It’s a song that speaks to your flavour of depression. Makes you feel like someone feels the exact same way you do. That in turn makes you feel sane. Like you’re heard. Even understood.
Over time, songs (or movies or other things) can become a ritual - you feel awful, listen to the song, eventually you come out the other side as the depressive episode fades. Then the next time it happens you associate the song with your recovery. So over time it becomes What You Do when you Feel That Way.
What song would you recommend to someone who has done things she regrets when she had the opportunity to have something good and lives with the still-ongoing snowball effect that she is so used to seeing as karmic that she doesn’t typically bring up any of the issues?
Priest is an electronic music project originally formed by ex-members of the hugely popular band Ghost. I’d call this Darkwave, but the label doesn’t matter, it’s depeche mode-y and don’t let the gimp mask put you off, I believe the song is very sincere.
<span style="color:#323232;">I can't stop, it's too late, it pours out, it's my fate
</span><span style="color:#323232;">My legacy in black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Looking in to my eyes, see the things i despise
</span><span style="color:#323232;">My soul is tainted black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I traveled with the enemy, i thought it was my destiny
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm free of all the lunacy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I never want it back, my history in black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Silent screams longing voice, violent dreams, ringing noise
</span><span style="color:#323232;">My memory is black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">It's not a mask, it's my skin
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Please don't ask where i've been
</span><span style="color:#323232;">My heart is painted black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I traveled with the enemy, i thought it was my destiny
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm free of all the lunacy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm never want it back, my history in black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I escaped from the cage inside
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I traveled with the enemy, i thought it was my destiny
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm free of all the lunacy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I never want it back, my history in black
</span><span style="color:#323232;">My history in black
</span>
Album or song? Because for me, they both kinda blurred together when I was at my worst. That being said, I’d suggest the album Tomorrow is nearly yesterday and everyday is stupid by Crywank (UK). I listened and related so much to this album at one point that it’s actually difficult for me to listen to anymore.
I overheard a guy tell his friend ‘it’s Beck, but without all the gadgets’ and I thought that was hilarious so I checked it out (as was going through a tough break up years ago), and damn was it perfect
For any mundane depression, (you're gonna laugh, they're all gonna laugh at me) it's OK to laugh at this, believe it or not my go to song is "On a Clear Day" Yes that song from the musical of the same name. Stupid, I know - but it does the trick. For seasonal depression, my go to is "Sleigh Ride." How can you feel blue when you're balls are bouncing on a sleigh over the snowy hills and through the woods?
For any mundane depression, (you're gonna laugh, they're all gonna laugh at me) it's OK to laugh at this, believe it or not my go to song is "On a Clear Day" Yes that song from the musical of the same name. Stupid, I know - but it does the trick. For seasonal depression, my go to is "Sleigh Ride." How can you feel blue when you're balls are bouncing on a sleigh over the snowy hills and through the woods?
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