What's the saddest song you know?

katya73

I have a couple but maybe they are sad to me because I heard them at a significantly sad time of my life
#1 Everybody Hurts ... By REM
#2 Brothers in Arms ... By Dire Straits

Carl01

REO...

"I've been around for you
I've been up and down for you
But I just can't get any relief
I've swallowed my pride for you
I've lived and lied for you
But you still make me feel like a thief
You got me stealin' your love away
'Cause you never give it
Peeling the years away
And we can't relive it
I make you laugh
And you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly

You said we'd work it out
You said that you had no doubt
That deep down we were really in love
Oh, but I'm tired of holding on
To a feeling I know is gone
I do believe that I've had enough

I've had enough of the falseness
Of a worn out relation
Enough of the jealousy
And the intoleration
I make you laugh
And you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly

Time for me to fly
Oh, I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
And that's just how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly

Iamfit4life

I have a tale to tell
Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
I was not ready for the fall
Too blind to see the writing on the wall

Chorus:

A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell
The secret I have learned, 'till then
It will burn inside of me

I know where beauty lives
I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives
The light that you could never see
It shines inside, you can't take that from me

(chorus)

2nd Chorus:

The truth is never far behind
You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell
The secret I knew then
Will I ever have the chance again

If I ran away, I'd never have the strength
To go very far
How could they hear the beating of my heart
Will it grow cold
The secret that I hide, will I grow old
How would they hear
When would they learn
How would they know


This song reminds me of several dark times in my life.

Carl01

Nazareth...

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and marks
Any heart not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud holds a lot of rain.
Love hurts. Oooh,love hurts

I'm young I know, but even so
I know a thing or two. I've learned from you.
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot.
Love is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot.
Love hurts. Oooh, love hurts

Some fools think of happiness,
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves, I guess,
But they're not fooling me.

I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true.
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue.
Love hurts. Oooh, love hurts.
Oooh, love hurts.
Oooh, love hurts.

Tangerine302

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFwPRpkAlGQ

Dolly Parton- Coat of Many Colors



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LynZIqb0Hs

Sherrie Austin- Streets of Heaven

katya73

Nazareth...

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and marks
Any heart not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud holds a lot of rain.
Love hurts. Oooh,love hurts

I'm young I know, but even so
I know a thing or two. I've learned from you.
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot.


Love is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot.
Love hurts. Oooh, love hurts

Some fools think of happiness,
Blissfulness, togetherness

Some fools fool themselves, I guess,
But they're not fooling me.

I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true.
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue.
Love hurts. Oooh, love hurts.
Oooh, love hurts.
Oooh, love hurts.

^^^^ One of my favorite songs of all time

LauraMacNCheese

Sissy's Song - Alan Jackson

Artemis726

If your get there before I do. Cant think of who sings it but thats song came on the radio just seconds after I found out my Gramma passed away and also just after I found out my Papa passed. Kinda erie. But I always ball when I hear it

Collin Raye?

littlesis412

if your reading this by tim mcgraw

letters from home by john michael montgomery

if i dont make it back by tracy lawrence

Oh these are good. But "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam gets me every time.

RunLiftEat

A letter to Elise by The Cure

avalonms

"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton - but it's really the back story that makes that song tough to listen to.

lwhitman4

"Goodnight Elizabeth" - Counting Crows
&
"Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen

Not the remade "Hallelujah" that everyone else sings. The original. It's got so much feeling in it.

BTW great thread, JR.

hazelnutflav

"wind beneath my wings" ..bette midler.

"beth"...kiss

Cornock

I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)
John Schumann: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal,
(it was long march from cadets).
The Sixth Battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card…
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left.

And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay;
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean;
And there's me in my slouch hat, with my SLR and greens…
God help me, I was only nineteen.

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat,
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months.
But we made our tents a home, VB and pin-ups on the lockers,
and an Asian orange sunset through the scrub.

And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen.

A four week operation, when each step could mean your last one on two legs:
it was a war within yourself.
But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off,
so you closed your eyes and thought about something else.

Then someone yelled out "Contact"', and the bloke behind me swore.
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar;
Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon: -
God help me, he was going home in June.

1 can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
on a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau.
And I can still hear Frankie lying screaming in the jungle.
'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row

And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears,
and stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel…
God help me, I was only nineteen.

And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me,
I was only nineteen.

ZennzayK

Longing to Belong - Eddie Veder
The Scientist - Coldplay
Creep - Radiohead

phechan3

AVENGED SEVENFOLD
"I Won't See You Tonight Part 1"

Cry alone, I've gone away
No more nights, no more pain
I've gone alone, took all my strength
I've made the change,
I won't see you tonight

Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood
All the ones around me
I cared for and loved

It's building up inside of me
A place so dark, so cold, I had to set me free
Don't mourn for me,
You're not the one to place the blame
As bottles call my name I won't see you tonight

Sorrow sank deep inside my blood
All the ones around me
I cared for and most of all I loved
But I can't see myself that way
Please don't forget me or cry while I'm away

Cry alone, I've gone away
No more nights, no more pain
I've gone alone, took all my strength
But I've made the change,
I won't see you tonight

So far away, I'm gone.
Please don't follow me tonight
And while I'm gone everything will be alright

No more breath inside
Essence left my heart tonight
No more breath inside
Essence left my heart tonight

dckim

maybe someone said already, didn't have time to read all the threads - mine is by

bonnie raitt - i can't make you love me.

a really heart tugger. :brokenheart:

trhjrh06

When I Get Where I'm Going by Brad Paisley. Also Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt. Both of these songs were played at my brothers funeral. The first one by Brad Paisley my parents picked and the one by James Blunt was picked by my brothers wife. I can hardly listen to those songs. I cry from start to finish.

When I Get Where I'm Going:::
(Feat. Dolly Parton)
When I get where I'm going
on the far side of the sky.
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly.

I'm gonna land beside a lion,
and run my fingers through his mane.
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain

(Chorus:)
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
there'll be only happy tears.
I will shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And I'll leave my heart wide open,
I will love and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Don't cry for me down here.

I'm gonna walk with my grandaddy,
and he'll match me step for step,
and I'll tell him how I missed him,
every minute since he left.
Then I'll hug his neck.

(Chorus)

So much pain and so much darkness,
in this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can't answer,
so much work to do.

But when I get where I'm going,
and I see my Maker's face.
I'll stand forever in the light,
of His amazing grace.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Oh, when I get where I'm going,
there'll be only happy tears.
Hallelujah!
I will love and have no fear.
When I get where I'm going.
Yeah when I get where I'm going.


Goodbye My Lover:::::
Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Chorus (2x)
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer and when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
( From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/james-blunt-lyrics/goodbye-my-lover-lyrics.html )
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

Chorus (2x)
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in my mind.
In my mind when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.

Chorus (2x)
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

Outro (2x)
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.

chicnsweet83

Sarah McLachlan ...Angel, from City of Angels Movie

ch178

Definitely Skin by rascal flatts, makes me cry everytime I hear it, I usually change the station
or If heaven wasn't so far away - Justin moore always makes me think of my mom

ahsongbird

If heaven wasn't so far away. .. kills me every time .

ReinasWrath

Make it stop by Rise Against

Saline the Salt Lake Queen-Rasputina

irish0394

I cannot possibly pick just one...

"The Baby" - Blake Shelton (my mom passed away from cancer very quickly and I feel like there are so many other things I needed to tell her, apologize for, say goodbye)

"Lightning Crashes" - Live (I first heard this the year she passed away, thought of her as "the angel [who] closes her eyes", and burst into tears)

"Hurt" - Christina Aguilera - While I dislike her music mostly, this song gets me every time)

May Angels Lead You In (Hear You Me) - Jimmy Eat World (The line, "A heart so big, God wouldn't let it live", is especially a killer)

"Fix You" - Coldplay (a song about grief and not know how to help someone through it... who wouldn't tear up at that?)

ch178

oh I forgot Broken by lifehouse

Missjulesdid

Mother - John Lennon.

Yep, it literally brings me to tears when I hear it.

TheBraveryLover

It's probably been mentioned but I refuse to read 11 pages of comments. :-P

System of a Down - Lonely Day (I play this song till my ears bleed when I'm on "woe is me" mode. LOL)

77tes

This thread needs its own CD or maybe its own set of CD's.

MelMoly

Gloomy Sunday - Sarah McLachlan
Jewel - The Shape Of You

aalanclose

'Cats in the Cradle' still gets me too...

Especially when it was used in one of the ads to try and stop sectarian violence in northern ireland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAp7MHpaiaQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fatchickslim

Not going through all the posts, I try to avoid sad songs and one that I only listened to once and depressed the hell out of me was my grandads old fav "A daisy a day - Jud Strunk"