solutions to sadness
Like most people, I listen to music when I’m feeling down. Here’s where it gets weird: I listen to sad songs. No, this is not some emo crap. This is legit! I actually feel better after getting it all out and wallowing in my sadness. Let’s call it an emotional deep cleanse.
However, I listen to songs in different ways, for different reasons. Here are my top three go-to sad day songs:
1) Rootless Tree by Damien Rice
We go blind when we needed to see, and it leans on me like a rootless tree
I found this song when I was younger, and I didn’t understand it. A few years later, I did. It’s a song about a being in a messed up relationship you can’t get out of, but I don’t use it strictly for romantic stuff. It’s for my “people problems” in general. When I’m sad, I like playing this song and crying it out. Usually with some chocolate. This is great for driving at night.
2) Eu sei que sou fraco by Andrei Machado
Andrei Machado is a self-taught Brazilian composer, and if I didn’t find this out from Google, I would have had no idea. This guy is legit awesome; I like him like I like Dario Marianelli. He does intrumental “soundscapes”, and it feels very pang-soundtrack: free, open, but also haunting and dramatic.
When I’m sad, I like putting on “Eu sei que sou fraco”, walking around and pretending I’m in a movie. I’m Mary Lennox. I live in Misselthwaite Manor and here I am all alone on an English moor. It’s freezing cold, but my sadness is beautiful. Look at my haunting eyes. In other words, I pretend that I’m only pretending to be sad. It works.
3) Latika’s Theme by A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
Okay, this one isn’t technically a sad song. It was used, however, in one of my favorite movies, Slumdog Millionaire, which was kind of bittersweet in its own way. “Latika’s Theme” is basically the non-lyric version of the movie’s love theme, “Dreams on Fire”. It’s not really an instrumental, since the melody is hummed. It’s very calming, like a lullaby. I usually end up smiling by the end of the song.
We all have our own ways of dealing with sadness, and those are mine. How about you? What do you do when you’re sad? :)
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