11 Happy Sounding Songs That Are Actually Sad

You might think that a song as upbeat sounding as this would have a similarly upbeat message, but the lyrics to "Semi-Charmed Life" are actually about meth addiction, told metaphorically through the stages of a relationship. In it, lead singer Stephan Jenkins paints a vivid picture about the destructiveness and sadness of drug addiction.

Key lyric: And I wish I could get back there / Some place back there / Smiling in the pictures you would take / Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break

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