The saddest song ever

All I've got so far is Brand New - Limousine (MS Rebridge) which is written about a truly sad event:

Heroin?

Just a stab in the dark, so to speak.

Even if it's about how much Thom Yorke likes fluffy bunnies, it still sounds sad.

"Listen to what you want" and "personal taste" have been used in other music topics in the past, obviously there should be an add-on of "as long as I like it as well otherwise it will get ridiculed", obviously a degree of 5th form attempts at non-conformity have abounded here over the years. At least i'm up front about being a music snob at times and have no qualms about people taking the urine about my long term love of The Quo:) I take Homer Simpson's outlook, "everyone is wrong except me", that's how I can enjoy looking down on Coldplay/Olly Murs/Boy Bands/Nick Cave/Adele (no discernible talent, popular becuase of what?)/Lady Gaga (awful!) etc etc

 

The background:

This song is about the death of 7-year old Katie Flynn. Hours before her death, Katie was the flower girl at her aunt's wedding, spreading petals down the aisle. As they left the wedding, they all got into a limousine and headed home. Martin Heidgen, 25, had had at least 14 drinks that night and his blood alcohol content (0.28) was more than three times the legal limit in New York (0.08). He drove more than two miles north in the southbound lane containing the Flynn family. Both the driver of the limousine, Stanley Rabinowitz, and Katie were killed instantly. Katie was decapitated and her mother held her head as rescue workers helped the rest of the family out of the vehicle.

The lyrics in this song draw many parallels to this tragedy. The first verse is seemingly from the mother's perspective, telling Katie to spread the petals and mentioning that she had one more night to be her mother. The second verse is arguably from Heidgen's perspective, referring to Katie as "My beauty supreme," and lamenting the guilt that crushes him. Four lines are sung towards the very end of the song and are nearly inaudible against the refrain. These lines seem to be from Katie's perspective and mention how she will never have to deal with loss herself, and therefore "should be the one laughing."

Spoiled by a bad production, but seen live it's much better.

A cold couple of songs below, I think the whole "...Puppets" album reeks of death and cold actually.