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Hey Pandas, Whats A Song That Makes You Feel Deeply Sad, Like You’re About To Cry?
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#1
After our first Bulldog died, I made a little video with the best pics of her (too short) life. I used: Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole See You Again by Wiz Khalifa Can't listen to these anymore without bursting into tears right away.
Final score:
6points
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#2
mary on a cross(ghost) but specifically the slowed town version. also MORE SPECIFICALLY the part after the first chorus(so the second part of the song)
Final score:
4points
#3
"A million tears " by Trees of Eternity..... not only a heartbreakingly emotional song, so full of grief and vulnerability.... So sad on it's own, But I later found out that the singer had terminal cancer when she wrote and recorded it.... and sadly passed away before the album was even released..... I have never cried to a song more than when I learnt that.... I can hardly listen to it any more, it's just too much... Such a loss, she had a beautiful voice....
Final score:
4points
K- THULU (Submission author) 1 year ago (edited)
I forgot to add her name....... Aleah Liane Stanbridge..... what a voice.... A wonderful example of her voice from happier times is " Touch my face" by That Which Remains.... a project with former members of the 80s goth band The Mission...... the raw demo version is beautiful..... you can hear every breath she takes.... Breaks my fücking heart.....
#4
"Illusion" by VNV Nation. If you want to check it out, there's a very touching video on youtube, made by Andy Huang.
Final score:
4points
#5
"The Rainbow Connection" was my little brother, who died a while back's song. "Hearts Content" by Brandi Carlile just hurts me because it reminds me of some book characters, and my parents, grandparents, and myself. Especially "Maybe we know how the story ends Maybe it's not even about us We both retreat to opposing stands And the love lives on without us"
Final score:
4points
#6
The loneliest by Maneskin. Don't watch the video or you will cry.
Final score:
4points
#7
Last Kiss by Taylor Swift. You can tell she’s crying while she sings it.
Final score:
4points
#8
Once More to See You by Mitski It's a love song, but the slow, reflective kind. Buttons in Me by Tumbledown House It always used to make me sad as a kid, not sure why, just something about it was depressing.
Final score:
3points
#9
"When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLauchlan. Anything by Sarah McLauchlan really, but that one really hits me in the gut.
Final score:
3points
Spooky Demon Bat (she/they) 1 year ago
Yeah I used to listen to her when I was a kid, her music is just so melancholy.
#10
i’ve got a few! desert song - my chemical romance end of life - death spells fake plastic trees - radiohead
Final score:
3points
#11
The Archer by Taylor Swift, I actually cried the first time I heard it
Final score:
3points
#12
Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails. Takes me back to someone I hurt because I stupid.
Final score:
3points
#13
Hurt, the cover by Johnny Cash.
Final score:
2points
#14
Bell, Book and Candle by Eddi Reader. Also, Song for Zula by Phosphorescent.
Final score:
2points
#16
"Blackbird" by Alter Bridge. My dad passed away last October. He was in a lot of pain and was dealing with progressing kidney failure among other things. But he never stopped doing things. He never gave up and let his ailments stop him. "Let the wind carry you home Blackbird, fly away May you never be broken again Beyond the suffering you've known I hope you find your way May you never be broken again."
Final score:
2points
#17
I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Rait And Stay by Sugarland
Final score:
2points
#19
Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift gives me an existential crisis whenever i hear it, and Ronan [also ts] makes me actually sob, i avoid listening to both despite them being such good songs
Final score:
1point
#20
Puff the Magic Dragon
Final score:
1point
#21
Tears in Heaven....gets to me every time...
Final score:
1point
#22
That coffee for your soul song everyone used for their RIP cat videos on TikTok Yes I used it too
Final score:
1point
#23
"A Woman Left Lonely" by Janis Joplin and "Moments of Pleasure" by Kate Bush make me ugly cry.
Final score:
1point
#25
Exit Music for a Film by Radiohead Creep by Radiohead Good Riddance by Green Day
Final score:
1point
#26
There's something about Bastille's Oblivion, specifically the live art capitol hill one ( https://youtu.be/vlcDX77rzPM?si=M6T33nNXZ8M7OpYn ). I know the song is clearly about addiction, but whenever I hear it, I think about an ex I had who really struggled with mental health and was suicidal. They had periods of absolute mania by they also would just crash, suddenly and I used to have this constant fear that I may never hear their voice again. I recall, their mom (oh yeah this was like high school) coming to pick me up from school to bring me to the hospital to see them and I would just sit there while they are restrained to the bed after tried to slit their wrists and I would just cry. I was also very depressed, but seeing and feeling the impact of them every time they tried to end it, absolutely hardened me against ever going that far myself. Even though they found a way through and are substantially better now than they were then and we are still good friends, this song just reminds me of them and every other friend or acquaintance i have lost to self destruction... but it's a beautiful song.
Final score:
0points
#27
Small Bump but Ed Sheeran. It is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. It's one of those songs where I always listened to the beginning but never listened to the lyrics all the way through... the day I did though I absolutely sobbed. Essentially it is about coming to terms with being a dad-- at first unsure but then kind of worried you'll be a bad parent, then a super odd excitement over what your life will be like-- then the rug pull, the child is either still born or miscarried and the final verse is just shock and grief.
Final score:
0points
Hales M (Submission author) 1 year ago
Also sorry just to add, but so that you can get a sense of the sadness this is the transition: And you can lie with me With your tiny feet When you're half asleep I'll leave you be Right in front of me For a couple weeks So I can keep you safe 'Cause you are my one and only And you can wrap your fingers 'round my thumb And hold me tight You are my one and only You can wrap your fingers 'round my thumb And hold me tight And you'll be alright 'Cause you were just a small bump unborn For four months then torn from life Maybe you were needed up there But we're still unaware as why
#28
"Supermarket Flowers" by Ed Sheeran. I lost my mum to cancer, I can't hear the first line without starting to bawl my eyes out. I'm not much of a Sheeran fan, but the lyrics and gentle melody rip your heart out from pure raw emotion.
Final score:
0points
#29
Holding on to you by 21 pilots. My great aunt died and it about killed me. That song reminds me of her. https://thechaostradingcompany.com/2023/09/21/the-benefit-of-grief/
Final score:
0points
#30
All You Wanna Do from Six the musical (specifically the Sam Pauly version, even better if the video on youtube of the actual show) The song starts off really upbeat but by the end you can really feel the emotion and the lyrics are really sad if you actually know the story. (also yes, I am a theatre kid)
Final score:
0points
What do you think ?
Riche White 1 year ago
Taps. Reminds me of my father's funeral. It shows great respect to the deceased, but it makes me sad because it reminds me of my late father, uncle and an uncle who died 17 years before I was born.
Bookworm5000 1 year ago
Oh, I've got a few! 1) Keep Your Head Up Princess by Anson Seabra. GOD. THIS SONG. Here come the tears. 2)Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen. Even sadder when you realize that Freddie Mercury died at age 45...... 3) The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles. I don't know why it makes me so sad, but it does. 4) Demons by Imagine Dragons. Someday I will hunt down Imagine Dragons and make them pay a dollar for every time I listened to this while feeling generally depressed. 5) 7 Years Old by Lukas Graham. Excuse me while I sob. 6) Aaaand You're On Your Own, Kid by Taylor Swift. Why does this make me cry?
Riche White 1 year ago
Taps. Reminds me of my father's funeral. It shows great respect to the deceased, but it makes me sad because it reminds me of my late father, uncle and an uncle who died 17 years before I was born.
Bookworm5000 1 year ago
Oh, I've got a few! 1) Keep Your Head Up Princess by Anson Seabra. GOD. THIS SONG. Here come the tears. 2)Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen. Even sadder when you realize that Freddie Mercury died at age 45...... 3) The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles. I don't know why it makes me so sad, but it does. 4) Demons by Imagine Dragons. Someday I will hunt down Imagine Dragons and make them pay a dollar for every time I listened to this while feeling generally depressed. 5) 7 Years Old by Lukas Graham. Excuse me while I sob. 6) Aaaand You're On Your Own, Kid by Taylor Swift. Why does this make me cry?
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