Sad Lyrics thread

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The only thing that keeps me from driving this car
Half-light, jack knife into the canyon at night
Signs and wonders, Perseus aligned with the skull
Slain Medusa, Pegasus alight from us all
Do I care if I survive this, bury the dead where they’re found
In a veil of great surprises I wonder did you love me at all?
The only thing that keeps me from cutting my arm
Cross hatch, warm bath, Holiday Inn after dark
Signs and wonders, water stain writing the wall
Daniel’s message, blood of the moon on us all
Do I care if I despise this, nothing else matters, I know
In a veil of great disguises, how do I live with your ghost?
Should I tear my eyes out now?
Everything I see returns to you somehow
Should I tear my heart out now?
Everything I feel returns to you somehow
I want to save you from your sorrow
The only reason why I continue at all
Faith in reason, I wasted my life playing dumb
Signs and wonders, sea lion caves in the dark
Blind faith, God’s grace, nothing else left to impart
Do I care if I survive this, bury the dead where they’re found
In a veil of great surprises, hold to my head till I drown
Should I tear my eyes out now, before I see too much?
Should I tear my arms out now, I wanna feel your touch
Should I tear my eyes out now?
Everything I see returns to you somehow
Should I tear my heart out now?
Everything I feel returns to you somehow

why did you leave?
Where were you when I needed you?

You were selfish.

You abandoned me

You failed me

Do you know what I've become?

>>71006752
man, that song is so good
while we're on the topic of Mountain Goats, The Mess Inside is also a great break-up song.
>Found that bench we'd sat together on
>A thousand years ago
>When I felt such love for you
>I thought my heart was gonna pop
the end of that line is one of my favorite moments in their discography

>>71006935
His break-up songs are less sad than his "I'm in a terrible relationship but am not leaving" songs like No Children and Have to explode

>You and me lying on the tile floor, trying to keep cool, restless all night
>Sweating out the poison as the temperature climbs
>Staring up, up at the hundred-watt light that burns above
>Name one thing about us two anyone could love

>>71006935
And then came to your bedside
And as it turns out, I'm not ready

It's three days later when I get the call
And there's nobody around to break my fall

>>71006935
Four long years come to nothing, it's alright.
Because it's your birthday, it's your birthday tonight
And I went to buy you something
But I caught myself in time
Nothing makes any sense anymore, but everything rhymes

>>71006935
Riches and wonders is under appreciated
>we live high, our love gorges
>on the alcohol we feed it
>and it grows, all fat and friendly
>we have surplus if we need it
>we hold on, as hard as we can
>our knuckles are white

>we write letters to each other
>invent secrets to confess to
>I learn foreign and exotic terms of endearment
>with which to address you
>we feed fresh fruit to one another
>we stay up all night

>I am healthy, I am whole
>and I have poor impulse control
>and I want to go home
>but I am home

>we are strong, we are faithful
>we are guardians of a rare thing
>we pay close, careful attention
>to the news the morning air brings
>we show great loyalty
>to the hard times we been through

>we are filled with riches and wonders
>our love keeps the things it finds
>and we dance like drunken sailors
>lost at sea
>out of our minds
>you find shelter somewhere in me
>I find great comfort in you

>you hold me
>in your arms
>I keep you
>safe from harm
>I want to go home
>but I am home

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>>71006752
>And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
>No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

>>71006817
nigga this from Star Wars

SOMETIMES ALL I REALLY WANT TO FEEL IS LOVE
SOMETIMES I'M ANGRY THAT I FEEL SO ANGRY

>>71007453
SOMETIMES MY FEELINGS GET IN THE WAY
OF WHAT I REALLY FEEL I NEEDED TO SAY

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I WANT TO FEEL THE WAY I FEEL WHEN I'M ASLEEP

I feel like watching Moral Orel now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eng8hkEkL4g
I'm lonely and I love it
Woe is me, but I'm above it
It's the strangest thing
I'm sad and I don't care
And I'm dancing on air

I miss you and I like it
Show me a mountain and I'll hike it
It's a whole new feeling never felt before
Get me to the dance floor

I'm as lonely as an eagle
And I'm crazy as a loon
Who would ever think I could
Get over you so soon?
I should be singing the blues
But I just want to croon
Winter is still with us
But I'm dancing like it's June

Because I'm lonely and I love it
It's been rough, but I'll rough it
If that's how it feels to get your heart broken
Break my heart again

I'm as lonely as Narcissus
Gazing in his mirrored pond
Wearing all the clothes you hate
And going back to blond
Staying up all hours
In my seedy demimonde
If you have something to tell me
Please don't correspond

Because I'm lonely

I'm lonely and I love it
If only I'd dreamed of it
I'd have broken up with you so long ago
You wouldn't even know

I'm as lonely as an emperor
Upon a golden throne
Going off my diet
With a double chocolate cone
Shouting from the rooftops
And through every telephone
All the time I've been with you
I wish I'd been alone

Because I'm lonely as Mount Everest
And probably as high
It's time to buy all the records
You would never let me buy
It's time to try the million things
You never let me try
I can almost laugh
At all the times you made me cry
Because I'm lonely and I love it

>it's not that simple, this dictionary
>never has a word for the way I'm feeling
>and it's nothing blamed for me
>of a different god and moral
>what if I laid my head down on your stomach
>and put my mouth to your hand
>I cannot translate Japanese to English
>or English to Japanese

Why don't you be good for something
And draw down the shade
On a sign that sat up all night shivering
On a sign that sat up all night afraid

Well now chains on the oasis that
Leads a man to drink
Drunk on the kind of applause
That gets louder the lower you sink

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

Pull it from the air
And they throw it in the blue
And you're spinning under their wheels
Trapped in your room

You're jumpy, you don't want to see
You don't want to see them have their fun
Slap her face if she should laugh
Push him down if he should try and run

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

Take a number for your big woman
They sold the rules of dream land
In cotton, wool, and cement

Well it's never what you want
It's just the kind of thing that always happens here
Yeah you watch the good old days pass you by
Leaving your cupboards bare

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

I'M NEVER GOING TO LOVE ANOTHER SOUL
EVEN IF I TRY TO
AND I'M NEVER GOING TO LIVE ANOTHER LIFE
EVEN IF I DIE TO

>We left our teeth marks
>On the barrel of a gun

>I don't know me and you don't know you
>So we fit so good together cause I knew you like I knew myself
>We clung on like barnacles on a boat
>Even though the ship sinks you know you can't let go
>I was talking like two hands knocking
>Yelling, "Let me in, let me in, please come out"

I wrote you a letter
Asked your best friend to send it
But took to the sea before you could have read it
Retreated to snowcapped waters of the unknown
Extracted my heart while it was still beating
But glowing and red
And I swear that sweat would
Envelop your arms if you broke down and held it

I swear I'm a good man
I swear I'm a good man
So why don't you love me back?
So why don't you love me back?

Instead of twisting up words you just sat there in silence
In wind burnt homes sighing rays from a sunset
And all I could hear was the sound of the wasp nest
My head made a home for the hum of the insects
But my hands shake and shudder at the mention
Of half hearted reasons why we'll only be friends

I swear I'm a good man
I swear I'm a good man
So why don't you love me back?
So why don't you love me back?
So why don't you love me back?
So why don't you love me back?
So why don't you love me back?