Sad Lines in Sad Songs

[bballnut90]

Adele's "Someone Like You"

Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best, for you two
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

 

[Martin]

How I wish, how i wish you were here.

We’re just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year

 

[meyers7]

How I wish, how i wish you were here.

We’re just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Fade Away
Scott Miller

You have to go
We knew this day was coming for some time
But you're leaving slow
The hardest part is watching you slip by

I feel you fading away
And with your heart goes a part of mine
I feel you fading away
And if I could see you one more day
It'd be the one before you changed
See you later to goodbye

Your eyes are mine
Your fingers fit my hands
It makes me cry
To think that I will not hold them again

Chorus

My heart sings out a tune to yours in time
But the song it sings will have to change
Without a beat to stand behind

Holly, goodbye
And know that I can take care of myself
There will be times
I think how nice it'd be to have your help

 

[Gamecockfan77]

I've always thought the video to Johnny Cash's version of Hurt was incredibly sad. the NIN version was more bleak.



I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end

 

[Bigboote]

And Mood Indigo. This IS a sad tune, and there's another tearjerking twist of phrase from Mills:

Always get that mood indigo
Since my baby said goodbye
In the evenin' when lights are low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

'Cause there's nobody who cares about me
I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be
When I get that mood indigo
I could lay me down and die

Vocals begin at about 7:00.

 

[Scud49]

Manhattan Transfer - Fair and Tender Ladies, from their very first album:

Oh love is handsome, love is charming
Love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows old
And fades away like morning dew
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone
They first appear and then they're gone

 

[CL82]

You could pick quite a few of Winehouse's songs for this thread. I'll go with

For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five-storey fire as you came
Love is a losing game

One I wish I never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

 

[Slipperman]

Can't move my arms, can't move my legs
Can barely move my eyes
To take in the last view I'll ever see
It's on the stand beside my bed a picture of my son
It's constantly staring back at me
Want to tell him that I swear that if I can I'll be there
Watching over him and every step he takes

How do I say soon comes the day
When I must go away
What would adhere to a seven-year-old ear?
Words that would make it clear

I hope that you don't forget me
Don't let my memory fade, it's my greatest fear

 

[Slipperman]

Lyrics included..

 

[Slipperman]

Nothing sadder than this Country Christmas song! Have your tissue box handy.

Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my mama, please
It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful, if mama meets Jesus tonight

wow, you hit the bullseye on this one.

 

[uconnfan68]

Too many pages to go through... Some of my favorite sad songs:
Tom Rush, “Child’s Lament”.
Bonnie Raitt, “I can’t make you love me”.
Rolling Stones, “Time waits for no one”

 

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[ClifSpliffy]

never been a fan of sad songs. life is short, why fill it up with depression? anywho, having musically inclined 'rents, I do like this line - 'no more rice krispies.' apparently, this classic has been mostly scubbed from the net (maybe it's the non-pc mother in law jokes?). found it:

No More Rice Krispies!

Back in the late 1960s, Rice Krispies ran three opera-themed commercials, which are remembered as some of the most popular commercials of all time.

www.weirduniverse.net

proving, once again, that the net is forever.

 

[Scud49]

The Fleetwoods - "Tragedy" - I honestly don't think I've ever heard a more beautiful, sad song, than this one:

Wind and storm (wah-ooh)
Gone's the sun (wah-ooh)
>From the stars (wah-ooh)
My dark has come
You've gone from me, whoa, whoa, tragedy
Oh, come back (come back)
Have me here (right here)
Hold me love (my love)
Be sincere
You've gone from me, whoa, whoa, tragedy

 

[MSGRET]

This is one of my favorite sad songs, Meat Loaf's "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"

 

[Bama fan]

Another Fleetwoods sad tale:

 

[donalddoowop]

The subject is sad lines in sad songs, not sad songs.

 

[uconnfan68]

Another Fleetwoods sad tale:

“Come softly to me” was a favorite of mine way back in the day. Thanks for the other Fleetwoods tunes.

 

[Bigboote]

Happy belated 75th birthday to Bob Marley, taken from us way too soon. Redemption song isn't exactly a sad song, but the first verse absolutely slays me:

Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pits

 

[MSGRET]

The subject is sad lines in sad songs, not sad songs.

"Now Don't be Sad....Cause Two out of Three Ain't Bad."

 

[JSB60]

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go


John Prine, Angel From Montgomery.

 

[Scud49]

Yea, John Prine. "Hello in There" has to be the saddest, most poignant song I've ever heard from him:

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
We worked together at the factory
But what could I say if asks "What's new?"

 

[donalddoowop]

Another Fleetwoods sad tale:

I quoted a line from that song at the beginning of this thread. The last line of the song. Also, how do you post a song on here like you did with that one. I have something I want you to hear.

 

[Hope]

love me, love me
pretend that you love me
leave me, leave me
just say that you need me