The Saddest Song Ever

[nickgray]

 

[matt397]

My girlfriend and I of almost 5 year broke up months ago. She said this reminded her of me/us. I can't listen to it without tearing up. I tried to learn it on guitar (got most of it down right away) but it hurts too much to play

-Brian

Did you see the movie ? Cried like a bitch through that movie lol

 

[chinnybob]

Shinji Ikari by Fightstar, Al's vocals are perfect and the outro gets me every time!

 

[Captain_Awesome]

Ain't Afraid to Die by Dir en grey, it's a very beautiful song. I remember listening to it once whilst looking out into my garden and as the final section came in after the chorus it began to gently snow, it's the closest I've come to crying at a song.

 

[Koop]

Part of what made the mist so depressing/sad is because of this song at the end. so god damn melancholic.

 

[Duelbart]

Not downright sad, but so desperate and melancholic that it gets me every time.

"And if my heart just stops, I want to know if a curtain drops"

 

[Genome]

The middle section to this from 4:36. I love the solo though, especially that Gilmour bend at 5:30

 

[Djent]

 

[brutalslam]

 

[espman]

Pulmonary Archery by Alexisonfire
No idea why, but it just gets me

 

[mcleanab]

Queen:



Eva Cassidy:



I was doing a show with a guy from Romania that was a big Sting fan... as a warm up, I started playing acoustic and singing in this huge stair case that spanned about 4 stories and had some of the most awesome natural reverb... over the course of the week, cast members would join me and we did a ton of cover tunes from Sting/Police, Melissa Etheridge, Don Henley, Marilyn Manson, U2, etc... at the closing night party, I played this Eva Cassidy version... upon hearing the first lines of the first verse, the Romanian guy leaned over and held himself up on a railing and said in a thick Romanian accent, "I think I'm going to cry..."

 

[SammyKillChambers]

Luther Vandross - To Dance With My Father

and

Faith Hill - There You'll Be.

Always strike a nerve for me.

 

[DiegusMaximus32]

"A dying god coming into human flesh" by Celtic Frost: It begins in a very morose tone but builds up it's strength which perfectly fits its theme of death(grief) and rebirth(hope) .

Big +1 to this song. So intense.

I'd say For My Father by Andy McKee (posted below). So melancholy and beautiful.

 

[Ulvhedin]

 

[Ambit]

Three saddest songs for me....

Stop Swimming - Porcupine Tree - Possibly the saddest song ever written, perfectly done.

Time Flies - Porcupine Tree - Listened to this 100000x during high school with my best friends, makes me miss those days.

Collapse the Light into the Earth - Porcupine Tree

 

[Ambit]

Oh and i forgot..

NIN - Right Where it Belongs

 

[slumber_party]

Not downright sad, but so desperate and melancholic that it gets me every time.

"And if my heart just stops, I want to know if a curtain drops"

Anything by this band. One of my favourites.

Also got me through an awful breakup at one point.

 

[brector]

Did you see the movie ? Cried like a bitch through that movie lol

No, and I don't think I ever could for that same reason lol The song is hard enough

-Brian

 

[tacotiklah]

Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky is Crying. That is my go-to song when I'm really depressed because it's usually enough to send me over the edge and bawl. Then I feel a lot better.

 

[Gothic Headhunter]

Makes me feel so sad, every time.