Cliche

So the other day, I'm sitting in my car, in a mildly depressive mood, the traffic is bumper to bumper, and the sky is begining to cloud over - REM's "Everybody Hurts" comes on the radio. Suddenly I feel like I'm in the middle of REM's video shoot and Michael Stipe is about to get up on the roof of the next car and belt out the chorus. This image does not comfort me, in fact it adds to how trite the whole situation/song is.

It's so easy to feel bad for yourself - I can remember a time when this song actually helped, but this time it just left me feeling like the biggest cliche.