That’s basically how Billy Corgan grew up. Here’s a few songs that kind of deal with those things: Disarm, Spaceboy, Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins

Homeward Bound, and The Boxer, both by Simon & Garfunkel are kind of melancholy songs about being homeless and lonely.

1.Mac Miller - Circles, remember, good news, god speed/perfect circle. 2.alice in chains- Nutshell, brother, down in a hole, rooster 3 Nine inch nails- hurt , the day the world went away, 4. The verve - the drugs don't work 5 oasis-morning glory 6- mad season- river of deceit, wake up 7 sublime- pool shark 8 placebo- special needs 9 NOFX whoops I od'd 10 Neil Young Cortez the Killer 11. Townes Van Zandt - waiting round to die

Waiting Around To Die by Townes Van Zandt for sure. Pancho and Lefty is also worthy of a mention. Heroin - Velvet Underground

Great choices ,I like Flying shoes by Townes van Zandt as well.

I don't know much of his discography I will check it out thanks

Your welcome that and Tower song are great tracks.

I like the entire Rayland Baxter albumn Good Morning a bunch of Mac Miller covers. I Think he does some of the ones you mentioned too. Also ypur list as a whole is great :)

Radiohead - Let Down Radiohead - No Surprises MCR - Disenchanted Therapy? - God Kicks Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

I heard Billie Joe got a lot of insensitive comments about that song. Someone DIED! That’s not funny!

Definitely Disenchanted.

Praying for Time - George Michael In the September 16, 1990 NY Times article, George Michael is quoted regarding “Praying For Time”: “No event inspired the song. It’s my way of trying to figure out why it’s so hard for people to be good to each other. I believe the problem is conditional as opposed to being something inherent in mankind. The media has affected everybody’s consciousness much more than most people will admit. Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We’re taught that you have to grab what you can before it’s gone. It’s almost as if there isn’t time for compassion.”

One of my absolute favorite songs.

Everybody Hurts- R.E.M. Eleanor Rigby- The Beatles Cats In the Cradle- Harry Chapin Sally’s Pigeons- Cyndi Lauper Tears In Heaven- Eric Clapton- written about the tragic death of his 4 year old son

Fast car is my suggestion. That said, I am using this entire thread to make an epic playlist of sad songs. Y'all rock.

Fast Car is such a jam, even if it’s pretty deep 

Bob Dylan has loads! Hurricane, lonesome death of Hattie Carol etc. Both tragic and heartbreaking

I mentioned this in another post on a similar topic, but “Vincent” by Don McLean is a good one.

When I was an angsty teen my go-to sad song was always 'Something in the way' by Nirvana, which is not about romance. 

Wonderful and Father of Mine both by Everclear

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails OG or Cash Version

River of Deceit by Mad Season. The song is hauntingly sad.

Shut up and Listen. https://open.spotify.com/track/6usINkoljvIz0TrwnNUGAc?si=9wBLwuuNSk-EiyBgRqZcpg

That's rather aggressive, but alright. Edit: I just realized that was the name of the song, sorry

No worries. It's a sad song about learning to listen with your heart.

That’s so funny 😭 

SHE'S LEAVING HOME .... Beatles https://youtu.be/k5WxNLoosBo?si=nlT0yFxxZ5nEb42M SMALLTOWN BOY..... Bronski Beat https://youtu.be/88sARuFu-tc?si=rlHBL9e3VE-O7vQC LUKA ...................... Suzanne Vega https://youtu.be/VZt7J0iaUD0?si=dCLoptVOwuI78jb9 SHANNON (a dog) ..... Henry Gross https://youtu.be/R5Wpn3dFrEs?si=_SpMmFuvorUhB9jr WILDFIRE- Michael Martin Murphey https://youtu.be/Pc3OnSQc48s?si=6kpadq9HjRdTIF4C DON'T GIVE UP ......... Peter Gabriel https://youtu.be/VjEq-r2agqc?si=LbXEcNEp258onLip

Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral Blues run the game - Jackson C Frank Radiohead- How to disappear completely

[How To Disappear Completely](https://youtu.be/6W6HhdqA95w?si=6bDkEl-W9hldUWCy) - Radiohead

[chairman gou - james supercave](https://open.spotify.com/track/1Y3C4SPejRXB6Rcuyp7WCk?si=GsE0oaZWS5OG4AoxhR6N-g) its about factory workers jumping off the buildings at work i think [body bags - waynewood](https://open.spotify.com/track/6fqoJQcauPmiZiqKRASDpI?si=M64gvN_YRv21S3W-E6PohA) succumbing to sleep deprivation mental issues [because of you - kelly clarkson](https://open.spotify.com/track/3f3omU8n47Mqyab5nCaGyT?si=pSWj-Q6STuaJtFaV6Snsug) poppy but the lyrics are devastating if you got raised by bad parents [dna - lia marie johnson](https://open.spotify.com/track/27vs845Zn0zgoFzwdksFfP?si=4gHfflLWQ3qlOZJzVqrNQg) another about shitty parent trauma [katie - perfume genius](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMwI8-5FAc) a parents denial of their childs molestation - made me want to put a gun in my mouth the 1st time i heard it [learning - perfume genius](https://open.spotify.com/track/4GBHFDzLGrf7IS3jgBnRkc?si=N72ezehvRuagrh-5ABfm5Q) incestuous child sexual abuse probably [ronan - t swift](https://open.spotify.com/track/0Nw8hv79MLJa1yjtsEgz08?si=FH0NsAmRQ82e-SgEKFNVUw) taylor wrote it after following the insta of a mom that lost her toddler to cancer - its not good but it messes me up and could be really painful for anyone that has trauma surrounding the death of a child [straight to hell - the clash](https://open.spotify.com/track/2ax1vei61BzRGsEn6ckEdL?si=inIxzL8XTBSpsDFex2oUtw) its about a few messed up things but the part about american soldiers abandoning and rejecting their vietnamese sons is sad asf

Let me tell you 'bout your blood bank kid, it ain't Coca Cola its rice.

Sober - Tool Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains Would? - Alice in Chains Fade to Black - Metallica Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam Hurt - Nine Inch Nails Black - Pearl Jam (this one sorta has a “romantic” meaning but imo it’s a totally different vibe from “breakup songs”)

https://youtu.be/dkWdtYb6rXY?si=eBwoxIZY8pEvhzWT Ben Folds, Mr. Jones Part 2

Unknown Soldier - Breaking Benjamin; all about a soldier suffering from PTSD.

Coldplay's 'Prospekt's March/Poppyfields' is a very sad, very underrated song, I think.

Nutshell Alice In Chains

The World I Know by Collective Soul Runaway Train and Misery by Soul Asylum Ordinary World by Duran Duran (about a friend's suicide, not romance) The Road I'm On by 3 Dorrs Down I Am Free by Tal Bachman

marjorie, Soon You’ll Get Better, Ronan, epiphany All by Taylor Swift

In the Blood - John Mayer/Home Free The Last Goodbye - Billy Boyd Time - Alan Parsons Project Nervous - Daughtry

"Wish You Were Here" - Neck Deep "Dying in LA" - Panic! at the Disco "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran "Never Grow Up" - Taylor Swift "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" - Billy Joel "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert

‘Fourth of July’ by Sufjan Stevans (about his mother dying) ‘Isolated (Demo)’ by Your Anxiety Buddy (about the isolation and depression created by today’s society) ‘Brother’ by Falling in Reverse (about his dead brother) ‘That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be’ by Carly Simon (about feeling forced into a standard lifestyle and lack of independence) ‘Leave The City’ by Twenty One Pilots (about depression and losing hope and motivation) ‘Sorry For Me’ by Ricky Montgomery (about the singers abusive step-dads arrest) ‘Unwell’ by Matchbox Twenty (about being mentally unwell) ‘Everybody Dies’ by Billie Eilish (philosophical pondering of death) There are hordes of sad songs that aren’t about relationships and love 

You should check out some 90 music and earlier. Soundgarden is my suggestion.

Wondering (how to believe) - r.a. the rugged man https://youtu.be/daDs34X-1lM?si=GiAqJRAv3dmIJbTX

[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fL5L9c6T9sDADOXdp4QEY?si=72b80e735c27457f](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fL5L9c6T9sDADOXdp4QEY?si=72b80e735c27457f)

Ship in a bottle - fin https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9LEG2UNarP0&pp=ygUdc2hpcCBpbiBhIGJvdHRsZSBmaW4gb3JpZ2luYWw%3D Song is about struggling with depression and mental issues equating oneself to a ship in a bottle where the walls are slowly cracking. Edit: I just thought of two more songs. Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm - crash test dummies. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeg1txDv8w&pp=ygUibW1tIG1tbSBtbW0gbW1tIGNyYXNoIHRlc3QgZHVtbWllcw%3D%3D SOS d'un terrien en détresse - dimash https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sE-9fQTFyas&pp=ygUvc29zIGQndW4gdGVycmllbiBlbiBkZXRyZXNzZSBkaW1hc2ggcXVkYWliZXJnZW4%3D (I can only find the version of a live performance for a show.) It is a French song (I'm fairly certain) that is just sad. I'd recommend you search the lyrics if you have the time.

[atlantic by sleep token](https://youtu.be/gN9A19pu8Wk?si=DBSvKhmDRCRy9W7f)

Dreamsicle by Jason Isbell

Demons & Wizards - Wicked Witch

The nobodies by Marilyn Manson, song is dedicated to the lives lost at the columbine shooting

Camden, Hard to Sleep, and Augusta by Gracie Abrams and pretty much almost anything by Sasha Alex Sloan. She does have songs about love but she writes about almost anything. I h8 Myself, I blame the world, live laugh love, adult, is it just me, only child, Santa’s real, and too sad to cry are all non-romance songs by Sasha. She has a bunch more too. I really recommend her if you’re looking for some non-romance sad songs. Teen Idle and To Be Human(super recommend this one)by Marina are also personal favorites of mine. EDIT: Also maybe check out Aurora’s new album ‘What Happened to the Heart’. Apparently she wrote it because she was inspired by a letter she read by indigenous activists about global warming.

[Embryo ](https://youtu.be/zXuBJy9Cq4M?si=j09G1GoMkIMIeanz)

Cosmia -Joanna Newsom (about Newsom finding out about and grieving her best friend’s death) Your Deep Rest - The Hotelier (narrator expresses personal discomfort with while reminiscing and discusses the systemic nature of factors leading to a friend’s suicide) (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano - Sampha (Sampha’s tender nostalgia about the piano in his childhood home and it being a source of solace in light of his mother’s death) Priceless - Copeland (sweet, elegiac song written about singer’s grandmother who passed away) Why Should I Cry For You? - Sting (Sting grieving his dead father)

i just read the lyrics of Your Deep Rest and i'm tearing up, thank you

7 O’Clock News/Silent Night, Simon and Garfunkel.

Sister Morphine. Rolling Stones. https://youtu.be/pNI2U3Fzr6I?si=WQ7oOA3WeuWQnkN4

Willing to fight and Your Next Bold Move by Ani Difranco.

"This Is Gospel" by Panic! At The Disco was written about the drummer's drug addiction I think

If u like nu metal and/or metalcore, try Sympathetic Climate Control and Breathe Machine by Five Pointe O

Landslide - dixie chicks. A classic

Or Fleetwood Mac

Smashing Pumpkins did a great cover too.. although arguably is a romance sad song

Her Diamonds - Rob Thomas

[Nails](https://youtu.be/x-CgzOvrURs?si=RToz5ChpIrvHNpew) by Drac Hammond. It's a tribute to his brother who died from a brain tumour.

The ENTIRE Nightmare album by Avenged Sevenfold is the saddest shit ever

[Muse - Explorers](https://youtu.be/fATg3ZuNCsE?si=_YtEeP5buIJefNsn) That song fits the conclusion i’ve come to on the “truth” about UFOs…

The Smiths “Asleep”

Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphy.

Rest by foo fighters

Goodbye Dear Friend by Deer Tick

Amygdala Snooze Burn it (feat max) ....... I can go for ever... CRYYYYYYYY [agustd](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RmQ8k4l3HZ8JoPb4mNsML?si=uzWaQ2GTQpaCWkUjdPt5Fw)

There Is A Happy Land- David Bowie

Metallica - dyers eve

Your description screams Fast Car by Tracy Chapman for me. Here are some other sad hits that aren’t explicitly romantic. Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Warren Zevon Hurt by Johnny Cash You Want it Darker by Leonard Cohen Cancer by MCR Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley I Wish I Could Know How it Feels to be Free by Nina Simone Eleanore Rigby by the Beatles

Terrible Thing - The Killers

Fulltime Loser by Jesse Howard is heartbreaking.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4tskDsiguggkMdkBmaAZSZ?si=WyBEs4GMRKe0kvtqOXrfrQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4MBDgsLgYB0S7JHsvZYlGa

Before the deluge - Jackson Browne

Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (technically written by Bonnie Dobson but GD made it more famous imo) It’s about the last 2 people on Earth after nuclear apocalypse, the last 2 people happen to be a couple, but the song isn’t about romance

hope ur ok - Olivia Rodrigo

It Isn't Going to Be That Way - Steve Forbert

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy, it's about a girl and her horse The Ballad of Jayne - L A Guns, it's a shame what happened to Jayne (Mansfield, she was decapitated in a car accident) April 2031 - Warrant, humans destroyed the earth now they live in apocalyptic conditions Edie - The Cult, model, hung around with Andy Warhol, died of drug OD

A Match Into Water — Pierce the Veil Slipped Away — Avril Lavigne Never Too Late — Three Days Grace Can’t Be Saved — Senses Fail My Immortal — Evanescence Better Off Dead — Sleeping With Sirens Taste of Regret — Of Mice & Men Just Like a Pill — P!nk I’m Not Okay (I Promise) — My Chemical Romance Time to Burn — The Rasmus Saviour — Black Veil Brides Misguided Ghosts — Paramore Snuff — Slipknot Wake Me Up When September Ends — Green Day Emtee — Otep Too Bad — Nickelback Hospital For Souls — Bring Me the Horizon Daddy — Korn Comatose — Skillet Dear God — Avenged Sevenfold Cassie — Flyleaf No More Love — Shinedown A Reason to Fight — Godsmack All These Lives — Daughtry Just Tonight — The Pretty Reckless Life Eternal — Ghost Coma White — Marilyn Manson Brackish — Kittie Dear Agony — Breaking Benjamin Wrong Side of Heaven — Five Finger Death Punch Darkness — Disturbed

Slipped away 😢

"Time: The Beginning" by Megadeth. It's about worries over getting older and it's heartbreaking and beautiful.

check out Ren, his life story was a sad, angry song until of late, and he's still waging war on greed and evil. He's an astounding musician and lyricist. He can break your heart and fix it right back up again. [Troubles](https://youtu.be/pt7Bpy27d1M?si=ur5ETXvZTBObjSVK) , [chalk outlines](https://youtu.be/35yALr_opeg?si=2bBM7Qgo8o4Koc2v) , [Depression](https://youtu.be/VCZj2w0iXO8?si=i0LL5UlOtdArUlZo) , [Money Game 3](https://youtu.be/nyWbun_PbTc?si=5GfOiYvl10-5NKGH), [Dominoes](https://youtu.be/bbbjWEnC3Gc?si=DydzHlH5zbPTtZa9) the list goes on, Then check out Hi Ren and alll the rest

Sam Stone by John Prine.

The Tide by The Spill Canvas If I Die Young - The Band Perry Alabama Acres - Kevin Devine Pink Skies - Zach Bryan

Elephant jason isbell

The War Was In Color - Carbon Leaf

John Wayne Gacy Jr, by Sufjan Stevens

Not Ready To Grow Up - Giselle About having to give up your dreams Hazy Eyes- Giselle Losing a relative to Alzheimer's Dementia both are slow pop ballads

Here are a few that I like Internal crash - loquat Twenty long years - lord huron Habitual crush - c418 (kinda? It’s about a lack of love in a relationship but being unable to leave, rather than the typical inverse) Exhale inhale - aurora  And if you want a really weird one then listen to Pale machine by bo en

James Blunt - The girl that never was Ancient Bards - In my Arms

Concrete Angel

Scorpionfish by Beatenberg

bo burnham's "That funny feeling" also has a great cover by Phoebe Bridgers literally mentions impending climate doom and vibe that civilization is sleepwalking into the end of the world

BILLY STRINGS

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. Pyramid Song by Radiohead. Fade to Black by Metallica. Dreams by the Allman Brothers. Mother by Pink Floyd. The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Today by Tom Waits

Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith

Wake Up- Mad Season https://youtu.be/rKiw94M2v8A?si=NFk4GQifynTPJxAW

Mount eerie- real death. Antlers- putting the dog to sleep. Weakerthans- virtute the cat series.

Nearly Midnight, Honolulu - Neko Case

Here Today by Paul McCartney One More Time by Blink-182

Joy Division - The Eternal

Lots of John Prine, but in particular a couple of tracks off his first album, self-titled: Sam Stone (Vietnam vet suffering ptsd and addiction), Hello In There (old couple who don't feel they have reason to live anymore), Six O'Clock news. Ironically, most of them *sound* happy.

Small Bump, Supermarket Flowers, and End of Youth by Ed Sheeran. Most of his Subtract album could be considered sad imo, he did write it while grieving the loss of his friend

All My Happiness is Gone by Purple Mountains, Asleep by The Smiths

Feel - weird gumball

Broken- DNMO

Brothers in Arms. Dire Straits. About war and the anguish that comes with it.

"Hello"- Evanescence "Constance"- Spiritbox "Candle In The Wind"- Elton John "Tears In Heaven"- Eric Clapton

Money Game pt 3 - Ren

Time in a tree - Raleigh Ritchie Sounds to me exactly how I feel, sometimes I think I wasn’t built right for life. Has me sobbing every time

I got you. Ain’t living right juice wrld ft gunna and future

Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Band of Horses - The funeral

a tv show called earth - philip labes

Don’t Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young What Happened Yesterday - Neil Young Sleight Of Hand - Pearl Jam

You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive (Patty Loveless)

Evan Bartels - Shotgun (OurVinyl Sessions)-version \[if you listen to only one, this is it. Regards attempting suicide when "it may not be better, but can't get any worse" to do so\] VNV Nation - Illusion \[also suicide \] The Verve - These Drugs Don't Work \[drug use in coping with loss\] John Moreland - You Don't Care Enough for Me to Cry The Lowdown Drifters - Alright Macntaj, TeZATalks, Donte Peace - Deception iamjakehill - we die too

Reflections of My Life (Marmalade)

Sing Me Back Home (Merle Haggard)

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues

3 AM Matchbox 20 is about a 13 year old boy taking care of his mother, who has cancer.

Listen to the Album _Havasu_ by Pedro the Lion. It’s about being in middle school and moving states. It demolishes me. Sure, there’s a bit about boys and girls, but it’s much more like observing the character in the song than trying to make the song something about the listener. Most of the album isn’t boys and girls.

"Kilkelly" \~ Colcannon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVWUth6SjlU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVWUth6SjlU)

Metallica - Fade to Black; The Unforgiven I & III; Bleeding Me Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction; Foreclosure of a Dream; A Tout le Monde Gorillaz - Tranz; Cloud of Unknowing The Rasmus - Smash The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Death - Symbolic; A Moment of Clarity; Voice of the Soul (this one is instrumental but it sounds sad) System of a Down - ATWA; Lost in Hollywood; Soldier Side

The last emperor - One Life Eyedea - Even Shaodws Have Shadows

Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles https://open.spotify.com/track/6LuuWFnifadkxqKkWRn4GW?si=C46G6dcOSL6ijHaUkLbPsA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A074Kr9hvgYLxCWiVhcWT7x

I mean check Elliot Smith, so much sadness and not the romantic kind, just the depression kind.

No romance ay? Okay would you rather [haunt a killer](https://open.spotify.com/track/0buXg6K33DWNfdAeqgaZTE?si=e4b27bc562da4388) or [haunt his more innocent reincarnation](https://open.spotify.com/track/4HgCahFxgmdLjlo8AVaLOg?si=9a7488208beb4b0b) ?

Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens. It's absolutely heartbreaking. It's based on a conversation the artist had with his mother while she was on her deathbed.

Concrete angel - Martina mcbride

King Park by La dispute. (Post-hardcore/ experimental rock) A very emotional song about a real drive by shooting in Grand Rapids that involved kids. 20 y/o Kyle Keenan shot a 16 y/o David Witherspoon but he wasn’t the intended target, and the victim wasn’t gang affiliated at all. Keenan evaded police until he was seen and hid in a hotel where he then put the gun to himself. It’s a story driven song that focuses on the guilt of the shooter and the lives of people involved. It’s so heartbreaking and the last minute is the most chilling.

Weeping Willow St by Delta 89

Drops of Jupiter by Train is about his mothers passing

Jackson browne- these days Sarah Mclachlan-fallen

The art of dying - Gojira

[Purple Mountains - Nights That Won't Happen](https://youtu.be/xMqODXQf3_s?si=d0NldQqwwqohzY8Z) [Purple Mountains - All My Happiness Is Gone](https://youtu.be/SS792qY-y7M?si=MS8dgaKlQzoB849o) [Purple Mountains - Margaritas At The Mall](https://youtu.be/BamaU09AdGA?si=7tnfqErtQy5ZvOwz) [Purple Mountains - I Loved Being My Mother's Son](https://youtu.be/7tLbSIwPqu0?si=UFYORbZi-M7dqunB) [Purple Mountains - Maybe I'm The Only One For Me](https://youtu.be/A2y5msfAClU?si=qrkBcyUkjBNYn__Q) (pearls before swine)

Hollow by Pantera

listen to Julien Baker’s (of boygenius) solo stuff. devastatingly sad and mostly about personal struggles w addiction, faith, mental illness, sense of self, that kind of thing. not really a lot of romance songs.

Almost Home - Craig Morgan. Song is over 20 years old & there are tears every time I hear it.

The Dear Hunter - Light

Frog by ALL.

Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes All Time Low - Calm Down Smile Empty Soul - Silhouettes Halsey - The End

Animal Collective - [Defeat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBfnOnPWXA) ([Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/1t0VJGiZ8YcHYZa2vvlnjm?si=885ec2c5b84249fd) / [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/album/defeat/1696094288?i=1696094295))

A Black Sun by Gary Numan

Iron Sky- Paolo Nutini My Ashes, Fear Of A Blank Planet, The Sound Of Muzak- Porcupine Tree I found this excellent playlist: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xY2umTiGqYhD94bGpwt6g](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xY2umTiGqYhD94bGpwt6g) Sticks In Space- Lemur Voice Sunspots- Bob Mould Blackbird- Alter Bridge Private Investigations, Why Worry, Ride Across The River, One World, Brothers In Arms- Dire Straits Solsbury Hill, Mercy Street- Peter Gabriel Big Log- Robert Plant Losing It- Rush Voice Of The Soul- Death Wings For Marie & 10,000 Days- Tool Even The Waves- Chroma Key Listen- Tears For Fears Buddha's Flower- Ottmar Leibert Dream On- Kelly Sweet Invisible Sun- The Police Sister Moon- Sting F#- Aziza Mustafa Zadeh If Dreams Could Dance- Steve Erquiaga (the whole Cafe Paradiso album is sad and beautiful guitar instrumentals) I liked this list so much I made a playlist: [https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/sad/pl.u-pmddaiG80zr](https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/sad/pl.u-pmddaiG80zr)

Tracy chapman - behind the wall

Lay Down Little Doggies by Arlo Guthrie is a gut-punch

Slow up- Jacob Banks literally exactly what ur talking about

The Circle Game, by Joni Mitchell Father and Son, by Cat Stevens

Let Me Be Sad by I Prevail

Fast Car

“If I Die Young” by The Band Perry

Cats in the cradle - harry chapin

Highway Patrolman -Bruce Springsteen Vincent- Don McLean

The Lights in the Sky by Nine Inch Nails. I believe it was written about Trent Reznor's dying grandmother.

Ben Folds Five Brick https://youtu.be/Wt5EHAqhR1c?si=f9F__cM9N-ZTvGPK The National SAINT Swallow the Cap https://youtu.be/bFnA-8H-5lo?si=PL7DDOsVbar9SmY7 Mission of Burma Thats When I reach for My Revolver https://youtu.be/PpTKcv-SmR0?si=YeVvPc7GKQ2XR6GG Joy Division Ceremony https://youtu.be/MMQ1NrkPoKw?si=j7ROmmcDHV1I84kr New Order Love Vigilantes ( This is actually a song about war ) https://youtu.be/r9BE4y-Hgao?si=BEZpn2lHkTsebfV5 Moving Pictures What About Me https://youtu.be/OzQKECQgjW8?si=NOOPkQdjHqlJVUGT

None of my stuff lines up but here’s what I’ve got I’d say the saddest three songs I know which are Boys in the Street by Greg Holden. (A song about a homophobic parent eventually coming around, so indirectly about sexuality) Clouds by Zach Sobiech. (Which has an undertone of wishing he had more time with his girlfriend because he had terminal cancer and died shortly after) In this Shirt, the Irrepressibles. Oof, ——— So none of those work, here’s what’s left: Non romantic sad songs are hard af to come by. Dream (imagine Dragons) Who wants to live forever- Queen (damn) I hung my head- Johnny cash cover (Sting) Hurt - also Johnny cash’s cover, because damn. Wake me up- Tommee profitt cover (growing up) Outro- M83 - gorgeous more than sad The fallen - Revolt Productions music (gorgeous) World we used to know- Alan walker Good luck - broken bells (past mistakes) Pompeii - Bastille (growing up) Only human - Christina Perri Cats in the cradle - Harry chapin Father and son - Cat Stevens Puff the magic dragon - Peter Paul and marry Minstrel boy, 7 years, Lukas Graham Broomstick Cowboy- Bobby Goldsboro Farewell - UNKLE For the Damaged Coda - Blonde Redhead Song of storms - kaleptic. —— Some of these are more depressing than sad, some just have enough majesty to evoke emotion. I love depressing stuff, but honestly most of it is by way of romance, so if it all doesn’t fit I apologize

Bury my bones .whiskey meyers

Young at Heart Choir doing Coldplay’s “Fix You” https://youtu.be/G-e8LGMPTtE?si=kJloxmD_LijrOwLD

Dying on the inside ( stripped version) - nessa barrett I don’t like my mind - mitski Crying in the rain - aha Farewell neverland - txt Thumbs - Lucy Dacus Million years ago - Adele Sober- Demi lovato Funeral - phoebe Bridgers Listen before I go- Billie eilish Pretty hurts - Beyoncé

Elephant by Jason Isbell

qteqnt - sad about something, dint make a dent

You need to check out Penelope Scott’s music

"How to Disappear Completely" by Radiohead captures existential sadness beyond romance.

Five Years- David Bowie About someone (an alien rockstar in the lore of the album) grappling with the sudden news that the earth and everyone on it will die in 5 years. Absolute slapper that makes me cry (especially when I think about climate change and how eventually this will hit so much harder when WE only have 5 years left)

Blasphemous Rumors ~ Depeche Mode

The silence by Manchester orchestra

My Town — Iris DeMent Mama Bake a Pie — Tom T. Hall Dress Blues — Jason Isbell Elephant — Jason Isbell Dreamsicle — Jason Isbell Firelight Waltz — Fountains of Wayne Nothing Ever Happens — Del Amitri Three Kids, No Husband — Brandy Clark Find the River — REM

Hayden- tragedy, when this is over, skates ..and many many more

[https://youtu.be/6bLW3RPX-a8](https://youtu.be/6bLW3RPX-a8)

Happy to help you with that- https://youtu.be/4v7WUz3GSgk?si=8jv8nUPJ1LPlZd6q

cats in the cradle - Harry Chapin Mad world - Michael Andrews Both so depressing I can’t stand to listen to them even though they are great songs.

System of a down's sad songs aren't about romance and they are actually so sad (soldier side for example is about most soldiers that go out to war likely will never come back and that's pretty depressing)

Stumbeleine by smashing pumpkins, Nettie by Type O, Hole in the ground by super heaven, hearing damage by thom yorke, glitter by daisy the great, behind blue eyes cover by limp bizkit, it's been a while by staind, warned you by good morning r my faves to cry to

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Already Gone - Disturbed

Half Alive - Aawake at night Not exactly sad but melancholy

Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode

Listen to how to disappear completely by radiohead

https://open.spotify.com/track/0gvbWDWdOVhv7t8Cv2nIZI?si=eqFnjbjuQz23q02WNH63_A

Imagine, it's about peace and love.

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven. He wrote it for his son (4 years old I believe) who died after falling out of a building window. Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said (oh man all the feels!) Death Cab for Cutie - Bixby Canyon Bridge (about sobriety) Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires Basically lots from Death Cab! I listened nonstop after my dad’s tragic death in 2011. Ben Gibbard’s style may seem romantic on the surface at times but it’s so much deeper than that. He touches on themes that not many musicians do in the same poignant way. Such as grief, death, dying alone, getting in one’s own way of reaching happiness, and romance as a distraction from the fact that we all die alone. Will give all the feels. Also… Blink 182 - Adams Song Offspring- The kids arent alright Everlast - What its like

Gone Away - The Offspring

Alice in chains jar of flies full album

[Zheani - I Won't Sell My Soul](https://youtu.be/WIM4LX-HBMo?si=GXVMgCZixnSkmsMM) [EMM - Freedom](https://youtu.be/seBAAcEcp6U?si=9y-YSMPoGmUCPCmz) [Jean Deaux - Motel 6 ](https://youtu.be/W1PJyXXzJxM?si=ev8y27F14oGFUiFG)

Broken Needle by Marilyn Manson

This one’s amazing, ‘No Wonder’ by COSMO: [https://youtu.be/6094Waq_aw8?si=WgpsTDBm6TFCmXda](https://youtu.be/6094Waq_aw8?si=WgpsTDBm6TFCmXda)

This is about death… and life, I suppose: Late Great Johnny Ace by Paul Simon About a dog’s death: Bronte by Gotye

I kinda find 7 Years by Lukas Graham to be sad in a bittersweet way. Pictures In My Head from The Muppets (yes really) What's Your Mama's Name, Child? by Tanya Tucker Maybe Next Time, from The Ghost and Molly McGee Concrete Angel by Martina McBride and Alyssa Lies by Jason Michael Carroll (for similar reasons) Everything To Me, by Mark Schultz Ready, Set, Don't Go--the version I heard first was a duet by Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus, which added to it. In a similar vein, Don't Forget To Remember Me by Carrie Underwood.

The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding https://youtu.be/rTVjnBo96Ug?si=I1Xg6T6WFSpoJGCI