I read somewhere that Matt wrote this song for Bryan Devendorf, who has suffered from clinical depression all his life. As someone who also struggles with lifelong depression, this song is spot on - it's amazing that Matt, who says he's never been depressed, could describe so accurately what depression does to a person. You really do fall in love with your own sadness, it becomes a shield that protects you from reality. Depression touches every single aspect of its victim's life. It clouds and distorts everything and rebuilds your memories and your perceptions. "I live in a city sorrow built/It's in my honey, it's in my milk." It's everywhere.
RIGHT ON! I'm bi polar and oft depressed when I was young it was much worse. The meds didn't work well then--however there were bad effects mentally and physically--the meds were in my body and mood, therefore "in my honey" (the "good")and in "in my milk" (the everyday) and yes I lived "in a city sorrow built". It seemed like all I could try to control is the way others perceived me "cover myself in rag and bones" . rag and bones is a NYC based clothing design house, I used "design" to make...
RIGHT ON! I'm bi polar and oft depressed when I was young it was much worse. The meds didn't work well then--however there were bad effects mentally and physically--the meds were in my body and mood, therefore "in my honey" (the "good")and in "in my milk" (the everyday) and yes I lived "in a city sorrow built". It seemed like all I could try to control is the way others perceived me "cover myself in rag and bones" . rag and bones is a NYC based clothing design house, I used "design" to make my outside world palatable and "beautiful" to "wrap" up the sorrow inside. "Sorrow" is a wonderfully empathetic song--breaks my heart and lifts me up at once.
I read somewhere that Matt wrote this song for Bryan Devendorf, who has suffered from clinical depression all his life. As someone who also struggles with lifelong depression, this song is spot on - it's amazing that Matt, who says he's never been depressed, could describe so accurately what depression does to a person. You really do fall in love with your own sadness, it becomes a shield that protects you from reality. Depression touches every single aspect of its victim's life. It clouds and distorts everything and rebuilds your memories and your perceptions. "I live in a city sorrow built/It's in my honey, it's in my milk." It's everywhere.
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RIGHT ON! I'm bi polar and oft depressed when I was young it was much worse. The meds didn't work well then--however there were bad effects mentally and physically--the meds were in my body and mood, therefore "in my honey" (the "good")and in "in my milk" (the everyday) and yes I lived "in a city sorrow built". It seemed like all I could try to control is the way others perceived me "cover myself in rag and bones" . rag and bones is a NYC based clothing design house, I used "design" to make...
RIGHT ON! I'm bi polar and oft depressed when I was young it was much worse. The meds didn't work well then--however there were bad effects mentally and physically--the meds were in my body and mood, therefore "in my honey" (the "good")and in "in my milk" (the everyday) and yes I lived "in a city sorrow built". It seemed like all I could try to control is the way others perceived me "cover myself in rag and bones" . rag and bones is a NYC based clothing design house, I used "design" to make my outside world palatable and "beautiful" to "wrap" up the sorrow inside. "Sorrow" is a wonderfully empathetic song--breaks my heart and lifts me up at once.