Okay, confession time. I’ve been feeling rather blue as of late, down in the dumps, feelin’ sorry for myself. While I won’t bore you with the pathetic tales from my personal life, I will say that this song, the breakthrough international hit for Travis, captures my feelings quite well.

And yet, in true melancholy-song form, I do feel a little bit better whenever I hear Fran Healy singing the refrain, “Why does it always rain on me?”

Ultimately, that is all that matters…