What is the most depressing song ever?

[Neoma]

It's around Sucide is Painless and Hurt for me.

[TrogL]

1. Anything by Bobby Goldsboro

[rocktivity]

2. Anything by Madonna

I once asked a dentist if he could play one of her albums instead of giving me a Novocaine shot.


rocktivity

[hibbing]

24. hehehehehehe

Hey,
Made me crack up, even though I like some of her stuff.

Peace

[Doc_Technical]

3. Renaissance- "Cold is Being"

[lastlib]

67. Yeah, but.......

Annie Haslam can sing that song in my living room any time she wants to!

[rug]

4. Daddy's Gone

How you are my hero
How your never here though
Remember times when you put me on your shoulders
How I wish it was forever you would hold us
Right now I'm too young to know
How in the future it will affect me when you go
You could have had it all
You, me, and mum y'know
Anything was possible

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
A fifty year old
Reminiscing what I had

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
Forget your dad, he's gone

All I wanted was a kick-a-bout in the park
For you to race me home when it was nearly getting dark
How I could've been yours, and you be mine
It could've been me and you until the end of time
Do what you want, when you want
Be as fuckin' insincere as you can
What kind of way is that to treat your wife
To see your son on Saturdays
What way is that to live your life?

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
A fifty year old
Reminiscing what I had

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
Forget your dad, he's gone

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. I felt like opening my wrists when this song first came out

I guess because I had just broken up with someone important to me at the time. The second one isn't a very happy song either.

[sharp_stick]

6. Concrete Angel - Martina McBride

This one is just way way too much for me to watch or listen to, it's just over the top sadness in every respect.

[NoGOPZone]

7. Love Will Tear us Apart by Joy Division nt

[graywarrior]

8. Leader of the Pack and Teen Angel

[Tabasco_Dave]

9. John Lennon - Mother

[graywarrior]

12. Absolutely! Rips my heart & soul out.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="

?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. When I was a little bitty kid in the 50s, this song really made me sad

about the poor little white cloud that no one loved. No one could sing a song like the late, great Johnnie Ray.

[Honeycombe8]

30. I had never seen a song by him. You know Eileen is an homage, sort of, to him? Here ya go.

The beginning, for some reason, is about Johnny Ray, even though it's a British band. Now that I see a video of Ray, I can see why he was popular.

[Mr.Bill]

13. I Din't Care Anymore by Phil Collins.

The only song ever that describes how I feel about the artist.

[uriel1972]

14. Tommorrow Wendy by Andy Prieboy

Very depressing, but at the same time I love it to bits

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. here are a few Sad Songs - don't know about depressing but, they are kinda sad

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

48. Try this on:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

99. Billy Jack! here is another one considered to be sad by many (me included)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

111. I always liked that one

I left this for another but you might like it as well:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=306326

[tg]

16. Paper and Pen by Alecia Nugent

[Populist_Prole]

17. 'Nights in White Satin' by the Moody Blues majorly bums me out

I have no idea why.

[AsahinaKimi]

18. I think maybe the music from GUNSLINGER GIRL

and the ending

[RedCloud]

19. Most anything by BobDylan.

[ok_cpu]

20. "Hurt" as a song is enough

But that video is pure heartbreak.

Here's one that gets me for personal reasons.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

62. Corgan wrote that shortly after his mother died.

The whole Adore album is strikingly beautiful yet extremely depressing. Ironically, Adore--and not Mellon Collie--is the trule meloncholy album by the Pumpkins. Fans didn't know what to make of it after the much more guitar heavy (yet epic) Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie, and it initially got a rather negative response. Only after a few years had past did fans begin to truly appreciate it as a work of art.

Here's something I suggest, based on personal experience. If you find yourself really, really sad about something, have a glass of wine or two, and then listen to Adore from beginning to end, in the dark, with the knowledge that Billy wrote it in the shadow of his mother's death and at the end of a relationship. You'll seriously bawl your eyes out, yet after it's all done it's actually extremely cathatric.

[ok_cpu]

77. The back story of that song and album as a whole

are exactly why I picked it, having lost my own mother to cancer when she was far too young.

It might not have been the most well-received of their albums, but I've always loved it - and appreciated it for the story behind the music. It's just taken on more meaning since Mom passed last year.

[Honeycombe8]

21. Alone Again, Naturally (Gilbert O'Sullivan)

In a little while from now
If I’m not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Where people saying: "My God, that’s tough
She's stood him up"
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to well wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about God and His mercy
Or if He really does exist
Why did He desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts
broken in the world that can’t be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?

Alone again, naturally
Now looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn’t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

32. I will second that nomination (nt)

[rachel1]

22. "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin

[Honeycombe8]

23. Same old lang syne song (Dan Fogelberg) a/k/a I met my old lover in the grocery store...

[hibbing]

25. Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan

Hey,
I do like the song a lot, but man, it is very hard for me to listen to.

Peace

[WhoIsNumberNone]

26. 1916 - Motorhead

Last edited Tue Feb 12, 2013, 11:18 PM - Edit history (1)

[Honeycombe8]

27. Crying (K D Lang)

I know a lot of sad songs!

Here's another one.

[XRubicon]

28. Timothy... he is eaten by fellow miners in a mine collapse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)

link

[CreekDog]

29. So many choices (yours fit the bill, for sure)

One Time One Night by Los Lobos (love the music on this one, but the lyrics seemed to take aim at Reagan's "Morning in America)
Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris (about suicide)
Viva La Vida by Coldplay (about your best days being behind you, kind of haunting)
My Hometown by Bruce Springsteen

[nomorenomore08]

31. Michael Gira - "Blind"

You simply cannot top Gira for sheer depressiveness. The guy makes Leonard Cohen seem like John Denver.

[nomorenomore08]

33. Joy Division - "Decades"

[ms liberty]

34. Anything by Harry Chapin, and...

Much of Jim Croce's songs, too. But Harry Chapin is the worst. There are other songs, but not any other songs or artists that bum me out to the same degree.

[pink-o]

75. My first thought was this song

http://m.

[energumen]

91. Exactly

As a parent who has spent most of my professional life traveling and when not traveling working fairly long hours, it makes you think,especially when your children start reaching adulthood and you realize you are OLD

[AngryOldDem]

102. Yeah, Harry could be a downer.

There's also "WOLD."

Washed-up DJ to his ex-wife, when he finds out she's with someone else: "Okay, honey, I see/I guess he's better than me/Sure, old girl, I understand/You don't have to worry I'm such a happy man..."

Then you almost wait to hear a gunshot ring out. The chorus, though, is genius...sounds like an actual radio call-letter jingle.

That said, Chapin was one hell of a balladeer, although I believe his wife Sandy wrote the lyrics to "Cat's In the Cradle."

[Still Blue in PDX]

103. Yes, I was thinking the other night that I wish I had a "rewind" function on my life.

My kids all have turned out to be wonderful adults, but if I had to do it all over again I could have made the journey much more enjoyable for all of us.

[bobclark86]

92. Try "The Shortest Story"

It makes "W.O.L.D.," "Cats in the Cradle" and "Taxi" sound like "MmmBop."

[nomorenomore08]

35. Bruce Springsteen - "Racing in the Street"

These three are almost unbearable back to back, for me...

[AllenVanAllen]

36. The Clientele - Dreams of leaving

[mokawanis]

37. Bloodrock - DOA

This one freaked me out a little when I was a kid. How it ever made it on to top 40 radio stations is beyond me.

Another weird and depressing song from the 70's, about trapped miners who turn to cannibalism to survive. Also got a lot of airplay.

[lost-in-nj]

90. wow

DOA kind of freaked me out to but I loved it..... I still tell people about this song and how eerie and sad it is

Thanks for this



lost

[mokawanis]

96. My brother and I used to play it fairly often

because it's so weird and eerie...and because we knew my dad hated it. You're the first person I've come across in a long time that's familiar with the song. It does make an impression.

[pintobean]

108. It was the 1st thing that popped into my head

when I saw the thread title.

[Arkansas Granny]

38. I can't decide between Eleanor Rigby and Alone Again (Naturally).

They're both real downers, IMO.

[Llewlladdwr]

39. Gloomy Sunday

Originally composed in 1933 by Rezső Seress it's supposedly caused many people to commit suicide.

[southerncrone]

40. "Last Kiss"

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2323

Based on a very sad, true story.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

41. Sorry, I'm an old guy:

Well, not that old.

[Neoma]

42. I think the last one was disqualified after the More Cowbell skit.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

43. I really like...

...Christopher Walken.

He was great opposite Denzel in Man on Fire.
No slouch in Man of the Year either.

[Neoma]

45. Not a depressing song:

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

50. I'm not sure how to characterize this:

[Still Blue in PDX]

104. I do, too.

Years ago I made a CD mix for Halloween, and this was on it.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

110. If you happen to be...

...a Guess Who fan or enjoy a '60s type of sound, your selection reminded me of:

(maybe some tea with this; 10+ minutes)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

112. ah. the guess who. always thought this one by them was very sad -

(may have already been posted)

and here is one that is sad and has the name of a locale in the title
(should xpost to bluesbassman's thread, I guess but ... don't get me started on that theme ... I might break DU)

[tandot]

44. "The Christmas Shoes" ... even though I am an atheist ... this gets me every time :(

It was almost Christmas time There I stood in another line Tryin' to buy that last gift or two Not really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me was A little boy waiting anxiously Pacing 'round like little boys do And in his hands he held a pair of shoes
And his clothes were worn and old He was dirty from head to toe And when it came his time to pay I couldn't believe what I heard him say
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my mama, please It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size Could you hurry, sir, daddy says there's not much time You see she's been sick for quite a while And I know these shoes would make her smile And I want her to look beautiful, if mama meets Jesus tonight
He counted pennies for what seemed like years Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here" He searched his pockets frantically Then he turned and he looked at me
He said, "Mama made Christmas good at our house Though most years she just did without" Tell me sir, what am I going to do Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes
So I laid the money down, I just had to help him out And I'll never forget the look on his face when he said "Mama's gonna look so great"
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my mama, please It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size Could you hurry, sir, daddy says there's not much time You see she's been sick for quite a while And I know these shoes would make her smile And I want her to look beautiful, if mama meets Jesus tonight
I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love As he thanked me and ran out I knew that God had sent that little boy To remind me what Christmas is all about
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my mama, please It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size Could you hurry, sir, daddy says there's not much time You see she's been sick for quite a while And I know these shoes would make her smile And I want her to look beautiful, if mama meets Jesus tonight
I want her to look beautiful If mama meets Jesus tonight

Read more: NEW SONG - THE CHRISTMAS SHOES LYRICS

[datasuspect]

46. rare extant recording of an actual castrato

[datasuspect]

47. Vietnam Deck of Cards

[mythology]

49. I have a few

Hero of War by Rise Against

Objects in the Rearview Mirror by Meat Loaf

The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen

Time After Time either the Eva Cassidy version or the Cyndi Lauper/Sarah McLachlan

Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

Gravity/Falling Down Again by Alejandro Escovedo

Last of the Great Whales by Celtic Crossroads

Time After Time and Last of the Great Whales because I'm a sucker for strong female voices singing songs of loss.

The Wrestler because I can relate to the idea of giving everything to things or people who don't give back.

Gravity/Falling Down Again because it's tied to one of my favorite episodes of Veronica Mars.

Objects in the Rearview Mirror and Cats in the Cradle because my dad was somewhat less than optimal as a parent to put it nicely.

Hero of War (and Cats in the Cradle) because they remind me of the cost of looking into the abyss to steal from Nietzsche. I see in myself the ways in which I've become a twisted reflection of my dad by working so hard to not be him.

And yes, my taste in music is a little weird.

[Generic Brad]

51. "I Eat Dinner" by Rufus Wainwright

It is so sad and depressing I laugh every time I hear it, especially when he gets to the part where he sadly eats mashed potatoes.

[Mojorabbit]

52. Neil Young "ON the beach is the all time most depressing song for me

[Tom Ripley]

74. It really does beat out Tonight's the Night

and that is no easy task

[kentauros]

53. I don't know how sad this song is,

but the way it's used here makes it one of the saddest I'll ever know:

[Grammy23]

54. Is That All There Is? Peggy Lee

I figure if anyone is suicidal when this song comes on they will just go ahead and finish the job after listening to this one. Bleak and depressing lyrics. And the delivery by Ms. Lee makes it worse. She sings it like she is on the verge of suicide and will amble off the stage when she is finished and do herself in. Hate this song.

[robertkdem1965_h89]

55. I'd say the Taxi Driver theme

So gloomy and depressing. Really suits that film well.

[sakabatou]

56. For me, it's "Is it Real" by Yoko Kanno

[Liberal Veteran]

57. The Way We Were - Streisand.

Everybody Hurts - REM

[cliffordu]

58. "Happy BIrthday"

[hopemountain]

59. kern river - merle haggard

because my first husband was killed on this river as were several others close to me

and eva cassidy's version of "fields of gold"

[Behind the Aegis]

60. "Scarecrow" by Melissa Ethridge and when I was younger "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey

(lyrics included in video)

She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night

Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall
In a blizard he was lost

She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire

By the dark of the moon - I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot-owl howling by my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go

We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire

On Wildfire we're gonna ride
Gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildffire

[Still Blue in PDX]

105. I don't think I ever heard the song Wildfire without crying. nt

[Iggo]

61. Cats In The Cradle. Alone Again, Naturally. I Am A Rock.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

63. A few already mentioned here:

Hurt (either the Cash cover or the NIN original)
Cats in The Cradle

Anything in Adore by the Smashing Pumpkins

For some reason, Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor (Yes, I know it's techinically a Prince original, but for all intents and purposes it's her song) always leaves me feeling emotionally drained, like a punch in the gut.

"Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen. I cringe whenever anyone claims it should be played as a rah-rah feel good "patriotic" song.

[Tom Ripley]

64. "Happy Birthday To You" always has been, always will be

[Tom Ripley]

65. Lou Reed "The Kids"...

stick around for the crying babies

[Sticky]

66. To Be Invisible by Gladys Knight

From the 1974 movie Claudine. The song was written by Curtis Mayfield for the movie soundtrack.

[link:

|

[lastlib]

68. The Who - "Behind Blue Eyes"

"...I have hours only lonely,
My love is vengeance that's never free....."

[Still Blue in PDX]

109. Ah, I remember listening to this with my boyfriend on his 8-track on our second date.

The sun was shining and we were on our way to the St. Paul Rodeo, the summer of 1972. We both sang along and didn't care that we are both tone deaf. It wasn't sad then.

Funny to think that we've been married 39 years now. "Our" song was this one:

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Locrian]

69. Mazzy Star - Look on Down from the Bridge

Look on down from the bridge
There's still fountains down there
Look on down from the bridge
It's still raining, up here

Everybody seems so far away from me
Everybody just wants to be free
Look away from the sky
It's no different when you're leaving home

I can't be the same thing to you now
I'm just gone, just gone
How could I say goodbye
How could I say goodbye
Goodbye

Maybe I'll just place my hands over you
And close my eyes real tight
There's a light in your eyes
And you know, yeah, you know
Look on down from the bridge
I'm still waiting for you

[progressoid]

70. All Cats Are Grey - The Cure

[raccoon]

71. "Cat's in the Cradle." NT

[kudzu22]

72. Mad World - Gary Jules

"

"

This song should come with a prescription for antidepressants.

[Neoma]

73. First time I heard it, it was Harry potter movie clips with that song.

Sadder...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

76. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Back in the 70s I had to turn the radio off when it was a hit.

"Down by the River I shot my Baby" --Neil Young??

And from when I was a little kid, She Wore Blue Velvet

[mimi85]

78. A Song For You

Ray Charles version tears my heart out, but Leon Russell who wrote it has to be the one.

[link:

|

[Still Blue in PDX]

106. Best. Song. Ever. nt

[Sherman A1]

85. Agreed

That truly is.

[Brigid]

79. Try "Home From the Forest" by Gordon Lightfoot.

It is on YouTube. I can't link it from my smartphone, but it's worth the look. It never caught on outside his fan base, but I defy you not to get teary-eyed.

And of course, there is always "My Hometown" by Springsteen. A no-fail tearjerker.

[Beearewhyain]

80. Tom Waits - A Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

[Wounded Bear]

81. The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock...

Last edited Thu Feb 14, 2013, 09:20 PM - Edit history (1)

I have heard the mermaids singing each to each,
I do not think that they will sing to me.

[EastTennesseeDem]

82. "Ladder Song" by Bright Eyes

The fact that it is actually about a dear friend of Conor Oberst's who committed suicide makes it cut all the deeper.

[Jamaal510]

83. Ice Cube--"You Know How We Do It"

It's not so much because of the song itself, but because this is one of the 1st songs I have ever heard. I remember hearing it on the radio once when I returned home from kindergarten one afternoon. This is one of the main songs that make me reminisce about the days in the 90s when I was a little kid without a care in the world, and about life before Facebook, Twitter, iPods, and YouTube; a slightly simpler time.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Arcanetrance]

84. Most of My Dying Brides stuff

The song my wine in silence springs to mine more than others

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Art_from_Ark]

86. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald probably ranks up there somewhere

[bluedigger]

87. A few more.

[distantearlywarning]

88. Turn The Page - Metallica

This cover of a Bob Seger song is sad to start with, but Metallica's video is particularly disturbing and sad. I was pretty floored (and not in a good way) the first time I ever saw it.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


Also, The River by The Clarks (which I think is another cover song, but the Clarks are a Western PA band, and this song is a depressingly perfect vignette of a particular slice of life in dying steel mill towns in Western PA, regardless of who sang it first):

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[KG]

89. Can't You See?

[lost-in-nj]

93. The Fields of Athenry

The Fields of Athenry
Pete St. John
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary when you're free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.


on edit: any song from Les Mis


lost

[Socal31]

94. My generation (Y?):

Machine Head - The Burning Red

Bush - Glycerine

David Cook - Permanent (about watching his brother go through cancer)

Blink 182 - Adams song

And this one is "underground hip-hop", from the previous decade after 9/11....not rap. Even if you are an "older crowd," read the lyrics as you listen and you can undertand..some very powerful, and different kind of depressing and real lyrics that you cannot find on the radio anymore. We have no "protest: music.

[Zorro]

95. The Last Time I Saw Richard

[Socal31]

97. Pretty much anything acoustic by Aaron Lewis.

But his version of "What hurts the most" gets me every time after a bottle of Cab.

Also "Black" by Pearl-Jam. I guess we are all conditioned to emotionally connect with whatever music is available at the time when our brains are functioning at such a high level, at least activity wise. (teens)

For some people it is just the subject that makes a depressing song (suicide, death, lost love) or tune, for others it is tune + lyrics + subject. Eddie Vedder's (Pearl Jam) "Black" was very powerful if you grew up with that music.

"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,
why can't it be mine?

[DFW]

98. "Learning the Game" as sung by Leo Kottke

Hands down.

[PuffedMica]

100. Down To Seeds And Stems Again Blues

[Tuesday Afternoon]

101. couple of more, just for sadness

[Still Blue in PDX]

107. This song always gets me.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="

" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Part of it is because I have a friend who sang this song and hasn't been able to sing since suffering a stroke several years ago.

[ornotna]

113. Waltzing Matilda

Liam Clancy - Waltzing Matilda

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

114. The sad final scene in the film On The Beach

where the end of the human race is nigh, Waltzing Matilda is particularly touching.

[whistler162]

115. Strange Fruit.

[Ahpook]

116. Mazzy Star

Its a nice song, but a dark cloud just started forming over my house

[sweetNsassy]

117. Hate Me

[Recursion]

118. Most of Tom Waits' catalog. He once covered "Pancho and Lefty"

by Townes Van Zandt; I still have a bootleg of that somewhere. It's enough to make you open a vein.

[Socal31]

119. A song from the 90s actually banned by the label when they still had control of artists...

Beautifully dark lyrics:

Third Eye Blind - Slow Motion

One more by them that is more recent but has one of the most beautifully dark builds I have ever read on paper. It is about a plane crash, titled "Water Landing":

"Put on your life vest only if told to do so
Well I'm telling you now
Strap it across your chest
Prepare yourself for impending death
You and me are nose-diving
At the speed of whiplash, life passes by
In an endless plane crash
Muffled I love you through an oxygen mask
On my face, brace, brace
And the cabin erupts with religious conversions
God's sick joke as we lose the engines
Some people scream and some people are gracious
And the reason's the same
Cause the sky outside is so spacious
Its so spacious"

[polly7]

120. I have to agree on 'Hurt'.

I loved it, and I love Johnny Cash ... he was my Dad's favourite singer (though I don't believe he ever listened to this song). Just hearing his voice reminds me of him, the lyrics combined with the way my Dad died and what I've been trying to work through since are just too much ... I can't listen to it anymore.

[MrScorpio]

121. Night Dig (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) - Jerry Fielding

[jmowreader]

122. Julie's Sixteenth Birthday by John Bult

This is the heartwarming tale of an alcoholic who gets drunk, drives, and causes a head on collision that kills his daughter on her birthday.

I'll Be Home for Christmas is second.

[mithnanthy]

123. Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven"

That does it for me!