| They Might Be Giants – Hopeless Bleak Despair Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Personally, this song resonated with me as a song about severe anxiety. Hopeless Bleak Despair pretty much sums up the mental aspects of anxiety in three succinct words. I think it's a great illustration of how anxiety can enter one's life. One day you're feeling okay then it feels like very suddenly the anxiety just enters your head and completely takes over every single aspect of your life. It makes you anti-social and a shell of a person (it drove away my family). It causes concentration issues and lack of motivation (It made me lose my job). Sometimes it feels like it just won't go away no matter what you try. No matter what good things happen to you or any other of life's circumstances, the anxiety is always present. His only escape seems to be death. He goes to hell, but that's okay because he is rid of the anxiety attacks. I like the way the lyrics illustrate the sheer power that anxiety/depression can have on the mind. It can be so bad that death seems like a nice vacation from it. For me, the escape often comes in the form of fantasizing about moving to a far distant place where nobody knows me and I can escape the sources of my anxiety. The principle is the same. We are driven to extreme measures to rid ourselves of the anxiety. |
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