Fight Me: "Everything I Own" is the saddest song ever written about grief.

I know what you're thinking. "But what about [insert your favorite sad song here]?" No. Stop. You're wrong. I've done the math.

Fun fact: after my 18-year-old son died, I developed what I can only describe as a PhD in Sad Music. I'm talking serious academic-level research into the most devastating songs ever recorded. If grief were an Olympic sport, I'd have a gold medal and several endorsement deals by now.

It started innocently enough. I was sitting in my car, ugly-crying to a …