In "S.A.D," XG turns heartbreak into a request for the DJ to play their song, wanting to sit inside the sadness rather than rush past it. The tears become diamonds, brighter than before, as private pain transforms into something worth recording and broadcasting. Even while parting ways, the show must go on, and the repeated call for other sad ones turns loneliness into a shared frequency. The song insists that feeling low all day can be its own kind of belonging.
S.A.D Lyrics by XG
Sad and lonely (Sad, oh-oh)
Sad and lonely
Ah, ah, ah
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Radio, just play my favorite song
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Wanna be sad, wanna be sad
Sad and lonely
Make me feel some type of way, yeah
Can’t decide my feelings lately
So sick of this game, uh
Take me far away (Hmm-hmm-hmm)
We’ve been up for so long ain’t no down time
They don’t even know what the pain sound like
Burning CDs, release
Don’t play me
Tears made of diamonds
Shining brighter than I did before
Like all a sudden
I’m the one who gotta press record
Been tripping, I’ma find a way
I ain’t tryna beg and wish you’d stay
But the show must go on
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Radio, just play my favorite song
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Wanna be sad, wanna be sad
Sad and lonely
S.A.D
Sad all day
Don’t mind me
I’m just going through the pain
S.A.D
Sad all day
Just wanna be sad, wanna be
Sad and lonely
Sad ones
Where my sad ones? (Where my girls at)
Sad ones
Where my sad ones? (Woah, uh, uh, sad ones)
Sad ones (Woah)
Where my sad ones? (Woah, uh)
Sad ones
Where my sad ones? (At)
You know where to find me
If you need me
I’ve been looking for you
Where you at? Who knows
Feeling S.A.D, need some T.L.C
Make ’em watch my moves like it’s MTV
Cue the track on the MP3
What you know? Tell me, what’s the tea?
Tears made of diamonds
Shining brighter than I did before
Like all a sudden
I’m the one who gotta press record
Everyday disheartening
You got us parting ways
But we are charting names
So the show must go on
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Radio, just play my favorite song
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Wanna be sad, wanna be sad (Sad)
Sad and lonely
If you want what’s real then let me know
‘Cause I’ll sing you my song
Breaking all the times they told me, no
And I’ma right your wrong, ah
I’ve been stressin’ all night long
Play my track ’til the Speakers blown
Better on our own
Woulda, coulda, shoulda known
Listen closely
Nice and slowly
They can’t hold me
Sad and lonely
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Radio, just play my favorite song
DJ play my song on the radio (Radio)
Wanna be sad, wanna be sad
Sad and lonely
S.A.D
Sad all day
Don’t mind me
I’m just going through the pain
S.A.D
Sad all day
Jus wanna be sad, wanna be
Sad and lonely
