Saddest Song you know

[DrG]

Since there was a mention of no good topics I thought I would make one for what was going through my head.  I was listening to Pandora and noticed that a lot of the old songs I listened to when I was younger were really sad.  I remember back in med school one of my classmates told me about a Natalie Merchant song called My Beloved Wife - to this day I would say that still takes the cake for the saddest song I have ever heard.  Basically it would be the equivalent to the opening scene of Up where the man loses his wife of so many years.

So please share whatever song you feel is a real downer or at least draws a lot of sympathy or empathy.

[FFrost]

Try :

Coldplay - Yellow
Adele - Someone Like You
Israel Kamakawiwo - Over the Rainbow

[will_see]

This one
The book of love

[gordoh]

Slipknot - Snuff

The music video is awesome, and so sad. That song speaks to me. 

[Hash Master]

Iced Earth - Watching Over Me

Jon Schaffer wrote it for a friend who died. The song in combo with Matt Barlows voice is mind blowing

[ibminer]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

[realdope]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxy0nWE3Q1M

[QuestionAuthority]

I Lost All My Bitcoins
by Big Fuckin Crash

Seriously Shannon is the saddest song I ever heard. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Wpn3dFrEs

Here's a great song from our friend Henry Gross about a Big Red Irish Setter named Shannon. The story goes that back in the day when Beach Boy Brian Wilson was bedridden with depression, NOTHING could get him out of his bedroom. His family and friends after time were befuddled, fit to be tied and had no idea how to help their friend and brother. Finally, a family friend came by and gave Brian a little Irish Setter Puppy that Brian named Shannon.
Well guess what? Shannon's charisma and love got Brian out of bed, and not only out of bed but he was actually active. In fact, Brian and Shannon romped on the beaches of Southern California daily for months. Brian and Shannon would play in the surf., finally Brian's life was coming back together and happiness surrounded him with Shannon's love. Until one horrible day when Shannon was carried out to sea and never to be seen again. Brian's heart was broken and he was crushed. Needless to say, Beach Boy Brian Wilson was bedridden again.
This is a beautiful song by Henry Gross, if you listen to the lyrics, you can picture Brian and Shannon playing in the surf.

Second runner up is Honey. His wife died. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g

See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it, was just a twig
Then the first snow came
And she ran out to brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came runnin' in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt herself
And I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
And it would sure embarrass her
When I came in from workin' late
'Cause I would know
That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'
Over some sad and silly late, late show
And honey, I miss you
And I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early Spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
And honey, I miss you
And I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could
One day while I was not at home
While she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories of Honey
And I wake up nights and call her name
Now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed
That Honey loved
And see the tree how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
And I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it, was just a twig

[Dfrost]

Michael Jackson - Ben

[herzmeister]

Almost anything by My Dying Bride


my dying bride-a sea to suffer in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGIDLb--9U4

[ensurance982]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

That song is by Nine Inch Nails! The Cash version is fine, but why do people always forget about Nine Inch Nails when talking about it? Is Cash's version really that much better?

[UVBlue]

wonderwall- oasis

[QuestionAuthority]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

That song is by Nine Inch Nails! The Cash version is fine, but why do people always forget about Nine Inch Nails when talking about it? Is Cash's version really that much better?

Because Johnny Cash died right after that was released. It was like his sung his own requiem mass. If you watch the video it shows a lot of the mistakes he made in his life especially with June Carter. I don't think it's sad as much as it's creepy.

[blackaim18]

really need's to be a song or can it be a instrumental too ?

Well i'll add 2 of them.

1. Tupac - dear mama [song]
2. Naruto - sadness and sorrow [ instrumental ] . will get you some goose bumps.

[BiTJack]

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPj3GAYYZ0

[_chance_]

The Damnwells "Graceless". http://youtu.be/mvaedQiYsxg

[khalized]

creep radio head is pretty sad

[finah]

sound of silence.

[rachman]

Elfen Lied - Lilium

[wachtwoord]

Definitely "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI