Under the Lemon Demon name, Neil has released seven full length albums and two EPs. Neil is also known for being the creator of a genre of Flash animation called "Animutation" which is characterized by unpredictable montages of pop-culture images set to music, often in a language foreign to the intended viewers. He is also known from his YouTube channel, 'NeilCicierega', most famous for his Potter Puppet Pals series.
Sad
Lemon Demon Lyrics
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Miss my family, merry Xmas
Every day that I am snowed in
I'm a coward, I'm corroding
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Everything can stop on a quarter
(Cold plus hopeless: Cope less)
Got no prospects
It's the snow's fault
(Cold plus listless: Kissed less)
Got no girlfriend
Pass the snow salt
We have a saying back in my hometown
"When you're feeling down, sunshine fixes everything."
But here, winter is getting longer
Everything's frozen still
Beautiful things no longer give me the chills
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Maybe I should just move to Florida
(Cold plus relapse: collapse)
I am no elf
No Saint Nick, man
(Cold plus morose: comatose)
Trapped in myself
I'm a sick man
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
The Lemon Demon's song "Sad" is a personal narrative that delves into the emotional turmoil of the singer who’s constantly miserable during winter. As the lyrics reveal, the lead is annually affected by seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which is a type of depression related to changes in the seasons’ light. The singer laments of missing his family every Xmas, indicating how this time of year usually brings him intense sadness. Being confined to indoors because of the snow further worsens his emotional state. The singer feels powerless, corroding, and trapped by his surroundings. He blames his lack of optimism on the snow, which in combination with his listlessness got him romantic prospects.
In the second verse, the Lemon Demon contemplates the influence of the weather on mental health. The artist's mentioning a claim that people use back in his hometown, that sunshine fixes everything. But since he's living in a region with an extended winter season, that statement no longer holds weight. The lead feels that the cold is getting to him, accompanied by a relapse, physical collapse, and a sensation of being trapped. He tempers with the idea of moving to Florida to find some solace from winter's grief. But winter is not the only thing bothering him. He no longer gets moved by beautiful sceneries, which indicates the severe nature of his depression.
Line by Line Meaning
Every winter I'm a wreck, yes
During the winter season, I am emotionally and mentally unstable and vulnerable
Miss my family, merry Xmas
I feel lonely and miss my family during the holiday season, which is supposed to be a time of joy and celebration
Every day that I am snowed in
Being snowed in and isolated worsens my mental state every day
I'm a coward, I'm corroding
I feel helpless and weak, and my mental health is gradually deteriorating
Seasonal Affective Disorder
The root cause of my emotional distress is SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder, a type of depression
Everything can stop on a quarter
My life and motivation can come to a stop at any given moment due to my condition
Cold plus hopeless: Cope less
The cold weather and my feelings of hopelessness make it difficult for me to cope with my emotions
Got no prospects
I don't see any positive prospects for my future
It's the snow's fault
I am blaming the snow and winter season for worsening my mental state
Cold plus listless: Kissed less
The cold weather and my lack of motivation have resulted in me being deprived of romantic intimacy
Got no girlfriend
I am currently single and feeling lonely
Pass the snow salt
This line could be interpreted as a plea to make the snow go away, or as a metaphorical comment on how I am feeling beaten down by my condition
We have a saying back in my hometown
There is a popular saying in my hometown that expresses how much of a difference the presence of sunshine can make in one's mood
"When you're feeling down, sunshine fixes everything."
The saying from my hometown emphasizes that sunshine has a mood-lifting effect and can improve one's emotional state
But here, winter is getting longer
In my current location, the winter season seems to drag on and on, making me feel worse
Everything's frozen still
The world around me feels lifeless and immobile during winter
Beautiful things no longer give me the chills
Even things that I used to find beautiful and awe-inspiring no longer have an impact on me - I have become desensitized and numb to everything
Maybe I should just move to Florida
This line implies that moving to a warmer climate like Florida may be the solution to alleviating my SAD symptoms
Cold plus relapse: collapse
My condition makes me vulnerable to relapses, and each time feels like a complete collapse of my mental health
I am no elf
This line could be interpreted as emphasizing that I am not a magical being who can make all of my problems go away, or as an admission that I feel like I lack the energy or cheerfulness that is commonly associated with the holidays
No Saint Nick, man
This line emphasizes that I feel particularly distant from the spirit of Christmas and its associated icons
Cold plus morose: comatose
The cold and my depressive thoughts make me feel lifeless, disconnected, and in a comatose-like state
Trapped in myself
I feel isolated and trapped inside my own mind because of my condition
I'm a sick man
This line emphasizes that SAD is an illness that is affecting my daily life significantly
Contributed by Blake D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
AriLol
Every album has its share of one sad song atleast.
⟟ mean except for spirit phone that whole album is about the government.
But dinosaurchestra seems to be the album with the saddest songs. It just has that vibe of "yeah the world's gonna end pretty soon but eh we don't need to worry about that right now it's all fine let's just sweep it under the rug and deal with it when we have ourselves figured out". Very specific but at the same time yeah it fits.
There's also view monster which has that vibe of "nobody will ever understand me and it sucks". (⟟ relate to that one a lot)
Anyway I'm talking too much so I'm gonna stop because nobody cares about my opinion and we're all gonna die one day.
sorry-
ϟ Spacing Out ϟ
Every winter I'm a wreck, yes
Miss my family, merry Xmas
Every day that I am snowed in
I'm a coward, I'm corroding
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Everything can stop on a quarter
(Cold plus hopeless: Copeless)
Got no prospects
It's the snow's fault
(Cold plus listless: Kissed less)
Got no girlfriend
Pass the snow salt
We have a saying back in my hometown
"When you're feeling down, sunshine fixes everything."
But here, winter is getting longer
Everything's frozen still
Beautiful things no longer give me the chills
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Maybe I should just move to Florida
(Cold plus relapse: collapse)
I am no elf
No Saint Nick, man
(Cold plus morose: comatose)
Trapped in myself
I'm a sick man
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
a freakazoid
As someone with seasonal depression, this is definitely up there with I Earn My Life and Aurora Borealis as one of the saddest songs in Lemon Demon's entire discography.
Like, damn, I'm actually convinced Neil might genuinely have seasonal depression from how scarily accurate this is to how it feels to be trapped in the dead of January, with no end to the emptiness in sight.
cake was here
dinosaurchestra part three too
OuttaIdeas
No Amnesia Was Her Name?
Volnar The Unforgiving
@Nutah arnold if ya know what I’m . . . sayin . . . Honestly I don't either, other than
"funny humanity die and love and stuf so sad"
Nutah arnold if ya know what I’m . . . sayin . . .
I don't get how Aurora Borealis is that sad of a song.
Red Mantis
I have no idea why but Dizziful Bliss makes me want to cry just thinking about it.
0ozy
It's my mental breakdown and I get to choose the music
PURPLE haired idiot
Yea MOM
Someone Something
this
Alex a Beanlet
This