Everybody Hurts

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

No, I'm not depressed. I just absolutely love this song!!!

Some quick TV Trivia: In one episode of "The Office," Dwight sits in his car and plays this song, full-blast cause he's having a bad day. Gosh that show is brilliant.

Anyway, My iTunes playlist is on random and this song came up. This is a GREAT "bad day" song.

But, more importantly, just like the Bad Day song (see previous post), it's supposed to remind you that life just sucks sometimes, everyone deals with it. C'est la vie (that's life, buddy)!

In the words of Khalil Gibran:

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."

The sweet ain't so sweet without the bitter, etc....

And that's enough of that for now.

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Some other really powerful songs during times of despair:

"I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders: I used to always sing this when someone close to me looked sad. (This usually made them run away covering their ears, for some odd reason).

"Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt: absolutely lethal after a break-up. Pretty much guaranteed tear-jerker.

More TV Trivia: In another episode of the Office, Michael Scott plays "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt over and over again when his girlfriend breaks up with him. The funny thing is he is playing it from a website that only provides part of the song so you can preview it before buying it, so he just keeps listening to that same part repeatedly because he doesn't want to pay for it. I repeat, great show!

As my iTunes on random continues to play, I will probably find more music to add to this list. For now, I'm gonna go wallow in self pity.

Juuuuuuuust Kidding!