What's the saddest song you've ever heard?

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FM2n

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What is the saddest song you've ever heard?

The other night I was listening to Eva Cassidy: Songbird

Her voice resonated and it just gave me the chills (good sound system!).
 
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Skyclad1uhm1

Lifer
Aug 10, 2001
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My Dying Bride - For My Fallen Angel

As I draw up my breath,
And silver fills my eyes.
I kiss her still,
For she will never rise.

On my weak body,
Lays her dying hand.
Through those meadows of Heaven,
Where we ran.

Like a thief in the night,
The wind blows so light.
It wars with my tears,
That won't dry for many years.

"Loves golden arrow
At her should have fled,
And not Death's ebon dart
To strike her dead."
 
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Skyclad1uhm1

Lifer
Aug 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: Chompman
Originally posted by: skyking
Originally posted by: Chompman
Originally posted by: skyking
The repost song.
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Well that thread is kinda dead so it's rude to bring it back alive... :p
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a month old? It isn't even smelling yet.......
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Plus who would want to read through all the old posts? :p
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Try searching the archives, dozens of posts like this.
 
BurnItDwn

BurnItDwn

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There are a LOT of extremely depressing songs in the Metal and Goth genres.

I'd say Novembers Doom - Last God (off of the cd: The Knowing) is the saddest song I have ever heard.

.....Lyrics .......
Please take this away,
I never wanted this pain.
Why have you left me here all alone?
I will always cry for you.
Catching the fallen tears from my eyes,
dreaming of life with you,
all is lost tonight.
This pain is killing me,
there's nothing that I can do.
The visions of your face,
Makes my stomach sick.
You were stripped from me,
when my back was turned.
I should have been there for you,
It should be me that's gone.
I can't let you win,
I just won't walk away.
It's time I see the end, and leave this gift
behind. You're no friend to me,
You've caused me too much pain.
So you step beyond my grasp,
escape this last God's fate. (her)
In chambers light, you pine over me and I can only look upon you and smile.
I wish the pain would disappear.
A frigid breath on the back of your neck,
a soft glowing voice that you always hear.
I'm sorry for the pain,
I'm sorry for the lies.
with open arms, I await you.
An emptiness I can never fill,
a loss of all my being.
Carry away my lust for your taste.
A blue rose for my soiled life.
Reliving our moments over again,
consumes my every day.
No more can I keep going on with this guilt,
You've taken everything that I care about.
Eating away at my own pathetic life,
the skies have turned to blood on this very night.
I will see you again, and I tremble at the thought.
..... End Lyrics ....


That being said MDB has a ton of VERY sad songs as well.
A "runner up" would be the song "I come and stand at every door" when played by Silent Stream of Godless Elegy (from the Czech Republic). I come and stand at every door is a poem written by Nazim Hikmet.

.....Lyrics....
I come and stand at every door
But no one hears my silent prayer
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead, for I am dead

I'm only seven although I died
In Hiroshima long ago
I'm seven now as I was then
When children die they do not grow

My hair was scorched by swirling fire
My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind
Death came and turned my bones to dust
And that was scattered by the wind

I need no fruit I need no rice
I need no sweets nor even bread
I ask for nothing for myself
For I am dead, for I am dead

All that I ask for is for peace
You fight today, you fight to die
So that the children of this world
May live and grow and laugh and play
...end lyrics...
 
Analog

Analog

Lifer
Jan 7, 2002
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The End

by the Doors.


Perhaps more haunting than sad, but still a sad song.
 
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SilverThief

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How Soon Is Now - The Smiths

I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does

I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does

There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
 
IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Urge for Going - by Joanie Mitchell, Tom Rush version

I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down
When the sun turns traitor cold
and shivering trees are standing in a naked row
I get the urge for going but I never seem to go

I get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

I had me a gal in summertime
She had summer-colored skin
And not another man in town
My darling's heart could win
But when the leaves fell trembling down
Bully winds did rub their faces in the snow
She got the urge for going And I had to let her go

She got the urge for going
When the meadow grass was turning brown
Summertime was falling down and winter was closing in

The warriors of winter they gave a cold triumphant shout
And all that stays is dying and all that lives is getting out
See the geese in chevron flight flapping and racing on before the snow
They've got the urge for going, they've got the wings to go

They get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

I'll ply the fire with kindling and pull the blankets to my chin
and I'll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wandering in
I'd like to call back summertime and have her stay jut another month or so
She's got the urge for going and I guess she'll have to go

And she get the urge for going when meadow grass is turning brown
All her empires are falling down
winter's closing in
 
IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: moshquerade
sad songs say so much
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how are they any different from any other song? :confused:
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They reach into your room and every single word makes sense. Also, it's just easier to have those songs around.
 
dug777

dug777

Lifer
Oct 13, 2004
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Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: moshquerade
sad songs say so much
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how are they any different from any other song? :confused:
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They reach into your room and every single word makes sense. Also, it's just easier to have those songs around.
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:confused: whiskey tango foxtrot...

if you're sad maybe....but still :confused:
 
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