More songs by Mavis Staples
Description
Sadness and light are so closely intertwined here that one seems impossible without the other. The world simultaneously weighs heavily and beckons with its beauty, leaving a sense of fragile balance after every line. Anger flares up like a spark, sadness spreads like a quiet wave - but it all sounds not like tragedy, but like an acknowledgement that life is rarely one-sided.
The music embraces this contradiction gently and simply, without unnecessary embellishment. There is something comforting about it: even if the day seems like the last, it is still part of a big, strange, sad and beautiful world.
Author: Mark Linkus
Producer: Brad Cook
Arrangement and mixing: Brad Cook and Paul Voran
Mastering: Tim Smiley
Vocals: Mavis Staples
Backing vocals: Amy Ray, M. J. Lenderman
Acoustic guitar: Brad Cook
Electric guitar: M. J. Lenderman
Bass guitar: Brad Cook
Drums: Matt McCogan
Piano: Phil Cook
Synths: Brad Cook
Saxophone: Matt Douglas
Steel guitar: Colin Crum
Lyrics and translation
Original
Sometimes I get so sad
Sometimes you just make me mad
It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a sad and beautiful world
Sometimes I just won't go
Sometimes I just won't say no
It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a sad and beautiful world
Sometimes days go speeding past
Sometimes this one seems like the last
It's a sad and beautiful world, mm
It's a sad and beautiful world
English translation
Sometimes I get so sad
Sometimes you just make me mad
It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a sad and beautiful world
Sometimes I just won't go
Sometimes I just won't say no
It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a sad and beautiful world
Sometimes days go speeding past
Sometimes this one seems like the last
It's a sad and beautiful world, mm
It's a sad and beautiful world