Paolo Nutini- Mind Reader or Musician?

If you haven't heard of Paolo Nutini, you should probably emerge from underneath the rock you're living under. He's best known for that song, "New Shoes," but lately I've turned to him for a feeling different than that melodic optimism.

I can't quite describe how I have been feeling lately. I can only say it feels like I'm missing a part of myself. It's not a feeling of depression, but instead I am filled with a kind of restlessness I can't seem to suppress. It's as if I've lost something very close to me, but have no idea how to retrieve it.

Anyway, there are four songs I have been playing in rotation for the past few days: :"Candy," "Coming Up Easy," "Loving You," and "Last Request." The sad yet determined lyrics and Nutini's soul-filled voice have a brilliant effect on my mind. I can almost grasp the apprehension and understand it, but then it escapes me once again. I'm talking about lyrics like this stanza from "Candy":

I was perched outside in the pouring rain
Trying to make myself a sail
Then I’ll float to you my darlin’
With the evening on my tail
Although not the most honest means of travel
It gets me there nonetheless
I’m a heartless man at worst, babe
And a helpless one at best

From "Coming Up Easy":

Its a shame the way its seems to go
Cause now my best friend, my partner in crime
Im afraid it looks like we’re
Gonna have to go our separate ways.
You see the thing is I love you, I love you
But you see I resent you all the time.
All my other friends their just saying
Your slowing me down.

Oh I should have known
You’d turn to me and say
Before you throw too much of me away.
Don’t you remember seeing the sun coming up easy
While the rain came tumbling down.
And it washed out bodies so cleanly
Seen them rise up off of the cold cold ground.

It was in love I was created
And in love is how I hope I die.

From "Last Request":

Grant my last request,
And just let me hold you.
Don't shrug your shoulders,
Lay down beside me.
Sure I can accept that we're going nowhere,
But one last time let's go there,
Lay down beside me

Oh, I've found, that I'm bound
To wander down that one way road.
And I realise all about your lies
But I'm no wiser than the fool I was before.

From "Tricks of the Trade":

You took me from my bubble
Knowing my defense was weak
And you sat there and you listened
Any time I chose to speak
You gathered from my pleas to
You that I am but a clown
And I fear only a hero can defeat
These demons now

Ok so they aren't the most uplifting of lyrics, but what can I say. I'm a wallower. I love a good wallow once in a while. They all have some direct meaning for me, not that I need to or care to divulge any of that nonsense. It's just such a comfort when someone can vocalize how you, yourself, are feeling or unknowingly caters to your feelings. No matter the song, the lyric, the melody, anyone can find some kind of consideration and consolation if you care to look for it. To me, there's nothing better than hearing my inner doubts supported by another person's poetry.