Posted by fachad on February 9, 2003, at 0:07:05
In reply to Anhedonia in Literature and Culture, posted by fachad on February 8, 2003, at 23:53:38
Another vivid description of depression that was one of the first I ever related to is Black Sabbath's "Paranoid":
"All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy,
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify"...Yep, that's the restless, disphoric boredom. I've got that...
"I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find,
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind"...That feeling that everyone else is in on a secret, that somehow their lives are better than mine - am I unhappy because I'm missing something really obvious...
"Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal"Well, I don't feel that despondent now, but I did at one time, and I still do at times, for brief periods. I am still amazed at how vivid that song is, both in the lyrics and in the way they put those feelings of resignation and desperation into the music.
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