Saddest Songs Ever List

[oddwithoutend]

comment on mine, submit your own...whatever.

1. All Else Failed – Kind of Like Spitting
2. Dirt in the Ground – Tom Waits
3. I Know it’s Over – The Smiths
4. Upward Over the Mountain – Iron and Wine
5. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
6. One Lonely Visitor – Chevelle
7. Limousine – Brand New
8. I Can Feel Your Pain – Manchester Orchestra
9. Mad World – Gary Jewels
10. Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
11. Hero of War – Rise Against
12. Slow Motion – Third Eye Blind
13. Left and Leaving – The Weakerthans
14. Empty Apartment –Yellowcard
15. Paper Wings – Cauterize
16. Dusk and Summer – Dashboard Confessional
17. Yesterday – The Beatles
18. On Your Porch – The Format
19. What Went Wrong – Blink 182
20. Lack of Color- Death Cab for Cutie
21. Konstantine – Something Corporate
22. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
23. One Hundred Years – Five For Fighting
24. Wish You were Here – Pink Floyd
25. Santa Monica – Bedouin Soundclash

[FeynmanWannabe]

I dunno, but my list would include the following:

Iron & Wine - Muddy Hymnal
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness

[oddwithoutend]

Muddy Hymnal is a very good choice.

[speak easy]

bayside- winter

[viva la cymche!]

Please Come Home - Dustin Kensrue

[llwilliamsll]

Sigur Ros - Untitled 1
Cat Power - Good Woman

not really the lyrics..more so the music

[hellotimebomb93]

womanizer - britney spears

[llwilliamsll]

wut?

[lenard27]

Brand New-Untitled 01

[hellotimebomb93]

dont cha - the pussy cat dolls

x)

[triangle23]

womanizer - britney spears

Haha, I like your interpretation of the word "sad."

[Justin_stacy]

JV_CBBL2pbE

still the saddest song I've ever heard.

[joss d.]

sun kil moon- carry me ohio
redhouse painters- katy song
okkervil river- so come back, i'm waiting
soulsavers- no expectations

[KillerInstincts]

comment on mine, submit your own...whatever.


6. One Lonely Visitor – Chevelle
12. Slow Motion – Third Eye Blind

17. Yesterday – The Beatles

22. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
24. Wish You were Here – Pink Floyd



Out of the list these are my favorite sad songs. Slow Motion is actually one of my favorite songs in general. I soo love Third Eye Blind : )

[oddwithoutend]

Please Come Home - Dustin Kensrue

I honestly don't find this song to be sad at all.

[Cuddleworthy]

the entire Mineral discography.

/thread

[kwsqd]

Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders
Innocent Vigilant Ordinary - The Appleseed Cast
The Recluse - Cursive
No Surprises - Radiohead
Off He Goes - Pearl Jam
The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

[JustSway]

I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet:

What Sarah Said - Death Cab

[Jarbear]

Roses For The Dead - Funeral For A Friend

Our Love Will Dry Out On Christmas - The Electric Diorama

Hide & Seek - Imogen Heap

Curl Up & Die - Relient K

Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World

80 In A 25 - Zella Mayzell <-----funny side note http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80447834/ "Vincent Dooly" was the singer of Zella Mayzell

[Kristen <3]

suicide season-BMTH, great song

[duhpunk]

Eric Bogle- The Green Fields of France

[ALotLikeVegas]

the story behind limousine by brand new is pretty fucking sad, so thinking about that while listening to it might just make it one of the saddest songs i've ever heard

[Laur3l]

bayside- winter

took mine :-(

so it obviously works

[Laur3l]

I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet:

What Sarah Said - Death Cab


yea.. my friend first heard this song the week after her father died.. it was a bad moment. he was in the hospital for a while.. i guess it kinda hits home then.. well kinda

[W.M. Buttlicker]

Re: Stacks - Bon Iver
In The Deep- Bird York
Passing Afternoon- Iron & Wine
Shattered- Trading Yesterday
Angel- Sarah McLachlan

[tiphany]

At the Drive-In - Ebroglio
Cult of Luna - And With Her Came The Birds

[iateapples]

the saddest landscape - statue of a girl

so good, so sad.

[screamoutmyname]

last kiss.

[Skadrist]

Los tigres del Norte- El Niño y la boda.

[oddwithoutend]

I didn't know Winter by Bayside so I checked it out; I really liked it.

[Anderson]

Eric Bogle- The Green Fields of FranceThat's a sad song. I only know the DKM version though.

[MattH]

On Your Porch made my mom cry, live.

[theghost134]

I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet:

What Sarah Said - Death Cab

great call. others for myself include

damien rice - cheers darlin
denali - lose me
elliott smith - twilight
elliott smith - waltz #1
fiona apple - i know
the good life - inmates
iron and wine - upwards over the mountain
the national - about today
the new amsterdams - losing you
radiohead - true love waits
rocky votolato - makers
ryan adams - hard way to fall
ryan adams - september
ryan adams - the shadowlands
ryan adams - la cienega just smiled
ryan adams - in my time of need
ryan adams - elizabeth you were born to play that part
sigur ros - untitled #3
the snake the cross the crown - fields of ius
third eye blind - motorcycle drive by

all these songs kill me.

[harveymonster]

miserable at best by mayday parade

[Someone'sCoat]

Muddy Hymnal- Iron and Wine
Trapeze Swinger- Iron and Wine
The Lighthouse's Tale- Nickel Creek
Don't give me crap about this but there is a song by some group called Flipsyde or somethign like that called Happy Birthday. Very sad song to me anyways.

More to come once I actually think about it

[Someone'sCoat]

Please Come Home - Dustin Kensrue
I don't think you know what this song is about. If you did you would realize it belongs nowhere near the word sad.

[boxingwithstars]

Don't give me crap about this but there is a song by some group called Flipsyde or somethign like that called Happy Birthday. Very sad song to me anyways.


that song is really sad

[Wisher]

mono by fightstar is my ultimate sad song. i can't tell if it's because of my personal connection to it or just the fact its an emotional song.

and OF COURSE jeff buckley - hallelujah

then in no specific order ...
sleeper 1972 - manchester orchestra
all i see - lydia
falling out of your dress - marry a thief
on your porch - the format
hold me down - mcs
foster - terminal
a song for milly michaelson - thrice
mad world - gary jules
i should mean more - jamisonparker
12.23.95 - jew
sol solis - moving mountains
ajs - park
autumn leaves revisited - thursday
love, come save me - right away, great captain!
hands in the sky - straylight run
fast car - tracy chapman
one year, six months - yellowcard
the tide - the spill canvas
guaranteed - eddie vedder
9 crimes - damien rice
the drugs - weatherbox
18th floor balcony - blue october
it's cool, we can still be friends - bright eyes
brand new - limousine
band of horses - the funeral
one-man drinking games - mayday parade
play crack the sky - brand new
round here - counting crows
motorcycle drive by - third eye blind
sxrt - bloc party
konstantine - something corporate

[MyWorldEntire]

Sigur Ros - Untitled 1

Completely agree, especially performed live.

a4HrGW1MeGo

I tear up every time I watch this.

[airik625]

Thrice - A Song For Milly Michaelson

not many songs have enough power/emotion to bring me to tears, but this song does.

[forget_december]

finch - ender

[domotime2]

the streets - dry your eyes mate

any song by elliot smith.

[oddwithoutend]

hands in the sky - straylight run

Really?

[mallrat37]

all of this // blink 182
my sundown // jimmy eat world
three cheers for five years // mayday parade
its not over // secondhand serenade
45 // shinedown
call me // shinedown
self conclusion // brand new
everything changes // staind
on my own // the used
no it isnt // +44

[just.Starla.]

No Lies, Just Love- Bright Eyes

[oddwithoutend]

self conclusion // brand new


Huh? The Spill Canvas?

[Brokenhill]

Don't Leave Me Now is sadder then Wish You Were Here.

[Wisher]

Really?

eh personal connection. kind of a what you were listening to when something life changing happened type of deal.

i just kinda copy/pasted my depressing songs playlist haha.

[oddwithoutend]

eh personal connection. kind of a what you were listening to when something life changing happened type of deal.

i just kinda copy/pasted my depressing songs playlist haha.

Oh that's cool. I really like the song; it's just never been sad to me.

[OhhSnapBRIT]

miserable at best by mayday parade

yess, or Three Cheers for Five Years by Mayday Parade

[c_rob2700]

Johnny Cash's "Hurt" cover. It's seriously one of the most honest recordings i've ever heard
/thread

[Bruised26]

To me, the song Together We'll Ring In the New Year by Motion City Soundtrack is really sad. Probably just because it is really relevant to me, but whatever.

[Someone'sCoat]

Curse of the Currents by Said the Whale.

[forget_december]

To me, the song Together We'll Ring In the New Year by Motion City Soundtrack is really sad. Probably just because it is really relevant to me, but whatever.

i agree with that, along with "hold me down". the video they made for that song was perfect.

[overx]

Justin Nozuka - Save Him

She loves him more, he loves her more
Seems like they aint ever gonna let each other go
Laughing and kissin'
It's a match made in heaven
Behind the rings on their fingers
Imprints the ink deep in the inner
That has stained their souls together now
Stained 'soul mates' forever now
Seems like they've made it to the other side
Where the grass is greener and the sky is always blue
And it goes on forever and forever
But there is only room for two
Deep at night
I'm awakened from my dreams
Next door yelling, cries; "Mercy!"
She is begging please
"Don't end my life you're all I need"
And darlin I will never leave, never leave
And then she prayed on her knees
She said:

Save him, save him from the hand that he beats me on (4x)

Darker clouds cover her paradise
She covers her eyes and hides
Behind enemy lines
And she walks through the night with her child in her arms
She's thrown back hostaged
See twenty years ago
When she was just ten years old
Lost in imagination
She was left alone
And Paps had nothing to let his anger on
Oh he beat her cold, yes he did
He beat her cold
She used to pray on her knees
She said:

Save him, save him from the hand that he beats me on (4x)

Deep at night I'm awakened from my dreams
Next door yelling, cries; "Mercy!"
She's beggin please, begging please, begging please
"Get up, Get up!"
He brings her to her feet and smacks her down till she falls to the ground
Oh and over and over again
He brings her to her feet til she can no longer stand
Oh and still the beating never ends
On and on and on it goes
Until he brings out a gun
And says to her:
"Stop crying and bring me my son"


She cries harder and harder
He cries, harder and harder
She says:
"Baby please don't, don't do this"
Oh two shots to her chest
And a blow to his own head
Oh she quickly loses breath
And blood rushed to the bed
And baby cries, he cries.. his eyes out
Yeah

Save him, save him from the hand that he beats me on (4x)

She loves him more, he loves her more
Seems like they ain't never let each other go
Laughing and kissin'
It's a match made in heaven

[imahoodlum]

great call. others for myself include

damien rice - cheers darlin
denali - lose me
elliott smith - twilight
elliott smith - waltz #1
fiona apple - i know
the good life - inmates
iron and wine - upwards over the mountain
the national - about today
the new amsterdams - losing you
radiohead - true love waits
rocky votolato - makers
ryan adams - hard way to fall
ryan adams - september
ryan adams - the shadowlands
ryan adams - la cienega just smiled
ryan adams - in my time of need
ryan adams - elizabeth you were born to play that part
sigur ros - untitled #3
the snake the cross the crown - fields of ius
third eye blind - motorcycle drive by

all these songs kill me.

This. It makes me very sad.

[luckie street]

all time low - lullabies is sad if you know the background / it has a personal connection with me

and the tide as said earlier

[OhhSnapBRIT]

all time low - lullabies is sad if you know the background / it has a personal connection with me

and the tide as said earlier

yess.
Remembering Sunday - All Time Low
(i don't know if this has been said yet)

[alann]

The Early November - Never Coming Back
Butch Walker - Passed Your Place, Saw Your Car, Thought Of You
Paul Baribeau - Boys Like Me
Owen - Bad News
Matt Pryor - Loralai
Third Eye Blind - God Of Wine
Damien Rice - Delicate
Bright Eyes - It's Cool We Can Still Be Friends

[lazyhyperchick]

I don't know about saddest ever but: June 18 1976- Pedro The Lion

[oddwithoutend]

Don't Leave Me Now is sadder then Wish You Were Here.

Hmm, I don't know the background to Don't Leave Me Now but I the background behind wish you were here is pretty saddening

[DilesMavis]

I always found Iron Man from Black Sabbath to be kind of sad. But a different kind of sad. Slowdive's Dagger, is definitely up there for me.

[Brokenhill]

Hmm, I don't know the background to Don't Leave Me Now but I the background behind wish you were here is pretty saddening

Sure WYWH is s a sad song, especially since it's personal. However, the song itself - Don't Leave Me Now conveys much more emotion...and although it's not personal to them exactly, the subject matter and the way it's brought about is more depressing (imo at least).

[DarkBlue13]

9 Crimes - Damien Rice
When the Flowers Bloom - Promise of Redemption

[emerypearl]

My Reply by The Ataris always gets me.

[zaxophone]

breathing by lifehouse

[lucasfcosta]

TGUK - out of reach

love this song.

[Paulb-182]

Motion Picture Soundtrack by Radiohead always gets me

[Regards]

A lot have already been mentioned, but Run from Collective Soul.

[flynn92]

pale blue dot
the receiving end of sirens

[LiquorAndDick]

Anything Damien Rice has ever written.
Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Meatloaf's ballads.
Other shit.

[loveisdead]

The Early November - Never Coming Back
Butch Walker - Passed Your Place, Saw Your Car, Thought Of You
Paul Baribeau - Boys Like Me
Owen - Bad News
Matt Pryor - Loralai
Third Eye Blind - God Of Wine
Damien Rice - Delicate
Bright Eyes - It's Cool We Can Still Be Friends
This and Happy Birthday to Me get me so upset.

[iateapples]

all of this // blink 182
my sundown // jimmy eat world
three cheers for five years // mayday parade
its not over // secondhand serenade
45 // shinedown
call me // shinedown
self conclusion // brand new
everything changes // staind
on my own // the used
no it isnt // +44

I would be sad too if I listened to music like that. :P

[iateapples]

The Early November - Ever So Sweet

[kearn1tm]

The Good Life -- Album of the Year (the title track, but virtually the whole album is heartbreaking).

[Brianfarg]

Cursive - "Staying Alive"
Cursive "The Night I Lost the Will To FIght"
Joy Division "The Eternal"
Mineral "End Serenading"

[Gwytherspoon]

I've always found 'alkaline trio- maybe I'll catch fire' pretty damn sad... also anything on 'closer' by Joy Division

[DejaNew]

I honestly don't find this song to be sad at all.
man, this songs actually really sad, im surprised you didnt put it on here

[DejaNew]

great call. others for myself include

damien rice - cheers darlin
denali - lose me
elliott smith - twilight
elliott smith - waltz #1
fiona apple - i know
the good life - inmates
iron and wine - upwards over the mountain
the national - about today
the new amsterdams - losing you
radiohead - true love waits
rocky votolato - makers
ryan adams - hard way to fall
ryan adams - september
ryan adams - the shadowlands
ryan adams - la cienega just smiled
ryan adams - in my time of need
ryan adams - elizabeth you were born to play that part
sigur ros - untitled #3
the snake the cross the crown - fields of ius
third eye blind - motorcycle drive by

all these songs kill me.
motorcycle drive-by? really?i dont find that song to be sad, i find it to be more motivating than anything. did you know that song was originally written as a poem, and the band was screwing around one day, and played it in one take, and that's how it turned out. crazy eh, that's why it sounds really different

[scottwh]

9 Crimes - Damien Rice
When the Flowers Bloom - Promise of Redemption

Agree with both...but especially Promise of Redemption. Almost every song off of When The Flowers Bloom is a complete and total heartbreaker.

[Camisado92]

I might get flamed for this. But I think that Panic at the Disco's cover of "Slow Motion" has much more emotion that the original.

"The Heretic" by The Sound of Animals Fighting

"Falling Down" by Muse.

[ShockHound]

Letters To You - Finch

[ShockHound]

Last Kiss (remake) PEARL JAM

[Bloodsucker II]

Timothy - As Cities Burn

[oddwithoutend]

I might get flamed for this. But I think that Panic at the Disco's cover of "Slow Motion" has much more emotion that the original.

I have a cover on my list so I really can't say anything, but I wholeheartedly disagree. If you know anything about Stephan Jenkins' life you should be able to understand.

[perfectstranger]

Katy Song by Red House Painters

"a chance for calm, a hope for freedom
outlet from my cold solitary kingdom
by the forest of our spring stay
where you walked away
and left a bleeding part of me
empty and bothered
watching the water
quiet in the corner, numb and falling through
without you, what does my life amount to?"

='(