Creature Comforts

[RoamingCarolyn]

How do you cope with your anxiety or depression?

The song "Creature Comfort" by Arcade Fire brings into light that there are a lot of things people do to cope, healthy or not.

I've been listening to the song non-stop, it seems, since last week. The more I listen, the more I hear and understand.

A creature comfort is (idiomatic, often plural) Any small item or detail that makes a person feel comfortable and at home.

Here are the lyrics:

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Creature Comfort

Arcade Fire -

"Some boys hate themselves

Spend their lives resenting their fathers

Some girls hate their bodies

Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback

Saying God, make me famous

If you can't just make it painless

Just make it painless

Assisted suicide

She dreams about dying all the time

She told me she came so close

Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record

Saying God, make me famous

If you can't just make it painless

Just make it painless

It goes on and on, I don't know what I want

On and on, I don't know if I want it

On and on, I don't know what I want

On and on, I don't know if I want it

(On and on I don't know what I want)

(On and on I don't know if I want it)

(On and on I don't know what I want)

(On and on I don't know if I want it)

Some girls hate themselves

Hide under the covers with sleeping pills and

Some girls cut themselves

Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback

Some boys get too much, too much love, too much touch

Some boys starve themselves

Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback

Creature comfort makes it painless

Bury me penniless and nameless

Born in a diamond mine

It's all around you but you can't see it

Born in a diamond mine

It's all around you but you can't touch it

Saying God, make me famous

If you can't just make it painless

Just make it painless

It's not painless

She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine

And we're not nameless, oh

It goes on and on, I don't know what I want

On and on, I don't know if I want it

On and on, I don't know what I want

On and on, I don't know if I want it

(On and on I don't know what I want)

(On and on I don't know if I want it)

(On and on I don't know what I want)

Well if you're not sure, better safe than sorry

Creature comfort, make it painless

Creature comfort, make it painless

We're the bones under your feet

The white lie of American prosperity

We wanna dance but we can't feel the beat

I'm a liar, don't doubt my sincerity

Just make it painless

Creature comfort, make it painless

Na-na-na-na

Na-na-na na-na-na-na

(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)

(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)

Na-na-na na-na-na-na

Na-na-na na-na-na-na

(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)

Creature comfort, make it painless"

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When it comes to dealing with the pain of anxiety or depression you just want it to stop hurting!

The chorus of the song just asks for the creature comfort, whatever that may be, to make it painless.

Life is this thing that we all go through and we are affected in different ways. No one can tell you how to perceive a situation and something that is traumatic to you may not be to someone else.

Life is painful and cruel to a lot of people. Sadly, some people chose to end the pain. Like the song says, it may end that person's pain but it causes pain in the lives of others.

We all face it, we all feel it and I am one of those girls that cuts themselves. I haven't cut myself in years, but it's a demon I face when I cannot cope with my anxiety or depression.

I go to therapy and I take medication. I am not "alright" and it takes work to keep from being sucked into the Tempest that rages.

There's no making life painless.

[fauxartist]

I went and found the video, and I listened to it, then I read the lyrics, and your post...and tried to really hear what you were feeling from this song and what the words might mean to you....you cut to release the pain and pressure is what I've been told, and yes...suicide sets off a ripple effect for those left behind, it's effects of the loss of someone gone from your life never stops echoing in the quiet of your mind. You have many people here, form all walks of life, all ages, etc.etc.....and you know what....we still all have pain, no matter how much or how little...it's all valid. Your pain is valid. I'm glad you shared that post with us...I felt a lot from it...thank you.

[RoamingCarolyn in reply to fauxartist]

Happy to share ☺️