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

My saddest/most depressing songs:

Thin Line - Jurassic 5

lyrics:
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Jurassic 5 - Thin Line Lyrics
"Thin Line"
(feat. Nelly Furtado)

[Chali 2na]
Yo, this is a lesson in friendship
The depths of a kinship
What women and men begin with, and then slip
My pen drips
As I scribble my thoughts on thin strips
Of emotion
A fraction, seduction, attraction
Eruption of passion
Corrupts if a lasted friendship's involved
But love to cross the line
But that's why we built these walls

[Hook: Nelly Furtado]
We been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
I love you like you was mine, think about you all the time
Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line

[Akil]
Opposite's attract
When the female and male come in contact
Sticky situation in fact
Tryin not to let the feelings catch
But there's a thin line between both of y'all
So you respect that
And entertain the idea, but get brought back
To reality, and could you really live with that?
Decision, based on intuition
You love and keep your distance
Hug and kiss in friendship

[Marc 7]
An ongoing kinship, we was people to begin with
Disrespect was not intended
but your feelings sparked the sentence
Sometimes you're too intense in your quest to invent
The perfect man, please understand, my rhyme is your repent

[(Hook) - repeat 2X]

[Soup]
Man, too bad that we became friends first
I'm not on expert on how relationships should work
But, (echos) from the minute it as known
It changed the whole tone on how we spoke on the phone
Yo, it was cool but I felt it wasn't enough
And I was stuck when your moms would pick it up
Over you, all my buddies would swoon
But I felt we were in tune, you let me up in your room. (Damn)
But to me girl, you're still off limits
No matter all the times that I hit it. (Yo, whatchu doin after
this?)
Infactuation was authentic, but yo I just pretended
So I wouldn't lose the friendship
Maybe, I should spill all my guts
Or write a letter, then tear it up
Or do a song, just to say what's up
I want ... just ... a touch

[(Hook) - repeat 2X]

[Nelly Furtado]
I can't do this anymore
See my heart just spills out when you walk in the door
Friendship turns into lust and this only tip
That I can't comprehend even if I knew it
Can't do justice to these things that I'm feeling
You got someone else, don't wanna be caught stealing
Hell if she knew she would never leave us alone
in the roo-ooo-ooom

[Chali 2na]
This was a lesson in friendship
I stress in this sentence
Should women and men be friends first?
And then slip?
My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips
of devotion

[Akil]
Opposites attract
And best friends make a perfect match
If you only knew that
Once you cross, ain't no turning back
The minute you let him in it and he hit that
That's that

[Marc 7]
We was people to begin with, but you was too relentless
Jeporidizing kinship, respect is intended
Resolve is my intent
While we got it in
I'm tryin to salvage a friendship

[(Hook) - repeat 2X]
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The song gots some kind of sad beat, but it's a great one.

Another for me is : Happy Together - The Turtle

I don't think I need to post the lyrics...

For some reason even after all these years the Cure's Charlotte Sometimes still gets me.

ummm the first ones that came to mind would be...

one- metallica

lover i dont have to love- bright eyes

boys lie- brandtson

oh and most songs off of the too young to die album from deep elm records

[Edited on 7-30-04 by Scat]

Something I Can Never Have--Nine Inch Nails

I heard, ages ago, about this song that had legends of many suicides attached to it, so much so that it was banned but the story and legend faded into obscurity because it was just before the outbreak of the second world war.

I forgot about the story untill I read this thread. Then, through the wonders of the internet, I found it.

The song is called "Gloomy Sunday" and was written by two Hungarians in 1935. I remember being fascinated when I first heard the stories surrounding it.

I haven't actually heard it though. Well, you know, can't be too careful!

Jack

Queensryche ----- Silent Lucidity
Poison ------ Every rose has its thorn
Poison ------- Something to believe in (wrote after the death of a close friend)
Guns & Roses ------ November Rain
Styx ----- Dont let it end
Everclear ------ Wonderfull

[Edited on 30-7-2004 by NinjaoftheNight]

Sultans of Swing Dire Straits always makes me feel suicidal. Those annoying whinny guitar riffs, that nasal tranatlantic drawl.

Veterans of the psychic wars - blue oyster cult

... "You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars,
My energy's spent at last and my armour is destroyed.
I've used up all my weapons and I'm helpless and bereaved.
Wounds are all I'm made of.
Dare you say that this is victory??"

Originally posted by ubermunche
Sultans of Swing Dire Straits always makes me feel suicidal. Those annoying whinny guitar riffs, that nasal tranatlantic drawl.

One of the greatest songs of all time. Best guitar solo, best rock song of the 90s, ...... HANDS DOWN

from www.digitaldreamdoor.com
greatest guitar riff......ranked #62
greatest guitar solo....ranked #52

Definetely "The other side" By red hot chili peppers...goddddd i love that song.

"i dont..
i dont believe its bad..
slittin my throat
its all i ever had"

[Edited on 3-8-2004 by sheaisdumb]

Originally posted by Ambient Sound
Rush - Nobody's Hero, from Counterparts

I heard that Geddy apologized and said he was sorry about that song...


EDIT: Actually my bid:
Being a big Tom Waits fan...
"On The Nickel" by Tom Waits.

Excerpt:
"sticks and stones will break my bones, but i always will be true, and whenyour mama is dead and gone, i'll sing this lullabye just for you, and whatbecomes of all the little boys, who never comb their hair, well they're linedup all around the block, on the nickel over there.so you better bring a bucket, there is a hole in the pail, and if you don'tget my letter, then you'll know that i'm in jail, and what becomes of all thelittle boys, who never say their prayers, well they're sleepin' like a baby,on the nickel over there."


[Edited on 2004/8/4 by Hellmutt]

Cold - Ugly
REM - Everybody hurts
The Used - On my Own
Staind - Epiphany
HIM - Fortress Of Tears

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley


Sad song.. :shk:

I have a few songs that meant to impact deep emotions, not necassarily "sad" songs, but rather love/theme songs. Anyone can recognize some, may know that they are actually precious/evergreen to some people:

Nana Mouskouri - L'amour en heritage
Ann Murray - I just fall in love again
Air Supply - Without You
Dionne Warwick - I'll never love this way again
Bette Midler - The Rose
Carpenters - For all we know
Debby Boone - You light up my life
Julie Covington - Don't cry for me Argentina
Anderson Rice - I know him so well
Branda Lee - All alone am I

Well, these are just some of those I am aware of, and personally I think they are more beautiful songs, than actually "sad". But it really depends on the listener, who may be used to different "style".

Guns n roses ~sweet child o mine

Sweet Child O' Mine

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that
special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine


Also anything by simply red

New York State of Mind - by Billy Joel

"Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or Hollywood.
I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line-
I'm in a New York state of mind.
I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines,
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens,
But I know what I'M needing and I don't want to waste more time-
I'm in a New York state of mind.
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and the blues,
But now I need a little give and take,
The New York Times, the Daily News...
It comes down to reality-and it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide,
Don't care if it's Chinatown or Riverside,
I don't have any reasons, I've left them all behind-
I'm in a New York state of mind.
REPEAT 3RD VERSE
I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line-
'Cause I'm in a New York state of mind."



Mean Mistreater - by Grand Funk Railroad

"Mean mistreater, you make me cry,
You lay around, and watch me die.
Mean mistreater, can't you see I'm real?
Are you satisfied, with the way you feel?
I've tried hard to live without you, in so many ways.
I just can't help myself from thinking of you, for the rest of my days.
Heartache is at my door step, won't leave me alone.
I just can't get used to it, now that I'm on my own.
I know all about you, your childhood days,
Your mom and dad, your pretty face.
Mean mistreater, if you need me,
I'm needin' you to set me free.
Mmmm ..."



Needle & The Damage Done - by Neil Young

"I caught you knockin'
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.

I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.

I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.

I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun."




Lonely - by Tom Waits

Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely eyes,
Lonely face, lonely lonely in your place.
Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face,
Lonely lonely in your place.

I thought that I knew all that there was to,
Lonely, lonely, lonely...

Melanie jane, won't feel the pain.
Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely eyes,
Lonely lonely in your place.

And I thought that I knew all that there was to
Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely eyes,
Lonely lonely in your place, and
I still love you, I still love you,
Lonely, lonely..."



Helpless - by Neil Young

"There is a town in north Ontario,
With dream comfort memory to spare,
And in my mind
I still need a place to go,
All my changes were there.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us

Helpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
The chains are locked
and tied across the door,
Baby, sing with me somehow.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us

Helpless, helpless, helpless."




I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You - by Tom Waits

"Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'cause falling in love just makes me blue,
Well the music plays and you display
Your heart for me to see,
I had a beer and now I hear you
Calling out for me
And I hope that I don�t fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown,
Take that frown and break it,
Before the evening's gone away,
I think that we could make it,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the night does funny things inside a man
These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand,
Well I turn around to look at you,
You light a cigarette,
I wish I had the guts to bum one,
But we've never met,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me,
And it being late, you'd like some some company,
Well I turn around to look at you,
And you look back at me,
The guy you're with has up and split,
The chair next to you's free,
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.
Well I turn around to look at you,
You're nowhere to be found,
I search the place for your lost face,
Guess I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you."



Vincent - by Don McLean

"Starry
starry night
paint your palette blue and grey

look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the
darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils

catch the breeze and the winter chills

in colors on the snowy linen land.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me

how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they did not know how

perhaps they'll listen now.

Starry
starry night
flaming flo'rs that brightly blaze

swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in
Vincent's eyes of China blue.
Colors changing hue
morning fields of amber grain

weathered faces lined in pain
are soothed beneath the artist's
loving hand.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me

how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
perhaps they'll listen now.

For they could not love you
but still your love was true

and when no hope was left in sight on that starry
starry night.
You took your life
as lovers often do;
But I could have told you
Vincent
this world was never
meant for one
as beautiful as you.

Starry
starry night
portraits hung in empty halls

frameless heads on nameless walls
with eyes
that watch the world and can't forget.
Like the stranger that you've met

the ragged men in ragged clothes

the silver thorn of bloddy rose
lie crushed and broken
on the virgin snow.
And now I think I know what you tried to say to me

how you suffered for your sanity

how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they're not
list'ning still
perhaps they never will. "



Famous Blue Raincoat - by Leonard Cohen

"It's four in the morning, the end of december
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New york is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on clinton street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without lili marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see jane's awake --

She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

-- sincerely, l. cohen "



House of the Rising Sun - by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin

" There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun.
It's been the ruin of many a poor girl,
and me, O God, for one.

If I had listened what Mamma said,
I'd 'a' been at home today.
Being so young and foolish, poor boy,
let a rambler lead me astray.

Go tell my baby sister
never do like I have done
to shun that house in New Orleans
they call the Rising Sun.

My mother she's a tailor;
she sold those new blue jeans.
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard, Lord, Lord,
drinks down in New Orleans.

The only thing a drunkard needs
is a suitcase and a trunk.
The only time he's satisfied
is when he's on a drunk.

Fills his glasses to the brim,
passes them around
only pleasure he gets out of life
is hoboin' from town to town.

One foot is on the platform
and the other one on the train.
I'm going back to New Orleans
to wear that ball and chain.

Going back to New Orleans,
my race is almost run.
Going back to spend the rest of my days
beneath that Rising Sun."

FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA ON THE "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN",
SEE HERE:

www.straightdope.com...

[edit on 12/31/04 by aWoman]

Rolling Stones - Paint it Black

Not really "depressing" so to say but it's definetly dark.


Maybe:
Prince - Pruple Rain
HAHAHHAHAHAHA jk about the prince part. lololol

An old c&w song: Red Roses for Mamma

Oh, my God, this makes mose people suicidal

Something I Can Never Have is cut-yaself music.

Me and a Gun by Tori Amos is pretty bad too.

How Soon is Now by the Smiths makes me all bitter, too.

Close Yet Far by CKY is depressing for me too, inexplicably.

DE

Originally posted by Lysergic
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
Sanctified - NIN
Terrible Lie - NIN
:shk:

[Edited on 16-1-2004 by Lysergic]

All nine inch nails songs are depressing