Nothing Compares 2 U by Prince (Sinead O'Conner). Heartbreak. "It's been seven hours and fifteen days. Since u took your love away. I go out every night and sleep all day. " Genius of Prince + emotion of Sinead! What loss feels like. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Walk Away Renee by the Left Banke. Sad classic,good covers. "From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry. From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide." Written, at 16, about a crush he had on the bassist 19 year old girlfriend. Unrequited love. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Life on Mars by David Bowie covered by Aurora. Deep, beautiful, timely and sad. "Now she walks through her sunken dream to the seat with the clearest view and she's hooked to the silver screen." Escapism, existential angst, and corruption (everything). #musicsky #nowplaying

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Should I by Arum Rae. Sad Banger and wonderful voice! "It's a fast life. Working so hard to move forward and higher." Juxtaposition between excitement and hesitation. Basically, a fear of just letting go to not get hurt. Really how it feels. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Killing Me Softly with His Song by Fox, Gimble and Lori Lieberman who was inspired by a Don McLean performance. Recorded by Roberta Flack, covered by the Fugees with Lauren Hill singing! "Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words." #musicsky #nowplaying
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July by Noah Cyrus. I am feeling this one today. "You know I, I'm afraid of change. Guess that's why we stay the same. So tell me to leave, I'll pack my bags." About a toxic relationship that ended. #musicsky #nowplaying

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Youth by Daughter. One of my all time favorites SSOTD. "And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones 'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone." Deep song about struggling for meaning and escape. #musicsky #nowplaying #luckyones

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What Are You Searching For by Alice Boman.
Divine sadness. "What are you searching for?
What are you so eager to find?
What can i do to ease your mind?" Basically, about the human condition. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon. The ultimate nostalgic song. "Now I sit by my window, and I watch the cars. I fear I'll do some damage one fine day." Written about an ex, ultimately memories replaced by bitterness and loneliness. #musicsky #nowplaying
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No Hard Feelings by the Avett Brothers. Maybe a perfect song. "When I lay down my fears, my hopes, and my doubts The rings on my fingers, and the keys to my house. With no hard feelings." About coming to terms with death and what really matters. #musicsky #nowplaying #noenemies
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Beige by Yoke Lore. Catchy and sad. "Let me go under your skin. Let me find the demons that drive those heavenly limbs." About the complexities and vulnerability of love that is not skin deep. #musicsky #nowplaying #dontletmefall
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Come Dancing by The Kinks. This song is suprisingly sad. "The day they knocked down the palais. My sister stood and cried. The day they knocked down the palais. Part of my childhood died, just died." For his older sister who died of a heart attack. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Complex by Katie Gregson-MacLeod. Some of my favorite sad lyrics. "I need him like water, he thinks that I'm alright." I feel those lines! "I cry in his bathroom, he turns off the big light." Ugh! #musicsky #nowplaying #complex

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Sometimes (Backwood) by Gigi Perez. Heartbreaker. "Tell me that you meant it when you said. There was no one else you were thinking of back then. And I know you said you didn't mean to make me cry. But I don't believe that sometimes." Haunting bitter love. #musicsky #nowplaying
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The Scientist by Coldplay. Smart and sad. "Nobody said it was easy no one ever said it would be so hard. Oh, take me back to the start." Basically, science doesn't explain love. #musicsky #nowplaying #coldplay

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Top to Toe by Fenne Lily. This one hits hard! "Tell me I'm a time you'll miss. Feelings always change like this." She wrote this when she was 15 about transitioning from a child to an adult. "So, I'm changing all my days to make your nights." #nowplaying #musicsky
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Nutshell by Alice and Chains. This is a sad one! "And yet I fight, and yet I fight this battle all alone. No one to cry to
no place to call home." The idea was this was him in a nutshell, battling addiction and adjusting to fame. #musicsky #nowplaying

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715-Creeks by Bon Iver. Creative and sad. "Love, a second glance, it is not something that we'll need. Honey, understand that I have been left here in the reeds. But all I'm trying to do is get my feet out from the crease." and "God damn, turn around now!" #musicsky

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Small Window by Luluc. Pretty and sad. "Looking out on the streets Ive come to know, and different faces but they'll remind me, of those I love far from here." Written on a plane, captures the liminal space between dreaming and waking. Also, leaving home. #musicsky #nowplaying
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