What are the saddest or most depressing songs you have heard.

stan by eminem.. really horribly depressing

I would have to go with real old song "The great Mandela" by Peter Paul and Mary

Harry Chapin -

Mr Tanner
A Better Place to be
Taxi

The Shortest Story

I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes;
Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry.
Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky;
I am glad to be alive.

It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry;
my brother and sister cling to Mama's side.
She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide;
someone weeps, I fall asleep.

It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore;
I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry.
Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky;
why is there nothing now to do but die?


I can't even listen to his albums anymore, they're way too sad.

Although this is one of the most depressing songs i heard i still like it:

The Verve - The drugs dont work,


It is down to the individual how you perceive or feel about a song. Everyone relates to them in different ways. The saddest songs to me is The Calling - wherever you will go.





[edit on 15-11-2008 by MCoG1980]

omg thank you so much for sharing that

Bee Gees- How can you mend a broken heart

I hadn't heard this song in many years until today when it came on the radio as I was driving home.

He pretty much nails it...hard to write a more raw or powerful song with such harsh truth to it.


Tragic for anyone who has lived it.









[edit on 11/30/08 by BlackOps719]

With not a single word, this man (Joe Satriani) gets my vote.

Beck - Guess I'm Doin' Fine
Honorable Mention to: Jack Kittel - Psycho


[edit on 30-11-2008 by TravelerintheDark]

To Wish Impossible Things - The Cure

Emotion Sickness, Untitled, Dearest Helpless, Black Tangled Heart, Ana's Song, Miss you Love, Steam Will Rise, Paint Pastel Princess- SILVERCHAIR

(so basically anything off of their 'Neon Ballroom' album. The lyrics are saturated with deep-seeded depressive tendancies, body dysmorphia references, suicidal leanings, etc. Daniel Johns is God for being able to capture the feelings and inner thoughts of a manic depressant so very accurately and vividly painting a picture whilst doing so with the intensely layered vocals and instrumentals.)


So Real, Hallelujah, Forget Her, ***I Know It's Over, Mojo Pin- JEFF BUCKLEY

(this man's lyrics are too true to life, and his voice is angelic and at the same time saturated in pain... another God.)


Wake up Alone- AMY WINEHOUSE
(the lyrics, her voice- it all works. The song is pure, and true.)

Song to the Siren- THIS MORTAL COIL
(haunting melody and words... always brings a tear to my eye)

Angie- TORI AMOS (or the Rolling Stones)

Sway- THE KOOKS
(especially the acoustic version: this song is about the person in your life willing to standby you when you're at your lowest)

Creep, True Love Waits, All I Need- RADIOHEAD
(Thom Yorke is Brilliant)

Not an Addict- K's CHOICE

Roseblood- MAZZY STAR
(Haunting sound)

Kissing You- DES'REE

The Lost Art of Murder- PETE DOHERTY
(Pete Doherty is a God)

The Man Who Sold the World, Heart Shaped Box, You Know You're Right, Something in the Way- NIRVANA
(Kurt Cobain- another modern musical genius)


One Headlight- THE WALLFLOWERS

That I would Be Good- ALLANIS MORRISETTE

***Skin, Mama- BETH HART
(skin never fails to make me cry- the lyrics, the pain of her voice- it's beautiful in the saddest of ways)

***Swallowed- BUSH



Bother- COREY TAYLOR

Tears in Heaven- ERIC CLAPTON

Fields of Gold- EVA CASSIDY

Mad World- GARY JULES

Doll Parts- HOLE

Look What you've done- JET

Lightening Crashes- LIVE

Smoke- NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

Free Willy Theme- MICHAEL JACKSON (listen to the extended version- it's a bit "gay" but it never fails to bring a tear to my eye).

Wild Horses- THE ROLLING STONES

Breathe Me- SIA

Nothing Compares- SINEAD O'CONNOR
(this song is great for breakups, lost chances at love, lost lovers, lost friends/family members, etc... it's pure and heartwrenching)

How's It Gonna Be- THIRD EYE BLIND
(the ultimate 'lost love' song- you know, for the 'one that got away')

With or Without You- U2

The Drugs Don't Work- The Verve

estranged-guns n roses
fade to black- metallica
million miles away-hanoi rocks

Boyd Rice - Disneyland Can Wait

Cat Power ~ King Rides By

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and after that Cat Stevens with Sad Lisa

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[edit on 31-12-2008 by maccassidy]

When September ends by Green Day. My BIL died in September.

That and Please dont take the girl, I forget who.

Johnny cash - hurt
Snow patrol - run
Leonard Cohen - stranger
Eels - elisabeth on the bathroom floor
Joy division - love will tear us upart
Radiohead - Street spirit
The smiths - heaven knows im miserable now
Jeff Buckley - hallelujah
Nirvana - There’s something in the way
Suzanne vega - Luka
Sinead Oconor - Nothin compares to you

Jimmie Driftwood - Unfortunate Man

This one made me ball my eyes out.....what can I say

This song had me crying like crazy when my close friend sent it to me after my very first break-up. She was like 'you have to listen to this and get all that crying out of your system'.

1st lady- Missing you
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The song is not from any popular band and wasn't recorded that well but every time I hear it, it makes my heart sink.