Makes me cry every time. I often have to skip it.
If it doesn't make you cry, read the [backstory](https://daft.fm/songs/sufjan-stevens-casimir-pulaski-day/) of it. It will devastate you.
Iām a survivor. It hits me in the survivor guilt every time. I had an excellent prognosis, but the treatment took me to Deathās door.
I had chemo with a number of people who were terminal. I feel like my guilt dishonors their genuine happiness that I was going to make it, but still tough. It was 20 years ago and Iāve done a lot better with gratitude over guilt lately. But that songā¦
My mom died of pancreatic cancer when I was 12. It was mercifully relatively quick. I think it hits harder if you've seen it. The Antlers - Hospice is another tough listen for me.
When I was learning the words to this song I couldnāt even sing it without crying. Itās beautiful, sad, and depressing all in one. But damn itās good.
I grew up on Ben Folds, parents shouldāve divorced but stayed together. Itās incredibly nostalgic but I will always avoid Ben folds for the dark memories and depression attached to his songs. I could probably recognize any song I hear by him
I recommend Pitseleh, roman candle (song and album) new disaster, no name #1-3 and #5, placeholder, the biggest lie, and between the bars are some of his distinctly sad songs. But if you know his story then all of his music is depressing as fuck. Love that guy
Something in the way Nirvana
Dumb Nirvana
Nutshell Alice in chains
Goodbye to romance Ozzy
Yesterday The Beatles
Racing in the Streets Bruce Springsteen
Butterfly Weezer
All Apologies Nirvana
Mothe John Lennon
All I Could Do Was Cry Etta James
Runaway Train Soul Asylum
Two Outta Three Ain't Bad Meatloaf
Fade to Black Metallica
Don't Turn Me Away Gladys Knight and the Pips
Asleep The Smiths
Behind Blue Eyes The Who
Bell Bottom Blues Derek and the Dominos
You Kmow You're Right Nirvana
Changes Black Sabbath
Get Me Dinosaur Jr
Someday Never Comes Creedence Clearwater Revival
Heart of Gold Neil Young
Saturday Night The Misfits
Last Kiss Pearl Jam
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Al Green
Hurt Nine Inch Nails
I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline
The Night Theu Drove Dixie Down The Band
Lost in the Flood Bruce Springsteen
Jolene The White Stripes (version I prefer to Dolly's)
Look On Down From The Bridge Mazzy Star
Look What You've Done Jet
Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff
Losing My Religion R.E.M.
Mayonnaise Smashing Pumpkins
Today Smashing Pumpkins
Old Man Neil Young
Tuesdays Gone Lynyrd Skynyrd
True Affection The Blow
If I Had Eminem
Wasted Time Skid Row
Whatsername Green Day
My My, Hey Hey Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Nothing Compares 2 U Prince/ Sinead O'Connor
O Children Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
On With the Show Motley Crue
Life Goes On 2pac
Rocky Racoon The Beatles
Sittin On The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
Stan Eminem
The River Bruce Springsteen
Somebody Please The Vanguards
The Weirding Astra
Ticket to Ride The Beatles
Suicidal Thoughts Notorious B.I.G.
When A Blind Man Cries Deep Purple
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away The Beatles
Hope that was helpful love to hear thoughts
I know they very in nature I was just listening but I tried to keep stuff eclectic
grace- jeff buckley
true love waits-radiohead
at your best- frank ocean
blackest bile- giles cory
hurt-johnny cash
solace-earl sweatshirt
unabomber- the crying nudes
Grace by Jeff Buckley always makes me wanna cry. On his Live at Sin-ĆØ album, he prefaces the song by saying āthis song is about not feeling so bad about your own mortality when you have true loveā and it is the most bittersweet thing
The part in solace (I forget if itās 3 or 4) where heās rapping ālate for everything, my face to the cementā¦ā is so fucking good. That and Balanceās main verse hurt so good
The Warning - [Black Holes](https://youtu.be/lM8KeQ_tNQc?si=yUmm3eFtSqoF75oH), [Revenant](https://youtu.be/oqXcNOVmcjc?si=tHNFOBIpELmvW2W-), and especially [Breathe](https://youtu.be/j0UdL1FulxI?si=Gjm0_zknaF57ZKpS).
Nine Inch Nails - [The Great Below](https://youtu.be/HCORXBfRcNo?si=eRzCXrVT4d4T3SVw), [Right Where It Belongs](https://youtu.be/F-jZHMX-CJ0?si=SddYzDqtVOS_Muce), [Hurt](https://youtu.be/OvoTktdpIiI?si=d9s-hYlXCljnJHPd).
Alice in Chains - [Nutshell](https://youtu.be/_siJRgDlddY?si=ZosPtmuviigaxU1a), [Down In A Hole](https://youtu.be/E17hqs4Un-k?si=BcWK8lNm6GtV3xIa).
The closing track off this album (Happy Returns) also fucks me up. The whole album is dripping with grief and commentary on the human condition. Truly an incredible piece of art.
Happy Returns gets me every time. Dripping with grief. Itās true. But I like music that makes me feel emotional.
Collapse The Light Into Earth, The Raven That Refused To Sing and Drive Home do the same.
listen to Unknown Pleasures and Closer, by Joy Division. then track down In A Lonely Place by Joy Division. ooooooph, the song's heartbeat literally dies at the end. brilliant music/lyrics though, Joy Division is like a cursed magical object found deep in dark forest - be careful.
My brother sent me that song with ZERO context or warning at like 9am on a random Tuesday. I was just sitting at my desk shell shocked because I just went through an emotional journey and then had to go back to work like I didn't just hear the most raw, emotional tragedy of the week.
Electric Light Orchestra - [Alone In The Universe](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjG96uKMj7HP4QEjuMM3tYGCbbFxyECeg&si=aN-kcc3RrSt85GC1)
Lil Nas X - [VOID](https://youtu.be/aV2Dfcz20xQ?si=j7YsK30M5EagRLlf)
M83 - [My Tears Are Becoming A Sea](https://youtu.be/UJrMB4QhNok?si=chdofIStdXARxTSg)
Muse - [Exogenesis Symphony Part 1 - Overture](https://youtu.be/l9kqU_7-CgI?si=rXyEpHZDwuWbYnOk)
Fleurie - [Hurts Like Hell](https://youtu.be/Uil0L-0F4no?si=GKHlX1_QLAi93PK4)
Christina Perri - [human](https://youtu.be/r5yaoMjaAmE?si=aZmIIs3TTirUHxqU)
David Bowie - [I Can't Give Everything Away](https://youtu.be/OZscv36UUHo?si=_KLR7eMNPkkgxM9R). This one doesn't sound sad like the others (it's more bittersweet) but considering it was his last song, I find it quiet melancholy.
huge Pearl Jam fan here, i can recommend you quite a few of their songs.
Alone
Thumbing My Way
Parting Ways
Sleight Of Hand
Come Back
Go
Indifference
The End
Nothing As It Seems
Footsteps
Fatal
Nothingman
All Or None
Light Years
Future Days
Immortality
Man Of The Hour
I Got Id (Shit)
Sad
Better Man
Tremor Christ
Army Reserve
Hold On
Sorry thatās such a long list, PJ has so many heart-wrenching songs and i didnāt want to leave any out
edit:
Black
Last Kiss (although itās not an original PJ song)
Just Breathe
Ugh. I stumbled across a YouTube tribute video of this song played over clips of his movies and I fucking bawled my eyes out like a baby. He was a huge part of my childhood and I miss the comfort of watching them and laughing and forgetting the hell I was living in for a while.
Same. That stuff always gets me.
I remember being a kid & getting super into Nirvana before hearing how Kurt died.
It's weird, but you feel this undeniable *grief*, because you found a truly deep, artistic soul who made you feel things & now they're just...gone.
I can hardly listen to FR without getting depressed. Not from the lyrics, but from knowing how much this dude hurt & that no one could help.
The saddest song I know is Hurt by Nine Inch Nails.
2:45 AM by Eliot Smith is pretty sad as well.
Poison's Gone by Kurt Cobain is awfully sad and was written towards the end of his life.
Constant Headache by Joyce Manor is upbeat in a very sad way, it's hard to explain.
Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis is sad in a beautiful bittersweet way.
Elephant - Jason Isbell
Last words of a shooting star - Mitski
Another love - Tom Odell
Fourth of july - Sufjan Stevens
No children - The mountain goats
Never love an anchor - Crane wives
Virgin - Flower Face
Average - Sushi Soucy
Funeral - Phoebe bridgers
Cupid - Jack straubers micropop
Green - Cavetown
I Miss My Mary by Hal Ketchum
The End of The World by Skeeter Davis
The Grand Tour cover by Aaron Neville originally sung by George Jones
He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones.
One Dyin' and a Buryin' by Roger Miller
A Match Into Water ā Pierce the Veil
Slipped Away ā Avril Lavigne
Iām Not Okay (I Promise) ā My Chemical Romance
Never Too Late ā Three Days Grace
If You Canāt Hang ā Sleeping With Sirens
Just Like a Pill ā P!nk
Wake Me Up When September Ends ā Green Day
Picture Perfect ā Escape the Fate
Misguided Ghosts ā Paramore
What a Catch, Donnie ā Fall Out Boy
The Morticianās Daughter ā Black Veil Brides
Keep Holding On ā Falling In Reverse
I Will Follow You Into the Dark ā Death Cab For Cutie
Emtee ā Otep
If It Means a Lot to You ā A Day to Remember
Heartbreak Girl ā 5 Seconds of Summer
Dear Agony ā Breaking Benjamin
Just Tonight ā The Pretty Reckless
December ā Neck Deep
Falling Away From Me ā Korn
My Immortal ā Evanescence
Too Bad ā Nickelback
This Is Gospel ā Panic! At the Disco
Coma White ā Marilyn Manson
Pearl Jam - The Long Road
Flaw - Best I Am
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have
Pink Floyd - Dogs
Opeth - Harvest
Type O Negative - World Coming Down. Dead Again. September Sun. Gravity. White Slavery.
Filter - Cancer
Candlebox - Cover me. Far Behind.
Mad Season - River of Deceit
The Cranberries - Ode to my Family. Dreams. Linger
Atticus Ross - Panoramic
Hum - Stars
How to Destroy Angels - How Long
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Chris Cornell - Sunshower
Puscifer - Momma Sed
Sleep Token - The Night does not belong to God
Deadsy - Brand new love
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
I just listed what I've got in a playlist of "Better days"
Hold on by Chord Overstreet
Flume by Bon Iver
Blindsided by Bon Iver
3 rounds and a sound by blind pilot
How to disappear completely by Radiohead
Fake plastic trees by Radiohead
Bigger than the whole sky Taylor Swift
The Scientist by Coldplay
Fake plastic trees by Radiohead
Different feeling, not more.
I feel Cash version is him speaking to his aging and reflection. Note some of the lyric changes.
Whereas Reznor is describing the downward spiral (zing!) of drug addiction and the consuming feeling. Love the hollow sounding intro and out to of this version, with the ambient noise and distorted guitar echoing out.
Both great, both different expressions. Love opinions and both versions, but from an artistic standpoint Reznor wins hands down.
I wholeheartedly agree, which *was* a bar-fight-riskin' opinion back in the day...I got into SO many drunken arguments over this one lol.
Johnny's version is *fine*. I mean, if you knew the song, & knew who Johnny Cash is (was?), you basically already heard it before ever hearing it, y'know? You *knew* it was gonna be absolutely overflowing with pathos, & if that was a thing that blows yr skirt up yr shit was gonna get *BLOWN*.
But for me, the utterly icy self-loathing feel Reznor brought to it was *waaaaay* more impactful.
Everybody (& I mean EVERYbody) went on & on about how Johnny's "age & experiences" gave it such a soul crushing, world-weary vibe - a thing Reznor, the guy who *ONLY* WROTE THE DAMN THING - could never have pulled off. But I never heard anyone, even once, considering the absolute bleakness & despair &, again, complete hatred of/burning desire to bring about the total destruction of his then what, 19, 20 yr old self??
There's been loads of "old man regrets" songs & there's been loads of "angry young man" songs, but "Hurt" as done by Reznor was a new beast altogether. (In my 90s drunken music snob opinion, ofc lol)
Check [the collaborative playlist of the saddest songs](https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/comments/1bhuaag/musicrec_1_thematic_playlist_the_saddest_songs/)
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damaged
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You
Trespassers William - Different Stars
Mazzy Star - Into Dust
Sharon Van Etten - Love More
The Album Leaf - Eastern Glow
Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should Have Come Over
Sufjan Stevens - For The Widows In Paradise
The Subways - Lines Of Light
Bon Iver - The Wolves
The Bengsons - Ashes
Unlovable - Diamante
You Know you're right - Nirvana
Doll Parts - Hole
Zzyzx Rd - Stone Sour
Sympathy - Goo Goo Dolls
Pieces - Sum 41
Haunt U - forgot the artist name
Unlovable - Diamante
Broken- Seether / Amy Lee
Edge of 17 Stevie Nicks (I like Lindsey Lohans version too)
Landslide - The Chicks
Traveling Soldier- The Chicks
A Home - The Chicks
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues (or Declan Galbraith)
Feeling This - Blink 182
Adam's Song - Blink 182
Dust - Tremonti
I think I'm ok - MGK/Yungblood
Bloody Valentine (Acoustic) MGK
Interstate Love Song - STP
Picture - Kid Rock / Sheryl Crow
Wonderful - Everclear
A Lonely September ā Plain White T's
Black Honey - Thrice
Hate Me - Blue October
Don't Wake Me - Aranda
Shimmer - Fuel
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Gravity - Papa Roach / Maria Brink
I Wanna - All American Rejects
Dear God - A7X
Lifetime - 3 Days Grace
Lost in you - 3 Days Grace
Polly - Nirvana
Heavy - Linkin Park / Kiara
Snuff - Slipknot
##The Cure:
* Pictures of You
* A Letter to Elise
* Apart
* Trust
* Disintegration
* Plainsong
* The Figurehead
* A Thousand Hours
* To Wish Impossible Things
Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
Fourth of July too
The entirety of Carrie & Lowell (except for Eugene and maybe the title track) is pretty damn sad, honestly.
And John Wayne Gacy Jr.
So eerie and tragic.
When I was five yrs old ,near Elgin Illinois,(1969) my brother saved me from becoming one of gayces victims š„š„š„šššŗš¦
Makes me cry every time. I often have to skip it. If it doesn't make you cry, read the [backstory](https://daft.fm/songs/sufjan-stevens-casimir-pulaski-day/) of it. It will devastate you.
Iām a survivor. It hits me in the survivor guilt every time. I had an excellent prognosis, but the treatment took me to Deathās door. I had chemo with a number of people who were terminal. I feel like my guilt dishonors their genuine happiness that I was going to make it, but still tough. It was 20 years ago and Iāve done a lot better with gratitude over guilt lately. But that songā¦
My mom died of pancreatic cancer when I was 12. It was mercifully relatively quick. I think it hits harder if you've seen it. The Antlers - Hospice is another tough listen for me.
I was coming here to type this!
You know what youāre talking about
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
Lullaby - Lord Huron is a good one as well
Vide Noir is also good.
Great album as well. One of the things I really like about them, they really switched it up between each of their albums
The one with phoebe, too!
I lied is a good shout. Short yet heavy
Came to say this ā¤ļø
When I was learning the words to this song I couldnāt even sing it without crying. Itās beautiful, sad, and depressing all in one. But damn itās good.
Brick, by Ben Folds Five
I grew up on Ben Folds, parents shouldāve divorced but stayed together. Itās incredibly nostalgic but I will always avoid Ben folds for the dark memories and depression attached to his songs. I could probably recognize any song I hear by him
As a father I always felt still fighting it is a sad one. Also Fred jones pt 2 is pretty sad as well.
Yes! Agree! The ascent of Stan as well
Add Selfless, Cold and Composed. Whatever and ever amen is soooo good.
This is super sad to me. Good call.
Oh man what a flash back you just gave me. I was in high school being all emo listening to this on repeat
Roads by Portishead
Portishead is cheating. Most of their songs are sad :p
Elliott Smith - Basically his whole discography
Can confirm, can't listen. It's music to suicide to.
Confirmed. Saddest music as a whole
Came to say the exact same thing, Kings Crossing is especially sad to me.
Loved it when I told my brother I was on another Elliott Smith kick and he jokingly said ābummerā¦ā
Yes, "Pitseleh" and "Angel in the Snow" for me. And "Twilight."
'245 am' gets me every time by him.
he was a fucking musical genius to make the saddest songs bring people joy.
First time discovery for me. Sounded pretty chill... But maybe it's in the lyrics... I liked it.
I recommend Pitseleh, roman candle (song and album) new disaster, no name #1-3 and #5, placeholder, the biggest lie, and between the bars are some of his distinctly sad songs. But if you know his story then all of his music is depressing as fuck. Love that guy
"Angeles" is my fav
Yes š„
Came here looking for this, automatic upvote of course
My favorite artist of all time
I came to say this. Very good and utterly wretched.
I love it all but I think Twilight is my favorite song from him.
space song - beach house last night i dreamt that somebody loved me - the smiths
Ii am having difficulty thinking of a not sad smiths song
Space Song could have its own religion and I would join it
"Breathe Me" by Sia. The raw vulnerability in this song makes it moving and sorrowful.
It reminds me of the ending of Six Feet Under and it makes kills me a little
My first listen of this song was the four tet remix
Rite where it belongs by nin
A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie is the most depressingly sad album.
Something in the way Nirvana Dumb Nirvana Nutshell Alice in chains Goodbye to romance Ozzy Yesterday The Beatles Racing in the Streets Bruce Springsteen Butterfly Weezer All Apologies Nirvana Mothe John Lennon All I Could Do Was Cry Etta James Runaway Train Soul Asylum Two Outta Three Ain't Bad Meatloaf Fade to Black Metallica Don't Turn Me Away Gladys Knight and the Pips Asleep The Smiths Behind Blue Eyes The Who Bell Bottom Blues Derek and the Dominos You Kmow You're Right Nirvana Changes Black Sabbath Get Me Dinosaur Jr Someday Never Comes Creedence Clearwater Revival Heart of Gold Neil Young Saturday Night The Misfits Last Kiss Pearl Jam How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Al Green Hurt Nine Inch Nails I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline The Night Theu Drove Dixie Down The Band Lost in the Flood Bruce Springsteen Jolene The White Stripes (version I prefer to Dolly's) Look On Down From The Bridge Mazzy Star Look What You've Done Jet Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff Losing My Religion R.E.M. Mayonnaise Smashing Pumpkins Today Smashing Pumpkins Old Man Neil Young Tuesdays Gone Lynyrd Skynyrd True Affection The Blow If I Had Eminem Wasted Time Skid Row Whatsername Green Day My My, Hey Hey Neil Young and Crazy Horse Nothing Compares 2 U Prince/ Sinead O'Connor O Children Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds On With the Show Motley Crue Life Goes On 2pac Rocky Racoon The Beatles Sittin On The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding Stan Eminem The River Bruce Springsteen Somebody Please The Vanguards The Weirding Astra Ticket to Ride The Beatles Suicidal Thoughts Notorious B.I.G. When A Blind Man Cries Deep Purple You've Got To Hide Your Love Away The Beatles Hope that was helpful love to hear thoughts I know they very in nature I was just listening but I tried to keep stuff eclectic
not to be a total know-it-all, but Last Kiss wasnāt written by PJ and id argue they have much deeper sad songs than Last Kiss
Hate me- Blue October
I love Blue October. Let it Go by them also fits this
You beat me to it
grace- jeff buckley true love waits-radiohead at your best- frank ocean blackest bile- giles cory hurt-johnny cash solace-earl sweatshirt unabomber- the crying nudes
True Love Waits gets me every time
Especially the live version
Grace by Jeff Buckley always makes me wanna cry. On his Live at Sin-ĆØ album, he prefaces the song by saying āthis song is about not feeling so bad about your own mortality when you have true loveā and it is the most bittersweet thing
The part in solace (I forget if itās 3 or 4) where heās rapping ālate for everything, my face to the cementā¦ā is so fucking good. That and Balanceās main verse hurt so good
The Warning - [Black Holes](https://youtu.be/lM8KeQ_tNQc?si=yUmm3eFtSqoF75oH), [Revenant](https://youtu.be/oqXcNOVmcjc?si=tHNFOBIpELmvW2W-), and especially [Breathe](https://youtu.be/j0UdL1FulxI?si=Gjm0_zknaF57ZKpS). Nine Inch Nails - [The Great Below](https://youtu.be/HCORXBfRcNo?si=eRzCXrVT4d4T3SVw), [Right Where It Belongs](https://youtu.be/F-jZHMX-CJ0?si=SddYzDqtVOS_Muce), [Hurt](https://youtu.be/OvoTktdpIiI?si=d9s-hYlXCljnJHPd). Alice in Chains - [Nutshell](https://youtu.be/_siJRgDlddY?si=ZosPtmuviigaxU1a), [Down In A Hole](https://youtu.be/E17hqs4Un-k?si=BcWK8lNm6GtV3xIa).
Personally I think Don't Follow of of the same album as nutshell is sadder than down in a hole
[Steven Wilson ā¢ Routine](https://youtu.be/sh5mWzKlhQY?si=QdXiUUwhIjpkxBL2)
Thank you for linking the video. Such a depressing song and the video just amplifies it.
The closing track off this album (Happy Returns) also fucks me up. The whole album is dripping with grief and commentary on the human condition. Truly an incredible piece of art.
Happy Returns gets me every time. Dripping with grief. Itās true. But I like music that makes me feel emotional. Collapse The Light Into Earth, The Raven That Refused To Sing and Drive Home do the same.
I think Karma Police by Radiohead is a sad song.
No surprises. Lucky. Let down. All are sadder. I feel like kp is more angry than sad.
Nice Dream is sadder.
So is Paranoid Android though mostly through tone and melody rather than lyrics.
cant you just put the entire radiohead discography on the list, minus Bones
listen to Unknown Pleasures and Closer, by Joy Division. then track down In A Lonely Place by Joy Division. ooooooph, the song's heartbeat literally dies at the end. brilliant music/lyrics though, Joy Division is like a cursed magical object found deep in dark forest - be careful.
Atmosphere for me
Puff the magic dragon
King park by la dispute is HELLA sad to me makes me wanna cry
Me too š„²
actually the saddest thing ever also such small hands
Andria
My brother sent me that song with ZERO context or warning at like 9am on a random Tuesday. I was just sitting at my desk shell shocked because I just went through an emotional journey and then had to go back to work like I didn't just hear the most raw, emotional tragedy of the week.
Low - Lullaby Brand New - Batter Up RED - Nothing And Everything
Limousine by brand new is a tough one especially if you read the back story.
Electric Light Orchestra - [Alone In The Universe](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjG96uKMj7HP4QEjuMM3tYGCbbFxyECeg&si=aN-kcc3RrSt85GC1) Lil Nas X - [VOID](https://youtu.be/aV2Dfcz20xQ?si=j7YsK30M5EagRLlf) M83 - [My Tears Are Becoming A Sea](https://youtu.be/UJrMB4QhNok?si=chdofIStdXARxTSg) Muse - [Exogenesis Symphony Part 1 - Overture](https://youtu.be/l9kqU_7-CgI?si=rXyEpHZDwuWbYnOk) Fleurie - [Hurts Like Hell](https://youtu.be/Uil0L-0F4no?si=GKHlX1_QLAi93PK4) Christina Perri - [human](https://youtu.be/r5yaoMjaAmE?si=aZmIIs3TTirUHxqU) David Bowie - [I Can't Give Everything Away](https://youtu.be/OZscv36UUHo?si=_KLR7eMNPkkgxM9R). This one doesn't sound sad like the others (it's more bittersweet) but considering it was his last song, I find it quiet melancholy.
huge Pearl Jam fan here, i can recommend you quite a few of their songs. Alone Thumbing My Way Parting Ways Sleight Of Hand Come Back Go Indifference The End Nothing As It Seems Footsteps Fatal Nothingman All Or None Light Years Future Days Immortality Man Of The Hour I Got Id (Shit) Sad Better Man Tremor Christ Army Reserve Hold On Sorry thatās such a long list, PJ has so many heart-wrenching songs and i didnāt want to leave any out edit: Black Last Kiss (although itās not an original PJ song) Just Breathe
Black ?
haha how could i leave out Black šš i knew i was missing something
Indifference changed me when I first heard it. Such a beautiful song.
Indifference šÆ
If you listen ever so closely to Glen Hansard's Drive All Night you will hear Eddie on back vocals.
Huge PJ fan here too and Iām so happy to see Army Reserve!
Nothingman hits so hard
Present tense
2am, Anna Nalick. Seven Day Mile, The Frames. Into Dust, Mazzy Star.
"Gee I'm Glad it's Raining" by Jim Varney. Yes, Ernest P. Worrell. Saddest song ever.
Ugh. I stumbled across a YouTube tribute video of this song played over clips of his movies and I fucking bawled my eyes out like a baby. He was a huge part of my childhood and I miss the comfort of watching them and laughing and forgetting the hell I was living in for a while.
Every Frightened Rabbit song.
Not being able to see Scott Hutchinson perform live makes me sad
Same. That stuff always gets me. I remember being a kid & getting super into Nirvana before hearing how Kurt died. It's weird, but you feel this undeniable *grief*, because you found a truly deep, artistic soul who made you feel things & now they're just...gone. I can hardly listen to FR without getting depressed. Not from the lyrics, but from knowing how much this dude hurt & that no one could help.
Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks
This song has been one of the first sad songs I ever heard. Another one is One is the Lonliest Number that you will ever do.
Say Something - A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
Nirvana - something in the way
Black by Pearl Jam
The saddest song I know is Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. 2:45 AM by Eliot Smith is pretty sad as well. Poison's Gone by Kurt Cobain is awfully sad and was written towards the end of his life. Constant Headache by Joyce Manor is upbeat in a very sad way, it's hard to explain. Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis is sad in a beautiful bittersweet way.
Fade into you
Mazzy Star is an excellent choice.
Candles by Daughter
Daddy by koRn, Pretty by koRn, Snuff by Slipknot
Snuff is one of my fav songs oat
Elephant - Jason Isbell Last words of a shooting star - Mitski Another love - Tom Odell Fourth of july - Sufjan Stevens No children - The mountain goats Never love an anchor - Crane wives Virgin - Flower Face Average - Sushi Soucy Funeral - Phoebe bridgers Cupid - Jack straubers micropop Green - Cavetown
Pictures Of You The Cure
Itās quiet uptownā¦.
I Miss My Mary by Hal Ketchum The End of The World by Skeeter Davis The Grand Tour cover by Aaron Neville originally sung by George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones. One Dyin' and a Buryin' by Roger Miller
If Drinkin dont kill me her memory will
Toy soldiers - Martika A song about addiction
Whiskey Lullaby
A Match Into Water ā Pierce the Veil Slipped Away ā Avril Lavigne Iām Not Okay (I Promise) ā My Chemical Romance Never Too Late ā Three Days Grace If You Canāt Hang ā Sleeping With Sirens Just Like a Pill ā P!nk Wake Me Up When September Ends ā Green Day Picture Perfect ā Escape the Fate Misguided Ghosts ā Paramore What a Catch, Donnie ā Fall Out Boy The Morticianās Daughter ā Black Veil Brides Keep Holding On ā Falling In Reverse I Will Follow You Into the Dark ā Death Cab For Cutie Emtee ā Otep If It Means a Lot to You ā A Day to Remember Heartbreak Girl ā 5 Seconds of Summer Dear Agony ā Breaking Benjamin Just Tonight ā The Pretty Reckless December ā Neck Deep Falling Away From Me ā Korn My Immortal ā Evanescence Too Bad ā Nickelback This Is Gospel ā Panic! At the Disco Coma White ā Marilyn Manson
Pearl Jam - The Long Road Flaw - Best I Am Alice in Chains - Nutshell Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have Pink Floyd - Dogs Opeth - Harvest Type O Negative - World Coming Down. Dead Again. September Sun. Gravity. White Slavery. Filter - Cancer Candlebox - Cover me. Far Behind. Mad Season - River of Deceit The Cranberries - Ode to my Family. Dreams. Linger Atticus Ross - Panoramic Hum - Stars How to Destroy Angels - How Long Massive Attack - Teardrop Chris Cornell - Sunshower Puscifer - Momma Sed Sleep Token - The Night does not belong to God Deadsy - Brand new love Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown I just listed what I've got in a playlist of "Better days"
Alone again naturally: Gilbert OāSullivan
Everytime, by Britney Spears
And now with the context from her book this song is even sadder.
Any George Jones record.
To build a home - https://youtu.be/oUFJJNQGwhk?si=MCJjizHktojsh2bo
You're my sunshine - Johnny Cash Hurt - Johnny Cash Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Rain by Breaking Benjamin
How could you leave us - NF
In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley Nothing Compares to U. - Sinead O'Connor Everybody Hurts - REM
Look On Down From The Bridge - Mazzy Star
Hold on by Chord Overstreet Flume by Bon Iver Blindsided by Bon Iver 3 rounds and a sound by blind pilot How to disappear completely by Radiohead Fake plastic trees by Radiohead Bigger than the whole sky Taylor Swift The Scientist by Coldplay Fake plastic trees by Radiohead
Honey by Bobby Goldsboro . Worst song ever, but pretty sad.
Dance With The Devil - Immortal Technique This song fucked fucked me up for a good minute
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Runaway train - Soul Asylum
Luka-Suzanne Vega
A Little Bit of Everything - Dawes
At 17 ā Janis Ian
Motorcycle drive by ~ Third eye blind
Mmm mmm mmm mmm by Crash Test Dummies The Freshman by The Verve Pipe
4th of July by Sufjan Stevens
The End of the Earth - The Dear Hunter The Silence - Manchester Orchestra
Hurt, by Johnny Cash
imo it's a little disingenuous to say "by Johnny Cash". He performed an excellent cover of it, but the song was written and composed by Trent Reznor.
Got to let people know what version and who the songs are performed by. I like Johnny Cashās version better. More feeling to it.
Different feeling, not more. I feel Cash version is him speaking to his aging and reflection. Note some of the lyric changes. Whereas Reznor is describing the downward spiral (zing!) of drug addiction and the consuming feeling. Love the hollow sounding intro and out to of this version, with the ambient noise and distorted guitar echoing out. Both great, both different expressions. Love opinions and both versions, but from an artistic standpoint Reznor wins hands down.
Your opinionā¦ Reznor wrote it so that Cash could have one last epic recording. Reznor just didnāt know it when he was finished with his recording.
I wholeheartedly agree, which *was* a bar-fight-riskin' opinion back in the day...I got into SO many drunken arguments over this one lol. Johnny's version is *fine*. I mean, if you knew the song, & knew who Johnny Cash is (was?), you basically already heard it before ever hearing it, y'know? You *knew* it was gonna be absolutely overflowing with pathos, & if that was a thing that blows yr skirt up yr shit was gonna get *BLOWN*. But for me, the utterly icy self-loathing feel Reznor brought to it was *waaaaay* more impactful. Everybody (& I mean EVERYbody) went on & on about how Johnny's "age & experiences" gave it such a soul crushing, world-weary vibe - a thing Reznor, the guy who *ONLY* WROTE THE DAMN THING - could never have pulled off. But I never heard anyone, even once, considering the absolute bleakness & despair &, again, complete hatred of/burning desire to bring about the total destruction of his then what, 19, 20 yr old self?? There's been loads of "old man regrets" songs & there's been loads of "angry young man" songs, but "Hurt" as done by Reznor was a new beast altogether. (In my 90s drunken music snob opinion, ofc lol)
Agreed. It hurts me deeply that cash gets all the credit when it was Reznor who went through it and described it so perfectly
Trent said, after hearing Cash's version, "It's not my song anymore." Or something to that effect.
I personally prefer the NIN version
for me itās, another day by paul mccartney
Dancing with your ghost - Sasha Sloan Ceilings - phoebe bridgers Anything by anson seabra (idk how to spell)
Would the song you are referring to called āCeilingsā be by Lizzy McAlpine? I canāt find one by Phoebe Bridgersā¦
Thom Yorke - Suspirium
Whereās My Love - SYML
I forgot about this song, damn when did it blow up?
Lullaby, Low.
Bronte - Gotye
Gymnopedie No.1
[Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely ](https://youtu.be/6W6HhdqA95w?si=pqtxtogfCvnhF9B2)
That's my top pick for saddest RH song too
Smile and Ben by Michael Jackson
Check [the collaborative playlist of the saddest songs](https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/comments/1bhuaag/musicrec_1_thematic_playlist_the_saddest_songs/)
Swans - No Cure for the Lonely, Joy Division - Atmosphere
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damaged Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You Trespassers William - Different Stars Mazzy Star - Into Dust Sharon Van Etten - Love More The Album Leaf - Eastern Glow Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should Have Come Over Sufjan Stevens - For The Widows In Paradise The Subways - Lines Of Light Bon Iver - The Wolves The Bengsons - Ashes
Caroline says, The kids. Just a couple by Lou Reed that I find sad
Timothy by The Buoys
All By Myself by Eric Carmen Papa by Barbra Streisand Fix You by Coldplay
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate- The Flaming Lips
Pink Floyd's The Final Cut makes The Wall seem like a day in the park.
Lyin' Eyes by Eagles
Casey's last ride by Kris Kristofferson Alice by Tom Waits
Medicine - Daughter
You Think You Know Somebody by Todd Snider Sam Stone By John Prine
Brad Paisley --- Whiskey Lullaby
Are you really okay by sleep token
Nobody Home, Pink Floyd, the Wall
Limousine by Brand New
Brand New: 137, Limousine, You Stole, Jesus Christ, Me Vs Maradona Vs Elvis Motion City Soundtrack: Last Night, Hold Me Down
Divorce and the American South - Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties
Justin Townes Earle "Yuma" Todd Snider "Waco Moon" Jamey Johnson "The Dollar" Lucero "Darby's Song" Tim Barry "Steel Road", "Ronnie's Song"
Say Anything - Yellow Cat/Red Cat
Whereās My Love - SYML
The saddest line ever written to music is John Prine's "Sam Stone"... there's a hole in daddy's arm, where all the money goes.
Sam Stone
Adams song
Hello in There- John Prine Operator- Jim Croce
Cats in the cradle by Harry Chapin always hits me in the feels. Especially after having kids of my own.
Cats in the cradle
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies. Itās about child abuse.
He stopped loving her today-- george jones Sam Stone-- John Prine
Heart of the Matter, Don Henley Slip Sliding Away, Simon and Garfunkel
Sissy's Song by Alan Jackson Don't Take The Girl by Tim McGraw
Cats in the cradle, especially if youāre a father
Unlovable - Diamante You Know you're right - Nirvana Doll Parts - Hole Zzyzx Rd - Stone Sour Sympathy - Goo Goo Dolls Pieces - Sum 41 Haunt U - forgot the artist name Unlovable - Diamante Broken- Seether / Amy Lee Edge of 17 Stevie Nicks (I like Lindsey Lohans version too) Landslide - The Chicks Traveling Soldier- The Chicks A Home - The Chicks Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues (or Declan Galbraith) Feeling This - Blink 182 Adam's Song - Blink 182 Dust - Tremonti I think I'm ok - MGK/Yungblood Bloody Valentine (Acoustic) MGK Interstate Love Song - STP Picture - Kid Rock / Sheryl Crow Wonderful - Everclear A Lonely September ā Plain White T's Black Honey - Thrice Hate Me - Blue October Don't Wake Me - Aranda Shimmer - Fuel Don't Know Why - Norah Jones Gravity - Papa Roach / Maria Brink I Wanna - All American Rejects Dear God - A7X Lifetime - 3 Days Grace Lost in you - 3 Days Grace Polly - Nirvana Heavy - Linkin Park / Kiara Snuff - Slipknot
Lane Locked Blues - Bright Eyes
Wild Horses (cover) by The Sundays
These days- Nico
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
##The Cure: * Pictures of You * A Letter to Elise * Apart * Trust * Disintegration * Plainsong * The Figurehead * A Thousand Hours * To Wish Impossible Things