Crazy by Patsy Cline
I’m reading a book about Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell so
That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be by Carly Simon
I read that book!
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot, pretty much anything by the Smiths or Bright Eyes, and “Alone” by Blues Traveler.
I’m a sucker for sad songs.
Elliott Smith’s already been mentioned a few times, but you really can’t beat him for relentlessly crushing depression.
“A Fond Farewell”:
*I see you’re leaving me
and taking up with the enemy
The cold comfort of the in-between
A little less than a human being
A little less than a happy high
A little less than a suicide
The only things that you really tried
This is not my life
It’s just a fond farewell to a friend *
“Twilight”:
You don’t deserve to be lonely
But those drugs you’ve got won’t make you feel better
Pretty soon you’ll find it’s the only
Little part of your life you’re keeping together
…
Because your candle burns too bright
Well, I almost forgot it was twilight
Even if I think that you’re all right
Well, I’m tired of being down, I got no fight
How Could You? -Saliva
Goin’ Down Slow by Ray Charles
Gustav Mahler - Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children), based on 5 poems of Friedrich Rückert. Wiki article and complete translation here.
"When your mother steps in through the door and I turn my head to look at her, my glance does not go first to her face, but nearer the doorstep, there, there where your dear little face used to be, as if you were bringing the beauty of joy in with you as you used to, my little daughter… "
“Often I think that they have only stepped out -
and that soon they will reach home again.
The day is fair - O don’t be afraid -
They are only taking a long walk…”