Thanks very much @Kayclarity. I would say the same, I'm primarily a lyricist and avocalist too. I remember as a boy wanting to sing, that's why I picked up the guitar. If it wasn't for singing I think I'd have opted for double bass.

Aren't most songs sad though? Of course that's being said by a bluesman, lol, but country and western, 50's doowop, Etta James to Amy Winehouse etc. Yeah, thus one is a particularly sad song, especially at this moment in time for me.