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This was brought up the other day in conversation, so I'm asking you all...IYO, what is the saddest song ever written?

This one is a bit sad and VERY deep. Johnny Cash's 'hurt' gets my vote. *Can't think of much more really*

Johnny Cash's song Jacob Green (not to be confused with a tongue-in-cheek song of his called Joe Green) get's my vote.

Say Anything By X Japan, Endless Rain by X Japan, and Ain't Afraid to Die by Dir en Grey

narutofreak wrote:Say Anything By X Japan, Endless Rain by X Japan, and Ain't Afraid to Die by Dir en Grey

Agreed. There are others too, but i'm too lazy to think of them right now. Those, though, are deffinetly up there.

I'd vote for "Say Goodbye" from Skillet. It doesn't sound sad, but if you read the lyrics, yeah.

One that's up there is "Police And Peremedics" by Slow Coming Day.

Destroyer, do you mean the song that makes us sad, sounds sad, or has sad lyrics? I'm not sure.

How to Save a Life by the Fray
Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
Hate Me by Blue October

I don't know if I could pick just one, but Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers

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KBMaster wrote:Last Kiss by Pearl Jam

haha, 3 minutes before me..
Personally, I prefer the original rendition.. =)

What would you do by City High. The lyrics aren't exactly clean per se, but there isn't any cursing or stuff. It's just incredibly depressing to listen to. :1

How about Carl Orff's O Fortuna. It's about the merciless progression and brutality of fate.

"Merry Go Round" by The Monkees. Someone has left the titular ride running - empty and unattended - the night before it's to be dismantled to make room for a new perking lot.

Project 86's From December, Snow Patrol's Run and Chasing Cars top my list, but the saddest musical number would have to be Marty O'Donnell's Unforgotten from the Halo 2 Soundtrack (the longer version is on Vol. 2).

'Amy in the White Coat' by Bright Eyes is really sad... but that's just because I can relate a bit.

A lot of Bright Eyes stuff is amazingly deep and sad. the song, "It's Okay, We can Still be Friends," is like...pure emotion. You can even hear the singer sort of degrading to nothing...you can tell he's deeply sad.

I would say a lot of things by Mark Shultz always brings tears to my eyes...

Letters From War- Uh..yup totally cried..
I have been there- I could have passed for a fountain
He's My son- gaahh... Father/ Child relationships ALWAYS get to me

Butterfly Kisses- BAhh... I bawled when I first heard this... I am so scared of leaving my daddy...:/

NickleBack's Song Photograph, although overplayed, made me cry at my graduation when we played with all our pictures on the screen..^^;

Micheal W. Smith's Song about Cassie Bernal (She said yes, I believe it is called.)

yeah...i am emotional..^^;

I just discovered "I will always love you" sung by Dolly Parton. It's very sad, but also sweet.

(It's not just the words, but the singing that makes it, though.)

Photograph - Nickelback
How to Save a Life - The Fray
Untitled - Simple Plan // It almost makes me cry =(
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Your Guardian Angel - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus // I dunno why, I mean, it's about being there for someone, but it just sounds sad. =/

K. Ayato wrote:I'd vote for "Say Goodbye" from Skillet. It doesn't sound sad, but if you read the lyrics, yeah.

Agreed...
Again, there's too many for me to list, but one that always get's me is

Mary goes to Jesus from The Passion of the Christ Soundtrack...

Carrying Cathy by Ben Folds Five always makes me cry. Makes me think of my Fiancee and some of the things she has to fight with.

The Sky is Crying, by Elmore James. At the very least, the saddest blues song ever- which makes it the saddest song ever.

Jaden Mental wrote:This one is a bit sad and VERY deep. Johnny Cash's 'hurt' gets my vote. *Can't think of much more really*

Actually, that's a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song, which Cash pulls off very well. But Trent Reznor's lyrics are very deep and heartfelt. As messed up as they guy is, his stuff is music in the truest sense- a raw, poetic expression of his true feelings.

Mad World by Tears for Fears is pretty sorrowful (which is odd, because I enjoy listening to it), specifically the fabled acoustic rendition.

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails is pretty sad... And Disturbing... Thats why I like it.
Johnny Cash butchered the song when he covered it.

I think the Johnny Cash version of Hurt feels more sad than NIN... NIN version has a totally different feel to it and while it is depressing it sounds more like someone on drugs while Cash's version sounds like some old guy at the end of his rope looking back over his life and that worldly stuff mean nothing. Don't care much for the NIN original at all... Johnny Cash's version, IMO rocks.

Anyway other sad/somber songs I love:
Further by VNV Nation
Right Where It Belongs by NIN
Forever Yours by Nightwish
Always Will Be by Hammerfall
Mad World (prefer the Gary Juels Version)

And the saddest song ever: Puff the Magic Dragon *sniff* *sniff*

Hm, ever heard the song, "Skin" by Rascal Flatts? That definitely deserves a spot.

Another one that makes the list is...

Estrella - BraveSaintSaturn.

"Why Must I Be Sad?" by They Might Be Giants....
Nah, it's impossible to take them seriously. All their sad songs are still funny.

Against All Odds by Phil Collins
Heroes by the Isaacs

Actually, Hurt is by Nine Inch Nails, I believe. Or was it KORN? One of the two, anyway.


Saddest song...hmm.."Dear Angel" by April Sixth pretty much captured alot of my feelings when my first girlfriend broke up with me (after a year and a half of dating), but "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan has been one for me for a long time. "Whiskey Lullaby" tore me up inside...but I think the saddest song I've ever heard is Last Kiss, by Pearl Jam.