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when a blind man cries -deep purple also check Ian Gillan version
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
wow i loe this song and not just because Moscow was my home town.
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Made much more haunting than the original with the vocals of Gary Jules and the piano, this piece is hard to ignore. Not sure if the fact that it was the ending song to Donnie Darko or the lyrics itself that makes this song so depressing, all that matters is that it just really is.
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Yes. Also, it makes you realize problems with society/the world, even though it doesn't flat-out say; it's up to the listener to decide what problems Gary Jules really wanted to bring out/
nah, for #2, i think you guys should listen to Mayday Parade - Terrible Things
My great grandma died last night so maybe i shouldnt be listening 2 depressing songs..... :'(
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
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.
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!!!!!!
this song is da best i love it i cant go to school without hearing this song
this is a insanely depressing song, made even more depressing in DONIE DARKO, this song is way to depressing
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
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. :)
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.
Great song however, Tears for Fears version is better by far;p
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Most Depressing Song and The most sad - - the person is lonely in the world
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To the person below me. The guest that told the other to kill themselves. You are shallow and you have to be terrible enough to make people feel that bad on the internet. Be ashamed of yourself, no one deserves that!
to the commenter underneath me, i think you should do it, the world will clearly be a better place without you
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EXTREMELY depressing. You all are morons if you think it's not. This song makes me wanna die.
a nice song, but shouldnt be on this list - i would find it weird if i ever saw anyone crying to this song
Wow, this also ranks #1 on the "Lamest Songs of All Time" list.
what ever happened to the end by the doors or something in the way by nirvana?
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.
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 to say this is a bad song buti dont see how it made number one. like how did it beat immortal and concrete angel
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It is hard not to get moved by this cover, especially if you watch the music video. Seeing Johnny Cash aged and looking back on his amazing career, it is hard not to feel bad right with him.
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I cut myself and have for 5 years and when I heard this song it makes me want to end my life after seeing my sister attacked because I couldn't protect her
Trent Reznor actually has stated that this is the better version. Or, as he states it, "it's not my song anymore." This version takes the cake.
Very depressing, indeed. I prefer the original version by NIN. It feels even more real and dark.. .but I love both of them. I remember listening to this song before visiting my shrink once. When she asked me how I felt i just couldn't keep my tear backs, perhaps because of this song. It was the first time in 6 years some one saw me cry.
I tried to take my life yesterday. It still hurts me to think about, and this is the song that triggered me. I'm 14, have an eating disorder, cut, and have depression. So yes, this is a depressing song.
In terms of effect I find NINs far more depressing in fact I can hardly listen to it. Probably because I was splitting up from my wife at the time. Cash's has a different feel more about memories. Both good.
shame trent never got the recognition that johnny got for it
I also think trent did the song better production was leagues beyond on the original version
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
Johnny Cash did too write it!! This is about his life,he was an addict and if you do your homework you would also know hat Johnny Cash was around long before nine inch nails!!
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. =(
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.
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.
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.
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I was analyzing this song in my literacy class at school, and now I agree that it is very depressing.
I can't listen without feeling it in my heart. The lyrics and melody hit to the core. It's pain in its most glorious form.
Crazy song. I hate grunge, but this song really does carry a meaning over to me.
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.
About loving and losing someone; wanting them to find happiness, but feeling the intense pain of knowing they'll be with someone else forever.
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I feel like this is the song I would leave to my mom if I ever killed myself
I actually think that either her son Hello or Like You should be here instead oooof My Immortal. They both deal with the death of her little sister Bonnie when Amy was just 6 years old and Bonnie was only 3. They are such sad but beautiful songs. My father actually died a couple years ago and I can remember singing that the day after we buried him.
Just seeing it on number seven instead of the top 5 makes it more sad : (
this should be higher in rank i almost cried the first time i heard it and i listened to this song when i was depressed about my dad (the best dad ever) being taken away
omg amazing song so sad describes exactly how you feel when ur betrayed by someone close to u or if u feel cut off from the world xxx so deep :b
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.
Im basing a school composition on this song amazing song love it
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.....
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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
@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
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....
reminds me of all my failures in life and how i do wrong more than right :'(
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.
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Not the biggest fan of this song, but Alexandra Burke's version has to be first before Rufus Wainwright's version.
Don't think there's anyting better than this. Perfect. Absolutely Perfect.
Leonard Cohen's version is the original. But each version is good.
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!
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 !
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Can't believe its not already here. One of the most truly depressing songs ever written.
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I lived this song, walked down my old street...like a cat in a bag...
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.
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
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I heard this song on the radio whilst driving my car alone in the dark in the rain, the day after me and my last girlfriend broke up... I had to pull over to cry my eyes out. Great song!
not deppressing just so perfect it makes you cry. but never listern to it if you are preparing for a test and are panicking and really worrid. i know i made that mistake. oops
this song is really good and inspirational but it nor really sad or depressing
I'm sorry to let you people down but I actually dislike this song; It annoys me...
this song makes me realize that once you have the chance at love never let it go because before you know it its gone again :..( xxx
This song made me realize that there is other better guys out there.. it reallly helped me
I am not that moved by this song. It's good song but honestly it's not that great. Just my opinion. (I better not get any nasty comments over an opinion)
just exquisid. really wonderful. if you ever had a heart broken, this song will maky you cry as soon as adele strats singing.
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
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
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This should be up higher...this song is so..powerfull. so upsetting. Theres alot of peole i wish were here :(
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.
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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
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
omg depressing and a half he rote it bout his son who died like young
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about a guy that his girlfriend died.. "I hold your casket gently walking to the grave
Dark clouds eclipse the sun won't shine again"
I looked the whole list and I haven't seen any Billy Talents song..that's weird they write very dark and depressing songs! "Surrender", "Pins and Needles", "Nothing to Lose" check them out guys!
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This song was considered so depressing by many radio stations that when it first came out it was only given limited airplay, even today you will rarely hear it on the radio.
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being a goth i know how it feels to be made fun of and different i sometimes wish that i was 'normal' but then i realize that im fine justnthe way i am nd this songs really says that its ok to be different nd let people know that you dont have to be the same xxx
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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Because it's so powerful and beautiful, it seems so personal that we shouldn't even be listening to it
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One of my favorite songs by Eminem, this song always touches my heart and is really sad. The emotion is so raw and powerful... it just moves you.
this song is great should be in top 5 its personal its powerful and its a mistake that he made
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
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
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Definitely a depressing song. From the sorrowful intro piano to the depressing swansong of a chorus, this song portrays hopelessness and depression in such a way that it completely reflects the subject matter of a suicide note
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This song is amazingly emotional, I listen to it and feel the words. Always play it when I'm depressed.
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.
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...........
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This song did it for me. Been looking for the most depressing song this evening. No one got to me. Until this came up. I just crawled into fetal position and cried. Felt kinda good.
this song is not about self harm. "you bleed just to know you're alive" is in reference to the film "city of angels" which this song was written for. in the film, the angel must fall from a building to become a human being, and to show this has happened he bleeds. he then knows he is alive, a human.
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."
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...
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
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!
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
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
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I'm upping Cash, Linkin Park and Floyd in this list, but Karen Carpenter was the best at expressions of melancholy.
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I found that my birth father had passed away back in Jan. 2007. My adopted parents didn't find until March the same year just around the time my adopted sister was having her baby shower. I had this song repeatedly playing as I cried my eyes out. The last time I saw him was when I was 9 years old
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
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.
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I honestly had to pull my car over one day because this song came on and I started to cry. Its totally heartbreaking.
I dedicated this song to my mother for the years of my struggle with addiction and my numerous suicide attempts. Having to deal with my mania and my lows. She admits she truly had no clue how to cope, what to do, or how to "fix it". (Those who have emotional problems will relate to that reference) But she stood by me no matter what I did or said, and in the end I slowly was able to grip with the reality of myself to manage stability and content. She saw me through despite me always pushing her away. Thank you mom!
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.
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.
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..
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the rev wrote this song 3 days before his death its his farewell to his band mates and fans such emotionally charged song
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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
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.
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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
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.
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 :(
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this songs mean so much to me .. explains how i truly feel about everything
i love this song. My uncle was hit by a drunk driver on thanksgiving on his way to our house for dinner.
this is very emotional for me..my mom has gone through this before
To the people who don't get what the song is about, it is about the effects of drunk driving
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^^^ 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.
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
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A mad fan made to belive eminem is dissing him by not answearing his letters. What made me cry the most was when Stan and his GF who was pregnant died and eminem found himself writing back to a dead man
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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.
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...
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this song actually makes me want to save a life. It makes me happy that I'm alive.
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 :(
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 :'(
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If you're like me you can relate to the song. Blue eyed, hurt and angry because of how everyone treats me but I hide it This song is something to relate to.
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Limp Bizkit definitely did better. Just saying. Depressing stuff.
dont be ignorant, we all know both bands went the wrong direction with a song. i am a fan of the who and some what of limp bizkit and they both could have done alot better.
Technically the cover was Aaron Lewis (from Staind) and Fred Durst and I love Aaron's voice and not a big fan of the Who at all they ruined my name long before I had it. It's Athena by the way listen to that song it's depressingly terrible and I almost cried from it
I do think limp bizkit did a fair job, although they are not at all my fave band. However, the original's truthfulness with slight detachment cannot be copied, and that makes the Who shines more.
Limp Bizkit did it better? Are you retarded? This was a classic by The Who. How can someone do a better job at someone else's masterpeice.
great song, limp bizkit did it better tho i think :) makes me tear up
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How is this not on the list? I wouldn't put it at the top, but it should be on here.
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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.
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i cried, its because the lyrics show people how exactly i feel.
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..
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.
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.
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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
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.
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The song is about Adam...'I trace the cord back to the wall, No wonder... it was never plugged in at all'. He tried to commit suicide by putting his amp in a puddle with himself (not sure how big/deep this puddle was), but it is definitely about him trying to commit.
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 ;)
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
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.
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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.
this is one of the best songs ever, it is so sad but it realy hitts home with me
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.
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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!!
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...
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When life and the people in it fails you, and feel like you really really need someone to give you the courage to go on with everything and to help you out, it's pretty depressive when you're standing alone and feeling that everything you do doesn't make sense at all...
It's an excellent song, but I don't think it is really depressive.
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this song....>>>>>>> sooooo sad :'( the video is so sad and i always cry when i hear this song
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!
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.
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
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Try listening to Leonard Cohen reciting this as a poem. Available on You Tube
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.
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This song conveys great emotion and tells us to cherish the moments with our lovedones while were still with them
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"
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.
Just made me cryy.
"Id give up all the world to see that little piece of heaven looking
back at me"
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Played this song at my husbands funeral 6years ago, along with tears in heaven.
This is one of the rare occasions where in general i dislike the musician(possible understatement) but that i think this song id beautiful
This is a very sad (and beautiful) song. It should be higher tha 95. Hopefully my vote will take it up a bit.
my best friend / ex moved away and i listened to this song the day he moved everysingle thing in the song is what happened between me and him . he hasn come back to see me much .. tht was a year ago. i still start sobbing everytime i hear it
such a great song.. explained everything between my ex and i.. i cry when i listen to it everytime..
i love this song.. its perfect and flawless.. it makes me cry...
this song is perfect if you are depressed about a break up, i love this song
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I got the clap from my friend's mom while listening to this song. I'm not sure what was more depressing.
It's nothing to do with Jim's father either. He had a very distant relationship with his parents, hence the Oedipus lyrics (father, I want to kill you). Truth is, he began writing it about the end of a relationship, but whilst performing it live he added lines of poems and other songs he had written, creating the masterpiece we now know. So, using your not so eloquent language, "know what your (sic) talking about before posting your BS."
On another note, probably my favourite song ever, and it both depresses you and makes you incredibly angry at the same time.
Nothing to do with the end of a relationship, moron. Jim Morrisons Father was in the Vietnam War, its about the Red River, "the snake" in Vietnam. And how the destroyed sailor comes home and in a not so uncommon turn of events, kills his father, brother and sister, then rapes and kills his mother.... Know what your talking about before posting your BS
They played this song at my fathers funeral..... I've never gotten around to listening to it... I just can't.
Its really about the end of a relationship but works on many levels. Jim Morrison was a true rock star, a shooting star, bright, spectacular and brief.
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I'm not sure why this song isn't already on here. It was banned by MTV for being pro-suicide. Even though it's Megadeth, they somehow still manage to capture all of the emotion suggested by the lyrics. Although Dave Mustaine gives a clear explanation of what he meant in the song, you can't help but think of a lost person who knows no way out but death.
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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
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
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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
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This song makes me cry terribly. I listen to it when I need to cry but just can't.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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Lovely but really long xxx not really depressing I don't think but amazing song xxx
this song makes me think a lot like about life and stuff, gets me depressed... reminds me of a time a friend of mine tried (but luckily failed) to kill himself....
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The story of a man whose perfect day is to be doped up on heroin which allows him to pretend he doesn't hate himself. This, coupled with the beautiful strings and piano just add to despair of the final line's realization that you're going to reap what you sow.
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Great addition to the list. I love the irony in the lyrics. Lou lists the things that would truly lead to his perfect day (sangria in the park, feeding animals in the zoo), but ultimately, none of it matters because he has junk to take care of it all.
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It's so sad and Adele makes it sound even sadder the way she sings it.
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Written by Dylan, Adele's version is good, but Bryan Ferry's (IMHO) is the best - from the album 'Dylanesque'.









