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Inlander:
"The Mountain" by Steve Earle:

I was born on this mountain a long time ago
Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal
When you rose in the morning before it was light
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night.

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home.

I was young on this mountain but now I am old
And I knew every holler, every cool swimming hole
'Til one night I lay down and woke up to find
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

There's a hole in this mountain, it's dark and it's deep
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
There's ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.

Of course, the lyrics only tell half the story.

La Creme:

--- Quote ---and a lot of Eels...
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Yes... The first time I heard "If You See Nathalie", I just fuckin' broke down (didn't cry, wish I had) and was awed by the beauty.

Alice is a generally depressing album. "I'm Still Here" is a great sad song off it. Waits is an extremely emotional songwriter, which is funny, because he also did "The Black Rider".

The saddest song I have ever heard is an instrumental called "Will" by The Sugarplastic. It is the theme song for a rainy funeral. It is beautiful and lonely and awesome and I love it.

For saddest song with lyrics, I'd have to say either "Electro-shock Blues" or "Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor" both by Eels, or "Black Flowers" by Fishbone (which is very odd, because they are usually either free-form hard rock or a.d.d. ska).

boeuf:
Khar, you actually know about sopor aeturnus?

Wow...

I love Velveteen Knight.
Man, those guys are awesome. I haven't listened to them in a while.

Revenge_Therapist:
condition_oakland,
A I always love me a jawbreaker reference.
B Yeah you have to love ska's ability to be totally fucking depressing yet still leave you with a smile on your face.

Mikintosh:
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (acoustic)

I got the Clueless soundtrack out from the library when I was twelve, and I remember as the first "good" song I'd heard, and for good reason. No idea what half the lyrics mean, but that's par for the course with me.

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