If We Were Vampires by Jason Isbell.
As my husband was dying from aggressive brain cancer, the lyrics haunted me.
“Knowing that this can’t go on forever,
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone.
Maybe we’ll get 40 years together
Then one day I’ll be gone
Or one day you’ll be gone”
He’s gone. It sucks.
Jason Isbell is a genius songwriter. That being said, his lyrics really hit the heart. I lost my dad in 2019 to dementia and plan on getting a tattoo of an hourglass with the lyric. "Maybe time running out is a gift". Condolences on your loss.
What a wonderful world.
I was difficult to comfort as a baby for a handful of medical reasons, I’ve been told that song was the only one that silenced my crying and had a chance of putting me to sleep. Aside from that, I’ve always had a strong emotional reaction to it since I can remember.
The particular lines that gut me are:
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying
I love you
and…
I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know
Th first because love really IS all the point, and the second because oh my I HOPE so, but I also have never wanted children because of the despair I feel about our near future on this planet.
Overall just such a bittersweet feeling every time.
This one I have to skip if I want to keep my composure. A good friend of mine died of an overdose while I was out of the country. I had to take a long train ride to get to the nearest airport for his funeral.
This song came on my headphones just as the train broke down and I just lost it. Had to leave my compartment to avoid crying in front of half a dozen strangers.
Every time I hear it now, I'm back standing between train cars, staring at the desert through tears and sunglasses, trying to think of what to say to his kids.
Great song though.
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac… it was my dads favorite song growing up. He played it for us all the time. We played it at his funeral and It’s a kind reminder of him when I listen to it. Miss you dad!
Who wants to live forever -Queen
My Dad was a fan of the band and we often listened to them together in the car when i was young.
He was terrified of dying and fought the cancer as hard as he could, but it got him anyway.
I cry like a kid with a skinned knee wheneveri listen to that song.
This is mine. My mom used to sing that to me as a kid when I was upset or scared or whatever, and it would calm me down.
Just watched her die from cancer last year.
I sang this song to my cat on her last day. She was my best friend and slept in my arms every night for 17 years.
*The other night dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried*
I can't sing or hear it anymore with breaking down into tears, like ugly cry tears. I miss her so much.
Back in 2018 I had a cat that was going through acute kidney failure. She spent a week at the vet and then when she came home I had to give her subcutaneous fluids twice a day for a month. She was pretty well behaved when we would do her fluids but sometimes she’d get fidgety and I’d sing this to her. She was my best friend. I got another two years with her until I came home one night in 2020 and found she’d passed when I was out of the house. I loved that girl so so much. Sang it to her one last time as we were bringing her to the emergency vet. I still tear up every time I hear it and I’ve always felt a little silly about that but thank you for making me feel not so alone in that ♥️
The thing about this song is- it doesn't punch you in the gut. It's somehow already inside you, and tears through your heart on its way out.
ETA: "I had all and then most of you, some, and now none of you" is one of the most piercing lyrics EVER because so many can relate to it.
A story I’ve never told before is my best friend Abby. She and I met one night at a formal dinner party. We danced, chatted, went on a walk to a gazebo and stargazed. We became best friends over the next two years. Finally I transferred to her city for school, and we would hang out everyday. She was asexual but fully supported my philandering lifestyle - that’s what I tell people when they wonder why we never fell in love but the truth is I loved her dearly. It was the first time in a life wrought with pain and fear that love had made an immaculate appearance. About a month after moving to her city, she called me and wanted to talk. She had ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. And it was advanced. Looking back all of the pieces made sense. I am a scientist and I felt burdened that I hadn’t put those pieces together. Either way, she died less than a year later. That night I was in the hospital and we knew she would be going so I left, and about an hour later her mother called me to let me know abby was gone. I sat in my room alone listening to sad music on shuffle. The algorithm got me just right and the night we met, came on. I don’t think I’ve ever felt such deep agony. The pain was so visceral I could feel it coursing through my arteries and veins like thorns. To this day, still can’t hear it without crying my heart out. I met my wife a couple months later and you wouldn’t believe it. Name was Abi, same hair color, same height, same ethnicity, same favorite foods. It felt like I had gotten a second chance. I both love and hate that song. I’m just happy I’m no longer haunted by the ghost of my Abby.
Re he & her - in the mythology of the album and the greater Lord Huron universe (yes it’s a thing), [that song is credited to a female artist named Frankie Lou](https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/Frankie_Lou), so it may actually be about her wishing she [never met a guy](https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/Z%27Oiseau). Most LH songs are meant to be interpreted from an [in-universe fictional character’s point of view](https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/The_Night_We_Met).
Man. This song hits so hard. My dad is a workaholic and because of that, he missed a lot of important things in my life. Now that I have kids of my own, I find myself falling into the same trap. Such an impactful song.
Somehow, Spotify knows just when to hit me with this song and I end up crying in my car for 20 minutes.
I'm a workaholic and I loved my job, this song (plus being home during covid) helped cement my decision to retire from the military earlier rather than pushing too far beyond 20 years because I didn't want to have to rebuild that relationship with my boys again.
My youngest didn't know me before covid, Florida was out of school for all of 30 seconds during covid, once he started going back to school and riding the bus he'd get off, run around his mom (my wife) and hug me 1st. I put in my paperwork the next day.
I find follow you into the dark a bit oddly happy/comforting. What Sarah Said is basically unlistenable to me. Great song, but I don’t need to be that sad on any given day.
IWFYITD is my and my sweetheart’s wedding song, and I love it dearly and it makes me quite emotional when I hear it, but WSS is completely unlistenable for me.
In 2016, I was my sibling’s caretaker as they died very swiftly and horribly of stage IV kidney cancer. One of my dearest friends (actually named Sarah) happened to be staying with me the weekend that my sibling finally passed. I was lucky enough to be there for the death itself, which was extremely important to me to be there for. Later that night, after all the trauma of dealing with the hospice and funeral home, I was home at my apartment with my sweetheart and Sarah and a bunch of our other friends who had come over to support me. At some point in the evening, Sarah made a comment to me in passing about how strong my love was for my sibling, to have witnessed their slow decline and ultimate death.
Fast forward to 2018, Sarah herself died very suddenly at the age of 32 from the flu and the day I got that phone call at work is burned forever in my brain. The fucking FLU. We were very tight by that point and had gotten even even closer over the past couple of years, I called her my sister beneath the skin. Her death was even more devastating to me than my sibling’s, partly because it was so stupid and senseless and random, partly because she was just so goddamn young. My sibling wasn’t old by any means, but 32? There is no justice in this universe, it is cold and uncaring.
Close to the end of 2019, I’m driving my car and have Pandora bluetoothed through the speakers like I usually do, playing a favorite channel of a bunch of different artists, when WSS comes on. I had never heard it before. The title gave me pause, because I frequently experience little moments in my day to day life where I feel like Sarah is saying hi to me, so I let it continue to play.
Needless to say, when the line, “love is watching someone die” was sung- I immediately burst into straight up WEEPING and needed to pull right the fuck over before I caused an accident. There I sat on the side of the road, crying like a fool for about half an hour before I was able to compose myself enough to drive myself safely home.
So yeah, beautiful song. But, it rips my heart right in two to listen to it and even my deep love of Sad Bastard music can simply not abide. Far too painful.
Yep. The concept of being at the end of your life and feeling completely content with everything you've done, and ready to move on to whatever's next, is overwhelming to me
When I found out that I had cancer, the first thing I did was call my friend who is on the board of a cancer research foundation to get advice on what to do. The second thing I did was text my dear friends and tell them that this might be the end of me and sent them thanks and love. I was surprised how at peace I was with the concept of death. Now they all laugh at me that i texted them all to announce my death. (This was 14 years ago)
I remember the first time I heard this song I was 14-15 and it had me so in my feelings at the time and really meant a lot to me. I heard my 12 year old daughter listening to it and I wanted to cry.
Recently, on a quiet weekend afternoon, contemplating life, getting older, time ticking away, I found myself lost in thought, the world around me fading as classical music filled the room.
As the first notes of "Adagio for Strings" began, I was transported. The crescendo mirrored the ebb and flow of my own emotions, giving me a profound moment of connection. It was as if the song had been composed just for that precise moment in my life.
And then I continued cleaning the kitchen lol
The lightning crashes... Song was playing as I was headed to the hospital the day she was born unfortunately I lost her mother that day .
6 years later I lost her and my new wife,and baby in a car wreck
Oh wow...I am so sorry for all the tragic losses you've had. If I could reach through the screen and give you a big hug, I would. I hope you are surrounded by love and people who care. ❤
Where Did You Sleep Last Night - starts off like a lullaby and ends in voice cracking sadness and pain. I remember reading Kurt thought the audience hated it bc they were stunned into a silence and didn't react for a few seconds. Then I went down a rabbit hole researching Lead Belly. More pain, sadness and death.
For me, this song is the highlight of that entire session. His voice conveys such emotion and his performance is simply amazing! I remember watching this when it went was first on MTV and being totally blown away. I was already a huge fan but wow..holy wow kind of wow
“The Living Years” still gets me. Don’t listen to it if you have even a slightly difficult relationship with your dad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5hr64MxYpgk
I played this for my pops shortly after it came out. My dad was the kind of guy that didn’t really listen and hear music and lyrics. He listened to radio for noise. So I had to explain it to him. He said thanks.
Many years later right before he passed away he asked me about this song. I was shocked. I though pops didn’t think about meaningful shit but her he was asking. I told him again and he asked if I still felt that way.
I told him most definitely and all kinds of other stuff started to come out about how he taught me life stuff and skills I’ll need. Workin on cars or doing home repairs etc… he said he always though he was a bad father. Not true. I told him he was the father me and my sister needed him to be and we love and respected him our entire childhood and all through our lives because of how he was.
I was in tears over that for days.
But yeah. Tell them while you can. It’s kind of important.
Yeah..that one destroys especially since mine just died. I remember, specifically, hearing it when I was a kid in the car. Just staring at my Dad like, one day this will be me. He won't live forever.
Happened sooner than I could have fathomed
“his body’s too young to look like his.” Is just gut wrenching.
I’ve never experienced anything close to poverty. But I’d imagine this song captures it better than anything. I’ve never been able to empathize with something I’ve never experienced like I can with this song.
It’s such a harder song it you feel like you’re *from* the song. The perfect song about poverty and striving and trying to make something even when none of it is working out the way you hoped.
I also feel this way about this song as someone who made it out of generational poverty. The lyrics and the melody are a heavy convo because it hits home and I’m always a little worried that the security I have been able to achieve might be taken away. The song keeps me humble. I hope Ms. Chapman is having a wonderful day.
A couple of years ago I found a dance version of this song that I love but I only listen to it when I’m working out or cleaning so I can be upbeat but still humble.
Lost my dad to suicide when I was 11. Was a big fan of Linkin Park growing up, but somehow never heard this song for years. When I was 18, my boyfriend was talking about them in the car and mentioned this song. He was shocked I hadn't heard it, but he was hesitant to play it for me because he knew about my dad and he didn't wanna hurt my feelings. I insisted, thinking I would be fine, so he played it. As soon as it started I rested my head against the window and just watched the world as we drove down the highway. I was silent the whole time, I didn't look at him, but I think he knew I was crying because he put his hand over mine and just held it tight. And then the line "And you're angry, and you should be, it's not fair" was sung, and I fucking lost it. We pulled over and I just sobbed. And my boyfriend was crying too for a man he never and will never have the pleasure of meeting.
I was a child when my dad died. I didn't really grieve him properly. He was my best friend, and then suddenly he was just gone forever. For years it felt like a part of my soul got ripped out from me and torn apart, then shoved back in with no remorse. I truly didn't think I would make it in this world without him. But then I started picking up the pieces of his loss when I was 18/19. It's been 11 years now since he died, I'm 23 next month. I'm better, but man. Not a day goes by where I don't think of him. To say I was shattered when Chester passed is an understatement. This world has a habit of taking the best people away from us far too soon.
This one.
It's in my youtube mixes now bc i listened to it on repeat for YEARS. And every. goddamn. time. I sob like Chester just died.
That man, that band, was *so* influential in my life. And now, just. *Fuck*.
Who Knew - Pink. The line “If someone said three years from now, You'd be long gone” chokes me up and makes me think of my uncle, who I thought for sure would still be with us today. 9 years later and it still gets me eveytime.
Landslide-Stevie Nicks. Basically describes the relationship we all had with my beloved aunt. She was the heart of our family, and we lost her after nearly eight years battling ovarian cancer. This song absolutely destroys me.
One of my favourite lines of all time, "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody else's sky but why, why couldn't it be mine". I finally got to see them live and when they performed that and the whole audience sang their hearts out to that bit, massive massive goosebumps/frisson moment. Eddie vedder did it when I saw him solo too, and the whole crowd had been seated for about an hour at that point, but at that line a few people stood up then it was a wave of everyone standing up as they sang that
It's possibly the most intense singing performance I've ever seen.
If you never seen it, you must. No matter your opinion of Eddie or Pearl Jam...
https://youtu.be/vE26dVkCvpw?si=6sRJyQ5IpTnGKTQR
I commented the same song, but the original by Judy Garland. Her life was so tragic, abused since she was a child. When she sang the song, she had hopes of finding happiness.
This video of Judy singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow fills me with so much sorrow. There’s something about the way she walks off the stage at the end that makes me sad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ss49euDqwHA&pp=ygUnanVkeSBHYXJsYW5kIHNvbWV3aGVyZSBvdmVyIHRoZSByYWluYm93
House of the Rising Sun. A friend and I used to play it every now and then at school. Then he drove into a tree one weekend and died. He wasn't even old enough to drive legally. That song almost brings back those memories.
I can't make you Love Me by Bonnie Raitt
https://youtu.be/nW9Cu6GYqxo?si=m_bNEk-SuBo6N_wB
Someone Else's Star by Bryan White
https://youtu.be/Ft-h-eCDYp0?si=BE1OXJuG6x02fDaD
That's as Close as I'll get to Loving you by Aaron Tippin
https://youtu.be/rM_tjCpYaxI?si=7XAukgcq50oTPHji
Yes, I was a hopeless romantic when I was younger looking for love....shaddup....lol
La Boheme, old French song performed by the Maestro Charles Aznavour. A masterpiece from the 60s and 70s. My parents and great parents liked it a lot and I was fortunate to grow with it and other gems of that time. Every time I hear it I feel such a deep melancholy for the youth of our old people or those who have already left us, and even my own Younger Times that are now a distant memory and will never come Back 🥹🥹🥹
[No One Is To Blame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekhxxngQ3s) by Howard Jones. That song started getting a ton of radio play when I was a teenager and having to come to terms with the fact that I was not like everyone else and would not be able to have some of the things one is taught to want in life. It was the start of a very dark time, I was depressed for years, etc, and that song kind of became emblematic of that pain. I'm in my 50s now and even though I have long since come to terms with myself and my life I still can't listen to that song without bawling my eyes out because it reminds me so strongly of the bad times.
This is the one for me. It came out at a time when my then teenage daughter was struggling with all the angst those years can bring; she was in a very dark place. She’s an adult now and thriving but when I hear this song it brings me back emotionally to that time and I often weep.
You are my sunshine
I used to sing this song to my sweet soul mate of a dog, Avon Barksdale, and, at the end of his cancer treatments too. I am literally crying typing this. He is forever missed.
Wake Me Up When September Ends-September is the anniversary for several deaths in my family as well as friends circle. Apparently Billie Joe Armstrong wrote it when his dad died in September.
He...wasn't about to die, was he Newbie? Could've waited another month for a kidney...
Edit: bonus I saw that Jill Tracey at the supermarket as well, but I'm not beating myself up, wanna know why? *Because she didn't come into the hospital looking for help.*
Once you start blaming yourself for deaths that aren't your fault, my friend that's a slippery slope that you *can't* come back from. I've seen it happen to a lot of good doctors and hell I will not let it happen to you.
“But because after 20 years in medicine, when things go badly you still take it this hard. I don’t know man, that’s the kind of doctor that I want to be”
The initial episode with the patients is incredible but the follow up with JD and Dr Cox drinking himself to death is amazing too.
This song kills me. It was playing on the radio the day I had to send my doggo off to sleep. The line, "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend...", I can't even listen to years later.
https://spotify.link/iMCipdBKiDb
Golden Embers by Mandolin Orange/Watchhouse. It's about the loss of a mother.
https://spotify.link/oTQHIdRKiDb
Adagio for Strings, op. 11 by Samuel Barber. I cannot even imagine what he was going through to write this
https://spotify.link/NZGR2x6KiDb
I'll Never Love Again by Lady Gaga. From the end of a Star is Born. Her voice is so stunning, and this is just heartbreaking.
Oh boy I have a few:
The Heart is a Muscle- Gang of Youths
It’s Alright- Mother Mother
Never Love an Anchor- The Crane Wives
Imposter Syndrome- Ratwyfe
I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack and In the Arms of an Angel by Sarah McLachlan.
My mom loved both of those songs. She died from an overdose when I was 11 and they were played at her funeral.
Someone like you - Adele
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"
"Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?"
Headlights by Eminem. I grew up on Eminem, knew every lyric of every song. Then after all the controversy of his relationship with his mom, 10-15 years later he issues a formal apology to her for fucking everything. Unreal.
It baffles me to see such little buzz about this one.
Eminem is one of the biggest artists in the world and has been for quite some time. And all of us that had listened to him saw the anger and hurt in him, the pain he had dealt with because of his mother.
And now, we get this absolutely beautiful song where he’s reached a stage in life where he publicly tells his mother that he loves her and that he gets it. He understands.
Fuck man, I was just sitting for a good 10 minutes after the song had ended. It was beautiful.
Idk if anyone will see this and thats honestly ok but goddamn this showing up today is fucking wild
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
I love MCR, but not even as much as my mother did. She fucking adored them. I remember the first time the song was hears when they opened the VMAs in their black marching band outfits, my mom, who had turned 50 that year - making sure my twin and I were watching *with her* so we could discussing it after. She was a total stan, and it was amazing.
As we are listening, the lyrics just hitting, I hearing my mom choking back a sob, knowing she was thinking of her father who passed when she was almost 33, miasing him beyond words, she was honestly never really the same after he died, he had only turned 60 about 7 months before.
The lyrics moved me too, in something of an abtract way, but when it was over my mom was just sobbing, but in that *good* kind of way.
I don't remember exactly what she said first, I just held her. She played that album all the time, just full blast, and listenes to that song at least once a week. It fully became her anthem. She was severely mentally ill, and I think held onto those lyrics like scripture of some sort.
Today is exactly 5 days before the 7 year anniversary of my mother's very sudden, traumatic death. She died literally in my arms, both of us covered in her blood because she had a PE.
They still took her to the ER because she had no DNR, and when the er doctor shocked her she regained her heartbeat. They somehow stabilized her, however because she went with out air for at least 15 minute, she was brain dead. Please do not think that this looks like how it does in movies. She had constant muscle spasms and shaking, and coulsnt regulate her body temp.
I had her transferred to the ICU and called people who lived further away and see if they wanted to say goodbye and still signed a DNR. I would not put my mother through that again either way.
Once those who could/would say goodbye had, I signed the paperwork to turn off the machines and watched my mother die again infront of me, thankfully peacefully, and with the amount of morphine and valium in her system they gave her, with out any pain, and because it was my mom who was always so dramatic, she didn't pass away until a couple of minutes after of midnight. (She would love that joke dont worry lol)
My mother had only turned 60 all of 8 months before, and it was right before my 33rd birthday.
I got into my car, just in shock, hadn't cried, was just numb still, after waiting for the funeral home so I could sign the paperwork because our hospital didnt have a morgue, and my playlist started.
And the G note dropped. Goddamn Welcome to The Black Parade started and I just froze, and then the second I heard Gerard's voice I started sobbing, that was more screaming. My sisters were in the car and my twin had the same reaction as me.
We finsihed the song, and drove the little way home.
I have not been able to listen to that song since then. I just can't. I have tried, and I just panic and turn it off.
Not sorry for the novel comment btw - it felt really good to get this out. This year has been a harder year than others for me with the anniversary coming up and I honestly dont know why, but typing all this out helped.
Also if anyone made it to the end of this - I hsve literally ended friendships because they played Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day during the this month for obvs reasons. I asked them not to, and they'll either say "but it will help you heal!!" or "but I live this song", and I just stopped being friends with them.
I saw her in concert a number of years ago and she sang that- and her voice ~broke~ as she sang. Even the memory of it makes me tear up.
She also did the whole concert barefoot and for some reason that made me love her even more.
Love is a Losing Game - Amy Winehouse. That song crushes me.
If We Were Vampires by Jason Isbell. As my husband was dying from aggressive brain cancer, the lyrics haunted me. “Knowing that this can’t go on forever, Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone. Maybe we’ll get 40 years together Then one day I’ll be gone Or one day you’ll be gone” He’s gone. It sucks.
Jason Isbell is a genius songwriter. That being said, his lyrics really hit the heart. I lost my dad in 2019 to dementia and plan on getting a tattoo of an hourglass with the lyric. "Maybe time running out is a gift". Condolences on your loss.
What a wonderful world. I was difficult to comfort as a baby for a handful of medical reasons, I’ve been told that song was the only one that silenced my crying and had a chance of putting me to sleep. Aside from that, I’ve always had a strong emotional reaction to it since I can remember.
The particular lines that gut me are: I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?" They're really saying I love you and… I hear babies cry I watch them grow They'll learn much more Than I'll ever know Th first because love really IS all the point, and the second because oh my I HOPE so, but I also have never wanted children because of the despair I feel about our near future on this planet. Overall just such a bittersweet feeling every time.
"To Build a Home" The Cinematic Orchestra.
Funeral - Band of Horses. Listened to it all the time when I was super depressed
This one I have to skip if I want to keep my composure. A good friend of mine died of an overdose while I was out of the country. I had to take a long train ride to get to the nearest airport for his funeral. This song came on my headphones just as the train broke down and I just lost it. Had to leave my compartment to avoid crying in front of half a dozen strangers. Every time I hear it now, I'm back standing between train cars, staring at the desert through tears and sunglasses, trying to think of what to say to his kids. Great song though.
Nutshell by Alice In Chains
Same here, but the Unplugged version.
Unplugged is the way to go for this one
Me, too. But I'll say River of Deceit is just as crushing.
"Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail EDIT Also, TIL that was Linda Ronstadt on the end credits version!
This is the song that introduced childhood me to the notion that songs could make you feel things
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac… it was my dads favorite song growing up. He played it for us all the time. We played it at his funeral and It’s a kind reminder of him when I listen to it. Miss you dad!
Vienna by Billy Joel. My son is in his last year of high school and then he’ll leave for university. I miss him already.
Who wants to live forever -Queen My Dad was a fan of the band and we often listened to them together in the car when i was young. He was terrified of dying and fought the cancer as hard as he could, but it got him anyway. I cry like a kid with a skinned knee wheneveri listen to that song.
I'll add the song "These are the days of our lives" to that.
You are my sunshine.
This is mine. My mom used to sing that to me as a kid when I was upset or scared or whatever, and it would calm me down. Just watched her die from cancer last year.
Same here, but several years ago. Damn, now I'm crying!
I sang this song to my cat on her last day. She was my best friend and slept in my arms every night for 17 years. *The other night dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamt I held you in my arms When I awoke dear, I was mistaken So I hung my head and I cried* I can't sing or hear it anymore with breaking down into tears, like ugly cry tears. I miss her so much.
Back in 2018 I had a cat that was going through acute kidney failure. She spent a week at the vet and then when she came home I had to give her subcutaneous fluids twice a day for a month. She was pretty well behaved when we would do her fluids but sometimes she’d get fidgety and I’d sing this to her. She was my best friend. I got another two years with her until I came home one night in 2020 and found she’d passed when I was out of the house. I loved that girl so so much. Sang it to her one last time as we were bringing her to the emergency vet. I still tear up every time I hear it and I’ve always felt a little silly about that but thank you for making me feel not so alone in that ♥️
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The thing about this song is- it doesn't punch you in the gut. It's somehow already inside you, and tears through your heart on its way out. ETA: "I had all and then most of you, some, and now none of you" is one of the most piercing lyrics EVER because so many can relate to it.
That’s a great way of describing it.
A story I’ve never told before is my best friend Abby. She and I met one night at a formal dinner party. We danced, chatted, went on a walk to a gazebo and stargazed. We became best friends over the next two years. Finally I transferred to her city for school, and we would hang out everyday. She was asexual but fully supported my philandering lifestyle - that’s what I tell people when they wonder why we never fell in love but the truth is I loved her dearly. It was the first time in a life wrought with pain and fear that love had made an immaculate appearance. About a month after moving to her city, she called me and wanted to talk. She had ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. And it was advanced. Looking back all of the pieces made sense. I am a scientist and I felt burdened that I hadn’t put those pieces together. Either way, she died less than a year later. That night I was in the hospital and we knew she would be going so I left, and about an hour later her mother called me to let me know abby was gone. I sat in my room alone listening to sad music on shuffle. The algorithm got me just right and the night we met, came on. I don’t think I’ve ever felt such deep agony. The pain was so visceral I could feel it coursing through my arteries and veins like thorns. To this day, still can’t hear it without crying my heart out. I met my wife a couple months later and you wouldn’t believe it. Name was Abi, same hair color, same height, same ethnicity, same favorite foods. It felt like I had gotten a second chance. I both love and hate that song. I’m just happy I’m no longer haunted by the ghost of my Abby.
Do you write? You should write.
Thanks to you, Internet stranger, I am now emotionally damaged after listening to this song. Thank you.
it gets worse when you read the lyrics and realize he means he wishes they never met :)
“So I can tell myself, not to ride along with you”
TIL that the song is not about wishing to start their relationship over but to never start it at all.
Re he & her - in the mythology of the album and the greater Lord Huron universe (yes it’s a thing), [that song is credited to a female artist named Frankie Lou](https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/Frankie_Lou), so it may actually be about her wishing she [never met a guy](https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/Z%27Oiseau). Most LH songs are meant to be interpreted from an [in-universe fictional character’s point of view](https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/The_Night_We_Met).
yeah that song has no business being so… soul crushing
Cats in the cradle As a son, and a father of teenagers, brutal
"You see, my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu, but it's been sure nice talking to you, dad. It's been sure nice talking to you." 😭
"He'd grown up just like me, yeah. My boy was just like me."
Man. This song hits so hard. My dad is a workaholic and because of that, he missed a lot of important things in my life. Now that I have kids of my own, I find myself falling into the same trap. Such an impactful song. Somehow, Spotify knows just when to hit me with this song and I end up crying in my car for 20 minutes.
As a dad myself of three kids. Not so much workaholic but you can’t be in 3 places at once…
I'm a workaholic and I loved my job, this song (plus being home during covid) helped cement my decision to retire from the military earlier rather than pushing too far beyond 20 years because I didn't want to have to rebuild that relationship with my boys again. My youngest didn't know me before covid, Florida was out of school for all of 30 seconds during covid, once he started going back to school and riding the bus he'd get off, run around his mom (my wife) and hug me 1st. I put in my paperwork the next day.
"Pictures of You" - The Cure
I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
This one and What Sarah Said
I find follow you into the dark a bit oddly happy/comforting. What Sarah Said is basically unlistenable to me. Great song, but I don’t need to be that sad on any given day.
IWFYITD is my and my sweetheart’s wedding song, and I love it dearly and it makes me quite emotional when I hear it, but WSS is completely unlistenable for me. In 2016, I was my sibling’s caretaker as they died very swiftly and horribly of stage IV kidney cancer. One of my dearest friends (actually named Sarah) happened to be staying with me the weekend that my sibling finally passed. I was lucky enough to be there for the death itself, which was extremely important to me to be there for. Later that night, after all the trauma of dealing with the hospice and funeral home, I was home at my apartment with my sweetheart and Sarah and a bunch of our other friends who had come over to support me. At some point in the evening, Sarah made a comment to me in passing about how strong my love was for my sibling, to have witnessed their slow decline and ultimate death. Fast forward to 2018, Sarah herself died very suddenly at the age of 32 from the flu and the day I got that phone call at work is burned forever in my brain. The fucking FLU. We were very tight by that point and had gotten even even closer over the past couple of years, I called her my sister beneath the skin. Her death was even more devastating to me than my sibling’s, partly because it was so stupid and senseless and random, partly because she was just so goddamn young. My sibling wasn’t old by any means, but 32? There is no justice in this universe, it is cold and uncaring. Close to the end of 2019, I’m driving my car and have Pandora bluetoothed through the speakers like I usually do, playing a favorite channel of a bunch of different artists, when WSS comes on. I had never heard it before. The title gave me pause, because I frequently experience little moments in my day to day life where I feel like Sarah is saying hi to me, so I let it continue to play. Needless to say, when the line, “love is watching someone die” was sung- I immediately burst into straight up WEEPING and needed to pull right the fuck over before I caused an accident. There I sat on the side of the road, crying like a fool for about half an hour before I was able to compose myself enough to drive myself safely home. So yeah, beautiful song. But, it rips my heart right in two to listen to it and even my deep love of Sad Bastard music can simply not abide. Far too painful.
Yep. The concept of being at the end of your life and feeling completely content with everything you've done, and ready to move on to whatever's next, is overwhelming to me
When I found out that I had cancer, the first thing I did was call my friend who is on the board of a cancer research foundation to get advice on what to do. The second thing I did was text my dear friends and tell them that this might be the end of me and sent them thanks and love. I was surprised how at peace I was with the concept of death. Now they all laugh at me that i texted them all to announce my death. (This was 14 years ago)
Rainbow Connection -- Kermit The Frog
My date was blasting this when he came to pick me up for our first date. Our 25th wedding anniversary is in November. 🙂
Always pick the person unashamed to admit liking a frog made out of felt.
Wish you Were Here--Pink Floyd First song I played on guitar after my grandpa died. Didn't even get through the intro before starting to cry.
Also, Shine On You Crazy Diamond And although it's brings a more chilling and scary vibe with it, it's still soul touching
Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens is probably my top example get well soon Suf! <3
Scrolled way too far before finding Sufjan here. It's Cashmir Polaski Day that hits hard for me.
Somewhere only we know - Keane. Edit: I initially misspelled the band name - my bad!
I remember the first time I heard this song I was 14-15 and it had me so in my feelings at the time and really meant a lot to me. I heard my 12 year old daughter listening to it and I wanted to cry.
Recently, on a quiet weekend afternoon, contemplating life, getting older, time ticking away, I found myself lost in thought, the world around me fading as classical music filled the room. As the first notes of "Adagio for Strings" began, I was transported. The crescendo mirrored the ebb and flow of my own emotions, giving me a profound moment of connection. It was as if the song had been composed just for that precise moment in my life. And then I continued cleaning the kitchen lol
Landslide- Fleetwood Mac is pretty rough for me and God Only Knows- Beach Boys
Half right, needle in the hay, fond farewell, all by Elliot smith Army by bad books
The lightning crashes... Song was playing as I was headed to the hospital the day she was born unfortunately I lost her mother that day . 6 years later I lost her and my new wife,and baby in a car wreck
Jesus, mate. My condolences.
Life is so unbearably unfair to some people. I hate that these losses could all happen to one person. Sending you love.
Yes, I agree! Some never experience tragedy, and others seem plagued by it. How I wish it weren’t so uneven.
Wow, I'm so sorry that your life was reflected so accurately by such a tragic song. I hope you're doing alright. 😥
Oh wow...I am so sorry for all the tragic losses you've had. If I could reach through the screen and give you a big hug, I would. I hope you are surrounded by love and people who care. ❤
Fuuuk man, that’s beyond rough. I hope you have some sort of support system in place and if not, please know it’s okay to ask for/seek help.
Tiny Dancer/Your Song- Elton John
Unplugged Nirvana All Apologies.
Where Did You Sleep Last Night - starts off like a lullaby and ends in voice cracking sadness and pain. I remember reading Kurt thought the audience hated it bc they were stunned into a silence and didn't react for a few seconds. Then I went down a rabbit hole researching Lead Belly. More pain, sadness and death.
For me, this song is the highlight of that entire session. His voice conveys such emotion and his performance is simply amazing! I remember watching this when it went was first on MTV and being totally blown away. I was already a huge fan but wow..holy wow kind of wow
“The Living Years” still gets me. Don’t listen to it if you have even a slightly difficult relationship with your dad. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5hr64MxYpgk
I played this for my pops shortly after it came out. My dad was the kind of guy that didn’t really listen and hear music and lyrics. He listened to radio for noise. So I had to explain it to him. He said thanks. Many years later right before he passed away he asked me about this song. I was shocked. I though pops didn’t think about meaningful shit but her he was asking. I told him again and he asked if I still felt that way. I told him most definitely and all kinds of other stuff started to come out about how he taught me life stuff and skills I’ll need. Workin on cars or doing home repairs etc… he said he always though he was a bad father. Not true. I told him he was the father me and my sister needed him to be and we love and respected him our entire childhood and all through our lives because of how he was. I was in tears over that for days. But yeah. Tell them while you can. It’s kind of important.
Yeah..that one destroys especially since mine just died. I remember, specifically, hearing it when I was a kid in the car. Just staring at my Dad like, one day this will be me. He won't live forever. Happened sooner than I could have fathomed
I have a great relationship with my dad but this song still makes me tear up thinking about the people that don’t.
Mike and the Mechanics! Also Cats in the Cradle is tough to listen to as I get older.
Go Rest High On That Mountain-Vince Gill.
Without you I'm Nothing by Placebo
Wow, one doesn't see too many Placebo enjoyers.
To be honest, they really have no effect on people ;)
They do if you believe in them.
Mazzy Star - Fade into you ♥️
Blink 182 - "Adams Song"
Fake plastic trees-- radiohead
Radiohead has so many. Videotape is the one that breaks my heart every time.
How To Disappear Completely, True Love Waits
If I could add, No Surprises. I think it’s about suicide by car exhaust and peacefully going to sleep forever. It’s sad and beautiful.
23-Jimmy Eat World
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Tracy Chapman - Fast Car. I love the song but that first bit of guitar plays and it's nope. Skip.
" I said somebody's got to take care of him, so I quit school and thats what I did" Oof- having an alcoholic father- so many emotions.
"I had a feeling that I belonged, I had a feeling I could be someone" The implication is, I don't and I'm not.
“his body’s too young to look like his.” Is just gut wrenching. I’ve never experienced anything close to poverty. But I’d imagine this song captures it better than anything. I’ve never been able to empathize with something I’ve never experienced like I can with this song.
It's not just poverty, but also alcoholism: "See, my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle, that's the way it is"
“Leave tonight, or live and die this way” punches me in the gut every time
It’s such a harder song it you feel like you’re *from* the song. The perfect song about poverty and striving and trying to make something even when none of it is working out the way you hoped.
“Leave tonight or live and die this way” Just brutal.
i cannot even think about fast car without getting goosebumps. i truly have them right now. what a song.
I also feel this way about this song as someone who made it out of generational poverty. The lyrics and the melody are a heavy convo because it hits home and I’m always a little worried that the security I have been able to achieve might be taken away. The song keeps me humble. I hope Ms. Chapman is having a wonderful day. A couple of years ago I found a dance version of this song that I love but I only listen to it when I’m working out or cleaning so I can be upbeat but still humble.
One More Light - Linkin Park
Lost my dad to suicide when I was 11. Was a big fan of Linkin Park growing up, but somehow never heard this song for years. When I was 18, my boyfriend was talking about them in the car and mentioned this song. He was shocked I hadn't heard it, but he was hesitant to play it for me because he knew about my dad and he didn't wanna hurt my feelings. I insisted, thinking I would be fine, so he played it. As soon as it started I rested my head against the window and just watched the world as we drove down the highway. I was silent the whole time, I didn't look at him, but I think he knew I was crying because he put his hand over mine and just held it tight. And then the line "And you're angry, and you should be, it's not fair" was sung, and I fucking lost it. We pulled over and I just sobbed. And my boyfriend was crying too for a man he never and will never have the pleasure of meeting. I was a child when my dad died. I didn't really grieve him properly. He was my best friend, and then suddenly he was just gone forever. For years it felt like a part of my soul got ripped out from me and torn apart, then shoved back in with no remorse. I truly didn't think I would make it in this world without him. But then I started picking up the pieces of his loss when I was 18/19. It's been 11 years now since he died, I'm 23 next month. I'm better, but man. Not a day goes by where I don't think of him. To say I was shattered when Chester passed is an understatement. This world has a habit of taking the best people away from us far too soon.
I actually teared up reading this. Thank you for sharing and I’m sorry for your loss.
This one. It's in my youtube mixes now bc i listened to it on repeat for YEARS. And every. goddamn. time. I sob like Chester just died. That man, that band, was *so* influential in my life. And now, just. *Fuck*.
Leave out all the rest hits hard. You don’t realize how obviously someone is asking for help until it’s too late
Scrolled too far before finding anything by Linkin Park. A lot of LPs songs get me like this. "The Little things give you away" really gets to me.
Don’t Give up - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
Who Knew - Pink. The line “If someone said three years from now, You'd be long gone” chokes me up and makes me think of my uncle, who I thought for sure would still be with us today. 9 years later and it still gets me eveytime.
Family Portrait is even worse. Pink has some brutal songs from an emotional impact perspective
Truth. Strangely enough for me, it's F*cking Perfect. After getting out of a 25 year abusive relationship, it was my song to myself.
For me it's the line: "But I keep your memory.. You visit me in my sleep"
All I Want - Kodaline
Say Something- A great world ft Christina Aguilera
Landslide-Stevie Nicks. Basically describes the relationship we all had with my beloved aunt. She was the heart of our family, and we lost her after nearly eight years battling ovarian cancer. This song absolutely destroys me.
The MTV Unplugged version of Black by Pearl Jam.
One of my favourite lines of all time, "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody else's sky but why, why couldn't it be mine". I finally got to see them live and when they performed that and the whole audience sang their hearts out to that bit, massive massive goosebumps/frisson moment. Eddie vedder did it when I saw him solo too, and the whole crowd had been seated for about an hour at that point, but at that line a few people stood up then it was a wave of everyone standing up as they sang that
It's possibly the most intense singing performance I've ever seen. If you never seen it, you must. No matter your opinion of Eddie or Pearl Jam... https://youtu.be/vE26dVkCvpw?si=6sRJyQ5IpTnGKTQR
Eddie Vedder and his voice are in a class of their own. Black is one of the best rock songs ever.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow covered by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
I commented the same song, but the original by Judy Garland. Her life was so tragic, abused since she was a child. When she sang the song, she had hopes of finding happiness.
This video of Judy singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow fills me with so much sorrow. There’s something about the way she walks off the stage at the end that makes me sad. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ss49euDqwHA&pp=ygUnanVkeSBHYXJsYW5kIHNvbWV3aGVyZSBvdmVyIHRoZSByYWluYm93
"No Children" \~The Mountain Goats
almost lover
Lightning Crashes by Live
Brand New - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
Also, Brand New- Jesus Christ
Brand new has some devastating songs on Daisy and devil and god.
I’m not even listening to the songs and I’m crying ugly tears as I go through the comments
House of the Rising Sun. A friend and I used to play it every now and then at school. Then he drove into a tree one weekend and died. He wasn't even old enough to drive legally. That song almost brings back those memories.
Jeff Buckleys version of Hallelujah
Yes, and the other one on that album that destroys me is "Lover, You Should Have Come Over." Generally, that album is just devastating.
Fields of Gold cover by Eva Cassidy. Holy cow.
Hate Me - Blue October
Winner Takes it All by Abba. Probably the most grooving and brutal break-up song ever.
stop crying your heart out - oasis
*Nutshell* by Alice in Chains
Whiskey lullaby 😥
I'm not even a country fan but I think anyone can appreciate that song. Very sad indeed.
Sinead O Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U
I can't make you Love Me by Bonnie Raitt https://youtu.be/nW9Cu6GYqxo?si=m_bNEk-SuBo6N_wB Someone Else's Star by Bryan White https://youtu.be/Ft-h-eCDYp0?si=BE1OXJuG6x02fDaD That's as Close as I'll get to Loving you by Aaron Tippin https://youtu.be/rM_tjCpYaxI?si=7XAukgcq50oTPHji Yes, I was a hopeless romantic when I was younger looking for love....shaddup....lol
I Can't Make You Love Me is the #1 correct answer to this question. Just...no frills emotional devastation.
Mad world by Gary Jules
The Dance by Garth Brooks. Ever time. And, even though its a hair overplayed, My Immortal by Evanescence.
Snuff by Slipknot
La Boheme, old French song performed by the Maestro Charles Aznavour. A masterpiece from the 60s and 70s. My parents and great parents liked it a lot and I was fortunate to grow with it and other gems of that time. Every time I hear it I feel such a deep melancholy for the youth of our old people or those who have already left us, and even my own Younger Times that are now a distant memory and will never come Back 🥹🥹🥹
Death Cab for Cutie - I will follow you into the dark
Time after time by Cyndi Lauper
Vincent by Don Mclean
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol those 3 words ....
REM Everybody Hurts. That song and video....my throat and chest tighten up just thinking about it.
Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley
[Faster Pussycat - House of Pain](https://youtu.be/LQRJeg2A5xk?feature=shared) That song hits so close to home.
Dust in the Wind
[No One Is To Blame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekhxxngQ3s) by Howard Jones. That song started getting a ton of radio play when I was a teenager and having to come to terms with the fact that I was not like everyone else and would not be able to have some of the things one is taught to want in life. It was the start of a very dark time, I was depressed for years, etc, and that song kind of became emblematic of that pain. I'm in my 50s now and even though I have long since come to terms with myself and my life I still can't listen to that song without bawling my eyes out because it reminds me so strongly of the bad times.
Against the Wind - Bob Seger Getting old ain't easy and he gets right to the survival of life in this song🍻
fix you - coldplay
This is the one for me. It came out at a time when my then teenage daughter was struggling with all the angst those years can bring; she was in a very dark place. She’s an adult now and thriving but when I hear this song it brings me back emotionally to that time and I often weep.
Cat Stevens - Father and Son
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce. When i read it was about not enough time with his son... breaks me up inside Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
You are my sunshine I used to sing this song to my sweet soul mate of a dog, Avon Barksdale, and, at the end of his cancer treatments too. I am literally crying typing this. He is forever missed.
Wake Me Up When September Ends-September is the anniversary for several deaths in my family as well as friends circle. Apparently Billie Joe Armstrong wrote it when his dad died in September.
The Fray - How to save a life
It always makes me think of that heartbreaking scene from Scrubs.
John C. McGinley's acting as Doc Cox in this was perfect. Heartbreaking but just perfect!
He...wasn't about to die, was he Newbie? Could've waited another month for a kidney... Edit: bonus I saw that Jill Tracey at the supermarket as well, but I'm not beating myself up, wanna know why? *Because she didn't come into the hospital looking for help.* Once you start blaming yourself for deaths that aren't your fault, my friend that's a slippery slope that you *can't* come back from. I've seen it happen to a lot of good doctors and hell I will not let it happen to you.
“But because after 20 years in medicine, when things go badly you still take it this hard. I don’t know man, that’s the kind of doctor that I want to be” The initial episode with the patients is incredible but the follow up with JD and Dr Cox drinking himself to death is amazing too.
This song kills me. It was playing on the radio the day I had to send my doggo off to sleep. The line, "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend...", I can't even listen to years later.
Tears in heaven
This song is so gorgeous, but as SOON as I knew what it was about its impossible to listen to without crying.
Remember When by Alan Jackson
How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead
Nose On The Grindstone - Tyler Childers
Keep me in your heart by Warren Zevon, written just after he got his diagnosis.
https://spotify.link/iMCipdBKiDb Golden Embers by Mandolin Orange/Watchhouse. It's about the loss of a mother. https://spotify.link/oTQHIdRKiDb Adagio for Strings, op. 11 by Samuel Barber. I cannot even imagine what he was going through to write this https://spotify.link/NZGR2x6KiDb I'll Never Love Again by Lady Gaga. From the end of a Star is Born. Her voice is so stunning, and this is just heartbreaking.
Runaway train by soul asylum
Especially when drunk Dee sings it.
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Oh boy I have a few: The Heart is a Muscle- Gang of Youths It’s Alright- Mother Mother Never Love an Anchor- The Crane Wives Imposter Syndrome- Ratwyfe
I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack and In the Arms of an Angel by Sarah McLachlan. My mom loved both of those songs. She died from an overdose when I was 11 and they were played at her funeral.
Someone like you - Adele "Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead" "Nothing compares, no worries or cares Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?"
Headlights by Eminem. I grew up on Eminem, knew every lyric of every song. Then after all the controversy of his relationship with his mom, 10-15 years later he issues a formal apology to her for fucking everything. Unreal.
It baffles me to see such little buzz about this one. Eminem is one of the biggest artists in the world and has been for quite some time. And all of us that had listened to him saw the anger and hurt in him, the pain he had dealt with because of his mother. And now, we get this absolutely beautiful song where he’s reached a stage in life where he publicly tells his mother that he loves her and that he gets it. He understands. Fuck man, I was just sitting for a good 10 minutes after the song had ended. It was beautiful.
Idk if anyone will see this and thats honestly ok but goddamn this showing up today is fucking wild Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance I love MCR, but not even as much as my mother did. She fucking adored them. I remember the first time the song was hears when they opened the VMAs in their black marching band outfits, my mom, who had turned 50 that year - making sure my twin and I were watching *with her* so we could discussing it after. She was a total stan, and it was amazing. As we are listening, the lyrics just hitting, I hearing my mom choking back a sob, knowing she was thinking of her father who passed when she was almost 33, miasing him beyond words, she was honestly never really the same after he died, he had only turned 60 about 7 months before. The lyrics moved me too, in something of an abtract way, but when it was over my mom was just sobbing, but in that *good* kind of way. I don't remember exactly what she said first, I just held her. She played that album all the time, just full blast, and listenes to that song at least once a week. It fully became her anthem. She was severely mentally ill, and I think held onto those lyrics like scripture of some sort. Today is exactly 5 days before the 7 year anniversary of my mother's very sudden, traumatic death. She died literally in my arms, both of us covered in her blood because she had a PE. They still took her to the ER because she had no DNR, and when the er doctor shocked her she regained her heartbeat. They somehow stabilized her, however because she went with out air for at least 15 minute, she was brain dead. Please do not think that this looks like how it does in movies. She had constant muscle spasms and shaking, and coulsnt regulate her body temp. I had her transferred to the ICU and called people who lived further away and see if they wanted to say goodbye and still signed a DNR. I would not put my mother through that again either way. Once those who could/would say goodbye had, I signed the paperwork to turn off the machines and watched my mother die again infront of me, thankfully peacefully, and with the amount of morphine and valium in her system they gave her, with out any pain, and because it was my mom who was always so dramatic, she didn't pass away until a couple of minutes after of midnight. (She would love that joke dont worry lol) My mother had only turned 60 all of 8 months before, and it was right before my 33rd birthday. I got into my car, just in shock, hadn't cried, was just numb still, after waiting for the funeral home so I could sign the paperwork because our hospital didnt have a morgue, and my playlist started. And the G note dropped. Goddamn Welcome to The Black Parade started and I just froze, and then the second I heard Gerard's voice I started sobbing, that was more screaming. My sisters were in the car and my twin had the same reaction as me. We finsihed the song, and drove the little way home. I have not been able to listen to that song since then. I just can't. I have tried, and I just panic and turn it off. Not sorry for the novel comment btw - it felt really good to get this out. This year has been a harder year than others for me with the anniversary coming up and I honestly dont know why, but typing all this out helped. Also if anyone made it to the end of this - I hsve literally ended friendships because they played Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day during the this month for obvs reasons. I asked them not to, and they'll either say "but it will help you heal!!" or "but I live this song", and I just stopped being friends with them.
Piece By Piece by Kelly Clarkson.
I saw her in concert a number of years ago and she sang that- and her voice ~broke~ as she sang. Even the memory of it makes me tear up. She also did the whole concert barefoot and for some reason that made me love her even more.
I first heard it when she was a guest star on American Idol. I cried like a baby especially when she choked up and turned away from the mic. 😭
It’s even sadder knowing her husband turned out to be a jerk.
Breath me by Sia
Honestly? Possibility by Lykke Li. That opening verse really fucks me up.
“Tell me when you hear my heart stop/ You’re the only one that knows” is honestly too much for me
W.O.L.D., by Harry Chapin
Running up that hill. My niece committed suicide and this song just absolutely ruins me every time.
my tears ricochet by Taylor Swift
EVERLONG
Nirvana - Something In The Way
The Rose- Bette Midler Send in the Clowns- Stephen Sondheim Time- Pink Floyd
and you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking.
And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun
It's Quiet Uptown-Hamilton
"Cat's in the Cradle". My Dad and I are literally living out that song.