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* ''Theatre/CrossRoad'' has the DarkReprise of "Contract of Blood", after Niccolo Paganini's [[spoiler: mother dies]]. In a sort of dream sequence, the chorus sings the part sung by the devil Amduscias in the contract scene, as they surround him and entrap Paganini.

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* ''Theatre/CrossRoad'' has the DarkReprise of [[DealWithTheDevil "Contract of Blood", Blood"]], after Niccolo Paganini's [[spoiler: mother dies]]. In a sort of dream sequence, the chorus sings the part sung by the devil Amduscias in the contract scene, most of it as they surround him and entrap Paganini.
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* ''Theatre/CrossRoad'' has the DarkReprise of "Contract of Blood", after Niccolo Paganini's [[spoiler: mother dies]]. In a sort of dream sequence, the chorus sings the part sung by the devil Amduscias in the contract scene, as they surround him and entrap Paganini.

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* Music/EmilieAutumn would make a career out of this. Most notably ''Opheliac''.



* Music/EmilieAutumn would make a career out of this. Most notably ''Opheliac''.
* In Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/JoesGarage'', there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5_wfRMeb8 Outside Now]]", which the titular protagonist sings after [[PrisonRape being raped in prison]].

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* Music/EmilieAutumn would make a career out of this. Most notably ''Opheliac''.
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Music/GangOfYouths: In Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/JoesGarage'', there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5_wfRMeb8 Outside Now]]", which "Achilles, Come Down", the titular protagonist sings after [[PrisonRape being raped in prison]].title character is severely grieving his lover Patroclus' death. He's despairing so much over having lost the love of his life, that he's been DrivenToSuicide. Interestingly, the lyrics are from the singer's perspective, trying to talk him down.


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* In Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/JoesGarage'', there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5_wfRMeb8 Outside Now]]", which the titular protagonist sings after [[PrisonRape being raped in prison]].

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* "Still Alive" From VideoGame/{{Portal}}, possibly the most passive-aggressive song known to humanity.

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* "Going Away" from ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh''. The track plays over the opening scene of episode 6, when the story has reached its DarkestHour.
* "Still Alive" From VideoGame/{{Portal}}, ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', possibly the most passive-aggressive song known to humanity.
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* "Komm Süsser Tod", the dreaded song that plays during TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]''. Uplifting jazz plays while [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics are a lament about losing everything and life becoming meaningless]], and how the time has come to "end it all, and leave forever."

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* "Komm Süsser Tod", the dreaded song that plays during TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]''. Uplifting jazz plays while [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics are a lament about losing everything and life becoming meaningless]], and how the time has come to "end it all, and leave forever."



* The original "Komm, süßer Tod (komm selge Ruh)" by Music/JohannSebastianBach really only has two things in common with the song in ''Evangelion''; the name and this trope:

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* The original "Komm, süßer Tod (komm selge Ruh)" by Music/JohannSebastianBach really only has two things in common with the song in ''Evangelion''; the name and this trope:



** Brünnhilde's Immolation from ''The Twilight of the Gods'' - well, you can't say ''riding into a funeral pyre in ecstasy after singing for 20 minutes'' is sane.

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** Brünnhilde's Immolation from ''The Twilight of the Gods'' - well, you can't say ''riding into a funeral pyre in ecstasy after singing for 20 minutes'' is sane.



* Frank N. Furter gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Xn-DWHuuM "Going Home"]] toward the end of the ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. The song illustrates just how off his rocker he is at that point. He even hallucinates an adoring, sympathetic audience is hanging on his every note.

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* Frank N. Furter gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Xn-DWHuuM "Going Home"]] toward the end of the ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. The song illustrates just how off his rocker he is at that point. He even hallucinates an adoring, sympathetic audience is hanging on his every note.

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* "Satellite" by ''Music/DepecheMode''. The person is left really messed up by some unspecified tragedy, and the song starts with the words

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* "Satellite" by ''Music/DepecheMode''.Music/DepecheMode. The person is left really messed up by some unspecified tragedy, and the song starts with the words



* Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'' is practically an entire album of BSOD, but "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" and maybe "Stop" fit the best.
** The film turns "Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now?" into this by having Pink find out about his wife's affair before this song, instead of at the end of "Young Lust".
* "Can't Stand Losing You" by Music/ThePolice from ''Music/OutlandosDAmour''.
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic parody subverts this. After a whole episode of being depressed and not wanting to do his job anymore, the song marks his triumphant return to being the cynical bastard we know and love.
** The original song also subverts this halfway though, with Jack deciding that, yes, he screwed up, but it was a MAGNIFICENT screw-up and he had fun doing it and got some good ideas out of it (though he still intends to set things right).
* {{Music/Savatage}}'s ''Music/StreetsARockOpera'' has the song "Agony and Ecstasy", which is also part VillainSong. The BSOD portion represents the part of DT that's willing to give into despair and return to drugs for comfort.

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* Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'' is practically an entire album of BSOD, but "Another Brick in the Wall Wall, Part III" 3" and maybe "Stop" fit the best.
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best. The former song marks the point where Pink snaps and completes his process of self-isolation in a fit of rage, while the latter song signifies Pink realizing how far he's fallen and begging to just go home. The film adaptation also turns "Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now?" into this by having Pink find out about his wife's affair before this song, instead of at the end of "Young Lust".
* "Can't Stand Losing You" by Music/ThePolice from ''Music/OutlandosDAmour''.
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic parody subverts this. After
''Music/OutlandosDAmour'' depicts the narrator hits rock bottom after a whole episode of being depressed and not wanting recent breakup, threatening to do kill himself in an attempt to win his job anymore, the song marks his triumphant return to being the cynical bastard we know and love.
** The original song also subverts this halfway though, with Jack deciding that, yes, he screwed up, but it was a MAGNIFICENT screw-up and he had fun doing it and got some good ideas out of it (though he still intends to set things right).
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* {{Music/Savatage}}'s Music/{{Savatage}}'s ''Music/StreetsARockOpera'' has the song "Agony and Ecstasy", which is also part VillainSong. The BSOD portion represents the part of DT that's willing to give into despair and return to drugs for comfort.



* "Everything In Its Right Place", from the Music/{{Radiohead}} album ''Music/KidA'', was written about a breakdown Thom Yorke had during the OK Computer tour, during which he was DumbStruck. "How to Disappear Completely" sounds a hell of a lot like a BSODSong, but is actually a description of a SurvivalMantra.

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* "Everything In Its Right Place", from the Music/{{Radiohead}} album ''Music/KidA'', was written about a breakdown Thom Yorke had during the OK Computer ''Music/OKComputer'' tour, during which he was DumbStruck. "How to Disappear Completely" sounds a hell of a lot like a BSODSong, but is actually a description of a SurvivalMantra.SurvivalMantra that Michael Stipe of Music/{{REM}} taught him.



* Music/{{U2}}: "Numb" fits this trope, in addition to being a strange SurvivalMantra.

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"Numb" fits this trope, in addition to being a strange SurvivalMantra.SurvivalMantra.
** "Peace on Earth", written in the wake of the 1998 Omagh bombings, was described by Bono as a crisis of faith in the wake of the highly destructive terrorist attack, which was committed by an IRA splinter group to spite the Good Friday Agreement that officially ended UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. Appropriately, the lyrics are intensely bitter and reflect Bono spiraling in his grief and rage.



* The "See Me/Feel Me" reprise at the end of "We're Not Gonna Take It" in Music/{{Tommy}} by Music/TheWho.

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* The "See Me/Feel Me" reprise at the end of "We're Not Gonna Take It" in Music/{{Tommy}} ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho.
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* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'': "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "A Day in the Life", "Strawberry Fields Forever" qualify, as well as "Girl" which, despite being the opening number, chronologically comes ''after'' the others. All play when Max and Jude are going through quite terrible times in their lives.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKCxs2s-CG4 "Everything you Ever"]] from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPKQRgA4TMI "Neil's Turn"]] from WebVideo/CommentaryTheMusical also counts as this, although with a more humorous take on BSOD.
*** Funnily enough, both songs take place at roughly the same moment.
** There's also "Horribleturn" from the fan prequel WebVideo/HorribleTurn.


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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKCxs2s-CG4 "Everything you Ever"]] from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPKQRgA4TMI "Neil's Turn"]] from WebVideo/CommentaryTheMusical also counts as this, although with a more humorous take on BSOD.
*** Funnily enough, both songs take place at roughly the same moment.
** There's also "Horribleturn" from the fan prequel WebVideo/HorribleTurn.
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* Music/TearsForFears' debut album ''Music/TheHurting'' is essentially a BSOD album, with all of its songs being focused on Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's hard childhoods and the works of psychologist Arthur Janov.
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* ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'' has "Close the Door" for the Dowager Empress Marie, Anastasia's grandmama. The old woman has had her heart broken one too many times by Anastasia imposters and sadly starts to accept the possibility that her beloved granddaughter probably was killed like the rest of the Tsar's immediate family.

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* ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'' has "Close the Door" for the Dowager Empress Marie, Anastasia's grandmama. The old woman has had her heart broken one too many times by Anastasia imposters and sadly starts to accept the possibility that her beloved granddaughter probably was killed like the rest of the Tsar's Czar's immediate family.
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** The "I'm Not That Girl [[DarkReprise (Reprise)]]" is this for Glinda after [[spoiler: Fiyero breaks off their engagement to go find Elphaba]].
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* "Hundred Story City" from ''Theatre/OrdinaryDays'' has Jason, later joined in a quartet with Claire, Deb, and Warren trying and failing to make sense of the chaos in his personal life and [[BigApplesauce the city]].
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* ''Theatre/TheLastFiveYears'' has "Still Hurting", with [[BrokenBird Cathy]] despondent over her recent breakup with her husband Jamie.
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** The Off-Broadway version has "Natasha Lost", with Natasha spiraling from her newfound feelings for [[spoiler: Anatole]] and her worries of betraying Andrey.
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** In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' Spinel sings "Drift Away" to tell Steven how [[spoiler: Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond abandoned her for millenia, which is why she set out to destroy Steven and his friends]]. Doubles as a VillainousLament.

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** In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' Spinel sings "Drift Away" to tell Steven how [[spoiler: Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond abandoned her for millenia, which is why she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone set out to destroy Steven and his friends]].friends]]]]. Doubles as a VillainousLament.

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