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FoolsRishIn t1_ja7yfpl wrote

Tell Laura I Love Her

Leader Of The Pack

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jacobeckr t1_ja7zbpn wrote

Purple Mountains self titled album. Specifically That's Just the Way That I Feel and All My Happiness Is Gone

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am_glo t1_ja7zdvu wrote

Friday I'm in Love by the Cure

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Naitakal t1_ja803pg wrote

The Light of September by An Autumn for Crippled Children

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TheBigBamfWolf t1_ja814na wrote

I would say the entire in Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 by Coheed and Cambria

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JasmineBlythh t1_ja826nz wrote

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable now takes the cake, makes me want to dad dance but also jump off of a cliff edge

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Difficult_Fish6209 t1_ja82miq wrote

I duckinf hatw you by Ghostemane, Jump by POORSTACY, I Am Machine by Three Days Grace, New Chains, Same Shackles by $uicideboy$, Masterpiece by Motion in White. All energetic and general depressing theme.

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yollie183 t1_ja833u0 wrote

Bullet by Hollywood Undead

Dear Diary by Bring Me The Horizon

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cr0wj4ne t1_ja851vn wrote

Suicide Invoice by Hot Snakes, a lot of PUP's music

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Jack_Q_Frost_Jr t1_ja85aqz wrote

Not frenetic but upbeat and depressing: Alone Again Naturally.

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Bodatorrance t1_ja87l08 wrote

dropping out and giving up - fried by flouride

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steviethwoom t1_ja8923d wrote

By Torchlight, all their songs could fit this.

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wunderhero t1_ja89aw1 wrote

Gin Blossoms - Lost Horizons

Written by the late Doug Hopkins, it highlights his issue with alcoholism that would ultimately lead to his suicide but to a happy, fast-tempo jangley sound the Gin Blossoms would become known for.

"The last horizons I could see are now resigned to memories
I never thought I'd still be here today
Drink enough of anything to make myself look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves"

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qualverse t1_ja89we1 wrote

Love is Greed by Passion Pit. Horrifyingly depressing and pessimistic lyrics over a beat that would sound most in place at a children's carnival ride.

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OMAzure t1_ja8a1j8 wrote

No Children by The Mountain Goats.

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Noahcarr t1_ja8a52d wrote

Total Bummer - NOFX

Hey Ya! - Outkast

Brave as a Noun - AJJ

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Jonestown_Juice t1_ja8dmnq wrote

Replying to MiffyCurtains (#2,059,070)

The lyrics, yes. It's certainly up for interpretation but these lyrics stand out to me:

>Oh just burn down the house!
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>Burn down the street!
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>Turn everything red and the dream is complete
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>With the sound of your world
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>Going up in the fire
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>It's a perfect day to throw back your head
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>And kiss it all goodbye!

The way I interpret the lyrics is someone trying to convince someone to just forget about their troubles and be happy. But the subject of the song says it's too late for all of that and, instead, they're going to take the route described above. "Turn everything red and the dream is complete".

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thesaltwatersolution t1_ja8fv9q wrote

Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.

It’s most likely about everyone being prescribed Prozac in the 90’s - there’s no time to cry… happy, happy…

and/ or it could be a phrase that Michael Stipe found on a mistranslated CPP propaganda poster about the student protestors at Tiananmen Square that described them as Shiny Happy People…. meet me in the crowd…

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NosferatuCalled t1_ja8gh0h wrote

Isolation by Joy Division

Sounds like you're in a DeLorean showroom, has the most crushing lyrics.

"Mother, I tried, please believe me

I'm doing the best that I can

I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through

I'm ashamed of the person I am"

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Affectionate_Cream67 t1_ja8hkfi wrote

Jay Reatard - It's So Easy

"It's so easy

when your friends are dead

It's so much easier

when you don't even care

All these faces mean nothing to me"

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And pretty much all of his catalouge fits in this description. Bless Jay

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You11NeverKn0w t1_ja8hyjr wrote

Replying to surfex (#2,060,534)

Sucks even more because he had so many songs about struggling with addiction and getting away from drugs. “Slippin and Slidin’” is one of my favs because it’s so relatable.

Saw him live in St Augustine FL during his Single Mothers, Absent Fathers tour with Cory Branan as the opener, great show. I miss him too

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theRose90 t1_ja8ku9y wrote

Not quite suicidal, but Boys Don't Cry by the Cure is a very depressed song that is very upbeat.

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krmjts t1_ja8vcgu wrote

Pumped up kicks by Foster the People

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takethe6 t1_ja8vrqj wrote

All I wanted was a Pepsi!! (Institutionalized)

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IAmThePonch t1_ja8zrmy wrote

Keasby Nights by streetlight manifesto is a very upbeat song about being gunned down by the police

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fooly56 t1_ja90t81 wrote

Several Will Wood songs:

Cotard’s Solution (this one has a slow start so listen to the whole thing

Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity

Hand Me My Shovel, I’m Going In

Chemical Overreaction/Compound Fracture

And that’s just a few of the more frenetic sounding tracks. Drop the playlist when you’re done!!

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MikeFripp t1_ja91nrl wrote

"Today" - Smashing Pumpkins. The song was written by Billy Corgan while feeling massive suicidal urges. The whole idea of it is to play on what he's saying.

"Today is the greatest day I've ever known, can't live for tomorrow, tomorrow's much too long" This lyric is about how he wants to commit suicide, and how he can't wait until the next day and he'll be dead anyways. I also just love how he says "can't live for tomorrow" instead of "can't wait for tomorrow," just a tiny detail I've always appreciated.

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appleburger17 t1_ja96bzr wrote

A lot of David Bazan's (aka Pedro the Lion) work fits this. His solo album Curse Your Branches is a great example. The whole album deals with alcoholism, losing faith, and being a husband and father while dealing with it all. Even with that subject matter, songs like Please, Baby, Please sound like they could be in a Disney movie if you didn't tune into the lyrics. Bless This Mess is another song from that album that fits. Regardless of whether its what you're looking for, the album is amazing.

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bestboykev t1_ja97jvn wrote

🎵Kill kill kill kill kill the poor🎵

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bt123456789 t1_ja97uxc wrote

this is a j-rock song I found thanks to Clone hero. The English name is, "I'm getting on the bus to another world, see ya!"and it's by TUYU.

The whole song is super peppy, upbeat, and energetic and happy...but the lyrics are basically about a girl (the lead singer of the group) who feels depressed and suicidal, wanting it all to end due to bullying and stuff, but she's happy about it.

Lyrics vid for you, english translation's in the comments

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dwkdnvr t1_ja9frmr wrote

'Codeine' by Jason Isbell.

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Fidelio62 t1_ja9hrys wrote

Replying to megatheriumburger (#2,061,398)

Saw them at a fest once due to proximity of where I was fighting alcohol poisoning on the ground, and I’ll I remember is the singer of this band saying before at least 3 songs “remember when this was the biggest song in the world too? Sing for us!” Ok dawg.

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redditaccount130 t1_ja9iqal wrote

Isn’t this just all of emo and a majority of metal songs?

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diyjilted t1_ja9jye5 wrote

Every Chrvches song ever written

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Comprehensive_Homie t1_ja9me8m wrote

harlem river blues. upbeat then starts to read like a suicide note, especially after Justin Townes Earle OD'd

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LrdCheesterBear t1_ja9mkzi wrote

Addict with a Pen by 21 Pilots, sort of, but Not Today by them is a really good example.

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frxdaymusic t1_jaa16lh wrote

Basically anything by Frightened Rabbit fits this.

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Seekat_777 t1_jaa1mlw wrote

I See A Darkness by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (the music video upbeat version)

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star_witness1 t1_jaa23di wrote

Replying to MrAmericanIdiot (#2,075,753)

I was listening to Having A Blast by Green Day earlier today and it had those self destructive vibes while being an upbeat song

I'm losin' all my happiness

The happiness you pinned on me

My loneliness still comforts me

My anger dwells inside of me

I'm taking it all out on you

And all the shit you put me through

Well, no one here is getting out alive

This time, I've really lost my mind, and I don't care

So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye

And think about the times we've spent and what they've meant

To me, it's nothin'

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[deleted] t1_jaa4slp wrote

Mad World. The original version not the Gary Jules cover (although I think his version is the best).

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cullene71 t1_jaa7otv wrote

Ever Lear has some upbeat depressing songs.

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Brave-Rough1478 t1_jaachkd wrote

Feels like we only go backwards by Tame Impala. Not really suicidal, but quite depressing.

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Indiannaisaspanner t1_jaaid2r wrote

Perfect by simple plan, especially If you had abusive or mentally ill parents.

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Originaldrake3 t1_jaaryyg wrote

Today by Smashing Pumpkins. Once you know the song is about suicidal ideation it just changes the whole song

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am_glo t1_jab4tpa wrote

Replying to MiffyCurtains (#2,064,945)

Phoebe Bridgers does a more sad-sounding cover of it. But even the original version makes me feel more reminded of the predictability of everyday life than just high on the thought of the weekend

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Blinkth3dog t1_jabluqi wrote

Happy Face by Aesthetic perfection.

Hes a genius artist and the whole song is intentionally pop bubble gum summer cruising sound but the lyrics...yeah.

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cammosutra t1_jac0vne wrote

The World of Sleaze - Regurgitator

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