Probably I'm the last on this bandwagon, but recently got Bring Me Love by Dallas Green (aka City and Colour). Am in love. Want to sing all these songs, learn guitar, and also marry Dallas Green so we can be angsty and clever together. Seriously, download it. Lots of songs about being miserable and falling apart, but deceptively cheery (lots of strummy guitar and beautiful harmonies), catchy, and melodic. I just watched an interview Strombo did with Dallas on The Hour earlier in the year where DG said he really struggles with lyrics. This was a surprising insight, because I think his lyrics are beautiful in their simplicity and directness, and there are definitely moments of poetry in them: "I can see the sun setting, casting shadows on the sea/I can see the sun setting, getting colder, starting to freeze/What makes a man want to break a heart with ease? I think I know...I think I might know..."
My particular favorite at the moment is "The Death of Me," mostly because my current life of work , work and work has me tired, stressed to the limit, cranky and anxious most of the time...acutely aware of it, but unable to get out of the rut. So it resonates, in all sense of the word: it's also a pretty, upbeat tune that sticks in your head.
The Death of Me
Do I have nothing good left to say?
Do I need whisky to start fuelling my complaints?
People love to drink their troubles away
Sometimes I feel that I'd be better off that way.
'Cause maybe then I could sleep at night
I wouldn't lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I'll never control
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.
I know...
So here's to living life miserable
And here's to all the lonely stories that I've told
Maybe drinking wine would validate my sorrow
Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle.
Maybe then I could sleep at night
I wouldn't lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I'll never control
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.
Finally I could hope for a better day
No longer holding on to all the things that cloud my mind
Maybe then the weight of the world wouldn't seem so heavy
But then again, I'll probably always feel this way.
At least I know I'll never sleep at night
I'll always lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I'll never control
My nerves will be the death of me
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.
My particular favorite at the moment is "The Death of Me," mostly because my current life of work , work and work has me tired, stressed to the limit, cranky and anxious most of the time...acutely aware of it, but unable to get out of the rut. So it resonates, in all sense of the word: it's also a pretty, upbeat tune that sticks in your head.
The Death of Me
Do I have nothing good left to say?
Do I need whisky to start fuelling my complaints?
People love to drink their troubles away
Sometimes I feel that I'd be better off that way.
'Cause maybe then I could sleep at night
I wouldn't lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I'll never control
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.
I know...
So here's to living life miserable
And here's to all the lonely stories that I've told
Maybe drinking wine would validate my sorrow
Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle.
Maybe then I could sleep at night
I wouldn't lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I'll never control
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.
Finally I could hope for a better day
No longer holding on to all the things that cloud my mind
Maybe then the weight of the world wouldn't seem so heavy
But then again, I'll probably always feel this way.
At least I know I'll never sleep at night
I'll always lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I'll never control
My nerves will be the death of me
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.