What's your pick for 'saddest song ever'?

Horatio

Horatio

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Dunno why but ever since I was 16 this song would bring tears to my eyes. It is probably the only song that I can't listen to without getting a little teary eyed, even now.

I think I treated it a little like a personal anthem of sorts when I first started struggling with depression and listening to it now brings back memories from my teenage years.

I know it isn't what the song is actually about but to me it seemed to be telling the story of a young man struggling with his own demons while trying to find love and happiness in this world. To me it is a sad song because you can tell that he is trying his best to make the most of each breathing moment. Life can be tragic but it makes those few short moments of bliss even more beautiful.



YouTube - Iris-Goo Goo Dolls


Verse 1

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
Verse 2

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
Chorus

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Verse 3

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

Chorus

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Chorus

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
 
Kamen

Kamen

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The sad songs I like are sad in different ways, with different coloration, so I can't pick the saddest one, but I pick this mesmerizing, refined melancholy song. Only a dreamer with Nick's sensitivity can write something so otherworldly beautiful and delicately touching... and he left us so early. Hope you like it!

YouTube - Nick Drake - Cello Song (with lyrics)
 
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DarkPhoenix

DarkPhoenix

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YouTube - Brooke Fraser - Scarlet

Middle of nowhere
Finally you can breathe
Nobody knows your name
It's easier

Shut your eyes tightly
Clench your fists 'til they almost bleed
Cautiously, lightly
Gently expose what's underneath

And all you feel now
Is the scarlet in the day
Even if it's real
You can't stay...

[Chorus]
So there you go
You're gone for good
There you go
You're gone for good

Your mind is swollen
From months of thought without release
They've taken their toll on you
And this very moment
Of timid and fragile honesty
Is precious and rare and fleeting

And all you feel now
Is the scarlet in the day
And even if it's real
You can't stay...​
 
Hastings & Main

Hastings & Main

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YouTube - Black Sabbath - Changes
I feel unhappy
I feel so sad
I've lost the best friend
That I ever had

She was my woman
I loved her so
But it's too late now
I've let her go

I'm going through changes

We shared the years
We shared each day
In love together
We found a way

But soon the world
Had its evil way
My heart was blinded
Love went astray

I'm going through changes

It took so long
To realize
And I can still hear
Her last goodbyes

Now all my days
Are filled with tears
Wish I could go back
And change these years

I'm going through changes
 
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