A band like Blur probably has the musical elasticity of a rubber band, from their early shoegaze days, to the Britpop middle years, and then later experimentation that resulted with some of their finest work, it's hard to really pinpoint what sort of genre Blur is actually a part of. While this is all true, in 1999's 13, Blur would be in that latter experimental period of musical output, but while most of the album was a blend of many musical styles, the utterly somber swan song "No Distance Left To Run" was a conclusion to Damon Albarn's recent break up.
Armed with a quiet yet unsure guitar line by the ever brilliant Graham Coxon, and a sparse arrangement of drums and bass with some quiet backing vocals, Albarn bares all of his soul in the direct and simple lines "It's over/You don't need to tell me/I hope you're with someone who makes you/feel safe in your sleeping tonight/I won't kill myself, trying to stay in your life/I got no distance left to run".
Although Blur alienated alot of their fans with abrasive music at the time, they still knew how to capture the strongest emotions in simple arrangements.
Blur - No Distance Left To Run
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