re: Saddest Songs You Like

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Do people just not listen to sad songs on here or something

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Some people are incapable of regularly listening to music which expresses any emotion other than joy/elation/happiness. This is a slightly depressing thread for a Friday night.

Music is a form of catharsis for me and I therefore make use of songs delving in melancholy, anger, hatred, pain, loss, suffering, pleasure, joy, celebration, reflection, redemption, and everything in between.

"10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2)" by Tool is extremely powerful and saddening. The song is Maynard James Keenan's eulogy for his recently departed mother, who was wheelchair-bound for the majority of her adult life while oddly enough being a very devout Christian. Maynard comes to term with his relationship with God while simultaneously declaring his mother's due admission to Heaven and her eventual relief of all earthly suffering.