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What's the saddest/most moving song you've ever heard?

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No, I don't mean sad as in bad, I mean sad as in sad :(

 

 

 

Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel is one of my top contenders in this category, but I'm curious as to what others have heard.

 

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Lyrics:

 

Who will love a little Sparrow?

 

Who's traveled far and cries for rest?

 

"Not I," said the Oak Tree,

 

"I won't share my branches with

 

no sparrow's nest,

 

And my blanket of leaves won't warm

 

her cold breast."

 

 

 

Who will love a little Sparrow

 

And who will speak a kindly word?

 

"Not I," said the Swan,

 

"The entire idea is utterly absurd,

 

I'd be laughed at and scorned if the

 

other Swans heard."

 

 

 

Who will take pity in his heart,

 

And who will feed a starving sparrow?

 

"Not I," said the Golden Wheat,

 

"I would if I could but I cannot I know,

 

I need all my grain to prosper and grow."

 

 

 

Who will love a little Sparrow?

 

Will no one write her eulogy?

 

"I will," said the Earth,

 

"For all I've created returns unto me,

 

From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be."

The song you metioned is first on my list. Love that song, but it is sad :(

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One of the saddest songs I've ever heard.

Space Dye Vest is depressing, but it's not an enjoyable song. I'd go for...

 

 

 

(Ignore the video, it's some user-made thing)

 

The Cure - Untitled

 

The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

 

 

 

Those are just the songs that I love to pieces. There are sadder songs out there.

 

 

 

A few more that aren't as fantastic (but still are)

 

 

 

The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me (What a title)

 

The Smiths - I Know It's Over

 

Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

 

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning

 

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

 

The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

 

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)

 

Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio

 

 

 

I think I went more towards moving than sad.

La lune ne garde aucune rancune.

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Really sad song if you know the story behind it.

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Also, props for ASMZ.

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Here's the lyrics in English.

 

 

 

GOODBYE

 

 

 

I just wanted you to know that... perhaps it isn't the best way but... as I respected your first goodbye I hope you also respect that... er, er... that this time it's me who must leave. And I... I just hope you can admit it and find yourself and admit just a thing: I am the only one who has loved you. Goodbye.

 

 

 

Goodbye, I went far away from you...

 

I swam in the tears I cried, but I survived.

 

I just wanted to tell you

 

before leaving that someday

 

I'll love again.

 

And if I must cry till this day

 

you won't heard from me, I can assure it.

 

And if one day things go wrong

 

and you need a shoulder to cry

 

you can call...

 

 

 

Perhaps you'll want me to go back and it will be too late...

 

it will be too late...

 

Perhaps you'll want me to go back and it will be too late...

 

it will be too late...

 

 

 

Goodbye, I went far away from you...

 

I swam in the tears I cried, but I survived.

 

I just wanted to tell you

 

before leaving that someday

 

I'll love again.

 

And if I must cry till this day

 

you won't heard from me, I can assure it.

 

And if one day the things go wrong

 

and you need a shoulder to cry

 

You can call...

 

 

 

Perhaps you'll want me to go back and it will be too late...

 

it will be too late...

 

Perhaps you'll want me to go back and it will be too late...

 

it will be too late...

 

 

 

And I admit one thing... perhaps time will pass and I won't find anybody to share [my love, my life] but I'll keep on fighting... but this war between you and me... I can't tell anymore but I'll follow my path and you follow yours. Goodbye.

Can't believe noone has said Mad World by Gary Jules. It's featured in a couple of movies I believe, also some ads for games :)

 

 

 

If given the right setting, it is very sad. But if you throw it into the Gears of War ad, it kinda ruins the song...

 

 

 

I found this quite sad. I have two versions, one set in the Dead Space game and another is the original.

 

 

 

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Going Back To Rehab, by Sage Francis.

 

 

 

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It also doubles as my favourite song of all time.

Cool.

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[hide=lyrics]"I feel your eyes crawling over me

 

as though I am something more than me

 

but I dont have anything good enough to say

 

I did not make myself this way

 

 

 

I'll show you what he did but I won't take the credit

 

it's not mine anyway I just held the pen that day

 

 

 

I dont deserve this

 

this time right now is not something for which I can take a bow

 

And I dont deserve this it wasn't me

 

I cant take glory for something that I can't be

 

I dont deserve this

 

 

 

I know what perfection is like

 

I can not stand before its might

 

and i'm so far from what you think that I must be just drown myself in mercy

 

 

 

I'll show you what he did but I wont take the credit

 

it's not mine anyway I just held the pen that day

 

 

 

I dont deserve this

 

this time right now is not something for which I can take a bow

 

And I dont deserve this it wasn't me

 

I can't take glory for somethig that I can't be

 

I dont deserve this

 

 

 

I dont deserve this

 

this time right now is not something for which I can take a bow

 

I dont deserve this

 

 

 

and all the art that I supposedly create

 

is simply a faded reflection of something he's already made

 

 

 

I dont deserve this

 

this time right now is not something for which I can take a bow

 

I dont deserve this it wasn't me

 

I cant take glory for something that I can't be

 

I dont deserve this

 

 

 

I dont deserve this"[/hide]

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Might be odd choices, but the lyrics stand out for me for personal reasons.

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I agree with a lot of the ones already posted, although I'd add The Eternal to the Joy Division list. A few more:

 

 

 

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"Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo"

Yellowcard - Believe (fan-made vid)...very emotional song regarding 9/11

 

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Hm... That is indeed hard. Well, idk which to pick:

 

 

 

 

 

Fundamentally Loathsome: An amazing song, the solo really hits some chords, and it shows how [bleep]ed up society is.

 

[hide=Lyrics]I want to wake up in your white, white sun

 

I want to wake up in your world with no pain

 

But I'll just suffer in a hope to die someday

 

While you are numb all of the way

 

 

 

When I hate it I know I can feel but

 

When you love it you know it's not real

 

No

 

 

 

And I am resigned to this wicked [bleep]ing world

 

On its way to hell

 

The living are dead and

 

I hope to join them too

 

I know what to do and I do it well...

 

 

 

When I hate it I know I can feel but

 

When you love it you know it's not real

 

No

 

 

 

Shoot myself to love you

 

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Minute of Decay. Ok, you guys can all say MM sucks, and I concur as well, he has no talent to sing. But he can show his emotions in his music so well. This song is just... well mind blowing. The more i listen, the more I love.

 

[hide=Lyrics]there's not much left to love

 

tootired today to hate

 

I feel the empty

 

I feel the minute of decay

 

I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me

 

I'm on my way down

 

I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me

 

I'm on my way down

 

 

 

the minute that it's born

 

it begins to die

 

I'd love to just give in,

 

I'd love to live this lie

 

 

 

I've been to black and back

 

I've whited out my name

 

a lack of pain, a lack of hope,

 

a lack of anything to say

 

there is no cure for what is killing me

 

 

 

the minute that it's born

 

it begins to die

 

I'd love to just give in,

 

I'd love to live this lie

 

 

 

I'm on my way down

 

I've looked ahead and saw a

 

world that's dead

 

I guess that I am too

 

 

 

[chorus]

 

 

 

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Man That You Fear. All of these songs are Manson, but this has to be my top most sad\moving song. It's based off of the short story The Lottery. But tbh, this is much more sad if you don't read the story. (Though you should, by Shirley Jackson.)

 

 

 

[hide=Lyrics]"Man That You Fear"

 

 

 

The ants are in the sugar

 

The muscles atrophied

 

We're on the other side, the screen is us and we're t.v.

 

Spread me open,

 

Sticking to my pointy ribs

 

Are all your infants in abortion cribs

 

I was born into this

 

Everything turns to [cabbage]

 

The boy that you loved is the man that you fear

 

 

 

Pray until your number,

 

Asleep from all your pain,

 

Your apple has been rotting

 

Tomorrow's turned up dead

 

 

 

I have it all and I have no choice but to

 

I'll make everyone pay and you will see

 

You can kill yourself now

 

Because you're dead

 

In my mind

 

The boy that you loved is the monster you fear

 

 

 

Peel off all those eyes and crawl into the dark,

 

You've poisoned all of your children to camouflage your scars

 

Pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear

 

Pray your life was just a dream

 

The cut that never heals

 

Pray now baby, pray your life was just a dream

 

 

 

(I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot escape)

 

 

 

Pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed

 

Someone had to go this far

 

I was born into this

 

Everything turns to [cabbage]

 

The boy that you loved is the man that you fear

 

 

 

Peel off all those eyes and crawl into the dark,

 

You've poisoned all of your children to camouflage your scars

 

Pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear

 

Pray your life was just a dream

 

The cut that never heals

 

Pray now baby, pray your life was just a dream

 

The world in my hands, there's no one left to hear you scream

 

There's no one left for you

 

 

 

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed song is a lot more sad if you don't know that XD[/hide]

 

 

 

And non MM saddest song... tbh, Maps. by YYYs, cliche now because of Rock Band. But I still love the song. I liekd it before the phenomenom, and still love it. The voice is... intoxicating.

 

 

 

But I don't rly listen to sad music, MM is enough for me.

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Can't believe noone has said Mad World by Gary Jules. It's featured in a couple of movies I believe, also some ads for games :)

 

 

 

If given the right setting, it is very sad. But if you throw it into the Gears of War ad, it kinda ruins the song...

 

 

 

I found this quite sad. I have two versions, one set in the Dead Space game and another is the original.

 

 

 

[hide=Dead Space Mad World][yt]hlKO6MCsyig[/yt][/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Mad World Original][yt]4N3N1MlvVc4[/yt][/hide]

 

 

 

I love that song. First time I heard it, it was for a Gears of War teaser.

 

 

 

I don't know what the saddest song I've ever heard. A lot of people in general call my music (indie rock) very depressing and stuff.

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Can't believe noone has said Mad World by Gary Jules. It's featured in a couple of movies I believe, also some ads for games :)

 

 

 

If given the right setting, it is very sad. But if you throw it into the Gears of War ad, it kinda ruins the song...

 

 

 

I found this quite sad. I have two versions, one set in the Dead Space game and another is the original.

 

 

 

[hide=Dead Space Mad World][yt]hlKO6MCsyig[/yt][/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Mad World Original][yt]4N3N1MlvVc4[/yt][/hide]

 

The original song is by Tears For Fears, I actually really like the song.

 

 

 

The saddest song? I'm not sure what it is for me.

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Alice in Chains' "Down in a Hole", Simon and Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes" or Gary Jewels' "Mad World".

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Tiny Vessels by Death Cab for Cutie

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Can't believe noone has said Mad World by Gary Jules. It's featured in a couple of movies I believe, also some ads for games :)

 

 

 

If given the right setting, it is very sad. But if you throw it into the Gears of War ad, it kinda ruins the song...

 

 

 

I found this quite sad. I have two versions, one set in the Dead Space game and another is the original.

 

 

 

[hide=Dead Space Mad World][yt]hlKO6MCsyig[/yt][/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Mad World Original][yt]4N3N1MlvVc4[/yt][/hide]

 

The original song is by Tears For Fears, I actually really like the song.

 

 

 

The saddest song? I'm not sure what it is for me.

 

 

 

Listening to it right now. Love it, even though it does make me kinda sad. It's kinda puzzling, but you eventually work out what he's singing about.

 

 

 

Yeah, it was a Tears for Fears cover I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong :)

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Cage is the king of depressing rap, esp. his new album. =/

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