Desert Palace

riazm:

Ashleymopsis turned me onto this nihilistic track by Peggy Lee called Is That All There Is?

It’s based on the short story Disillusionment by Thomas Mann:

Once, somewhere in the world, I stood by a deep, narrow gorge in the mountains. Bare rock went up perpendicular on either side, and far below the water roared past. I looked down and thought to myself: ‘What if I were to fall?’ But I knew myself well enough to answer: ‘If that were to happen you would say to yourself as you fell: “Now you are falling, you are actually falling. Well, and what of it?”

Honourable mention goes to PJ Harvey.