Not the wisest choice IMO. When I went through my divorce I deliberately avoided all the more melancholy music that I like: trip-hop, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Smiths.... and instead listened to a lot of Bee Gees, Erasure, Northern Soul and Rockabilly. Miserablist songs would have pushed me near...
Spiritualised - Broken Heart. You've pulled out a corker there, US.
In a similar vein:Apollo 440 - Pain In Any Language (and Billy Mackenzie's last ever song before he tragically killed himself)
"I'm gonna love you - till you love me then no more You're gonna need me - like I need you right...
Agreed. I posted that in all seriousness. It's one of the greatest opening lines to a song ever. I lived in a squat in Whalley Range for a few months after finishing my degree in the very early 90s and got to see that attitude you mentioned first-hand too.
...oh my. Just remembered my favourite line in any song ever..
"did you exchange a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?"
That is magnificent.
Being serious for a minute:
"Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude"
"Because I've been up here for a while, I'm starting to feel the monotony of the tower block"
"I said to Hank Williams How lonely does it get, Hank hasn't answered me yet"
"I wish I had lipstick on my shirt instead...