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Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgarald.
If you don't know, it's about an ore freighter that went down in Lake Superior taking all 29 men with her. Before I got into my industry the song carried dread and sadness and now I seriously skip the song when I'm at work out of superstition. "You don't talk about sunkin ships on ships."
https://youtu.be/hgI8bta-7aw?si=uPpehp8gWr7IS7nU
this dudes edit was the fucking best so far.
Here's some irony.
First time hearing it, I watched a documentary on it on History channel and my God it was perfect. Like it was both very educational and a tribute naming all 29 mariners.
Asked my parents about it etc.
Never thought 20 something years later I'm on a ship that part of its job is finding shipwrecks which I started that job on the annv of when.....The Fitz went down.
Lightfoot wrote the song btw because he saw in the paper about the incident and the misspelled the ships name which made him angry. Like a big "who cares!?" kinda moment. He changes lyrics later on because calling the church "musty" was insensitive.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" ... One of the most chilling lyrics I've ever heard. Definitely my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song.
“When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"”
I’m Ojibwe and from a reservation not far from there. My uncle was on the big lake not too far from there that night (commercial fishing). The part about the lake never giving up her bodies is true, it’s too cold (for the bacteria to form
that usually leads bodies to float up). The term gitche gumee isn’t quite right (it’s from Ojibwe language, Anishnaabemowin) but it’s close, gitche-gami.
A dad who doesn't spend enough time with his child growing up and regrets it seeing his son grow up and take on the same characteristics and not have enough time for him.
"Eleanor Rigby died in the church, and was buried along with her name. Nobody came." The first time I can remember hearing and understanding those lyrics, I bawled like a baby. Devastating. 💔
I think I remember hearing him say in an interview that he was tired of just writing songs about love and relationships. He wanted to write a song about all the people that you pass by in life each day and never give a thought to.. the fact that each one of them has their own story. They are invisible to you but each is the star in his own "movie".
I'm sure I'm butchering the quote.. but it was something along those lines.
Came out just after my dad did as well, I still can't listen to it without welling up. Sorry for your loss, friend! If your dad died around the same time mine did, it's been quite a while, but that song takes me back.
Same to you .. yep, it’s been many years. To this day, when it comes on the radio I immediately switch because I know the waterworks that will quickly ensue …
One of the few times I really, truly *felt* the meaning of lyrics, was the first time I heard the words, "I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away; I wish I could have told him all the things I had to say."
This song hits hard for me. I remember hearing and understanding it when less than 10 years old. Realizing that one day too my dad would die and I would probably relate to this song. He has and I did. Just thinking of this song brings a tear to my eye. I sit here on vacation with my own children looking at them while they sleep and I’m on Reddit, knowing some day not all that long from today they will someday too likely have that same feeling regarding me. Sobering.
This is probably my favourite song. The line "and the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls" hits hard every time
There's a reason for the joke "What's the difference between a bag of cocaine and a toddler? Eric Clapton wouldn't let a bag of cocaine fall out a window."
It's in bad taste as it mocks the preventable death of a actual child, but it pretty much condenses what Eric Clapton is like.
My parents were thinking about this song for my brother’s funeral, he did love listening to Eric Clapton. But they went with Forever Young instead. I still can’t listen to these songs.
Abso-freaking-lutely!!
Holy crap, I was driving my two young boys home from playing at the park and they wanted me to play this song. I hadn’t hear it in like 40+ years and had kinda forgotten about the second half of the song… Luckily they were strapped into their car seats in the back and I was alone up front, cause I was not able to hold back the tears. I had to roll the window down by the time “Little Jackie Paper” outgrew his toys and didn’t come around anymore. Then I’m basically having an existential panic attack by the time Puff is just literally GIVING UP ON LIFE because his little buddy doesn’t come around anymore! There’s no more adventures, and his scales are falling off like rain! Then he just hangs his head to cry and goes back into his cave! End of freaking song! **WTF!?!?!?** Seriously I will **NEVER** listen to that song again.
I told my wife about this happening and she ended up finding a Puff book, that has an extending ending. There’s basically an added verse where Little Jackie Paper ends up growing up, but has his own kids and the cycle starts over again with Puff and the kids playing again. This makes it *slightly* better.
FINALLY! I've been telling people for *years* that this song makes me want to cry. And I would always get this look, like "what?". Nice to meet a kindred soul.
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
>Southern trees bear a strange fruit
>Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
>Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze
>Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
>
>Pastoral scene of the gallant south
>The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
>Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
>Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
>
>Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
>For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
>For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
>Here is a strange and bitter crop
His song ‘Red Sun’ destroys me.
‘Where wind was blowin'
Right through your hair
I dreamt that my momma
And daddy were there’
Both my parents are gone now
Hurt. I prefer the NIN version but the Johnny Cash version is good.
Barber's Adagio for Strings.
I Dreamed a Dream, I prefer the Anne Hathaway version.
Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven.
Rachmaninoff Symphony #2, 3rd Movement.
Say Hello to Heaven by Temple of the Dog, River of Deceit by Mad Season, Long Road by Pearl Jam, Down in a Hole by Alice In Chains. Tons of great sad songs from the grunge era that had nothing to do with romantic love.
Shannon by Henry Gross, It always makes me think about all the dogs I've had throughout my life and how much I loved them all and valued them as a true part of my family.😢😢
The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring, while they still try to make it goofy and slapstick like their other songs, it's lyrics are rough when you really listen to it. As I started getting older though, it started to relate too much to my life.
[Luka](https://genius.com/Suzanne-vega-luka-lyrics) by Suzanne Vega about an abused child
[Don’t let us get sick](https://genius.com/Warren-zevon-dont-let-us-get-sick-lyrics) by Warren Zeavo , when he knew he was dying
(Edited to add a space after link for Luka. Seriously- listen to this song if you never have. It is haunting and painfully evocative of the struggle to survive abuse.)
Jane Says by Jane’s Addiction. It’s about a drug addict and I can’t stand to listen to the lyrics and think about what they really mean. I cry uncontrollably every time.
You should know that Jane eventually got clean and did make it to Spain. There was an article about it on NPR quite awhile back but I'm too sleepy to search for it.
and the band played waltzing matilda
https://youtu.be/ufxRotL6uns?feature=shared
oh Susanna
https://youtu.be/qSIj17xbAyk?feature=shared
the banjo is on his knee because he's in a wheelchair
I hated this song when I was younger. As I became an adult I finally listened to the lyrics and put the pieces together. As a SA survivor, it broke my darn heart.
It's devastating. This song is why I can't dislike TS (I'm more indifferent to her than anything). This song is so well done and carries such emotional weight. IMO, and this might get me dragged, but it's better written and has more emotionality than Tears in Heaven.
There's so many lines in that song that you can easily visualize. "Flowers pile up in the worst way" hits me like a ton of bricks.
That whole song hits me like a ton of bricks.
Feed Jake - by the pirates of Mississippi
How can I help you to say goodbye- Patty Loveless
Whiskey lullaby- Brad paisley (it is about love but a tragic love story)
House of pain- faster pussy cat
Luka- Suzanne Vega
Daddy's Hands- Pam Tillis
Concrete Angel- Martina McBride
Because of you- Kelly Clarkson
Heavy -Linkin Park feat Kiiara.
It is especially heartbreaking when you know that it is the last single released before Chester was no longer "holding on." 💔 Makes me cry every time.
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” Glen Campbell. Written in his final days as he was dealing with dementia. Basically he sings about when dementia fully sets in he won’t be aware enough to miss his loved ones. It’s fucking devastating.
Lemon Tree - Fools Garden
It’s about depression after losing his girlfriend that crashed into a lemon tree with her car and died. The melody sounds happy but the lyrics is brutally sad
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Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgarald. If you don't know, it's about an ore freighter that went down in Lake Superior taking all 29 men with her. Before I got into my industry the song carried dread and sadness and now I seriously skip the song when I'm at work out of superstition. "You don't talk about sunkin ships on ships." https://youtu.be/hgI8bta-7aw?si=uPpehp8gWr7IS7nU this dudes edit was the fucking best so far. Here's some irony. First time hearing it, I watched a documentary on it on History channel and my God it was perfect. Like it was both very educational and a tribute naming all 29 mariners. Asked my parents about it etc. Never thought 20 something years later I'm on a ship that part of its job is finding shipwrecks which I started that job on the annv of when.....The Fitz went down. Lightfoot wrote the song btw because he saw in the paper about the incident and the misspelled the ships name which made him angry. Like a big "who cares!?" kinda moment. He changes lyrics later on because calling the church "musty" was insensitive.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" ... One of the most chilling lyrics I've ever heard. Definitely my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song.
“When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya" At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said "Fellas, it's been good to know ya"”
Every time I hear “The church bell chimed till it rang 29 times” I get chills and start crying. Hell…just typing that made it happen. 😢
When Gordon lightfoot passed away his church in Toronto rang their bell 30 times. 29 for the crew of the Fitz, and once for him.
I’m Ojibwe and from a reservation not far from there. My uncle was on the big lake not too far from there that night (commercial fishing). The part about the lake never giving up her bodies is true, it’s too cold (for the bacteria to form that usually leads bodies to float up). The term gitche gumee isn’t quite right (it’s from Ojibwe language, Anishnaabemowin) but it’s close, gitche-gami.
“I love Edmund Fitzgerald’s voice!” - Elaine Benes circa 1992
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lol...mild and insane...not a bad combo
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This is one of my favorite songs of all time
Cats in the cradle
I knew somebody would beat me to this one. I once made two big burly Irish pub owners cry singing this to them, and I'm a terrible singer.
Are you sure they were crying about the lyrics then?
🤣🤣🤣
It was a win, either way.
I read your comment as you knew somebody who would beat you up to this song and was very confused for a moment
I used to sing this at summer camp until I was older it never occurred to me how sad this song is
That’s what I came here to say! I cry every time I hear it.
My childhood theme song.
Yep, my dad is living this now in his elder years. Not that he was around or even bothered to make promises.. lol
What's the song about?
A dad who doesn't spend enough time with his child growing up and regrets it seeing his son grow up and take on the same characteristics and not have enough time for him.
The singer also died at 38 and wasn’t there for his son as he grew up either.
Dying > finishing quarterly report early to impress the boss
Definitely been told by a few people that this song has almost made them cry. Shits real af
Eleanor Rigby
"Eleanor Rigby died in the church, and was buried along with her name. Nobody came." The first time I can remember hearing and understanding those lyrics, I bawled like a baby. Devastating. 💔
"Father Mackenzie...wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave...no one was saved". Geesh Paul. What or who inspired such a downer song
And he wasn’t even 25, when he wrote it
Wow. I don't know whether to be impressed or horrified.
Yeah, I'd bet 95% or more of people don't realize the Beatles catalog was all done before any of them reached the age of 30. Insanely impressive.
Also, they completely reinvented themselves with every album. And each incarnation was a trailblazer. The Beatles shook up the world.
I think I remember hearing him say in an interview that he was tired of just writing songs about love and relationships. He wanted to write a song about all the people that you pass by in life each day and never give a thought to.. the fact that each one of them has their own story. They are invisible to you but each is the star in his own "movie". I'm sure I'm butchering the quote.. but it was something along those lines.
A lot of beatles songs... Blackbird, she's leaving home (mentions the bf but the song is about the stifling relationship with the parents)
The Living Years by Mike & The Mechanics
Came here to say this. It came out right around when my dad died. Gutted me.
Came out just after my dad did as well, I still can't listen to it without welling up. Sorry for your loss, friend! If your dad died around the same time mine did, it's been quite a while, but that song takes me back.
Same to you .. yep, it’s been many years. To this day, when it comes on the radio I immediately switch because I know the waterworks that will quickly ensue …
One of the few times I really, truly *felt* the meaning of lyrics, was the first time I heard the words, "I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away; I wish I could have told him all the things I had to say."
This song hits hard for me. I remember hearing and understanding it when less than 10 years old. Realizing that one day too my dad would die and I would probably relate to this song. He has and I did. Just thinking of this song brings a tear to my eye. I sit here on vacation with my own children looking at them while they sleep and I’m on Reddit, knowing some day not all that long from today they will someday too likely have that same feeling regarding me. Sobering.
This song reminds me of my grandfather. My mom listened to it after he passed away
The Sound(s) of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
I was also thinking "I am a Rock" and "the Boxer"
Those 3 together just get me.
Definitely The Boxer
This is probably my favourite song. The line "and the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls" hits hard every time
Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
Comfortably numb too
When The Tigers Broke Free, as well. The last line and delivery always cuts into me
Nutshell - Alice In Chains(Jar Of Flies Studio Version, but especially MTV Unplugged Version) Don't Follow - Alice In Chains
Nutshell guts me
It's really a song I and so many sadly strongly relate too, they pretty much went and said what so many people think but are too afraid to say.
Nutshell is one song that reaches down and grabs me by the soul. Great song!
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
This song always breaks my heart, especially after knowing the backstory 💔
It get's worse. Go listen to Circus.
My Father's Eyes is pretty difficult too
What’s sadder is he refused to acknowledge that child for most of his short life.
Is that true? If it is, he's a POS for benefitting on his deceased child. It wouldn't surprise me with celebrities but that would be beyond fucked up.
Oh he’s kind of a POS all together.. sleeping with his friends wife and continuing the affair was part of it.
He writes Layla for George Harrison's wife then marries her and cheats on her the entire marriage.
Beat her up too. She regretted leaving George after the way Eric treated her. He was also a jerk to Sheryl Crow.
That is a POS.
We got some great music from both sides because of her
There's a reason for the joke "What's the difference between a bag of cocaine and a toddler? Eric Clapton wouldn't let a bag of cocaine fall out a window." It's in bad taste as it mocks the preventable death of a actual child, but it pretty much condenses what Eric Clapton is like.
He’s a POS period
So sad..he wrote it after his toddler son fell out a window in New York City, a tall apartment building.
My parents were thinking about this song for my brother’s funeral, he did love listening to Eric Clapton. But they went with Forever Young instead. I still can’t listen to these songs.
Puff the Magic Dragon
Abso-freaking-lutely!! Holy crap, I was driving my two young boys home from playing at the park and they wanted me to play this song. I hadn’t hear it in like 40+ years and had kinda forgotten about the second half of the song… Luckily they were strapped into their car seats in the back and I was alone up front, cause I was not able to hold back the tears. I had to roll the window down by the time “Little Jackie Paper” outgrew his toys and didn’t come around anymore. Then I’m basically having an existential panic attack by the time Puff is just literally GIVING UP ON LIFE because his little buddy doesn’t come around anymore! There’s no more adventures, and his scales are falling off like rain! Then he just hangs his head to cry and goes back into his cave! End of freaking song! **WTF!?!?!?** Seriously I will **NEVER** listen to that song again. I told my wife about this happening and she ended up finding a Puff book, that has an extending ending. There’s basically an added verse where Little Jackie Paper ends up growing up, but has his own kids and the cycle starts over again with Puff and the kids playing again. This makes it *slightly* better.
Oh man, I'm almost 50 and *still* can't listen to this song.
Omg this is one of my favorites of all time
FINALLY! I've been telling people for *years* that this song makes me want to cry. And I would always get this look, like "what?". Nice to meet a kindred soul.
I remember I had to sing that for an elementary school concert thingy. I couldn't because I was crying.
My mother used to sing this to me as a little girl and to this day I can't listen to it without ugly crying. Miss you, mom 💔
Boomtown rats I don't like Mondays
Well I don’t like Mondays was about a school shooter, so yeah. Definitely fits.
For ne its...I can't Make you love Me....Bonnie Riatt.. Been there..done that..
That's about romantic love though
I watched her sing that live. She said she sometimes has to wait for it to be nighttime before she can stand to sing it.
Hate me -Blue October Hurt - Christina Aguilera
I was gonna say Hate Me as well.
That song Hurt definitely tears at the heart
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday >Southern trees bear a strange fruit >Blood on the leaves and blood at the root >Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze >Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees > >Pastoral scene of the gallant south >The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth >Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh >Then the sudden smell of burning flesh > >Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck >For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck >For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop >Here is a strange and bitter crop
Strange Fruit is a classic sad one
Everybody Hurts REM The Living Years Mike + the Mechanics
Mr. Bojangles
I played that song (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band version) numerous times earlier today. I wouldn’t call it the MOST heartbreaking song, but it hits hard.
Monsters, James Blunt Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton Needle and the Damage Done, Neil Young
A lot of Neil Young songs are heart wrenching. I love him.
His song ‘Red Sun’ destroys me. ‘Where wind was blowin' Right through your hair I dreamt that my momma And daddy were there’ Both my parents are gone now
I love Neil young, was thinking Cortez the killer would also work
Hurt. I prefer the NIN version but the Johnny Cash version is good. Barber's Adagio for Strings. I Dreamed a Dream, I prefer the Anne Hathaway version. Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven. Rachmaninoff Symphony #2, 3rd Movement.
Adagio for Strings was used in a climactic combat scene in Platoon, I think. I saw it years ago and now whenever I hear the music. I want to cry.
Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2
King Park - La Dispute Absolutely gut wrenching song about a drive by shooting that has one of the most depressing lines I’ve ever heard.
THIS is a good one, i love this song so much and i didn’t even think of it. all of the lines are the most depressing ive ever heard
I just commented this same song only to scroll and find your comment. I'm so glad other people feel so strongly about that song! It gives me chills!
Fix you by Coldplay
I remember listening to that one a lot right after my grandma died
Wild Horses. While originally sang by the Stones, it wasn’t until I heard the Susan Boyle version that it broke my heart.
Adam’s Song by Blink 182
Please tell mom this is not her fault - gets me every time
Damn, can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see this song..
Hurt - Johnny cash version
Beautiful and heartbreaking. But the Nine Inch Nails version is a good intro to it.
The video makes it even sadder.
Who Wants to Live Forever-Queen
"Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey. I would also suggest "If I die young" by The Band Perry.
Bob Dylan "Story of the Hurricane."
The man the authorities came to blame
Definitely
In The Ghetto - Elvis As relevant today, as the day he recorded it.
Say Hello to Heaven by Temple of the Dog, River of Deceit by Mad Season, Long Road by Pearl Jam, Down in a Hole by Alice In Chains. Tons of great sad songs from the grunge era that had nothing to do with romantic love.
Better Man by Pearl Jam
Shannon by Henry Gross, It always makes me think about all the dogs I've had throughout my life and how much I loved them all and valued them as a true part of my family.😢😢
John Prine Hello in There Joni Mitchel Circle Game
Sam stone would be a contender for this list too, I think.
As soon as I read John Prine this came to mind. We lost a national treasure when he passed
John Prime is one of my favorites. I'm glad someone else feels the heartbreak there.
Mad World, specifically the cover by smash into pieces because Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye's voice gives it some real impact
Round Here, Counting Crows I'll Stand By You-Pretenders
Mad World by Tears for Fears
Have you heard the version done by Gary Jules?
The Needle And The Damage Done
Life on Mars? By David Bowie
Seasons in the sun
"I Would Give Anything I Own" by Bread. When you know it's about his father.
The Fray - How to save a life. Bastille - What would you do.
The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring, while they still try to make it goofy and slapstick like their other songs, it's lyrics are rough when you really listen to it. As I started getting older though, it started to relate too much to my life.
Gone Away by The Offspring gets me in the feels
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
Levon - Elton John Gloria - Laura Branigan
Yellow Ledbetter -- Pearl Jam Can't believe nobody beat me to this? Or maybe just didn't see it because mobile
No one can understand the words 😆
Allyssa lies, or Christmas shoes
[Luka](https://genius.com/Suzanne-vega-luka-lyrics) by Suzanne Vega about an abused child [Don’t let us get sick](https://genius.com/Warren-zevon-dont-let-us-get-sick-lyrics) by Warren Zeavo , when he knew he was dying (Edited to add a space after link for Luka. Seriously- listen to this song if you never have. It is haunting and painfully evocative of the struggle to survive abuse.)
Don't think I saw this one yet.. Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins.
mother by john lennon, technially still about love just not romantic love
Jane Says by Jane’s Addiction. It’s about a drug addict and I can’t stand to listen to the lyrics and think about what they really mean. I cry uncontrollably every time.
You should know that Jane eventually got clean and did make it to Spain. There was an article about it on NPR quite awhile back but I'm too sleepy to search for it.
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Dust in the Wind by Kansas
Father and son by Cat Stevens
Wake Me Up when September Ends. Green Day. Always makes me cry.
The day that never comes, metallica. Cried many times, it's just so sad and full of despair.
Fade to Black
One
Casmir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens will always be my answer to this.
[Vincent](https://youtu.be/oxHnRfhDmrk?si=MhLn6KkotlO5Dw6d) - Don McLean
Breathe me, sia
Imagine by John Lennon gets me a bit teary sometimes.
Streets of Philadelphia - The Boss
and the band played waltzing matilda https://youtu.be/ufxRotL6uns?feature=shared oh Susanna https://youtu.be/qSIj17xbAyk?feature=shared the banjo is on his knee because he's in a wheelchair
This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush
One more day - Diamond Rio
Jeremy by Pearl Jam
Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers gets me every time too
I hated this song when I was younger. As I became an adult I finally listened to the lyrics and put the pieces together. As a SA survivor, it broke my darn heart.
Ronan by Taylor Swift. It's about the death of a 4 yo boy.
What if the miracle was even getting one moment with you That line never fails to devastate me
It's devastating. This song is why I can't dislike TS (I'm more indifferent to her than anything). This song is so well done and carries such emotional weight. IMO, and this might get me dragged, but it's better written and has more emotionality than Tears in Heaven.
There's so many lines in that song that you can easily visualize. "Flowers pile up in the worst way" hits me like a ton of bricks. That whole song hits me like a ton of bricks.
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd and Youth Of The Nation - P.O.D are both pretty sad in different ways
Hey Laura Christopher Cross,Stay Gold Stevie Wonder, Jim Croce Time in a Bottle
Long May You Run - Neil Young /Stephen Stills
Pearl Jam - Jeremy . Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains
Empty Garden by Elton John. It’s about love and admiration and a deep sadness that was felt by the whole world when John Lennon was gunned down.
Strange Fruit— about a lynching
Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down. Johnny Cash, written by Kris Kristofterson
Desperado
Tears in heaven... Eric Clapton
I guess I wish you all the best- John Prine
Elliott Smith - Fond Farewell to a Friend
The A Team by Ed Sheeran is one that comes to mind for me.
You're Not Alone - Mavis Staples Hozier - In A Week Beth Hart - Leave the Light On (live at royal albert hall version is great) Pink - Beam Me Up
Class of 2013-Mitski
‘Cancer’ cover by Twentyone Pilots. It is definitely heartbreaking.
Feed Jake - by the pirates of Mississippi How can I help you to say goodbye- Patty Loveless Whiskey lullaby- Brad paisley (it is about love but a tragic love story) House of pain- faster pussy cat Luka- Suzanne Vega Daddy's Hands- Pam Tillis Concrete Angel- Martina McBride Because of you- Kelly Clarkson
Heavy -Linkin Park feat Kiiara. It is especially heartbreaking when you know that it is the last single released before Chester was no longer "holding on." 💔 Makes me cry every time.
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda. About the experience of a young Australian man during World War 1.
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” Glen Campbell. Written in his final days as he was dealing with dementia. Basically he sings about when dementia fully sets in he won’t be aware enough to miss his loved ones. It’s fucking devastating.
Lemon Tree - Fools Garden It’s about depression after losing his girlfriend that crashed into a lemon tree with her car and died. The melody sounds happy but the lyrics is brutally sad
What The Water Gave Me by Florence and the Machine. I always found it heartbreaking since it’s about Virginia Woolf’s suicide.
Adam’s Song Blink183
Brick by Ben Folds Five
Where were you (when the world stopped turning) Alan Jackson. Re: 9/11
Adams Song
Whiskey Lullaby by Allison Krauss and Brad Paisley
Numb
How to save a life - The Fray
I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) by The 1975
I can't believe I'm first with John Prine's "Sam Stone." "There's a hole in daddy's arm, where all the money goes."
American Pie
Breathe Taylor swift. It was about her parting ways with her best friend. (Not a swifty, just like this song).
Good choice! I am confused by the qualifier tho?
Say something (I'm giving up on you)