Song Meme - Song 10
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"10: A song that makes you sad"
This is tough as I don't own any music that makes me genuinely sad. I know songs that are sad, but nothing that cuts me in such a way that it actually makes me sad. To me, music is a salve, a mood setter, a place to retreat to.
So, instead of a song that makes me sad, I'm just going to choose a song that is about sadness. A bit of a cheat, but it's what I've got.
This was actually Sting's song - I bought Mercury Rising back when I was in my angsty college phase in the early 90s - but Johnny Cash covered it and I have to think that even Sting will tell you: this is how it should sound. I wrote a story based on this song once that I never posted, largely because I actually made myself too damn depressed by the ending.
It's a really lovely, sad song.
"10: A song that makes you sad"
This is tough as I don't own any music that makes me genuinely sad. I know songs that are sad, but nothing that cuts me in such a way that it actually makes me sad. To me, music is a salve, a mood setter, a place to retreat to.
So, instead of a song that makes me sad, I'm just going to choose a song that is about sadness. A bit of a cheat, but it's what I've got.
This was actually Sting's song - I bought Mercury Rising back when I was in my angsty college phase in the early 90s - but Johnny Cash covered it and I have to think that even Sting will tell you: this is how it should sound. I wrote a story based on this song once that I never posted, largely because I actually made myself too damn depressed by the ending.
It's a really lovely, sad song.
