The phrase "a somber side" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a serious, gloomy, or reflective aspect of a situation, person, or topic.
Example: "While the festival is known for its vibrant celebrations, it also has a somber side that pays tribute to those we have lost."
Alternatives: "a serious aspect" or "a gloomy facet".
The Yankees are on a quick victory tour of the nation's capital, but there was a somber side to the visit, too.
Like Lauren of "Laguna Beach" (and now "The Hills"; some of these women seem destined to live entirely on these shows), Chrissy has a somber side.
For the first time, the Pinkster Festival will also have a somber side: "The Fire This Time: Cuffee's Trial," a play by Michael Lord that is to be performed tomorrow night.
Of course this story has a deeply somber side.
The movie's opening image — a traveling shot of dying and dead men scattered across a field — shows a darker, more somber side of Mr. Tavernier.
Reinterpreting the original to emphasize a more delicate and somber side of desire, the track follows their ecstatically lush collaborative track "Chemical Love," released last year.
Jon Pareles of The New York Times in review of Confessions on a Dance Floor, wrote that Madonna's "somber side sounds best in 'Jump', about the urge to move on".
Such is the somber side of this golden age in which Ferrer toils: Even in a year when Nadal missed half the season with knee problems, Ferrer still finds himself the second-ranked Spaniard because of Nadal's brilliant results in the six months he did play.
The fourth annual benefit for Tibet House, which took place on Monday night at Carnegie Hall, brought out the somber side of its performers.
Two in particular, near the end of the ceremony, seemed to remind everyone at the Shubert of the occasion's somber side.
"I spent my whole life wanting to be talked about/ I did it!" she declares in "How High," before wondering, "Will any of this matter?" Her somber side sounds best in "Jump," about the urge to move on, and in "Isaac," a song about revelation -- "wrestle with your darkness/ angels call your name".
