Post songs to represent "Type X."

[Animal]

Have at it!

[Animal]

Sx 9: "Nothing without You"

Reeve Carney is an Sx 9 singer/songwriter, with his band behind him.
Lyrics:

Who I was before is meaningless
Yeah, I killed him good, there's nothing left
I'm nothing without you

I'm tired of living a lie
Pretending that I deserve your call
Sometimes I'm truly surprised
You've kept me alive this long

I will be your love
Holding you close to my heart and forever
I will endeavor to show
That I will be your love

And I won't let go
Now that I know you well
I've tried to make it alone
But I can't atone for this spell

I will be your love
Holding you close to my heart and forever
I will endeavor to show
I'm nothing without you

I will be your love
Holding you close to my heart and forever
I will endeavor to show
I'm nothing without you

This is an older performance. You can see the surrender in his body language.

Naranjo calls this type "Nobody," but it is more "Nothing/Nobody without you." ( Credit to Arya - an Sx 9 - for that insight.) Reeve is singing this song to God, but it can also be applied to a lover. He clearly isn't "nobody" - he has a beautiful personality, interests of his own. But in so many videos of him with a girlfriend, he is clinging as if he is "nothing" without them. It's in his body language.

For whatever it's worth, he was soft-typed as NeTi on cognitivetype.com.

[Animal]

Enneagram 3: "Beautiful Lie."

Jared Leto, lead singer of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars. Credit for songwriting goes to the band - because that's the kind of guy Jared is - but it's no secret that he is writing a lot.

I believe him to be Sp/Sx 3w4, but this song captures "3" at its very essence, so no other subtype is credited.

CognitiveType has him as TiSe.

It's not just the lyrics, but also the empty landscape. And the band wanted to draw attention to Climate Change and to make the point that the ice caps were beautiful but they were melting away. And that it's a "lie" because the ice underneath is not solid. So he wanted to show that "look, there are ice caps" doesn't mean global warming isn't real.

Nonetheless, I can't help but wonder if he was also talking about himself. I have other songs in mind to show this, but I'll leave it at this song for now.

"A Beautiful Lie"

Lie awake in bed at night
And think about your life
Do you want to be different?
Try to let go of the truth
The battles of your youth
'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful lie makes me

It's time to forget about the past
To wash away what happened last
Hide behind an empty face
Don't ask too much, just say
'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful lie makes me

Beautiful

Everyone's looking at me
I'm running 'round in circles, baby
A quiet desperation's building higher
I've got to remember this is just a game

So beautiful, beautiful
It's a beautiful lie
So beautiful, beautiful
It's a beautiful lie
So beautiful, beautiful
It's a beautiful lie
So beautiful, beautiful

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful lie makes me

[Animal]

Sx/So 6

"Judas"

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga

When he calls to me, I am ready
I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs
Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain
Even after three times he betrays me

(Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
I'll bring him down
Bring him down, down
(Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
A king with no crown
King with no crown

I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby
It's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby
It's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga

I couldn't love a man so purely
Even prophets forgave his crooked ways
I've learned love is like a brick
You can build a house or sink a dead body

(Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
I'll bring him down
Bring him down, down
(Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
A king with no crown
King with no crown

I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby
It's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby
It's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Ew...
In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance
Fame hooker, prostitute, wench vomits her mind
But in the cultural sense, I just speak in future tense
Judas, kiss me, if offensed, or wear ear condom next time

I wanna love you
But something's pulling me away from you
Jesus is my virtue and
Judas is the demon I cling to
I cling to

I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby
It's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby
It's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga

Lady Gaga! 6w7 Sx/So, 639. This song may be specific to Sx/So, in a sense - because she is channeling archetypes of biblical figures. This is cerebral head approach to goddess-god and high archetypes. She is no Sp "feet in the dirt" person. She's way up there, timeless and boundless.

Judas is a 6ish theme because he 'goes against' Jesus, betrays him. And Ms. Skeptic over here is always taken with the rebel, the betrayer, the 'bad guy' - even though she "shouldn't be." After all, he is a reflection of herself.

[Animal]

Lzzy Hale, an 8 lead singer/songwriter, with her band Halestorm. No other subtype or tritype is necessary to understand this song at essence. This is how 8s live. Nothing lasts forever - it's now or never.

"Apocalyptic"

I wear my nine-inch heels when we go to bed
I paint the color of my lips blood red
I get so animal like never before
So you press play and I hit record

'Cause we're dysfunctional physical
Always slamming doors
You're a bitch, throwing fits
Always waging wars
Me and you,
Sad but true
We're not us anymore
But there's still one thing we're good for

I'll give you one last night
So make it twisted
Give you one last shot, go on and hit it
Give you one last time to make me miss it
Baby, love me apocalyptic
Come on!

Give me a red hand print right across my ass
I'm leaving scratches up and down your back
Throw me against the wall, bite me on my neck
Like end of the world, break-up sex

'Cause we're dysfunctional physical
Always slamming doors
You're a bitch, throwing fits
Always waging wars
Me and you,
Sad but true
We're not us anymore
But there's still one thing we're good for

I'll give you one last night
So make it twisted
Give you one last shot,
Go on and hit it
Give you one last time
To make me miss it
Baby, love me apocalyptic

I'll give you one last night
So make it twisted
Give you one last shot,
Go on and hit it
Give you one last time
To make me miss it
Baby, love me apocalyptic

Oh
'Cause no one does it better
No one knows me better
Oh
'Cause nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
It's now or never

[2x]
I'll give you one last night
So make it twisted
Give you one last shot,
Go on and hit it
Give you one last time
To make me miss it
Baby, love me apocalyptic
Come on

Baby, love me apocalyptic
Come on
Baby, love me apocalyptic

[Animal]

Trent Reznor, Sp/Sx 5. Although, this song does not require instincts. This is "5" period. A five trying not to slip into the void. If you don't get what I mean, ask your local 5. They will tell you that if you don't already get this, you aren't meant to. Consider yourself lucky.

"The Becoming"

Here's this badass all muscled up, singing the same song. Just for fun.

[Animal]

Sx 2.

Maria Brink - Sx/So 278. Much like in the case of Lady Gaga, she is embodying timeless and boundless archetypes. She has the apple, like Eden. She tempts you, disgusts you, takes control of you- owns you. She is "Whore."

"Whore"

I'm the girl you're thinking about
The one thing you can't live without
I'm the girl you've been waiting for
I'll have you down on your knees
I'll have you begging for more

You probably thought I wouldn't get this far
You thought I'd end up in the back of a car
You probably thought that I'd never escape
I'd be a rat in a cage,
I'd be a slave to this place

You don't know how hard I fought to survive,
Waking up alone when I was left to die
And you don't know about this life I've lived,
All these roads I've walked
All these tears I've bled

So how can this be?
You're praying to me
There's a look in your eyes,
I know just what that means
I can be, I can be your everything

I can be your whore!
I am the dirt you created
I am your sinner
I am your whore
But let me tell you something baby
You love me for everything you hate me for

I'm the one that you need and fear
Now that you're hooked, it's all becoming clear
That all your judgments that you placed on me
Was a reflection of discovery

So maybe next time when you cast your stones
From the shadows of the dark unknown
You will crawl up from your hiding place
And take a look in the mirror
See the truth in your face

So how can this be?
You're praying to me
There's a look in your eyes,
I know just what that means
I can be, I can be your everything

I can be your whore!
I am the dirt you created
I am your sinner
I am your whore
But let me tell you something baby
You love me for everything you hate me for

I am the dirt you created
I am your sinner
I am your whore
But let me tell you something baby
You love me, you want me, you need me!

I can be your whore!
I am the dirt you created
I am your sinner
I am your whore
But let me tell you something baby
You love me for everything you hate me for

I can be your whore!
I can be your whore!
I can be your whore!
But let me tell you something baby
You love me for everything you hate me for

You love me for everything you hate me for

When she isn't "whore," shes sweet and giggly.

[Animal]

I have some sassy, cool, cutesy modern 1s in mind. But this song takes the cake for me and I can't .. not.. post it. So here goes. This song demonstrates an archetypally 1ish character committing suicide because either action he takes will be wrong. There is no way for him to be right at this point. Therefore, the only option is death.

I don't want to make it seem like 1s are all old, stuck up, Sx last police officers. But this .. it's just too beautifully 1ish.
It also feels right to me, to use epic theater songs for 1, 4, and 7 - the idealistic triad.

What this song does show, is that 1s have tremendous passion. The anger, the righteousness, is palatable. And they are not a fan of moral ambiguity in themselves.

"Javert's Suicide"


Who is this man?
What sort of devil is he
To have me caught in a trap
And choose to let me go free?
It was his hour at last
To put a seal on my fate
Wipe out the past
And wash me clean off the slate!
All it would take
Was a flick of his knife
Vengeance was his
And he gave me back my life!

Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!
Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase
I am the Law and the Law is not mocked
I'll spit his pity right back in his face
There is nothing on earth that we share
It is either Valjean or Javert!

How I can now allow this man
To hold dominion over me
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me my life
He gave me freedom
I should have perished by his hands
It was his right
It was my right to die as well
Instead I live
But I live in hell

And my thoughts fly apart
Can this man be believed?
Shall his sins be forgiven?
Shall his crimes be reprieved?

And must I now begin to doubt
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles
The world I have known is lost in shadow
Is he from heaven or from hell?
And does he know
That granting me my life today
This man has killed me even so?

I am reaching, but I fall
And the stars are black and cold
As I stare into the void
Of a world that cannot hold
I'll escape now from that world
From the world of Jean Valjean
There is nowhere I can turn
There is no way to go on!

[Animal]

"Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera. Enneagram 4.

There is always an ongoing debate about whether the Phantom is a 4 or a 5. His face was ugly, so he was rejected by society, but he became an expert at music. He lived in a dark underworld beneath the theater, where he wrote haunting music. There he fell in love with a young, beautiful singer Christine, and enticed her, singing to her through the walls, her "Angel of Music." Enticing her with his expertise and the romance of his music. Could this be a dark miserable 5? Sure. But then... he continues to wallow in shame about his face, his physical appearance. He wallows in his own misery and shame, feeling inferior and envious as Christine uses the voice -- which he helped to blossom - in order to entice a beautiful man "in the upper world." Phantom became sick with envy and anger, and started killing people in the opera house. He captured Christine and took her to his underworld, but still could not look her in the eye. She told him it's not his face, but his soul, that is unlovable. Dying of shame, he let her go.

I say 4 wins out. Shame, envy. Sx 4. This song was also my childhood "shame" - I related to it too much. I was the ugly duckling who was amazing at music. The boys loved my voice but not my appearance. I carried that shame with me for the rest of my life and used it to ruin my relationships. How clever of me. Yeah, this is definitely four. Lose yourself in ecstasy, but don't look at my face.

Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes I write
For I compose the music of the night

Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar
And you'll live as you've never lived before

Softly, deftly music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it secretly possess you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness that you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night

Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before
Let your soul take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night

You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night

As a fun side note, we found a modern four with a similar outfit. Although the singer above is not a four (probably a 3, by my estimation) - he sings the song how it is meant to be sung, with intense longing. This real four embodies that sentiment. Fours hold out each long, tender note, creating subnotes. The vibrato itself carries 5 different emotions which pan out over the span of time that it lasts, and you still want more. It's subtle, not overdone or forced. The four can't help it. The emotions carry them.

By my estimation, Orville Peck is a 4w3 7w6 9w1, So/Sx - or something like that.

And I'm sure no one forgot about my male alter ego who hides beneath his cowboy hat, either...

This is shame, longing to be something else. Behind a mask, you can evoke and people will fill it in with their imagination. You can be anything. Most importantly, the personal becomes universal.

[Animal]

And last but not least, the epic theater-rock-classic fiasco, the Gods of all Gods, the Legends of all Legends. Freddie fucking Mercury.

MERCURY. Let that sink in.

QUEEN. Give it to me. I WANT IT ALL. Enneagram 7. Sx/So.

"I Want It All"

Adventure seeker on an empty street,
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet
A young fighter screaming, with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out,
It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say,
Gotta find me a future move out of my way,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,

Listen all you people, come gather round
I gotta get me a game plan, gotta shake you to the ground
Just give me what I know is mine,
People do you hear me, just give me the sign,
It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth
Here's to the future for the dreams of youth,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,

I'm a man with a one track mind,
So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me)
Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living lies
So I'm living it all, yes I'm living it all,
And I'm giving it all, and I'm giving it all,
It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth,
Here's to the future, hear the cry of youth,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,
[etc.]

[SpiritoftheGael]

Type six:

I push my fingers into my eyes.
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache.
But it's made of all the things I have to take.
Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside.
If the pain goes on... ah!

I have screamed until my veins collapsed
I've waited as my time's elapsed
Now all I do is live with so much fate
I've wished for this, I've bitched at that
I've left behind this little fact:
You cannot kill what you did not create

I've gotta say what I've gotta say
And then I swear I'll go away
But I can't promise you'll enjoy the noise
I guess I'll save the best for last
My future seems like one big past
You're left with me 'cause you left me no choice

I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
If the pain goes on,
I'm not gonna make it!

Put me back together
Or separate the skin from bone
Leave me all the pieces
Then you can leave me alone
Tell me the reality is better than the dream
But I found out the hard way,
Nothing is what it seems!

I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take
Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside
If the pain goes on,
I'm not gonna make it!

All I've got... all I've got is insane. [6x]

I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take
Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside
If the pain goes on,
I'm not gonna make it!

All I've got... all I've got is insane. [4x]

"Now all I do is live with so much fate
I've wished for this, I've bitched at that
I've left behind this little fact:
You cannot kill what you did not create"

Type six underdog ^ Sense of powerlessness.

Also just very sixish. I don't know if it needs more explanation:

Put me back together
Or separate the skin from bone
Leave me all the pieces
Then you can leave me alone
Tell me the reality is better than the dream
But I found out the hard way,
Nothing is what it seems!

[[redacted]]

Lol, Judas... himself is a Social 6 isn't he? (Or is that too on the nose)

[SpiritoftheGael]

Animal
Social 9 "The Song Inside Us All"

"This Is The Time (Ballast)"

When did we become these sinking stones?
When did we build this broken home?
Holding each other like ransom notes
Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throats

You can't see because you don't know
You're caught below, beneath your own shadow
Stuck inside, half alive
Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?
Close your mind, identify
Do you feel, do you feel?
Do you call this a life?
All you waited for
Drowning just to keep score

We always start with good intentions
But lose ourselves along the way

This is the time that we let it go
These are the words that will take us home
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind

Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves
Bitter blood builds our prison cell
Darker water now fills our lungs
The depths of our heart have blacked the sun

You can't see because you don't know
You're caught below, beneath your own shadow
Stuck inside, half alive
Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?
Close your mind, identify
Do you feel, do you feel?
Do you call this a life?
All you waited for
Drowning just to keep score

We always start with good intentions
But lose ourselves along the way

This is the time that we let it go
These are the words that will take us home
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind

Naked we come, naked we leave
Fools we are, to hold tightly
We are free, we are free
We are the jail, we are the key [2x]

This is the time that we let it go
Yeah, these are the words that will take us home
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we just open our eyes

This is the time that we let it go
This is the pain we are forced to know
Singing the song that's inside, inside us all, inside us all

Walking blind

[SpiritoftheGael]

SP 9 "Rage against the machine"

"Feed The Machine"

Turn around, they might be watching
And you never disappoint them
Hide your innocence before they see right through
You mustn't disappoint them

You need the danger just to feel your heart beat
You need to die just to find your identity
You need the knife just to know that you can bleed
You need the pain now just to feel anything

We fall in line
We live the lie
Give up, give up and feed the machine
It grows inside
Nowhere to hide
Give up, give up and feed the machine
Give up, give up and feed the machine

They pull you faster, the cadence calling
And you never fall behind
So choose a face your only calling out
You mustn't fall behind

You need another death just to have a life to save
You need a master just so you can beg
You need a light just because you're so afraid
Now bow down and learn to be a good slave

We fall in line
We live the lie
Give up, give up and feed the machine
It grows inside
Nowhere to hide
Give up, give up and feed the machine
Give up, give up and feed the machine

Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep

Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up

We fall in line
We live the lie
Give up, give up and feed the machine
It grows inside
Nowhere to hide
Wake up, wake up and kill the machine

Wake up, wake up and kill the machine
Wake up, wake up and kill the machine

"I Will Not Bow"

Fall

Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath, it's far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now's your chance to run for cover

I don't want to change the world
I just wanna leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere

All is lost again
But I'm not giving in

I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away

Fall

Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Show me where forever dies
Take the fall and run to Heaven

All is lost again
But I'm not giving in

I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I'll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I am not proud, cold-blooded fake
I will shut the world away

Open your eyes!

I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I'll survive; paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I am not proud, cold-blooded fake
I will shut the world away

Fall!

[BalalaikaBoy]

5w4