ah yes time to be emo
The first half of this song is just instrumental but it's a really beautiful song altogether. Both the melody and lyrics give it a feeling of melancholy. I like sad music because of its ability to provoke your innermost feels and it's just more meaningful than happy/upbeat music. I don't think a song needs both a sad melody and sad lyrics in order to be considered sad, though. Like, a rock song with depressing lyrics, for example, would be considered sad to me.
I listened up to three minutes of that song, and it was interesting. Like, I can totally see why it would cause such feelings into someone and all, but it didnt really do that to me : p Like it kinda caused some inspiring feelings to like go out and explore with me, actually : p That kinda music, like the big, slurred long winded strings stuff like that, it always makes me feel like something new and amazing is coming, kinda like a cinematic thing : p
Its interesting to see what people see as "sad" though. I often read people saying that sad lyrics can make a song sad, when while I might agree that it has a sad story, the song cant be sad unless the melody actually causes those feelings in you, meaning that I cant say that an upbeat poppy melody can ever be sad : p
I seem to think that more minimal, bare means and low tone, sleepy melodies are the things that make a song sad. People dont always agree with me that songs I feel are sad are sad songs. Theyll often say "I think its pretty but not sad". But I kinda think songs with a void in them provoke such feelings.