what's the SADDEST line in a song

[walking3rds]

"The wound in me, is pouring out to rest on a lovers shore.' Opeth

[Grrrip]

I wasn't there that morning

When my Father passed away

I didn't get to tell him

All the things I had to say

 

I think I caught his spirit

Later that same year

I'm sure I heard his echo

In my baby's new born tears

I just wish I could have told him in the living years

[OverDriven]

 

And yet I find repeating in my head, If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead.

 

 

Yeah Nutshell is a pretty sad song indeed. I've never looked up the actual meaning, but I'm assuming it's about his battle with addiction and it eventually beating him.

[guitarplayer888]

Warren Zevon from Lawyers, Gun & Money - "I was gambling in Havana and took a little risk, send lawyers, guns and Money, Dad get me out of this".

 

Its not really the saddest lyric but it does conjure the imagine of a very pathetic lost man who's still running to daddy to bail him out of trouble.

[turnip]

...and I wonder what of this will have meaning for you

when you've left it all behind.

I guess I'll even wonder

if you meant it

at the time.

 

Ani DiFranco "Adam and Eve"

 

Something about an angel just kills me.

I keep hoping something will.

I keep hoping, I keep hoping, I keep hoping...

 

and

 

I never had light in my eyes anyways.

But maybe things are different these days.

 

Counting Crows "Chelsea"

 

There's a girl on a car out in the parking lot.

She says "C'mon, you should take a shot. Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"

She looks up at the building; she says "I'm thinking of jumping."

She says "I'm so sick and tired of life."

Well, everybody's tired of something.

Round here she is always on my mind.

Round here, hey man, I got a lotta time.

 

Counting Crows "Round Here"

[Weathered]

Oh lawdy lawd.

Bayside - Winter

Was written about their drummer who died in a van accident around Halloween in 2005.

When Winter falls
Next year, I'll be holding on
To anything nailed down
As for being patient, with fate and all, it's getting old.
And my mind is slowly changing
I'm calling all my oldest friends,
Saying "sorry for this mess we're in,"
And I'm waiting, waiting
For the Sun to come and melt this snow,
wash away the pain, and give me back control, control.

An angel got his wings,
And we'll hold our heads up knowing that he's fine.
We'd all be lucky to have a love like that in a lifetime.

Should we still set his plate?
Should we still save his chair?
Should we still buy him gifts?
And if we don't, did we not care?
It makes you think about the life you've led,
{censored} you've done, things you've said.
And it's grounding, grounding.
I've been feeling three feet tall this month,
hardly indestructible.
But the snow melts, and the rhythm still goes on.

An angel got his wings,
And we'll hold our heads up knowing that he's fine.
We'd all be lucky to have a love like that in a lifetime.

Friends stay side by side,
In life and death you've always stole my heart,
You'll always mean so much to me, it's hard to believe this

These nights in vans,
These nights in bars,
Don't mean a thing with empty hearts, with empty hearts.

An angel got his wings,
And we'll hold our heads up knowing that he's fine.
We'd all be lucky to have a love like that in a lifetime.

Friends stay side by side,
In life and death you've always stole my heart,
You've always meant so much to me, it's hard to believe
So much to me, it's hard to believe
So much to me, it's hard to believe this.

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Anyone who has lost someone too soon knows how the bolded lyrics feel.

[Weathered]

And a near second to "I Am Still Here" by Damien Jurado

I stood alone there in the driveway
Till I saw your headlights fade
Disappear
Burn out like stars
A Chevrolet train that rolls in the night

I must have had a hundred nightmares
Of you falling asleep at the wheel
I send my prayers
Where are you now?
I am still here and going nowhere

Here is a photo of our first baby
Here is a photo of our wedding day
Nothing has changed
My love still the same
I am still here and here I remain

When you come back we'll have a party
We'll hang up the Christmas lights
You'll be my bride
I'll be your groom
I miss you so much please make it home soon

Your mother said that you called this morning
"Tell him I love him, but won't be returning"

[nwright]

i fear that i am ordinary, just like everyone

 

Muzzle by Smashing Pumpkins

 

Maybe it was the time in my life that I heard this song...But I was depressed because I couldn't seem to find the right people to start the next "world changing" band and feeling like the "shot" I had to try and make music was quickly disappearing...But at that time, the first line to Muzzle REALLY spoke to me, especially since the fear of being normal was fast approaching.

 

Then I got into metal, forgot the idea of being a rockstar and actually ended up doing far more than I could have imagined back in the smashing pumpkin days.

 

i fear that i am ordinary, just like everyone

to lie here and die among the sorrows

adrift among the days

for everything i ever said

and everything i've ever done is gone and dead

as all things must surely have to end

and great loves will one day have to part

i know that i am meant for this world

my life has been extraordinary

blessed and cursed and won

time heals but i'm forever broken

by and by the way...

have you ever heard the words

i'm singing in these songs?

it's for the girl i've loved all along

can a taste of love be so wrong

as all things must surely have to end

and great loves will one day have to part

i know that i am meant for this world

and in my mind as i was floating

far above the clouds

some children laughed i'd fall for certain

for thinking that i'd last forever

but i knew exactly where i was

and i knew the meaning of it all

and i knew the distance to the sun

and i knew the echo that is love

and i knew the secrets in your spires

and i knew the emptiness of youth

and i knew the solitude of heart

and i knew the murmurs of the soul

and the world is drawn into your hands

and the world is etched upon your heart

and the world so hard to understand

is the world your can't live without

and i knew the silence of the world

[Ovid9]

 

When Johnny Cash says "If I could start again, a million miles away", I get chills and a tear in my eye.

 

 

These.

 

I'll throw in a couple that always had tons of personal meaning for me

 

"On the last day of our friendship

And those words were possibly the last

What were your thoughts

 

As a dreaming child I awaken to a nightmare

After a gentle nudge I find out you're gone

 

The machines that kept you alive were careless"

 

"I tried again I fell again to find out for myself

It hurts for a life time

You picture rests there for a lifetime

And for a lifetime I will dream of you" This 2nd one isn't as much anymore...but....at a time in my life....

[goslats]

Clapton - " 'Cause I know.~ I don't belong in Heaven" That's the saddest lyric I could think of.

[GregMan]

Porcupine Tree Anesthetize. Something about the way the music works with these lyrics is just SO incredibly sad and touching.

The water so warm that day
I was counting out the waves
And I followed their short life
As they broke on the shoreline
I could see you
But I couldn't hear you

You were holding your hat in the breeze
Turning away from me
in this moment
You were stolen
As black crossed the sun

[mrelusive]

I met my wife at a party, when I drank too much

My son is married and tells me we don't talk enough

Call it predictable, yesterday my dream was of you

 

"16, Maybe Less" by Iron and Wine. The whole song is about regret and unrequited love...

 

 

Also, there's "Paint Me a Picture" by Aereogramme:

 

Paint me a picture

A picture of hope

A snow-coated valley

To watch from the window

And how long to go

I will return

I have never forgotten

Your face

My heart nearly broke

When I left you that day

 

I'm so cold and I

Don't know which way to turn

Will you wait for me

I'm coming home

 

Paint me a picture

A picture of home

A burning horizon

To watch from the window

I know there is hope

Paint me, embrace me

In your heart forever

By the way

There is something that

I've always wanted to say

 

I'm so cold and I

Don't know which way to turn

Will you wait for me

I'm coming home

 

I remember hearing that song and bawling.Jjust beautfiul the whole way through....

[Bored Anon]

Led Astray by Deadman Circus

 

The whole song is about him laying down his feelings for his wife, with the imminent doom of divorce hanging above. It is very heartbreaking because 1) It is real, and very personal, 2) I had the chance to hang out with him and his wife many times before this song was released, and would have never guessed problems like this, 3) It is some of the most well written, thought provoking lyrics I have ever heard.

 

Here are the opening lines:

 

Its ok if you don't want to share Just walk away, pretending we don't care A voice inside of me begs "please hold back these tears" I should be used to it by now, its been like this for years And I always felt when you prayed for me Was it to keep me alive or continue torturing? "We..." is killing me. Fade into the past Anchored there by regrets And its ok if its me that you don't choose I promise that I won't freak out, at least not like I used to Ever since I was a child, I've been taught how to lose Think I got the hang of it now, as I swing from your noose. Fade away Into the past Led astray by your neglect

 

And the song, for anyone wanting to listen to it. It is such an awesome song.

 

http://www.myspace.com/deadmancircus/music/songs/led-astray-27067016

[Ironhandjohn]

Hey, I ain't never coming home.
Hey, I'll just wander my own road.
Hey-hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow - no, no.
Say goodbye don't follow -
Misery so hollow.

Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle.
Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeh...
Hey-hey you, you can't shake me round now.
I get so lost and don't know how, yeh...
It hurts to care, I'm goin' now.

Well I forgot my woman, lost my friends
Things I've done and where I've been,
Sleep in sweat - the mirror's cold -
Seen my face? It's growin' old -
Scared to death, no reason why
Do whatever to get me by,
Think about the things I've said
Read the page its cold and dead

An' take me home!
Yeah! Take me home!
Oh-oh... take me home
Take me home, yeah.
Take me home. Yeah, oh.

Say goodbye. Don't follow.


{censored}ing dark, sad lyrics..

[telephant]

I'm gonna piss on you

[co&cafan808]

 

 

 

That song give me chills every time I hear it. The sincerity in his voice is just unreal.

[Cougar Hunter]

 

I wasn't there that morning When my Father passed away I didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit Later that same year I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's new born tears I just wish I could have told him in the living years

 

 

This song came out right around when my Dad lost his Father. It really hit him hard. It's one of his all time favorite songs.

 

I have one more, I was just listening to Kay Hanley's(letters to cleo singer) solo album, and there's a hella sad song on there seemingly written about losing a

lover to drug addiction. The delivery is very sad and sincere. It helps that she is a fox with an AMAZING voice.

 

So, I can't stay up all night with you

the kick don't kick like it used to

I've made mistakes, heaven knows

but, I'm scared of being alone

 

(music starts at :30 )

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Then it got even more sad when she whored herself out for money and did stuff like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6mqCKaWGg&feature=related

[paul88lx]

I have always been moved by these words from Layne Staley..

 

Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved.

See my heart, I've decorated like a grave.

 

 

But, the song that just cuts me up goes......

 

I'll cry myself back to sleep tonight.

I'll cry myself back to sleep tonight.

You're starring in my dreams and I can't stay awake.

You're starring in my dreams and I can't stay awake.

 

The moon is so red it looks like a sunset.

My mouth is so dry it feels like my tongue's wet.

My mind is so high, stretched to the limit.

This is the best day of my life, so far.

 

You made the choice when it came to life or death.

But it was in the book before you even took a breath.

You made just one mistake.

A bond I couldn't break.

The sting I feel is real.

It hurts to make a deal.

 

I've taken chances when I should have taken sides.

I've taken insults when I could have taken bribes.

I've taken second place when I deserve first prize.

This is the best day of my life, so far.

 

Even in my dreams you betray.

Even while I sleep I see you cheat on me.

But I'll get back to sleep tonight.

I'll get back to sleep tonight.

I can't stay awake........

[co&cafan808]

I find most of AIC's lyrics to be depressing, but in a good way if that makes any sense.

[paul88lx]

 

I find most of AIC's lyrics to be depressing, but in a good way if that makes any sense.

 

 

I agree. Down in a hole just strikes me as a admission that he knew he was doomed. Maybe he didn't feel that way at the time. But the Dirt album is just so bleak, hopeless and stunningly beautiful. It's really just a musical conflict. Simply amazing.

 

Layne will always be my all time favorite singer.

[Cougar Hunter]

That song give me chills every time I hear it. The sincerity in his voice is just unreal.

 

Man, when he looks into the camera at 2:57, he just knows it's all over, and he can't fix the past. That piano starts hittin', and damn! It just does it for me. Hits me right here.

[Hung Over]

The whole thing.

[KLeeneX]

"I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison"

[Cougar Hunter]

Nobody heard his dying words; ah, but that's the way it goes

[ss454]

You know songs don't usually make me sad but I got in my truck one day and my wife had left my radio tuned to country and I happened to catch the lyrics to this song and I just started crying. It wasn't long after a friend of mine killed herself and I was pretty tore up about it. She was actually my first "girlfriend" and the first girl I ever kissed and we still talked but not as much as we used to. She had twin girls and they had just turned 1 y/o when she killed herself and nobody could figure out why she did it. I think the part that kills me is I have two kids of my own and I can't see leaving them behind...I'm mad at her honestly. Damn you guys...I'm crying here.

http://youtu.be/xenSzMQfaug