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Sadcore Sundays: “We Had to End it” by Cuco

Posted by strange on July 28, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "We Had to End it" by Cuco

In honor of Cuco playing a block party in Los Angeles today, we’re featuring his song “We Had to End it” for Sadcore Sundays. This is for anyone who’s been through a breakup recently and feels like the world is ending and there is no more reason to live. Cuco feels your feels <3

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: cuco, cuco los angeles block party, depression music, mexican-american music, sad boy, sad boy music, sad music, we had to end it

Sadcore Sundays: “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)” by The Raconteurs

Posted by strange on July 22, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Somedays (I Don't Feel Like Trying)" by The Raconteurs

My boyfriend played me The Raconteurs’ new song “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)” in the car and he said it reminded him of me lol. ACCURATE. I feel like this so much, too much throughout my life. It’s so easily relatable. My favorite lines are:

“But somedays I just feel like crying
And somedays I don’t feel like trying”

And

“I’m here right now
I’m not dead yet.”

Those last two lines really get me. It reminds me of pushing through all the bullshit life throws at me, pushing through the pain that my own body gives me, and pushing through any challenges and obstacles to remember that hell, I’m fucking alive. I’m ALIVE. I’m still here, I exist, and that’s something to celebrate. Yeah it’s hard for me to get out of bed sometimes, yeah I sometimes cry and give up on everything, but I’m not dead yet, so that means I can’t give up. I have to keep trying. Thank you The Raconteurs for accurately singing my feels. I hope they comfort you tonight and give you the strength to just be, to just live in this present moment, no matter how shitty it is right now, because you’re not dead yet, and you shouldn’t die yet because the universe still needs you and loves you.

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features | Tagged: depression music, jack white, raconteurs, sad songs, sadcore sundays, songs for depression, the strange is beautiful

Sadcore Sundays: “Stonemilker” by Bjork

Posted by strange on March 15, 2015
Sadcore Sundays: "Stonemilker" by Bjork

If you’re feelin sad it’s k you can cry with Bjork <333. Listen to her new heart breaking album “Vulnicura” about her IRL break up with her bae.

“Stonemilker” is the first song from the album and is my favorite because of the lines “Show me emotional respect/I have emotional needs.”

Lyrics:

A juxtapositioning fate
Find our mutual coordinate

Moments of clarity are so rare
I better document this
At last the view is fierce
All that matters is

Who is open chested
And who has coagulated
Who can share
And who has shut down the chances

Show me emotional respect
I have emotional needs
I wish to synchronize our feelings

What is it that I have
That makes me feel your pain
Like milking a stone
To get you to say it

Who is open
And who has shut up
And if one feels closed
How does one stay open

We have emotional need
I wish to synchronize our feelings
Show some emotional respect
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That’s Google’s definition. We’re defining “sad core” as anything you listen to when you’re sad. Sadcore Sundays are meant for you to indulge in your sad feels for a moment, but then let go and move on. Send in your favorite sad core songs to strangeisbeauty@gmail.com

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features | Tagged: bjork, california sad boyz, depressed music, depression music, heartbreak songs, relationship problems, sad boy music, sad core, sad core music, sad girl music, sad music, sadcore sundays, stonemilker, the feels, vulnicura

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