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I don't know if I'd necessarily call these songs depressing, but they are a few that have brought tears to my eyes.
Tool - H... I really have no idea what this song is about... the great thing about a lot of Tool songs is that they are nebulous to take on a meaning entirely unique to the listener. I just remember waking up one morning to my alarm playing this song, it made me think of star-crossed lovers pitted against fate.
These next two are really more tied to the music videos associated to them than to the songs.
Collective Soul - The World I Know. I'm not a Collective Soul fan, and generally I dislike Christian music out of principle; however, this video moved me. It shows a man, apparently tired of the world he lives in, go to the top of a building and step to the edge, prepared to jump. At the last second, a pigeon lands on him and he begins to cry.
Metallica - One. This is an unlikely one. It's definitely more the video than the song on this one, though the video does go well with the song. It shows a young soldier, back from the war and wounded to the point that he can't see, hear, talk or move. Doctors, friends and family members are gathered around and it is discovered that he is attempting to communicate by tapping out morse code. When the message is deciphered, it turns out he is asking them to end his life, typing "Kill me" over and over. I think I read somewhere that this is a clip from the movie "Johnny Get Your Gun"
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