A good day for a sad song

It's quite fitting that I have to address the following prompt next:


Day 03 - A song that makes you sad.

Why? Because I was up half the night dealing with a sick cat, and I'm consumed with worry over getting his full health restored. He's at the vet as I type this, and I'm hoping I will get a call from them soon. In the meantime, I can do nothing but wait and listen to all the sad, sad music that reflects my mood.

At first I was gonna go with the Against Me! song, Searching For A Former Clarity. But I already talked about that song in another entry recently.

Then I thought something by Don McClean, either American Pie, or Vincent, would be perfect. And those both those songs do evoke sadness in me, but only vague, surface-level sadness because the guitar and McLean's mournful voice create something that is easy to peg as melancholy.

I figured if I was gonna do this meme right, I should set aside the easy answers and instead choose ones more specific to me and my emotions.

With that in mind, I offer up this for your listening and viewing pleasure:

I first heard this years before my long-term relationship ended, so it definitely has much more personal resonance now, but even before I could relate to the situation being sung about, this tune managed to worm it's way deep under my skin and break my heart. He makes you see the story exactly as it's unfolding, feel his desperation and his sadness as he's begging for one more chance. And you just want to stop his pain and suffering, even though you know you can't and you feel helpless and you hate that this sort of suffering has to exist. You hate the fact that he doesn't get the happily ever after that he wants more than anything. Because it reminds you that he's not the only one, it reminds you that relationships end all the time and many people who want and deserve true love wind up alone. So all you can do is sympathize and hope he will heed the chorus and dry his eyes and feel better in time.

Who woulda thought a rap song could create so much pathos, ainnit? But admittedly, Mike Skinner isn't your typical rap/hip hop artist.