SSOTD

When you are sad and listen to a sad song, your brain releases a neurochemical that soothes you. It is the same one that is released between mothers and infants during nursing. Basically, I am uplifting the world, one song at a time! #sadsongs #uplifting #happiness

500 Miles by Hedy West covered by Peter, Paul and Mary. Classic SSOTD. "Not a shirt on my back. Not a penny to my name. Lord, I can't go a-home this a-way." A long history and covered by many artists. Far away from home and too ashamed to go back. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/7QtEwCdbwrA?...

For You by Angus and Julia Stone. Sad Banger! "If I talk real slowly, if I try real hard. To make my point dear, that you have my heart. Here I go, I'll tell you what you already know." Unrequited love, hurts like nothing else. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/9uWh-TlEQ4k

I Still Hear You by Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek. Sad and beuatiful heartbreaker. "God knows that I still hear you. Darling, I still hear you laughing but only for a minute." About grief and what you remember. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/lqLhCxt2nB8

Carry You by Novo Amor. Seems like an appropriate SSOTD for this Monday. "Torn down, full of aching. Somehow our youth would take the blame. Worn out, the way we let it stay." Great Welsh band. About aging and regrets. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/utj0BFuv1-Q

Lord Knows by Meek Mill (Feat. Tory Lanez). Good Friday sad song! Warning on language. "Lord knows that I repent for this but Lord knows if I get penned for this I prolly won't get home until I'm fifty-six." Love the passion in this song. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/YUxho6M4vOs?...

Reelin by Squirrel Flower. Love this song. "I believe in the beginning of the day when I'm not wasted or trying not to be." and "Oh mama I didn't miss him but he's reeling me back again." A normal life vs. addiction and bad relationships. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/IU7a-68eeYw

Me (Heavy) by Fred Again.. Fun, sad and desperate. "It won't be long and I know you're holding on. I'm so tired of being strong." ultimately about vulnerability and staying present in intimacy. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/pEnF9IDFTzI?...

Empty As A Drum by Turnpike Troubadours. Sad and vivid. "Well, I'm gonna give it one more minute. Give me one more round of rum. Well I'm as empty as a drum." Love the connection to addiction and feeling empty. Waiting for a girl but life is a mess. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/LjqWhVXnCio?...

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 youtu.be/0-EF60neguk

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 youtu.be/qDfrW5cWqMU?...

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 youtu.be/kJ095S0MmnA?...

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 youtu.be/ORKx7ij1cXg?...

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 youtu.be/oKOtzIo-uYw

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 youtu.be/KhjTa_7Nq6Y

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 youtu.be/2QT5eGHCJdE

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 youtu.be/pxtvMQyxsSA?...

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 youtu.be/Q5Eoax6I-O4?...

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 youtu.be/tFGs7HP15d4

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 youtu.be/BSegx1n7RR0

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 youtu.be/m06xxbjwe3A?...

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 youtu.be/x9CU9KKnNMs

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 youtu.be/zCAaPUGF3p4

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 youtu.be/RB-RcX5DS5A?...

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 youtu.be/pOpOa5zedyo

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 youtu.be/9EKi2E9dVY8?...

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 youtu.be/P_Fx1yq3A8M?...

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 youtu.be/wl4WOY15_nA

The Outside by Phoebe Bridgers. Love this one and really sad. "I’ll watch him get carried away. Fist through the drywall I'm frozen in place. But not afraid." Processing her fathers funeral and past abuse. Deep and beautiful by a great writer and singer. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/MwONYYlnBiM

Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. Classic SSOTD. "We drank a toast to innocence. We drank a toast to now and tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how." Based on a true life encounter. Full of facts and facts can be sad. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/3QsvZ8P1QNk

Let Her Go by Passenger. Sad and true. "Same old empty feeling in your heart. 'Cause love comes slow, and it goes so fast." Written about a break-up. Basically, we don't know what we have until it is gone. Also, only love her when you let her go! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/lRVTVB94zTg?...

Holding Back the Years by Simply Red. One of the saddest songs of all time. "I've wasted all my tears. Wasted all those years. Nothing had the chance to be good." Growing up with trauma. nostalgia and sadness. #musicksky #nowplaying youtu.be/yG07WSu7Q9w

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John. Beautiful and sad. "What've I gotta do to make you love me? What've I gotta do to make you care?" A plea for love. Basically, just say I'm sorry! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/c3nScN89Klo

All Shades of Blue by Gregory Alan Isakov. Old feel for a great sad song. "your heart's worn the handle of an old pushing broom." also "And your heart's a thousand colors, but they're all shades of blue." Overall, life would be better if you stayed. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/eA98xJByTzo

Breath (2AM) By Anna Nalick. Good Friday song! "Ain't been sober since maybe October of last year .Here in town, you can tell he's been down for a while." If you know this song you are singing the next line! Basically, life is hard but art helps! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/FcvXr-9XtgA

Back to the Old House by the Smiths. Classic Smiths, gives me chills! "The saddest thing I've ever seen. And you never knew how much I really liked you, because I never even told you." So relatable! But I meant to! The story of a sad, shy child. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/laXY5e5JaV0

America by Simon and Garfunkel. Timely and timely! "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. They've all come to look for America." About a roadtrip with his girlfriend and the loss of the American dream. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/Eo2ZsAOlvEM

The Night We Met by Lord Huron. Some people rank this as the saddest song of all time. "I had all and then most of you. Some and now none of you. Take me back to the night we met." This is such a real song about when a relationship ends. Take me back! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/KtlgYxa6BMU

Tenenbaum by The Paper Kites. One of the best sad songs! "You're a bitter kind. I love you so. Sour is my mind from what you sow." Chasing something you know is bad for you. Oh those lyrics, and the beauty of the song. Overall, it is so hard to let go. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/KBAknpjj1iI

Sad and Deep as You by Dave Mason. Simple and sad. "The tears that are unspoken words. The tears that are the truth. The tears that tell a story. As sad and deep as you." Written after a bad breakup about the depth of losing a relationship. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/qGNnHCcD1VQ?...

Should I by Arum Rae. Sad banger! "It's a fast life. Working so hard to move forward and higher. Feels like my hearts been beating backwards." Listen, life is hard, get excited about the date and be vulnerable. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/ORKx7ij1cXg?...

High Hope by Glen Hansard. This is how I feel today! "Why must a man lose everything to find out what he wants." Basically, living with hope that some time will be the right time! "'Cause I've been livin' in the half life not sure which way to turn." #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/y2gJ8uNtk4A?...

Fall by Lisa Hannigan. Pretty and sad. "Oh, the devil won't have me. I wonder who will, I wonder who will. All our running is a crawl." About being stuck, unmotivated, and making bad choices. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/bYubEn15eH4

Overkill by Colin Hay (Me at Work). Great anxious lyrics. "Alone between the sheets only brings exasperation. It's time to walk the streets, smell the desperation." Fear of success. Overall, I can't get to sleep, I think about the implications. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/6XUeB3eO9qU

The Wind by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. Sad but feels good. "I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul. Where I'll end up, well, I think only God really knows." Following a bout with tuberculosis, he wrote this as he explored Eastern Philosophy. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/1EjKJuaLZO0?...

I Still Hear You By Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek. Killer of a sad song! "Someday, darling, when you're dead and with this wilting world you've wed." A song of grief, loss and trying to hold on. Adrianne Lenker classic! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/lqLhCxt2nB8

It's Been a While by Staind. Oldy but a saddy. "And everything I can't remember. As fucked up as it all may seem. The consequences that are rendered. I've stretched myself beyond my means." About addition and a woman who he thought could save him. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/araU0fZj6oQ

The Grand Old Reason by Keaton Henson. Another sad masterpiece from Keaton. "But like you I have tried for so long not to cry. That I don't even know if I can when you die but I'm sure, as damn hell, gonna try." Basically about mortality and all things! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/njY5PaKE934

Dreams by Cat Power. Beautiful and sad. "I had a dream. Before the house burnt down. I had a dream. The gun never made a sound." Basically a nightmare of a relationship and the loss of a dream of love. #musicsky #nowplaying #Catpower youtu.be/eN7US3MWHcM?...

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. Catchy, sad and nostalgic. "And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea." Inspired by the diary of Anne Frank. Basically about life and death. "But for now we are young" #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/r3DqBk9YNXA

High and Dry by Radiohead. Really sad song! "You'd kill yourself for recognition. Kill yourself to never, ever stop." About a failed relationship and the band's success. Overall, about fear of the spotlight and fear of abandonment. #musicsky #Nowplaying #highanddry youtu.be/7qFfFVSerQo