words like knives

my weekend has sucked in such a multitude of ways. i feel like i'm in that part of inception when the dream is coming down around them; everything is just crumbling into the sea and you're stuck trying to squeeze gold out of a lemon.

this is how i feel.

so, because misery loves company, here is a selection of the saddest songs i could find. listen to this for strength, teary-eyed girls of the world, because it's really that bad. but it will get better. sometime. but not any time in the near future.

after the jump, get those tissues ready. the list is long, and involving. and downright fucking depressing. i've had a lot of time to think of this, clearly.

xoxoxox ffh


everybody hurts - R.E.M.
against all odds - the postal service/phil collins
slow dancing in a burning room - john mayer
nothing compares 2 u - sinéad o'connor
brick - ben folds five
i just don't think i'll ever get over you - colin hay
sorry seems to be the hardest word - elton john
warning sign - coldplay
lost cause - beck
yesterday - the beatles
pictures of you - the cure
it's over - roy orbison
hallelujah - jeff buckley
blue eyes - cary brothers
i fall to pieces - patsy cline
mad world - gary jules
i will always love you - dolly parton/whitney houston
fix you - coldplay
i'm a fool to want you - frank sinatra/billie holiday
goin out of my head - little anthony & the imperials
fade into you - mazzy star
dreaming with a broken heart - john mayer
let it be - the beatles
comfortable - john mayer
bedshaped - keane
courage - sarah polley (the tragically hip)
heart - stars
poetry - gary jules
i'm lost without you - blink 182
landslide - stevie nicks
screaming infidelities - dashboard confessional
cannonball - damien rice
drugs don't work - the verve
how to disappear completely - radiohead
via chicago - wilco
wasted time - the eagles
crying in the rain - a-ha/everly brothers
blue eyes crying in the rain - willie nelson
what'll i do? - irving berlin
you've got to hide your love away - eddie vedder cover (the beatles)
i will follow you into the dark - deathcab for cutie
you were always on my mind - willie nelson
and the band played waltzing maltilda - the pogues