Cant delete songs from iPad Air?

Okay Ive tried going to settings and turning off the "Show all music"-setting. Some songs dissappeared, but some stayed and STILL wont go away no matter what I do!
These are songs that are like 3-4 years old that I dont listen to anymore, and are REALLY REALLY annoying the crap outta me, and Ive deleted them EVERYWHERE, but theyre there on my iPad and dont allow themselves to be deleted.
What do I do?

I have been using iTunes/iCloud for a long time so I know how it's supposed to work. That's a FYI.
The problem stated above is happening to me as well. I can delete the iCloud library completely but when I try to add new music the entire cloud library shows back up. That is what the OP is trying to sat as well.
If I just close iTunes, when I start it up again, there is the entire cloud library again. I don't have to touch "update iTunes".
These songs are showing up on my iPhone as well. None have been downloaded. They have the cloud with the down arrow next to them.

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I honestly don't think you can do it. Nothing I've found online allows you to do this, which is awful because these songs still show up and play when on shuffle. I've even selected "only show me music on this device" and I still see some songs I've deleted and are only on icloud and I have no option to swipe and delete. I'm with you... forcing me to do this on my pc when every other need for syncing has since been removed is very annoying.

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