What's the saddest song you've ever heard in your life?

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This one is up there, IMO.

 
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Most versions of this song...

 
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One of my very best friends, lost his daughter....the love of his life, to drugs and the street. He died a broken man.

The "Same Girl".....Randy Newman
 
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elliott smith - twilight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJthA4l8S5U

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time
I better stop now before I start crying
Go off to sleep in the sunshine
I don't want to see the day when it's dying

She's a sight to see, she's good to me
I'm already somebody's baby
She's a pretty thing and she knows everything
But I'm already somebody's baby

You don't deserve to be lonely
But those drugs you got won't make you feel better
Pretty soon you'll find it's the only
Little part of your life you're keeping together

I'm nice to you, I could make it through
That you're already somebody's baby
I could make you smile, if you stayed a while
But how long will you stay with me baby?

Because your candle burns too bright
Well, I almost forgot it was twilight
Even if I think that you are right
Well, I'm tired of being down, I got no fight

You're wonderful, when it's beautiful
But I'm already somebody's baby
And if I went with you I'd disappoint you too
Well, I'm already somebody's baby
Already somebody's baby


also eliott smiths cover of thirteen breaks me. i can not listen to it without crying and almost collapsing. i had to mute it just to post the song. i watch the only person ive ever loved try to commit suicide while we were listening to these songs.



eliott smith - 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMahdko

another sad one for sure is arcade fires tunnels. i cry every time and it just fills me with panic.


arcade fire - tunnels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_IHjWXbuM
 
elliott smith - twilight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJthA4l8S5U

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time
I better stop now before I start crying
Go off to sleep in the sunshine
I don't want to see the day when it's dying

She's a sight to see, she's good to me
I'm already somebody's baby
She's a pretty thing and she knows everything
But I'm already somebody's baby

You don't deserve to be lonely
But those drugs you got won't make you feel better
Pretty soon you'll find it's the only
Little part of your life you're keeping together

I'm nice to you, I could make it through
That you're already somebody's baby
I could make you smile, if you stayed a while
But how long will you stay with me baby?

Because your candle burns too bright
Well, I almost forgot it was twilight
Even if I think that you are right
Well, I'm tired of being down, I got no fight

You're wonderful, when it's beautiful
But I'm already somebody's baby
And if I went with you I'd disappoint you too
Well, I'm already somebody's baby
Already somebody's baby


also eliott smiths cover of thirteen breaks me. i can not listen to it without crying and almost collapsing. i had to mute it just to post the song. i watch the only person ive ever loved try to commit suicide while we were listening to these songs.



eliott smith - 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMahdko

another sad one for sure is arcade fires tunnels. i cry every time and it just fills me with panic.


arcade fire - tunnels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_IHjWXbuM

Tunnels is a positive song though.
 
maybe ive just been misinterpreting it all these years then. ive always thought it to be about the death of there parents but like i said im not a fan of the band really. only album i own is neon bible and i only play it occasionally. whats it about?
 
maybe ive just been misinterpreting it all these years then. ive always thought it to be about the death of there parents but like i said im not a fan of the band really. only album i own is neon bible and i only play it occasionally. whats it about?

It's about two souls meeting within the universal soul of the phoenix that rises from the ashes of the alchemical fire. The phoenix is like the highest order of angel, above Chayot Ha Kodesh. The snow is the ashes that blanket the countryside. The chimney she climbs out of the athenor of the alchemist (she is indicated by the crow (bird) in this illustration.) They meet in an ethereal place through the windows of their minds. He is the alchemist but only she can show him the gold that sits as lead in his brain, she converts it to gold, or golden ideas and connections.

Also it's on Funeral, not Neon Bible.


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yeah i know i was just saying that i only own neon bible to demonstrate how much of a casual fan i am of the band. tunnels was all over the place though and sometimes inescapable. yeah i didnt get that
 


Maybe not the saddest, but this has to be right up there among the very best. Apparently written after the death of his father, Richard Ashcroft's masterpiece is both desperately sad and incredibly beautiful. "And I hope you're thinking of me as you lay down on your side."
 
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Consider Pete Ham and Tom Evans eventually committed suicide :tears:

this one
 
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Ships have sailed, Saint Anne accepts her role. House of David. House of Hannah.

 
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chris bell - i am the cosmos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VfJ8dGsAws


the words:

"Every night I tell myself
"I am the cosmos, I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again

Just when I was starting to feel okay
You're on the phone
I never wanna be alone

Never wanna be alone
I hate to have to take you home
Wanted too much to say no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Never wanna be alone
I hate to have to take you home
Want you too much to say no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

My feeling's always have been something
I couldn't hide, I can't confide
Don't know what's going on inside

So every night I tell myself
"I am the cosmos, I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again

I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I never wanna see you again
I really wanna see you again"
 
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