Here they are:
"All Over Now" by The Cranberries: One of their darkest and most aggressive songs since "Zombie", The Cranberries' first song released after the death of their lead singer seems to have a fair amount of foreshadowing of what was to come in their career. Dolores O'Riordan waxes nostalgic about various events, only to declare in the chorus that those memories are "all over now". Though "All Over Now" does not have as much vocal anger as "Zombie" did, you can still sense the despair and angst in O'Riordan's singing here. This seems like somewhat the opposite of what happened to another recent and sudden death in rock and pop history, when soul singer Sharon Jones delivered a hopeful post-mortem message that it was just a "Matter of Time" before things got set straight. Dolores was not so hopeful about her own future. This is an eerily fitting song to close out both The Cranberries' career and the tumultuous, unpredictable events of the decade at large.
"Land of the Free" by The Killers: Our last and only other song of the week is proof of what can happen when the tables turn on you. The Killers' lead singer, Brandon Flowers, had once criticized Green Day for going too political with "American Idiot". Flash forward 15 years later, and Brandon himself has now gone from fun, frivolous rocker to mournful, politically active musician with his latest song, "Land of the Free". The song is a sad, sorrowful, yet anthemic piano centered dirge, probably modeled after Flowers' musical mentor, Bruce Springsteen. Even the lyrics are Springsteen-ian, circa "Born In the U.S.A.", decrying the United States' current political state while trying to push things in a more positive direction with his yearning lyrics. Brandon, to quote the great Woody Guthrie, "This land was made for you and me!"
