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Here's another one I was listening to, and I had to play it twice:

 

The Starting Line's - A Goodnight's Sleep

A better slumber

Was in your arms

spent tangled up in you

 

A sudden morning

Crashed in the room

With an uninvited sudden change in you

 

What can I say?

Where's that girl from last night

That slept on that side and looked just like you do?

 

You can sleep in your own bed tonight

Sleep away

A silent pain

That's screaming out my name

 

You can sleep in your own bed tonight

I hope for your sake you dont wake up as broken as I am

 

For a lack of better

Words to say

All I said was goodnight

Once again, in self-defence

I wont sleep a wink

To prevent dreaming of you

 

You can sleep in your own bed tonight

Sleep away

A silent pain

That's screaming out my name

 

You can sleep in your own bed tonight

I hope for your sake you dont wake up as broken as I am

 

Sleep in your own bed tonight

I know some day that you will wake up as lonely as I am

 

You can sleep in your own bed tonight

Sleep away

A silent pain

That'screaming out my name

 

You can sleep in your own bed tonight

I hope for your sake you dont wake up as broken as I am

 

Sleep in your own bed tonight

I know some day that you will wake up as lonely as I am

Cuz fate works both ways

Cuz fate works both ways

Cuz fate works both ways

Sleep in your own bed

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Man, I gots tons of these...here's one by The New Amsterdams called Hanging on for Hope.

 

Are you hanging on for hope?

The clock strikes past the hour.

Is the pain enough to choke

the life out?

You may never get to sleep.

Your time is not your time tonight.

Her smile will make you weak

and proud.

Do you ever miss her?

Do you feel the cold wind whisper?

Is there anything

more deafening?

Are you hanging on for hope?

It's all you've got worth living for.

Is it much too much to cope

the road out?

There's a tension when we speak.

The income's overrated

but it's worth it when we meet on common ground.

Do you ever miss her?

Do you feel the cold wind whisper?

Is there anything:.

Do you ever cower

when the clock strikes past the hour?

Is there anything

more deafening?

Are you hanging on for hope?

It's all you got, it's all you got.

I miss you more that you could know

when I'm gone.

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My love must be a kind of blind love

I can't see anyone but you

And, dear, I wonder if you find love

An optical illusion, too?

 

Are the stars out tonight?

I don't know if it's cloudy or bright

'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear

 

The moon may be high

But I can't see a thing in the sky

'Cause I only have eyes for you

 

I don't know if we're in a garden

Or on a crowded avenue

You are here; so am I

Maybe millions of people go by

But they all disappear from view

And I only have eyes for you

 

 

That song can be wonderful, and touching--in a good way--but, when you're near someone whom you love very, very much...and that person, whatever his internal feelings, does not outwardly reciprocate, does not show that--if--he feels the same way...

 

Patrick used to try to sing this song to me, a long time ago, when we first became a couple and I was young and socially conscious--foolish--and he was young and starry-eyed and carried my books and listened only to "oldies" and had never had a girlfriend...and, because of his lack of training and my discerning ear, I would cut him off, giggling nervously, ashamed...

 

...I tried to sing it to him a few months back, softly, when we were alone, and he--he brushed it aside, giggling nervously...

 

...and now...now, I'd give anything to hear him sing that song again, because I have this feeling that, even though he will likely never be with me again, he has that song reserved for me--and the dance that goes with it...

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Oh my god Brigit ... that is sad... I'm a sap for this kind of shit....

 

And ya know, the guy won't get back together with me for one reason--ONE fucking reason--

 

--it might possibly compromise his Christianity, something he's admitted doubting more than a couple of times.

 

He says he can't see me risking my life with him on mission work (which I'd gladly do, 'cause I know he'd be following his heart, and his is one of the biggest I've ever seen), and he doesn't want to try and figure out how the kids would be raised. I've seen stories of pagan/Christian couples that have worked out, and I told him I'd research it so he can see for himself.

 

He's admitted he still loves me; half the time he can't keep his eyes, hands, and lips off me; the other half the time he's cold as ice, but still loves me, and still wants to be the best of close friends like we are, but see post #2 here for my thoughts on that masochism...

 

Thanks for being a hopeless romantic with me, alita. :fuming:

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Another one that makes me think of him--when I think I might just give up on him for good...or maybe he feels this way about me, and would cite it if he actually knew it...that would tear my heart to pieces, 'cause then I'd know he was serious, and for good. I guess it makes more sense coming from his end--that terrifies me...

 

I just realized I used "for good" twice there...I guess 'cause this song conveys such a feeling of finality...it's heart-rending...and scary...

 

The acoustic version from Buffy, way pre-single-release.

 

Of all the things I believed in

I just want to get it over with

Tears form behind my eyes

But I do not cry

Counting the days that pass me by

 

I've been searching deep down in my soul

Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old

Feels like I'm starting all over again

The last three years just pretend

And I said

 

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything that I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold onto

 

I still get lost in your eyes

And it seems I can't live a day without you

Closing my eyes, you chase the thoughts away

To a place where I am blinded by the light

But it's not right

 

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything that I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold onto

 

And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time

I want what's yours and I want what's mine

 

I want you

But I'm not giving in this time

 

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything that I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold onto

The one thing that I tried to hold onto

 

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold onto

 

And when the stars fall I will lie awake

You're my shooting star

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BrigitDryad0 Posted Yesterday, 04:12 PM

Yeah, but I'm a sucker for that asshole!!!

 

(...and he's really not an asshole...I can tell he's wrestling with himself over it...I just wish I could knock some SENSE into 'im!!!)

 

See, now that I just don't understand!!! If you know you have something worth while, why would you want to keep yourself away from it? You should enjoy life and every aspect of it, especially when it comes to love.

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Sawyer Brown - The Walk

 

Down our long dusty driveway

I didn't want to go

But I set out with tears in my eyes wondering

Daddy took me by the hand

Looked out at the school bus and his little man and said

"Don't worry boy it will be all right"

 

CHORUS

 

Cause I took this walk you're walking now

Boy, I've been in your shoes

You can't hold back the hands of time

It's just something you've got to do

So dry your eyes I understand just what you're going through

Cause I took this same walk with my old man

Boy, I've been in your shoes

 

Down our long dusty driveway

I set my mind to go

I was eighteen and wild and free and wondering

Daddy took me by the hand

Looked at the world and at his grown man and said,

"Don't worry boy it will be all right"

 

Down our long dusty driveway

This time we both would go

He had grown old and gray

And his mind was wandering

Daddy took me by the hand

Said, "I know where we're going and I understand

Don't worry boy it will be all right"

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Ah, I'm such a fuckin' sucker for a good sad song.

 

This a Jawbreaker song, Basilica. The last line gets me every time...

 

Sunken eyed best friend of mine.

Why do you sit so still, still shaking?

Superhero sapped of all powers.

I'll kneel beside you, watch you for hours.

There's an angel on you leaning down to kiss your cheek.

Feathers floating on air.

This is my prayer for you.

 

Steps of stone, morning bright blue.

Stick of flame, a candle winks at you.

In the pew, head down I'm crying.

I think you have thoughts of dying.

I'm eclipsing them now.

Calling all allies down.

I'm consumed by your eyes.

Keep them open and full.

 

It's raining in your room.

Angel tears, bask sweet.

Angel eyes on you.

They love all that they see.

 

Dewy palm, cemetery lawn.

Walk alone in gardens of loss.

You can't have a flower of stone.

Never let this soil come between us.

I'm asking you on a date for the rest of your life

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Hoobastank - What Happened To Us? Lyrics

I thought it was too good to be true

I found somebody who understands me

Someone who would help me to get through

And fill an emptiness I had inside me

But you kept inside and I just denied

Some things that we should have both said

I knew it was too good to be true

Cause I'm the only one who understands me

 

What happened to us?

We used to be so perfect

Now we're lost and lonely

What happened to us?

And deep inside I wonder

Did I loose my only?

 

Remember they thought we were too young

To really know what it takes to make it

But we had survived off what we have done

So we could show them all that they're mistaken

But who could have known

The lies that would grow

Until we could see right through them

Remember they knew we were too young

We still don't know what it takes to make it

 

What happened to us?

We used to be so perfect

Now we're lost and lonely

What happened to us?

And deep inside I wonder

Did I loose my only one?

 

We could've made it work

We could've found a way

We should've done our best to see another day

But we kept it all inside until it was too late

And now we're both alone

The consequence we pay for throwing it all away

For throwing it all away

 

What happened to us?

We used to be so perfect

Now we're lost and lonely

What happened to us?

And deep inside I wonder

Did I loose my only?

 

What happened to us?

What happened to us?

What happened to us?

What happened to us?

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Street Spirit - Radiohead

 

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me

I can feel their blue hands touching me

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out

 

This machine will, will not communicate

These thoughts and the strain I am under

Be a world child, form a circle

Before we all go under

And fade out again and fade out again

 

Cracked eggs, dead birds

Scream as they fight for life

I can feel death, can see its beady eyes

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out again

 

Immerse your soul in love

IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE

 

 

Pyramid Song - Radiohead

 

I jumped in the river and what did I see?

Black-eyed angels swam with me

A moon full of stars and astral cars

All the things I used to see

All my lovers were there with me

All my past and futures

And we all went to heaven in a little row boat

There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

 

I jumped into the river

Black-eyed angels swam with me

A moon full of stars and astral cars

And all the things I used to see

All my lovers were there with me

All my past and futures

And we all went to heaven in a little row boat

There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

 

There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

 

 

Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

 

(with music this is beauty)

 

Hold up... hold on... don't be scared

You'll never change what's been and gone

May your smile... Shine on... Don't be scared

Your destiny may keep you warm.

 

Cos all of the stars are fading away

Just try not to worry you'll see them some day

Take what you need and be on your way

And stop crying your heart out

 

Get up... Come on... why you scared

You'll never change what been and gone

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Awesome song Street Spirit

 

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Love the lyrics and and the quality of singing in this one... Awesome Kelly.

 

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KELLY CLARKSON - "What's Up Lonely"

 

 

 

I'm gettin' kinda close to you

Like a shadow I can't lose (he-ey-ey)

You've been hanging with me everyday (ay-ay)

Now your getting in my way-yeahh

 

I know you understand me

But don't you think that maybe

It's time to move on

 

What's up lonely

Seems your my only friend who wants to share my pain

Tell me heartache

What it gonna take

For you to leave me alone today

 

Just when I think that your gone

Your in the mirror looking back at me

 

So whats up lonely

 

Sometimes, i wish you weren't by my side,

can't you find another shoulder cause i

i wanna leave this broken heart behind,

we're both waisten to much time

 

Find someone else to rain on,

i'm really gettin tired of singin this sad song

 

whats up lonely, seems your my only

friend who wants to

share my pain

Tell me heartache

whats it gonna take

for you to leave me alone today

 

just when i think that your gone

your in the mirror lookin back at me

so whats up lonely

 

don't wanna give you a reason, to hang around anymore

you won't be hurtin my feelins

if you find another broken heart you can lean on

 

Gotta go, gotta move on

Gotta go, gotta move on

just leave me alone

 

What's up lonely

Seems you're my only friend

Who wants to share my pain

Tell me heartache

What's it gonna take?

For you to leave me alone today

Just when i think that you're gone, yea

You're in the mirror lookin back at me

So what's up lonely?

 

Gotta go, gotta move on

Gotta go, gotta move on

Hey, yea, hey

 

What's up lonely

Seems you're my only friend

Who wants to share my pain

Tell me heartache

What's it gonna take?

For you to leave me alone today

Just when i think that you're gone, yea

You're in the mirror lookin back at me

So what's up lonely? ...

 

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Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes

 

You're a song

Written by the hands of god

Don't get me wrong cause

This might sound to you a bit odd

But you own the place

Where all my thoughts go hiding

And right under your clothes

Is where I find them

 

Underneath Your Clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things I deserve

For being such a good girl honey

 

Because of you

I forgot the smart ways to lie

Because of you

I'm running out of reasons to cry

When the friends are gone

When the party's over

We will still belong to each other

 

Underneath Your Clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things I deserve

For being such a good girl honey

 

I love you more than all that's on the planet

Movin' talkin' walkin' breathing

You know it's true

Oh baby it's so funny

You almost don't believe it

As every voice is hanging from the silence

Lamps are hanging from the ceiling

Like a lady tied to her manners

I'm tied up to this feeling

 

Underneath Your Clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things I deserve

For being such a good girl honey

 

(i don't care what anyone says, she is probably the best pop act out there)

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Right, each to their own, and here's mine.

 

The Clash, Lost in the Super Market, off London Calling

 

I'm all lost in the supermarket

I can no longer shop happily

I came in here for that special offer

A guaranteed personality

 

I wasnt born so much as I fell out

Nobody seemed to notice me

We had a hedge back home in the suburbs

Over which I never could see

 

I heard the people who lived on the ceiling

Scream and fight most scarily

Hearing that noise was my first ever feeling

Thats how its been all around me

 

 

Im all tuned in, I see all the programmes

I save coupons from packets of tea

Ive got my giant hit discoteque album

I empty a bottle and I feel a bit free

 

The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls

Make me noises for company

Long distance callers make long distance calls

And the silence makes me lonely

 

 

And its not hear

It disappear

Im all lost

The Mekons, Last Night on Earth (download it now) I don't thing a song could start on a more melancholic line.

 

 

Life is a debt that must someday be paid

born where we were born

has left us helpless and self-obsessed

last night on earth, don't pick up that pen

we're so ill-equipped to deal with all

the pressure risk and stress

they can't hurt you now.

It doesn't matter what they say

you can still feel anger across the grave

but it was fun anyway

it was her job, to see through all that shit

she did it by herself in some tough tough places

but the system is sick. The robber barons roam

collecting their debts and filling up death row

you can't ive alone

they can't hurt you now

it doesn't mater what they say

you can still feel anger across the grave

but t was fun anyway

it was her job, to see through all that shit

shed go walking out i some very cool places

but the system is sick. The robber barons roam

buying up the land beneath your feet

putting kids in the ground

you can't ive alone

last night on earth

they can't hurt you now

last night on earth

 

Iggy Pop, Tonight

I saw my baby

She was turning blue

Oh, I knew that soon, her

Young life was through

 

 

 

And so I got down on my knees

Down by her bed

And these are the words

To her I said

 

Everything will be all right, Tonight

 

No one moves

No one talks

No one thinks

No one walks, Tonight

 

Everyone will be all right, Tonight

 

No one moves

No one talks

No one thinks

No one walks, Tonight, Tonight

 

I am gonna love her to the end

I will love her 'til I die

I will see her in the sky...Tonight

There were more, including The Starvations: Recipe for a Mess, Dan Sartain: Got that Feeling, Rocket from the Crypt:Used, Back Off Cupids: Painted Half a Picture, but you all have those LPs anyway. I could go into bands like Eels and the Black Heart Procession or artists like Elliot Smith and Rachael Land, but there just isn't time to list them all.

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Tori can get the water works rollin' like no other.

I have 4 songs below that really make me tear up because it's just um. I associate them with certain things and people and it makes me cry heh. Sad.

 

1,000 Oceans

 

these tears i've cried

i've cried 1000 oceans

and if it seems i'm

floating. in the darkness

 

well, i can't believe

that i would keep

keep you from flying

and i would cry 1000 more

if that's what it takes

to sail you home

sail you home

sail you home

 

i'm aware what the rules are

but you know that i will run

you know that i will follow you

over silbury hill

through the solar field

you know that i will follow you

 

and if i find you

will you. still remember

playing at the trains

or does this

little blue ball

just fade away

 

over silbury hill

through the solar field

you know that i will follow you

i'm aware what the rules are

but you know that i will run

you know that i will follow you

 

these tears i've cried

i've cried

1000 oceans

and if it seems i'm

floating

in the darkness

 

well, i can't believe

that i would keep

keep you from flying

so, i will cry

1000 more

if that's what it takes

to sail you home

sail you home

sail you home

sail..

sail you home

 

Doughnut Song

 

had me a trick and a kick and your message

well you'll never gain weight from a doughnut hole

then thought that i could decipher your message

there's no one here dear

no one at all

 

and if i'm wasting all your time

this time

maybe you never learned to take

and if i'm hanging on to your shade

i guess i'm way beyond the pale

 

and southern men can grow gold

can grow pertty

blood can be pertty

like a delicate man

copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered

that let's you in let's you in let's you in

something's just keeping you numb

 

you told me last night

you were a sun now with your very own

 

devoted satellite

happy for you

and i am sure that i hate you

too sons too many too many able fires

 

and if i'm wasting all your time

this time

i think you never learned to take

and if i'm hanging on to your shade

i guess i'm way beyond the pale

 

Iieee

 

with your e's

and your ease

and i do much more

need a lip gloss boost

in your america

is it god's

is it yours

sweet saliva

with your e's

and your ease

and i do one more

i know we're dying

and there's no sign of a parachute

we scream in cathedrals

why can't it be beautiful

why does there gotta be a sacrifice

just say yes

you little arsonist

you're so sure you can save

every hair on my chest

just say yes

you little arsonist

with your e's

and your ease

and i do one more

well i know we're dying

and there's no sign of a parachute

in this chapel

little chapel of love

can't we get a little grace

and some elegance

no we scream in cathedrals

why can't it be beautiful

why does there

gotta be a sacrifice

just say yes

you little arsonist

with your e's

and your ease

and i do one more

well i know we're dying

and there's no sign of a parachute

in this chapel

little chapel of love

can't we get a little grace

and some elegance

no we scream in cathedrals

why can't it be beautiful

why does there

gotta be a sacrifice

 

Spark

 

she's addicted to nicotine patches

she's addicted to nicotine patches

she's afraid of the light in the dark

6:58 are you sure where my spark is

here

here

here

she's convinced she could hold back a glacier

but she couldn't keep baby alive

doubting if there's a woman in there somewhere

here

here

here

you say you don't want it again

and again but you don't really mean it

you say you don't want it

this circus we're in

but you don't you don't really mean it you don't really mean it

if the divine master plan is perfection

maybe next i'll give judas a try

trusting my soul to the ice cream assassin

here

here

here

you say you don't want it again

and again but you don't really mean it

you say you don't want it

this circus we're in

but you don't you don't really mean it you don't really mean it

how many fates turn around in the overtime

ballerinas

that have fins that you'll never find

you thought that you were the bomb yeah well so did i

say you don't want it

say you don't want it

 

how many fates turn around in the overtime

ballerinas

that have fins that you'll never find

you thought that you were the bomb yes well so did i

say you don't want it

say you don't want it

say you don't want it again

and again but you don't really mean it

say you don't want it

this circus we're in

but you don't you don't really mean it you don't really mean it

she's addicted to nicotine patches

she's afraid of the light in the dark

6:58 are you sure where my spark is

here

here

here

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Two off the top of my head would be:

 

Elliott Smith's "Needle in the hay" and Radiohead's "How to disappear completely"

 

"Needle in the hay"

 

your hand on his arm

the hay stack charm around your neck

strung out and thin

calling some friend trying to cash some check

he's acting dumb

that's what you've come to expect

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

he's wearing your clothes

head down to toes a reaction to you

you say you know what he did

but you idiot kid

you don't have a clue

sometimes they just get caught in the eye

you're pulling him through

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

now on the bus

nearly touching this dirty retreat

falling out 6th and powell a dead sweat in my teeth

gonna walk walk walk

four more blocks plus the one in my brain

down downstairs to the man

he's gonna make it all OK

i can't beat myself

i can't beat myself

and i don't want to talk

i'm taking the cure so i can be quiet

wherever i want

so leave me alone

you ought to be proud that i'm getting good marksss

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

needle in the hay

 

"How to disappear completely"

 

That there

That's not me

I go

Where I please

I walk through walls

I float down the Liffey

I'm not here

This isn't happening

I'm not here

I'm not here

 

In a little while

I'll be gone

The moment's already passed

Yeah it's gone

And I'm not here

This isn't happening

I'm not here

I'm not here

 

Strobe lights and blown speakers

Fireworks and hurricanes

I'm not here

This isn't happening

I'm not here

I'm not here

 

Its hard to think of sad songs, because like this radiohead song, its alot more about the music than the words. I don't know hard to explain. For those of you who have seen "Royal Tenenbaums" you should remember quite a moment with that "needle in the hay" song.

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