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* First off, to quote Steven Wilson, TheFaceOfTheBand himself,

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* First off, to quote Steven Wilson, TheFaceOfTheBand Wilso himself,
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp4kVvSXTU4 Heartattack in a Lay By]]"? Steven Wilson's mournful voice, the final verse of the song, and the sad keyboard make this the saddest song ever. [[spoiler: The guy in the song had a fight with his wife and goes to cool off in a rest stop, but dies of a heart attack before he goes back.]] Steven has said that the song is essentially about regret, and the fear of being unable to make things right before it's too late.

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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp4kVvSXTU4 Heartattack in a Lay By]]"? Steven Wilson's mournful voice, the final verse of the song, and the sad keyboard make this the saddest song ever. [[spoiler: The guy in the song had a fight with his wife and goes to cool off in a rest stop, but dies of a heart attack before he goes back.]] back. Steven has said that the song is essentially about regret, and the fear of being unable to make things right before it's too late.
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* "Time Flies" is a pretty saddening song, being about Steven Wilson's childhood. While Steven's childhood wasn't tragic or depressing, it seems more like if Wilson's having a nostalgic flashback about his childhood and past. It's actually pretty heartbreaking but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming nice to see him look back at who he became later on]].

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* "Time Flies" is a pretty saddening song, being about Steven Wilson's childhood. While Steven's childhood wasn't tragic or depressing, it seems more like if Wilson's having a nostalgic flashback about his childhood and past. It's actually pretty heartbreaking but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments nice to see him look back at who he became later on]].

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* "This Is No Rehearsal", which was inspired by a famous case in which a young child was brutally murdered.

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* "Don't Hate Me".
-->"Don't hate me\\
I'm not special like you\\
I'm tired and I'm so alone\\

-->Don't fight me\\
I know you'll never care\\
Can I call you on the telephone\\
Now and then?"
* "This Is No Rehearsal", which was inspired by a famous case in which a young child was brutally murdered.
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** Just the video?

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** Just And then there's the video?song itself.

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* "Normal", "Stop Swimming", "Shesmovedon", "Black Dahlia", "Feel So Low", "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here", the ending of "Anesthetize", some others depending on context... probably the majority of their music. Then again, Steven Wilson, the main songwriter/leader of the band, feels that the most beautiful songs are the saddest, so this makes sense.
* "I Drive the Hearse."

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* "Normal", "Stop Swimming", "Shesmovedon", "Black Dahlia", "Feel So Low", "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here", the ending of "Anesthetize", some others depending on context... probably the majority of their music. Then again, Steven Wilson, the main songwriter/leader of the band, feels that the most beautiful songs are the saddest, so this makes sense.
* "I Drive the Hearse."Hearse".
* "Black Dahlia".
-->There's nothing here for you under the sun\\
There's nothing new to do, it's all been done\\
So put your faith in another place\\

-->Never seem to get away from this\\
It's all falling into an abyss\\
So put your foot on the pedal, boy\\

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