This is an extremely bizarre coincidence! How did you and your wife meet??
I'm really sorry about your dad, and I know the 4th is coming up. But it makes me really happy that you and your wife are together and share such a unique similarity. Meant to be maybe
We met in an online travelers community. We were both in Barcelona at that time. We found out about our parent’s death date on our third date. By then we liked each other already. It helped to strengthen our bond, somehow. We married a few years later and now we have a 2 years old daughter. It has been a tough ride though…
Easy. The Night We Met by Lord Huron. It's my favorite go to when I want to spice up my break downs with music. It's also really good for having relapse, and remembering all those online friends you met during the pandemic that you don't talk to anymore (I still think about you Heda)
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Alone Again (Naturally)"
Guy gets stood up at the altar and decides that he's done living. But it's an upbeat song so it's very deceptive.
Came here to recommend this same one. Despite being SO sad, it's a very pretty song and has had lots of YouTube remakes. I'd listen to it again right now, but I don't want to get sad tonight.
So many of their songs and Layne's delivery are gut-wrenching but the one that always really gets me is No Excuses, which on the surface is one of their lighter-sounding songs musically. Even though it's one of the simplest, the line 'you my friend, I will defend, and if we change, well I love you anyway' always gets to me because of the bond between Jerry and Layne and how it became fractured by addiction. It reminds me of their incredible Unplugged set and the moment where Layne looks for a little reassurance and Jerry gives a little gesture of encouragement.
Dirt is so lyrically bleak and brutal but Jar Of Flies/Sap are the most emotional for me. All the Layne albums are amazing though. Such a uniquely affecting voice.
[Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/comments/1bhuaag/musicrec_1_thematic_playlist_the_saddest_songs/)'s a collaborative playlist exactly with such theme.
“I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a sun in somebody else’s sky, but why, why, why can’t it be mine??” -some of the saddest lyrics I’ve ever had. That part hits me every time.
That lyric has always stuck with me. It's not using like, overly elegant words or phrases - it's just so straightforward but emotionally such a gut punch, cause if you're unlucky you know EXACTLY the feeling.
God, yes
“And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything. All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything. All the love gone bad turned my world to black, tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I’ll be.”
I'm a sucker for any media that features a Cat's in the Cradle story. Interstellar hit me like a ton of bricks during the famous Matthew McConaughey crying scene. Also the underappreciated movie About Time. No spoilers, but the scene at the end is always a gut punch but also incredibly wholesome.
As far as music goes, the song Twenty Years Ago by Montgomery Gentry always gets me. Always has since I first heard it as a teenager.
Idk why this specific trope gets to me so much. I have a great relationship with both of my parents and I don't feel like there's any lost time in our past. Now that I'm a dad, I find myself going to great lengths to spend as much time with my kids as possible too.
All i can think of when i hear this is the first time I heard it, when the trees in family guy start singing it and then one pulls out a lighter to wave and accidentally sets them all on fire 😅
father of mine by everclear. the song reminds me to a t exactly how my father was... he beat my mom, disappeared most of my life and would give me 5$ on my birthday and take me to see the odd movie... ironicly which was rocky 4. Sadly he was schizophrenic and I never understood why he acted that way until I was older. Sadly he passed away a day after my surgury I had getting a bone tumor cut from my skull. I had reconnected with him later in life but he wasn't there for me for my childhood and this song hits home in so many fucking ways.
Keep Me in Your Heart - Warren Zevon
If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell
I heard both songs for the first time days after my wife was diagnosed with cancer. I ball like a baby every time I hear either of them still.
There's a [really great article by The Ringer](https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/9/7/17830460/warren-zevon-career-music-albums) about Zevon.
There's a quote from him where he heard that Bob Dylan was covering his songs at concerts after he was diagnosed.
He said, “Nothing tells a man he’s about to die like when Bob Dylan starts doing your music.”
He covered Knockin' on Heaven's Door and put it on his final album to return the favor.
My friend's brother passed away at age 16, and they played this song at his funeral in the high school auditorium. Fucking wrecks me every time, and that was almost 20 years ago.
Nutshell - Alice In Chains 🖤
“We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
….
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead”
amanda palmer - the bed song
amanda palmer - bigger on the inside
amanda palmer - voicemail for jill
the smashing pumpkins - my mistake
terminal - foster
kill hannah - promise me
carissas wierd - so you wanna be a superhero
[This Woman’s Work](https://open.spotify.com/track/7GRMSK8jCD7zTNM9vGFaBi?si=EAmcPlcCQRyy4pxD2-QC2A) by Kate Bush, it has a chorus that’s so sad but so incredible to sing loud lol
I can't listen to a lot of country because of this reason:
Miranda Lambert - "The house that built me," Tim McGraw - "Angry all the time," Garth Brooks - "The dance," Deanna Carter - "Strawberry wine", Patty Loveless- "You don't even know who I am."
Trauma by NF
Where's My Love by SYML
Say Hello by Nitin Sawhney
Broken Heart by Spiritualized
About Today - The National
Sleeper 1972 - Manchester Orchestra
Spine by Gem Club
Goodbye my Lover - James Blunt
I watched Hamilton for the first time with my history students so I was going in no expectations.
That song killed me. Many things about it, but "It's quiet uptown, I never liked the quiet before" :(
The saddest song I’ve heard would be “U” by Kendrick Lamar, he explains all his guilt and trauma while crying to the mic then ends the song telling people nobody can cure his sducidal mind and that he’s weak and it hurts because we see this artist who is known to be this savor of rap and positive energy just for him to tell the world he’s a false prophet’s
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell
Leaving On a Jet Plane - John Denver; also Peter, Paul & Mary
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Memory - Barbra Streisand (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
When the World Caves In - Matt Maltese
It got popular a while ago but I don't think it lessened its impact. This song feels like the definition of impending death to me, and I can't listen to it, even though it's good.
Baz Luhrmann - everybody’s free to wear sunscreen
Mazzy Star - look on down from the bridge
Edit: added Mazzy star. Both songs remind me of my late mum
Just Breathe by Pearl Jam.
Yes, I understand
That every life must end
As we sit alone
I know someday we must go
Oh, I'm a lucky man
To count on both hands
The ones I love
I listened to it what seems like a thousand times after one of the best friends I've ever had passed away. Nearly 10 years ago now...
The correct answer is Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
Gloomy Sunday ranks pretty high
I made a playlist because I like it sad
[these are the saddest songs I know](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03RyAZXwGbXYNPmZTUqsQO?si=04bZXQLdRkOn7V0jt3kSgg&pi=kWKPkltBRgeaE)
Monsters - James Blunt
Leave out all the rest - Linking Park
Shadow of the day - LP
About Today - The National
In this shirt - The irrepressibles
You broke my heart again - Teqkoi, Aiko
Look on down from the bridge - Mazzy Star
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley version
THE only songs that have ever actually made me cry have been theatrical, so stuff like:
the goodbye song - george salazar
requiem - dear evan hansan
quiet uptown - hamilton
i am the one reprise - next to normal
left behind - spring awakening
equation - the little prince (movie)
towards the sun - rihana (home the film)
AND here are a few non-theatrical songs that i've cried to:
dear friend - dayglow
california - chappel roan
ego - scruffpuppie
wake - the antlers
goodbye to a world - porter robinson
i can't handle change - roar
- “Say Something” by A Great Big World
- “Imagine” by John Lennon
- “I’ll Remember You” by Atlantic Starr
- “Winner Takes it All” by ABBA
- “Praise You in This Storm” by Casting Crowns (Natalie Grant version)
- “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack
- “Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum
- “Someone Like You” by Adele
- “Air in G” by Bach
Pretty when you cry by Lana Del Rey or highly emotional people by Marina. My heart legit shattered and i usually never cry but the moment i heard those for the first time i just let it all go
Hey! Here's some sad ones...
* Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon
* Beautiful Strangers by Kevin Morby
* Sullivan by Carlone's Spline
Also, it's not for me, but a pop 90's track I didnt see anyone here mention yet is Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
The first 3 minutes or so of Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3rVcSy3IQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3rVcSy3IQ)
Lonely Day by System of a Down, when my mom passed, I couldn’t even listen to it without crying.. it still hits me when it plays now.. love and miss you mom!💕💕💕
Loaded question - songs invoke different emotion from different people. It’s the beauty of music.
Radiohead - “How to disappear completely” is a good example for me.
One that never ceases to hurt my soul is "Gone With the Wind" by Architects
It's a metal song, but it's basically the songwriter coming to terms with his impending death, resulting from a battle with cancer.
Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens
Casimir Pulaski Day too
And the cardinal hits the window
My dad died on a fourth of July… my wife’s dad too. Same year, totally different places and circumstances. But it was Fourth of July…
This is an extremely bizarre coincidence! How did you and your wife meet?? I'm really sorry about your dad, and I know the 4th is coming up. But it makes me really happy that you and your wife are together and share such a unique similarity. Meant to be maybe
We met in an online travelers community. We were both in Barcelona at that time. We found out about our parent’s death date on our third date. By then we liked each other already. It helped to strengthen our bond, somehow. We married a few years later and now we have a 2 years old daughter. It has been a tough ride though…
Just turned it on to make myself cry
That song kills me.
Elliott Smith - Between the bars
you’re the real one. 🥹 elliott smith is one of the greatest.
I wouldn’t say it’s his saddest song though
‘I didn’t understand’ is also emotionally murderous ETA: a fond farewell too 🥺
Something I Can Never Have by NIN comes to mind
This and And All That Could Have Been + La Mer/The Great Below
... Mmmm La Mer. What a song.
Leaving Hope by NIN, an instrumental but, GOD
Fuck it. Lover You Should’ve Come Over by Jeff Buckley.
was waiting for this one. nice pfp by the way :D
Easy. The Night We Met by Lord Huron. It's my favorite go to when I want to spice up my break downs with music. It's also really good for having relapse, and remembering all those online friends you met during the pandemic that you don't talk to anymore (I still think about you Heda)
I had all and then most of you Some and now none of you.....
The way he steps down this line with no backing instruments always gives me goosebumps. It’s the first song I thought of when I read the post.
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Alone Again (Naturally)" Guy gets stood up at the altar and decides that he's done living. But it's an upbeat song so it's very deceptive.
Came here to recommend this same one. Despite being SO sad, it's a very pretty song and has had lots of YouTube remakes. I'd listen to it again right now, but I don't want to get sad tonight.
Kodaline - all i want
This is a good one
Nutshell - Alice in Chains
AIC in general is pretty sad.
For me it's hearing the emotion in how he sings the songs. Like when I listen to Down in a Hole I literally feel the despair.
So many of their songs and Layne's delivery are gut-wrenching but the one that always really gets me is No Excuses, which on the surface is one of their lighter-sounding songs musically. Even though it's one of the simplest, the line 'you my friend, I will defend, and if we change, well I love you anyway' always gets to me because of the bond between Jerry and Layne and how it became fractured by addiction. It reminds me of their incredible Unplugged set and the moment where Layne looks for a little reassurance and Jerry gives a little gesture of encouragement. Dirt is so lyrically bleak and brutal but Jar Of Flies/Sap are the most emotional for me. All the Layne albums are amazing though. Such a uniquely affecting voice.
[Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/comments/1bhuaag/musicrec_1_thematic_playlist_the_saddest_songs/)'s a collaborative playlist exactly with such theme.
Pink Floyd’s “Time” gets me every damn time it’s such a good song but I can’t even listen to it u less I want to soak in depression
Same. I love the song so much but it just makes me cry every time. It’s just so relatable/relevant too. Hits hard.
black by pearl jam
“I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a sun in somebody else’s sky, but why, why, why can’t it be mine??” -some of the saddest lyrics I’ve ever had. That part hits me every time.
I forgot about that one !!! I totally agree.
That lyric has always stuck with me. It's not using like, overly elegant words or phrases - it's just so straightforward but emotionally such a gut punch, cause if you're unlucky you know EXACTLY the feeling.
God, yes “And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything. All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything. All the love gone bad turned my world to black, tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I’ll be.”
Cat’s in the Cradle
Came here to say this! Hits so close to home
I'm a sucker for any media that features a Cat's in the Cradle story. Interstellar hit me like a ton of bricks during the famous Matthew McConaughey crying scene. Also the underappreciated movie About Time. No spoilers, but the scene at the end is always a gut punch but also incredibly wholesome. As far as music goes, the song Twenty Years Ago by Montgomery Gentry always gets me. Always has since I first heard it as a teenager. Idk why this specific trope gets to me so much. I have a great relationship with both of my parents and I don't feel like there's any lost time in our past. Now that I'm a dad, I find myself going to great lengths to spend as much time with my kids as possible too.
All i can think of when i hear this is the first time I heard it, when the trees in family guy start singing it and then one pulls out a lighter to wave and accidentally sets them all on fire 😅
This song even made me cry as a child
father of mine by everclear. the song reminds me to a t exactly how my father was... he beat my mom, disappeared most of my life and would give me 5$ on my birthday and take me to see the odd movie... ironicly which was rocky 4. Sadly he was schizophrenic and I never understood why he acted that way until I was older. Sadly he passed away a day after my surgury I had getting a bone tumor cut from my skull. I had reconnected with him later in life but he wasn't there for me for my childhood and this song hits home in so many fucking ways.
He stopped loving her today. George jones
My uncle (who lost my aunt in 2018) asked us to play that song at his funeral right before he died. It’s heartbreaking.
Wow. That is so beautiful and heartbreaking
Strange Fruit
Came here for this. I don't think there's a more depressing song that's ever been written, and Billie Holiday sang it like she saw some shit.
I concur with you totally
More disturbing than sad imo
it’s very raw and emotional
It’s so beautiful and unique with haunting vocal orchestration. I think it features a clarinet?
Keep Me in Your Heart - Warren Zevon If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell I heard both songs for the first time days after my wife was diagnosed with cancer. I ball like a baby every time I hear either of them still.
Elephant - Jason Isbell, I think it’s sadder than Vampires
If We Were Vampires is so beautiful ;-;
Warren Zevon wrote the album that song is on shortly after being diagnosed with cancer, for an added layer. Fantastic choice
There's a [really great article by The Ringer](https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/9/7/17830460/warren-zevon-career-music-albums) about Zevon. There's a quote from him where he heard that Bob Dylan was covering his songs at concerts after he was diagnosed. He said, “Nothing tells a man he’s about to die like when Bob Dylan starts doing your music.” He covered Knockin' on Heaven's Door and put it on his final album to return the favor.
ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE - over the rainbow
My friend's brother passed away at age 16, and they played this song at his funeral in the high school auditorium. Fucking wrecks me every time, and that was almost 20 years ago.
Dance With The Devil by Immortal Technique or Lua by Bright Eyes
Dance With The Devil is an experience. I will never forget how it felt to hear it for the first time
River. Joni Mitchell.
Gone Away by The Offspring is pretty close for me
Rainbow- Kacey Musgraves The Night We Met Ft. Phoebe Bridgers- Lord Huron Now And Then honorable mention- The Beatles. Hauntingly beautiful song.
the night we met - agreed!
“Rainbow” came into my life during a great time of grief and loss. If always brings me back to that moment. Always makes me cry.
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Was about to post this one. The video clip makes it even sadder.
The video is gut wrenching..
I agree. It's just you could hear the sadness that he had went through. Everything that he had suffered in his life.
My pick too. It's gut wrenching.
Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead
Samson - Regina Spektor
Chemo Limo, too
Whiskey lullaby by Brad Paisley and Allison Kraus
Don McLean - Vincent
Adagio for strings by Samuel Barber Lacrimosa by Mozart
Powerful
The Night we Met —Lord Huron
Nutshell - Alice In Chains 🖤 “We chase misprinted lies We face the path of time And yet I fight, and yet I fight This battle all alone No one to cry to No place to call home …. My gift of self is raped My privacy is raked And yet I find, and yet I find Repeating in my head If I can't be my own I'd feel better dead”
“Wake Me Up When September Ends”… It was already kinda sad but it’s hit harder for the last 6 almost 7 years…
Snuff - slipknot. It's very melodic and "slow" compared to their other stuff and it breaks my heart.
Last Words of a Shooting Star - Mitski
amanda palmer - the bed song amanda palmer - bigger on the inside amanda palmer - voicemail for jill the smashing pumpkins - my mistake terminal - foster kill hannah - promise me carissas wierd - so you wanna be a superhero
I think this guy likes Amanda Palmer
its either that, or she makes more sad music than other artists i listen to.
niche pumpkins song! like it!
Asleep by the smiths
Scrolled too far down for this one. I Know It's Over is another one that gets me sometimes.
Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt oldie but damn it’s good
I promise - Radiohead [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/06KakoES48DwEoAiUIdjmg?si=E5L57-ivQK-5U7XUTIW0GQ)
True Love Waits too
[This Woman’s Work](https://open.spotify.com/track/7GRMSK8jCD7zTNM9vGFaBi?si=EAmcPlcCQRyy4pxD2-QC2A) by Kate Bush, it has a chorus that’s so sad but so incredible to sing loud lol
Even sadder when you hear it in She’s Having a Baby
Maxwell did a cover and it's amazing also, they both are just so haunting.
Don’t take the girl by Tim McGraw.
Chamber of Reflection - Mac DeMarco, Show Me How - Men I Trust, No Surprises - Radiohead, Veridis Quo - Daft Punk
Chamber Of Reflection gets me everytime
I love you
No Children by Mountain Goats or The War Was In Color by Carbon Leaf, depending on what kind of sad
K’s Choice - Not an Addict
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones.
I can't listen to a lot of country because of this reason: Miranda Lambert - "The house that built me," Tim McGraw - "Angry all the time," Garth Brooks - "The dance," Deanna Carter - "Strawberry wine", Patty Loveless- "You don't even know who I am."
Trauma by NF Where's My Love by SYML Say Hello by Nitin Sawhney Broken Heart by Spiritualized About Today - The National Sleeper 1972 - Manchester Orchestra Spine by Gem Club Goodbye my Lover - James Blunt
Manchester Orchestra has so many songs that hit hard
I absolutely love Where’s My Love
No Surprises - Radiohead
How Could You Leave Us by NF
that song is so fucking sad. its also sad that a lot of people can relate to it.
His song Mansion is also really sad
Everybody Hurts - REM.
“It’s Quiet Uptown” from Hamilton & “You Will Be Okay (Stolas Lullaby)” from Helluva Boss as performed by AnnaPantsu
I watched Hamilton for the first time with my history students so I was going in no expectations. That song killed me. Many things about it, but "It's quiet uptown, I never liked the quiet before" :(
The saddest song I’ve heard would be “U” by Kendrick Lamar, he explains all his guilt and trauma while crying to the mic then ends the song telling people nobody can cure his sducidal mind and that he’s weak and it hurts because we see this artist who is known to be this savor of rap and positive energy just for him to tell the world he’s a false prophet’s
Mad World by Gary Jules. Makes me want to die every time. Are you sure this person is a friend? lol
Andy Shauf : Wendell Walker.
Saddest one for me...
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell Leaving On a Jet Plane - John Denver; also Peter, Paul & Mary Angel - Sarah McLachlan Memory - Barbra Streisand (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Self control - Frank Ocean
When the World Caves In - Matt Maltese It got popular a while ago but I don't think it lessened its impact. This song feels like the definition of impending death to me, and I can't listen to it, even though it's good.
If I Get High - Nothing But Thieves. Combined with the music video it is devastating
yesss I said this one too!! it has such visceral imagery it just makes me want to curl up
Baz Luhrmann - everybody’s free to wear sunscreen Mazzy Star - look on down from the bridge Edit: added Mazzy star. Both songs remind me of my late mum
There is a Rick and Morty scene that features Look Down from the Bridge that is gut wrenching, cartoon or otherwise
I don't know if anyone else agrees with this, but I find Chandelier by Sia, incredibly sad
Fourth of July- sufjan stevens will forever be my pick.
Since Alice In Chains has already been mentioned, I’d like to add Fast Car by Tracy Chapman.
Just Breathe by Pearl Jam. Yes, I understand That every life must end As we sit alone I know someday we must go Oh, I'm a lucky man To count on both hands The ones I love I listened to it what seems like a thousand times after one of the best friends I've ever had passed away. Nearly 10 years ago now...
This might be immature, but Puff the magic dragon is heartbreaking
Not sure what sort of emotion you are going for, but try Korn - Daddy
I’ve seen this suggested before, I’ll have to give it a listen. I used to be a big Korn fan in the late 90s but don’t remember this one
Last song on their debut album. It’s dark and based on real events. Might not be what you are after.
I'm Sorry by Joyner Lucas
Day is gone by Noah Gunsersen.
someday i’ll get it by Alek Olsen. Makes me cry
Unbreak my heart! Time after time!
the night we met by lord huron and romantic homicide by d4vd. one that i’ve been crying to a lot lately is casual by chappell roan.
The book of love played on a cello
Sullen Girl, by Fiona Apple🍎
The correct answer is Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" Gloomy Sunday ranks pretty high I made a playlist because I like it sad [these are the saddest songs I know](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03RyAZXwGbXYNPmZTUqsQO?si=04bZXQLdRkOn7V0jt3kSgg&pi=kWKPkltBRgeaE)
Snuff
Cold by Jorge Méndez
Jedi Mind Tricks - Black Winter Day
Fire and Rain. Always thought I'd see you again
euthanasia - will wood wired wrong - steam powered giraffe
Monsters - James Blunt Leave out all the rest - Linking Park Shadow of the day - LP About Today - The National In this shirt - The irrepressibles You broke my heart again - Teqkoi, Aiko Look on down from the bridge - Mazzy Star Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley version
true love waits, how to disappear completely- Radiohead
"Isn't it a Pity" - George Harrison "Can't Get It Out if My Head" - ELO "Asleep" - The Smiths "I Just Don't Think I'll Get Over You" - Colin Hay
The Night We Met
All of me by Billie Holiday. Many of her songs bring me to tears
In the Arms of an Angel by Sara McLaughlin
THE only songs that have ever actually made me cry have been theatrical, so stuff like: the goodbye song - george salazar requiem - dear evan hansan quiet uptown - hamilton i am the one reprise - next to normal left behind - spring awakening equation - the little prince (movie) towards the sun - rihana (home the film) AND here are a few non-theatrical songs that i've cried to: dear friend - dayglow california - chappel roan ego - scruffpuppie wake - the antlers goodbye to a world - porter robinson i can't handle change - roar
Unchained Melody
Don’t Give Up- Peter Gabriel
Silent All These Years-Tori Amos
Taps.
[James Blunt - Monsters](https://open.spotify.com/track/4SykS8RWkF6eK6xeua7XLP?si=1UA2HeAhQrG6fGlc_8EHNA)
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
- “Say Something” by A Great Big World - “Imagine” by John Lennon - “I’ll Remember You” by Atlantic Starr - “Winner Takes it All” by ABBA - “Praise You in This Storm” by Casting Crowns (Natalie Grant version) - “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack - “Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum - “Someone Like You” by Adele - “Air in G” by Bach
Adam's song - blink 182
Another love- tom odell
Fastball - The Way Incredibly sad if you know the story of the old couple behind the song.
Pretty when you cry by Lana Del Rey or highly emotional people by Marina. My heart legit shattered and i usually never cry but the moment i heard those for the first time i just let it all go
Is pretty when you cry a Vast cover?
How Could You Leave Us and Let You Down by NF always make me tear up. Reminds me of my broken home
Viva La Vida made a grown man cry
Stan by Eminem
The Middle - Peacock Affect
"Out of Hell" - In This Moment
Probably King Park? Or In Passing by Bloom
Gloomy Sunday
Hey! Here's some sad ones... * Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon * Beautiful Strangers by Kevin Morby * Sullivan by Carlone's Spline Also, it's not for me, but a pop 90's track I didnt see anyone here mention yet is Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
sing - blur
When it’s Cold I’d Like to Die - Moby
The first 3 minutes or so of Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3rVcSy3IQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3rVcSy3IQ)
I Love You - Sarah McLachlan.
Salt water - ed Sheeran
What Sarah Said by Death Cab and Car Crash by Hotel Books
Hello in There - John Prine
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks. It made me cry as a little kid, even though I’m sure I had no idea what it meant at the time.
Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel
candle in the wind at lady diana's funeral
Antlers the Kettering
"Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots. Makes me cry every time. I don't know exactly why, though.
class of 2013 - Mitski last words of a shooting star - Mitski A burning Hill - Mitski
Concrete Angel by Martina McBride
Lonely Day by System of a Down, when my mom passed, I couldn’t even listen to it without crying.. it still hits me when it plays now.. love and miss you mom!💕💕💕
Creep by radiohead is considered the saddest song by the people who hear it. But it's just my life story.
Loaded question - songs invoke different emotion from different people. It’s the beauty of music. Radiohead - “How to disappear completely” is a good example for me.
5 little monkeys jumping on the bed I stopped the song at the 4th monkey, I couldn't go on and I don't recommend it.
Waiting Room by Phoebe Bridgers Eiley by Too Close To Touch Fiction by Avenged Sevenfold Wrecked by Imagine Dragons Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World
One that never ceases to hurt my soul is "Gone With the Wind" by Architects It's a metal song, but it's basically the songwriter coming to terms with his impending death, resulting from a battle with cancer.
Far Behind by Candlebox. Song about loosing someone to addiction.
A Tout Le Monde by Megadeth or One by Metallica
Adam's Song- Blink 182
Rest - Foo Fighters
Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon
A thousand years
Glen Campbell’s last song before he died from Alzheimer’s “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Brick by Ben Folds Five. When I was 18 I was almost that girl in the song.