And I know a father who had a sonHe longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd doneHe came a long way just to explainHe kissed his boy as he lay sleepingThen he turned around and he headed home again
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 05:54 (eight years ago) link
Twelve o'clock, I gotta rockThere's a truck ahead, lights starin' at my eyesOh my God, no time to turnI got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 06:01 (eight years ago) link
If it feels alright, maybe you can stay all nightShall I leave you my key?But you've got to give me a sign, come on girl, some kind of signTell me, are you hot mama? you sure look that way to me
Are you old enough? will you be ready when I call you bluff?Is my timing right? did you save your love for me tonight?
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 06:03 (eight years ago) link
That Jonas Blue cover of fast car is wretched because it's hopeless -- the original version has always sounded to me like the narrator's saying "fuck this, I'm done with it" finally.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 11:18 (eight years ago) link
tom jones - not unusual
it's not unusual to see me cry/I WANNA DIE
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
i sometimes wish i'd never been born at all
. . .
nothing really matters, anyone can seenothing really mattersnothing really matters to me . . . anyway the wind blows. . . .
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Not the bleakest, but this couplet always bring me down:
So many people, have come and goneTheir faces fade as the years go by
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
You don't hear "Eleanor Rigby" on classic rock stations too often (except maybe during a Beatles 6-pack or rock block), but those lyrics never fail to block out the sun.
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
i always saw belle and sebastian's early work as like a response to the beatles' question of where lonely people in the uk come from/belong. it turned out they were predictably sad and lonely but also had rich inner lives, filled with transgressive sex and deep spiritual convictions. that made me feel better.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
and if i smile, tell me some bad newsbefore i laugh, and act like a fool
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
Well, I've been afraid of changing'Cause I've built my life around youBut time made you bolderEven children get olderAnd I'm getting older too
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
I am never not haunted - even after hearing the song a zillion times in non-bleak contexts - by the backing vocals in Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," distantly chanting "this world is only going to break your heart" over and over again
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 21 April 2016 02:17 (eight years ago) link
i always saw belle and sebastian's early work as like a response to the beatles' question of where lonely people in the uk come from/belong. it turned out they were predictably sad and lonely but also had rich inner lives, filled with transgressive sex and deep spiritual convictions. that made me feel better.― Treeship, Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Treeship, Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 21 April 2016 04:21 (eight years ago) link
Does "Johnny and Mary" by Robert Palmer count, because that's as bleak as bleak
― a hairy, howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 April 2016 06:02 (eight years ago) link
yeah, that's a great post, Treeship.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:28 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 1 May 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 2 May 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Another year and then you'd be happyJust one more year and then you'd be happyBut you're cryin, you're cryin now
― Liquid Plejades, Monday, 2 May 2016 02:41 (eight years ago) link
OP didn't even choose the bleakest line of Jack & Diane, which is:
"Suckin' on a chili dog outside the Tastee-Freez"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 9 May 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link
I remember when rock was youngMe and Suzie had so much funHolding hands and skimmin' stonesHad an old gold Chevy and a place of my ownBut the biggest kick I ever gotWas doing a thing called the crocodile rockWhile the other kids were rockin' round the clockWe were hoppin' and boppin' to the crocodile rock
But the years went by and the rock just diedSuzie went and left us for some foreign guyLong nights crying by the record machineDreaming of my hevy and my old blue jeansBut they'll never kill the thrills we've gotBurnin' up to the crocodile rockLearnin' fast as the weeks went pastWe really thought the crocodile rock would last
Crocodile-rockin' is something shockin'When your feet just can't keep stillI never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link