Most Depressing Songs

This song is so sad... makes me cry almost every time )': Love you forever, Michael~

brothers lament aint even on the list that song should be number 1 its to sad

michael the best

wow i loe this song and not just because Moscow was my home town.

This might just be the saddest song ever, EVER. I saw a video of this done to Bambi that made me cry... It's about suicide )':

listened to this song for the first song today. I love it because I'm writing a book and need sad music playing for it. This is perfect.

I LOVE this song, it's sad, interesting, and I fall in love with it every time I listen to it!

i just love it... it makes me cry when i need to... makes me take it easy when i need to... makes me forget everything...

Its even more depressing if you open a new tab,and type in Rainymood click and listen too both at the same time...

It is sad, but Gary is not the original singer. Yes the original version is more pop like and not set in such a depressing tone. But you should still give credit to Tears For Fears who originally wrote the song.

Always get so sad when i listen to this song and get tears in my eyes but i love it and know every lyric

such a good song. made me cry!

this song makes me more depressed which i enjoy...

Best song ever, I love this.

I actually just read the comment about Adam Lambert doing a cover. He butchered it, completely. I listened to it and he didn't get at the depression and isolation capture with the song.

Tears for Fears did it first..

The haunting tone of Jules' voice, the shimmering piano in the chorus, the dark lyrics. This is truly one of the greatest and saddest songs of all time.

"The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" That is one of the most depressingly heavy lines I have ever heard in any song ever.

i did a chour concert (shine on 2010 state school spectacular) and one dude sang this and it has been one of my many favs since, i have cried over n over to this song

this song truly did make a tear fall down my face. I frickin... LOVE this song soooooooooooo........ much!!!

WOO HOO...I frickin love this song!! its so depressing and amazazing!!!!!!

It shows you how this world we live in is screwed.

this song is da best i love it i cant go to school without hearing this song

wow this song isint even depressing ._.

Amazing song! Can't go a day with out hearing it(:

this is a insanely depressing song, made even more depressing in DONIE DARKO, this song is way to depressing

It makes me so sad...really really sad...

I Have to say,the first time I heard this I couldn't help but cry. It's a haunting song with depressing lyrics. And yet, it's my favorite song.

Great song, haunting piano, and awesome vocals makes for a great combination, and sets the sad tone for this song

Adam lamberts version sucked epicly but this is a great song

Out of any song this is my complete favorite. I listen to it everyday. Adam Lambert I think couldn't compete with Gary Jules. Gary Jules way of singing it is much more powerful than Adam Lambert's cover. It was certainly good but not as good as Gary Jules version. This song is very haunting and has very powerful words. This song helped me get through a lot. I love this song. :)

Favourite song ever..

Definitely cried.

this is a really nice song to go to sleep to, but it didn't really make me cry, im tough :D

Where is Jesus Christ or Limousine by Brand New. Top 5 saddest songs ever. This list is shot.

Dj Tiesto did a great cover of this

best song ever. really sad, it made me cry

Great song however, Tears for Fears version is better by far;p

Love this song. Adam Lambert did an awesome cover of it

this is the saddest song i've ever heard.

incredible song. just plain incredible. insanely depressing.

Yes, did one did truly made me cry

a nice song, but shouldnt be on this list - i would find it weird if i ever saw anyone crying to this song

shouldn't have even made the list...

this was a great song and not depressing at all

Wow, this also ranks #1 on the "Lamest Songs of All Time" list.

i love this song !! it makes sad every time i listen to it

It is great song, but very very sad

what ever happened to the end by the doors or something in the way by nirvana?

Were is Rebecca Black's Friday in all this?

worst song ever

This shold not be number 1, number on should be heart shped box by nirvana, everyone have a listen

listen to yellow butterfly that is a sad song its by meg and dia

Ths song is not depressing it doesn't even make me cry I don't see hoe it got # 1 most depressing. Concrete angle is more depressing.

This is such a touching song!

same comment here.. I do not think that it's depressing at all. Sorry. And I am surprised that there are no Copeland or Anchor and Braille songs here.. Try some of their songs.. Specially Copeland's "You Are My Sunshine" album. The songs in that album are depressing, beautiful, and worth listening to..

not depressing at all

how on earth did this make #1?

I'm not really sure why this song made #1..

not to say this is a bad song buti dont see how it made number one. like how did it beat immortal and concrete angel

The video of this music is to make cry

This song is totally depressive but i like it.

Crazy song. I hate grunge, but this song really does carry a meaning over to me.

"Why can't it be mine." ya feel pain behind that lyric.

this is truly a sad song. ends in darkness with no hope. my favorite from pearl jam the way eddie sang it live was sadder too

I listen to this song once, and it hurts, but i can relate. So i listen to it again. And again, and again, until i'm telling myself i can't listen to it again, because it's going to kill me, but i listen to it any way. I end the night in a balling sobbing ball in bed wishing none of this were the way it was. I can hardly stand this song anymore, too much pain, but i can't stop.

I can't listen to this song hurts too much

These lyrics are insanely sad.

About loving and losing someone; wanting them to find happiness, but feeling the intense pain of knowing they'll be with someone else forever.

Ace song.

this song is amazin love it evanescence are awesome

What Defines An Excellent Song? For Me The Answer Is Simple. An Excellent Song Makes You Feel...... This Song Achieves This For Me Like No Other.

It describes how i feel....

After that, i could'n speak anymore ....

Im basing a school composition on this song amazing song love it

i love this song so much it's beautiful and sad at the same time

This is a great song!! She has the best songs ever! And really depressing ones at that...

if its possible to love a deppressing song then i love this songg, can realte it to so much :/ Definately a cry worthy song

i was listening to this before i saw its one of the most depressing songs. deffinitley gets all the tears out :'(

OMG, I lost my happiness when listen to this song! even when im very happy! Perfect!

Beautiful, I cried and i'm a lad lol! Love the lyrics, very powerful - love wake me up too!

this was the first ever evanescence song i heard. i hve loved them ever since. that was when i was 4 it still makes me cry 2day. i sung this at my brothers funneral reception

The original, not the band or the the radio edit, is arguably one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

this should be one i literally cannot help but cry and its a wondeful song

She has an amazing voice. I can sing like her though (: .. Lol. It does have to be the album version though.. The radio version is aight i guess. But it blows compared to the album version. Haha. But its a sad, good, depressing song.... Definately cried to it....

when i heard this song for the first time i literally cried for 20 minutes. i was already depressed too.....

Has to be the album version, not the radio version.

This song is so beautiful but made me so sad and depressed. ;(

My dad loved this song... He shot himself in April. He didn't do it intentionally, but he taught me the meaning of this song. My dad taught me, my brother and my sister a lot, and the final lesson was how to cope with death, and more than that, how to cope with suicide. I handled it wrong at first; now I listen to this song when I think about him. Gives me the weirdest feeling of peace.

Reznor actually prefers Cash's version. I like them both. For me Reznor's version is more strained and painful whereas Cash's version is more somber and depressed.

Nine Inch Nail's version is better and more depressing in my opinion

why do people say Johnny cash when it was Nine Inch Nails that wrote it?

My dad almost killed himself and this song was blaring...Cant listen to this song anymore. =(

I love this sooooooooooooonnnnnnnnng!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

you can not bash this song. trent reznor can't even do that johnny cash is a legend because he is amazing. and while i give trent props for writing and making the song. johnny cash perfected it and made it. this is not a list of good songs but depressing songs and johnny cash's version takes the cake you can hear it in his voice and even the flow of the music. this song just makes you sad. should be at the top in my opinion.

the most powerful song out there it make my whole world change from happy to crying and in a bout of depression for weeks

This is good, and Johnny Cash is excellent, but I still say I prefer NIN's original version of the song. Trent Reznor is absolutely phenomenal.

Explains exactly how im feeling at this very moment.

idc who u are johnny cash's version is the best because... "hello, im johnny cash" ;-)

Kermit the Frog's version is the best. youtube it if you haven't seen it. It is haunting.

who cares who did it first johnny cash is the man and does it way better than anyone else out ther

The two songs have different meanings. Trent Reznor's was about being addicted to heroin and Johnny Cash's was about getting old and going through his life. Personally, I relate to the NIN version.

Amazing song and an even more amazing cover. The NIN version could easily make #3 on this list too.

Wrong.. amazing song. Crap cover.

crap song

Johnny's version of this song is so much better then the original. You can feel the pain and sorrow in his voice and it gives me goose bumps.

Johnny Cash's version is way better then NIN's. Even Trent Reznor said "I pop the video in, and wow… Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… Wow. [I felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore" the song resonates and has so much more meaning being sung by Cash.

how bout list to the artist that wrote the song and the much better original. Trent Reznor is the mastermind behind this song and never receives the credit.

Listen to something in the way by nirvana.I think it should be next to this song

This was his last song that he released just a few months before the death of his wife june carter and the johnny's death a few weeks later which gives it so much more meaning

Great cover of a brilliant tune, but this list is rather flat and reads more like somebody's ipod, missing out some great artists. No Beatles? No Oasis? God, where's Bob Dylan in all of this? Surely there should be more of the fantastic Smiths?

Please understand that this tune was written and originally performed by Trent Reznor. The original is much more climatic.

lame

This is a heavy song. Should be higher up.

This NEEDS to be number one. This is one of the most depressing songs out there.

Im glad that this song is on here, i've listened to this song so many times when i've been down...i could be in the best mood ever and this song could still bring me to tears. even just reading the lyrics, so much pain in them. truly a beautiful song

T.T beautiful song!

@the guy whose ex is dating 10yr best friend, i've been there too bro.. those feelings are still probably raw for you now but trust me it'll come to the time when you can listen to this song & appreciate it without the pain

Just heard this song as i was scrolling through the list. This describes perfectly all emotions for anyone who has experience a serious breakup. Epic Song. "It only took the death of hope to let you go..."

BEST SONG IN THE WORLD!! SHOULD BE #1! So sad, yet soo good! :( I cry every time I hear it! :'(

This song should be way up there, i have shed more tears on this song ever

this song is absolutely amazing... such power in one song.

I agree this is one of my favorite songs ever. For those of you who see "Slipknot" and ignore this song, you should really give it a listen. The first time I heard Snuff and my friend told me who it was by I didn't believe him haha. There are few things better than speeding down the highway at night and blasting this song. Some other good suggestions by Slipknot are Til We Die and Vermillion Pt.2

this is such an amazing song, because he speaks for how he lost someone near and he can never change his ways

Me and my ex girlfriend went out for a year and 8 months. after the first few months we decided this to be our "song". this past New Years she broke up with me and is currently going out with my 10 years long best friend, and could care less about me....I cant listen to this song without crying....

should deffinitely be number one. favourite song ever

it hurts:'(

reminds me of all my failures in life and how i do wrong more than right :'(

THIS SONG SHOULD BE #2!!!

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever made. Corey Taylor sings it with such passion and pain that it can't but move and touch you. Give it a go. Trust me, it really helps if you're feeling upset.

greatest song ever heard

Written by Cohen, so his name should be up here...

Don't think there's anyting better than this. Perfect. Absolutely Perfect.

Leonard Cohen's version is the original. But each version is good.

I prefer k.d. lang's version.

I still prefer Leonerd Cohen's...

this is an amazing song, one of my favorites and he has a great voice but the best version is Bon Jovi's by far!

amazing song for any sad mood your in. should be number 1

this song is amazing. no matter how many times i listen to this, i will never get sick of it. R.I.P Jeff Buckley, you were an amazing man !

but it's still perfect

Jeff made an already depressing song even more depressing...

Any Karen Carpenter song is sung with such personal emotion that it makes you realise how unhappy Karen herself was

This song is incredible, I feel like i relate to it so much. It's about how you don't fit in and you wish someone could just notice you for who you are.

greatest song to date

Too bad you didn't get it right the first time.

Tried suicide more than twice after listening to this

depressing as it sounds but it somehow is uplifting. like saying what u r gives u a choice to b difrent

...it's a song about having a crush and being too shy to talk to the object of the affection. That's not sad, that's high school.

it doesn't make me cry, but i can relate. & the person who made the comment above me, making a comment like that is obviously going to help isn't it -.- fool. + you're clearly not as 'normal' as you claim to be if you are looking at a list of depressing songs.

this isnt depressing listen to scar tissue by RHCP or what its like by everlast

This is a song for whiners

The most beautiful song until now...I adore it...

Well it's depressing for people who just want to fit in with others. For those who liked to be special. It''s something you perfect people will never understand. Moron.

How is this song depressing you idiots...

Since it was edited, if anyone doesn't know, the original said f*cking. I hope that gets through the censors. Would help to have a preview button.

Sometimes I feel like a total outcast. I'm so different that other people can't accept me the way I am. Damn this song...thats the theme song of my life :(

I was introduced to this song in 7th grade... when I was being teased for cutting. It showed exactly how I felt still does.

this is one depressing love song.

NOT the best song by Radiohead... but good.

Man, I hate to say it, but this is the stuff that goes through all of our heads.

ultimate song...radiohead is one of the bands who have the power to touch ur senses

Great Emotional Song. Relate to how I feel

i cant stop listening to this song, i cant believe modern music has made a song like this that hits every emotion in your body

This song is about relationships and sometimes they hurt..Adele is a great singer aswell

song makes me think of her

this is my absolute favorite song. her voice gives me chills everytime i listen to it. such a sad, but brilliant song.

This is such a tragic song, especially if you know the background: the man she was with, who insisted he never wanted to get married, left her and was engaged to another woman within 6 months. It's heartbreaking.

This song contains so much raw emotion, how can you not be moved by it? I can't imagine being the person she wrote it about, and still turning her away after hearing it.

i am so moved by this song. i cant stop listening to it in loops.

I love this song it is so touching she sings it brilliantly

Absolutely the best ballad of today - if this doesn't make you cry then there's no hope left

this songs says that she's letting him go but she wants him to still remember her

This songs should at least be in top ten! Awesome songs makes me cry!

I dont know if this song is on the list but Deja Vu by Eminem is a very powerful song as well

eminem is amazing, i love this song by him.

This song makes me shut my mouth and think about all the stuff I did wrong and it makes me wanne hug my girl and wipe silently

I love this song so much and everytime I listen to it I cry and I think about myself...And I'm talking about my father who leaved me when I was 6 and never cared about me...He's one of the reasons of my depressions. Now I'm sick, he knows but he doesn't pay attention to me and he doesn't care...

this song is a super depressing song and i honestly think it should be higher on this list

savage song i love eminem so much he really relates to me in his songs

love this song an it makes me sad everytime i listen to it

I hardly ever cry, but this song is definately very very sad! it's about people's misconceptions of war, and what it's like there. in the beginning he wants to be a hero of war, then he realises that there are no heros when in war.

I love this song but yeah they're bashing soldiers probably like those douche bags that crash funerals of soldiers.

I was a medic in Afghanistan and I will tell you that this song does not have the "political war glorifying double speak" to myself and my brothers and sisters that some of you may believe. Everytime I hear this song, I drink a shot of whiskey for those no longer with us. They are the Heroes of War. As it is said of veterans, All Gave Some, Some Gave All. I never discuss what I did there because most of the population doesn't understand the helpless feeling of holding your dear friend's hand as he takes his last breath and you, as the medic, are powerless to save him because you've already exhausted your resources and knowledge...

alright, so there is alot of arguement on this. the song isnt exactly glorifying war. but it is somewhat anti-government, like most songs by rise against.

i heard this song for the first time when i was deployed to afghanistan and didnt really understand it until i came home i can barely listen to it anymore and when i do i cry for along tiime.... no one ever will no the pain and how emtionally tattered you become from having your closes friends die next to you and no one will ever grow the bonds that soldiers grow but when you lay in bed at night and all you hear and see in your head is the war it drives you insane, this song and video is a great showing of what soldiers and marines go through even though most of us wont admit it...

its this high on the list because so many people relate with having lost someone in their life to the war

:( this is one of the saddest songs ive ever heard...but i love it! i think i watched it 20 times in a row....and the worst part, is that some of this is true...which REALLY made me cry!!! )':

I heard this song a long time ago. Still love, quite depressing and thought provoking about the middle east. great song

Let me throw my voice in with the rational people who have commented: No, this song is not that sad. It is sad, but not to the point to ever take note of. And yes, I do understand it. The guy is realizing that everything he believed to be true doesn't seem so true to him anymore after the fact. I will say that before anyone signs up for the military, they should be forced to read these lyrics. Hopefully it would change their mind.

I think a lot of you missed the message, he's not trying to say how great american soldiers are and that they're are hero's, they kill innocent people women and children and are seen as these great heroes fighting for their country but they're not. War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.

what the hell how is this a depressing song? ur tlking about tortuing a person and pissing on him how is any of this right you my friend are one idiot!!!!!!11

Such a great song. It really shows you the hell that people face that others don't even know exist.

In respect of those who rest in peace and are fighting out there for our country.

i watched the vid on youtube i was crying so much the i had to wait 15 minutes to click the likr button

I love this song. It's really sad, but it's moving and a great tune.

one of the most moving songs ive ever heard, i cried for like 5 minutes when i heard it

What the heck!!!!!how is this song sad?????????

alright this song aint bout the government glorifying war its about a guy who goes to war and he is telling his story of what happened over there. God yall are so ****ing stupid for thinking its talking bout the government glorifying war. He doesnt even talk bout the damn gorvernment

My big bro came home from Afghanistan and I asked him how he was holding up, he smiled at me and said, "listen lil' sis, I don't regret it but I will never be myself again. I will never laugh like I did with him, I am always going to feel the weight of these metals on my heart and it will hurt to know what they mean." His best friend died in front of him while he returned fire after an IED hit thier truck. This song makes me cry because I will never know...

It is sad because it is talking about a veteran of some war who comes home decorated, but nobody knows or understands what he went through to get those medals, so essentially everyone is proud of him going through hell that they don't see his pain or emotional scars. And now the veteran has to deal with the pain all by himself.

This is a great band to see in concert. This was an epic song to hear.. And believe it or not,,, I cried at the concert during this song...

Could someone inform me how this would make someone cry? It's a song about how the government glorifies war not something to get depressed about... this does not deserve to be this high on the list.

i listened to this song like 15 times in a row. its so sad and so good i cant get enough of it.

haha u cried

I sang this song on stage at my school's talent show and cried on stage

I don't believe this song is so low down, it is really so moving.

saddest song by far. This song actually has serious political meaning that everyone can relate to. So sad :(

I don't know if any of you noticed...but this song is about depressiong, lonliness, and self harm-or 'cutting'. "When everything feels like the movies, You bleed just to know you're alive."

False

This song is one of the most awesome songs ever... It is written with such clarity and emotion. It touches everything that is alive and dying inside all of us. I want this song played at my funeral... hopefull sooner than later. One exception, I don't want you to know who I am...

♥ CKM ♥ ILOVEYOUGUYS

all these song no offence arnt very depressing the depressing songs are like yellow butterfly by meg and dia songs like that are sad but these arnt really depressing

The best song ever, it's simply perfect..

Not much of a fan of teen-targeting polished, handsome pop/rock, but damn, this one is certainly an exception. A deeply moving song with reat melody and outstanding lyrics.

I had a fellow classmate do a video presentation of the holocaust with this song 6 or 7 years ago. Still brings tears every once in a while.

Everyone I know says that they think of me, the outcast, when they here this song

Awesome. Makes me cry every time. Touching Words. Touching music. It's just perfect. Specially if you watched the movie "City of Angels" it'll make more sense. It's beautiful.

I love the Goo Goo Dolls, most of their songs make me cry. I love this song!

Just the perfect song

this is one of the most amazing songs ive ever heard, it was my favoruite when i was nine and its still my favourite now. it makes me so sad, and it reminds me of bad times but its so amazing

Amazing, really... fall asleep everynight with this song...

first song i had ever heard by them and now i can't go back. this song brought tears to my eyes and still does.

One of my favourite songs in the world. I really believe it applies to life and it makes me so sad when I hear it

such an amazing song. makes me reflect on life all the time.

Should be at least top 5.

This song takes me back to my childhood, where my mother tried killing herself twice because of taking drugs.

Great song, not so good for listening too when drugs aren't working for you. Though I only mean the stuff I'm meant to be taking.

^ at experiment, very cool fact

i was looking through the list, just wating for this to be on here. possibly the best song i've ever heard.

There was an experiment taken to find the song with the strongest sad emotional response and this one scored highest

e.e I always cry when I hear this song

I wish this song ranked higher, this song is wrotten in the form of a suicide note. When I am depressed I listen to this song, and many times I feel very much how Justin Sane (former bassist who attempted suicide now in anti-flag who the song is based off of) felt.

This song is one of the most sad things in the history.

i was shocked to see this here.. i didnt think it would get a lot of recognition.. by far the greatest sevenfold song. and ive heard them all countless times! love it.

one of the most amazeing songs that will just make you cry. part 2 is also pretty good...........

One of the greatest songs to be written...

This song was the one that finally made me cry tonight- I'd felt pretty depressed already, then I listened to it. RIP Jimmy, you're amazing and missed. And to those who don't think it's sad... Screw you.

the absolute most saddest song i've ever heard in my whole life :(

how could anyone possibly think this song isn't depressing? It straight up sounds like a suicide note! i still get silent with chills every time i listen to it. R.I.P Rev

this song, and victim every time i hear it it makes my tears water up because how emotional it is :/ foREVer

a7x has been my favorite band for atleast 5 years, still cant believe he's gone..

this song is amazeing because its like The Rev's final good bye then you listen to so far away which is synyster gates's way of saying good bye. RIP jimmy you'll live in our hearts foREVer

everytime i listein to this song i get chills when i hear his background vocals and it makes me really think about stuff. r.i.p jimmy we all miss you

foREVer

This is a very good duet between The Rev and M. Shadows. I really love this song.

it can hardly be called a farewell if he died of heart failure, he didnt know he was going to die even though he said he did. the background to the song that makes the lyrics even more powerful, it was renamed to be his song (he called himself Fiction) RIP

the rev wrote this song and it's original name was death. he then died 3 days later.. if you are an a7x fan this is a very very sad emotional song.. he actually sings in it. he recorded his part before his death.

I dont see how this song is depressing the lyrics arent that bad and he sounds happy singing it Aomething in the way should be taking this place

This song it quite possibly the saddest thing I have ever heard, and STILL AVX Pwns it all.

Great song. i think it shows how he felt when it happened...

this song reminds me of my auntie who died of cancer

sobbing my eyes out. my older sister tried to commit suicide many times, and the only thing that stopped her was when she thought of me and how'd I'd have to live without her. I love you so much Sara

This one I can't even listen to the first two notes because all it reminds me of is how all seventeen of my friends died....and I couldn't save any of them. ='(

"This song reminds me of my grandfather, who was found lying on the floor dead." Why does that matter? Millions of people are found dead on floors.

it the most saddest song i lisen to it because there is a girl i liked at my babysiting coress and i did evry thing i could but she hated me

This song reminds me of my grandfather, who was found lying on the floor dead. We never called him or anything, so I cry every time I hear this. I miss you Pop-pop :(

i love this song :) its so cute and sad.

I love the song very sad thou

This is one of my favourite songs. I lvoe it. Reminds me of my parents. I love it I love it.

i actually love this song, i always play it (and all the other fray tracks) when im feeling down

this song, and the video (on where he is the white room, with all the different emotions come up on the screen) both make me cry :'(

This is really sad. It's cute. :3

this songs mean so much to me .. explains how i truly feel about everything

This song is beautifully sad...

so sad, always makes me cry but i love it...

one of my favorite songs ever i really like simple plan

this is my favorite song! it is sooooo sad!

i love this song. My uncle was hit by a drunk driver on thanksgiving on his way to our house for dinner.

music is sad the lyrics are sad its an amazing song

this is very emotional for me..my mom has gone through this before

this is real great - very sad :(

To the people who don't get what the song is about, it is about the effects of drunk driving

very sad song by awesome band i cried on it few times :'(

i think it was about a car crash

very very sad :'( wasn't it about a car crash...?

This IS the most depressing song ever written. I can't stand to here it. Heck, I can't even listen The Way You Look Tonight without tears in my eyes because it reminds me of Tears in Heaven. Should be number 1.

defnitely feel that this should be way higher given the back story

I love it! It made me cry. the song is very emotional. I had to think of everyone who I miss and I had to think about someone who is so close but so far away

its more poetic when you know the back story.

beautiful song

romantic? are you stupid? it's about his son who fell of a balcony and died..

I don't think it's a depressive song. It's more like a romantic one.

he wrote it about his son, Conor who fell 53 stories out a window of the building he lived in with his mother he was only four years old

LOVE THIS SONG

omg depressing and a half he rote it bout his son who died like young

I relate to this song not because some fleeting love left me, or something, but because it remind's me of my relationship to my father, who passed away in cancer not long ago. He was a horrible father, no doubt, but I was a horrible daughter. And he spent his last months on Earth, trying to make it up to me, knowing he did not have much time left. And I just shut him out, my wounded pride and my hatred for things that happen 20 years ago in the way. And on his death bed, I showed up, because I could no longer keep ignoring him. And as he looked at me for the last time, he smiled and told me that he did not except me to forgive him, but he had forgiven me along time ago. So, he told me that he loved me. So when he he sing "Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you" I die a little.

Yeah, this got me. "Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you..." That had me tearing up a bit.

...my boyfriend cheated on me, and i told him that i still loved him...he sang this song to me, and told me that he doesnt know how i could have ever forgivin him :'( he told me that he promised he would never do anything like that to me again, and so far...he hasnt. but every time i hear this song it reminds me about how truely sorry he was, and still is.....

I loved this song so much! The raw truthfulness of it never escaped me.

wow....number 1 and 2 kind of suck for depressing songs not gonna lie, but this song is seriously jaw dropping, i dont know if you have seen the live performance, but jesus, Justin is an inspiring performer, i wish all singers these days had the emotion that he does in his music

This is by far my favorite band ever. listen to "Black orchird" "18th Floor Balcony" "My Never" Blue october is one amazing band and i've seen them play "Hate Me" live and Justin sings in full raw emotion. I cried the whole show. He's truly the definition of an artist.

I cryed sooo much. Music is fer sher my lyfe.

OMG! I've been trying to find this song forever! I used to have it when I was going through some rough stuff and lost all my music and couldn't remember who it was by... thanks!

Its an amazing song, i could listen to for hours, quite frankly i like being depressed because of this song.

I cannot even explain what this song means to me.

it's actually a song about how justin wishes his mother didnt care about him so that he could commit suicide without leaving her. one of my favourite songs so much raw emotion.

I broke up with a girl, and I'm going out with another one. I love them both, but the one I broke up with me doesn't want to be my friend. I cry every time I hear this song. I cry because I can't deal with the pain, I can feel my face, and my heart screams. I'm torn in two and my heart is stabbed. Thanks Blue October, thanks for writing this amazing song.

A song about how Justin wants his mom to hate him for what he did when he was younger so that he can feel better about himself.

Its hard for me to listen to this without crying....good song..

I do not find it depressing at all..but its good nevertheless

R.I.P. VINCENT CRANE

beautiful song

never ending trials and tribulations until death, bro.

Who Cares.. It's a good song aint it?

It in general expresses teenage depression. such a good song

Then you should of gotten an F then. The "Adam" is a reference to a Mr. Show sketch. Mark was a huge fan of them and named after a song he wrote about being depressed on the road. Simple as that.

Actually it is abt Adam...if you YOU tube it his suicide letter is attached to the song... did an independent study on it for school... its a sad letter very disturbing.

That isnt true, he didnt write it because a killed himself that liked them, they wrote the song and a kid that was part of the Columbine High School massacre, committed suicide with this song playing on repeat

The song caused a bit of a stir back in 2000, because it was set to replay indefinently as a survivor of the Columbine High School massacre by the name of Greg Barnes hung himself in his parent's garage.

whattt??? common it's not as deep as the other ones...shallow overdramatic, self centered teenage note...this is nothing but hormonal martyrdom...the other are much more intense than this...but nice countdown anyway ;)

love itttt

such a sad song

Yeah theres a misconception that it was about the fictional 'adams letter' about a kids suicide note, but its got nothing to do with it

absolutely amazing song! (:

Tom wrote it when he heard about a kid who liked them and killed himself. Its partly his suicide letter and partly his own (Tom's) homesickness he experiences on tour.

this is not true.

Just went and listened to this. Wow. Now in my favourite song list. This song is just.... Wow.

This should be in the top 5, it's certainly more depressing than iris

Impressive song and lyricis

This song. describes so much, i can't beleive it wouldn't be at the top. it just describes so much. About being alone. Why anyone cares. It's just full of sentimental value as well.

My god I adore this song so much

goddam i say. if this is from this century then it puts all to shame

This literally left me speechless. i havent heard anything like it.

yes this is somethin not sure if its depresing thou but everything else yes

overpowering this is the pure art for the sake of it i cried

beautiful, simply beautiful. why haven't i heard of this wonder? thanks for putting it up. being an avid discoverer i now know there's so much more i haven't seen nor heard

oh my...sad powerful sexual what is this who is this WOW

I find it depressing because there is no way to escape hurt, ever. No matter how you try life always brings hurt.

so sad, it's just, sooooo sad... :'(

It hasn't saved me. Nearly killed me many times.

this is the saddest song everrrrrrr....

This one saved me from suicide when I was a teenager

I'd say this is more uplifting to the depressed then actually a depressing song

This song breaks my heart. It makes me think of my sister who passed away. Its been 7 years now but the pain is just as strong as if it happened yesterday. God I miss her so much!

@ above post. That is soo sad :(. Remember that there's a hope for all people. As long as you have faith!

it was one of the songs on my little sister's funeral... her name was Lucy she died age 16.....

this is the only time ive ever cryed to a song over and over again. it seems like i start crying when he says " hey lucy i remembered ur birthday"

I absolutely hate his cracked and nearly in existent voice.

This song makes me want tell everyone i love them

This song makes me cry every single time I listen to it. My dad used to call me Lucy, even though that's not my name. I don't see him much now, so this song really makes me sad.

i cried so much to this :'(

i love the song sooo much but its soo sad!

Just made me cryy. "Id give up all the world to see that little piece of heaven looking back at me"

I LOVE THIS SONG!

its not about suicide thought. its about disease.

Wow i just heard this song and the opening really spoke to me.

such a magnificent song, it just make ur heart cease beating, u just wanna all the earth stop moving, and it definitely take ur breath away!!

this is a sad song,listen to it when your down it helps

I love this song but I also say fix you is more depressing

oh what a song, i do think fix you is a lot more deperssing though

Amazing song, gives hope that someday the one you might have lost will come back to you...

this is a great song

this is a beautiful song.

Definetly one of my all time favorite songs.

all dressed up ,too...

very depressing song although I like the acoustic demo version better.

This is such a beautifull and depressing song, really you should hear this!!!!

This song makes me want to break down every time I hear it. Damien Rice is a master of depressing songs.

Nearly every Damien Rice song is amazingly depressing

I really love this song....!

Aren't all songs by Pink Floyd depressing?

This should be up higher...this song is so..powerfull. so upsetting. Theres alot of peole i wish were here :(

Pink Floyd is awsome, this is a depressing song though

This song is about their original founding band member Syd Barrett, who went a little crazy dueto drugs and had left the band by this point. The eerie part is that while Pink Floyd was recording this album, Syd came into the studio just to visit. Most notably, he was there with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" being recorded and playing in the background, a song that was directly about him. Syd didn't catch on, and they didn't tell him.

Poignant, nostalgic from frustrated. Such a genuine feeling of missing and wishing in the most desperate and artistic manner.

This song brings me back to nostolgia. I love it. The light guitar picking and riffs speaks to me clearly. If you want to listen to a classic, this is your chance. I think it's more of a feel good song, but on a lonely summer's night when the cicadas hollar.

This one is definetly one I wont be able to hear come Nov. 9th

My husband passed away at 28 y/o last September...and he loved Green Day. :(

My boyfriend just dumped me via email for some chick he met on his trip in Egypt. This was our song.....

Makes me think of my brother who died in September :( i love this song

i listen to this song all the time and i dont cry i just listen to it and air guitar but yeah it is a depressing song

i love this song. so sad... Green Day rocks

if you watch the music video you will REALLY cry

Extremely sad. I listen to it every night.

One of the saddest... makes me cry every time i hear it

So sad. Top ten worst for me. =''(

This is about the death of Billie Joe's father. His father died in September, so every September he relives the pain of his father's death. Hence the changing of time in the chorus.

I absolutely love this song, absolutely awesome!

always a sad one..

this song is not depressing, its actually a comfort to me as i am not afraid to say i was abused as a young child :'(

this vidoe was about martina mcbrides niece it made me cry the first time i heard it and it still does

This song never fails to make me cry. This one should at least be number 2. The video is sooo sad. )':

this song is so amazing it deserves to be in the top 5 not 20. this is the saddest song ever. i listened to all the songs and this one made me cry. the others didnt. TAKE IT HIGHER!!!!!!

This song should be nearer the top, its the only song thats actually gotten to me so far!

saddest everr!!

Love this song, but I get misty everytime I see it, and i'm a 50 year grandpa.

saddest song id heard before Fiction RIP Jimmy first heard this the same day my best friend hung herself, bout 30 mins before i got the news. i cant listen to it at all now

so i heard the song and understood the intent then i watched the video and i'm sttill crying

The video makes this even more depressing! Tells the story, but is so very sad.

such a sad song

Very sad made me cry every time I watched there another song she sings gods will one of the saddest songs I've ever herd

for me this song is not sad, it's a political song about conformism

In my mind the most depressing song on this list

This song makes me feel better when i'm upset

love this song so much, so sad

Lol, not even sad. Try Spring Break 1899 by Muder by Death. Maybe Latin Simone by Gorillaz.

Made me cry, alot.

Saddest song ever

very sad

This is a story of an incident that occured when he went to MY school. Go Cardiff! Go Encinitas! Go Waves! And go Mustangs!!!!

This song makes me cry terribly. I listen to it when I need to cry but just can't.

Needs to b higher

I feel sooo sorry for that soldier. He's been looking forward to coming home for such a long time to see his beautiful girl. But when he sees her, his heart and future are shattered. I hate that girl. How could she do that to him??

The only sad thing about this song is the first part. The poor man drinks himself to death in anguish. The rest is pitiless karmaic justice.

Wow...perfect song to cry to...

thats the most ive ever cryed over a song. my aunt is doing this to herself.

Damn that one just hurts...watched the video two times in a row and cried both times. Damn.

saddest song in the whole world. i go to it only when i'm seriously depressed.

Best song ever written.

wow..this sonqq ahl-waysz makes meh cry bhutt n dha end dey meet bak up :')

I love this song so much but rarely listen to it because it makes me cry so much. Even so amazing and moving song that I have advanced in the list because its one of the saddest Ive ever heard.

Why on earth is this song at number 58 this is by far one of the saddest songs ever written.

This is one song in my life that never fails to make my cry..

this song helpped me get some tears out

beautiful song. such emotion.

Makes you feel at ease with your sadness if that makes sense

It's what keeps me going everyday.

i think it cures it.. got me through some hard times..

this song truly captures depression.

Wipes the dirt from his hands and leaves her grave... nobody came... nobody cared... everyone is lonely. Sounds pretty depressing to me.

i was thinking about that!Yesterday too and long and winding road

This song is very depressing, especially the lyrics. I agree completely with above. My choir teacher got us to sing this and I wanted to go give Eleanor Rigby flowers for her grave.

how can people not think the futility of life is not depressing. your life being pointless with nobody turning up at your funeral is about at depressing as it gets

It doesn't belong this high up on here, but it is a depressing song. How can you not think a song about sitting around being alone while the world goes on around you is sad?

it has nothing to do here, it's absolutly not a depressing song...not sad at all, even if it's a good song.

it's not sad at all! I love the violins

LOVE THIS SONG !

this song saved my relationship...thank God i can play guitar

this song is amazing its one of my favorites and its pretty sad. i listen to it all the time

i really2 love this song.. its sooo touching and romantic..

A guy that i dated (that i still love) dedicated this song to me and now every time i hear it i cry. I wish he would give me another chance :'[

such an awesome song (:

This song is so beautiful, and it makes me tear up every time I hear it.

this song means so much to me :'[ it's perfect for people who love someone that doesn't love them back because it's basically that i'll stand by you forever no matter what.

I love that song and love that band. The story with claudio and Chondra behind it just makes it that much more heartbreaking.

I actually put this one on here. Glad to see it's getting recognition

its a depressive song, but then gives you hope. I think its beautiful.

Damn I love this song..Chris Martin wrote it for his wife,Gwyneth to help her cope with her father's death..

i love this song

I agree this is a happysad song. I always cry when I hear it.

Cry every time I hear this song, Reminds me about my Grandfather and how I felt when he died. :'(

Used as memorial song for my friends when they passed ages 12 +13, still cry everytime i hear it.

yeah,i agree .but the beginning kills you :)

Not really a depressing song - more about hope and the belief that things will get better.

but this song kind of gives you hope at the end. kinda like a "happy-sad" if that makes sense.

My brother played this song one day. And when he was gone i would listen to it everyday and cry. Now when i listen to it the memories come with it

very sad song, but i love it

i love this song

^^^ haha your awesoem well put.. so cute people who are referring to pink floyd as him

Ok the fact that most people here are referring to pink floyd as a "he" shows you have no clue what your talking about. If you were referring to him being the guy in the movie the wall you are wrong in assuming hes in the band. The guy in the movie is bob geldof the creator of live aid and live 8. the song portrays geldofs character a famous musician overdosing on heroin before a show and his managers response is to pump him with counter acting drugs so he can still go onstage simply for another payday.

it was part of his cd the wall which he wrote based on life expriences and how he was a wacked out junky and the people around him didnt care as long as they made money if your gonna listen to this song go all the way and watch Pink Floyd's The Wall its on youtube its like 1hr 30 min

first comment that pin bring it nit heroin but medcine, hes already OD and theres so much more meaninf to it. that comment realy fustreaded me dont talk about things you dont know. sorry about bad spelling.

You don't "trip" on herion. It's not a hallucinagenic drug.

Bad choice to choose to be me and my ex's song, now I'm paying for it... ;(

The song isn't about trippin on ****. He was seriously ill on tour and he was given medicine he didn't want to keep him going, making money for the band, and it affected him and his basic performance as a human being greatly.

No, what started it was he was really sick before a show in Pittsburgh once and the hotel Doctor came up and said ,"oh we'll give you a shot of this and you'll be ok.....it made him nearly incoherent and he had to do the show anyway.....that was the inspiration for the song

Its about the grind that the music industry is on the band , and how they kept them doped up to keep em going through the constant shows.

thats sorta true i heard that it was something to do with his hands like he couldnt feel them or something

This song just about the dude trippin on heroin or something just listen to the lyrics"just a little pinprick" still a cool song tho

I went to see Mayday Parade and when they sung this, I cried my heart out.

saddest song ever started crying in class first time i heard it. every time i cry

makes me cry every time this song is amazing

i think this is the best song that has ever been written.

This should be higher ..

In love with this song! but makes me cry :(

saddest song ever. Makes me cry everytime=[

The version by Ryan Adams is AMAZING.

Its by Oasis

That song is called Starry Starry Nights... ¬¬

Van Gogh had a brilliant bu troubled mind and this songs its very well interpreted

the greatest song ever

I was listening to this song while I was scrolling down the list. I love this song so much. I love QUEEN so much ♥

dude! honestly! people all have feelings! just stop the fighting snd feel music! god! bunch of heretic retards!

true we all hav r own opinions.i hv 2 say tho how is queen depressing? i honestly dont understand cause evn this song isnt as remotely sad as slipknots.just sayin.

Some of us think some of this stuff is sad. I mean, we all have different opinions.

Listen to Snuff of Vermillion pt. 2. I'm sure that will change your mind.

OP here. Don't get me wrong, I love Slipknot. I listen to a bunch of their songs. But they aren't nearly as depressing as other songs on here. And full of emotion? Every song ever is full of emotion...that's essentially what art is...emotion. Whether it's happiness, sadness, anger, etc. But Slipknot isn't depressing...at least not to the effect Queen is.

Slipknot are good actually, don't hate because the songs are full of emotion... a lot of people just don't take the time to notice.

Dude dont dis on slipknot

This song was probably all that kept me from comiting suicide last year. It is so sad and yet so beautiful at the same time. It reminds me that their are things to fight for in life

Probably the most beautiful and meaningful song i have ever listened

This song is intense and illustrates well the passion and agony behind the singer's voice. Beautifully heartbreaking.

Jay Brennan's version of this is even more intense

this is one of the best songs ever, it is so sad but it realy hitts home with me

How is this so low???

you know why all of this music is so depressing? because its all so darn terrible!

such an amazing song- it definitely captures intense emotion and really makes the listener feel that emotion.

very sad, I love it. I can listen to it all day...

This is honestly, one of my all time favorite songs. One of the first and still one of the only songs that i can totally relate to and just sit back and have the lyrics do the talking, the explaining of whats going on with me. It just fits. I love it, very depressing.

This is DEFF a true depressing song. Going through all these others, they don't really have the effect that this song has. Happy to see it on this list. Deserves me up A LOT higher though.

I listen to this song everyday non-stop. I don't know what it is and Sia has always been my top three singers. She is amazing. I wish she did concerts,I have certainly checked more than enough. This song helped me get through a lot. :)

This song gets my emotions running. It's a clash of emotions of love with the feeling of being unsafe and vulnerable. I love it. It should be heard. To get you in or out of a funk it quite up to you! Let it invite you.

this song makes me cry every single time... the passion... its amazing

i was literally just listening to this song . one of the best i have heard and is definately in my favourites. it is amazing but sad

Amazing beautiful song.

Britney does everything, since huge international pop songs to deep ballads. Bravo Britney. Love this song

Amazing song :)

This song (to me) is basically talking about how alone you are in life. There is always going to be someone there, but in the end, you're on your own, and your life is what you make it. (also.. just saying..This is my the band in the world. This is the first song I'd ever heard by them and I fell in love. Now I have all of their CDs, 4 shirts, and 3 posters of them. )

made me feel like i could keep on going even when everything was falling apart around me

but, it is a really good song!

this song makes my chest hurt...its so sad

Aww this should be so much higher up xx

Both versions are pretty great, but this is a lot more depressing Jhonny Cash version is about the experiences in his life Tent Reznor, a song about fear and confussion way more depressing

such a good song but the cash one was better

When my grandpa die it's the song that I played at his funeral.. so when I hear it I cry all the time!

marvellous song - about intoxication through love

Greaat song! x

just makes me feel.. good inside :)

love this, been my favourite for years.

love this s sng so much

I love this song. So beautiful!

not so much depressing as demonstrates how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. A very interesting view.

I was depressed, until I read the comment that referred to Old Blue.

Very depressing. It's about how our lives don't even really matter. What could be more depressing?

This is not a sad song. If it were a sad song I would not be singing it in choir. It's just slow, that does not make it sad.

this is not depressing to me.. it's just a nice song

I agree with this one :(

Youre my boy blue!!!!!!

Extremely depressing and creepy song.

:) Thanks for osting this and All in the Waiting should be here too :)

For a second, I thought "Buckethead? YEAH RIGHT!" then I listened to it. Completely changed my mind.

I like it Muchimos (Lots)

no, wrong Kurt never actually lived under a bridge, he was notorious for lying to journalists but still, good song :D

It was written when Kurt was living rough under a bridge in Aberdeen USA, a cocktail of drugs and loneliness with fantastic results.

I know how you can get that lonely. And nobody knows because you are THAT lonely. I would have a empty funeral service.

This isn't a bad song, but the chorus really annoys me, even if it is a common problem with songs. Literally every person in the world seriously contemplates suicide 2 or 3 times a week. If you claim it isn't on your mind often, you're lying.

I can relate to this song...... All im saying.

I agree with the person above me. To me, the saddest part of a sad song is the melody. This song sounds too "happy" for someone to get the true meaning of the lyrics. You can't just put depressing lyrics into any song and call it depressing.

The saddest bit of this song is how bad it is. Powerful lyrics (although not very deep) but the sound is far too over-produced to convey any meaning. A raw acoustic version would be much better (but not by this sell out).

I've been this lonely for most of my life... I just don't have the energy or motivation to follow through with it.

ive been that lonely

This melody isn't very sad, which is what pulls me in more than lyrics. Sorry, this one didn't even scratch the surface for me.

Had two of my best friends die at that age and this song hit so many feelings i haven't felt in a long time. truly a powerful song.

agreed.

:'( this song really got to me first time listening to it woooow :'(

I LOVE this song. It IS pretty depressing, but I still love it.

This is really a beautiful song...I love listening to it. I especially love the first line "Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again." So powerful; how much it tells in just a short sentence.

S&G are obviously greats - I always link this with "America" (the song) - they are both excruciating but beautiful

To say this song is hating on the gay community is just plain dumb. The man in the song has a pregnant wife...totally screams gay *being sarcastic*. Get over yourself! But yes, this is indeed a sad song.

how is this not number 1 its the biggest story song ever

Sad. Gives me chills every time I listen to it.

This is such a sad song, my ex boyfriend showed it to me. ):

Well if you'd actually listen to the song, Eminem was first rapping from the perspective of only a die-hard-obsessed fan. He wasn't knocking the gays. And secondly, this kind of thing happens a lot more often than you'd think.

This song was just eminem being an ******* to gay people by posing one as his die-for-him fan. This song is sad, but for many reasons other than the death...