What is your saddest lyric?

[richard_smith237]

The Drugs don’t work…. (The Verve)

- heart breaking when combined with personal (physical) loss. 
 

Make this go on Forever (Snow Patrol)

- - heart breaking when combined with personal (emotional) loss. 

 

 

[LeungKen]

Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday"

 

Sunday is gloomy
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with the numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coach
Of sorrow has taken you

[bobandyson]

I Want my Baby Back.

 

 

[DrJack54]

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD. 

Sums up war. 

[DrJack54]

53 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD. 

Sums up war. 

Whoops wrong song. 

[thaibeachlovers]

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman.

 

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

[Damrongsak]

For me, it's this, You Raise Me Up:

 

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up' To more than I can be

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up' To more than I can be

There is no life ' no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up' To more than I can be

You raise me up' To more than I can be

 

This is because a friend made a tribute slide show video to my elder son, who was killed in combat in Iraq, and she used this song.  I look at it once or twice a year and shed a tear.

 

 

 

[Hummin]

First time I was really heartbroken 16 years, this song I play over and over, again and again, but to be true, I thought back then, the lyrics said, “I dont wanna live or die” ????????

 

Edit note: I thought I was heartbroken. Later I would now true broken hearth a few times. Nothing can brake me anymore now I think ???? 

 

 

[1FinickyOne]

'n' Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
"Well Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"
"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
'n' Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow

[LomSak27]

Broke up with my high school sweetie and spent the next 6 months listening to 'After The Gold Rush', on my car cassette player. If that isn't a recipe for sticking your head in a microwave, I don't know what is.

However, The Boss Rules, sorry Neil. 

But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
And she cries herself to sleep at night

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
But all her pretty dreams are torn
She stares off alone into the night
With the eyes of one who hates for just being born

 

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I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"

 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 12/10/2022 at 3:40 PM, LomSak27 said:

Broke up with my high school sweetie and spent the next 6 months listening to 'After The Gold Rush', on my car cassette player. If that isn't a recipe for sticking your head in a microwave, I don't know what is.

However, The Boss Rules, sorry Neil. 

But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
And she cries herself to sleep at night

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
But all her pretty dreams are torn
She stares off alone into the night
With the eyes of one who hates for just being born

 

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I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"

 

I was lucky to go to boys only boarding school and missed the entire "high school sweetheart" thing. I don't think I'd have survived it.

 

Anyway, here's a couple

 

4 strong winds by Neil Young ( IMO one has to have been there to write songs like that )

 

Still I wish you’d change your mind
If I ask you one more time,
But we’ve been through that a hundred times or more.

Four strong winds that blow lonely.
Seven seas that run high.
All those things that don’t change , Come what may
If the good times are all gone,
Then I’m bound for moving on.
I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way.
I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way.

 

and

 

The River, by the Boss ( IMO one has to have been there to write songs like that )

 

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work
On account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet, down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
That sends me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh, down to the river we ride-ide

[jvs]

 

[GinBoy2]

Well for anyone who has ever been divorced, broken up, Abba's 'The Winner Takes it All'.

 

It's also in D Minor, which according to Spinal Tap, is the Saddest Key

 

 I don't wanna talk
About things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history

I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser's standing small
Beside the victory
That's her destiny

I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence

Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear

The winner takes it all (takes it all)
The loser has to fall (has to fall)
It's simple and it's plain (it's so plain)
Why should I complain? (Why complain?)

But tell me, does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?

Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say?
Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide (will decide)
The likes of me abide (me abide)
Spectators of the show (of the show)
Always staying low (staying low)

The game is on again (on again)
A lover or a friend (or a friend)
A big thing or a small (big or small)
The winner takes it all (takes it all)

I don't wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You've come to shake my hand

I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see

The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all

So the winner takes it all
And the loser has to fall
Throw the dice, cold as ice
Way down here, someone dear
Takes it all, has to fall
And it's plain, why complain?

[NE1]

Had a friend commit suicide a few years ago .

This came on the radio about an hour later....

Man it just cracked me up.

Everytime I hear it reminds me of her.......RIP

 

 

[farmerjo]

2 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Well for anyone who has ever been divorced, broken up, Abba's 'The Winner Takes it All'.

 

It's also in D Minor, which according to Spinal Tap, is the Saddest Key

 

 I don't wanna talk
About things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history

I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser's standing small
Beside the victory
That's her destiny

I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence

Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear

The winner takes it all (takes it all)
The loser has to fall (has to fall)
It's simple and it's plain (it's so plain)
Why should I complain? (Why complain?)

But tell me, does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?

Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say?
Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide (will decide)
The likes of me abide (me abide)
Spectators of the show (of the show)
Always staying low (staying low)

The game is on again (on again)
A lover or a friend (or a friend)
A big thing or a small (big or small)
The winner takes it all (takes it all)

I don't wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You've come to shake my hand

I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see

The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all

So the winner takes it all
And the loser has to fall
Throw the dice, cold as ice
Way down here, someone dear
Takes it all, has to fall
And it's plain, why complain?

I went home after a night out with mates and played this all night.

 

 

[phantom51red]

More so now.

 

[NoshowJones]

He stopped loving her today.

They placed a wreath upon his door.

And soon they'll carry him away.

He stopped loving her today.

 

George Jones.

 

[Lacessit]

Just now, NoshowJones said:

He stopped loving her today.

They placed a wreath upon his door.

And soon they'll carry him away.

He stopped loving her today.

 

George Jones.

Agree, that was a good one. Delivered by a master vocalist, whose own ending was quite sad.

[GinBoy2]

Well to add to my list of D Minor tear jerkers a little guilty pleasure, 'Careless Whisper' by Wham

 

 I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad good-byes

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh

Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

I should've known better than to cheat a friend (should've known better, yeah)
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh

Never without your love

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say

We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now, who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh

now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone) was what I did so wrong, so wrong
That you had to leave me alone?

[giddyup]

Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt. A song to break the hardest heart.

 

"Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but there's no one at my side
And time washes clean love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me but I don't know what it means

'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near
And I never drew one response from you
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me for a long long time

Wait for the day
You'll go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay
And life's full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory of a love that never was
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and change your mind
And I think I'm gonna miss you for a long long time
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time"

[1FinickyOne]

There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

[ozimoron]

Anything sung by Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen.

[GammaGlobulin]

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:

Well to add to my list of D Minor tear jerkers a little guilty pleasure, 'Careless Whisper' by Wham

 

 I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad good-byes

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh

Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

I should've known better than to cheat a friend (should've known better, yeah)
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh

Never without your love

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say

We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now, who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh

now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone) was what I did so wrong, so wrong
That you had to leave me alone?

Indeed a sad song.

 

Keeping it George, here's Last Christmas

 

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby, do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me

Happy Christmas, I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you", I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again

Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

 

It reminds me of a false lover I had the misfortune to get involved with during a Christmas holiday many years ago. Really messed me up for long after.

[thaibeachlovers]

Here's Carley Simon. She really knew how to sing a tearjerker

 

Legend in your own time

 

But you're a legend in your own time
A hero in the footlights
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme
But a legends only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone

 

and

 

We have no secrets

 

We have no secrets .
We tell each other everything
About the lovers in the past
And why they didn't last
We share a cast of characters from A to Z
We know each others fantasies
And though we know each other better when we explore
Sometimes I wish
Often I wish
That I never knew some of those secrets of yours

 

and

 

The Carter family

 

You used to make me moan in bed, but that can't be enough
My friends complained your jokes were crude,
Your manners were too rough
Don't know just what I wanted, but I know I wanted more
Someone smooth, presentable, to blend with my decor
And now at night I think of how you grinned when you undressed
And I find I miss you more than I'd ever have guessed.

 

and

 

That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be

 

My father sits at night with no lights on
His cigarette glows in the dark
The living room is still
I walk by, no remark
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
My mother reads her magazines
I hear her call sweet dreams
But I forgot how to dream

But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
You want to marry me, we'll marry

My friends from college they're all married now
They have their houses and their lawns
They have their silent noons
Tearful nights, angry dawns
Their children hate them for the things they're not
They hate themselves for what they are
And yet they drink, they laugh
Close the wound, hide the scar

[1FinickyOne]

Wake up Jimmy Newman - Tom Paxton

 

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes... John Prine

[NoshowJones]

Oh! Grace please hold me in your arms and let this moment linger.

They'll take me out at dawn and I will die.

 

Grace. sung by The Wolfe Tones.