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

Post lyrics and youtube video (if you can find one) of the song that makes you feel most sad every time you hear it...

YouTube - The Mountain Goats - No Children

I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
to piss of the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
and I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
and I never come back to this town again
in my life
I hope I lie
and tell everyone you were a good wife
and I hope you die
I hope we both die
I hope I cut myself shaving tommorow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest befor the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst is'nt over
I hope you blink before I do
and I hope I never get sober
and I hope when you think of me years down the line
you can't find one good thing to say
and I hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
there is no sign of land
your are coming down with me
Hand in unloveable hand
and I hope you die
I hope we both die

YouTube - Craig Armstrong feat Liz Fraser - This Love

I wouldn't call it sad, just haunting...

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
LS Is my favorite Classic Rock band. I don't know why but I come close to crying every time I hear this song..

YouTube - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

Mama told me when I was young
Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say.
And if you do this
It'll help you some sunny day.
Oh, take your time... Don't live too fast,
Troubles will come and they will pass.
Go find a woman, oh baby, you'll find love,
And don't forget son,
There is someone up above.

(Chorus)
And be a simple kind of man.
Be something you love and understand.
Baby be a simple, kind of man.
Oh, won't you do this for me son,
If you can?

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need, is in your soul,
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try.
All that I want for you my son,
Is to be satisfied.

(Chorus)

Boy, don't you worry... you'll find yourself.
Follow your heart, lord, and nothing else.
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try.
All that I want for you my son,
Is to be satisfied.

(Chorus)

zav943 said:

I wouldn't call it sad, just haunting...

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^ I love the sound of the striiiiings and her voice is amazing, what's that called, falsetto or something where they sing at high octaves? That's a good song, thank you for that.

Mr. Moon,

I totally never realized Lynyrd Skynyrd were a religious band, but oddly enough that fact doesn't make me hate this song. I love this song..

fitftw said:

Mr. Moon,

I totally never realized Lynyrd Skynyrd were a religious band, but oddly enough that fact doesn't make me hate this song. I love this song..

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I'm not a religious person either, and I love Skynyrd. Don't have to be big on religion to love beautiful music~ "Mad Hatter" is a pretty sad song to. It was a tribute to their fallen friend and fellow band members, but I selected Simple Man cause it affects me more whenever I hear it.

No lyrics needed.

YouTube - Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11

9/11, Platoon, and other references aside, to me this always sounds like complete and utter sadness. Even more so than Spinal Tap's "Lick My Love Pump."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G98ZvVOYaWg

Band: Hypothermia
Song: Counting Hours
Genre: Depressive Suicidal Black Metal

Never felt such emptiness
Never been so alone
Always been by myself in this world
Down deep down at the bottom
At this endlessly dark pit
Shaped with my bleeding fingers
Torn apart, die trying getting out of this
All the tears and blood was shed in vain
Now crawling even deeper down
Deeper down than I ever thought possible
Left sleepless where days do not exist
Only weeks and months of everlasting night

Counting the hours...
...for an end to come

Tiercel, I love that so much, but the techno version is more to my liking. Maybe you might like this too. It's been done many times, I believe this is the newest version, and it does the original justice. If you can say that. I do believe techno/trance is like the modern day classical music...

YouTube - Steve Hill & Technikal vs MDA & Sperical - Adagio For Strings 2009 (HQ)

I tend more towards metal personally, but that's pretty good. I guess the years of exposure to techno, trance, and the like from my brother and brother-in-law have done some good.



Okay, I'm not quite as close-minded as I make myself out to be.

And it's not modern day classical music until you listen to it while sitting silently in a tuxedo.

okay I'm on a mission to get a tux now haha

fitftw said:

Mr. Moon,

I totally never realized Lynyrd Skynyrd were a religious band, but oddly enough that fact doesn't make me hate this song. I love this song..

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you couldn't hate lynyrd skynyrd anyway! that would be un-american!!! haha... lynyrd skynyrd is one of my all time favorites <3

i'm sure i know a ton, but the first that comes to mind is uhhh...
YouTube - The Luckiest - Ben Folds Lyrics
it's not really a sad sad song, it's a sweet sad song lyrics---

I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here

And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?

And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know

[chorus]

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away

I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know

[chorus]


....and of course, you can't leave out sinead o'connor's version of this song..
lyrics not needed--- lol
YouTube - Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

YouTube - Martina McBride - Concrete Angel

Concrete Angel - Martina McBride
She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace, oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but they turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel


One of the reasons why I don't like country. Most of the songs just make me sad.

Honourable mentions...
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
The River - Bruce Springsteen (though, I love it)
Baby Mine -Allison Krauss
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles (I love this one too)
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

I remember "Nothing Compares" on the Tiny Toon Adventures music special episode lol. Ben Folds rules. I used to sing "Brick" every time it was on the radio lol...thanks Katie that's going on my playlist along with all you guys' suggestions..

here's another favorite of mine...

YouTube - Chiodos- Intensity in Ten Cities

I'm not the one that you want, I'll only let you down.
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'Oh, I'm just feeling sorry for my...'

I think it's every time I walk into a room
a silence so sudden that I seem to hear it
(Smiles turn to frowns)
Contact saying that you are the rain on their parade.

And how long could you hang on to a word?
Tell me, how long could you hang on to a word?

I'm not the one that you want, I'll only let you down.
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'Oh, I'm just feeling sorry for myself'

Or maybe it's all eyes on him
in love with ego and intention
the eyes that are just begging me for more.
This is gone and I can see it
your head is full of words,
full of words that don't mean anything.

And how long could you hang on to a word?
Tell me, how long could you hang on to a word?

I'm not the one that you want, I'll always let you down.
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'Oh, I'm just feeling sorry for myself'

I'm not the one that you want, I'll always let you down.
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'Oh, I'm just feeling sorry for myself'
(If that's how you feel, then what's there to do?
I'll keep this feeling in my heart
but when you look in my eyes, you will know the truth.)

ahhh sh!t, this is a great song (pearl jam is another all time favorite), but it's really sad =/

YouTube - Pearl Jam - Jeremy (Lyrics)
At home
Drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
Dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give attention
To the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Clearly I remember
Pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little ****
But we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth
And bit the recess lady's breast

How could I forget
He hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting
Dropped wide open
Just like the day
Like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give affection
And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Try to forget this...
Try to erase this...
From the blackboard.

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in
Jeremy spoke in class today

about a social outcast with sh!tty parents who has enough and goes ape sh!t one day..

damn, 'brick' is also a great one.... ben folds definitely kicks ass!

and why are you making a sad playlist? adammmmm =/ lol

I used to loooove Jeremy, he reminded me of myself except not quite the same conclusion...

YouTube - Dystopia-Stress Builds Character

Band: Dystopia
Song: Stress Builds Character
Genre: Crust Punk

I am so tired,
Sometimes I feel so tired,
I can't eat I can't sleep.
So tired.
The pressure builds and builds.
Seems like theres no release.
The things I see go unnoticed by some.
Fills my eyes and heart.
Anger and guilt and frustration,
And depression makes waking up every day harder and harder.
Where's my fitness to the world with my chance to survive.
I got to get money so I can have a home.
So I can breathe, eat and live in this society.
I don't even like money,
And I got to work everyday just to feed myself.
God it makes me sick.
I just wanna curl up into a hole and die in this.
This isn't worth it.
I need a raise man!
I can't survive on this faith anymore.
I can't live on this,
I'm hungry,
And I've had service,
And I can't eat daddy.
God I am the creator of hell.
And I have seen all hell,
And I have seen no arms, no limbs no brains.
You don't care, you don't love me!
I only love myself.
No one will love me like I love thee.

Life's been swell now I want to die
My body it hurts me sigh after sign
I call it torture you call it life
A slave to money and everything I despise
Like everyone in general
**** eat sleep destroyi am a disposable being
Who will **** all life
I multiply and the air gets thinner and dirty
I take up space
I smell
I consume
But I produce nothing
I abuse
I have no reason to exist
The toilets clogged in this world o ****
I breathe filth everyday
Living ****s up my brian
Why? Why must I wake up today?
My eys are heavy
Why? Why must I see your face?
Your life is ugly
Why? Why did I buy into these things?
I don't want them
Tension. Tension
Frustraton. Alone
Tension. Despair. Tension
All these pressures on my life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
Their tears are fillin' up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world

Children waitin' for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sits and listen, sits and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
Enlargen your world