saddest beautiful songs

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 richardh wrote:

 Dellinger wrote:

 richardh wrote:

 Dellinger wrote:

 richardh wrote:

Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Genesis - Blood On The Rooftops
ELP -Lucky Man
Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Oh yes, Dust in the wind, but I guess more than a sad song, it is rather utterly depressing.

if you think of it more in spiritual terms then it's not so bad , to me anyway

I don't know which spiritual set of mind could help. In the end, it just says we are nothing, anything we do will in the end be nothing. How can we put that in a spiritual redeeming perspective?

To me that is entirely the point. Livgren was searching for a meaning or purpose to life. A lot of Kansas songs are about this seeking something. I find this honest and refreshing and indeed spiritual rather than depressing. I've never taken it that way. 

Well, then, this song is telling us he didn't find anything with his searching.  I guess the only hopeful message is that we shouldn't for attachments, since in the end everything will be lost, and by not forming such attachments one can live in better tranquility.  I mean, if I want to find a positive element on the message of the song.