>>128375008>Source: I made it up“Ghosts are just old houses dreaming people in the night
Have no doubt about it, hon, the dead will do alright
Go contemplate the evidence and I guarantee you'll find
The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind”
Nights that wont happen is an admittance that he plans on killing himself.
>no it’s not. It’s a country ballad album of heartbreak and misfortune in the tradition of the rhinestone cowboys.It’s song after song about giving up. Even the last song that you say is hopeful, the only type on the album, is tongue in cheek
>people find comfort in art they can connect to, especially consolation in failure. You seriously believe otherwise?So all sad music is a net negative. Terrible argument.
>Your warped and sensationalized view of art and obligations of the individual to some “public” of net positive/ net negative quotients is totally juvenile.This would hold water if Berman didn’t hang himself a month after releasing it. This isn’t just a sad album. Obviously art is a reflection of the human experience experience. And relating with it is transformative and helpful. This particular album is dripping in bitter spite. Towards his ex mainly. It’s cruel. And it’s unfair to her and to his audience that his swan dive is so antisocial and anti human. Art can serve as therapy but when it veers into such a level of self pity, you have to re examine what the hell the point is. It’s the musical equivalent of wrist cutting
