
The album followed me through adolescence and into boarding school where I can remember playing it my first night away from home. My father referred to the last track as "the world's saddest song" and I used that line on every girl I met to differentiate myself from other boys. I played it on repeat during nights of insomnia before exams and in college while writing my senior thesis. When I lived abroad in Italy I played the album with my eyes closed and pictured myself back home. Just recently, while lying in the hospital bed, I decided to play some of his tracks after Lyssa left to get us pizza and began to think about him- where he was, what he was doing and when I'd finally get to see him play.
I think that really is the world's saddest song.
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