Sometimes I actually do listen to something when I'm feeling down, but I find that I usually listen to music that also feels down, rather than using it to try to cheer me up.
This song in particular, paints a picture of how it feels for me - not usually deep sadness, but instead nothingness, emptiness:
"Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey
I didn't go to work for a month
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
I haven't hung out with anyone
If I did, I'd have nothing to say
I didn't feel angry or depressed
I didn't feel anything at all
I didn't want to go to bed
And I didn't want to stay awake"
That part about "I haven't hung out with anyone, if I did, I'd have nothing to say" really resonates with me, I've been there so many times. It's a major reason why I'm not the best at maintaining conversations either. It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't feel enough about anything to have enough to say, and don't want to come off as boring, so I just say nothing and wait until I have something to say instead. Unfortunately that can be a long time.
They have so many songs that captures these feelings perfectly.
Modest Mouse - Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)
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