What's the saddest song you have ever heard?

The saddest song I've ever heard of is Whiskey Lullaby.

Dreamer-Ozzy Osbourne

Here's a link to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJqswLi3uE

The one of the saddest songs for me in Bruno Coulais "In Memoriam a capella". I've heard it in one of my favest theatre plays "They shoot horses, don't they?", in the final scene. There was a large screen on theback scene, and when judge sentenced Robert to death, there were running beautiful horses on the screen. And this song... Amazing. Very beautiful and unbeliavable sad. I just sobbed.

Another Sad Song I've heard of is I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash

Oh gosh, I've heard Whiskey Lullabye :upset: Concrete Angel by Martina McBride is sad to. There's also this one song sung by the Cox family about this man in heaven waiting for his wife and that when he sees her he'll run throught the water reaching for her hand :upset: :upset: :upset: it reminds me of my grandparents

Oh another Sad Song is is Mabey I would Never be this way...
And On the 8th Of Novemeber-Big and Rich

-Warcry- El guardián de Troya

-Warcry- Renacer

-Queen- The show must go on

-Gamma Ray- Lake of tears

-LOTR soundtrack- The steward of Gondor

I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab for Cutie :upset:
Hey there Delilah - Plain White T's
New slang - the Shins

Hurt by Johnny Cash

Hurt by Johnny Cash
Oh yeah When I listen to Johnny Cash it makes me feel so sad.

Oh yeah When I listen to Johnny Cash it makes me feel so sad.
Me too!! :upset:

OMG me too I saw that music video!! His wife was in it, right? And it was so sad when he died :upset: I love the Ring of Fire song that he sang!

OMG me too I saw that music video!! His wife was in it, right? And it was so sad when he died :upset: I love the Ring of Fire song that he sang!
I'm not sure if that was his Wife another sad song i thought of is Rascal Flatts 'These Days'
Yes it was so sad when johnny cash died:sad:

"Dark times" if thats what its called. "Autumn and me" by Saving Jane.

"Dark times" if thats what its called. "Autumn and me" by Saving Jane.
Wow never heard of them....

And I have no life, so I haven't heard about them either.

has to be "seasons in the sun"
I'll get my cloak....

has to be "seasons in the sun"
I'll get my cloak....
He he he! "I'll get my coat then."
Everyone seems rather traumatised by the Johnny Cash song. :lol:

Yep I love Johnny Cash!!!

He he he! "I'll get my coat then."
Everyone seems rather traumatised by the Johnny Cash song. :lol:
I think thats the effect johnny cash has on most people.

My dad has his CD! It's so depressing and sad. Makes you want to go crawl in a hole and cry. But yeah it was sad when he died. And "Hurt" was probably the saddest song I've heard.

I think thats the effect johnny cash has on most people.
Well it has an effect on me.

has to be "seasons in the sun"
I'll get my cloak....
I agree Terry Jack's Seasons in the Sun.

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division is pretty depressing...

When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions wont grow
And were changing our ways,
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again

Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
Our respect run so dry?
Yet theres still this appeal
That weve kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again

Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings expose?
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just cant function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again

I also think another sad song is Have You Forgotten

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

this was popular during World War II. It is sad because of the troups that were away fom home.

I suppose that it can be said for all times of war.

I'm know I'm going to think of a different one as soon as I write this, but I think "Colorblind" by Counting Crows is beautifuly depressing.

Every time I listen to Fire and Rain by James Taylor, it makes me cry. It just makes me really sad.

I have quite a few that make me teary. Some os the lyric smean a lot cos I've split with my bf not long ago. Theres:

Paramore // Emergency
Cause' I've seen love die way too many times
When it deserved to be alive
I've seen you cry way too many times
When you deserved to be alive

Dashboard Confessional // Hands Down
Hands down, this is the best day I can ever remember
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo
The dim of the soft lights, the scent of your hair
That you twirled in your fingers
And the time on the clock when we realized it's so late
And this walk that we shared together
The streets were wet and the gate was locked
So I jumped it and I let you in
And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist
And you kissed me like you meant it
And I knew that you meant it
That you meant it, that you meant it
And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it

Lostprophets // Always All Ways [Apologies, Glances & Messed Up Chances]
I guess I'm trying to say I'm sorry,
But it always comes out wrong,
I think a part of you still loves me,
Even though we're moving on.

They make me cry :upset:

Or another one by thobey keith is the one where he sings about his father being in war(for got the name)

For me it's Marco Borsato, a Dutch artist, with Afscheid Nemen Bestaat Niet which means there is no such thing as goodbye. It is like a funeral song and it is so pretty and sad at the same time.

Wow there are so many sad songs:sad:

It's called i Wont See You Tonight Pt.1 by Avenged Sevenfold holy molly im not an emotional person but that song brang out some i didn't no i had check it out.

It's called i Wont See You Tonight Pt.1 by Avenged Sevenfold holy molly im not an emotional person but that song brang out some i didn't no i had check it out.
I don't really think that song is very sad. Just me though.

Afterglow - INXS
Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls

I'm not sure who it is who sings this its a country song heres some of the words.

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's Eyes we're all the same
Some day we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

Everytime I hear this song Iit makes me bawl, the video is sad too.

Oh yeah there's another one Broken-Broken Bridges(the movie)

The songs by Fergie and Paris Hilton(can't remember the song titles) are really sad, every time i hear them a little bit of me dies...
Okay thats probably not what you meant by sad, many The Cure songs make me sad... In the right way not the Fergie/Paris way.

There's a song by Michael W. Smith called "I Hear Leesha" about coping with life after lose that came out right after my Me-Maw died. I still cry every time that song comes on.

"Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell.

"Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell.

I agree, love the song and it speaks to you on such a basic level, that anyone could relate.

I have one what about The Man Comes Around-Johnny Cash.

"Nothing to Lose" by Billy Talent

It's about someone who is constantly bullied at school. The person then goes and commits suicide because they can't find a way out.

"Learn to be Lonely" from the Phantom of the Opera

"Into the West" by Annie Lennox

"My Way" by Frank Sinatra

"Fix You by Coldplay

And then of course like everyone else has said "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. It's such an incredible song and I think it's had a bigger impact than the origional version done by NIN.

Oh yeah Some songs from Phantom Of The Opera are sad....

Time Stands Still by All American Rejects
Hey Jude by the Beatles
Name by Goo Goo Dolls
....all i can think of right now

Hands down the saddest song I've ever heard was The Cat Carol by Merin Cadell. It's a very sad Christmas song about a cat that sacrifices it's life to save a poor mouse that is stranded outside on the coldest day of winter, which also happens to be Christmas Eve. Santa comes and the reindeer cry, but Santa turns the cat into a very special Christmas Star. I tear up thinking about it.

Baby Mine from Dumbo. That whole scene is just tragic.

I'm not sure who it is who sings this its a country song heres some of the words.

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's Eyes we're all the same
Some day we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

Everytime I hear this song Iit makes me bawl, the video is sad too.

Oh my God, I was gonna say this one! I don't know who sings it either :sad: But I remember watching the music video when I was little and crying. Also, Concrete Angel and In the Arms of An Angel..don't know who sings them either. And What's Left of Me by Nick Lachey. :(

Baby Mine from Dumbo. That whole scene is just tragic.
Yes! I get hysterical whenever I hear that! Quite dangerous as I listen to it on the way to college sometimes... :lol:

The song from Aladdin-Proud Of Your Boy to me it's telling his mom he's sorry.....

Definately has to be;
'Take it with me' by Tom Waits.

"Cold" by Crossfade and "It's Been Awhile" by Staind are both kind of sad...

I'm not sure its the saddest song but it makes me sad.

Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton, Crying by Roy Orbison & Missing by everything but the girl.....

Here comes the sun by the beatles affects me but not with sadness but happiness ...

What about Jesus Take The Wheel (i don't know the singer)

The Ghetto, from Elvis Presley and Independence Day from Martina McBride.

Uhmmmmm

Whiskey Lullaby
Concrete Angel
Skin

The saddest song I ever heard it is a 3 way tie between "Bother" Stone Sour, "Broken" Seether, and "Fade to Black" by Metallica :upset: :sad:

Wow there are alot of songs.............

"I'm so lonesome I could cry" by Hank Williams Sr.

The instrumental part and especially the lyrics:

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Adios Nonino by Carel Kraayenhoff, in the version that was played at Maxima's wedding.

Within Temptation - Memories

has anyone ever heard the christmas song about the boy wanting to buy a nice pair of shoes for his mom because she is going to meet jesus tonight?
it brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it

has anyone ever heard the christmas song about the boy wanting to buy a nice pair of shoes for his mom because she is going to meet jesus tonight?
it brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it
No i haven't heard of it.............

My top three are Whiskey Lullaby, These Arms of Mine (Otis Redding), and You Were Mine (Dixie Chicks).
This is the saddest line in any song anywhere:
"I Can Give You Two Good Reasons
To Show You Love's Not Blind
He's Two And She's Four, And You Know They Adore You
So How Can I Tell Them You've Changed Your Mind"
That's so sad!

My top three are Whiskey Lullaby, These Arms of Mine (Otis Redding), and You Were Mine (Dixie Chicks).
This is the saddest line in any song anywhere:
"I Can Give You Two Good Reasons
To Show You Love's Not Blind
He's Two And She's Four, And You Know They Adore You
So How Can I Tell Them You've Changed Your Mind"
That's so sad!

Oh whiskey lullaby was sad:no:

I can't believe it.

Within Temptation - Memories
Is mine as well. Someone else just said it. I have it on a CD, I love that song. It's so beautiful. I am going to listen to it again soon. I love music, this one is really sad. I saw it at first watching a Wolf's Rain tribute to a character who had died. Was very sad and emotional song.

Apple Blossom by The White Stripes

Beautiful Disaster by Kelly Clarksen. If you apply the lyrics to harry (potter) it makes you cry! :(

I can't believe it.

Within Temptation - Memories
Is mine as well. Someone else just said it. I have it on a CD, I love that song. It's so beautiful. I am going to listen to it again soon. I love music, this one is really sad. I saw it at first watching a Wolf's Rain tribute to a character who had died. Was very sad and emotional song.

Belive what?

there are so many sad songs but the one that is really sad is called Angels In Waiting- by Tammy Cochran that song and that video make me cry.

The saddest song I have ever heard is Concret Angel by Martina McBride.:upset:

Mine was Only Hope - by Mandy Moore, after watching "A Walk to Remember" years ago.

I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
Someday You Will Be Loved - Death Cab For Cutie
Breaking My Heart Again - Aqualung

I've posted in here before but I know quite a few sad songs so I'm gonna past what makes me teary eyed.

- Angels & Airwaves // The Adventure
- Angels & Airwaves // Start The Machine
- Blink 182 // I Miss You
- Blink 182 // Stay Together For The Kids
- Dashboard Confessional // Hands Down
- Funeral For A Friend // Drive
- Good Charlotte // Hold On
- HIM // Funeral Of Hearts
- HIM // And Love Said No
- HIM // When Love & Death Emrace
- James Morrison // You Give Me Something
- Lostprophets // Always All Ways
- Maximo Park // I Want You To Stay
- McFly // Sorry Is Not Good Enough
- McFly // Not Alone
- McFly // Too Close For Comfort
- McFly // She Falls Asleep
- MCR // Cemetery Drive
- Paolo Nutini // Rewind
- Paramore // Emergency
- Savage Garden // Truly Madly Deeply
- The Used // I Caught Fire
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The saddest song I have ever heard is Concret Angel by Martina McBride.:upset:

Oh my gosh that is a very sad song:upset:

The sadest song I've heard is No Bravery by James Blunt and is about war. Knowing that he wrote from experience makes it even sadder.

I cna never think of these when I want to, so my top one may not actually be on here, but:
Sad songs:
Evanescence: My Immortal
HIM: Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart
HIM: Close To The Flame
Blue October: Hate Me
HIM: In Joy And Sorrow
HIM: Heaven Tonight
Seether: Broken
HIM: This Fortress of Tears
HIM: Love's Requiem
Evanescence: Missing
Foo Fighters: Everlong

As you can see...HIM is sad, basically. I'm going to stop now, because otherwise it will go on forever.

Fields of Gold By Sting or Love will tear us apart by Joy Division.

Luckily, I don't think I've ever heard any sad songs...

has anyone ever heard the christmas song about the boy wanting to buy a nice pair of shoes for his mom because she is going to meet jesus tonight?
it brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it


I have heard this song, and it is so sad it is the definition of a sad song. They intentionally wrote to make people cry I think.
I just googled it, it's By Alabama -

It was almost Christmas time
There I stood in another line
Tryin to buy that last gift or two
Not really in the Christmas mood

Standin right in front of me
Was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

And his clothes were worn and old
He was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldnt believe what I heard him say

Sir, I wanna buy these shoes
For my mama, please
Its Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir?
Daddy says theres not much time
You see, shes been sick for quite a while
And I, know these shoes will make her smile
And I, want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

He counted pennies for what seemed like years
And the, cashier said Son, theres not enough here.
He searched his pockets franticly
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Most years she just did without
Tell me, sir, what am I gonna do
Somehow Ive gotta buy her these Christmas shoes

So I laid the money down
I just had to help him out
And Ill never forget the look on his face
when he said Mamas gonna look so great

Sir, I wanna buy these shoes
For my mama, please
Its Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir?
Daddy says theres not much time
You see, shes been sick for quite a while
And I, know these shoes will make her smile
And I, want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

I knew I caught a glimpse of heaven love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that god had sent that little boy to remind me
What Christmas is all about

Sir, I wanna buy these shoes
For my mama, please
Its Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir?
Daddy says theres not much time
You see, shes been sick for quite a while
And I, know these shoes will make her smile
And I, want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

I want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

Because Of You-Kelly Clarkson
that song is too beautiful, really cryable!!
also
Shadow or Where Are You Now by By Britney
I feel it definately!

X Japan - Forever Love (especially the live version from hide's funeral)
X Japan - Crycify my love
X Japan - tears

OK lets face it almost all ballads by X Japan are sad

I forget the name, but it is by Sawer Brown, and is about two sides of a war, stopping fighting for a few minutes during a battle on Christmas Eve to sing a x-mas sond together. Two soldiers, one from each side get up and exchange gifts. I think it is sad because it shows that your enemy is a man, fighting for something, just like you. But he is still human.

Supposedly, it is based off of a true story. I can't remember if it was about WWI ot the American Civil War. It has been so ling since I have heard it.

Concreat angel it's about a girl who was in an abusive home know one helped her and she died

I forget the name, but it is by Sawer Brown, and is about two sides of a war, stopping fighting for a few minutes during a battle on Christmas Eve to sing a x-mas sond together. Two soldiers, one from each side get up and exchange gifts. I think it is sad because it shows that your enemy is a man, fighting for something, just like you. But he is still human.

Supposedly, it is based off of a true story. I can't remember if it was about WWI ot the American Civil War. It has been so ling since I have heard it.

That happened in WW1, definitely.

well, I must agree many Johnny Cash songs

I'll Cover You, Without You, Goodbye My Love, Will I?, and Life Support from the RENT soundtrack definatley gets my tear joint active. :upset:

Black and Blue by Jim Boggia
here's a link: BOGGIA (http://http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3DF456DD40CD2DCC)
send me an owl if you want the lyrics(this is a live version ripped from a youtube video, so it's a little muffled)

And also The Noose by A Perfect Circle

Hurt by Christina Aguilera. Then, it's Ready For Love by India Arie,and maybe I am Not My Hair by her too.

Fade to black - Metallica

Green Bird from the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, Blue Flow from Haibane Renmei, and Bratja from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Some sad songs are depressing, but there are truly passionate ones that make me cry.

"The World I Know" - Collective Soul
"The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"Nightengale" - Yanni (?)

Guernica - Brand New (http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/brandnew/guernica.html)
Named after the painting obv. It's about the singer's grandfather dying from lung cancer and him feeling so helpless to do anything about it. It gets to me every time, more so because my gran died from lung cancer 6 months ago and I know how he felt. I actually got to meet the singer briefly and it really made me feel better about the whole thing. First time I saw it sung live it just made me cry.

There are a lot of sad songs out there I admit, but none of them have really affected me s much as this one has or ever will.

I don't think we are allowed to put links to other things. But the saddest songs that i would have heard of is the songs by Johnny Cash or The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

I don't think we are allowed to put links to other things. But the saddest songs that i would have heard of is the songs by Johnny Cash or The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
It was only a link to the lyrics, although I probably should have specified that. I didn't want to make a big post causing the page to look all weird as there are quite a lot of lyrics.

There's a guy, called Dallas Green. He's got such a beautiful voice, and listening to his solo work often makes me feel quite sad, but if anybody else sang it it wouldn't be the same.

Boston, by Augustana is another song that makes me feel a touch melancholy.

hrm...the three saddest songs I know haven't even been listed here yet (though, granted, they are older songs...)

1) "American Pie" by Don McLean -- this one has actually succeeded in making me cry (and not many songs, books, or movies are capable of accomplishing that) ...for those of you who didn't know, this song is about the "day the music died" (i.e. the day that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash just outside Clear Lake, Iowa), and how music changed in the 10 years following that day...

2) "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing. And that's all my Bobby left me!) ...trivia: Janis Joplin is alluded to in one of the verses of "American Pie" (I met a girl who sang the blues/ And asked her for some happy news,/ But she just smiled and turned away.)

3) "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen (used in both the original Highlander movie and the TV series)

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but there is this song called The Scientist by Coldplay that breaks my heart, mainly because someone used for a Ron/Hermione fanvid on YouTube :(

But other than that, pretty much any Staind song.

I dont know what name the song has, but the one that Enya sings and the song which was played with people talking from the September 11th.

Hands down the saddest song I've ever heard was The Cat Carol by Merin Cadell. It's a very sad Christmas song about a cat that sacrifices it's life to save a poor mouse that is stranded outside on the coldest day of winter, which also happens to be Christmas Eve. Santa comes and the reindeer cry, but Santa turns the cat into a very special Christmas Star. I tear up thinking about it.

OMG I choked up reading about it. Gah, I have to find that song.

...Why am I so mean to myself?

Hrm, anyway, the one that stands out for me is "Missing" by Evanescence. So achingly beautiful, I can never listen to it right the way through.

Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends (The song isn't that sad, but if you watch it with the music video it is...)

Simple Plan - Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me?) ((Omg, that has got to be one of the saddest songs I've ever heard...))

Mariah Carey - Hero (Again, reminds me of people I've lost... The tempo and lyrics are sad, and make me think of people that are lost...)

Snow Patrol - Run (No comment. This is one of the saddest songs... EVER. (Yet very good))

Coldplay - See You Soon (This better make you cry... If it doesn't... Nothing will...)

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Um yeah, those are the saddest songs I've heard of...

Pretty much anything by HIM does it for me...but at this precise minute I am listening to Resurrection and crying, so yeah...

either 'Waltz Moore' by From First To Last or 'Exit Music' by Radiohead. Both make me sad.

Mes, Ves, y Sufres, by Hope of the States. It's a soft song in itself, but the minute that man starts to croon his lyrics, my tear ducts have no hope. He's done something wrong, he knows it. It's become so normal for him to screw things up that to try to do things right for once would be futile... Then he gets more confident in his wrongness, the chords get louder and progress, until it's just sadness, but beautiful, achingly sadness. The instrumentals are gorgeous, the singer knows when to back off and let them do their thing, but also knows when he should step in and sing the saddest words ever written. It's making me shiver just thinking about it. :no:

Cancer by My Chemical Romance is actually surprisingly sad. They're not a band I'd expect to do that, but...aaaaaaaaaahhh it's sad.

i don't normally find songs sad but if i had to choose it (for now) it would have to be christina aguilara - hurt.

Goodbye MY Lover - JAmes Blunt

I think this is a sad song in my opinion.

I would say, Skin (Sarah beth) by Rascal Flatts.

Another Sad Song I've heard of is I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash

I don't think this song is sad at all. Did you listen to the words? Maybe it's just the sound of that seems sad to you, which is understandable. His song "Hurt" is really sad.

One song that makes me sad (it's a song I can't stand, by the way) is "Cat's In the Cradle". It's about a little boy who idolizes his dad and always wants to spend time with him, but the dad is always too busy, over and over. The little boy wants to grow up to be just like his dad. Then when he does grow up, the dad wants to spend time together, but the son is too busy. It's awful, it's so sad!

When my ex and I were breaking-up, we both happened to hear a song by the group October Project called Ariel, which seemed to perfectly describe us and what we were going through together. Neither of us could hear it without breaking down, for the longest time.

A couple of examples:

The verse that goes "Let the wind and ocean water wash across your hands, wash away a thousand footsteps, wash us all away like sand" was significant 'cuz one of our favorite activities was to take long (miles long!) walks along the shore.

The verse that goes "My name is Ariel And I want to be free, it is your sorrow that has made a slave of me" so reminded us word-for-word of how he felt when he initiated the break-up and then decided to try and stay for a while due to my misery.

Luckily it ended amicably and we're still friends to this day.

Angel by Sarah McLachlan... So sad and depressing, yet extremely beautiful and profound.

What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts is really sad, especially the music video. Another sad song is, Concrete Angels but i dont know who sings that.

The first time I heard Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton, I cried. The other sad songs are Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye, and one other one.....I think it's by Josh Groban.

Solitude by Evanescence and Hello. Oh and "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin park. Sometimes those songs make me cry. Since they remind me of certain things that happened to me.

The most sad song I've ever heard is Hurt by Johnny Cash. It touches the heart and the mere fact that he died shortly after recording to it adds to its meaning and the way it effects you.

Many songs upset me and yet I feel like they are possibly the most beautiful. They effect you and that's what is wonderful about music.

Street Spirits by Radiohead is another sad one.

Gollum's song from the Lord of the Rings (Two towers).

Cancer by My Chemical Romance is actually surprisingly sad. They're not a band I'd expect to do that, but...aaaaaaaaaahhh it's sad.

I agree. That song nearly made me cry when I first heard it. It's an amazing song, but incredibly sad.

Crawling Remix By Linkin Park.

What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts is really sad, especially the music video. Another sad song is, Concrete Angels but i dont know who sings that.

You took the words right out of my mouth. They're not esactly my type of music but What Hurts the Most had me shaking by the end of it. I still shake every time I heat it. It's hard not to now.

I'm going to change my mind okay? I was in floods when this was on the radio, Christina - Hurt.

Amsterdam by Coldplay, Angel by Sarah Mclachlan, I Grieve by Peter Gabriel(though the upbeat part totally ruins the song), Forgive Me by Evanescence, Blurry by Puddle of Mud, and Nothing to Lose by Billy Talent

Mad World--Gary Jules :sad: I want to find him and give him a hug.

OMG I choked up reading about it. Gah, I have to find that song.

...Why am I so mean to myself?

Hrm, anyway, the one that stands out for me is "Missing" by Evanescence. So achingly beautiful, I can never listen to it right the way through.
The Cat Carol
The cat wanted in to the warm warm house,
but no one would let the cat in
It was cold outside on Christmas Eve,
She meowed and meowed by the door.

The cat was not let in the warm warm house,
And her tiny cries were ignored.
'twas a blizzard now, the worst of the year,
There was no place for her to hide.

Just then a poor little mouse crept by,
He had lost his way in the snow.
He was on his last legs and was almost froze,
The cat lifted him with her paw.

She said "Poor mouse do not be afraid,
because this is Christmas Eve.
"On this freezing night we both need a friend,
"I won’t hurt you - stay by my side."

She dug a small hole in an icy drift,
This is where they would spent the night.
She curled herself 'round her helpless friend,
Protecting him from the cold.

Oooooo

When Santa came by near the end of the night,
the reindeer started to cry.
They found the cat lying there in the snow,
and they could see that she had died.

They lifted her up from the frozen ground,
and placed her into the sleigh.
It was then they saw the little mouse wrapped up,
she had kept him warm in her fur.

"Oh thank you Santa for finding us!
"Dear cat wake up we are saved!"
..."I’m sorry mouse but your friend has died,
there’s nothing more we can do.

"On Christmas Eve she gave you her life,
the greatest gift of them all."
Santa lifted her up into the night sky,
and laid her to rest among the stars.

"Dear mouse don’t cry you are not alone,
you will see your friend every year.
"Each Christmas a Cat Constellation will shine,
to remind us that her love’s still here."

Oooooooo


Ok now I'm crying from just reading the lyrics...

:upset: Awww that is sad Muahahaha

a year from now - across five aprils
the tide - the spill canvas
knife called lust - hollywood undead

and the song they used for the clip of the dead soliders they used this year for rememberance day.

Remioromen - 3 Gatsu 9 Ka
Remioromen - Konayuki
K - Only Human

All three songs are from the Jdorama 1Litre of tears. The sadest drama I've ever seen :sad:

Seize the Day by Avenged Sevenfold. The song is saying that life is too short to throw away and you should live life to the fullest. I love this song :upset:

That Christmas Shoes song that they play right around now...

If Everyone Cared- Nickelback

Late Goodbye by Poets of the Fall. Its not particularly the lyrics, but the feel of the song is so touching..

The song "Heaven 9 11" by DJ Sammy.
That made me cry, a lot.

The song "Heaven 9 11" by DJ Sammy.
That made me cry, a lot.

aww, that song is really sad! My english teacher has a daughter who died in that, she cries everytime you talk about it!
i cry everytime i hear 'hurt' by christina agulaira. Thats a really sad song!

- Heaven 9 11 by DJ Sammy
- Skin (aka Sarabeth) by Rascal Flatts
- Alyssa Lies by Jason Michael Carrol
- Goodbye to You by Michelle Branch. This song wouldn't be that sad to me except for the first time I heard it I was just going through a really hard time, and this song expressed my feelings perfectly.

Anything sung by Chet Baker - the voice, the manner, the look, the lyrics, the feel - he's just heartbreaking...

Hurt by Cristina Aguilara (is that how you spell it?)

Hide and Seek by Imogen Deep

I Didn't Understand by Elliot Smith

Very, very sad.

Everytime, by Britney Spears

Keep Holding on- Avril Lavigne

I don't know the name, but it's a country song with lyrics:
"How can i help you to say goodbye
It's ok to hurt
and it's ok to cry
come let me hold you
and i will tr-------------y
how can i help you....
to say goodbye?"

I cry EVERYTIME i hear that song!

Patches by Dicky Lee (late 50s') also The Day That the Sawmill Closed Down. same artist

Everytime, by Britney Spears

that song is sad:(
invisible by jesse mcartney
it's about a girl who died on the motoway. he sings about her, saying that she was drinking, and he misses her :upset:
it's really sad!

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton...thats sad...

Tears in Heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Will it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven
I'll find my way, through night and day
Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven

Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knee
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please
Begging please

(instrumental)

Beyond the door
There's peace I'm sure.
And I know there'll be no more...
Tears in heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Will it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Okay this is the second time i've changed my mind here but oh well. The saddest song i've ever heard is 'Cancer - My chemical romance' it's so sad and meaningful because gerard way had someone die of cancer that he was close to, that's why he died his hair white because this person was affacted like that from the chemo. And it's a song for everyone else who've had cancer affect their friends and family, one of those people is me, so it's just a very deep song.

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.
Summer 78 by Yann Tiersen.
Fake plastic trees; Street Spirit (Fade out); Creep by Radiohead.
Comfortably Numb; Hey You by Pink Floyd. the most depressing for me..
Who wants to live forever by Queen.

I would have to say the two saddest songs that i can think of at the moment would be...

Breathe No More by Evanescence ... and ... Savin' Me by Nickelback

Savin' Me by Nickelback
Concrete Angel - Martina McBride
Alyssa Lies - Jason Michael Caroll

Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton is the first to come to mind. I can't imagine going through that.

(Can't decide between these two)Cancer and Ghost Of You by My Chemical Romance- they're both really good but really emotion triggering:p

I think "Strangers When We Meet" -David Bowie, always makes me sad. It's very nonchalantly meaningful, like Bowie tends to do so well.

one last goodbye fromthe band anathema, it always makes me cry
i know it's over- the smiths
and many others, but those were the first ithought

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
Mozart's Requiem, Lacrimosa
Beethoven Op. 132
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 2 Prelude
Radiohead - Pyramid Song

A different perspective, I think. :)

How to Save a Life by The Fray...I just found out this morning the story behind it...so sad :'(

"Brick" by Ben Folds Five - easily the most depressing song I've ever heard.

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" comes in second place, and Sevendust's "Angel's Son" is in third.

say goodbye by chris brown. that makes my friend cry when we listen to it.

I like all genres, but one not mentioned here is rap. I know it's not very popular on this board but there still is sad songs with veryy sad lyrics..if you can see past the whole mainstream stuff thats out there now.

first song that comes to mind is - chamillionaire - void in my life .. it's a really deep song, the lyrics are amazing, this is just the chorus

When I look back on my life I realize,
realize somethin ain't right
I'm missing you...lord
In my life
Make it right

I got somethin to decide,
Just wanna make everything right,
Cuz theres a hugee void
Huge void in my life

doesn't sound like much, but with the music too..plus it's just the chorus lol..and it means a lot to me too..

Slightly off topic here, but does anyone know of any sad piano pieces, or even brass/sax/strings/guitar..cuz I'm a music producer and I like to sample (using music to make new music) and I'm having trouble finding anything. If you could help me I would appreciate it..thank you.

Some of my saddest song choices:

*Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Bring Him Home, and A Little Fall of Rain from Les Miserables.
*Mahler's 6th symphony
*Better Luck Next Time , Suppertime, and What'll I Do by Irving Berlin
*The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
*Take a Message to Mary and Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair by the Everly Brothers
*Hell is for Children by Pat Benatar (kind of angry-sad, like Harry at the end of OOTP)
*O Sacred Head Now Wounded and
*Jesus In Thy Dying Woes--I don't know the original authors, but they're both in the hymnal at church

"Vincent" by Don Mclean, a beautifull but sad song.

Wow. Just one? There are so many sad songs.

Hurt, by Johnny Cash.

What Hurts the Most, by Rascal Flatts.

And my school put on the play "Playing for Time" by Arthur Miller last year, and at the end the main character sings the French national anthem. Its not really a sad song but no one in that theater walked out without a couple tears rolling down their cheek. I think it was more of the context than the actual song.

Christmas Shoes--you have all the joyful music of Christmas then that song comes up.

Set Fire To The Third Bar- Snow Patrol. Has made me cry more than once.
You Could Be Happy- Snow Patrol. VERY sad.
and to continue the pattern:

Run- Snow Patrol. First SP song I ever heard. It's a very sad song...

Sound the Bugle-Bryan Adams

"Nutshell" by Alice in Chains has some of the most depressing lyrics I've ever read. Yet it's a very beautiful song.

Shadow
Where Are You Now-Britney Spears
Something I Never Had-Lindsay Lohan
all those kinda songs are really sad
and
Because Of You-Kelly Clarkson is also really sad!

"Full of Grace" by Sarah McLachlan, "Sleeping Sun" by Nightwish, "My Immortal" by Evanescence and "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls.

There are three...
1."Der Weg" (the way) by Herbert Grönemeyer- a song about his dead wife ( I can identificate with him cause I lost my mum half a year ago) and I always have to cry ...
2."Who wants to live forever" by Freddy Mercury (who has not heard of him?)
3."Brothers in Arms" by DireStraits- a song about the senselessness of war and hostility...

'invinsible' -jesse mccartney. It's about his g/f getting killed in an accident.

'how to save a life'-the fray. It's not meant to be sad, i don't think, but i think that it is.

"Deep and Meaningless" by Rooster

I cried the first time i heard that song.. The words really touched me. I felt like as if it was written for me.. Or based on my past.. That song describes me exactly...


~I, I dont know why i miss you so much
Yeah I, I dont know why I still feel your touch
You, you left me feeling high and dry
With nothing, nothing but the question why

Yeah you, I guess you had another direction
And leaving me with nothing but a dead connection

[Chorus:]
If you call me today
Ill say that Im fine
But I bet you can tell by the tone of my voice
Its just a lie
You knew what you had
You still walked away leaving me in this mess
My love for you is deep and meaningless

You, you knew what you were doing to me
And I, I guess I was too blind to see
Well you hit where it hurt and you fooled me so bad
But I'd do it again to relive what we had
(Damn thats sad)

There are many things left to remind me
Of a love that I just cant leave behind me~


In the memory of.. my beloved ex..

The entire Requiem for a Dream soundtrack.

Into the West by Annie Lenox *tears*
May it Be by Enya makes me really sad too...
yes I love LOTR. =P

I would have to say the one song that I most associate with sadness is "Desperado" by The Eagles. It just makes you...sad and lonely, mostly by reminding you of past memories. Soulful.

"Will I" from Rent,

Will I Lose My Dignity
Will Someone Care
Will I Wake Tomorrow
From This Nightmare?

"Your eyes"
When I Looked Into Your Eyes
Why Does Distance Make Us Wise?
You Were The Song All Along
And Before The Song Dies
I Should Tell You I Should Tell You
I Have Always Loved You
You Can See It In My Eyes

"Without you"
Without You
The Ground Thaws
The Rain Falls
The Grass Grows

Without You
The Seeds Root
The Flowers Bloom
The Children Play

The Stars Gleam
The poets dream
The Eagles Fly
Without You

The Earth Turns
The Sun Burns
But I Die
Without You

"Black boys on mopeds"by Sinead O'Connor

England's not the mythical land of madame george and roses
It's the home of police who kill black boys on mopeds
And i love my boy and that's why i'm leaving
I don't want him to be aware that there's
Any such thing as grieving

"No one mourns the wicked"
and goodness knows the wicked's lives are lonely
goodness knows the wicked die alone
it just shows when you're wicked you're left only
on your own

"Home" -- Michael Buble

The first time I heard it was only a couple days after I moved. I still can't listen to it without bursting into tears.

oh, man. i just heard the saddest song!!
its called I Believe--by Diamond Rio...i'll put a link so yous guys can listen. it makes me cry. :upset: here it is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4qPKc6_x2k) its beautiful but sad.

Bother - Corey Taylor

Lets see a song that fits the bill for me is world that I know by collective soul. The song is about a person who is going to kill them self and then finds bueaty in the world.

keep holdingon by avril lavigne coz its in eragon and im picturing sad stuff when the song plays. can someone pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaase send me an owl to tell me whats happening when the song is playing? i havent gotten a chance to se the movie yet. i need to know when its playing!! even if its in the credits i dont mind, i just need to know whats going on when that song plays.!!

Cry Me A River, by Julie London

If you include also classical I have a veeeeeeeeeery long list of sad songs.

Hello Darlin by George Jones... its awesum...

r.e.m -everybody hurts....i love that song...it is my fav and r.e.m are awesome

They song they play a lot during Christmas time, the one about the little boy that wants to buy his dying mommy shoes...OMG I'm getting teary just thinking about it!

-Warcry- El guardián de Troya

-Warcry- Renacer

-Queen- The show must go on

-Gamma Ray- Lake of tears

-LOTR soundtrack- The steward of Gondor



I second the steward of Gondor song.
What's that song about the mom who is the hospital, and she died giving birth and her soul goes to her baby down the hall...I can't remember the name of it or even who sings it! It's so sad thoughit always makes me cry.

Some of the Pillows songs [Japanese]
and Thank You - Dido

Prolly others but can't think atm.

The saddest song I have ever heard is
No Woman No Cry-Xavier Rudd.

Concrete Angel by Martina McBride. I cry every time I see the music video!

Not Alone, McFly. Seriously I ball my eyes out everytime I hear it.

I heard of one which came to be known as the Hungarian Suicide song which was banned becuase people comitted suicide after hearing it. I can't remember what it was called though.

Eternal Snow by Myco. Japanese, though, so you probably won't understand. xD But the lyrics are incredibly sad, especially considering it was from an incredibly sad animé!

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton pretty much makes me want to jump off a tall building, which, of course, is kind of creepy since he wrote the song after his son died by falling off a tall building.

also, anything by Leonard Cohen. Love him, but it makes you want to reach for those razor blades and that Walther ppk. that song Hallelujah (they played it in Shrek) is soooo sad.

Working Class Hero by John Lennon

"When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can't really function you're so full of fear,
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill, "

Dying Sailor to His Shipmates by Bono

"Oh, wrap me in my country’s flag, and lay me in the cold blue sea
Let the roaring of the waves, my solemn requiem be
And I shall sleep a pleasant sleep, while storms above their vigils keep"

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Johnny Cash

"Did you ever see a Robin weep,
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost his will to live."

Going for Gold by Bright Eyes

"there's a film on the wall
makes the people look small
who are sitting beside it
all consumed in the drama
they must return to their lives
once the hero has died
they will drive to the office
stopping somewhere for coffee
where the folk singers, poets, and playwrights convene
dispinsing their wisdom
oh dear amateur orators
they will detail their pain
in some standard refrain
that will recite their sadness
like it's some kind of contest
well if it is
I think I am winning it
all beaming with confidence
as I make my final lap
the gold medal gleams
so hang it around my neck
cause I am deserving it
the champion of idiots

but a kid carries his Walkman on that long bus ride to omaha
I know a girl who cries when she practices violin
cause each note sounds so pure
it just cuts into her
and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes
and now to me everything else
just sounds like a lie."

"Please Remember Me" by Tim McGraw. And also "Why We Said Goodbye" by Tim McGraw.

Hurt- Johnny Cash. The video is even sadder. made me cry.

I sent my sinuses to Arizona
I sent my liver to Peru
I sent my lungs and my kidney
To someone in Sydney
But I'm sending my heart to you!

don't remember where that's from, but it's sad. and silly!

10 000 miles by Mary Chopin Carpenter

Dance with my Father by Luther Vandross. It's just so sad!

Don't Matter - Akon.

It's so bad that I cry every time.

Little Suzie by Michael Jackson. Sad killer story. Poor little girl.

"in the arms of the angels" by sarah mglauchlan

Well, the saddest ones off the top of my head:
who you'd be today- kenny chesney
what hurts the most- rascal flatts
while you loved me- rascal flatts
these days- rascal flatts
my worst fear- rascal flatts
i love you this much- jimmy wayne
probably wouldn't be this way- leann rhimes
i loved her first- heartland

those are all beautiful. :sad: beautiful, but sad

Save tonight-eagle eye cherry
Hurt-johnny cash
A little fall of rain-les miserables
Romeo and juliet-dire straits
With or without you-u2
Wish you were here-incubus
Patience-guns n roses
knockin' on heavens door-bob dylan

Yes i've a sadistic pleasure in upsetting myself-all of these songs set me off and yet i will insist on hitting the repeat button once they come on:p

poetic tragedy- the used
sidewalks- story of the year
adam's song- blink 182
when it was me- paula deanda
daddy's little girl- frankie j
there are more but i'm feeling too lazy to name them. :D

The first song I thought of when I saw this thread was Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven", and I was amazed at how long it took for it to appear here. As someone said, he wrote it to express his grief after his four-year-old son fell out of a 53-story window. A tragic accident.
The second song I thought of was REM's "Everybody Hurts". I don't think a person can hear it and not feel sad.
My Sarah McLachlan song that makes me cry is her version of "Prayer of St. Francis", though I think her song "Time" is sadder by far when you consider the words and sentiment behind them.

There is this song called "Yellow Butterfly" by a band called Meg and Dia and it makes me cry everytime I listen to it.

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton

I bawl my eyes out every time I hear this song. It was played during my friend's mom's funeral when I was 9...I couldn't stop crying, my dad had to hold me up. Everytime I hear it I go right back to that moment.

Alyssa Lies by Jason Michael Carroll always makes me cry...
My little girl met a new friend,
just the other day,
on the playground at school
between the tires and the swings

But she came home with tear-filled eyes,
and she said to me "Daddy, Alyssa lies"

Well I just brushed it off at first,
'cause I didn't know how much my little girl had been hurt
or the things she had seen.
I wasn't ready when I said "You can tell me"

and she said...

"Alyssa lies to the classroom,
Alyssa lies everyday at school,
Alyssa lies to the teachers
as she tries to cover every bruise"

My little girl laid her head down that night to go to sleep.
As I stepped out the room, I heard her say a prayer so soft and sweet
"God bless my mom and my Dad
and my new friend, Alyssa
*oh*I know she needs you bad

Because Alyssa lies to the classroom,
Alyssa lies everyday at school,
Alyssa lies to the teachers
as she tries to cover every bruise"

(bridge)

I had the worst night of sleep in years
as I tried to think of a way to calm her fears
I knew just what it was I had to do *I knew exactly what I had to do*
but when we got to school on Monday I heard the news

My little girl asked me why everybody looked so sad
the lump in my throat grew bigger
with every question that she asked.
Until I felt the tears run down my face
and I told her that Alyssa wouldn't be at school today

'Cause she doesn't lie in the classroom
she doesn't lie anymore at school
Alyssa lies with Jesus
because there's nothin' anyone would do

The whole song is just heartbreaking.

Also, The Christmas Shoes by Newsong makes me cry, too. Sad that some kids have to go through such horrible things at such a young age.

I believe by Diamond Rio makes me depressed...no idea if they meant for the song to be so sad...