Segundo votação organizada na Inglaterra pela rádio 6 Music, afiliada à BBC, a música I Know It's Over, da banda inglesa The Smiths, foi considerada pelo público como "a melhor para se ouvir quando você está muito pra baixo".

A canção venceu o "concurso" Músicas que Salvaram Sua Vida, batendo, entre outras, Everybody Hurts, do REM, e Love Will Tear Us Apart, do Joy Division. O critério era apenas votar em uma música que o ouvinte goste de escutar chorando ou gritando, quando está deprimido, desiludido no amor ou mesmo só tendo um dia ruim. Milhares de pessoas participaram.

Tirada do disco The Queen is Dead, de 1986, a canção tem letra de Morrissey e música do guitarrista Johnny Marr. Os primeiros versos são mais ou menos os seguintes: "Posso sentir a terra caindo na minha cabeça/Enquanto escalo uma cama vazia/Bom, já disse tudo".

Por incrível que pareça, o concurso teve um fundamento "sério". A 6 Music tem feito uma campanha que explora a conexão entre a música e a saúde mental.

Abaixo, a letra, no original.


I Know It's Over

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well. Enough said.
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Oh...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
(Though she needs you
More than she loves you)
And I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Over and over and over and over
Over and over, la...
I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me, and said:
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very good-looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight?
I know...
'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they're in each other's arms..."
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
Over, over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
Over, over
Love is Natural and Real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight, my love
Love is Natural and Real
But not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can even feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my...