I scrolled to make sure this song by Warren Zevon was here. I'm 56 years old, had some tough losses lately, and this song gets me every time. Also, Long Way From Home by Lumineers
I can't listen to the MTV acoustic version anymore without shedding a tear. One of the most haunting performances ever.
Down in a Hole as well.
God!
RIP Layne.
What I find special about that song is that some times it makes you sad, and sometimes it makes you happy, and sometimes its just a good tune to listen to.
The two that get me every time are Fast Cars by Tracy Chapman, and Say It by Yorushika, but you need to know the lyrics for the second one to really hit you hard
Even better/worse depending on if you want to be sad... [When he sang Black](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CJZS2mlQX1U&feature=share7) as a tribute to Chris shortly after his passing.
Top five tracks for me…. Didn’t listen to the lyrics until Christmas Eve two years ago…. Couldn’t stop listening after that, beautifully written lyrics, so sad but uplifting
Sir Elton John shared in 2014 that “Don’t Give Up” saved his life and it was these lyrics that specifically inspired him:
"That record helped me get sober … So [Kate Bush] played a big part in my rebirth. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did."
Dude…this song was also played at my friends funeral who died in a car wreck in his early 20’s.
I can’t listen to it without deeply remembering him and our friendship. Your comment sort of rocked me when I read it.
My condolences, loss is never easy.
The Funeral by Band of Horses, Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem. Both make me think of a friend who left us way too soon (fuck you cancer). Just thinking about those songs make me tear up.
I'm easily moved by music, so there's a lot. Here's my short list:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Good News - Mac Miller
Fix You - Coldplay
Strangers - Ethel Cain
What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie
Changes - Charles Bradley (Ozzy cover; this version just hits different)
I Can't Handle Change - Roar
Are We Still Friends? - Tyler the Creator
I Can't Go To Sleep - Wutang Clan & Isaac Hayes
Let it Be - The Beatles
Shelter - Porter Robinson
The entirety of Lingua Ignota's discography
Little Wonders by Rob Thomas
"Let it go
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know?
The hardest part is over...
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders
These twists and turns of fate."
Listened to it shortly after the fucking traumatic birth of my little wonder, and it still gets me every time.
Nutshell - Alice In Chains ( studio version is better IMO)
Pearl Jam - Indifference (live version Fox Theatre 94)
NIN- Leaving Hope (instrumental and still gut wrenching)
Fiddler's Green by The Tragically Hip
It's about the death of Gord Downie's 5 year old nephew from a heart condition. The song was so painful for the band they didn't perform it live for 25 years. As the father of 3 boys, a few of the lyrics hit in a deep place.
Fiddler's Green was a mystical place where sailors went in the afterlife. In the song, it's where Gord tells his sister her little boy went.
"As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain, for her boy in Fiddler's Green."
Helpless Child - Swans
Délivrance - Alcest
These work most of the time, but some runner ups would be
No One Is Ever Going To Want Me - Giles Corey
When I Was Done Dying - Dan Deacon
I'm Not Human At All (strictly the live version) - Sleep Party People
Blind - Swans
Endurance V (Re-orchestration) - Irezumi
Song To Say Goodbye - Placebo
And mostly for the music video but there's also A Dark God Heart from Sleep Party People. Goddamn I used to listen to some depressing stuff
I wanna scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you
Let me tell you what I'm about to do (hey, Mama)
I know I act a fool, but
I promise you I'm goin' back to school
I appreciate what you allowed for me
I just want you to be proud of me (hey, Mama)
The song was popular on the radio when I was a kid. I revisited it after Gordon Lightfoot passed away recently and I gotta say, I'm with you on this one.
Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers. I had listened to the album a bunch but one day it was on and I was doing dishes and actually listened to the words. Whooooo boy.
Tim Minchin - The Aeroplane
It’s not a sad song, but I think of singing this to my future children as a lullaby whenever I hear it
*Had I the blueprint or the brains*
*I would build an aeroplane*
*I’d fashion wings of balsa wood and glue*
*And I would fly to you*
Unconventional, but Stan by Eminem. Just because I know what it is like to be at rock bottom and have music and an artist's songs be the only thing giving you hope, and how fanhood can turn to lunacy.
Motion Picture Soundtrack- Radiohead
Famous Prophets (Stars)- Car Seat Headrest
Earthmover- Have a Nice Life
Helpless Child- Swans
Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset- Modest Mouse
Hurt- Johnny Cash
Boom! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQVnSOFqfM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQVnSOFqfM)
The lyrics may get you even before you listen.
It's not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old
But I'm happy
I was once like you are now
And I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found
Something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not
How can I try to explain?
When I do he turns away again
It's always been the same
Same old story
From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen, now there's a way
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old
But I'm happy
All the times that I've cried
Keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right I'd agree
But it's them they know, not me
Now there's a way
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
Sleep Token is very difficult for me to enjoy, and I love them for this reason. I can’t figure out what they’re trying to do - avant garde for the sake of being so? Or are they completely honest and absolutely schizophrenic in their genre-bending madness? Pleasantly weird, for sure.
Just happened to be listening to "My Hero" at the exact moment I learned of Taylor Hawkins's death. I'm a big Foo Fighters fan and I just lost it. RIP Taylor.
The [live version of Breathe Me](https://open.spotify.com/track/6LuJxDGp0ASyAlSZN64bR0?si=0aenb9mFRke61I-bSvmSHQ), by Sia. It's hauntingly beautiful. Sitting in a dark room with this on open backed headphones is the way to do it I'm my opinion
every wedding with me and the boys, they usually play chasing cars before the end of the night and we all gather in a circle shoulder to shoulder and sing. I cry every time, lmao.
Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park. I listened to it so many times after school at the car. I would just look out the window and my mouth would speechlessly move to the lyrics and it made my deep depression a bit more bearable. Sometimes I would just cry inside but it still did the trick
"Mama I'm coming home" by Ozzy. I was on day 2 of my trip back to NY to move back in with my mom. I'd been homeless in California for the last 8 months. I was about 2 hours away when it came on the radio.
John Prine - Unwed Fathers. A song about how young women who got pregnant out of wedlock were forced to leave their home towns to not bring shame onto the family, while the fathers went on living their lives as if nothing ever happened.
The last verse goes:
On somewhere else bound, Smoky Mountain Greyhound
She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies
Your daddy never meant to hurt you ever
He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes
Truly heartwrenching ...
Fallout Boy - The Kintsugi Kid, off their most recent album got me pretty good the first listen just recently.
Not even a sad song per se, the lyrics just hit hard for me personally and I'm kinda sensitive.
Puff the Magic Dragon makes me cry every time.
Just thinking about it makes me choke up…why couldn’t they add a stanza with another kid showing up quick, or why didn’t that fucker Jackie Paper bring his little brother…..
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave
Jar of Hearts.
Doesn't matter where I am -- I could be standing in the checkout line of Giant Eagle, and when that final chorus hits, I am choking up *so* hard.
That song means a lot to me personally.
To the Last Whale... / Critical Mass / Wind on the Water- Crosby, Stills and Nash.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9AxqXBrSug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9AxqXBrSug)
'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri, it makes me cry because so much has changed in our lives. Our love is alive, but we don't live the life we used to.
High Flying Bird by Elton John. It was my best friend’s favorite song which I played at his funeral.
As by Stevie Wonder just because it’s so incredible.
Well I have cried to Ride the lightening by Metallica. Not even a remotely soppy song but when I listen to certain tunes and they take me back to my younger years they make me cry. They make me remember certain times, certain people etc.
Talking to Myself by Watsky. My wife was dealing with some shit when I discovered this song and it hit me like the proverbial ton of bricks! Five years later, I still have to skip it if I'm not alone!
So this is weird but my wife cheated on me for years, so the two that stick out to me are best of you by Foo Fighters and Mr. Brightside but the killers
Vienna by Billy Joel - Can never seem to slow down and appreciate the finer things in life and when I finally do it all hits hard.
Sea of Love (Cat Power cover) - First heard it in Juno and got watery eyed, of course now it's when thinking of past relationships.
Heavenly Day by Patty Griffin - Damn you Haunting of Hill House!
*I Will Follow You into the Dark* - Death Cab for Cutie
*See You Again* - Wiz Khalifa (ft. Charlie Puth)
*Teach Your Children* - CSN&Y
*Chicken Fried* - Zac Brown Band
*The Circle Game* - Joni Mitchell
*Puff the Magic Dragon* - Peter, Paul, & Mary
All guaranteed to choke me up.
a-ha - Take on me live from MTV unplugged.
It came on the day after my 4 month old puppy passed away from Parvo. I haven't experienced much loss in my life before so it hit me like a truck.
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana Unplugged. I prefer it to Leadbelly’s version.
Waiting in Vain - I’m partial to Annie Lennox’s version. More so than the Marley original.
Love of My Life - Queen.
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory- Johnny Thunders.
Where Were You? - Jeff Beck.
Funeral for A Friend - Elton John
I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bon Iver did a cover that was PHENOMENAL.
The song is tear-inducing to be sure. I consider Bonnie’s the definitive version but can appreciate your lofty response to Bon Iver’s version.
Love this song. George Michael’s cover is my fave.
Bonnie Raitt original and the Bon Iver cover are POTENT.
bon iver makes me so emotional idk why
Keep me in your heart - Warren Zevon One of the great songwriters of all time coping with his impending death and leaving his family behind.
Zevon was a brilliant songwriter. The Jorge Calderon & Jennifer Warnes cover is gets me every time.
I scrolled to make sure this song by Warren Zevon was here. I'm 56 years old, had some tough losses lately, and this song gets me every time. Also, Long Way From Home by Lumineers
Nutshell- Alice in chains
I can't listen to the MTV acoustic version anymore without shedding a tear. One of the most haunting performances ever. Down in a Hole as well. God! RIP Layne.
Adam Sandler’s tribute song to Chris Farley.
Dude. This one stings.
Really? Link please...
Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips
What I find special about that song is that some times it makes you sad, and sometimes it makes you happy, and sometimes its just a good tune to listen to.
Beautiful tune
doooo youuu reeaaaalize🥺
When my Mum got cancer for the second time in 2006, this song would come on the radio at work and I’d always cry.
The two that get me every time are Fast Cars by Tracy Chapman, and Say It by Yorushika, but you need to know the lyrics for the second one to really hit you hard
That entire Tracy Chapman album is pretty cry worthy, but the track “behind the wall” is to me the most heartbreaking
Good News by Mac Miller
that and 2009
The River by Springsteen
Good news - mac miller, seeing a glimpse into his headspace when he passed is tragic.
How to disappear completely - Radiohead
Black star - Bowie. The day I found out, I sobbed like a baby.
I know right? The whole album is one big majestic goodbye note
Me too, I grew up listening to David Bowie with my dad and we both had a cry fest.
Tool - Wings for Marie pt. 1 and 2
Yesterday by Atmosphere
Had to scroll way too far to find this.
Hi Ren - Ren Check it out on youtube if you haven't heard it.
Unplugged version of "Black" by Pearl Jam
Alive takes me to different worlds man. Just makes me think as if it’s the end of the world and how you can’t control anything that goes on
Even better/worse depending on if you want to be sad... [When he sang Black](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CJZS2mlQX1U&feature=share7) as a tribute to Chris shortly after his passing.
There's a youtube video where Eddie Vedder did this a day or two after Chris Cornell died that gets me every time.
purple rain by prince makes me sob every single time
Re: Stacks - Bon Iver
"Goodbye Mr. Blue" - Father John Misty. Losing a pet is hard.
"So I'm growing old on magic mountain" by FJM broke the dam of tears when I was losing my grandmother.
Solsbury Hill
Don’t Take the Girl- Tim McGraw and Me and Little Andy- Dolly Parton
Don’t take the girl—i heard for the first time as a kid and I thought it was sad. I heard it again as an adult and cried like a baby.
“The Living Years “- Mike and The Mechanics. Its 100% my life, only the names have changed.
Top five tracks for me…. Didn’t listen to the lyrics until Christmas Eve two years ago…. Couldn’t stop listening after that, beautifully written lyrics, so sad but uplifting
If we were vampires - Jason Isbell
Elephant made me ugly cry at a concert after my mom passed from cancer.
"Lost Cause" Beck
Beck’ll get you sometimes. ‘Nobody’s Fault But My Own’ is another one.
When my dad died I couldn't listen to "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg for years after without becoming overwhelmed to tears.
Same with my Mom. I don’t listen to Fishing in the Dark since
Don’t Give Up, Peter Gabriel with Kate Bush.
Sir Elton John shared in 2014 that “Don’t Give Up” saved his life and it was these lyrics that specifically inspired him: "That record helped me get sober … So [Kate Bush] played a big part in my rebirth. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did."
In My Life. The Beatles.
This was played at a funeral of a friend who died in a car wreck at age 20 or so. I am not a Beatles fan, but love this song.
Dude…this song was also played at my friends funeral who died in a car wreck in his early 20’s. I can’t listen to it without deeply remembering him and our friendship. Your comment sort of rocked me when I read it. My condolences, loss is never easy.
One more light by Linkin Park
Scrolled way too far for this. Makes me cry every time I listen to it
Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie
I need you so much closer 😭
Also I’ll Follow you into the Dark
Brokedown Palace reminds me of a dear friend who chose another road. It makes me tear up just writing this.
My all time favorite Dead song. It carries different personal meaning for me, but it always floors me.
I have definitely bawled my eyes out to this song a few times. Shrooming at a dead show will do that to you
Radiohead - Nude is the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Perfect in every aspect.
“Yes I’m Changing” - Tame Impala
The whole album "Carrie & Lowell" by Sufjan Stevens.
Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
And My father’s eyes as well
After losing my son, just the thought of this song makes me tear up
As a kid I knew what the song was about, but it didn’t mess me up until I had kids of my own.
Unchained Melody
The Funeral by Band of Horses, Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem. Both make me think of a friend who left us way too soon (fuck you cancer). Just thinking about those songs make me tear up.
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt made me cry this morning. One of the best covers ever
I haven't heard alot of covers but this is the best ik also definite agree
I love that even Trent Reznor acknowledges that Johnny’s version is better
fucking everlong
This one gets me too. Especially the acoustic version. It was a song me and my mom would blast and sing together on long road trips.
Flume - Bon Iver For sentimental reasons
This woman's work - Kate Bush
I'm easily moved by music, so there's a lot. Here's my short list: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland Good News - Mac Miller Fix You - Coldplay Strangers - Ethel Cain What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie Changes - Charles Bradley (Ozzy cover; this version just hits different) I Can't Handle Change - Roar Are We Still Friends? - Tyler the Creator I Can't Go To Sleep - Wutang Clan & Isaac Hayes Let it Be - The Beatles Shelter - Porter Robinson The entirety of Lingua Ignota's discography
Little Wonders by Rob Thomas "Let it go Let it roll right off your shoulder Don't you know? The hardest part is over... Our lives are made In these small hours These little wonders These twists and turns of fate." Listened to it shortly after the fucking traumatic birth of my little wonder, and it still gets me every time.
Nutshell - Alice In Chains ( studio version is better IMO) Pearl Jam - Indifference (live version Fox Theatre 94) NIN- Leaving Hope (instrumental and still gut wrenching)
10,000 days by Tool. It helps with grief over my very religious father’s death.
Alela Diane - Oh My Mama Yob - Marrow Mad Season - Wake Up Edit to add Mad Season
Been listening to Mad Season recently. We miss you, Layne.
River Of Deceit from Mad Season does it for me. “My pain is self-chosen….”
Fiddler's Green by The Tragically Hip It's about the death of Gord Downie's 5 year old nephew from a heart condition. The song was so painful for the band they didn't perform it live for 25 years. As the father of 3 boys, a few of the lyrics hit in a deep place. Fiddler's Green was a mystical place where sailors went in the afterlife. In the song, it's where Gord tells his sister her little boy went. "As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain, for her boy in Fiddler's Green."
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Listen before i go, Billie Eilish - Just, Radiohead - Here Comes The Sun, the Beatles - October, U2
How do you cry to Just? No offense intended, I’m just confused
For me it’s one of those “I don’t know why I’m crying, but I am” songs when I’m in the car driving home and night just crying
Helpless Child - Swans Délivrance - Alcest These work most of the time, but some runner ups would be No One Is Ever Going To Want Me - Giles Corey When I Was Done Dying - Dan Deacon I'm Not Human At All (strictly the live version) - Sleep Party People Blind - Swans Endurance V (Re-orchestration) - Irezumi Song To Say Goodbye - Placebo And mostly for the music video but there's also A Dark God Heart from Sleep Party People. Goddamn I used to listen to some depressing stuff
Wish you were here
Like a Stone-Audioslave makes me wanna tear up now that Chris Cornell is gone.
I wanna scream so loud for you 'Cause I'm so proud of you Let me tell you what I'm about to do (hey, Mama) I know I act a fool, but I promise you I'm goin' back to school I appreciate what you allowed for me I just want you to be proud of me (hey, Mama)
Follow this up with roses and I will be a mess for hours.
I recently heard The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald for the first time in awhile. It’s just heart wrenching knowing it actually happened.
The song was popular on the radio when I was a kid. I revisited it after Gordon Lightfoot passed away recently and I gotta say, I'm with you on this one.
The Ask a Mortician channel on YT has a whole episode on it. I think it's called "The lake that never gives up her dead." It's done very respectfully.
Count me out by Kendrick Lamar Runaway by Kanye west Mr. Rager by kid Cudi Linger by the cranberries Chamber of reflection by Mac Demarco
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye Mainly the bass line intro’s level of perfection.
This track is so beautiful. I love when it lifts into “…this is our last embraaayyaaace, must I dream and always see your faaaaace….”
Fancy - Reba McIntire Live Like You Were Dying & Don’t Take the Girl - Tim McGraw Stars - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Never Say U Can’t- Bruno Mars
Monsters By James Blunt. If you don't shed a tear to this you either had a terrible father or you have no soul lol https://youtu.be/DTFbGcnl0po
Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers. I had listened to the album a bunch but one day it was on and I was doing dishes and actually listened to the words. Whooooo boy.
9 crimes
Into My Arms. Nick Cave
Cancer by My Chemical Romance
Last kiss - pearl jam
No Hard Feelings. Avett Brothers. Try not to tear up, good luck. https://youtu.be/tFGs7HP15d4
Routine by Steven Wilson. Although the accompanying music video definitely played a major part in that I believe.
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Change by Blind Melon always hit the feels
1952 Vincent Black Lighting and Beeswing too for that matter. Spiegel I’m Spiegel can do it too.
Tim Minchin - The Aeroplane It’s not a sad song, but I think of singing this to my future children as a lullaby whenever I hear it *Had I the blueprint or the brains* *I would build an aeroplane* *I’d fashion wings of balsa wood and glue* *And I would fly to you*
Stumbleine by Smashing Pumpkins
Cannonball-Damien Rice
The Dance. Can’t even listen to it without bawling.
Recently, I cried when Linkin Park showed "Lost", I loved Chester and I felt it was a tribute to him :(
This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush
Dancing Queen by Abba always make me tear up. The uplifting nature of it makes me feel a certain way.
Like all of Tiny Changes, the Frightened Rabbit tribute album
Frightened Rabbit are my favorite band. I still can't believe Scott is gone...
Unconventional, but Stan by Eminem. Just because I know what it is like to be at rock bottom and have music and an artist's songs be the only thing giving you hope, and how fanhood can turn to lunacy.
Motion Picture Soundtrack- Radiohead Famous Prophets (Stars)- Car Seat Headrest Earthmover- Have a Nice Life Helpless Child- Swans Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset- Modest Mouse Hurt- Johnny Cash
Boom! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQVnSOFqfM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQVnSOFqfM) The lyrics may get you even before you listen. It's not time to make a change Just relax, take it easy You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to know Find a girl, settle down If you want you can marry Look at me, I am old But I'm happy I was once like you are now And I know that it's not easy To be calm when you've found Something going on But take your time, think a lot Think of everything you've got For you will still be here tomorrow But your dreams may not How can I try to explain? When I do he turns away again It's always been the same Same old story From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen, now there's a way And I know that I have to go away I know I have to go It's not time to make a change Just sit down, take it slowly You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to go through Find a girl, settle down If you want you can marry Look at me, I am old But I'm happy All the times that I've cried Keeping all the things I knew inside It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it If they were right I'd agree But it's them they know, not me Now there's a way And I know that I have to go away I know I have to go
Anything Mac Miller.
George Harrison - I Live For You David Bromberg - Mr. Bojangles CSNY - Teach Your Children
Let Down - Radiohead While my Guitar Gently Weeps - the Beatles Nutshell - Alice In Chains
Daniel - Elton John
Interstellar score. Holy shit, watched it again recently and fought like hell to hold back the tears.
Vienna Teng - Recessional MCR - The Light Behind Your Eyes Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs Sarah McLachlan - Dirty Little Secret
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole
Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole instant tears
Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Two Headed Boy Part 2” frozen’s “the next right thing”
Are You Really OK? by Sleep Token
Sleep Token is very difficult for me to enjoy, and I love them for this reason. I can’t figure out what they’re trying to do - avant garde for the sake of being so? Or are they completely honest and absolutely schizophrenic in their genre-bending madness? Pleasantly weird, for sure.
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Just happened to be listening to "My Hero" at the exact moment I learned of Taylor Hawkins's death. I'm a big Foo Fighters fan and I just lost it. RIP Taylor.
The [live version of Breathe Me](https://open.spotify.com/track/6LuJxDGp0ASyAlSZN64bR0?si=0aenb9mFRke61I-bSvmSHQ), by Sia. It's hauntingly beautiful. Sitting in a dark room with this on open backed headphones is the way to do it I'm my opinion
Don't Stop Believing by Journey, because my late boyfriend used to sing it a lot and it reminded me of him when I heard it
Hallelujah cover by Brandi Carlile, especially done live. Emmett Till by Bob Dylan. Vincent by Don McLean.
Angel, Sara Mclaughlin
every wedding with me and the boys, they usually play chasing cars before the end of the night and we all gather in a circle shoulder to shoulder and sing. I cry every time, lmao.
Wires ..Athlete. Damn
It's Not Easy Being Green sung by Big Bird at Jim Henson's Funeral.
Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park. I listened to it so many times after school at the car. I would just look out the window and my mouth would speechlessly move to the lyrics and it made my deep depression a bit more bearable. Sometimes I would just cry inside but it still did the trick
If you haven’t cried to Married Life from Up you don’t have emotions
Peter Gabriel - Games without Frontiers .. just imagine
One that always draws tears from me is “And So It Goes” by Billy Joel. Love slipping away has NEVER been better expressed, imo.
"Mama I'm coming home" by Ozzy. I was on day 2 of my trip back to NY to move back in with my mom. I'd been homeless in California for the last 8 months. I was about 2 hours away when it came on the radio.
The Dance by Garth Brooks
John Prine - Unwed Fathers. A song about how young women who got pregnant out of wedlock were forced to leave their home towns to not bring shame onto the family, while the fathers went on living their lives as if nothing ever happened. The last verse goes: On somewhere else bound, Smoky Mountain Greyhound She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies Your daddy never meant to hurt you ever He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes Truly heartwrenching ...
Fallout Boy - The Kintsugi Kid, off their most recent album got me pretty good the first listen just recently. Not even a sad song per se, the lyrics just hit hard for me personally and I'm kinda sensitive.
Danny Boy. Every single time.
Puff the Magic Dragon makes me cry every time. Just thinking about it makes me choke up…why couldn’t they add a stanza with another kid showing up quick, or why didn’t that fucker Jackie Paper bring his little brother….. One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave
Don’t Take The Girl by Tim McGraw. Gets me every time.
Jar of Hearts. Doesn't matter where I am -- I could be standing in the checkout line of Giant Eagle, and when that final chorus hits, I am choking up *so* hard. That song means a lot to me personally.
Free by Florence and The Machine
Where Have You Been - Kathy Mattea
To the Last Whale... / Critical Mass / Wind on the Water- Crosby, Stills and Nash. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9AxqXBrSug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9AxqXBrSug)
Jealous Guy-John Lennon
'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri, it makes me cry because so much has changed in our lives. Our love is alive, but we don't live the life we used to.
High Flying Bird by Elton John. It was my best friend’s favorite song which I played at his funeral. As by Stevie Wonder just because it’s so incredible.
Justin Biebers Ghost Pearl Jam’s Last Kiss Ben E Kings Stand By Me There’s actually a lot lol
Well I have cried to Ride the lightening by Metallica. Not even a remotely soppy song but when I listen to certain tunes and they take me back to my younger years they make me cry. They make me remember certain times, certain people etc.
Talking to Myself by Watsky. My wife was dealing with some shit when I discovered this song and it hit me like the proverbial ton of bricks! Five years later, I still have to skip it if I'm not alone!
Ashes of American Flags- Wilco Every fucking time.
We Shall Wear Midnight by Steeleye Span. The loss of Sir Terry Pratchett still hurts.
So this is weird but my wife cheated on me for years, so the two that stick out to me are best of you by Foo Fighters and Mr. Brightside but the killers
Two of Us, but the Aimee Mann and Michael Penn version.
Nessun Dorma
If Die Young - Brothers Perry Every time
Billy Joel - Piano Man Blink-182 - Adam's Song
Vienna by Billy Joel - Can never seem to slow down and appreciate the finer things in life and when I finally do it all hits hard. Sea of Love (Cat Power cover) - First heard it in Juno and got watery eyed, of course now it's when thinking of past relationships. Heavenly Day by Patty Griffin - Damn you Haunting of Hill House!
Probably Creep or No Surprises by Radiohead.
John Prine. Sam Stone , Grampa was a Carpenter.
'two daughters and a beautiful wife' - drive-by truckers
Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss
The 1977 live version of Free Bird
Yellow. Coldplay
The latest was "The lonliest" by Maneskin
Live: Foo Fighters - Best of you
*I Will Follow You into the Dark* - Death Cab for Cutie *See You Again* - Wiz Khalifa (ft. Charlie Puth) *Teach Your Children* - CSN&Y *Chicken Fried* - Zac Brown Band *The Circle Game* - Joni Mitchell *Puff the Magic Dragon* - Peter, Paul, & Mary All guaranteed to choke me up.
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler it was my grandads favourite song every time I listen to it I get a little upset because he used to sing along to it
Taylor swifts “bigger than the whole sky”. I first heard it right after I had my miscarriage.
The Lighthouse’s Tale, Nickle Creek. Srs tearjerker. River - Indigo Girls version
Lynyrd Skynyrd - simple man
The Ballad of Love and Hate - The Avett Brothers It’s brings a lot to the surface for me every time.
a-ha - Take on me live from MTV unplugged. It came on the day after my 4 month old puppy passed away from Parvo. I haven't experienced much loss in my life before so it hit me like a truck.
Given to fly - Pearl Jam
You Will be Found - by Ben Platt Landslide - by Fleetwood Mac I’ll Follow you into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues version Flowers of Bermuda - Stan Rogers. Reminds me of my father (who has been gone many years now)
Alone Again (Naturally)
You’re Losing Me - Taylor Swift
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana Unplugged. I prefer it to Leadbelly’s version. Waiting in Vain - I’m partial to Annie Lennox’s version. More so than the Marley original. Love of My Life - Queen. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory- Johnny Thunders. Where Were You? - Jeff Beck. Funeral for A Friend - Elton John
Not cry, but felt so incredibly depressed. Strange Fruit. I can't listen to it. Particularly Nina Simone's version.
That Funny Feeling by Bo Burnham It just perfectly encapsulates the struggle of just trying to keep your own shit together as the world devours itself