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[changehistory.livejournal.com]

"Whiskey Lullaby" should come off repeat.

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[and-twosyllable.livejournal.com]

You could click on iTunes - and take it off repeat.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

I understand the mechanics of making it happen. Reminder to myself that I should do so.

[and-twosyllable.livejournal.com]

Well, I figured but I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to ... slightly be a bitch.

You a fan of Valentines Day?

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

Not particularly, no.

[vitaedolce.livejournal.com]

...that is about the saddest song in the world.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

Yes, it really is.

[vitaedolce.livejournal.com]

Me, I have a really dismal song about a robot that I like when I'm out of it. And a bunch of Johnny Cash.

Do you have anything better?

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

34 different cover versions of "Hallelujah."

[vitaedolce.livejournal.com]

Um. I question whether that is better, unless you mean "better to actually forcibly remove one's heart via Leonard Cohen," but I've only heard one version.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

Forcible removal of my heart would be nice at this point, I think.

[vitaedolce.livejournal.com]

...ah. Well--what's wrong? Not that it's my business, hi, random stranger, just--uh, Valentine's plus "Hallelujah" equals bad news. As a general rule.

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that song. What is it about?

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

The lyrics:

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night

1st Chorus
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

(Sing lullaby)

The rumors flew but nobody know how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night

2nd Chorus
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

That's tragic. No, you shouldn't be listening to that over again. That'll just make any mood darker. You need a more pleasant song. I'm sorry today has been difficult for you.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

It's a very apropos song for my mood right now. It's that or go back to "Hallelujah" and I don't think any of us would survive that.

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

Why "Hallelujah"?

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

Why not "Hallelujah"? It suits me. It suits my situation.

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

Isn't that a religious song?

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, listen to that one too many times and it'll get to you. Beautiful song though.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

Once was enough. Over and over is approaching virtual suicide.

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

I can get through it about two times before I have to listen to something else.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

I seem to keep going back to it today.

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty powerful love song. Even with the sad ending.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

It is at that. All those lost chances....

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

Mistakes, lost chances, regrets. We've all got them.