Sad songs

Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick

I got to say it and it's hard for me
You got me crying like I thought I would never be
Love is believing, but you let me down
How can I love you when you ain't around

And I get to the morning and you never call
Love should be everything or not at all
And it don't matter whatever you do
I made a life out of loving you

Only to find any dream that I follow is dying
I'm crying in the rain
I could be searching my world for a love everlasting
Feeling no pain
When will we meet again

Why do you have to be a heartbreaker
Is it a lesson that I never knew
Got to get out of the spell that I'm under
My love for you

Why do you have to be a heartbreaker
When I was being what you want me to be
Suddenly, everything I ever wanted
Has passed me by
This world may end
Not you and I

My love is stronger than the universe
My soul is crying for you and that cannot be reversed
You made the rules and you could not see
You made a life out of hurting me

Out of my mind, I am held by the power of you, love
Tell me when do we try
Or should we say goodbye

Why do you have to be a heartbreaker
When I was being what you want me to be
Suddenly, everything I ever wanted
Has passed me by

Oh, why do you have to be a heartbreaker
Is it a lesson that I never knew
Suddenly, everything I ever wanted
My love for you

Oh, why do you have to be a heartbreaker
When I was being what you want me to be
Suddenly everything I ever wanted
Has passed me by

Tell me, why do you have to be a heartbreaker

Thank you. I love Dionne Warwick. Happy that she is still with us. Reminds me of my childhood. And the records my dad would bring home. I have a feeling the next year is gonna look a lot different for me. But much like the rest of my life, music is the one thing that can keep me alive.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxH9-TYseY
 
No idea why I think this qualifies as sad, there's a joyousness but a melancholy in his voice and the lyrics too. Sufjan is just not of this earth and doesn't follow our rules...

https://youtu.be/SKZYb_S_KBg
 
Something a bit different then. The lyric to this has added poignancy when you've read some of the back story to Reich and his bizarre theories, the love his son had for him, and the line "your son's coming out", near the start when Peter/Kate pockets the book. Plus Donald fucking Sutherland in your video? Way to create a melancholic masterpiece.

https://youtu.be/pllRW9wETzw
 
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I'm gonna have to get out of here or I'll be here all night.

This one, I'll beseech anybody who happens on this reply, do not skip it. You probably haven't heard it before (but if you know it, props on your excellent taste). Click the link. Stick with the song to the chorus. Gay Woods will break your fucking heart. The end.

https://youtu.be/CcuRUC3XQVE
 
Have to admit I first heard the Johnny Cash version, but then later found the NIN original, at which point I was unable to listen to Johnny's any more. Can't forgive him the lyric change. Trent had it right and while Johnny makes it a sad song, the NIN one is emotionally shattering. Like I have to have a drink to calm down from it shattering.
 
Have to admit I first heard the Johnny Cash version, but then later found the NIN original, at which point I was unable to listen to Johnny's any more. Can't forgive him the lyric change. Trent had it right and while Johnny makes it a sad song, the NIN one is emotionally shattering. Like I have to have a drink to calm down from it shattering.

Cool yeah I prefer the NIN one. I like Johnny Cash well enough but just prefer every version over any of his. His Becks Rowboat comes close but still original is better.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl8mOT07T90
 
Oh man. Waltz 2. Now that's a sad song.

https://youtu.be/RWn9ocrMhlE

Dude Elliot is the saddest. Kings Crossing is a fcking suicide letter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05iyJ6-VgxQ

But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date
With a rich wife lady
Ain't life great?
Give me one good reason not to do it
Because we love you
So do it
This is the place where time reverses
And dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me get carried away
 
Hurt - Johnny Cash

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
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

One of my favorites...his voice is so good for this song.
 
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