Songs for a "sad" play list

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Across the Ocean - Azure Ray
    Sad Thing - Adult Child
  • emily1023hi
    emily1023hi Posts: 4
    Where Is My Mind - Maxence Cyrin (The piano cover of the song by the Pixies)
    Breathe Me - Sia
    Lua - Bright Eyes
  • andythecurefan
    andythecurefan Posts: 43 Member
    This is my "sad" playlist for when I want to feel down or gloomy or I already do and I want to maintain it for a while. Granted these are all songs that mean something to me and I grew up listening. Results may vary.

    You Should Have Waited - Old Demo/New Demo by Taking Back Sunday
    Understanding In A Car Crash by Thursday
    Reinventing Your Exit by Underoath
    Car Underwater by Armor For Sleep
    Promises, Promises by Incubus
    You Won't Know by Brand New
    I Don't Love You by My Chemical Romance
    Perfect by Depeche Mode
    Until The Day I Die by Story of the Year
    I'm Not Over by Carolina Liar
    I Need You by Tommy Lee
    All That I've Got by The Used
    I'm Lost Without You by blink-182
    What We Will Never Know by Innerpartysystem
    Come Back by Depeche Mode
    Swing, Swing by The All-American Rejects
    There Is by Box Car Racer
    True Love Waits - Live In Oslo by Radiohead
    Where Does The Good Go by Tegan and Sara
    The Only Hope For Me Is You by My Chemical Romance
  • saltycloud
    saltycloud Posts: 30 Member
    Muse - Unintended
    Radiohead - Creep
    Keaton Henson - Small Hands

    And looots of piano music.
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    Trent Dabbs' Album "The Way We Look at Horses" may have some songs that will work for you - "Time Decides" gets me

    Letting the Cables Sleep - Bush
    Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer
    Think That You Might Be Wrong - Great Lake Swimmers (the first couple notes just pluck at my heart)
  • RM95NM88
    RM95NM88 Posts: 9
    Without a word - Birdy
    Holocene - Bon Iver
    Remember - Mac Miller
    Give me love - Ed Sheeran

    I have a lot more but I think you've got more than enough from all the suggestions from everyone.
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    A huge 70's hit - Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • emilyisbonkers
    emilyisbonkers Posts: 373 Member
    Chances - Athlete
    Don't panic - coldplay
  • REALBIGBATBASTARD
    REALBIGBATBASTARD Posts: 103 Member
    anything from Journey
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
    Who wants to live forever - Queen
    Patience - Guns N Roses
    Broken Wings - Mr Mister
    Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
    All I want is everything - Def Leppard
    I can't make you love me - George Michael
  • Howdoyoufeeltoday
    Howdoyoufeeltoday Posts: 481 Member
    Sam Smith "Leave Your Lover"
    Christina Perri "Run"
    The Civil Wars "Dust to Dust" "Poison and Wine" "Same Old Same Old" ....basically anything by the Civil wars
    Coldplay "Fix You"
    Ed Sheeran " Even my dad does sometimes"
    Emily West "Blue Sky"
    Gabrielle Aplin "salvation"
    A Great Big World "Say Something"
    Ingrid Michaelson " Keep Breathing" "A Bird's Song" "I'm Through" "porcelain fists" "over you" -just listen to all of the Ingrid!!
    James Arthur "tell them it was suicide"
    kodaline "all I want"
    Mindy Smith "one Moment More"
    Sara Bareilles "gravity"


    I have so many more lol but those are the ones that pack the most punch.
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    Casey's Last Ride-John Denver
    Lyneville Train-Robert Earl Keene
  • Candi_land
    Candi_land Posts: 1,311 Member
    Maria Mena-Sorry

    Birdy-Skinny Love

    Pink-I don't believe you

    James Blunt-Goodbye my lover

    Brian Mcknight-One last cry

    Blue October-Hate Me

    Blue October-Into the Ocean

    Stone Sour-Bother

    Ashe-I don't believe in love

    Tori Amos-1000 Oceans

    Evanescence-Missing

    Evanescence-Hello

    Portishead-Roads

    Portishead-Over

    Linkin Park-My December

    Tracy Chapman-Fast Car

    Right where it belongs-Nine inch nails

    Sade-king of Sorrow

    Round Here-Counting Crows

    Staind-Fade

    Sigur Ros-untitled 1

    Radiohead-How to disappear completely

    Billie Holiday-Strange Fruit

    Plumb-Damaged

    Just to name a few.. :tongue:
  • laynerich15
    laynerich15 Posts: 1,918 Member
    Any thing from dashboard confessional
  • sprucey85
    sprucey85 Posts: 64 Member
    True colours - Cyndi Lauper
    Time after time - Cyndi Lauper
    Someone like you - Adele
    Kissing you - Des'ree
    Unbreak my heart - Toni Braxton
    Candle in the wind 1997 - Elton John
    Nothing compares 2 u - Sinead O'Connor
    The Blower's daughter - Damien Rice
    9 Crimes - Damien Rice
    Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    The Smiths' entire song repertoire.
  • Atrocity108
    Atrocity108 Posts: 328 Member
    Hurt - Johnny Cash
  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 667 Member
    And So It Goes - Billy Joel
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    The Lonely - Christina Perri
    How To Fight the Loneliness - Wilco
    Connoisseur of Great Excuse - Damien Rice
  • Eaglesfanintn
    Eaglesfanintn Posts: 813 Member
    jessie-Joshua Kadison
    Crucify-Tori Amos
    Putting The Damage on-Tori amos

    Most tori amos

    I was thinking "Mama's Arms" by Joshua Kadison
    Also, "The Change" by Garth Brooks

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