The saddest song of all time
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Anonymous
| BOTW is a heart-felt beautiful love song. I'd say the opposite of sad. It may bring you to tears. But not sad tears. |
Anonymous
| If I Die Young, by The Band Perry |
Anonymous
| Zac Brown Band has a couple of hard core tear jerkers, too. Colder Weather and the Highway 20 Ride just tear me up. |
Anonymous
| Country artists really have some great lyrics (when not talking about beer, prisons and tractors). |
Anonymous
| Time by Pink Floyd. Every time I hear it I see my 16 year old self listening and singing the words to it and now I am middle aged and the words could not be any truer. |
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Sorry- Alone Again naturally really is the biggest saddest song- if you listen to it to those older than 30 may have heard it..
In a little while from now If I'm not feeling any less sour I promised myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower And climbing to the top Will throw myself off In an effort to make it clear to who Ever what it's like when you're shattered Left standing in the lurch, at a church Where people are saying My God that's tough, she stood him up No point in us remaining May as well go home As I did on my own Alone again, naturally To think that only yesterday I was cheerful, bright and gay Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do The role I was about to play But as if to knock me down Reality came around And without so much as a mere touch Cut me into little pieces Leaving me to doubt Talk about God and His mercy For if He really does exist Why did He desert me In my hour of need? I truly am indeed Alone again, naturally It seems to me that There are more hearts Broken in the world That can't be mended Left unattended What do we do? What do we do? Alone again naturally Now looking back over the years And what ever else that appears I remember I cried when my father died Never wishing to hide the tears And at sixty five years old My mother, God rest her soul Couldn't understand, why the only man She had ever loved had been taken Leaving her to start with a heart So badly broken Despite encouragement from me No words were ever spoken And when she passed away I cried and cried all day Alone again, naturally Alone again, naturally Read more: Gilbert Osullivan - Alone Again (naturally) Lyrics | MetroLyrics |
Anonymous
Great song! |
Anonymous
| I can't say they're the saddest songs of all time, but Uncle Tupelo. The albums No Depression and Still Feel Gone. I don't know. I tried to revisit these albums a couple years ago (in my late 30s), and the lyrics were just too damn sad for me, as an adult. In my early 20s, I felt the songs in a detached way. I thought I knew what it all meant. But now that I'm older, it's actually hard to face. |
Anonymous
| Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" about kids making fun of a coat that her mother had handmade for her because they were too poor to buy a new one (and that she treasured because it was so special--"I couldn't understand it, for I felt I was rich") used to depress the heck out of me when I was a kid. I remember waking my mom up one night because I couldn't stop crying about it. |
Anonymous
| The Lighthouse's Tale by Nickel Creek, it ends with a suicide |
Anonymous
| Sorry, by Elton John |
Anonymous
| Im So Lonesome I Could Die by Hank Williams. He stopped loving Her Today by George Jones is a close second |
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What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie.
Tears every time. |
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| Yes to whoever posted Alone again, naturally. |
Anonymous
So Lonesome Hank could Cry, not Die. Those country guys can pour it on. |