Toujours is ambiguous in French in that it can mean "forever" or "still": so another translation could be, "(In that case) the sadness will still exist". Four singles were released from the album. " From Despair to Where" was the lead single. " La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" was the second single from the album and it has been described by many as its highlight. The third single, " Roses in the Hospital", peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest-charting single from the band's first three albums. [14] The fourth and final single, " Life Becoming a Landslide", charted at number 36, which would be the lowest charting single by the band until 2011's " Some Kind of Nothingness". [14] Other sources corroborate this e.g. here (with the letter in French) and here (describing his death). But even­tu­al­ly, in 1890 van Gogh attempt­ed to take his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, a few miles north of Paris. Short­ly after he con­fessed to his younger broth­er Theo that for him, “la tristesse dur­era tou­jours” (“ the sad­ness will last for­ev­er.”) 2Two days lat­er, he sur­ren­dered to death.

a b c "Manic Street Preachers". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 21 August 2012. a b Wilding, Philip (12 December 2017). "The Manic Street Preachers: Their best songs in their own words". Louder . Retrieved 19 August 2021.la tristesse durera..." Manics.nl. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009 . Retrieved 7 December 2010.

van Gogh describes his fas­ci­na­tion with the night time sky in a 1888 let­ter. 10It would not be unusu­al for patients suf­fer­ing from men­tal health issues to seek refuge in the night sky’s poet­ry, and its many stars which seem to be sewn onto the rich­est of dark fabrics.Reynolds, Simon (October 1993). Marks, Craig (ed.). "Manic Street Preachers: Gold Against the Soul". Spin. Vol.9, no.7. p.104 . Retrieved 3 July 2020. Stokes, Paul (12 May 2011). "Album A&E – Manic Street Preachers, 'Gold Against The Soul' ". NME . Retrieved 31 December 2014. The fish­er­men know that the sea is dan­ger­ous and the storm ter­ri­ble, but they have nev­er found these dan­gers suf­fi­cient rea­son for remain­ing ashore” 11—The end of van Gogh’s story