Broken hearts hurt worse in silence. Maybe that's why we play music when we're depressed. We try to drown our sorrows out in the twisted melodies of the world's saddest songs. "This bitter pill is leaving you with such an angry mouth." "It is best to keep it all inside, when the quicksand fills your boots and rises past your eyes, it is better to die suffocating and choking on your pride."
The sadness tends to come out easier when you can let lyrics express it for you. When music puts into words the emotions that you can't. When music tells you how you feel, it's all so much easier. It the darkness of your bedroom, surrounded by your favorite posters, cuddly stuffed animals, or best candles, you can let the tears flow to a soundtrack of bitterness. It's easier to turn your life into this heartbreaking, tragic mess than to take it as it truly is. Because the truth is, sometimes we're not strong enough to handle reality. And music helps us do that. Music is the conversion factor. And the sadder the song, the worse your tragedy… And the really pathetic thing is, we cry.
"I want to believe in it all again... Music and art, fate and love... And I want to believe that I've made the right choices, and I'm still on the right path, and there's still time to fix some mistakes I've made... I guess I want hope."
--- Peyton Sawyer "One Tree Hill"
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