I could sleep
Should I freak out?
Should I seek out
Someone I could keep?

I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

I wanted you tonight
I walked around a lot
Wishing you were here
To keep me from sleeping
With anyone who might
Want me or even not
Some guys have a beer and they'll do anything
Anything, anything

I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

 

I guess there are some others too.

Here are two classics (meaning from the 80s)
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6TYQaDthIY[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBR4EPBNI2A[/YOUTUBE]

This is another one I kind of like.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO45oUdRqTs[/YOUTUBE]

 

So Happy I Could Die - Lady Gaga

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Eh eh yeah yeah
Eh eh ah-hah ah-hah
Eh eh yeah yeah
Eh eh ah-hah ah-hah

I love that lavender blonde
The way she moves, the way she walks
I touch myself, can't get enough
And in the silence of the night
Through all the tears and all the lies,
I touch myself and it's all right

Just give in
Don't give up baby
Open up your heart and your mind to me
Just know when
That glass is empty, that the world is gonna bend

Yeahhh

Happy in the club with a bottle of red wine
Stars in our eyes 'cause we're having a good time
Eh eh, so happy I could die
Be your best friend yeah I love you forever,
Up in the clouds we're both higher than ever
Eh eh, so happy I could die
And it's all right

Eh eh yeah yeah
Eh eh ah-hah ah-hah
Eh eh yeah yeah
Eh eh ah-hah ah-hah

I am as vain as I allow
I do my hair, I gloss my eyes
I touch myself all through the night
And when something falls out of place
I take my time, I put it back
I touch myself 'till I'm on track

Just give in
Don't give up baby
Open up your heart and your mind to me
Just know when
That glass is empty, that the world is gonna bend

Happy in the club with a bottle of red wine
Stars in our eyes 'cause we're having a good time
Eh eh, so happy I could die
Be your best friend yeah I love you forever,
Up in the clouds we're both higher than ever
Eh eh, so happy I could die
And it's all right

So happy I could die
And it's all right
So happy I could die
And it's all right

Eh eh yeah yeah
Eh eh ah-hah ah-hah
Eh eh yeah yeah
Eh eh ah-hah ah-hah

Happy in the club with a bottle of red wine
Stars in our eyes 'cause we're having a good time
Eh eh, so happy I could die
Be your best friend yeah I love you forever,
Up in the clouds we're both higher than ever
Eh eh, so happy I could die
And it's all right (x2)

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ok what, that worked when i previewed it. someone fix it plox, i'm too dumb to do it myself lol

 

Nice to see fellow Moz fans. I'm a big, and slightly obsessive, fan His songs are ambiguous but I think you can definitely tell they come from someone who has struggled over sexuality, I guess they're easily related to by us. But he makes his songs have so many layers that anyone can relate to them in their own way. The man's a genius

 

"The Only One" by Melissa Etheridge, "Crimson And Clover" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "I Love Playin' With Fire" by The Runaways.

 

This Smiths song is a more obvious.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olP2KvITKSQ&feature=search[/YOUTUBE]

Another of my favorite gay songs...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUjk20fAHM&feature=search[/YOUTUBE]

 

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5DvuQ5OCf4 [/YOUTUBE]

Sitting on a park bench
Thinking about a friend of mine
He was only 23
Gone before he had his time
It came without a warning
Didn't want his friends to see him cry
He knew the day was dawning
And I didn't have a chance to say goodbye

Chorus:

In this life I loved you most of all
What for?
'Cause now you're gone and I have to ask myself
What for?

What for?
Driving down the boulevard
Thinking about a man I knew
He was like a father to me
Nothing in the world that he wouldn't do
Taught me to respect myself
Said that we're all made of flesh and blood
Why should he be treated differently
Shouldn't matter who you choose to love

(chorus)

Intermediate:

People pass by and I wonder who's next
Who determines, who knows best
Is there a lesson I'm supposed to learn in this case
Ignorance is not bliss

(chorus)
(intermediate)

Have you ever watched your best friend die [what for]
Have you ever watched a grown man cry [what for]
Some say that life isn't fair [what for]
I say that people just don't care [what for]
They'd rather turn the other way [what for]
And wait for this thing to go away [what for]
Why do we have to pretend [what for]
Some day I pray it will end

I hope it's in this life
I hope it's in this life time
(repeat)

 

Here's another thread about it http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24855

 

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPbu3V7cTM[/YOUTUBE]

I don't know if it qualifies but it sure is one of the weirdest videos I've seen.

The Irresistibles - In this shirt

I am lost, in our rainbow, now our rainbow has gone,

Overcast, by your shadow, as our worlds move on,

But in this shirt, I can be you, to be near you for a while,

There's a crane, knocking down all those things, that we were,

I awake, in the night, to hear the engines purr,

There's a pain, it does ripple through my frame, makes me lame,

There's a thorn, in my side, it's the shame, it's the pride...

Of you and me, ever changing, moving on now, moving fast,

And his touch, must be wanted, must become, through your ask,

But I need Jake to tell you, that I love you, it never rests,

And I've bled every day now, for a year, for a year,

I did send you a note on the wind for to read....

... Our names there together must have fallen like a seed...

... To the depths of the soil buried deep in the ground,

On the wind, I could hear you, call my name, held the sounds,

I am lost,

I am lost, in our rainbow, now our rainbow has gone,

I am lost, in our rainbow, now our rainbow has gone,

I am lost.

 

I absolutely adore PJ Harvey.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxo0W_oXoK8[/YOUTUBE]

"She Looks At Me" by that dog is also a really sweet song.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMX1DywsE0w[/YOUTUBE]

 

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-7WPu2VlU[/YOUTUBE]

There he goes
My baby walks so slow
Sexual tic-tac-toe
Yeah I know we both know
It isn't time, no
But could you be m-mine?

We'll never get too far
Just you, me and the bar
Silly menage a trois, sometimes
Would you be m-mine?
Would you be m-mine?
Would you be m-mine?

Oh baby, light's on
But you're mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone, hey
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone
Give you fever, fever, yeah

There it goes
You stole my so and so
'Cause, sweetheart
No-no-nobody a-kno-kno-knows me
Or can find
Time to be m-mine, mine

Let's get inside your car
Just you, me and the stars
Kind of menage a trois, sometimes
Would you be m-mine?
Would you be m-mine?
Would you be m-mine?

Oh baby, light's on
But you're mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone, hey
With this fever, fever, yeah

My one and own
I wanna get you alone
Give you fever, fever, yeah

Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah

You burn me, burn me up
Baby yea, yea

baby you're mine
Baby you're mine,
mine,
you're mine

Oh baby, light's on
But you're mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone
I got this fever that I can't sweat out

Oh baby light's on
But you're mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone
Yeah give you fever, fever yeah

Give you my f-f-fever my f-fever
Give you my f-f-fever my f-fever
Give you fever, fever, yeah
Give you fever, fever, yeah

 

The Saga Of Jesse Jane- Alice Cooper

I'm in jail in a Texas town
In my sister's wedding gown
I drive a truck all night long
Listening to Judy Garland songs

Now I'm locked behind bars of steel
I was just looking for a happy meal
I parked my rig and I went inside
They've never seen such a pretty bride

Jesse Jane, are you insane?
Or are you just a normal guy
Who dresses like a butterfly
Jesse Jane

I paid my bill and I turned around
Facing every red neck in that one horse town
His face was red. His fist was clenched
He threw his coke and he got me drenched

Jesse Jane, are you insane?
Or are you just an average Joe
Looking for a fashion show
Jesse Jane

Well, I guess that was the final straw
I pulled a pistol from my Wonderbra
I killed him dead. I killed 'em all
And they finally caught me in the bathroom stall

And now I'm doing ten to life
But I'll tell you one thing, Bubba
Someday I'm gonna make someone in here
A hell of a wife

Jesse Jane, are you insane?
Or are you just a average guy
Who dresses like a butterfly
Jesse Jane

Jesse Jane, are you insane?
Or are you just a Peter Pan
Looking for his Never Land
Jesse Jane

 

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ88oTITMoM[/YOUTUBE]

This counts right :eek:

 

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLt5n0auPwM&ob=av2e[/YOUTUBE] Can't help it, really. But I like that song.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoXGCZHcHtc[/YOUTUBE] thats just cos its hilarious.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2xD0bM5IA[/YOUTUBE]

Because it simple has to be posted. Lyrics:

Why did you steal the matches
From the one room motel
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand
They wonder where did they go wrong
How could you be so selfish
Why can't you get along

And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

You've seen it in the movies
And you've heard it on the street
Craving the affection
Your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons
As original as sin
Deny all that you feel
And they will bring you home again

And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

Your body is alive
But no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours
Trying to conceal
The natural progression
Is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame
And turn it into rage

And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

You are digging for the answers
Until your fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger
To satiate the need
They feed you on the guilt
To keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made up
A thousand years ago

And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy

Mothers tell your children
Be quick you must be strong
Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
Refuse to hand it down
The legacy stops here

 

Don't think anybody's posted it (if they have I'm sorry) but "Coming Clean" by Green Day details a seventeen year old coming to terms with their sexuality. (Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg97ZJDOGSg

Seventeen and strung out on confusion
Trapped inside a roll of disillusion
I found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad will never understand

Secrets collecting dust but never forget
SKELETONS come to LIFE in my closet

I found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad will never understand
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME

Seventeen and COMING CLEAN for the first time
I finally figured out myself for the first time
I found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad will never understand
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME

 

It's Okay To Be Gay-Tomboy
THE MOST OBVIOUSLY GAY SONG IN HISTORY!

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j4t185wl-0[/YOUTUBE]

 

I really want to call these LGBT songs, and I believe the second and third are rather heavily focused on experiences.
Ultra Nate- You're Free
Ultra Nate- "You´re Free" -Original SUBTITLED - YouTube
Where did we go wrong
Where did we lose our faith
My brother is in need
But can he depend on me
Do you think if one of you tried
Maybe you could find
A better friend than any other
If you gave more than you took
Life could be so good
Come on and try
Nows the time

Cause you're free
To do what you want to do
Youve got to live your life
Do what you want to do

Do what you want
Do what you want to do

Are we all strangers
Does anyone really care
Deep down were all the same
Trying to hide our pain
You think you can never trust another
Cause they're all out to get ya
We have to live in this world together
If we open up our hearts
Love can finally start
Come on and try
Nows the time

Chorus

Bridge when you're down and youre
Feeling bad
Everybody has left you sad
Feels like no one will pull you through
Its your life whatcha gonna do
Make that change lets start today
Get outta bed get on your way
Don't be scared your dreams right there
You want it reach for it.

Frank Ocean- Forrest Gump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7HyAJAQuXc
I wanna see your pom poms from the stands
Come on, come on

My fingertips and my lips
They burn from the cigarettes
Forrest Gump you run my mind boy
Running on my mind boy
Forrest Gump

I know you Forrest
I know you wouldn't hurt a beetle
But you're so buff and so strong
I'm nervous Forrest
Forrest Gump

I saw your game, Forrest
I was screaming run forty-four
But you kept running past the end zone
Oh where'd you go Forrest
Forrest Gump

Forrest green
Forrest blues
I'm remembering you
If this is love
I know it's true
I won't for-get you
It's for you Forrest
It's for you Forrest
If this is love
I know it's true
I won't
For-get-you

The Internet- Cocaine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xaYNCBaUPQ
Hey Baby. Where you going? You look good to me. You look good to me. Walking by yourself. Maybe I can help

I wanna, I wanna, Do you wanna do some Cocaine? I wanna, I wanna, Do you wanna do some Cocaine?

Baby just ignore the consequence,
You look like you can use a little confidence. So follow me, just let it be your paradise. And now that you know what this feelings like, You Know you can have it for the rest of your life. Just follow me, Just follow me

She high as fuck up in my truck, shocked up looking for a bitch to fuck. Im high on coke, she high on coke. Coast to coast baby float my boat, got coke to sniff and weed to roast. And no need to boast. Let's snort

2 in the back, one in the front, do yo wanna ride in my car

Ayee
Dont trip
Just try it once
Dont worry (I wanna I wanna)
Just follow me (I wanna I wanna)

I wanna, I wanna, Do you wanna do some Cocaine? I wanna, I wanna, Do you wanna do some Cocaine?

Baby just ignore the consequence, you look like you can use a little confidence. So follow me, your fantasies in paradise. And now that you know what this feelings like, You Know you can have it for the rest of your life. Just follow me, Just follow me

 

Whatcha waiting for,she,i kissed a girl

 

Matt Fishel Football Song Matt Fishel - "Football Song" (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Radio friendly pop song Matt Fishel - "Radio-Friendly Pop Song" (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Testament Matt Fishel - "Testament" (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Behind closed doors Matt Fishel - "Behind Closed Doors" (Audio) - YouTube
The first time Matt Fishel - "The First Time" (Official Music Video) - YouTube

And others on his CD