What the saddest song you ever heard?

[Brandon Pierce]

I have to say THE song that ever brought me down hard was the Petula Clark song "Kiss Me Goodbye" which was her very last song for the US. I listened to it and MAN my face was damp when it ended. Mainly the song reminded me of a depressing moment that happened earlier last month, and I didn't like being reminded. Anyway, what's THE song that made you cry?

[jeffrey 228]

Tears in Heaven by Eric Claption

And that is the saddest sone I can think off.

[Ruffian]

The only song that has pushed me to the verge of tears is "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2, by Randy Newman and performed by Sarah McLachlan.

[Magentabeams]

2 Beds and a Coffee Machine- I know the name is stupid. But, the song is so sad, it is about a women who her hsband beats her and she leaves.

You Can Still Be Free- It is a sad song from lyrics to music.

Sarahanne

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

I cried when I heard Billy Joel's "Goodnight, My Angel."

Goodnight, my angel
Time to close your eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away

Goodnight, my angel
Now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
WHen we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep
The water's dark
And deep inside this ancient heart
You'll always be a part of me

Goodnight, my angel
Now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child may cry
And if you sing this lullabye
Then in your heart
There will always be a part of me

Someday we'll all be gone
But lullabyes go on and on...
They never die
That's how you
And I
Will be

There's so many other's he's witten that make me cry because I've known people who've practically lived them.

[gtracer72]

This song:

Last Kiss

We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We haven't driven very far
there in the road,straight ahead
A car wouldn't start the engine was dead
I couldn't stop,so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screamin' tires
The bustin' glass
the painful scream that I heard last

Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world

When I woke up
the rain was pouring down
There were people standing all around
Something warm falling through my eyes
But somehow I found,my baby that night
I lifted her head
she looked at me and said
Hold me darlin' just a little while
I held her close
I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I had missed
Well now she's gone even though I hold her tight
I lost my love,my life that night

Oh,where oh,where can my baby be
the lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world

[The Dork Knight]

Brass Monkey by the Beastie Boys... J/k...

I'd have to say that song Superman by Five for Fighting.

- Foley Is Good

[Galaxia]

"Blue", from Cowboy Bebop, "Overcome" by Live, "Halleujiah" by Rufus Wainright, and "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" by Sweetbox.

[TimTwoFace]

I always thought "I Never Even Told You" during the MASK OF THE PHANTASM end credits was kinda touching.

I also thought "A Hippo in my Bathtub" by Anne Murray was kinda sad. No, really. Can you imagine how upset you'd be if there were a hippo in YOUR bathtub?

-Tim

[Djm912]

All the love/breakup or lost family songs in the world will never hit me as hard as Metallica's "Fade to Black".

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Twilight
The only song that has pushed me to the verge of tears is "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2, by Randy Newman and performed by Sarah McLachlan.

Oh, man, that song does it for me too. There is also this song by Michael Kelly Blanchard, which I am sure nobody here will have heard. I tried looking for a link to an MP3 of the song online, but sadly, I can't find any link for the song online, it really needs to be heard, but it's called the Trouble With Me. I don't know anybody who can keep a dry eye after hearing it.

The Trouble With Me


Daddy was hard like his calloused hands
He lived every part of the military man
Concealing his heart, not revealing his plans
Til deep in the dark we'be be packed in the van
Moving the family again
Now Mother was kind, but afraid of him so
She threatened at times, but never would go
With four kids under nine and one of them slow
Her anger refined to a bedroom of "no"
Her anger refined to "no"
Saturday nights daddy gave us our baths
Scrubbed everyone of us sore
Naked with bubbles and giggles and laughs
A Saturday swim nothing more
A shampooing water-logged chore
So why'd he start closing the door?

(CHORUS)
The trouble with me is I can't seem to trust
My wounds just bleed and won't heal up
I don't know where I'd be if I'd never been touched
But I know I don't like me much

Now I was the youngest of three pretty girls
Janine and Contance and they named me Pearl
Then Dad said by accident came our brother Earl
A retarded innocent light in our world
And innocent light was ol' Earl
Now Dad was ashamed of his bumbling boy
Wanting someone to blame for his broken toy
But Earl's coutenance reigned it could not be destroyed
And we all came to depend on his joy
We all did depend on that that boy
After a while it was just Earl and me
There in the Saturday tub
Daddy gave "smiles" that Earl didn't see
As I frantically fished for some suds
And pleaded to please let me scrub
Til he'd look so alone and unloved.

REPEAT CHORUS

High schoool was happy, most of the time
I dated and partied and walked a fine line
Mother would worry, Daddy would pine
But I never was sorry for the life that was mine
The life that was finally mine
Now ol' Earl and I were as close as could be
My love a bribe, his love was free
He showed me a side of life we seldom see
"You count, I'll hide...how 'bout it, Pearly?"
Oh, Earl you're the pearl to me
One Saturday night Daddy came to my bed
Mother had gone to Janine's
I cursed him so angry, he finally said
"Pearl, you still belong to me."
Then a light in the room lit up three
"Daddy, you let Pearly be!"
And Earl, good ol' Earl, threw his arms around me

My folks moved again this time the midwest
I stayed with some friends as a permanent guest
Earl went with them, Mother thought it was best
Every now and again there'd be a letter addressed
"To Pearly...From Early...express!"
Then one chilly spring as the maple trees bled
With a boyfriend and a ring and a day picked to wed
Heard the telephone ring, heard dear ol' Earl was dead
"He didn't feel a thing" somebody said
Oh, my the tears that I shed
Now some Saturday nights I run me a bath
And soak in a strange memory
I think about Earl and just have to laugh
God, what a pair we were
God, he was as good as could be
God, what's the matter with me

REPEAT CHORUS

There's no sorrow that God cannot heal
There's no damage that He did not feel
Moment by moment he's there where you hide
Tenderly holding you close as you cry
Jesus, the Lord of the lonely inside
Jesus the Lord of all love crucified.

[murmur]

Peter Paul and Mary can hit me pretty hard. 500 Miles, Lemon Tree, Leavin' on a Jet Plane, Blowin' in the Wind, When the Day is Done...so wise, so sad, so beautiful...they may not be original, but they know their music and they sang with soul...

The Show Must Go On by Queen is probably my favorite song ever, and it's bitter lyrics hit me just about every time.

[James]

Originally posted by murmur

The Show Must Go On by Queen is probably my favorite song ever, and it's bitter lyrics hit me just about every time.

On the Queen note, 'Who Wants To Live Forever' has a poignant feel to it - especially in context with the singers state of health at the time.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Old country music tearjerkers like Tom T. Hall's Old Dogs, Little Children and Watermelon Wine. It is the music of pain, man.

[Moonbay]

"Blue" from Cowboy Bebop OST.

[Andy Mancini]

For me, it's "Adam's Song" by Blink 182 and "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin.

[DisneyBoy]

Please don't laugh...The original "Leaving On a Jet Plane" always gets me...mainly because it reminds me of a loved one who died many years ago...

...Celine Dion's "Fly", which she wrote for her dying neice, really got to me when I heard it on her cd. I know a friend who always breaks down when hearing "Wishing You were somehow here again" from Phantom of the Opera. Sarah McLachlan's "I will remember you" also has the same effect on me. To a much lesser extent, Joni Mitchell's "River", sung by Robert Downey Junior...

In truth, there are a lot of songs that touch me...because they remind me of a place and time in which I was really sad. Still, they are often beautiful songs as well.

[Captain Yurika]

There's quite a few.

Cat's in the Cradle will make me cry. I remember we sang that in choir in high school, and there were quite a few kids who cried the first time they heard it.

I agree too with Goodnight, My Angel (I always called it Lullabye) by Billy Joel, it's so pretty.

There's another song too by Garbage called Cup of Coffee that is a sad break up song.

[JMo]

Originally posted by DisneyBoy
Please don't laugh...The original "Leaving On a Jet Plane" always gets me...

I feel ya...that song put tears in my eyes when I left home for college...

but the my all time saddest song is It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday by Boyz II Men...I always thinking about losing someone close when I hear that song...

[Manhunter]

Originally posted by JMo
but the my all time saddest song is It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday by Boyz II Men...I always thinking about losing someone close when I hear that song...

I gotta agree with this one.

One song that makes me feel like crying is a song by Bill Withers(who originally sang Lean On Me ) called Grandma's Hands . It especially gets to me now that my grandmother is gone(she passed away over the weekend).