Tear Jerker / Vienna Teng

• "Passage" has made many people bawl. It starts out with the words "I died in a car crash two days ago". And the album performance is even more haunting than the live.
• "Daughter", apparently an unspoken message from a parent to a daughter. "Did you know you're so beautiful on the edge of summer that years from now, I'll cry to remember how very close you were?"
  • Just reading this entry made me tear up.
• "Say Uncle" was written in memory of her uncle, who died when she was 16.
• Then there is "Blue Caravan".
• And also "Watershed".
• As well as "St. Stephen's Cross". Something about the lyric "And he closed his eyes and heard no sound / But her breathing warm against his mouth" can make one tear up.
• Recessional: "'Anyway,' she says, 'I'll see you around...'" and the wails that follow... such a beautiful tragedy.
• "Lullaby for a Stormy Night".
• "Eric's Song". I paid close attention to the lyrics, and have still have no clue what she's on about, although they seem happy enough, the song makes (me, at least) want to cry...
• "Antebellum": A very sad song about a once loving, once hopeful relationship that falls apart.
• "Radio": A song premised on a terrorist attack on San Francisco as seen by a doctor/first responder.
  I'm sorry Mama
  I held on for as long as I could
  I'm sorry Papa
  There was nothing more I could do
• "Oh Mama No" is an upbeat sounding song that is nevertheless about growing up and losing your mother. It can be hard to listen to if you have personal experience with that sort of loss.

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