Spontan fällt mir da zunächst Garbage mit "Milk" ein (Text dürfte evtl. bekannt sein). Auch wenn der Text traurig ist, entfaltet das Lied besonders durch seine Melodie eine melancholische Stimmung.
Bei Deleriums "Just A Dream" hat dagegen eher der Text den gefühlsbetonteren Part, Thema ist hier (wie so häufig) der Liebesschmerz:
Walking barefoot on the shore
Hypnotized by the ocean roaring
Thoughts of you drifting in and out
Never fails to calm me down.
I still see your eyes where light hits the water
And I've never seen a colour so beautiful
So blue... ocean blue
Keep moving to the distant sounds
Visions of you drifting in and out
Clouds mixing with the sand and the sea
Sounds get carried on the ocean breeze.
I still hear your voice from across the horizon
And wasn't that you walking into the shadows?
In time I'll believe it was just and illusion
In time I'll believe it was only a dream.
(Wdh.)
In time I'll believe it was just and illusion
In time I'll believe it was only a dream.
Till then I will breathe you in from the ocean
And walk with the waves rolling under my feet.
Beispiel für einen sehr melancholischen Text finde ich daneben Chicanes "Autumn Tactics", das besonders im Thrillseekers Remix konsequent umgesetzt wird. Hier ist mal nicht eine verflossene Liebe das Thema, sondern das naturbedingte Ende des Sommers (kürzere Tag, fallende Blätter, tiefe Temperaturen). Kein anderer Song erzeugt bei mir so unwillkürlich Herbstgefühle.
Deep river runs its course
To the warm horizon.
Shadows of falling leaves.
October moon and rusty skies
Ever changing feelings
The seeds of autumn in my mind.
Hiding summer's age no more
No more leaves in summer sky.
Turning dark on empty carlots
When summer was my only friend.
Sail back this way again,
Winter's one breath away.
Sail back this way again,
Winter's one breath away,
It's turning cold...
Hiding sun, like the hiding sun
Feels like its just begun.
Hiding sun, like the hiding sun
Waiting for summer sun.