desolation

But their bond, the way they help anchor each other, helps them face the desolation that seems to rise up from the very roads they clear.

The prime minister recalled feeling "a sickness" and "air of desolation" as he tried to make sense of "the enormity of this barbarous, planned, industrialised murder".

Originally formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1978, The Cure continue to endure as alternative rock’s goth icons - pitching lyrics of love, angst and desolation against a kaleidoscope of melodies.

The desolation of Kristofferson's downbeat delivery tells you this song is about much more than a bad hangover.

The blistering heat — with an average high temperature that’s more than 100 degrees four months of the year — only heightens the sense of desolation.