Was in need of catharsis a few days ago, and got it. All it took was digging out a music CD from the back seat of my car at work.
It was Soundgarden's Superunknown. I've owned it since it was new (circa 1994) and have listened a whole bunch of times. The CD in the back seat with several others and it just happened to be the first one I grabbed.
Like I said, I know this one well and it had not been that long since the last time I listened. But on track 10, The Day I Tried to Live, something inside me clicked. I wound up listening to it three of four times in a row.
Not sure why. The lyrics are quite dark and don't really speak to my situation (or do they? )
I keep coming back to the one verse:
The words you say never seem to live up to the ones inside your head/The lives we make never seem to get us anywhere but dead.
The vocal performance and music are also dark, but with hints of gleam throughout. Maybe that part fit my mood and that's why I kept re-playing it.
Hell if I know. I do know I felt cleaned-out after the repeated listens. The CD is still in the car stereo. And the song is still stuck in my head!
