Where The F*&K Did April Go? - The Streets

This was the first song directly about Coronavirus that really made an impact on me. It broke from the whole "all in this together, we'll be back to normal soon" message that was so strongly pushed on us in March and April. This isn't an anti-lockdown protest song, it's about real emotions and how meaningless and silly life can be while we're stuck doing nothing. It's about how in an already hopeless world, Coronavirus stole the last bit of hope we had. 

The lyrics are so poetic and profound. I spent so many days reading these words and reflecting on my own life situation. They're recited in such a conversational way, it sounds like someone just venting to you. You can hear the sadness in his voice, still witty but without any enthusiasm or effort to be more expressive with the delivery. Why would you bother putting in a full effort when Coronavirus has stolen the things that bring you joy in your life. 

At the time (May) I still had a lot of hope that we could get back to regular life. As the months have gone on, I've truly realized how short-term my coping solutions were and I've largely resigned to boredom. At the start, I thought it was just a fun staycation and an opportunity to learn some new hobbies and adapt my current hobbies to online replacements. Those activities lose their novelty when you realize that they aren't a temporary replacement, but an indefinite dystopia that has no end in sight. Motivation to do creative and positive things is impossible to find because we've had Coronavirus for most of a year and things are still getting worse. This song understood these ideas so early on in the pandemic and expressed them brilliantly. This is a pandemic of hopelessness as well. The days bend together and nothing ever changes.

    Blinds cast shadows of prison bars

    My mind addled with a little hard stuff

    My mind as shallow as a paddling pool

    April, every day's the same

    March was like march to march