Songs that are almost too sad to listen to

[THAY3R]

DCFC - What Sarah Said

And it came to me then that every plan,
Is a tiny prayer to father time,
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU,
That reeked of piss and 409.
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself,
That I’d already taken too much today.
As each descending peak on the LCD,
Took you a little farther away from me.
Away from me.

Amongst the vending machines,
And year old magazines,
In a place where we only say goodbye.
It stung like a violent wind,
That our memories depend,
On a faulty camera in our minds.
And I knew that you were a truth,
I would rather lose,
Than to have never lain beside at all.

Then I looked around at all the eyes on the ground,
As the TV entertained itself.
'Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room,
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news.
Then the nurse comes round,
And everyone lifts their heads.
And I’m thinking of what Sarah said,
That love is watching someone die.

So who’s going to watch you die?
So who's going to watch you die?
So who's going to watch you die?

[wet work]

I doubt many people have heard this one but it's pretty depressing, "Rev. Hicks' Farewell." He was a missionary in the pre-Civil War era. While there he caught a fever and thinking he was going to die wrote this song to his wife.

Doc Watson does a great version of it. Here are the lyrics. lyrics

[JP OSU]

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The Format - on your porch

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Wow, weird... I was actually already listening to this song right as I saw the title to this thread and thought it was perfect...

[Coffee]

Angel/Do What You Have To Do/Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Raining in Baltimore - Counting Crows
Angels or Devils (Flow State piano version) - Dishwalla

and

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

[TxShadow]

"Waltz #3" - Elliot Smith

&

"What Sarah Said" - Death Cab for Cutie

[whiskeytown]

I stood in line and left my name
took about six hours or so
Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
said they'd let me know
I put in my time till the Pocono line
shut down two years ago
I was staying at the mission till I met Marie
now I can't stay there no more

Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
to move some old cars around
maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out
van and do a little settlin' down
Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
and the junkyard's a pretty good ways
that job's about a half week old besides
it'd be gone now anyway

Unemployment said I got no more checks
and they showed me to the hall
my brother died in Georgia some time ago
I got no one left to call
Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
a little short on food that's all
Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
we're headed down into fall

I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
hustled up a little dough
but I got drunk and I woke up rolled
a couple of months ago
they got my harp and they got my dollar
them low life so and so's
harps cost money and I ain't got it
it's my own fault I suppose

The Pocono's down but the Chesapeak's runnin'
two freights everyday
if it was just me I'd be headed south
but Marie can't catch no train
She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby,
says we gotta wait and see
in my heart I know it's a little boy
hope he don't end up like me

Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file
I gotta stand in line again
I want to kill him but I just say no
I had enough of that line my friend
I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold
I'm feelin' too low down to lie
I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
hope she don't break down and cry

Marie she didn't wake up this morning
she didn't even try
she just rolled over and went to heaven
my little boy safe inside
I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
caught a Chesapeak on the fly
Marie will know I'm headed south
so's to meet me by and by

Marie will know I'm headed south
so to meet me by and by

rb

[whiskeytown]

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The drugs dont work- The verve (also covered by Ben Harper on Live from Mars).

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

Its either about the artists own drug struggles, or written from the point of view of a terminally ill relative. Either way, it sucks the life out of me everytime I hear it, but in a good, soul serching way...

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if you knew anything about the writer, it's probably a personal point of view - Ashcroft was a major substance abuser of the highest caliber - it's almost like a requirement to be a rock star in England.

RB

[SharpObject]

Surprised this hasn't been listed yet

Most songs by Antony & The Johnsons...

namely Hope there's Someone

[PokerAmateur4]

That Everlast song that was popular for a while "Then you really might know what it's like..."

[Willeh]

Eels - It's a motherf*cker...a very bittersweet song about being dumped.

On the Pink floyd side of things, it has to be a song from Roger Waters' pro's and cons of hitchhiking: 4.56 AM (For the First Time Today-Part 1) . Another breakup song.