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The Most emo/depressing lyrics
rancidhooligan:
Whoever it was that said Joy Division was spot fucking on. Pretty much every song they wrote (even as Warsaw and a lot of the ones as New Order) were depressing as hell... even more so when you consider Ian Curtis hung himself in 1980. Anything else you bring to the table just doesn't hold a candle to Joy Division as far as depressing music. Amazing music but depressing none the less.
However, if you take Joy Division out of the equation, I'd have to say the Magnetic Fields are pretty god damn depressing in their own right. And I use the term "their" loosely, since really, it's just Stephin Merritt who writes all the music and lyrics but holy damn is it good. Someone before mentioned The Saddest Story Ever Told by "Magnetic Field," but that's by The Magnetic Fields from the album The Wayward Bus.
If you really want to get your money's worth on that Prozac prescription get the three compact disk set of
69 Love Songs and a big bottle of cabernet sauvignon. This set includes some of the most hauntingly beautiful music I've ever heard... and some of the most depressing.
[See also The 6ths, The Gothic Archies, Future Bible Heroes and Stephin Merritt.]
Mobius_Logic:
yeah but 69 Love Songs also has some of the happiest songs ever. I don't think anyone could say the Lower East Side is depressing.
rancidhooligan:
The only reason she wants to go on a ride with him is because he's the only one with a car... that's pretty depressing, if you ask me.
The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
andy would bicycle across town
in the rain to bring you candy
and john would buy the gown
for you to wear to the prom
with tom, the astronomer
who would name a star for you
but im the luckiest guy
on the lower east side
cuz i got wheels
and you want to go for a ride
harry, is the one I think you'll marry
but it's chris that you kissed after school
well im a fool
there's no doubt
but when the sun comes out
and only when the sun comes out
im the luckiest guy
on the lower east side
cuz ive got wheels
and you want to go for a ride
the day is beautiful and so are you
my car is ugly but then, im ugly too
i know you'd never give me a second glance
when the weathers nice all the other guys
don't stand a chance...
E. Spaceman:
I've often talked about this stuff, some people think a lot of these songs are really happy, when i think most are really sad! It may just be the state of mind of the listener, but as someone who shares a few things with Mr Merritt, I can't help but think of them as sad.
Some of the other "happy" ones that i find horribly sad
Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
--- Quote ---If you knew how I long
For you now that you're gone
You'd grow wings and fly
Home to me
Home tonight
And in the morning sun
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Let's do it all day long
Let abbots, Babbitts and Cabots
Say Mother Nature's wrong
And when we've had a couple'a'beers
We'll put on bunny suits
I long to nibble your ears
And do as bunnies do
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Let's do it all day long
Rapidly becoming rabid
Singing little rabbit songs
I can keep it up all night
I can keep it up all day
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Until we pass away
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Until we pass away
--- End quote ---
This is a song about really wanting to fuck someone who is gone, anyone familiar with the feeling will tell you it is one of the worst ones. Plus, it is not about wanting to be with him, or love him or whatever, just fucking.
The Book of Love
--- Quote ---The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing but
I...
I love it when you read to me and
You...
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb but
I...
I love it when you sing to me and
You...
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know but
I...
I love it when you give me things and
You...
You ought to give me wedding rings
I...
I love it when you give me things and
You...
You ought to give me wedding rings
--- End quote ---
This could be seen as a very sweet "I Love You" song, but i can't help but cringe. Never does it say I love you, it only ever says "I love it when you do things for me"
Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
--- Quote ---Dance with me my old friend
once before we go
Let's pretend this song won't end
and we never have to go home
and we'll dance among the chandeliers
And nothing matters when we're dancing
In tat or tatters you're entrancing
Be we in Paris or in Lansing
nothing matters when we're dancing
You've never been more beautiful
your eyes like two full moons
As here in this poor old dancehall
among the dreadful tunes
the awful songs we don't even hear...
--- End quote ---
Let's pretend this song won't end and we never have to go home but it will
Sweet Loving Man
--- Quote ---There's an hour of sunshine,
for a million years of rain
but somehow that always seems to be enough,
When love falls from the sky, nobody ever asks why
You just take it or you leave it where it was
but there's just one kind of love
you can spend your life dreaming of
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
some have traveled far and wide
some have given up and died
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
some have broken down and cried
some have turned to dust inside
but I'll stay right here and hide
in the arms of my sweet-lovin' man
Until you've had sweet lovin'
there's no lovin' worth the name
but you can go blind from crying all the time
and who said life was easy
and who said a man was fair
Well I wish you well
but keep your paws off mine
You can't buy one at the mall
but he'll come if you just call...
--- End quote ---
This is an odd one. It says "I am with a person I love a lot who loves me a lot, but you don't, so fuck off and die"
Plus a ton of obviously sad ones ("All My Little Words", fuck it breaks my heart).
There are a bunch of sad ones elsewhere too, like Take Ecstasy With Me
--- Quote ---You used to slide down the carpeted stairs
or down the bannister
you stuttered like a kaleidoscope
'cause you knew too many words
you used to make ginger bread houses
we used to have taffy pulls
Take ecstasy with me, baby
take ecstasy with me.
You had a black snowmobile
we drove out under the northern lights
a vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes
we got beat up just for holding hands
Take ecstasy with me, baby
take ecstasy with me.
--- End quote ---
Can anyone tell me why that one is particularly sad?
Cartilage Head:
My Body is a Cage - Arcade Fire
One of the few tracks off of Neon Bible I actually like a lot. The song doesn't make me sad, but I have noticed that its lyrics are pretty sad.. do songs have to make you sad to BE sad?
My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key
I’m standing on the stage
Of fear and self-doubt
It’s a hollow play
But they’ll clap anyway
I’m living in an age
That calls darkness light
Though my language is dead
Still the shapes fill my head
I’m living in an age
Whose name I don’t know
Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow
My body is a cage
We take what we’re given
Just because you’ve forgotten
Doesn’t mean you’re forgiven
I’m living in an age
Still turning in the night
But when I get to the doorway
There’s no one in sight
I’m living in an age
Realizing I’m dancing
With the one I love
But my mind holds the key
Still next to me
My mind holds the key
Set my spirit free
The only songs that actually make me sad are "Closer" by Josh Radin and "We're Going to be Friends" by The White Stripes.
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