Stars and happy-sounding depressing music

Stars is playing in SF tomorrow!!! I don't think I've been this excited for an event in a long time. I mean, all of the other concerts this year were good and all, but none of them have been playing for me on repeat over the last 7 years as much as Stars has. Even though their last couple of albums haven't been as great. But I haven't been able to focus all day in excitement for tomorrow, even though I was able to get by the past few days completely fine. -_-

I've been following the setlist from their tour this year so far and I'm kinda sad (okay, VERY sad) that it looks they won't be playing Set Yourself on Fire or One More Night (I guess since they were played really often on past tours) so I tided myself over in the meantime by watching their live versions on youtube. I should've bought tickets when they were touring two years ago and Harrison saw them. Oh well.

I've been noticing a trend in a lot of my favorite music tending to sound happy or mellow (major, Ryan? :P), but with cynical or morbid lyrics. I don't usually notice the lyrics when I first hear a song, but then I find myself really liking them... even though they aren't exactly happy.. I feel like it reflects my outlook on life sometimes. See, in Stars' case:

Elevator Love Letter:
I'll take her home after midnight
And if she likes, I'll tell her lies
How we'll be in love by the morning
I don't think she knows
That I'm saying good bye

Your Ex-lover is Dead:
There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave
You were what I wanted
I gave what I gave
I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm sorry there's nothing to say

The Magnetic Fields have a few songs also...

You Must Be Out of Your Mind:
I want you crawling back to me
Down on your knees, yeah
Like an appendectomy
Sans anesthesia
You think you can leave the past behind
You must be out of your mind
If you think you can simply press rewind
You must be out of your mind, son

Take Ecstasy With Me:
You had a black snowmobile
We drove out under the northern lights

A vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes

We got beat up just for holding hands

Take ecstasy with me, baby 

Take ecstasy with me

(okay, I just love the title)

100,000 Fireflies:

I went out to the forest and caught 

A hundred thousand fireflies

As they ricochet round the room 

They remind me of your starry eyes

Someone else's might not have made me so sad 

But this is the worst night I ever had

'cause I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me

You won't be happy with me,

But give me one more chance

You won't be happy anyway

And then of course, there's The Smiths.

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out:

And if a double-decker bus 

Crashes into us 

To die by your side 

Is such a heavenly way to die 

And if a ten-ton truck 

Kills the both of us 

To die by your side 

Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine