day 04 - a song that makes you sad

"everybody hurts" (r.e.m.)



lyrics:

the words are actually encouraging and inspiring.i think my subconscious just automatically clicks to the first time i saw the music video on mtv.i was actually amazed by how it was directed, but it made me melancholic hours after watching it.so everytime i listen to this song, i just feel sad, but in a good-reminiscing-kind of way.

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone

isn't it ironic that the band that plays the song that makes me happy also plays the song that makes me sad?