Songs that sound like the singer is going through an existential crisis

Pretty much all of The Plastic Ono Band album

 

John Fogerty - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

From Wikipedia:
In an interview, Fogerty stated that the song was written about the fact that they were on the top of the charts, and had surpassed all of their wildest expectations of fame and fortune. They were rich and famous, but somehow all of the members of the band at the time were depressed and unhappy; thus the line "Have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day?".

 

George Michael's Freedom 90! He sang about his sexuality and his Faith image that he wants to destroy it for good.

 

Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!

 

When I read the thread title, I thought of “God” by John Lennon

 

Screaming Jay Hawkins - Constipation Blues

 

Yes, that one and "Look at Me"

 

the beauty of that cover of the Nine Inch Nails song is how it flips the premise of the original. Trent Reznor sang it from the perspective of a broken young man filled with self-loathing as he contemplates suicide. Johnny Cash sang it as a weary old man filled with self-doubt and recrimination as he contemplates death.

 

I tried getting into ND. Couldn't relate.

 

He's not for everyone. Probably a good thing because it's hard to imagine the ramifications of a world in which the majority of people were relating to "Things Behind The Sun" or "Place To Be." Everyone would just stay indoors beneath the floors and people would think they were weird or lonely.

 

Van Morrison - TB Sheets... His performance makes me feel nauseous and clammy... You can smell the sick room... Nobody has ever come close to it...

 

Jackyl - "She Loves My C*#k"

 

You might not always know what Hasil's saying, but you know he means it!

 

His "I Hear Voices" is a fave rave for me...

 

Don't look too long into the void lest it look back into you... Chilling self-diagnosis and self-fulfilling prophecy... Poor Syd...

 

Not fair - the whole of Bruce Springsteen's catalogue deals with existential angst

 

Great lyric to a great existential song. But here's the thing: one of the most recognizable faces in rock and it's significant that a policeman knows who he is? Just kidding. Great song.

 

Cat Stevens - The Wind
Sab - Hole in the Sky
Dylan - Chimes of Freedom
Coldplay - Viva la Vida

 

Brice Springsteen - Reason to Believe (in which he essentially states that there isn’t one).

 

Assemblage 23-Collapse, 2009

 

Bowie - Quicksand.

 

Front Line Assembly-Ghosts, 2013/Fatalist, 1999

 

Mind In A Box-Change, 2004

 

Some Beach Boys/Brian Wilson stuff - things from Pet Sounds and also stufd like 'Til I die' etc