Can't remove all songs from phone

I have the iPhone 5C. I have been cleaning up my music and getting rid of the songs I don't listen to, but there are a handful that will not remove no matter what I do.
They are songs that I have purchased from the iTunes store. It is not every song I have purchased, only a few. They are not from a single album, but rather a random selection from everything I've bought.
These songs are in no playlist.
I have tried Settings>Music>Show All Music as off (greyed out).
I have tried turning my phone on and off.
I have tried turning off iCloud.
I have tried completely unsyncing every song from my phone.
I have tried updating my phone (now I am running 8.2).
15 still remain.
Even when I manually delete them, there are still 3 I cannot take off.
When I re-sync my phone, all purchased songs end up back on, even when they aren't in a selected playlist, I have the Show All Music option off, and don't have the Purchased playlist included in my playlists.
I am not looking to manually delete them from my phone. I've done that as well, but the problem is whenever I re-sync my phone they appear again. I don't want to have to hunt them down every time I plug my phone in. I'm not sure if it is iTunes or my phone that's causing the issue. Is there a way to get these songs off my phone for good? I'm also trying to avoid completely wiping my phone.

Deleting song from iPhone and iTunes - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3765496

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