Scars has an array of bleak lyrics often dealing with personal troubles.

The band's first single of 1980 was intended to be "Dreams of Children", which combined bleak lyrics lamenting the loss of childhood optimism with hard-edged, psychedelic instrumental backing and production.

The bleak lyrics were not the Beatles' first deviation from love songs, but were some of the most explicit.

Was it bleak lyrics of Goth rock music?

And selections the band had never performed live, like "One Hit (to the Body)," had a rough-hewn impact that made unsparing lyrics even bleaker.

An English-language version was later recorded, titled "Who Will Be There" and featuring similarly bleak lyrics.

The opening track, "Times Is Hard", features "bleak" lyrics about "nihilism [being] used as a tool to remedy social ills" sung to upbeat melodies.

Sadcore is a subgenre occasionally identified by music journalists to describe examples of alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slower tempos.

The music of slowcore artists is generally characterized by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements.

In many cases Thompson juxtaposes an upbeat tune with a bleak lyric.