Despair, grief, listlessness, melancholy, depression, the holy doldrums, sadness comes in many forms and all involve pain. Western society teaches people to hide their sadness, keep it to themselves, and not burden others. Sadness, however, can be transformative.  Sadness can maintain meaningful connections to lost loved ones. Sadness can draw in much needed social support, and it can and does inspire some of the most notable, enduring, impactful works of art. There is no shortage of songs created by artists in the depths of despair, and for some, the act of creating something beautiful born of suffering is meaningful. Frankl defined despair as suffering without meaning. When people create meaning in their suffering, hopelessness eases. Sharing suffering with others helps us not feel alone, adrift in a sea of futility. As the quote from legendary poet Khalil Gibran emphasizes, there could be no joy without its complement of sorrow, as his poem points out, joy is sorrow unmasked. Art in general, and music in particular, offer a medium of expression, a path to experiencing and sharing the full force of emotional power. Experiencing the full power of an emotion serves as the funeral pyre for that emotion, according to psychological pioneer Stanislov Grof. The collection of songs inspired from sadness are examples of the transformative power of artistic creation, offering both the creators and the experiencers some cathartic relief from the inherent pain of existence.