This song gets my vote for THE most depressing song ever recorded. Last year I used to sit inside the auditorium at my high school with all the lights off and the curtains drawn, in almost complete darkness and I would write the lyrics to this song over and over again while I cried. Hangin' by a thread is exactly how I felt about my life, I was just waiting for that thread to snap. There is not a single line in this song that I cannot relate to completely. It's difficult for me to pick a section of this song, but the part that always affects me the most is this:
Oh look at me
At all I've done
I've lost so many things that I so dearly love
I lost my soul
I lost my pride
Oh I lost any hope of having a good life
Still to this day have a hard time listening to this song without breaking down. I believe that it is truly one of the most profound and beautiful songs I have ever heard.
When I cry, I close my eyes And every tear falls down inside And I pray with all my might That I will find my heart in someone's arms When I cry, cry When I cry, when I am sad I think of every awful thing I ever did When I cry, there is no love No, there is nothing that can comfort me enough When I cry Cry, cry The salt inside my body ruins Everyone I come close to My hands are barely holding up my head Oh I'm so tired of looking at my feet And all the secrets that I keep My heart is barely hangin' by a thread Hangin' by a thread Oh look at me At all I've done I've lost so many things that I so dearly love I lost my soul I lost my pride Oh I lost any hope of having a good life So I cry Cry, cry The salt inside my body ruins Everyone I come close to My hands are barely holding up my head Oh I'm so tired of looking at my feet And all the secrets that I keep My heart is barely hangin' by a thread Hangin' by a thread I miss you all I wish I was With you now I wish I was
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