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Do you ever have a song that means just so much more to you than it can anyone else? Not that the song won't mean something to them, just.... Not as much.

I have a song like that. It is "I'll Be Your Crying Shoulder", by Edwin McCain. The reason it means so much to me shall not be typed, however, on the off chance someone I know in real life actually takes the time to reads this... It goes just a little deeper than they can ever know... I will say that it was made special through an experience with someone who was very close to me once, but drifted away.

"I'll Be Your Crying Shoulder"
By Edwin McCain

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath.
Emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above.

[Chorus:]
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life.

Rain falls angry on the tin roof
As we lie awake in my bed.
You're my survival, you're my living proof.
My love is alive not dead.
Tell me that we belong together.
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above

[Chorus]

I've been dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead.
Tuned in, turned on, remembered the things that you said

[Chorus x2]

The greatest fan of your life.
...greatest fan of your life.