NationStates Jolt Archive

...you've heard in a song?

for me it's a tie between two Crowbar songs: Empty Room and Slave No More

Empty Room

I've tried to hide
Hide from so many things
At times I've lied to myself

I've built a room
I can't see anything
An empty room

I'm breaking out

There is no door
No sunlight coming in
Just concrete walls and loneliness

Footsteps of doom
I hear alone at night
This empty room

I'm breaking out

Now I'm on my way

can't find lyrics for the other song :(

There are sadder songs than this one, but for some reason it popped into my head so I thought I'd post it just the same. This song is quite sad for the fact that its writer, Bradley Nowell, predicted his own death in recording it.



Lying in my plasic bed,
thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom

Tying on the dinosaur
tonight it used to be so cool

Now I've got the needle
and I can bleed, but I can't breathe.
Take it away and I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war

Lying in my plasic bed
thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom

Tying on the dinosaur
tonight it used to be so cool

Now I've got the needle
and I can shake
but I can't breathe

Take it away and but I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
He was an amazing musician, the cage of the world is a place less bright for the loss of his plummage. :(

There are sadder songs than this one, but for some reason it popped into my head so I thought I'd post it just the same. This song is quite sad for the fact that its writer, Bradley Nowell, predicted his own death in recording it.


He was an amazing musician, the cage of the world is a place less bright for the loss of his plummage. :(
thats sad :(


reminds me of some Alice In Chains... *digs out some AIC lyrics*

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one

Just this part. Pure genious

Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses- A Death In The Family

not long ago but far away
a rainy winters day
all her pain she kept inside
could no longer hide
no cry for help
She killed herself
both life and love
could not be saved
she took them both to the grave

A pair of souls become undone
where were two now one
divided by this wall of death
I will soon join you yet
with my blood Ill find your love
you found the strength to end your life
as you did
so shall i

Oh no
Please please please dont go

A crimson pool so warm and deep
lulls me to an endless sleep
your hand in mine
i will be brave
take me from this earth
an endless night, this the end of my life
from the dark
I feel your lips
and taste your bloody kisses

I'm so soft and pessimistic, almost any lyrics will depress me.

HINT: Listen to Boulevard of Broken Dreams :rolleyes:

Tragically Hip's 'Wheat Kings'

Of course the song only has meaning if you know the story of David Milgaard (http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-74-713/people/milgaard/) (What this link doesn't mention, is that he is almost clinically insane now)


Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
Wheat Kings have all their treasures barried
All you hear are the rusty breezes
Pushing around the weather vane Jesus

In a zippo lighter you see the killer's face
Maybe it's someone standing in the killers place
Twenty Years for nothing well that nothing new
Besides no one is interested in something you didn't do
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
Lets just see what the morning brings

There's a dream he dreams where the high school is dead and stark
It's a museum and we're al locked up and after dark up in it and after dark
Where the walls are lined all yellow gray and sinister
Hung with pictures of our parents prime ministers
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
Lets just see what the tomorrow brings

Late breaking story on the CBC,
A nation whispers "we always know he'd go free"
They add "you can't be fond of living in the past,
Cause if you are then there is no way you are going to last"
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
Lets just see what the morning brings
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
Thats what tomorrow brings

It brings tears to my eyes to think of how life can be taken from someone in such a way. To paraphrase The Shawshank Redemption 'They put you in for life, and thats exactly what they take.' :(

id say it was a three way tie between "Hurt" - Nine inch nails, "Soma" - Smashing pumpkins and "Exit music (for a film)" - radiohead

Hurt:

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
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt

i wear this crown of shit
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
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt

if i could start again
a million miles away
i would keep myself
i would find a way


Soma:

Nothing left to say
And all I've left to do
Is run away
From you
And she led me on, down
With secrets I can't keep

Close your eyes and sleep
Don't wait up for me
Hush now don't you speak
To me

Wrapped my hurt in you
And took my shelter in that pain
The opiate of blame
Is your broken heart, your heart

So now I'm all by myself
As I've always felt
I'll betray my tears
To anyone caught in our ruse of fools

One last kiss from me...yeah
One last kiss good night

Didn't want to lose you once again
Didn't want to be your friend
Fulfilled a promise made of tin
And crawled back to you

I'm all by myself
As I've always felt
I'll betray myself
To anyone, lost, anyone but you

So let the sadness come again
On that you can depend on me, yeah
Until the bitter, bitter end of the world, yeah
When god sleeps in bliss

And I'm all by myself
As I've always felt
And I'll betray myself
To anyone


Exit music (for a film)

Wake from your sleep,
the drying of your tears,
Today we escape, we escape.

Pack and get dressed
before your father hears us,
before all hell breaks loose.

Breathe, keep breathing,
don't lose your nerve.
Breathe, keep breathing,
I can't do this alone.

Sing us a song,
a song to keep us warm,
there's such a chill, such a chill.

And you can laugh a spineless laugh,
we hope your rules and wisdom choke you.

And now we are one
in everlasting peace,

we hope that you choke, that you choke,
we hope that you choke, that you choke,
we hope that you choke, that you choke.

I'm so soft and pessimistic, almost any lyrics will depress me.
same here :|

but this one i think i most relate to
(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find
That I’m not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all that they can see the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

[Chorus]
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I’ve felt so long
(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And I’ve got nothing to say
I can’t believe I didn’t fall right down on my face

How's this for depressing:
kiss me goodbye pushing out before i sleep
can't you see i try swimming the same deep
water as you is hard "the shallow drowned lose
less than we" you breathe the strangest twist
upon your lips "and we shall be together..."

"kiss me goodbye bow your head and join with
me" and face pushed deep reflections meet
the strangest twist upon your lips and
dissapear the ripples clear and laughing break
against your feet and laughing break the mirror
sweet "so we shall be together..."

"kiss me goodbye" pushing out before i sleep
it's lower now and slower now the strangest
twist upon your lips but i don't see and i dont
feel but tightly hold up silently my hands
before my fading eyes and in my eyes your
smile the very last thing before i go...

i will kiss you i will kiss you i will kiss you
forever on nights like this i will kiss you i will
kiss you and we shall be together...

HINT: Listen to Boulevard of Broken Dreams :rolleyes:


but I love Tony Bennet

Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't live for tomorrow,
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out

I wanted more
Than life could ever grant me
Bored by the chore
Of saving face

Today is the greatest
Day I've never known
Can't wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I'll tear my heart out
Before I get out

Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings

Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day

I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you

Today is the greatest
Today is the greatest day
Today is the greatest day
That I have ever really known
.

"Away"

Cold am I
I'm beside myself
Because there's no one else
Have I grown
So blind
Only god could save you
If you knew your way to the light
So fly away
And leave it behind
Just stay awake
There's nowhere to hide

I see you
Cause you won't get out of my way
I hear you
Cause you won't quit screaming my name
I feel you
Cause you won't stop touching my skin
I need you
They're coming to take you away

Frail and dry
I could lose it all
But I cannot recall
It's all wrong
Don't cry
Clear away this hate
And we can start to make it alright
So fly away
And leave it behind
Return someday
With red in your eyes

I see you
Cause you won't get out of my way
I hear you
Cause you won't quit screaming my name
I feel you
Cause you won't stop touching my skin
I need you
They're coming to take you away

I see you
Cause you won't get out of my way
I hear you
Cause you won't quit screaming my name
I feel you
Cause you won't stop touching my skin
I need you
They're coming to take you away

I know It's Over by The Smiths

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well. Enough said.
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Oh ...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me ?
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
(Though she needs you
More than she loves you)
And I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Over and over and over and over
Over and over, la ...
I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me, and said :
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very good-looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight ?
I know ...
'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they're in each other's arms..."
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
Over, over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
Over, over
Love is Natural and Real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight, my love
Love is Natural and Real
But not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head


And also Asleep by The Smiths

I think that this song, from 1973, is probably one of the most depressing songs of all time. I know it is for me - and coincidentally, it's my most listened to song at 85 plays.

Oh, Angie, Oh, Angie, when will those dark clouds disappear
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried

Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said goodbye
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried

All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here
Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said goodbye

With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But angie, I still love you baby, ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you, come on baby, dry your eyes

But Angie, Angie ain't it good to be alive
Angie, Angie, they can't say we never tried

Seriously - depressing.

HINT: Listen to Boulevard of Broken Dreams :rolleyes:
believe me your life will be full without listening to this song
mainly cos "I" don't enjoy it but good luck to green day they deserve it
:D :D :D

Bread
Best Of Bread
Diary

I found her diary underneath a tree.
And started reading about me
The words she's written took me by surpise
You'd never read them in her eyes.
They said that she had found the love she waited for.
Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

When she confronted with the writing there,
Simply pretended not to care.
I passed it off as just in keeping with
Her total disconcerting air
And though she tried to hide
The love that she denied,
Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

And as i go through my life, i will give to her my wife
All the sweet things that i can find.

I found her diary underneath a tree.
And started reading about me.
The words began stick and tears to flow.
Her meaning now was clear to see.
The love she'd waited for was someone else not me
Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

And as i go through my life, i will wish for her his wife
All the sweet things that she can find
All the sweet things they can find

This was a group in the 70s that basically if you were depressed their music would convince you to end it all. Nearly every song they made was depressing.

I'm surprised more Radiohead lyrics haven't been posted yet. I'll vouch for No Surprises:

A heart that's full up like a landfill
a job that slowly kills you
bruises that won't heal
You look so tired-unhappy
bring down the government
they don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
a handshake of carbon monoxide

with no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
Silent- silence

This is my final fit
my final bellyache

with no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises please

Such a pretty house
and such a pretty garden

No alarms and no surprises
(get me out of here)
no alarms and no surprises
(get me out of here)
no alarms and no surprises please

I have to give this honor to Rudy, by Supertramp. It seems a lot of supertramp songs are pretty sad.


Rudy's on a train to nowhere, halfway down the line
He don't wanna get there, but he needs time
He ain't sophisticated, nor well-educated
After all the hours he wasted, still he needs time.
He needs time - he needs time for livin',
He needs time - for someone just to see him.
He ain't haid no lovin'
For no reason or rhyme
And the whole world's above him.
Well it's not as though he's fat-
No there's more to this than that-
See he tries to play it cool-
Wouldn't be nobody fool.

Rudy thought that all good things comes to those that wait
But recently he could see that it may come too late.

All through your life, all through the years
Nobody loved, nobody cared.
So dim the light, dark are your fears
Try as I might, I can't hold back the tears
How can you live without love, it's not fair?
Someone said give but I just didn't dare.
What good advice are you waiting to hear?
Hearing's alright for them that's all there
You'd better gain control now
You'd better show'em all now
You'd better make or break now
You'd better give and take now
You'll have to push and shove now
You'll have to find some love now
You'd better gain control now.
Now he's just come out the movie.
Numb of all the pain,
Sad but in a while he'll soon be
back on his train...

James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" (friend's suicide) REM's "Nightswimming" (planned suicide), Smashing Pumpkin's "For Martha" (planned suicide), and The Church's "Under the Milky Way"

Though you should all know the first one by heart...

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
You've got to help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things
to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now
Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I'm not sure all these people understand.
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away,
replaced by everyday.

Nightswimming, remembering that night.
September's coming soon.
I'm pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
could not describe nightswimming.

You, I thought I knew you.
You I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me,
this one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.

The photograph reflects,
every streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.

Whenever I run
Whenever I run to you lost one
It’s never done
Just hanging on

Just past has let me be
Returning as if dream
Shattered as belief

If you have to go don’t say goodbye
If you have to go don’t you cry
If you have to go I will get by
Someday I’ll follow you and see you on the other side

But for the grace of love
I’d will the meaning of
Heaven from above

Your picture out of time
Left aching in my mind
Shadows kept alive

If you have to go don’t say goodbye
If you have to go don’t you cry
If you have to go I will get by
I will follow you and see you on the other side

But for the grace of love
I’d will the meaning of
Heaven from above

Long horses we are born
Creatures more than torn
Mourning our way home

Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about the loveless fascination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Lower the curtain down on Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

And it's something quite peculiar
Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find
Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

Under the Milky way tonight..
Under the Milky Way tonight...

Someone had to start posting country - might just as well be me... next song, Folk: Simon and Garfunkle...



They packed up all his buckles
And shipped his saddle to his dad
And by the way the house looked
She must have took it bad
The workers come on Monday
To fix the door and patch the wall
They say she just went crazy
The night she got the call

He was up in Wyoming
And drew a bull no man could ride
He promised her he'd turn out
Well it turned out that he lied
And their dreams that they'd been livin'
In the California sand
Died right there beside him in Cheyenne

They she just went crazy
Screamin' out his name
She ran out into the ocean
And to this day they claim
That if you go down by the water
You'll see her footprints in the sand
'Cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne

They never found her body
Just her diary by her bed
It told about the fight they had
And the words that she had said
When he told her he was ridin'
She said then I don't give a damn
If you never come back from Cheyenne

They she just went crazy
Screamin' out his name
She ran out into the ocean
And to this day they claim
That you can go down by the water
And see her footprints in the sand
'Cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne

Nobody can explain it
Some say she's still alive
They even claim they've seen her
On the shoreline late at night
So if you go down by the water
You'll see her footprints in the sand
'Cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne

Every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne

So sad... just so sad.

I am just a poor boy and my story’s seldom told
I’ve squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin’ scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Li la li...

Asking only workman’s wages, I come lookin’ for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin’ even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than I’ll be, that’s not unusual
No it isn’t strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same

Li la li...

And I’m laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, goin’ home
Where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me, leadin’ me to go home

In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
’til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains

Li la li...

I'm surprised more Radiohead lyrics haven't been posted yet.
Kay.

That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

A green plastic watering can
For a fake chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth

That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns

He used to do surgery
On girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins

And it wears him out, it wears him out
It wears him out, it wears him out

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love

But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run

And it wears me out, it wears me out
It wears me out, it wears me out

And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time, all the time
Now more have.

Far far too many. 'Hurt' 'Tears in Heaven' 'Need your love so bad' 'October' 'Falling away with you' 'Torn' 'Lonely Girl' 'The Queen and the soldier'

And this one always gets to me because of who told me about it....

SAY ANYTHING
I used to know the sound
of a smile in your voice
but right now
all I feel
is the pain of the fighting
starting up again

All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my
All the things we laugh about
they’ll bring us through it every time

Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything

please don’t walk away
I know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything

Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers

but I don’t want that
no not for you
if you just stay with me
we can make it through

so here we are again
the same old argument
and now I'm wondering
if things will ever change
when will you laugh again
laugh like you did back then

And PM, nice to see you again :) :fluffle:

Tragically Hip's 'Wheat Kings'

Of course the song only has meaning if you know the story of David Milgaard (http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-74-713/people/milgaard/) (What this link doesn't mention, is that he is almost clinically insane now)



It brings tears to my eyes to think of how life can be taken from someone in such a way. To paraphrase The Shawshank Redemption 'They put you in for life, and thats exactly what they take.' :(

All too true... :(


All too true... :(

This is my sad song and although I have tons of them, this one is always in the top 5. I hesistated to post it because it didn't want to offend but here goes:
AS the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it like a friend
I was loading a new program I had ordered from a magazine
'Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must'
I press Execute

Hello, I know that youve been feeling tired
I bring you love, and deeper understanding
Hello, I know that you're unhappy
I bring you love and deeper understanding

Well, I've never felt such pleasure
Nothing else seemed to matter
I neglected my bodily needs
I did not eat, did not sleep
The intensity increasing
'Til my family found me and intervened

But I was lonelu I was lost
Without my little black box
I pick up the phone and go Execute

Hello, I know that youve been feeling tired
I bring you love, and deeper understanding
Hello, I know that you're unhappy
I bring you love and deeper understanding

I turn to my computer, like a friend
I need deeper understanding
Give me deeper understanding.

Kate Bush Deeper Understanding.

Mine (lol... after a bad break-up several years ago):

(beginning with second verse)

Everyone said that I would be just fine
Although they knew that my heart was torn in two
"You'll meet more girls, you'll have more fun...
You, my friend, are free."
Well it seems that change is kind...
To everyone but me.

I sit alone watching the sun explode
And I wonder if it's really gonna end
The lies you told left me without faith or hope
So I guess it's a little relief.

Oh, I sit alone watching the sun explode
And I wonder if it's really gonna end
The lies you told left me without faith or hope
So I guess it's a little relief.
Oh, now, a little relief.

All too true... :(
I know it's a messed up thing to say - but in cases like that, if it were me, I'd rather have been put to death than to have lived my life incarcerated. That is, if you can call it living - really I think it's just slow dying if you're in jail like that. And the worst part, the idea that you can pay someone to forget that they've been wrongfully branded a killer, a rapist, a psycho, put in jail, beaten, raped themselves, and eventually gone insane... it's simply ridiculous. The shame of it tears me apart. I'd rather be dead. :(

And this one always gets to me because of who told me about it....


Same reason I find this one depressing -


When I´m looking in your eyes
Everything seems to fade away
After all these years we had do I know you now
Have I trusted blindly in your love, too many times

You said: "hey, my love, I´m sorry but we can´t go on ´cause
I´m in love with someone else"
Tell me, what do you want me to say
When you treat me this way

Oh I love you, maybe?
And I hope it goes away
How I want you daily
I know it´s gonna stay

You are so self satisfied
Always ready for a ride
Double crossing, lousy cheat, love you anyway
You have warm and tender devils soul, you are so low

I can hear you say: "I´m sorry, should we still go on,
I´m not in love with that someone else"
Tell me, what do you want me to say
When you treat me this way

Oh I love you, maybe?
And I hope it goes away
How I want you daily
Tell me now that...

I have found the whore in you
Why can´t I tell you no
Time will show, the last word is for me
If you fail to see the problem we have, one room full of walls
Jar of love isn´t dry until the last drop falls

The moment I will step aside, you´re ready for another ride
Walking in the cool night air without underwear
You have red light burning in your soul, I´ve seen the glow

In every dream I have I say: "I´m not in love with you"
But every day I say I do
You have messed with my head so many times
Forced me to love you (spoken)

Now that...
I have found the whore in you
Why Can´t I tell you no
Time will show, the last word is for me
If you fail to see the problem we have, one room full of walls
I will try until the last drop falls

Now that...
I have found the whore in you
Why Can´t I tell you no
Time will show, the last word is for me
If you fail to see the problem we have, one room full of walls
I will try until the last drop falls

*Breaks down*

*Breaks down**huggles* y'ok?

And the last I will share

it's clear to me now
i understand
a jump of cards
in an idle man's hand
ohhh... you're sleeping
this is the story
of your leaving

i can win you with reason
i can make you agree
that way that i love you
it only makes sense
that you love me
but down through the sad facts
i'm sifting
you did not think this
without help from me

i've called a taxi
it's coming at dawn
i said send the best one
it's a long long lonely ride
to find your perfect lover
for your lover
and the morning light is breaking

i thought i heard
someone screaming outside
but it was only a bus
pulling away

love is a strange thing
it depends what one gives
and sometimes to give means
give someone away
ohhh... you're sleeping
the same sad pillow
said you're leaving

i move with your breathing
i breathe with your beauty
your sweet heaviness
your deep voice your soft neck i press my face
did you call me?
it's only the trees outside flailing
it's only the sirens that are wailing

hurry up driver
you're going to slow
can't you go faster
it's a long, long, lonely ride
to find the perfect lover for your lover
and rhe morning light's just breaking

Jane Siberry - The Taxi Ride

Been there, hope to never do it again

*huggles* y'ok?
:S no actually. I've not listened to that song in about a year...and it still really gets to me. Bah.

:S no actually. I've not listened to that song in about a year...and it still really gets to me. Bah.
I'll be home in an hour if you need to talk? You can always IM me Rasselas - I can listen just as well as talk. *hugs*

Saetia - Venus and Bacchus

(person 1):
"close my eyes
pull my heart strings
pour my tears from your hands
'connections are never easy,' you said
empty words
empty soul
I believe that we are afraid of one another"
(person 2):
"and I, I believe that you have died within me"
...I fade from myself
I miss you again
I fade from myself
I miss you again...again
(what have we got?)
bloody broken and hidden away
I seek the rope from which we will hang
or so it seems
or so it seems
the dance of flesh on flesh has rendered us blind
(person 1):
"I look into eyes, I look into stone
it's better to be stepped on than left all alone...
so now I choke on yesterday when I was someone
and I wonder where 'forever' went
and how our 'everything' came undone
I opened my eyes and the heaven beneath us died."

Mad World. I listen to the recent Gary Jules version.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places
Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going no where
Going no where
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression
No expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow
No tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen
Sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me
No one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson
Look right through me
Look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world
:(

Beatles' Eleanor Rigby

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding
has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by
the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will
hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's
nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her
name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from
the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

I'll be home in an hour if you need to talk? You can always IM me Rasselas - I can listen just as well as talk. *hugs*

Awww thats really sweet *hugs*....I'm off to bed now though to wallow in self pity :( However, you might be getting some pretty depressed IM's tomorrow if I wake up feeling crap....:S

....Damn that song.

Does anyone here think that the lyrics to "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson are depressing (or at least not the happiest of song lyrics)? Or maybe it's just me, trying to find any random lyrics to post here ;) ...

O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad.
O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad.
Hi. I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a
message, just start talking at the sound of the tone.
Hello? This is your Mother. Are you there? Are you
coming home?
Hello? Is anybody home? Well, you don't know me,
but I know you.
And I've got a message to give to you.
Here come the planes.
So you better get ready. Ready to go. You can come
as you are, but pay as you go. Pay as you go.

And I said: OK. Who is this really? And the voice said:
This is the hand, the hand that takes. This is the
hand, the hand that takes.
This is the hand, the hand that takes.
Here come the planes.
They're American planes. Made in America.
Smoking or non-smoking?
And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom
of night shall stay these couriers from the swift
completion of their appointed rounds.

'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice.
And when justive is gone, there's always force.
And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom!

So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. So hold me,
Mom, in your long arms.
In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms.
In your arms.
So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.
Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms.
In your electronic arms.

Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)

Wake from your sleep
And dry all your tears
Today we escape
We escape
Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before all Hell breaks loose

Breathe, keep breathing
Don't loose your nerve
Breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this alone

Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm

There's such a chill
Such a chill

You can laugh
A spineless laugh
We hope your rules and
Wisdom choke you
Now we are one
In everlasting peace
We hope that you choke
That you choke
We hope that you choke
That you choke
We hope that you choke
That you choke

The first bit of "Subterranean Homesick Alien", by Radiohead(more Radiohead on the list! woo!)
The breath of the morning
I keep forgetting.
The smell of the warm summer air.

I live in a town
where you can't smell a thing,
you watch your feet
for cracks in the pavement.

Up above
aliens hover
making home movies
for the folks back home,

of all these weird creatures
who lock up their spirits,
drill holes in themselves
and live for their secrets.

Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's there...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What's there...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)

When I am king, you will be first against the wall
(with) your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's there...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
What's there...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy
You don't remember
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does...

Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me

That's it sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!

I think Toad the Wet Sprocket or some such male duo sang this (it was a hit at least a decade ago):

------------------------

Can't Cry Hard Enough

I'm gonna live my life
Like every day's the last
Without a simple goodbye
It all goes by so fast

And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

I'm gonna open my eyes
And see for the first time
I've let go of you like
A child letting go of his kite

There it goes up in the sky
There it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

I'm gonna look back in vain
And see you standing there
When all that remains
Is just an empty chair

And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

There it goes up in the sky
There it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

Yeah definitely "I Know Its Over" by the Smiths, not gonna print the lyrics, somebody already did. "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen is pretty bad too. "hurt" was a good choice too, but only when Johnny Cash sings it. Who the hell picked "Today" by the pumpkins? that's one of the most positive lyrics ever written.

Who the hell picked "Today" by the pumpkins? that's one of the most positive lyrics ever written.
i always took it as sarcasm

Radiohead always get to me, but not for the lyrics. No, they make make depresing music, but it's not usually because of the lyrics. Still geniuses.

Anyone who's a fan of the Dresden Dolls will know how bloody edgy Amanda Palmer's lyrics can get sometimes...

The Perfect Fit

i could make a dress
a robe fit for a prince
i could clothe a continent
but i can't sew a stitch

i can paint my face
and stand very very still
its not very practical
but it still pays the bills

i can't change my name
but i could be your type
i can dance and win at games
like backgammon and life

i used to be the smart one
sharp as a tack
funny how that skipping years ahead
has held me back

i used to be the bright one
top in my class
funny what they give you when you
just learn how to ask

i can write a song
but i cant sing in key
i can play piano
but i never learned to read

i can't trap a mouse
but i can pet a cat
no i'm really serious!
i'm really very good at that

i can't fix a car
but i can fix a flat
i could fix alot of things
but i'd rather not get into that

i used to be the bright one
smart as a whip
funny how you slip so far when
teachers dont keep track of it

i used to be the tight one
the perfect fit
funny how those compliments can
make you feel so full of it

i can shuffle cut and deal
but i can't draw a hand
i can't draw a lot of things
i hope you understand
i'm not exceptionally shy
but i've never had a man
that i could look straight in the eye
and tell my secret plans

i can take a vow
and i can wear a ring
and i can make you promises but
they won't mean a thing

can't you do it for me, i'll pay you well
fuck i'll pay you anything if you could end this

can't you just fix it for me, it's gone berserk...
fuck i'll give you anything if
you can make the damn thing work

can't you just fix it for me, ill pay you well,
fuck ill pay you anything
if you can end this
hello, i love you will you tell me your name?
hello, i'm good for nothing - will you love me just the same?

And then there's the utter classic that is The Door's The End:

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land

Lost in a Roman...wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah

There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby

Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake...he's old, and his skin is cold

The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we'll do the rest

The blue bus is callin' us
The blue bus is callin' us
Driver, where you taken' us

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door...and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother...I want to...fuck you

C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
C'mon, yeah

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die

This is the end

The most depressing (and often the best into the bargain) lyrics tend to be from those singers who are also poets - Morrissey of Smiths fame is a good example.

i've been looking so long at these pictures of
you that i almost believe that they're real i've
been living so long with my pictures of you that
i almost believe that the pictures are all i can
feel

remembering you standing quiet in the rain as
i ran to your heart to be near and we kissed as
the sky fell in holding you close how i always
held close in your fear remembering you
running soft through the night you were bigger
and brighter than the snow and
screamed at the make-beleive screamed at the
sky and you finally found all your courage to
let it all go

remembering you fallen into my arms crying
for the death of your heart you were stone
white so delicate lost in the cold you were
always so lost in the dark remembering you
how you used to be slow drowned you were
angels so much more than everything oh hold
for the last time then slip away quietly open
my eyes but i never see anything

if only i had thought of the right words i could
have hold on to your heart if only i'd thought of
the right words i wouldn't be breaking apart all
my pictures of you

looking so long at these pictures of you but i
never hold on to your heart looking so long for
the words to be true but always just breaking
apart my pictures of you

there was nothing in the world that i ever
wanted more than to feel you deep in my heart
there was nothing in the world that i ever
wanted more than to never feel the breaking
apart all my pictures of you
hopelessly drift in the eyes of the ghost again
down on my knees and my hands in the air again
pushing my face in the memory of you again
but i never know if it's real never know how i
wanted to feel never quite said what i wanted
to say to you never quite managed the words to
explain to you never quite knew how to make
them believable and now the time has gone
another time undone hopelessly fighting the
devil futility feeling the moster climb deeper
inside of me feeling him gnawing my heart away
hungrily i'll never lose this pain never dream of
you again
.

Most depressing, especially as time passes.

"Happy Birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday dear 1 year closer to death,
happy birthday to you."

I can't decide. I think the words of Brick by Ben Folds Five are more depressing, but somehow One Headlight just strikes a stronger chord with me.

Brick - Ben Folds Five
6 am, day after Christmas,
I throw some clothes on in the dark.
The smell of cold,
Car seat is freezing.
The world is sleeping,
I am numb.
Up the stairs to her apartment,
She is balled up on the couch.
Her mom and dad, went down to Charlotte,
they're not home to find us out.
And we drive
Now that I have found someone,
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before.
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly.
they call her name, at 7:30,
I pace around the parking lot.
then I walk down,
to buy her flowers,
And sell some gifts that I got.
Can't you see,
It's not me you're dying for.
Now she's feeling more alone,
Then she ever has before.
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly,
off the coast and I'm headed nowhere.
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly.
As weeks went by,
It showed that she was not fine.
They told me son, it's time to tell the truth.
She broke down, and I broke down,
Cause I was tired of lying.
Driving home, to her apartment,
For the moment we're alone.
She's alone,
I'm alone,
Now I know it.

One Headlight - The Wallflowers

So long ago, I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees

I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place

[Chorus:]
Hey, come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me & Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

She said it's cold
It feels like Independence Day
And I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sun up ahead
At the county line bridge
Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothin' left
She hit the end-it's just her window ledge

[chorus]

Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn
Well it smells of cheap wine & cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams
I think her death it must be killin' me

[chorus]

Ok, I decided- One headlight is much more depressing.

Bob Ricci - Depressing Rock Song

I grew up in a little suburbia
I graduated at the top of my class
My parents loved me, my friends they all envied
The kind of life that they all knew that I had
I got accepted to an Ivy League college
My Mom and Dad paid every step of the way
I’m graduated now in financial freedom
I’m getting thousands of job offers a day

But Uncle Cliffy said to follow my passion
He told me I should always do what I like
I’ve always dreamed of someday being a rock star
So I went out and did my hair in a spike
I got a tattoo and a couple of piercings
I threw out all my Abercrombie and Fitch
But when I started on my rock and roll lyrics
I realized there might be one tiny hitch

Cause I ain’t had no dire trauma
And I ain’t got no burning pain
Ain’t got no reason to be angry
Ain’t got no reason to complain, yeah

I’m trying to write a depressing rock song
But everything in my life is OK
I ain’t got no depressing story
I’ve never really even had a bad day

My girlfriend told me she’d be into a threesome
I won the lottery the first time I played
I saved a family from a burning apartment
I'm being honered in a local parade
I've just been chozen as the new Dalai Lama
I won the nobel prize for just being me
I wish so bad that something awful would happen
So I can finally feel some kind of grief

Cause I ain't got no brooding anger
And I can't bring myself to hate
I'm so happy and elated
Everything is just so great, yeah

I’m trying to write a depressing rock song
But everything in my life is OK
How will I ever make the top 40?
If I don’t scream and yell and fuss and complain?

I’m trying to write a depressing rock song
But everything in my life is OK
I’m trying to sing about how tough that I’ve had it, but
The silver spoon, it always gets in my way

I’m trying to write a depressing rock song
But everything in my life is OK
I ain’t got no depressing story
But I won’t let this killer riff go to waste

(I’m trying to write a depressing rock song)
I’m so happy
(I’m trying to write a depressing rock song)
I’m so happy
(I’m trying to write a depressing rock song)
I’m so happy
(I’m trying to write a depressing rock song)
I’m so happy
(I’m trying to write a depressing rock song)
I’m so happy

i agree, radiohead are the most depressing, but also the greatest band in the whole world.

MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

Red wine and sleeping pills
Help me get back to your arms
Cheap sex and sad films
Help me get back where I belong

I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe

Stop sending letters
Letters always get burned
It's not like the movies
They fed us on little white lies

I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe

I will see you in the next life

YOU AND WHOSE ARMY?

Come on, come on
You think you drive me crazy
Come on, come on
You and whose army?
You and your cronies
Come on, come on
Holy Roman empire
Come on if you think
Come on if you think
You can take us on
You can take us on

You and whose army?
You and your cronies

You forget so easy
We ride tonight
Ghost Horses

TALK SHOW HOST

I want to, I want to be someone else or I'll explode
Floating upon the surface for
The birds, the birds, the birds

You want me, well fucking well come and find me
I'll be waiting with a gun and a pack of sandwiches
And nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

You want me, well, come on and break the door down
You want me, fucking come on and break the door down
I'm ready,
I'm ready,
I'm ready,
I'm ready
I'm ready

Yeah definitely "I Know Its Over" by the Smiths, not gonna print the lyrics, somebody already did. "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen is pretty bad too. "hurt" was a good choice too, but only when Johnny Cash sings it. Who the hell picked "Today" by the pumpkins? that's one of the most positive lyrics ever written.


"Today" is supposed to be sarcastic, if you look at it its acctually about self harm and suicide. Its not acctually about having a really great day.

HINT: Listen to Boulevard of Broken Dreams :rolleyes:

Errrr... NO!!! I don't need to hear anymore overdone, over-commercialised, half-punk, slightly-grunge, slightly-pop music. Especially not American Idiot. Green Day's old stuff is great, though. Just anyone who thinks BOBD is depressing really does think that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... sorry, I'm just generally pissed off today, and no, I'm not a goth...

HINT: Listen to "Auf Acshe" by Franz Ferdinand

i am waiting for some european wiseass to say the star bangled banner.

And then there's the utter classic that is The Door's The End:

Drat. Stole my one....

Umm...okay. This is my interpretation because all of the others I found online I think are wrong.


Don't try to take me away, like I can't live without you.
Today...making love tomorrow.
Some way, swooping, you're so fragile...
Died today, you disgraced the mortal.

Find me lately, tied to someone,
We've been laughing...since you've been gone.
And I want to know, did you all enjoy the show?
It's so sad to see you go.

And you know...I'm home.
Alone...Always on his own.

Hangin' low today, I replace the highway.
Love the only way, linking hands the wrong way.
So I better see you go...
It's so sad to see you go...
I just thought I'd let you know.

And you know...

hidden underneath an upbeat sort of song, against me! - "pints of guinness make you strong" has this to say:

evelyn sits by the elevator doors
it's been 37 years since james dies on st. patrick's day in 1964
but she could not hold it against him
there were times when there was nothing she could do
but lie in bed all day beside a picture of them together
a picture of better days

and just like james, i'll be drinking irish tonight
and the memory of his last work week wil be gone forever
evelyn i'm not coming home tonight
if we're never together
if I'm never back again
well I swear to god that I'll love you forever
evelyn i'm not coming home tonight
in all the years that went by she said she'd always love him
and from the day that he died she never loved again

in his wallet she kept in her nightstand an a.a. card and a lock of red hair
she kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart
it killed a part of her before the rest was gone.

she said, "if I would have known just how things would have ended up
I just would have let myself die."

edit:
just remembered where a free mp3 of this song is
http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/AgainstPints.mp3

i am waiting for some european wiseass to say the star bangled banner.

the star bangled banner








there, happy? :D

I can't decide. I think the words of Brick by Ben Folds Five are more depressing, but somehow One Headlight just strikes a stronger chord with me.Since I came into this thread to post those two...

Erm... Goo Goo Doll's Iris or 3EB's Losing a Whole Year. Not in the mood to deal with Googling either, though.

Metallica: Unforgiven, or Nothing else matters.