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Saddest song you have ever heard.

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Death Cab for Cutie: What Sarah Said

And it came to me then that every plan
Is a tiny prayer to father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That Ive already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend
On a faulty camera in our minds
And I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself

Cause theres no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes round and everyone lift their heads
But Im thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die

So whos gonna watch you die? So whos gonna watch you die
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Eric Clapton- Tears in Heaven


It really doesn't get any more sentimental than a father singing about his son who tragically died.
 
Alice in Chains - Nutshell

Matthew Good - House of Smoke and Mirrors

Particularly the following which are some of my favourite lyrics:

I've fallen asleep again
And when I wake up you won't be here
Don't you think I don't know why?
I've been asleep for years
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Matthew Good - 99% of us is Failure

If you've ever had a loved one lose a battle with cancer this one hits home.

I know that it's bad
That it's the kind that they can't operate on
And I know it's real slow, honey
Painful and real slow
Styrofoam coffee cups
And bagged drugs that never work enough
And I know its real slow, honey
Painful and real slow

When we were young
And hit like hammers
I'd write the nails in your hands
But when 99% of us is failure
There's no going back

And I know its real slow, honey
Painful and real slow

Blackbird come the break of dawn
The TV's on, I turn it off
Walk outside, get in the car
Stare at the wheel then fall apart

I get it all the time
Bright eyes to bat and hide behind
But I know they're just for show, honey
Painful and just for show
Black rooms to babysit
White halls to pace and wait for it
And I know it's too slow, honey
Painful and real slow

When we were young
And hit like hammers
I'd write the nails in your hands
When 99% of us is failure
There's no coming back

And I know its real slow, honey
Painful and real slow

Blackbird come the break of day
You swallow the shit that people say
Walk outside look at the sky
Ask it to fall or tell you why
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As weird as it sounds, "Drive My Soul" by Lights...because in a way I dedicated the song to my our family dog when we had to put her to sleep due to her ailing health... Makes me emotional thinking of her everytime I hear it now
 
Thought of one I don't think has been posted.

Poe - Fly Away.

It's just a break up song, but it slays me.
It makes sense that it should happen this way
That the sky should break, and the earth should shake
As if to say: Sure it all matters but in such an
unimportant way
As if to say:

Fly away, sweet bird of prey
Fly fly away
Nothing can stand in your way
Sweet bird, if you knew the words
I know you'd say: fly, fly away
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Edit: Another.

Powderfinger - These Days

It's coming round again
The slowly creeping hand
Of time and it's command
Soon enough it comes
And settles in it's place
Its shadow in my face
Puts pressure in my day

This life well it's slipping right through my hands
These days turned out nothing like I had planned
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Regina Spektor - Samson


You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
And he told me that I'd done alright
And kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
And he kissed me 'til the mornin' light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first
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One that I've yet to see mentioned is Joanna Newsom's Does Not Suffice, but I can't find a video that hasn't been region-restricted by EMI.
 
CF_Fighter said:
Epilogue - The Antlers

"Men and women in blue and white, they are singing all around you." The fact I will most likely die in a hospital and who has lost many of my friends in hospitals this really, really hits me hard. This album, even though it's about cancer, hits me in a very intimate place that music doesn't touch that often. I wept as I listened to this album.
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god damn man, that song I never really listened to before (even though I love the antlers) Song is lump in my throat sad.

also 'let down' by radiohead is my goto for heartbreaking sound.
 
catfish said:
god damn man, that song I never really listened to before (even though I love the antlers) Song is lump in my throat sad.

also 'let down' by radiohead is my goto for heartbreaking sound.
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That whole "The Antlers" album is very strong, the simple melodies and gut wrenching lyrics just smacked me in the face.

It's a weep fest if you relate moments in your life with those depicted in the songs.
 
Enoch 18:14
Deuteronomy 2:10
Ezekiel and the Permenant Efficacy of Grace
Pale Green Things

All by The Mountain Goats. Sorry, no access to Youtube atm.
 
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sEtNrYlC4

Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

We were out on a date in my daddy's car,
we hadn't driven very far.
There in the road, straight ahead,
a car was stalled, the engine was dead.
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right.
I'll never forget, the sound that night--
the screamin tires, the bustin glass,
the painful scream that I-- heard last.

Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

When I woke up, the rain was pourin down.
There were people standin all around.
Somethin warm flowin through my eyes,
but somehow I found my baby that night.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said,
"Hold me darlin just a little while."
I held her close, I kissed her--our last kiss.
I'd found the love that I knew I had missed.
Well now she's gone, even though I hold her tight.
I lost my love, my life-- that night.

Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.
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ohh forgot..

Pantera "Hollow" (vulgar display of power - one of the best albums ever)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0qvJ5Xm5xg

What's left inside him?
Don't he remember us?
Can't he believe me?
We seemed like brothers
Talked for hours last month
About what we wanna be
I sit now with his hand in mine
But I know he can't feel...

No one knows
What's done is done
It's as if he were dead

I'm close with his mother
And she cries endlessly
Lord how we miss him
At least what's remembered
It's so important to make best friends in life
But it's hard when my friend sits with blank expression

No one knows
What's done is done
It's as if he were dead

He as hollow as I alone now x4

He as hollow as I alone
A shell of my friend
Just flesh and bone
There's no soul
He sees no love
I shake my fists at skies above

Mad at God...Mad...

He as hollow as I converse
I wish he'd waken from this curse
Hear my words before it's through
I want to come in after you

My best friend x2
Come back!

He as hollow as I alone...
He as Hollow as I alone now...
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and a song that always makes me sad, whenever I hear it I remember my dad who took his own life.. I never got to tell him I love him...

Clawfinger: "I Guess I´ll never know"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=resogpARHJ0

After all these precious years you chose to just give in
Why did you leave so many things undone
I only scratched the surface of the thoughts you had within
and for me your life had just begun
Why did you think that you were never good enough to give
when you accepted me right from the start
I never saw the side of you that didn't want to live
and I miss you from the bottom of my heart
What was it that you never told a soul about yourself
what kind of thoughts were buried inside
was there really no one there you thought would understand
or was the only barrier your pride
with so much love around you I just wish you'd loved yourself
'cos no one here can ever take your place
you were someone special and my words just can't express
how much I miss the warmth of your embrace
Why did you just give in
why did you just give up and let it go
guess I'll never know
It's hard to see you disappear without a real good bye
there's so many things I wish I'd said
But all the little things you did that made it all worthwhile
meant more than all the tears you ever shed
You always seemed so happy but I guess no one can tell
what goes on inside a persons mind
you loved your children dearly and you did your very best
and someone new like you is hard to find
Chorus
All the things you went through for your children every day
and all the sacrifices that you made
were worth much more than anything that wealth could ever buy
and now that love can never be repaid
In the end I guess you couldn't take it anymore
so you closed your eyes and swallowed all your pain
I know that you've done the same so many times before
but all the questions in my mind remain
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Mad World always makes me melancholy. So does this:

O+S - Lonely Ghosts (from the Dollhouse soundtrack)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmmW9g-cxT4


LuCkymoON said:
Natalie Imbruglia - Smoke
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Probably my favorite song of hers.

GRIP said:
Eric Clapton- Tears in Heaven


It really doesn't get any more sentimental than a father singing about his son who tragically died.
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Yep. :(

SlowRevolution said:
The Christmas Shoes
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How To Ruin Your Day. The worst is when a store you're shopping at is playing Christmas music from a radio station and this comes on. So many sniffs can be heard.


Another one during Christmas that makes me sad. If you've ever let the girl you were meant for get away, this one will get you.

Dan Fogelberg - Same Auld Lang Syne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_cLZmw5E0
 
dafrocka said:
Evanescene - my immortal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7QvOQKcKk
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Clearly this song is much sadder but gets no recognition because it wasn't a single:

Hello - Evanescence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih61MJ72v1Y

Also:

Sinking Friendships - Jonsi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_A_VANYd0M

C'est La Mort - The Civil Wars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z50k367WgPs

When She Loved Me - Sarah McLachlan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0j1EHF8Y0

One Last Time - The Kooks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqZ-Xf1mkg

Draw Your Swords - Angus & Julia Stone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs0hNnJeEt4

Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBt8fN7mJNg

Circles - Birds of Tokyo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYt556pyPr0

I'm In Here - Sia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhmbBMd6OC4
 
The Last Emperor Feat Poetic - One Life

Mainly due to Poetics verse:

Paralyzed on the bathroom floor by pain
Last month I endured, but now I can't ignore
Feels like railroad spikes being stuck in my liver
Am I dying? Eyes crying, body starting to shiver
Crawl upstairs from the basement calling my sister
(Sniff) Dawn help me, I ain't feeling too healthy
Stomach walls burning, head spinning and turning
Waiting for the EMS; 3:10 in the morning
Rush me to the emergency screaming like a newborn
The pain's too strong maybe my soul's trying to move on
They hook me to the I.V., put me through some X-Rays
Gave me Demerol to kill the pain that was the next phase
Early the next day in the hospital room
Moms and pops in the room, three or four docs in the room
Test results suggest your colon and your liver
Is so cancerous you got three months left
Me and Death is playing chess ever since then
My strength is the most high, my fam and close friends
The Last Emp and Set Free blessed me with a verse
Staying healthy comes first
Look at me things could be worst

He died of cancer a few months after that verse was recorded.
 
Dream Theater - Disappear

Why, tell me the reasons why
Try, still I don't understand
Will I ever feel this again?
Blue sky, I'll meet you in the end

Free them, free the memories of you
Free me and rest 'til I'm with you

A day like today my whole world has been changed
Nothing you say will help ease my pain

Turn, I'll turn this slowly 'round
Burn, burn to feel alive again
She, she'd want me to move on
See me, this place I still belong

Give chase to find more than I have found
And face this time now on my own

Days disappear and my world keeps changing
I feel you here and it keeps me sane

So I'm moving on, I'll never forget
As you lay there and watched me
Accepting the end, I knew you were scared
You were strong, I was trying

I gave you my hand, I said it's okay
Letting go, time to leave here
And I'll carry on the best that I can without you here beside me
Let him come take you home
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Adele - Someone Like You
It just reminds me of my ex who I should have treated better. Really heartbreaking, but probably more on a personal note than anything.

DMB - Grace is Gone
The quintessential remorseful breakup, drinking alone at a bar to get over it song. Really captures that frame of mind and emotional response so well. Kills me everytime. So beautiful too.
 
I can't think of the song, or most of the lyrics for that matter.

The title of the song was Mr. something.. can't figure it out...

It's in the perspective of the "singer." He tells the man to come down from the window ledge. I know the man tries to hang himself in the music video.

I wish I can figure it out.
 
Tacitus_ said:
Dream Theater - Space Dye Vest

The piano on the song is so goddamn depressing.
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I hate some parts of the song (like the guy talking about shit), but musically I really love this.

Also adding in:

Con-Science, by Muse

This song and Space Dye Vest always remind me of each other because of the way they have the sort of haunting music with older, more traditional instruments, with bits of distortion and electronic sounds that create a slightly jarring, but really cool effect.
 
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