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[[Music/PeterGabriel This former front man of]] Music/{{Genesis|Band}} [[TearJerker has a lot of incredibly depressing songs]].

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[[Music/PeterGabriel This former front man of]] man]] of Music/{{Genesis|Band}} has a lot of [[TearJerker has a lot of incredibly depressing songs]].
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** The acoustic/piano version [[UpToEleven makes the song even more heartbreaking]].

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** The acoustic/piano version [[UpToEleven makes the song even more heartbreaking]].heartbreaking.
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* One Word: "Biko".

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* One Word: "Biko". The narrator is so troubled by Stephen Biko's death that he can "only dream in red."
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[[Music/PeterGabriel This former front man of]] Music/{{Genesis}} [[TearJerker has a lot of incredibly depressing songs]].

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[[Music/PeterGabriel This former front man of]] Music/{{Genesis}} Music/{{Genesis|Band}} [[TearJerker has a lot of incredibly depressing songs]].
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* "I Grieve". First released in 1998, the song took on more poignancy when in an interview in 2002 he revealed both of [[AdultFear Gabriel's daughters were in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, and he had no way of contacting them to make sure they were okay.]] He dedicated the song to people who have been in similar situations.

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* "I Grieve". First released in 1998, the song took on more poignancy when in an interview in 2002 he revealed both of [[AdultFear Gabriel's daughters were in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, and he had no way of contacting them to make sure they were okay.]] okay. He dedicated the song to people who have been in similar situations.
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* "Father, Son".

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* "Father, Son". God, this has to be the saddest of them all. Especially with children who lost their father. What made it worse is that Peter's father died in 2016.
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* The alternate version of "I Don't Remember" that serves as the BSide to the "Games Without Frontiers" single evokes this; while the album version is nightmarishly chaotic, the alternate version sounds a lot more... defeated... like a cry of desperation.



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** Much of ''Music/{{Us}}'' qualifies for this trope, really, on account of the CreatorBreakdown Gabriel experienced during its production; the album's content overall is a reflection of his failing relationships with people close to him.

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