Most Depressing Song Ever? - Page 6 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

noodle · 06-10-2006, 03:58 PM

that silly Edwin McCain song... I'll Be
Trisha Yearwood (I think she's the singer) How do I live without you
Meatloaf... I would do anything for love
That Vitamin C song that they played at every high school graduation for years.
Dave Matthews... The Dreaming Tree
Alice In Chains... The Rooster

My only real favorite depressing song though is Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. It was attached to Closer, a movie that ended up disturbing me about human relationships at a really, really bad time. It make me cry, but it's heartbreakingly beautiful.

FoolThemAll · 06-10-2006, 07:52 PM

Of Montreal - "Eros' Entropic Tundra"

Quote:

All I ever get is sad love
While watching all my friends find their happy love
I don't understand why I should be
Without love

All I ever get is sad love
Always falling for the ones who feel nothing for me
Sometimes I think I should just forget
About love

I was walking with my parents through St. Peter's park
When I saw a young couple with a child
They were all holding hands and smiling
They seemed very nice
Seemed to have a nice life

All I ever get is sad love
Feeling incomplete and below being loved
I don't know why it has been so hard
To find love

All I ever get is sad love
The unrequited kind is all I have procured
And it was nothing at all like what I've heard
About love

Without love, life has no great reward
Leaving us damaged or feeling so bored
Devoid of memories, nothing to record
Wishing the ones that we adore
Loved us more

Belle & Sebastian - "Jonathan David"

Quote:

I know you like her
Well, I like her too, I know she likes you
It's not as if I'm being sent off to war
There are worse things in this world

There's still room in my wooden horse for two
I was Jonathan to your David
You're still king

Well I thought about her
I dreamed she'd come, I'd make my escape
I thought she liked me but somehow I was wrong
I know you don't want it this way
But it's okay
It's not like we'll be parted
It's not like we'll never know love

And she'll smile for you
She'll hold your hand
You'll be in love, there's no other way
And I will make it someday

Well, I know you like her
Well, I like her too, I know she likes you
It's not as if I'm being sent off to war
There are worse things in this world

There's still room in my wooden horse for two
I was Jonathan to your David
You're still king

Visions of love recollected
Have we ever been true?
I know that I have, it's time for you to go
It's all in the stones that you throw
I want you to know
It's not like we'll be parted
It's not like we'll never know love

And she'll smile for you
She'll hold your hand
You'll be in love
There's no other way

People say that
We'll never change
We'll never change
But I have

You and her in the
Local newspaper
You will be married and you'll be gone
Married and you'll be gone

Martian · 06-11-2006, 01:02 PM

I'm surprised there's six pages of discussion about this. I just assumed that everyone knew the most depressing song ever written is Gloomy Sunday. Any song linked to that many suicides is a given for the title, I reckon.

Ben Gibbard writes some pretty depressing tunes, though. I haven't heard any of his All-Time Quarterback stuff, but I don't recommend listening to The Postal Service or Death Cab for Cutie if you're already in a bad mood. It'll only make things worse.

meembo · 06-15-2006, 05:36 PM

needle in the hay -- elliott smith

heroin sucks donkey, as wayne would say. knowing one person who dies from it is sad. knowing several is just too depressing.

trache · 06-15-2006, 07:07 PM

"Fix You" by Coldplay.

I lived two hours away from my hometown for a job and was going home after being "let go" from my job (for a shortage of work, not for behaviour/illegal reasons).

Driving back to my hometown in the snow for two hours and thinking about the last few hours just made me cry all the way home.. and stupid me had to have this in the CD player at the time!

MySexyAssJ · 06-17-2006, 01:32 AM

Candlebox - "Far Behind"

Quote:

Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you bad
But I did it anyway
And then maybe
Some would say your life was sad
But you lived it anyway
And so maybe
Your friends they stand around they watch you crumble
As you fall down to the ground
And then someday
Your friends they stand beside as you were flying
Oh you were flying oh so high
But then someday people look at you for what they call their own
They watch you suffer
Yeah they hear you calling home
And then some day we could take our time
To brush the leaves aside so you can reach us
But you left me far behind

Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
Now maybe some would say you're left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain

No, no, no
Couldn't share the pain, they watch you suffer
Now maybe I could have made my own mistakes
But I live with what I've known
And then maybe we might share in something rare
But won't you look at where we've grown
Won't you look at where we've gone
But then someday comes
Tomorrow holds a sense of what I feel for you in my mind
As you trip the final line
And that cold day when you lost control
Shame you left my life so soon you should have told me
But you left me far behind

Now maybe I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
Now maybe some would say you're left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain No, no, no

Now maybe I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
Now maybe baby some would say you're left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain
I said times have changed your friends
They come and watch you crumble to the ground
They watch you suffer
Yeah, they hold you down
Hold you down
Now maybe oh oh, maybe
I didn't mean to treat you bad
But you left me far behind
Left me far behind
Left me far behind

and...

Pearl Jam - "Black"

Quote:

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay,
laid spread out before me,as her body once did.
All five horizons revolved around her soul,
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.

Oh, and all I taught her was everything.
Oh,I know she gave me all that she wore...
And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds
of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black--
tattooed everything.

I take a walk outside.
I'm surrounded by some kids at play.
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?

Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head...
I'm spinning-- oh, I'm spinning!
How quick the sun can drop away...

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
of what was everything.
Oh, my pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

All the love gone bad, turned my world to black...
tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be... yeah

Oh oh Oh oh ooo

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky,
but why, why, why can't it be,
oh, can't it be mine?

dd3953 · 06-17-2006, 12:28 PM

I would have to say Macy Gray's "The Letter"

I ever wanted was some love and peace and harmony
I could dance in the raw in the sun underneath the stars
When I walk over to my money tree ain't nobody there trying to take from me
When they ask "Are you truly free?" I'd say "Yes, truly"
But down here in reality everybody knows there ain't no such thing
And it's clear
It's obviously this is not the place I'm supposed to be
On and on and on I've searched
What I'm lookin for is not here on earth
I can't stand I can't take no more
So I know that I gotta go
So long everybody
Mama don't be sad for me
Life was a heartache and now I am finally free
Don't know where I'm headed
Hope I see you someday soon
So long everybody
I have gone beyond the moon

All I ever wanted,love and the peace and the harmony
Just to be live and shine
When I get ready I up and fly
And I can't remember none of the things that I want to forget
It's the best - satisfaction no less
Ask if I'm free and I'll say "Oh yes"
But down here in reality everybody knows there ain't no such thing
And it's clear
It's obviously this is not the place I'm supposed to be
On and on and on I've searched
What I'm lookin for is not here on earth
I can't stand I can't take no more
So I know that I gotta go
So long everybody
Mama don't be sad for me
Life was a heartache and now I am finally free
Don't know where i'm headed
Hope I see you someday soon
So long everybody
I have gone beyond the moon

Before I do
Just one more look at you
It's worth the stay
But I'll meet you later at that better place
All I ever wanted was
All I ever wanted was
All I ever wanted was

So long everybody
Mama don't be sad for me
Life was a heartache and now I am finally free
Don't know where I'm headed
Hope I see you someday soon
So long everybody
I have gone beyond the moon

All I ever wanted,love and the peace and the harmony
Just to be live and shine
When I get ready I up and fly
And I can't remember none of the things that I want to forget
It's the best - satisfaction no less
Ask if I'm free and I'll say "Oh yes"
But down here in reality everybody knows there ain't no such thing
And it's clear
It's obviously this is not the place I'm supposed to be
On and on and on I've searched
What I'm lookin for is not here on earth
I can't stand I can't take no more
So I know that I gotta go
So long everybody
Mama don't be sad for me
Life was a heartache and now I am finally free
Don't know where i'm headed
Hope I see you someday soon
So long everybody
I have gone beyond the moon

Before I do
Just one more look at you
It's worth the stay
But I'll meet you later at that better place
All I ever wanted was
All I ever wanted was
All I ever wanted was

So long everybody
Mama don't be sad for me
Life was a heartache and now I am finally free
Don't know where I'm headed
Hope I see you someday soon
So long everybody
I have gone beyond the moon

I made the mistake of enjoying the song, played it for about an hour straight, but sadly enough, it made my mom a little nervous, so I had to turn it off.

monkeysugar · 07-09-2006, 01:11 AM

Staind- Excess Baggage. Really, really depressing.

Guster- Either Way. Not necessarily depressing, but extremely bittersweet to me. My first real love and first real broken heart. It was probaby 6-8 years ago, but every time I hear it I get a little smile and that contemplative "damn...." feeling.

Swervegarden · 07-10-2006, 11:21 PM

im not effected my words in a song as much as the feeling of the song itself... that being said...

nirvana - something in the way/serve the servants
soundgarden - tighter & tighter/zero chance
codeine - cave-in

Halifax · 07-13-2006, 08:45 PM

For me, the saddest piece of music is Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Sonata for Cello in G Minor," a seriously beautiful and somber piece for cello with piano accompaniment. I'm not sure whether I would class it as "depressing," however. The piece is more poignant and affecting than depressing. It's a flowing meditation, a lyrical lament—and one of the most profound expressions of sorrow ever written.

captobvious · 07-13-2006, 10:06 PM

Death Cab For Cutie - "What Sarah Said"

Quote:

And it came to me then that every plan
Is a tiny prayer to father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I’ve already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend
On a faulty camera in our minds
And I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself

‘Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes ‘round and everyone lift their heads
But I’m thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die

So who’s gonna watch you die?

If you listen to this at the right moment, then you'll be crying like a baby by the end of the song.

Angiepants · 07-16-2006, 02:51 AM

From my "GAH DEPRESSING" playlist on iTunes:

Alexisonfire - "Happiness By The Kilowatt"
"So where has all the day gone?
And why are my lungs aching when I breathe?
Is there something wrong with the heat?
Why am I so cold?
And my heart feels sick
And it hurts when I speak"

Azure Ray - "Trees Keep Growing"
"It's funny how you can forget
There's a world outside yourself
Where the one who loves you keeps on living
Without you there"

Ben Folds - "Fred Jones, Part 2"
"Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement
Projecting some slides onto a plain white
Canvas and traces it
Fills in the spaces
He turns off the slides, and it doesn't look right
Yeah, and all of these bastards
Have taken his place
He's forgotten but not yet gone"

Jets To Brazil - "Rocket Boy"
"Going in a circle, never getting to the point
Burning up the atmosphere, my rocket shop boy
You say there's a finish line, but you're already beat
'Cause you're living on your knees"

Lucero - "Fistful Of Tears"
"The water's deep dark and blue
There ain't nothing left to do
So darling be strong, I'll cross before long
And I'll wait on the far shores for you"

Nickel Creek - "The Lighthouse's Tale"
"And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be"

Thursday - "War All The Time"
"War all of the time
In the shadow of the New York skyline
We grew up too fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American flags
The pieces fall, it's like a last day parade
And the fires in our streets start to rage
So wave to the people who long to wave back"

Honorable mentions:
A Perfect Circle - "3 Libras"
Ben Folds - "Late"
Brad Paisley - "Whiskey Lullaby (feat. Alison Krauss)"
Bruce Springsteen - "Streets Of Philadelphia"
Jawbreaker - "Jet Black"
Joey Cape - "Minus"
Johnny Cash - "In My Life"
Nine Inch Nails - "A Warm Place"
The Spill Canvas - "Sunsets And Car Crashes"
William Elliott Whitmore - "Cold And Dead"

Jack1.0 · 07-16-2006, 11:33 AM

Shine On you Crazy Diamond/Wish You Were Here
By: Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here

This song was described by a D.J. I knew as a song that could "Make A Dead Man Cry"

"Shine on you Crazy Diamond"

Remember when you were young
You shone like the sun
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes
Like black holes in the sky
Shine on, you crazy diamond

You were caught in the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom
Blown on the steel breeze
Come on you target for faraway laughter
Come on you stranger
You legend, you martyr, and shine

You reached for the secret too soon
You cried for the moon / Shine on...
Threatened by shadows at night
And exposed in the light / Shine on...

Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision
Rode on the steel breeze
Come on you raver, you seer of visions
Come on you painter
You piper, you prisoner, and shine

Nobody knows where you are
How near or how far / Shine on...
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there / Shine on...

And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's triumph
Sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy child, you winner and loser
Come on you miner
For truth and delusion and shine

kaytwo · 08-14-2006, 06:34 PM

non of these are in any type of order, so my favor is bias in no way.

Third Eye Blind-Slow motion
Apocalyptica-Faraway
Red Hot chilli Peppers-Soul to Squeeze
Smashing Pumpkins-To Forgive
Jimi Hendrix-The Wind Crys Mary
Guns N' Roses-Dont Cry
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

that about wraps it up, i found alot of good songs thanx to this site. i just wanted to share my findings

longbough · 08-14-2006, 06:50 PM

Bodies - The Sex Pistols
(not melancholic-depressing but pathetic-depressing)

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - William Shatner
(depressing for the rendition if you've ever heard it)

Twist and Shout - The Mommas and the Poppas
(it's true! They did a cover of that song. Hillarious for the first couple of minutes then just plain sad)

streak_56 · 08-14-2006, 07:14 PM

45- shinedown

Ch'i · 08-20-2006, 12:33 AM

Edvard Grieg, in his Pier Gynt suite No.1, wrote a song called Ase's Death after his wife died that's definately one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard.

neflyte · 08-24-2006, 07:22 PM

R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
R.E.M. - Country Feedback
R.E.M. - Perfect Circle
Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
Interpol - Take You On A Cruise
Depeche Mode - most anything from Violator or Ultra
Aphex Twin - IZ-US
Plaid - Zamami

...and one that has made me do as the title suggests on a count of my ex and I hearing it performed live only days before our breakup...

Keith Urban - Tonight I Wanna Cry

(maybe not depressing to most...but definately to me)

Manic_Skafe · 08-24-2006, 09:50 PM

Televators by The Mars Volta.

- -

Just as he hit
The ground
They lowered a tow that
Stuck in his neck to the gills
Fragments of sobriquets
riddle me this
three half eaten corneas
who hit the aureole
Stalk the ground
Stalk the ground
You should have seen
The curse that flew right by you
Page of concrete
Stained walks crutch in hobbled sway
Auto-da-fé
A capillary hint of red
Only this manupod
Crescent in shape has escaped
The house half the way
Fell empty with teeth
That split both his lips
Mark these words
One day this chalk outline will circle this city
Was he robbed of the asphalt that cushioned his face
A room colored charlatan
Hid in a safe
Stalk the ground
Stalk the ground
You should have seen
The curse that flew right by you
Page of concrete
Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway
Auto-da-fé
A capillary hint of red
Only this manupod
Crescent in shape has escaped

Pull the pins
Save your grace
Mark these words
On his grave
[x3]

You should have seen
The curse that flew right by you
Page of concrete
Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway
Auto-da-fé
A capillary hint of red
Everyone knows the last toes are
Always the coldest to go

Seer666 · 09-02-2006, 02:44 PM

I was glad to see someone here knows who Kevin Gilbert is, Donkeypuncher. "Song for a Dead Friend" gives me a break down everytime I hear it. You forgot to add just about every other song he has ever done though. "Tears of Aurdy" and "Tea for One" are the other two rip your heart out songs ont hat album. Then there is the stuff he did with Toy Matinee. "Toy Matinee" and "there was a Little Boy" Will both rack you hard.
Other songs that hit me hard are:

NIN- Somethin I can never have
Cash- Hurt
Queen- The show must go on
Blink182- Adams Song -I first heard that right after a good friend of mine killed himself. I played it expecting the normal light happy stuff Blink does. I was on the floor in a ball for 45 minutes. Never been hit that hard by a song before in my life.
Everclear- Wonderful
DC Talks- What if I stumble
Ozzy- So Tired
Ozzy- mama I'm comeing home
Verve Pipe- Freashmen
Megadeth- Almost Honest
Concreat Blond- Joey

x|never.foundx| · 09-27-2006, 04:31 AM

Well if you take my word for it mostly emo music is depressing not poser emo music like The used taking back sunday shit like that realy emo music

Sunny day real estate - Seve
I Hate Myself - to a husband at war
Mineral - Parking lot

i also would perfer some bright eyes like
Bright eyes - no lies just love
Bright Eyes - Padriac my prince

what about hawthoren heights or how ever its spelt songs like
ohio is for lovers come off it one the lyrics is so cut my wrist and black my eyes

Min · 09-29-2006, 02:34 PM

The songs I find depressing are the love songs that amount to 'you're everything in the entire world and I'm lost when you're gone'. That's a long list of many modern love songs. I find the sentiment depressing because I wouldn't want to imagine someone that loved me being unable to function when I'm not around.

stevie667 · 10-01-2006, 01:41 PM

Brighter side by OPM, one of the few songs that can really produce a pang in the throat when listened to.

Especially when you compare it to the other songs on the album (menance to sobriety) the slowness really hits. One of my favourite tunes.

Sometimes
I forget that you're not here
Can't believe it's been a year
Since you flew away
And I never got to say goodbye
Good times
Hangin' out til the break of dawn
Listening to Bob
And singin along
Every little thing it's gonna be
It's gonna be all right...

I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side
And one day I'm gonna be there too
Where the sun is shining and the water's blue
I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side
I know you're somewhere where you're finally free
You'll always be a part of me
Like the moon is to the sea

They say you don't know
A good thing till it's gone
But I got to say they're wrong
I knew you were a good friend
A good friend all along
I wish the world wouldn't be so cold
As to take such a beautiful soul
But despite it all I know we gotta carry on

I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side
And one day I'm gonna be there too
Where the sun is shinin and the water's blue

I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side
I know you're somewhere where you're finally free
And you'll always be a part of me
Like the moon is to the sea

I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side..
Always be a part of me...

If I could rewind time
Then I'd like to let you know
Just one thing before your time go
That every moment you were living was a blessing to me
And I saw inside of you things that others couldn't see
Now people put you down for the way that you lived
But those people never knew you the way that I did
Don't be ashamed of who you were of how you died
I know you just wanted to find the brighter side...

I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side
And one day I'm gonna be there too
Where the sun is shining and the water's blue
I know that you're gonna fly
Somewhere brighter on the other side
I know you're somewhere where you're finally free
And you'll always be a part of me...

I know that you're gonna fly
I know that you're gonna fly

monkeydriven · 10-02-2006, 06:05 PM

Cat Power - Names

Great song from a great artist...lyrics are so sad

His name was Perry
He had a learning difficulty
His father was a very mean man
His father burned his skin
His father send him to his death
He was ten years old
He was ten years old
He was ten years old

Her name was Naomi
Beautiful round face, so ashamed
Told me how to please a man
After school in the back of a bus
She was doing it every day
She was eleven years old
She was eleven years old
She was eleven years old

Her name was Sheryl
Black hair, like an electric space
She would pretty paint my face
She was a very good friend
Her father would come to her in the night
She was twelve years old
She was twelve years old
She was twelve years old

His name was Donovan
He was a very good friend
The cards were stacked against him
He was selling cocaine
The last time I saw him
He was thirteen years old
He was thirteen years old
He was thirteen years old

His name was Charles
He said he was in love with me
We were both fourteen
Then I had to move away
Then he begin to smoke crack
Then he had to sell ass
I don't know where he is
I don't know where they are

little_tippler · 10-03-2006, 05:31 AM

Coldplay - "Fix You"

(excerpt)

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse.

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream, down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I..

James Blunt - "Goodbye my Lover"

(full lyrics)

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won

So I took what's mine by eternal right
Took your soul out into the night
It may be over but it won't stop there
I am here for you if you'd only care

You touched my heart you touched my soul
You changed my life and all my goals
And love is blind and that I knew when
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand
Shared your dreams and shared your bed
I know you well, I know your smell
I've been addicted to you

Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me

I am a dreamer and when i wake
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take
And as you move on, remember me
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile
I've watched you sleeping for a while
I'd be the father of your child
I'd spend a lifetime with you
I know your fears and you know mine
We've had our doubts but now we're fine
And I love you, I swear that's true
I cannot live without you

Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me

And I still hold your hand in mine
In mine when I'm asleep
And I will bare my soul in time
When I'm kneeling at your feet

Goodbye my lover
Goodbye my friend
You have been the one
You have been the one for me

I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow...

Katie Melua - "Piece by Piece"

(excerpt)

First of all must go
Your scent upon my pillow
And then I'll say goodbye
to your whispers in my dreams
And then our lips will part
In my mind and in my heart
'Cause your kiss
Went deeper than my skin

Piece by piece
is how I'll let go of you
Kiss by kiss
Will leave my mind one at a time
One at a time, one at a time

Cobain25 · 04-14-2007, 03:42 AM

The most depressing song is the Nirvana song "Something in the way" or the song Nirvana preformed on MTV Unplugged called "Where did you sleep last night".
Both these songs are very depressing so I can't see why, as far as I have seen, no one has mentioned them before. Listen and you'll see!!

CyCo PL · 04-15-2007, 02:29 AM

Pantera - Suicide note pt. 1

hunnychile · 04-15-2007, 06:53 AM

My top three are:

"In the Living Years" by Mike & The Mechanics.

"And so it goes" by Billy Joel. Always brings tears to my eyes. Thoughts of an unlived life for me and someone special.

"The Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber. Chilling and almost unworldly. Truly music that is inspired by the cosmos and angelic beings IMHO.

This was played in the movie Platoon for those of you unfamiliar with his work. I would have liked it played at my funeral ...except I've decided that I don't want one. They are just too sad for those who remain behind.

Miss Mango · 04-15-2007, 06:58 AM

"Everything I Own" - Bread

Ever since my dad told me what this song actually meant, it's always made me cry.

LoganSnake · 04-15-2007, 07:34 AM

Immortal Technique - Dance With the Devil is the most depressing song I've ever heard and I don't even like rap.

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I once knew a nigga whose real name was William
His primary concern, was making a million
Being the illest hustler, that the world ever seen
He used to fuck moviestars and sniff coke in his dreams
A corrupted young mind, at the age of thirteen
Nigga never had a father and his mom was a fiend
She put the pipe down, but every year she was sober
Her sons heart simultaneously grew colder
He started hanging out selling bags in the projects
Checking the young chicks, looking for hit and run prospects
He was fascinated by material objects
But he understood money never bought respect
He build a reputation 'cause he could hustle and steal
But got locked once and didn't hesitate to squeal
So criminals he chilled with didn't think he was real
You see me and niggaz like this have never been equal
I don't project my insurecurity's at other people
He fiended for props like addicts with pipes and needles
So he felt he had to prove to everyone he was evil
A feeble-minded young man with infinite potetial
The product of a ghetto breed capatalistic mental
Coincidentally dropped out of school to sell weed
Dancing with the devil, smoked until his eyes would bleed
But he was sick of selling trees and gave in to his greed

[Hook]
Everyone trying to be trife never face the consequences
You propably only did a month for minor offences
Ask a nigga doing life if he had another chance
But then again there's always the wicked at new and advanced
Dance forever with the devil on a code cell block
But thats what happens when you rape, murder and sell rock
Devils used to be gods, angels that fell from the top
There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot

[Verse 2]
So Billy started robbing niggaz, anything he could do
He'd get his respect back, in the eyes of his crew
Starting fights over little shit, up on the block
Stepped up to selling mothers and brothers the crack rock
Working overtime for making money for the crack spot
Hit the jackpot and wanted to move up to cocaine
For filling the scarface fantasy stuck in his brain
Tired of the block niggaz treating him the same
He wanted to be major like the cut throats and the thugs
But when he tried to step to 'em, niggaz showed him no love
They told him any motherfucking coward can sell drugs
Any bitch nigga with a gun, can bust slugs
Any nigga with a red shirt can front like a blood
Even Puffy smoked the motherfucker up in a club
But only a real thug can stab someone till they die
Standing in front of them, starring straight into their eyes
Billy realized that these men were well guarded
And they wanted to test him, before business started
Suggested raping a bitch to prove he was cold hearted
So now he had a choice between going back to his life
Or making money with made men, up in the cife
His dreams about cars and ice, made him agree
A hardcore nigga is all he ever wanted to be
And so he met them friday night at a quarter to three

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
They drove around the projects slow while it was raining
Smoking blunts, drinking and joking for entertainment
Untill they saw a woman on the street walking alone
Three in the morning, coming back from work, on her way home
And so they quietly got out the car and followed her
Walking through the projects, the darkness swallowed her
They wrapped her shirt around her head and knocked her onto the floor
This is it kid now you got your chance to be raw
So Billy oaked her up and grapped the chick by the hair
And dragged her into a lobby that had nobody there
She struggled hard but they forced her to go up the stairs
They got to the roof and then held her down on the ground
Screaming shut the fuck up and stop moving around
The shirt covered her face, but she screamed the clawed
So Billy stomped on the bitch, until he broken her jaw
The dirty bastards knew exactly what they were doing
They kicked her until they cracked her ribs and she stopped moving
Blood leaking through the cloth, she cried silently
And then they all proceeded to rape her violently
Billy was meant to go first, but each of them took a turn
Ripping her up, and choking her until her throat burned
A broken jaw mumbled for god but they weren't concerned
When they were done and she was lying bloody, broken and broos
One of them niggaz pulled out a brand new twenty-two
They told him that she was a witness of what she'd gone through
And if he killed her he was guaranteed a spot in the crew
He thought about it for a minute, she was practicly dead
And so he leaned over and put the gun right to her head

[Sample from "Survival of the Fittest" by Mobb Deep]
I'm falling and I can't turn back
I'm falling and I can't turn back

[Verse 4]
Right before he pulled the trigger, and ended her life
He thought about the cold pain with the platinum and ice
And he felt strong standing along with his new brothers
Cocked the gat to her head, and pulled back the shirt cover
But what he saw made him start to cringe and studder
Cuz he was starring into the eyes of his own mother
She looked back at him and cried, cause he had forsaken her
She cried more painfully, than when they were raping her
His whole world stopped, he couldn't even contiplate
His corruption had succesfully changed his fate
And he remembered how his mom used to come home late
Working hard for nothing, cause now what was he worth
He turned away from the woman that had once given him birth
And crying out to the sky cause he was lonely and scared
But only the devil responded, cause god wasn't there
And right then he knew what it was to be empty and cold
And so he jumped off the roof and died with no soul
They say death take you to a better place but I doubt it
After that they killed his mother, and never spoke about it
And listen cause the story that I'm telling is true
Cuz I was there with Billy Jacobs and I raped his mom to
And now the devil follows me everywhere that I go
Infact I'm sure he's standing among one of you at my shows
And every street cypher listening to little thugs flowe
He could be standing right next to you, and you wouldn't know
The devil grows inside the hearts of the selvish and wicked
White, brown, yellow and black colored is not restricted
You have a self destructive destiny when your inflicted
And you'll be one of gods children and fell from the top
There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot
So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never
Because the dance with the devil might last you forever

NoCure · 04-15-2007, 11:04 AM

Justin Timberlake - What Comes Around... (For Personal Reasons)
Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plan

Jetée · 04-16-2007, 06:17 PM

Leaving on a Jet Plane by Bob Denver doesn't depress me all that much.
I see it as a song of hope and longing, but nothing that would depress someone if they listened to it over and over. Maybe I need to revisit it.

CyCo PL · 04-20-2007, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetstream

Leaving on a Jet Plane by Bob Denver doesn't depress me all that much.

Hah, I didn't know Gilligan did that song. Or maybe you mean John Denver?

ItWasMe · 04-21-2007, 10:38 PM

Goodbye England's Rose (a Princess Diana tribute version of Candle in the Wind)~ Elton John
Against All Odds ~ Phil Collins
Babe I'm Leaving ~ Styx
Could Have Been Me ~ by what's his Achey Breaky Heart name
What About Me ~ Kim Karnes, Kenny Rogers, James Ingrham
Daytime Friends and Nighttime Lovers ~ Kenny Rogers

Somniferous · 04-21-2007, 10:45 PM

Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby. Nothing like a song about a random heart attack to make you depressed.

Heartattack In A Layby

I pull off the road
East of Baldock and Ashford
Feeling for my cell
In the light from the dashboard

Hissing from the road
The smell of rain in the air con
Maybe check the news
Or just put a tape on

Lighting up a smoke
I've got this feeling inside me
Don't feel too good

If I close my eyes
And fell asleep in this layby
Would it all subside
The fever pushing the day by

Motor window wind
I could do with some fresh air
Can't breathe too well

(She waits for me. Home waits for me.)

I guess I should go now
She's waiting to make up
To tell me she's sorry
And how much she missed me
I guess I'm just burnt out
I really should slow down
I'm perfectly fine but
I just need to lie down

We'll grow old together
We'll grow old together
We'll grow old together....

Jetée · 04-29-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyCo PL

Hah, I didn't know Gilligan did that song. Or maybe you mean John Denver?

Whoa, I actually wrote Bob Denver instead of John?

i wonder where my mind was when I wrote that...heh...classic.

tenniels · 05-08-2007, 09:33 PM

That All By Myself song (not the Celine Dion version, although it's still sad, but the original is better), lot's of Nirvana tunes, and Mad World sung by Gary Jules (which I believe is also a cover, but I love this version).

"I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" Mad World

Oh and I agree that "I'll Be" Edwin McCain song makes me quite sad, it reminds me of a relationship.

Also, "Alive" by Edwin from I Mother Earth. I think it's supposed to be a positive song, but it makes me sad. I'd like it played at my funeral I think.

fightnight · 05-09-2007, 08:19 PM

Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley gets me going every time.

darquegk · 05-24-2007, 01:52 PM

"Paris Nocturne" by Dan Fogelberg is unbelievably melancholy.

Nikilidstrom · 05-24-2007, 03:32 PM

not that I know a specific song, but its gotta be one by Morrisey, that guy was constantly depressed.

But a more modern one would definitely be The Scientist by Coldplay. Watching the video in conjunction with the song is a guaranteed tear jerker.

06-11-2006, 01:02 PM	#203 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	I'm surprised there's six pages of discussion about this. I just assumed that everyone knew the most depressing song ever written is Gloomy Sunday. Any song linked to that many suicides is a given for the title, I reckon. Ben Gibbard writes some pretty depressing tunes, though. I haven't heard any of his All-Time Quarterback stuff, but I don't recommend listening to The Postal Service or Death Cab for Cutie if you're already in a bad mood. It'll only make things worse. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

06-15-2006, 05:36 PM	#204 (permalink)
meembo Junkie Location: Connecticut	needle in the hay -- elliott smith heroin sucks donkey, as wayne would say. knowing one person who dies from it is sad. knowing several is just too depressing. __________________ less I say, smarter I am

06-15-2006, 07:07 PM	#205 (permalink)
trache Insane	"Fix You" by Coldplay. I lived two hours away from my hometown for a job and was going home after being "let go" from my job (for a shortage of work, not for behaviour/illegal reasons). Driving back to my hometown in the snow for two hours and thinking about the last few hours just made me cry all the way home.. and stupid me had to have this in the CD player at the time! __________________ "You looked at me as if I was eating runny eggs in slow motion." - Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip

06-17-2006, 12:28 PM	#207 (permalink)
dd3953 Psycho: By Choice Location: dd.land	I would have to say Macy Gray's "The Letter" I ever wanted was some love and peace and harmony I could dance in the raw in the sun underneath the stars When I walk over to my money tree ain't nobody there trying to take from me When they ask "Are you truly free?" I'd say "Yes, truly" But down here in reality everybody knows there ain't no such thing And it's clear It's obviously this is not the place I'm supposed to be On and on and on I've searched What I'm lookin for is not here on earth I can't stand I can't take no more So I know that I gotta go So long everybody Mama don't be sad for me Life was a heartache and now I am finally free Don't know where I'm headed Hope I see you someday soon So long everybody I have gone beyond the moon All I ever wanted,love and the peace and the harmony Just to be live and shine When I get ready I up and fly And I can't remember none of the things that I want to forget It's the best - satisfaction no less Ask if I'm free and I'll say "Oh yes" But down here in reality everybody knows there ain't no such thing And it's clear It's obviously this is not the place I'm supposed to be On and on and on I've searched What I'm lookin for is not here on earth I can't stand I can't take no more So I know that I gotta go So long everybody Mama don't be sad for me Life was a heartache and now I am finally free Don't know where i'm headed Hope I see you someday soon So long everybody I have gone beyond the moon Before I do Just one more look at you It's worth the stay But I'll meet you later at that better place All I ever wanted was All I ever wanted was All I ever wanted was So long everybody Mama don't be sad for me Life was a heartache and now I am finally free Don't know where I'm headed Hope I see you someday soon So long everybody I have gone beyond the moon All I ever wanted,love and the peace and the harmony Just to be live and shine When I get ready I up and fly And I can't remember none of the things that I want to forget It's the best - satisfaction no less Ask if I'm free and I'll say "Oh yes" But down here in reality everybody knows there ain't no such thing And it's clear It's obviously this is not the place I'm supposed to be On and on and on I've searched What I'm lookin for is not here on earth I can't stand I can't take no more So I know that I gotta go So long everybody Mama don't be sad for me Life was a heartache and now I am finally free Don't know where i'm headed Hope I see you someday soon So long everybody I have gone beyond the moon Before I do Just one more look at you It's worth the stay But I'll meet you later at that better place All I ever wanted was All I ever wanted was All I ever wanted was So long everybody Mama don't be sad for me Life was a heartache and now I am finally free Don't know where I'm headed Hope I see you someday soon So long everybody I have gone beyond the moon I made the mistake of enjoying the song, played it for about an hour straight, but sadly enough, it made my mom a little nervous, so I had to turn it off. __________________ [Technically, I'm not possible, I'm made of exceptions. ]

07-09-2006, 01:11 AM	#208 (permalink)
monkeysugar I'll be on the veranda, since you're on the cross. Location: Rand McNally's friendliest small town in America. They must have strayed from the dodgy parts...	Staind- Excess Baggage. Really, really depressing. Guster- Either Way. Not necessarily depressing, but extremely bittersweet to me. My first real love and first real broken heart. It was probaby 6-8 years ago, but every time I hear it I get a little smile and that contemplative "damn...." feeling. __________________ I've got the love of my life and a job that I enjoy most of the time. Life is good.

07-10-2006, 11:21 PM	#209 (permalink)
Swervegarden Upright	im not effected my words in a song as much as the feeling of the song itself... that being said... nirvana - something in the way/serve the servants soundgarden - tighter & tighter/zero chance codeine - cave-in

07-13-2006, 08:45 PM	#210 (permalink)
Halifax Upright Location: Republic of Tejas	For me, the saddest piece of music is Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Sonata for Cello in G Minor," a seriously beautiful and somber piece for cello with piano accompaniment. I'm not sure whether I would class it as "depressing," however. The piece is more poignant and affecting than depressing. It's a flowing meditation, a lyrical lament—and one of the most profound expressions of sorrow ever written. __________________ Philosopher-in-Training “The present writer…writes because for him it is a luxury which becomes the more agreeable and more evident, the fewer there are who buy and read what he writes.” —Søren Kierkegaard

07-16-2006, 02:51 AM	#212 (permalink)
Angiepants Upright Location: Madison, WI	From my "GAH DEPRESSING" playlist on iTunes: Alexisonfire - "Happiness By The Kilowatt" "So where has all the day gone? And why are my lungs aching when I breathe? Is there something wrong with the heat? Why am I so cold? And my heart feels sick And it hurts when I speak" Azure Ray - "Trees Keep Growing" "It's funny how you can forget There's a world outside yourself Where the one who loves you keeps on living Without you there" Ben Folds - "Fred Jones, Part 2" "Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement Projecting some slides onto a plain white Canvas and traces it Fills in the spaces He turns off the slides, and it doesn't look right Yeah, and all of these bastards Have taken his place He's forgotten but not yet gone" Jets To Brazil - "Rocket Boy" "Going in a circle, never getting to the point Burning up the atmosphere, my rocket shop boy You say there's a finish line, but you're already beat 'Cause you're living on your knees" Lucero - "Fistful Of Tears" "The water's deep dark and blue There ain't nothing left to do So darling be strong, I'll cross before long And I'll wait on the far shores for you" Nickel Creek - "The Lighthouse's Tale" "And the waves crashing around me The sand slips out to sea And the winds that blow remind me Of what has been, and what can never be" Thursday - "War All The Time" "War all of the time In the shadow of the New York skyline We grew up too fast, falling apart Like the ashes of American flags The pieces fall, it's like a last day parade And the fires in our streets start to rage So wave to the people who long to wave back" Honorable mentions: A Perfect Circle - "3 Libras" Ben Folds - "Late" Brad Paisley - "Whiskey Lullaby (feat. Alison Krauss)" Bruce Springsteen - "Streets Of Philadelphia" Jawbreaker - "Jet Black" Joey Cape - "Minus" Johnny Cash - "In My Life" Nine Inch Nails - "A Warm Place" The Spill Canvas - "Sunsets And Car Crashes" William Elliott Whitmore - "Cold And Dead"

07-16-2006, 11:33 AM	#213 (permalink)
Jack1.0 Tilted	Shine On you Crazy Diamond/Wish You Were Here By: Pink Floyd Album: Wish You Were Here This song was described by a D.J. I knew as a song that could "Make A Dead Man Cry" "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" Remember when you were young You shone like the sun Shine on, you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on, you crazy diamond You were caught in the crossfire Of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on you target for faraway laughter Come on you stranger You legend, you martyr, and shine You reached for the secret too soon You cried for the moon / Shine on... Threatened by shadows at night And exposed in the light / Shine on... Well you wore out your welcome With random precision Rode on the steel breeze Come on you raver, you seer of visions Come on you painter You piper, you prisoner, and shine Nobody knows where you are How near or how far / Shine on... Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there / Shine on... And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph Sail on the steel breeze Come on you boy child, you winner and loser Come on you miner For truth and delusion and shine __________________ Jack1.0 ---------------------------------------------- I've learned to embrace my inner Geek. I haven't found anything else I'm good at. Last edited by Jack1.0; 07-16-2006 at 11:45 AM..

08-14-2006, 06:34 PM	#214 (permalink)
kaytwo Upright	sadness non of these are in any type of order, so my favor is bias in no way. Third Eye Blind-Slow motion Apocalyptica-Faraway Red Hot chilli Peppers-Soul to Squeeze Smashing Pumpkins-To Forgive Jimi Hendrix-The Wind Crys Mary Guns N' Roses-Dont Cry Red Hot Chilli Peppers that about wraps it up, i found alot of good songs thanx to this site. i just wanted to share my findings

08-14-2006, 06:50 PM	#215 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	Bodies - The Sex Pistols (not melancholic-depressing but pathetic-depressing) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - William Shatner (depressing for the rendition if you've ever heard it) Twist and Shout - The Mommas and the Poppas (it's true! They did a cover of that song. Hillarious for the first couple of minutes then just plain sad)

08-14-2006, 07:14 PM	#216 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	45- shinedown

08-20-2006, 12:33 AM	#217 (permalink)
Ch'i Artist of Life	Edvard Grieg, in his Pier Gynt suite No.1, wrote a song called Ase's Death after his wife died that's definately one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard.

08-24-2006, 07:22 PM	#218 (permalink)
neflyte Tilted Location: Kitchener, ON, CANADA	R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts R.E.M. - Country Feedback R.E.M. - Perfect Circle Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely Interpol - Take You On A Cruise Depeche Mode - most anything from Violator or Ultra Aphex Twin - IZ-US Plaid - Zamami ...and one that has made me do as the title suggests on a count of my ex and I hearing it performed live only days before our breakup... Keith Urban - Tonight I Wanna Cry (maybe not depressing to most...but definately to me) __________________ "I'm not a vegatarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants." -- A. Whitney Brown

08-24-2006, 09:50 PM	#219 (permalink)
Manic_Skafe More Than You Expect Location: Queens	Televators by The Mars Volta. - - Just as he hit The ground They lowered a tow that Stuck in his neck to the gills Fragments of sobriquets riddle me this three half eaten corneas who hit the aureole Stalk the ground Stalk the ground You should have seen The curse that flew right by you Page of concrete Stained walks crutch in hobbled sway Auto-da-fé A capillary hint of red Only this manupod Crescent in shape has escaped The house half the way Fell empty with teeth That split both his lips Mark these words One day this chalk outline will circle this city Was he robbed of the asphalt that cushioned his face A room colored charlatan Hid in a safe Stalk the ground Stalk the ground You should have seen The curse that flew right by you Page of concrete Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway Auto-da-fé A capillary hint of red Only this manupod Crescent in shape has escaped Pull the pins Save your grace Mark these words On his grave [x3] You should have seen The curse that flew right by you Page of concrete Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway Auto-da-fé A capillary hint of red Everyone knows the last toes are Always the coldest to go __________________ "Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

09-02-2006, 02:44 PM	#220 (permalink)
Seer666 Oh dear God he breeded Location: Arizona	I was glad to see someone here knows who Kevin Gilbert is, Donkeypuncher. "Song for a Dead Friend" gives me a break down everytime I hear it. You forgot to add just about every other song he has ever done though. "Tears of Aurdy" and "Tea for One" are the other two rip your heart out songs ont hat album. Then there is the stuff he did with Toy Matinee. "Toy Matinee" and "there was a Little Boy" Will both rack you hard. Other songs that hit me hard are: NIN- Somethin I can never have Cash- Hurt Queen- The show must go on Blink182- Adams Song -I first heard that right after a good friend of mine killed himself. I played it expecting the normal light happy stuff Blink does. I was on the floor in a ball for 45 minutes. Never been hit that hard by a song before in my life. Everclear- Wonderful DC Talks- What if I stumble Ozzy- So Tired Ozzy- mama I'm comeing home Verve Pipe- Freashmen Megadeth- Almost Honest Concreat Blond- Joey __________________ Bad spellers of the world untie!!! I am the one you warned me of I seem to have misplaced the bullet with your name on it, but I have a whole box addressed to occupant.

09-27-2006, 04:31 AM	#221 (permalink)
x\|never.foundx\| Upright Location: Bishop's Falls Newfoundland	depressing music Well if you take my word for it mostly emo music is depressing not poser emo music like The used taking back sunday shit like that realy emo music Sunny day real estate - Seve I Hate Myself - to a husband at war Mineral - Parking lot i also would perfer some bright eyes like Bright eyes - no lies just love Bright Eyes - Padriac my prince what about hawthoren heights or how ever its spelt songs like ohio is for lovers come off it one the lyrics is so cut my wrist and black my eyes

09-29-2006, 02:34 PM	#222 (permalink)
Min Crazy Location: Louisiana	The songs I find depressing are the love songs that amount to 'you're everything in the entire world and I'm lost when you're gone'. That's a long list of many modern love songs. I find the sentiment depressing because I wouldn't want to imagine someone that loved me being unable to function when I'm not around.

10-01-2006, 01:41 PM	#223 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	Brighter side by OPM, one of the few songs that can really produce a pang in the throat when listened to. Especially when you compare it to the other songs on the album (menance to sobriety) the slowness really hits. One of my favourite tunes. Sometimes I forget that you're not here Can't believe it's been a year Since you flew away And I never got to say goodbye Good times Hangin' out til the break of dawn Listening to Bob And singin along Every little thing it's gonna be It's gonna be all right... I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side And one day I'm gonna be there too Where the sun is shining and the water's blue I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side I know you're somewhere where you're finally free You'll always be a part of me Like the moon is to the sea They say you don't know A good thing till it's gone But I got to say they're wrong I knew you were a good friend A good friend all along I wish the world wouldn't be so cold As to take such a beautiful soul But despite it all I know we gotta carry on I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side And one day I'm gonna be there too Where the sun is shinin and the water's blue I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side I know you're somewhere where you're finally free And you'll always be a part of me Like the moon is to the sea I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side.. Always be a part of me... If I could rewind time Then I'd like to let you know Just one thing before your time go That every moment you were living was a blessing to me And I saw inside of you things that others couldn't see Now people put you down for the way that you lived But those people never knew you the way that I did Don't be ashamed of who you were of how you died I know you just wanted to find the brighter side... I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side And one day I'm gonna be there too Where the sun is shining and the water's blue I know that you're gonna fly Somewhere brighter on the other side I know you're somewhere where you're finally free And you'll always be a part of me... I know that you're gonna fly I know that you're gonna fly __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information. Last edited by stevie667; 10-06-2006 at 07:14 AM..

10-02-2006, 06:05 PM	#224 (permalink)
monkeydriven Addict Location: Boston	Cat Power - Names Great song from a great artist...lyrics are so sad His name was Perry He had a learning difficulty His father was a very mean man His father burned his skin His father send him to his death He was ten years old He was ten years old He was ten years old Her name was Naomi Beautiful round face, so ashamed Told me how to please a man After school in the back of a bus She was doing it every day She was eleven years old She was eleven years old She was eleven years old Her name was Sheryl Black hair, like an electric space She would pretty paint my face She was a very good friend Her father would come to her in the night She was twelve years old She was twelve years old She was twelve years old His name was Donovan He was a very good friend The cards were stacked against him He was selling cocaine The last time I saw him He was thirteen years old He was thirteen years old He was thirteen years old His name was Charles He said he was in love with me We were both fourteen Then I had to move away Then he begin to smoke crack Then he had to sell ass I don't know where he is I don't know where they are __________________ you think i got my eyes closed but i've been lookin' at you the whole f&ckin' time... ------------------------------------------------ Posting from the home of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox

10-03-2006, 05:31 AM	#225 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	Coldplay - "Fix You" (excerpt) When you try your best but you don't succeed When you get what you want but not what you need When you feel so tired but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse. And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone but it goes to waste Could it be worse? Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you And high up above or down below When you're too in love to let it go But if you never try you'll never know Just what you're worth Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you Tears stream, down your face When you lose something you cannot replace Tears stream down your face And I.. James Blunt - "Goodbye my Lover" (full lyrics) Did I disappoint you or let you down? Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown? 'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun, Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won So I took what's mine by eternal right Took your soul out into the night It may be over but it won't stop there I am here for you if you'd only care You touched my heart you touched my soul You changed my life and all my goals And love is blind and that I knew when My heart was blinded by you. I've kissed your lips and held your hand Shared your dreams and shared your bed I know you well, I know your smell I've been addicted to you Goodbye my lover Goodbye my friend You have been the one You have been the one for me I am a dreamer and when i wake You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take And as you move on, remember me Remember us and all we used to be I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile I've watched you sleeping for a while I'd be the father of your child I'd spend a lifetime with you I know your fears and you know mine We've had our doubts but now we're fine And I love you, I swear that's true I cannot live without you Goodbye my lover Goodbye my friend You have been the one You have been the one for me And I still hold your hand in mine In mine when I'm asleep And I will bare my soul in time When I'm kneeling at your feet Goodbye my lover Goodbye my friend You have been the one You have been the one for me I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow... Katie Melua - "Piece by Piece" (excerpt) First of all must go Your scent upon my pillow And then I'll say goodbye to your whispers in my dreams And then our lips will part In my mind and in my heart 'Cause your kiss Went deeper than my skin Piece by piece is how I'll let go of you Kiss by kiss Will leave my mind one at a time One at a time, one at a time __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

04-14-2007, 03:42 AM	#226 (permalink)
Cobain25 Upright Location: Sweden	Most Depressing Song! The most depressing song is the Nirvana song "Something in the way" or the song Nirvana preformed on MTV Unplugged called "Where did you sleep last night". Both these songs are very depressing so I can't see why, as far as I have seen, no one has mentioned them before. Listen and you'll see!!

04-15-2007, 02:29 AM	#227 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	Pantera - Suicide note pt. 1

04-15-2007, 06:53 AM	#228 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	My top three are: "In the Living Years" by Mike & The Mechanics. "And so it goes" by Billy Joel. Always brings tears to my eyes. Thoughts of an unlived life for me and someone special. "The Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber. Chilling and almost unworldly. Truly music that is inspired by the cosmos and angelic beings IMHO. This was played in the movie Platoon for those of you unfamiliar with his work. I would have liked it played at my funeral ...except I've decided that I don't want one. They are just too sad for those who remain behind. __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

04-15-2007, 06:58 AM	#229 (permalink)
Miss Mango Psycho	"Everything I Own" - Bread Ever since my dad told me what this song actually meant, it's always made me cry.

04-15-2007, 07:34 AM	#230 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	Immortal Technique - Dance With the Devil is the most depressing song I've ever heard and I don't even like rap. ---------------------- I once knew a nigga whose real name was William His primary concern, was making a million Being the illest hustler, that the world ever seen He used to fuck moviestars and sniff coke in his dreams A corrupted young mind, at the age of thirteen Nigga never had a father and his mom was a fiend She put the pipe down, but every year she was sober Her sons heart simultaneously grew colder He started hanging out selling bags in the projects Checking the young chicks, looking for hit and run prospects He was fascinated by material objects But he understood money never bought respect He build a reputation 'cause he could hustle and steal But got locked once and didn't hesitate to squeal So criminals he chilled with didn't think he was real You see me and niggaz like this have never been equal I don't project my insurecurity's at other people He fiended for props like addicts with pipes and needles So he felt he had to prove to everyone he was evil A feeble-minded young man with infinite potetial The product of a ghetto breed capatalistic mental Coincidentally dropped out of school to sell weed Dancing with the devil, smoked until his eyes would bleed But he was sick of selling trees and gave in to his greed [Hook] Everyone trying to be trife never face the consequences You propably only did a month for minor offences Ask a nigga doing life if he had another chance But then again there's always the wicked at new and advanced Dance forever with the devil on a code cell block But thats what happens when you rape, murder and sell rock Devils used to be gods, angels that fell from the top There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot [Verse 2] So Billy started robbing niggaz, anything he could do He'd get his respect back, in the eyes of his crew Starting fights over little shit, up on the block Stepped up to selling mothers and brothers the crack rock Working overtime for making money for the crack spot Hit the jackpot and wanted to move up to cocaine For filling the scarface fantasy stuck in his brain Tired of the block niggaz treating him the same He wanted to be major like the cut throats and the thugs But when he tried to step to 'em, niggaz showed him no love They told him any motherfucking coward can sell drugs Any bitch nigga with a gun, can bust slugs Any nigga with a red shirt can front like a blood Even Puffy smoked the motherfucker up in a club But only a real thug can stab someone till they die Standing in front of them, starring straight into their eyes Billy realized that these men were well guarded And they wanted to test him, before business started Suggested raping a bitch to prove he was cold hearted So now he had a choice between going back to his life Or making money with made men, up in the cife His dreams about cars and ice, made him agree A hardcore nigga is all he ever wanted to be And so he met them friday night at a quarter to three [Hook] [Verse 3] They drove around the projects slow while it was raining Smoking blunts, drinking and joking for entertainment Untill they saw a woman on the street walking alone Three in the morning, coming back from work, on her way home And so they quietly got out the car and followed her Walking through the projects, the darkness swallowed her They wrapped her shirt around her head and knocked her onto the floor This is it kid now you got your chance to be raw So Billy oaked her up and grapped the chick by the hair And dragged her into a lobby that had nobody there She struggled hard but they forced her to go up the stairs They got to the roof and then held her down on the ground Screaming shut the fuck up and stop moving around The shirt covered her face, but she screamed the clawed So Billy stomped on the bitch, until he broken her jaw The dirty bastards knew exactly what they were doing They kicked her until they cracked her ribs and she stopped moving Blood leaking through the cloth, she cried silently And then they all proceeded to rape her violently Billy was meant to go first, but each of them took a turn Ripping her up, and choking her until her throat burned A broken jaw mumbled for god but they weren't concerned When they were done and she was lying bloody, broken and broos One of them niggaz pulled out a brand new twenty-two They told him that she was a witness of what she'd gone through And if he killed her he was guaranteed a spot in the crew He thought about it for a minute, she was practicly dead And so he leaned over and put the gun right to her head [Sample from "Survival of the Fittest" by Mobb Deep] I'm falling and I can't turn back I'm falling and I can't turn back [Verse 4] Right before he pulled the trigger, and ended her life He thought about the cold pain with the platinum and ice And he felt strong standing along with his new brothers Cocked the gat to her head, and pulled back the shirt cover But what he saw made him start to cringe and studder Cuz he was starring into the eyes of his own mother She looked back at him and cried, cause he had forsaken her She cried more painfully, than when they were raping her His whole world stopped, he couldn't even contiplate His corruption had succesfully changed his fate And he remembered how his mom used to come home late Working hard for nothing, cause now what was he worth He turned away from the woman that had once given him birth And crying out to the sky cause he was lonely and scared But only the devil responded, cause god wasn't there And right then he knew what it was to be empty and cold And so he jumped off the roof and died with no soul They say death take you to a better place but I doubt it After that they killed his mother, and never spoke about it And listen cause the story that I'm telling is true Cuz I was there with Billy Jacobs and I raped his mom to And now the devil follows me everywhere that I go Infact I'm sure he's standing among one of you at my shows And every street cypher listening to little thugs flowe He could be standing right next to you, and you wouldn't know The devil grows inside the hearts of the selvish and wicked White, brown, yellow and black colored is not restricted You have a self destructive destiny when your inflicted And you'll be one of gods children and fell from the top There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never Because the dance with the devil might last you forever __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

04-15-2007, 11:04 AM	#231 (permalink)
NoCure Crazy Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	Justin Timberlake - What Comes Around... (For Personal Reasons) Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plan

04-16-2007, 06:17 PM	#232 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Leaving on a Jet Plane by Bob Denver doesn't depress me all that much. I see it as a song of hope and longing, but nothing that would depress someone if they listened to it over and over. Maybe I need to revisit it. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

04-21-2007, 10:38 PM	#234 (permalink)
ItWasMe But You'll Never Prove It. Location: under your bed	Goodbye England's Rose (a Princess Diana tribute version of Candle in the Wind)~ Elton John Against All Odds ~ Phil Collins Babe I'm Leaving ~ Styx Could Have Been Me ~ by what's his Achey Breaky Heart name What About Me ~ Kim Karnes, Kenny Rogers, James Ingrham Daytime Friends and Nighttime Lovers ~ Kenny Rogers __________________ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ok, no more truth-or-dare until somebody returns my underwear" ~ George Lopez I bake cookies just so I can lick the bowl. ~ ItWasMe

04-21-2007, 10:45 PM	#235 (permalink)
Somniferous Upright Location: Downriver, MI	Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby. Nothing like a song about a random heart attack to make you depressed. Heartattack In A Layby I pull off the road East of Baldock and Ashford Feeling for my cell In the light from the dashboard Hissing from the road The smell of rain in the air con Maybe check the news Or just put a tape on Lighting up a smoke I've got this feeling inside me Don't feel too good If I close my eyes And fell asleep in this layby Would it all subside The fever pushing the day by Motor window wind I could do with some fresh air Can't breathe too well (She waits for me. Home waits for me.) I guess I should go now She's waiting to make up To tell me she's sorry And how much she missed me I guess I'm just burnt out I really should slow down I'm perfectly fine but I just need to lie down We'll grow old together We'll grow old together We'll grow old together....

05-08-2007, 09:33 PM	#237 (permalink)
tenniels Insane Location: Oh Canada!!	That All By Myself song (not the Celine Dion version, although it's still sad, but the original is better), lot's of Nirvana tunes, and Mad World sung by Gary Jules (which I believe is also a cover, but I love this version). "I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" Mad World Oh and I agree that "I'll Be" Edwin McCain song makes me quite sad, it reminds me of a relationship. Also, "Alive" by Edwin from I Mother Earth. I think it's supposed to be a positive song, but it makes me sad. I'd like it played at my funeral I think. __________________ I like things. And stuff. But I prefer to have things over stuff. Last edited by tenniels; 05-08-2007 at 09:36 PM..

05-09-2007, 08:19 PM	#238 (permalink)
fightnight Insane Location: The lovely Northeast	Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley gets me going every time.

05-24-2007, 01:52 PM	#239 (permalink)
darquegk Upright	"Paris Nocturne" by Dan Fogelberg is unbelievably melancholy.

05-24-2007, 03:32 PM	#240 (permalink)
Nikilidstrom Stick it in your five hole! Location: Michigan, USA	not that I know a specific song, but its gotta be one by Morrisey, that guy was constantly depressed. But a more modern one would definitely be The Scientist by Coldplay. Watching the video in conjunction with the song is a guaranteed tear jerker.