I woke up with Real Death in my head today

Death is real
Someone's there and then they're not
And it's not for singing about
It's not for making into art
When real death enters the house, all poetry is dumb

Man, I hope this isn't a premonition. This song is a doozy. It's a little bit catchy, but it's also very sad. It's from an album by Mount Eerie written after Phil Elverum's wife died from cancer. Sounds really cheerful, huh?

Well, I don't make the rules. I take note of what song is in my head when I wake up in the morning and I make a post about it.

Fair (and second) warning: the song is very sad. That said, if you feel up to checking out the album, it's a moving and powerful one. It's just a little hard to listen to at times because of the subject matter.

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This post is part of an ongoing series in which I document the songs which are in my head immediately upon waking. I've been making them for a long time now.

Do you wake up with songs in your head on a regular basis? What song was in your head this morning? Comment below, I'd love to hear from you!

The list so far

#	Artist	Song
1	Auli'i Cravalho	How Far I'll Go
2	Huey Lewis and the News	The Power of Love
3	Metallica	Sad But True
4	Metallica	Nothing Else Matters
5	Metallica	Wherever I May Roam
6	the pAper chAse	I Did a Terrible Thing
7	Metallica	Sad But True (Repeat)
8	Limbeck	Honk + Wave
9	AC/DC	Back in Black
10	Patsy Cline	Back in Baby's Arms
11	The Heligoats	Florida Panther
12	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight
13	Lord Huron	Until the Night Turns
14	Richard Edwards	Gene
15	Built to Spill	You Were Right
16	Richard Edwards	Olive Oyl
17	Frank Ocean	Sierra Leon
18	The Thermals	Back to Gray
19	Pedro The Lion	When They Really Get to Know You, They Will Run
20	Limbeck	Trouble
21	All Them Witches	Internet
22	Pedro The Lion	Keep Swinging
22	Father John Misty	Please Don't Die
23	Black Sabbath	Fairies Wear Boots
24	Father John Misty	Total Entertainment Forever
25	Cardi B	Best Life
26	All Them Witches	Call Me Star
27	Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
28	The Doors	Light My Fire
29	Al Green	Can't Get Next To You
30	Guns n' Roses	Civil War
31	Atlanta Rhythm Section	Spooky
32	Against Me!	Sink Florida Sink
33	Paula Abdul	Straight Up
34	Seals and Croft	Get Closer
35	Black Mountain	Mothers of the Sun
36	Hum	The Scientists
37	The Black Angels	Currency
38	Spiritualized	Here It Comes (The Road) Let's Go
39	Guns n' Roses	November Rain
40	Chris Staples	Times Square
41	The Get Up Kids	Ten Minutes
42	Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats	Death's Door
43	The Roots featuring Erykah Badu	You Got Me
44	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Rich Girl
45	The Lemonheads	It's All True
46	The Snake The Cross The Crown	The Great American Smokeout
47	Every Time I Die	Map Change
48	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast
49	Kevin DeVine	Heaven Bound and Glory Be
50	Wilco	Random Name Generator
51	Kanye West	All of the Lights
52	Terrence and Phillip (South Park)	Uncle Fucker
53	Alice in Chains	Angry Chair
54	Sturgill Simpson	Keep It Between The Lines
55	The War on Drugs	Holding On
56	Nine Inch Nails	Head Like a Hole
57	Jawbox	Empire of One
58	Alice in Chains	Rain When I Die
59	The Snake The Cross The Crown	Cotton Teeth
60	Crumb	Locket
61	Chad VanGaalen	Monster
62	Pedro The Lion	Clean up
63	The Mars Volta	The Widow
64	Magnolia Electric Company	Montgomery
65	The National	Runaway
66	Mac Miller	Circles
67	Bright Eyes	Make War
68	Mac Miller	Good News
69	Ryan Adams	Chains of Love
70	Oasis	Don't Look Back in Anger
71	R. Kelly	Ignition (Remix)
72	Ryan Adams	Rocks
73	Mount Eerie	Real Death

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