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13 Super Upbeat Songs With Dark Lyrics And 7 Super Sad Songs With Happy Lyrics
13 Super Upbeat Songs With Dark Lyrics And 7 Super Sad Songs With Happy Lyrics,Who says crying and dancing need to be mutually exclusive?

13 Super Upbeat Songs With Dark Lyrics And 7 Super Sad Songs With Happy Lyrics

We’ve all been there: You’re just minding your own business, listening to a song, and it hits you: “Did they just say what I think they just said?”

Dream On / GOOD / Universal MotownIt’s not a practice that’s brand new by any means: from The Beatles to Nirvana to the Spice Girls to Rihanna, there have been plenty of artists who have offered up deceptive lyrics behind a tonally opposite rhythm. But some artists have snuck some supremely dark subject matter into dancey tunes, and other songs have painted a somber picture out of rather inspiring words. So, with this in mind, this writer has assembled a handful of upbeat songs with dark lyrics as well as a few tear-jerkers that will leave you smiling.

1. “The New You,” The Vandals





















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SME / Via youtube.com Anchored by a bare and melancholic piano performance, “Perfect Day” could be interpreted as dark and dour, as much of Lou Reed’s discography may be. But according to the singer himself, “Perfect Day” is simply about a great day he had, and he had emphatically debunked any and all theories about secret meanings behind it up until his passing in 2013.

Verdict: Secretly Happy!