Sad Songs - what are your favorites??
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"Fear and Loathing" by Marina and the Diamonds.
Great lyrics (well...great in a sad way) that I tend to resonate with. The video I posted has the lyrics, but just in case you don't watch it, the main lyrics:
I've lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness
And now I see, I see it for the first time,
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over.
Maybe, oh just maybe they just wanna get to know ya.
Now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And endin' up with not much at all.
(later in the song)
I wanna be completely weightless
I wanna touch the edge of greatness
Don't wanna be completely faithless
Completely faithless.
Great lyrics (well...great in a sad way) that I tend to resonate with. The video I posted has the lyrics, but just in case you don't watch it, the main lyrics:
I've lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness
And now I see, I see it for the first time,
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over.
Maybe, oh just maybe they just wanna get to know ya.
Now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And endin' up with not much at all.
(later in the song)
I wanna be completely weightless
I wanna touch the edge of greatness
Don't wanna be completely faithless
Completely faithless.
My favorite sad song is Lucy by Skillet. Its about a person dealing with the feelings that come as consequences for their actions. Its sad and beautiful to me ... maybe im weird. Heres the meaning behind the song......
“..this week is the very first time that I’ve ever told what this song is about, because, uh, it’s very special to me, but I feel like it’s time to talk about it a little bit, so.. listen up while I tell you a story about a young girl and a young guy who found themselves in a hard situation. They didn’t know what to do when they found out that she was pregnant; they were young, they didn’t have any money, they were scared, they didn’t want to tell anybody, they didn’t know what to do, and the only option that they could see was to terminate the pregnancy. So that’s what they decided to do… they went to a clinic, they had the procedure done, and at first they felt relieved that all their problems had gone away. But then something happened that they did not expect… and that’s over the next few weeks, which turned into a few months, they began to feel an intense sadness… and a pain and an agony and a guilt that wouldn’t go away. They didn’t know what to do, so they finally went to see a counselor; they said look — tell us what to do, we just don’t know, and the counselor made a suggestion. The counselor said here’s what you need to do — stop acting like you had a procedure, and act like you had a death in the family. So the couple went home and they made three decisions; number one, they decided to have a funeral service for the baby; number two, they bought a tiny little headstone; and they last decision to make was what to name the baby. After a couple weeks they finally decided they would call her… Lucy.”
– John L. Cooper in concert, November 13, 2010;
[video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7QbjOd6GIbI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7Qb jOd6GIbI[/video]
“..this week is the very first time that I’ve ever told what this song is about, because, uh, it’s very special to me, but I feel like it’s time to talk about it a little bit, so.. listen up while I tell you a story about a young girl and a young guy who found themselves in a hard situation. They didn’t know what to do when they found out that she was pregnant; they were young, they didn’t have any money, they were scared, they didn’t want to tell anybody, they didn’t know what to do, and the only option that they could see was to terminate the pregnancy. So that’s what they decided to do… they went to a clinic, they had the procedure done, and at first they felt relieved that all their problems had gone away. But then something happened that they did not expect… and that’s over the next few weeks, which turned into a few months, they began to feel an intense sadness… and a pain and an agony and a guilt that wouldn’t go away. They didn’t know what to do, so they finally went to see a counselor; they said look — tell us what to do, we just don’t know, and the counselor made a suggestion. The counselor said here’s what you need to do — stop acting like you had a procedure, and act like you had a death in the family. So the couple went home and they made three decisions; number one, they decided to have a funeral service for the baby; number two, they bought a tiny little headstone; and they last decision to make was what to name the baby. After a couple weeks they finally decided they would call her… Lucy.”
– John L. Cooper in concert, November 13, 2010;
[video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7QbjOd6GIbI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7Qb jOd6GIbI[/video]
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Also--
Summertime - so many great covers of this, but I'm particularly fond of Billie Holiday - Summertime - YouTube (if only i could fit multiple videos into one post)
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh your Daddy's rich and your
mother's good lookin'
So hush little baby, and don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Yes you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But till that morning
There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh your Daddy's rich and your
mother's good lookin;
So hush little baby, baby don't you cry
Oh don't you cry
Oh don't you cry
Also--
Summertime - so many great covers of this, but I'm particularly fond of Billie Holiday - Summertime - YouTube (if only i could fit multiple videos into one post)
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh your Daddy's rich and your
mother's good lookin'
So hush little baby, and don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Yes you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But till that morning
There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh your Daddy's rich and your
mother's good lookin;
So hush little baby, baby don't you cry
Oh don't you cry
Oh don't you cry
