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One of the saddest songs for me is by the Smiths... It's called "I Know It's Over."

The song starts with the lines:

"Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head. And as I climb into an empty bed--oh well, enough said."

The Smiths have lots of sad songs. Even their most popular song, "How Soon Is Now?" is fairly depressing:

"There's a club if you'd like to go; you could meet somebody who really loves you. So you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die.

When you say it's gonna happen 'now,' well when exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long, and all my hope is gone."

Morrissey is one of my favorite lyricists.

 

[ReDVsion]

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Originally Posted by Riemann Zeta Evanescence - My Immortal (don't laugh, I know it's cheesy corporate pop, but it still has some weird effect on me)

Allright, since I like Evanescence I will accept this, but did you listen to "Hello"? Come on! Much more of a saddening song IMO. Just because it's not a single doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to it...

 

[plainsong]

I think there's obviously not any one saddest song.. it's how the song effects you.

As Bong has already mentioned, just trust The Cure.

I know it's not a popular cd, but the two saddest songs for me are on the Wild Mood Swings cd, Treasure, and Bare. It might sound cheesy to those who didn't know us, but these two songs very much remind me of my horse. We grew up together and really went through a lot together. And then what did I do? I left for a new life. I don't regret leaving so much as leaving her behind. I should have done whatever it took, just like she did for me.

And for those few who might know a bit about different breeds, she was an Arabian, and they tend to be far more people-oriented than a lot of breeds. Hence, the strong empathy.

 

[Slimm]

I'm a Cure lover but for me, Neil Young's "Cortez The Killer" is THE saddest thing I've ever heard, especially the live rendition with Crazy Horse in the Arc/Weld live set.

 

[Trawlerman]

For me the EMMYLOU HARRIS track BOULDER TO BIRMINGHAM is a real tear-jerker. Literally, I always end up blubbing when I hear it. I can really connect with this song.

It's a very spirtual song. Emmylou wrote this song as part of her healing process when Gram Parsons died of an overdose. I've recounted the story here numerous times but basically after he died his road manager Phil Kaufmann kidnapped his body and cremated him out at Cap Rock in the Joshua Tree national park.

To me and many others, although he was only carrying out a pact that they had decided on, this action is possibly the worst and most disrespectful thing that could ever have happened to him. For the people that knew Gram it was very harrowing experience to go through.


In the song Emmylou sings......

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"I don't want to hear a sad story Full of heartbreak and desire The last time I felt like this It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn I watched it burn, I watched it burn.

In those few words the hurt just pours out her. I doubt if anybody could have done anything that hurt her more than this. Her love for Gram was so profound that it almost tears her apart.

Later on in the track she comes to the realisation that

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Well you really got me this time And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive.

And it's so true. But her love still goes on for him today as strong as it ever was.

The last verse of the song is also very soulful. One feels that she would give anything to have him back regardless of everthing.

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I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham I would hold my life in his saving grace. I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham If I thought I could see, I could see your face.

Right. That's mine. I'm almost in tears just thinking about it myself.

 

[Anarchy965]

Bad Religion - Struck a Nerve

 

[skyline889]

Imogen Heap-Hide and Seek, it's a pretty depressing song.

 

[Borat]

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Originally Posted by skyline889 Imogen Heap-Hide and Seek, it's a pretty depressing song.

Yeah, I always think about Tre getting shot and I start to cry my emo eyes out.

 

[AndyRx7]

They had a (fictional) contest on these lines a few years ago...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sadd..._in_the_world/

(a great movie BTW)

 

[JefferyK]

"I'll Be Seeing You"

I’ll be seeing you;
In all the old, familiar places;
That this heart of mine embraces;
All day through.

In that small cafe;
The park across the way;
The children’s carousel;
The chestnut tree;
The wishing well.

I’ll be seeing you;
In every lovely, summer’s day;
And everything that’s bright and gay;
I’ll always think of you that way;
I’ll find you in the morning sun;
And when the night is new;
I’ll be looking at the moon;
But I’ll be seeing you.

Jeffery

 

[scoobie]

Good list!! There are many sad songs but I recently picked up Jeff Buckley - Grace [Legacy Edition] and heard this song that was not released on my orignal copy.

Forget Her

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While this time's busy sleeping, All the noise has died away. I walk the streets to stop my weeping, She'll never change her ways. Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her. And my heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow. She's somewhere out there now. Her love is a rose, pale and dying. Dropping her petals in land unknown All full of wine, the world before her, was sober with no place to go. Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her. My heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow. She's somewhere out there now. Well my tears fall down as I try to forget, Her love was a joke from the day that we met. All of the words, all of her men, all of my pain when I think back to when. Remember her hair as it shone in the sun, the smell of the bed when I knew what she'd done. Tell myself over and over you won't ever need her again. But don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her. My heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow. She's out there somewhere now. Oh She was heartache from the day that I first met her. My heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget you, somehow. Cause I know you're somewhere out there right now

 

[FalconP]

The whole album Angel Tiger by June Tabor is introspective and depressing, but one song -- Sudden Waves -- stands out.

 

[skyline889]

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Originally Posted by Borat Yeah, I always think about Tre getting shot and I start to cry my emo eyes out.

Lol, my gf got me hooked on the O.C. I tivo'd it every week for her so I ended up watching it too * other excuses insert here

*. Add Thirteen by big star and I'll be Missing You by Puff Daddy, Mase, 112, and Faith Evans to the list.

 

[Cordmore]

I always found Billy Joel's "Captain Jack" really sad. Something about reality being so bad that you have to escape it.

Also, there's something about "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen that always gets to me.

 

[susyq]

moonlight sonata for me..boo hoo