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

Mad Season - All Alone

Ours - I'm a Monster

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

Jeff Buckley - Lilac wine

Rain - by Breaking Benjamin

even on my best days, a couple listens to the song will make me cry...

Listen to Daddy by Korn.

Insanely depressing.

I though the songs mentioned in this thread were supposed to be depressing? Beach boys? Prince? Nothing about some of these posts makes me the least bit sad. I'd love to slit my wrists to prince... only because he's just that terrible.

Replies with NIN, Counting crows and some evanescense songs are on the right track.

Probably for nobody else..just me.
This song, leaves me sobbing everytime..like right now..


Even more so..this..


Thanks for always making me smile C-Dog.

Hands down saddest/most depressing song I know of:

Ween - It's Gonna Be (Alright)

Baby what have I done
Gone and left you, all alone
It's hard for me to sing this song
We've been together for so long
I think I know what my soul's got to say
And it won't hurt as bad, someday

It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever let's the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you

Guess I'm ruled by my heart
Built a life and I tore it all apart
It's just not our time
But you'll find a new love, and you'll be fine
So many dark and lonely nights
But I believe someday I'll see the light

It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever let's the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you

It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever let's the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you
For me and you

Sample:
Ween - It's Gonna Be (Last FM)

Blackmore's Night - Diamonds and Rust (Judas Priest Cover)



Well I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call

And here I sit
My hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midwest

Ten years ago
I bought you some cufflinks
Oh and you brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene
Already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms

And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes the girl on the half-shell
Would keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing
With leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You are always so good with words
And at keeping things vague

Because I need some of that vagueness now
It's all coming back too clearly
Oh I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid

Diamonds and rust
Diamonds and rust
Diamonds and rust

Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves


The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

(Instrumental for 1 minute)

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Black Label Society - Rust


Living, fighting, obsessing
Just as long as I can share it all with you
Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine
Hell and back, the beginning in between till' the end of time

[CHORUS]
All that shines turns to rust
All that stands in time turns to dust

As above, so below
But you ain't no fool and honey, I'm damn sure that you know
Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine
Hell and back, the beginning in between till' the end of time

All that shines turns to rust
All that stands in time turns to rust

A groan of tedium escapes me, startling the fearful.
Is this a test?
It has to be. otherwise I cant go on.
Draining patience. drain vitality.
This paranoid, paralyzed vampire acts a little old.

But Im still right here, giving blood and keeping faith. and Im still right
Here.
But Im still right here, giving blood and keeping faith. and Im still right
Here.

Im gonna wait it out

If there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through this tedious path Ive chosen here,
I certainly wouldve walked away by now.

Im gonna wait it out

If there were no desire to heal
The damaged and broken met along this tedious path Ive chosen here,
I certainly wouldve walked away by now.

I still may. and I still may.
Be patient.

I must keep reminding myself of this...

If there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through this tedious path Ive chosen here,
I certainly wouldve walked away by now.
And I still may. and I still may. and I still may.

Im gonna wait it out.
Im gonna wait it out.
Gonna wait it out.
Gonna wait it out.

cold- ugly
from autumn to ashes- chloroform perfume
pearl jam- black
linkin park- my december
glassjaw- when one eight becomes two zeros
smashing pumpkins- disarm
bush- glycerine
sarah mclachlan- good enough

Last Emperor - One Life


Mike Altman & Johnny Mandel - Suicide is Painless:


Larry Norman - Six Sixty Six (sorry best video i could find)

Never too late by Three Days Gracre

Joy Division - Isolation


In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love

Surrendered to self preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else

Isolation, Isolation, Isolation

Mother, I tried, please believe me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am

Isolation, Isolation, Isolation

But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
These pleasures a wayward distraction
This is my one broken prize

Isolation, Isolation, Isolation




Come to think of it, more or less any Joy Division song would fit in here.

I can name a few sad songs right off the top of my head.

Hurt - NIN & Johnny Cash
Feed Jake - Pirates of the Mississippi
Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley & Allison Kraus
When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
November Rain - Guns 'N Roses
The Dance - Garth Brooks (especially remixes)
My Old Friend - Tim McGraw

You get to listening to this song for a while and it will may you want to cry.
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

For me this is very sad and personal. This song is as if my mother wrote it for me. I had a career that was on the fast track to greed, money and hell. I was too busy for a relationship because my career goals was my passion.

My mother was always telling me that money does not bring happiness that a simple life with a family will bring peace and happiness. When I found this song I burnt it on disc and was going to mail it to her and tell her that I now understand what she is talking about. She died before I was able to send the disc. I tear every time I hear this song.


Lynard Skynard - 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 will help you some sunny day.
Take your time... dont live too fast,
Troubles will come and they will pass.
Go find a woman and youll find love,
And dont forget son,
There is someone up above.

(chorus)
And be a simple kind of man.
Be something you love and understand.
Be a simple kind of man.
Wont you do this for me son,
If you can?

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

(chorus)

Boy, dont you worry... youll find yourself.
Follow you heart and nothing else.
And you can do this if you try.
All I want for you my son,
Is to be satisfied.

(chorus)

Mine are:

Adams Song - blink-182
Boxcar Racer- Watch the World
Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park - We Made It (depressing for my own reasons...)