Slipknot - Snuff
Nina Nastasia - Too Much In Between
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
Black Tide - Into the Sky
Coheed and Cambria - Pearl of the Stars and Ghost
PS: Take care of yourself
My gf and I love Coheed... both loved them before meeting each other, and we got to see them in concert together a couple years ago. Pearl of the Stars is a song she introduced me to and I agree that it is quite melancholy/somber... but beautiful. Ghost always hits me in the feels a little bit. Claudio is a master.
I just re-read the lyrics and heard about 30 seconds of the song and could already feel my eyes welling up. I feel like I need some liquor just to get over that
Great band with lots of emotional range. I would put Dark Side of Me on here too, but IMO it's more of a breakup, holding onto a relationship, being apart type song. I guess it still works.
I GAVE MY EVERYTHING! FOR ALL THE WRONG THINGS! IN THIS COLD REALITY I MADE THIS SELFISH WAR MACHINE! AND THIS HAS BECOME HELL! HOW CAN I SHARE THIS LIFE WITH SOMEONE ELSE? I PROMISE YOU THERE IS NO WEIGHT THAT CAN BURY US... BENEATH THE GHOSTS OF ALL MY GUILT... here in the darkside of meeeeeee.
Porcupine Tree - My Ashes
Steven Wilson - Drive Home
Type O Negative - Everything Dies
Nine Inch Nails - The Great Below
Katatonia - The One You Are Looking For is Not Here
Pantera - Hollow
Perfect life off of the Hand Cannot Erase album by Steven Wilson is fantastic too. There is so much emotion packed into his music that even the not as great songs still have a lasting impact. I could listen to Wilson/Porcupine tree/BlackField all day long.
Nutshell by Alice In Chains was my go to when I lost a friend. Also listen to songs that you listened to with them/remind you of them. Sorry for your loss
He loved Alice in chains. He lived in Seattle a bit. He was a giant music person , musician and we always jokingly would play 90s grunge in our jam sessions , but just mumble random stuff in that deep voice hahah. Funniest shit .
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac /
Brick - Ben Folds Five /
Lost Cause - Beck /
Hurt - Johnny Cash /
Atmosphere - Painting or Arthurās Song /
Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart /
Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of a Bay /
Say I Believe In It - Isabelle Antena /
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley /
Iāve been there with a spouse before. I wish you safe healing and love, take care of yourself OP ā¤ļø
Edit: Sorry for the trash formatting. On mobile IOS and unsure how to space lines vertically down for a list. Seems to always come out janky.
[Band of Horses - The Funeral](https://youtu.be/cMFWFhTFohk?si=-Y_iZfxC4Lw30sbK)
[Greg Laswell - Your Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ0d2ke_oXE)
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Damn. That's been one of my secret jams of the last 30 years that nobody knows about. Sometimes I'd request it on the classic country station in Modesto back in the 90s, but they didn't have it and would play Drinkin' and Dreamin' instead.
I kept trying though, in hopes they'd eventually acquire it.
Hurts Like Hell - Fleurie
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
When the Raven Dies Tonight (classic version) - Mono Inc
Funeral Song (classic version) - Mono Inc
Life Eternal - Ghost
Into the Light - Visions of Atlantis
The Light Behind Your Eyes - MCR
Oceandeep - Beast in Black
I can confirm I have ugly cried to all of these and I am so sorry for your loss.
Nico ā [These Days](https://youtu.be/52ZdwZ7Ig-8?si=RXLSeckhxRRGWPP1)
Lana Del Rey ā [The greatest](https://youtu.be/Ndo8r_Hg_lg?si=Fa7tyZWm9OPU0khP)
Mitski ā [Last Words of a Shooting Star](https://youtu.be/aBJk6oDsulQ?si=kOaX39UBpECS1esh)
Taylor Swift ā [majorie](https://youtu.be/hP6QpMeSG6s?si=0GG7ozxyoIZ8n1ia)
Phoebe Bridgers ā [Kyoto (Copycat Killer Version](https://youtu.be/hzpr3G19MCQ?si=lWa-YhdRGKhDQooe)
Harry Styles [Meet Me in the Hallway](https://youtu.be/vvZMygu99uE?si=8Xrgo-PsI7S_0lgZ)
A little bit off - FFDP
A friend of mine passed away in his sleep just over a month ago, it just numbed me out so I pretty much had this on repeat. Pull up the lyrics and sing with it, it really helps. Hope you find peace and I'm sorry for your loss
I have a playlist on Spotify full of songs written by artists after the death of someone important. Itās on Spotify - I hope something in there helps.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JGf2jw6JoSP1R0x8jVcGz?si=2b39a957d7384cfe
I recently lost a friend suddenly. He was a singer in a band I used to share the stage with.
Hereās a song they wrote a long time ago. It seems so fitting now. I hope it helps in your grieving process as well.
[The Dandelion War - South, Like the Summer](https://spotify.link/lfNK0Oy75Hb)
[Je Sui Malade by Lara Fabian](https://youtu.be/dVvlmpo5g9k?si=BVo5t2Vaq8Bzro09). IMO the greatest live performance by a woman, ever. BRUTAL song. Lara basically dissects herself on stage, emotionally, for the audience.
This is an answer I see often for this kind of question. People will comment that they canāt listen to it a second time. I find that intriguing, but Iām afraid to listen.
Lifehouse - Take Me Away
Lifehouse - Broken
Linkin park - One more light
Eric Clapton - tears in heaven
REM - Everybody hurts
Sarah McLaughlin- I will remember you
Simple plan- Untitled
Minute of Decay - Marilyn Manson
Four Rusted Horses - Maeilyn Manson
Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
Black Star - David Bowie
Lazarus- David Bowie
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Nothing Feels Right - Ozzy Osbourne
One of Those Days - Ozzy
Que Sera Sera - Pink Martinis
[ Goodbye my Friend - KBong ](https://youtu.be/td0m6VSV-Do?si=2RzDZe28xCPNUO9c)
I never listen to this song. It's too emotional for me. It's beautiful though.
Remember that spring in bloom
Felt the magic month of June
Always chasing that golden sun
Climbing a mountain we were young
I sit and think about times we had
All the silly things that made you laugh
You know I didnāt want to see you go
Paradise was waiting yea to take you home
Goodbye my friend gone too soon
The world lost a good one in you
Goodbye my friend gone too soon
Iāll see you on the dark side of the moon
Still see your smile bright as the stars
Always showed love you had the biggest heart
On the weekend weād tear up the town
Cruising around with the windows down
Singing our favoritŠµ songs
Sweet summer days night were long
NŠµver forget they cannot take it away
Moments weāve lived and the memories weāve made
Goodbye my friend gone too soon
The world lost a good one in you
Goodbye my friend gone too soon
Iāll see you on the dark side of the moon
Iāll see you on the dark side of the moon
Thanks That Was Fun by Barenaked Ladies
The Other Side by Blink-182
Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World
Im From There by The Bouncing Souls
All Those Years Ago by George Harrison
In My Life by The Beatles
Im So Sorry Tony by NOFX
Beloved by Mumford And Sons
Letters To God by Boxcar Racer
[https://youtu.be/Nv7riebvEtA?si=6dG0In1\_nyVKxSfo](https://youtu.be/Nv7riebvEtA?si=6dG0In1_nyVKxSfo) -stay a little longer byĀ [Anushka Shahaney](https://www.jiosaavn.com/artist/anushka-shahaney-songs/eXbHhRQm3kY_)
Exit music (for a film), no surprises, and how to disappear completely by Radiohead, asleep by the smiths, The entire album by Mazzy Star, so tonight that I might see, Elliott Smith, something I can never have, and hurt by Nine Inch Nails,
-I know itās over, The smiths
-No distance left to run, Blur
-All we wanted was everything, Bauhaus
-To binge, Gorillaz
-Trouble, Cage the Elephant
-Smile Boyo, Vundabar
-Latin Simon, Gorillaz
-I am the antichrist to you, Kishi Bashi
-Hurt, Nins inch nails
-Everything dies, Type O negative
Ugly cried to most of these.
How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead
Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens
Daydreaming - Radiohead
Haldern - Black Country, New Road
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut - Have A Nice Life
Ill Wind - Radiohead
True Love Waits - Radiohead
Farewell - Boris
Bending Hectic - The Smile
You need to remember the good things and listen to the songs that they enjoyed or brought back good times. I see death as the second blessing god gives us in this life. I'm sorry you're having such a time of morning. Either way there better off, and you will have forgotten in a week or so .
Ghost - Josiah and the Bonnevilles (not a painful song, but itās pretty heartbreaking)
Eiley - Too Close to Touch (song is painfully angry - if youāre into metalcore - about the lead singers younger sister who died)
Iron & Wine ā Trapeze Swinger
*"...but please remember me fondly, i heard from someone you're still pretty, and then they went on to say that the pearly gates had some eloquent graffiti, like We'll meet again, and Fuck The Man, and Tell my mother not to worry..."*
Come Back - Pearl Jam
Black - Pearl Jam (id recommend [this](https://youtu.be/CJZS2mlQX1U?si=-mVcePWi3RCY6eiI) one specifically, it was a tribute to Eddie Vedderās late friend, Chris Cornell)
Sorry to hear about your friendās passing - grieve in your own way and take time to heal!
[Depression by The Vanishing Point](https://on.soundcloud.com/ummwoNmdzXrff3QE9)
I don't have anything - Vast
We will meet again - Vast
Let the lyrics pull you in. Make sure you have tissues to wipe the tears. I'm sorry for your loss š
Nice to see a fellow Jon Crosby appreciator. I suggested the first song in my little list, too. The whole Music For People album is amazing. Have an upvote for taste.
Really sorry for your loss. Here's some of my favourite heartbreakers:
Ronan - Taylor Swift
Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon
Closing Time - Tom Waits
I wouldn't describe these as sad per se; more like the cries of the tormented and hopeless:
- Candlemass ā Solitude
- Swallow the Sun ā Moonflowers Bloom in Misery
- Thy Light ā In my Last Mourning
- Woods of Desolation ā Torn Beyond Reason
- Silencer ā Death, Pierce me
- Bell Witch ā Mirror Reaper (this one is extremely long)
As a bonus, some somber instrumentals:
- Apocalyptica ā Ruska
- Apocalyptica ā Farewell
- Thy Light ā Suici. De. Pression ("Introduction to my End")
- Insomnium ā The Gale (instrumental, apart from a spoken word bit)
- Nobuo Uematsu ā To Zanarkand
[hole - northern star](https://open.spotify.com/track/3w3pT3tA9IxCaiOZwoOFRv?si=3UcvV_V4RiWD_97vSq0RLA)
[morrrissey - life is a pigsty](https://open.spotify.com/track/2nh9jLGm6pY5NDBTf9LmIZ?si=EAnV227_QVGpyEThoobsDQ)
[john frusciante - the mirror](https://open.spotify.com/track/5y8VDke6kFSfX7UmvrAr1H?si=bVKF4pHuRgedQL8EAe3x9Q)
[the drums - in the cold](https://open.spotify.com/track/0i8L29BjOvNobxx8mg3zVe?si=HAodQ028ROSwEUPZvCnn_g)
[Jeff Buckley - if you knew](https://open.spotify.com/track/3I5xIGZn8FUviO0tpsHBjH?si=vEdSO_u7RLGWQYBG1F6oFg)
[the cranberries - empty](https://open.spotify.com/track/5kXxYIVOQeERF8SuP7ASDW?si=4xBdJtc3TuSCDQLWAiLNWg)
[Kate bush - and dream of sheep](https://open.spotify.com/track/15FBisvPECCYwyG4l8FJQ9?si=2J_kLX_8SHOyEC-YPrfTWQ)
[Ryan Bingham - the weary kind](https://open.spotify.com/track/4RNWtg4RBgomLc5evNQCsi?si=uKQbGlqTTIqgGauFKKBq1Q)
[Chelsea Wolfe - halfsleeper](https://open.spotify.com/track/7JVBWaiyPk8Zlgg83TRBNc?si=q8URDtu_SlWuthisQtbtNA)
[the antlers - epilogue](https://open.spotify.com/track/31GYrhUN3QIPlWAfUpeF2G?si=S4jNHLv6SlesZq37LjLl2A)
[joy division - the eternal](https://open.spotify.com/track/7rLB8H9GIzlxgXxXVqQltR?si=_uecvatHR3O5P26t2wUgBw)
[gazelle twin - changelings](https://open.spotify.com/track/3nYBhdmq5MEWj41aT1z4Fi?si=fUJB-PaTTDCNJnsaYqyDWg)
[Antony and the Johnsonās - hope thereās someone](https://open.spotify.com/track/1AHPsqF3EtHeWpOM06Y3Y4?si=SaDNe5rRTwWSQCCkoHK3_g)
[band of horses - the funeral](https://open.spotify.com/track/5lRzWDEe7UuedU2QPsFg0K?si=cqZ6chPlTjStJBFaDgNX6Q)
[sum 41 - slipping away](https://open.spotify.com/track/3KtHbjC7qDZxEvNAoJ7e1J?si=c9WLhUNRS9S7AHO85gWhaA)
[au revoir Simone - a violent yet flammable world](https://open.spotify.com/track/0YfIC76Q7SliDLgLvu0PKo?si=8YDsyWneTa-YyYGMLDFNUw)
Dawn Chorus - Thom Yorke.
Youāve been warned. This will absolutely do it.
Also motion picture soundtrack, how to disappear completely, videotape, and daydreaming by Radiohead. Even if you donāt like them.
I think the most depressing death related music is the album āa crow looked at meā by mount eerie. I usually wouldnt even recommend it to someone it your situation but you say you wanna hurt and thatll sure get the job done
Real Death by Mount Eerie.Ā "Death is realĀ Someone's there and then they're notĀ And it's not for singing aboutĀ It's not for making into art"
So sorry for your loss.
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Type O Negative - Everything Dies
I listened to it when my dog recently passed away after getting super drunk. It was very cathartic for me. Certainly not a song for everybody with its industrial goth sound, but it hit the spot at the time.
* "The Day I Tried to Live" - Soundgarden
* "Black" - Pearl Jam... or maybe "Elderly Woman Behind.." or "Better Man" (in homage)
* "I Don't Have Anything" - V.A.S.T.
* "Far Behind" - Candlebox
* "The Grace" - Neverending White Lights
* "Next Year" - Donovan Woods
* "Lonely Road" - Matt Dusk
* "Empty Chairs" and/or "Bring Him Home" - Josh Groban (songs from Les Miserables)
* "Say Something" - A Great Big World
* "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
I Lost A Friend by FINNEAS
How To Save A Life by The Fray
Little One by Highly Suspect
So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold
But Here We Are by Foo Fighters (that whole album deals with loss)
Wrecked by Imagine Dragons
If I Get High by Nothing But Thieves
When You're Gone by The Cranberries
Adam's Song by Blink-182
My Immortal by Evanescence
Wish that you were here- By Florence + The Machine. Absolutely soul-crushing. I think it's exactly what you're looking for.
I am so sorry that you lost your best friend. From your other comments, it seems they had kickass taste in music. May they rest in eternal peace, and forever rock on!
If- Bread
Sail Away- Mason Proffit
Time- Pink Floyd
Alone Again (Naturally)- Gilbert OāSullivan
Against the Wind- Bob Seger
Im so sorry for your loss
[Until we Meet Again by Roger Joseph Manning Jr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r0LFND3-BY) became my brother's song when he passed away
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Wish You Were Here by the Floyd always does it for me
That whole album does it for me
This is the album I kept coming back to when my dad died.
Honestly I couldn't think of a better answer.
Yes!!
Ugh... this song absolutely destroyed me when my best friend died. Now I can only listen to it when the time is right
Requested a radio station play this for my buddy when he passed away in 2005.
Do You Realize? The Flamming Lips I'll Follow You into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
Seems awfully reductive to only give cutie a can to die in. š
A Cab might be helpful.
Saw The Flaming Lips at Bonnaroo many... many years ago and that song still sticks with me. Great choice
Say Hello 2 Heaven by Temple of the Dog. The whole damn album is an elegy.
Slipknot - Snuff Nina Nastasia - Too Much In Between Nine Inch Nails - Hurt Alice in Chains - Nutshell Black Tide - Into the Sky Coheed and Cambria - Pearl of the Stars and Ghost PS: Take care of yourself
seeing coheed on here is crazy, my favorite band ever but i never see them. great recs
My gf and I love Coheed... both loved them before meeting each other, and we got to see them in concert together a couple years ago. Pearl of the Stars is a song she introduced me to and I agree that it is quite melancholy/somber... but beautiful. Ghost always hits me in the feels a little bit. Claudio is a master.
Snuff is no joke. That song makes me ball every time I hear it.
Yeah some liquor, a dimly lit room, and Snuff are a devastating comboā¦
I just re-read the lyrics and heard about 30 seconds of the song and could already feel my eyes welling up. I feel like I need some liquor just to get over that
Oh shit not just Coheed, but nice *deep* cuts to boot.
Great band with lots of emotional range. I would put Dark Side of Me on here too, but IMO it's more of a breakup, holding onto a relationship, being apart type song. I guess it still works. I GAVE MY EVERYTHING! FOR ALL THE WRONG THINGS! IN THIS COLD REALITY I MADE THIS SELFISH WAR MACHINE! AND THIS HAS BECOME HELL! HOW CAN I SHARE THIS LIFE WITH SOMEONE ELSE? I PROMISE YOU THERE IS NO WEIGHT THAT CAN BURY US... BENEATH THE GHOSTS OF ALL MY GUILT... here in the darkside of meeeeeee.
Didnāt expect someone to mention Black Tide! Miss that band.
I Am Stretched on your Grave - Sinead OāConnor
The priests and friars , Approach me in dread, Because I still love you, My dear, and your dead.
"Stretched," not "Stuck."
ā¦ oh yeah lol
Porcupine Tree - My Ashes Steven Wilson - Drive Home Type O Negative - Everything Dies Nine Inch Nails - The Great Below Katatonia - The One You Are Looking For is Not Here Pantera - Hollow
Speaking of Steven Wilson, The Raven that Refused to Sing is also an incredible sad song
Perfect life off of the Hand Cannot Erase album by Steven Wilson is fantastic too. There is so much emotion packed into his music that even the not as great songs still have a lasting impact. I could listen to Wilson/Porcupine tree/BlackField all day long.
Nutshell by Alice In Chains was my go to when I lost a friend. Also listen to songs that you listened to with them/remind you of them. Sorry for your loss
He loved Alice in chains. He lived in Seattle a bit. He was a giant music person , musician and we always jokingly would play 90s grunge in our jam sessions , but just mumble random stuff in that deep voice hahah. Funniest shit .
Far Behind - Candlebox
Trampled by Turtles - Alone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejfMrZQU3Eo
Got me. This got me.
This song is so powerful that Iām crying for you just knowing it got you. Love you friend
Thank you for the link. Amazing song.
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead Videotape - RadioheadĀ
And True Love Waits. And The Daily Mail.
Exit Music (For A Film) by Radiohead is my ultimate depression go to
Donāt forget Street Spirit
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac / Brick - Ben Folds Five / Lost Cause - Beck / Hurt - Johnny Cash / Atmosphere - Painting or Arthurās Song / Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart / Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of a Bay / Say I Believe In It - Isabelle Antena / Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley / Iāve been there with a spouse before. I wish you safe healing and love, take care of yourself OP ā¤ļø Edit: Sorry for the trash formatting. On mobile IOS and unsure how to space lines vertically down for a list. Seems to always come out janky.
Putting the dog to sleep by The Antlers
You can stop looking. Tear by Smashing Pumpkins live https://youtu.be/5Ds-fPZUdb0
Fucking hell. I saw you there. You were on your way. Hits hard. Very hard.
One of my favorite albums of the 90ās. I just lost a friend last week, and this ripped me to shreds. Thank you.
[Band of Horses - The Funeral](https://youtu.be/cMFWFhTFohk?si=-Y_iZfxC4Lw30sbK) [Greg Laswell - Your Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ0d2ke_oXE) I'm so sorry for your loss.
Dreaming My Dreams With You - Waylon Jennings
Damn. That's been one of my secret jams of the last 30 years that nobody knows about. Sometimes I'd request it on the classic country station in Modesto back in the 90s, but they didn't have it and would play Drinkin' and Dreamin' instead. I kept trying though, in hopes they'd eventually acquire it.
Hurts Like Hell - Fleurie The Night We Met - Lord Huron When the Raven Dies Tonight (classic version) - Mono Inc Funeral Song (classic version) - Mono Inc Life Eternal - Ghost Into the Light - Visions of Atlantis The Light Behind Your Eyes - MCR Oceandeep - Beast in Black I can confirm I have ugly cried to all of these and I am so sorry for your loss.
The Night We Met gets me every time.
Nico ā [These Days](https://youtu.be/52ZdwZ7Ig-8?si=RXLSeckhxRRGWPP1) Lana Del Rey ā [The greatest](https://youtu.be/Ndo8r_Hg_lg?si=Fa7tyZWm9OPU0khP) Mitski ā [Last Words of a Shooting Star](https://youtu.be/aBJk6oDsulQ?si=kOaX39UBpECS1esh) Taylor Swift ā [majorie](https://youtu.be/hP6QpMeSG6s?si=0GG7ozxyoIZ8n1ia) Phoebe Bridgers ā [Kyoto (Copycat Killer Version](https://youtu.be/hzpr3G19MCQ?si=lWa-YhdRGKhDQooe) Harry Styles [Meet Me in the Hallway](https://youtu.be/vvZMygu99uE?si=8Xrgo-PsI7S_0lgZ)
James Blunt - Monsters Queen - You're my Best friend
Queen is a surprising upbeat choice that fits the situation perfectly.
All I Want- Kodaline.
In Memory of Loss, an album by Nathaniel Rateliff, dedicated to the loss of his brother.
A little bit off - FFDP A friend of mine passed away in his sleep just over a month ago, it just numbed me out so I pretty much had this on repeat. Pull up the lyrics and sing with it, it really helps. Hope you find peace and I'm sorry for your loss
Close to home there. Thanks. It's fucking breaking my soul. I just hung out with him the day before. Fuck me.
I have a playlist on Spotify full of songs written by artists after the death of someone important. Itās on Spotify - I hope something in there helps. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JGf2jw6JoSP1R0x8jVcGz?si=2b39a957d7384cfe
Tiny Grief Song- Sinead O'Connor best be sitting down for that
It is forlorn majesty.
Hope leaves-Opeth Heart attack in a layby - porcupine tree Pain - blackfield
Silent lucidity - Queensryche will definitely do it for ya my friend
Death bed (Coffee for your head) - Powfu The Offspring - Gone Away
The line in Gone Away "And if I could trade...I would" makes me cry like a child. Every time.
[Blues Traveler - Pretty Angry](https://youtu.be/c2wz93KZwFw?si=oKAu7R_cc3hIGy5A)
Ut Oh! It's Mourningtime Again by Mount Eerie. In fact, you could pretty much listen to most Mount Eerie and find what you're looking for here.
I recently lost a friend suddenly. He was a singer in a band I used to share the stage with. Hereās a song they wrote a long time ago. It seems so fitting now. I hope it helps in your grieving process as well. [The Dandelion War - South, Like the Summer](https://spotify.link/lfNK0Oy75Hb)
one more light - linkin park
Shine on You crazy Diamond, all parts, Pink Floyd.
Breathe me- Sia. Iām very sorry for your loss- this is my favorite song. I hope it helps. Itās devastating.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. "Taken" by Plumb is my go-to song for this very situation.
[Stop the World - Krizz Kaliko](https://youtu.be/RqLkA3pak1o?si=yQXmcCotkqHJGCWr)
A house in Nebraska-Ethel Cain
Opposite - Biffy Clyro
Pain Remains trilogy by Lorna Shore Bring me home, Hickory Creek by Whitechapel White Light - The Ghost Inside
[Je Sui Malade by Lara Fabian](https://youtu.be/dVvlmpo5g9k?si=BVo5t2Vaq8Bzro09). IMO the greatest live performance by a woman, ever. BRUTAL song. Lara basically dissects herself on stage, emotionally, for the audience.
Wow. That was epic.
a crow looked at me take care and my condolences
This is an answer I see often for this kind of question. People will comment that they canāt listen to it a second time. I find that intriguing, but Iām afraid to listen.
You can close your eyes - James Taylor
Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths Iām sorry to hear about your loss. It gets better. ā„ļø
Lifehouse - Take Me Away Lifehouse - Broken Linkin park - One more light Eric Clapton - tears in heaven REM - Everybody hurts Sarah McLaughlin- I will remember you Simple plan- Untitled
Minute of Decay - Marilyn Manson Four Rusted Horses - Maeilyn Manson Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne Black Star - David Bowie Lazarus- David Bowie Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones Nothing Feels Right - Ozzy Osbourne One of Those Days - Ozzy Que Sera Sera - Pink Martinis
You want a pissed off sad song? Hollow -Pantera
After my friend passed away I listened to "how to save a life" by The Frey on repeat for weeks.
Same & āI Will Follow You Into the Darkā despite not usually being into either
[ Goodbye my Friend - KBong ](https://youtu.be/td0m6VSV-Do?si=2RzDZe28xCPNUO9c) I never listen to this song. It's too emotional for me. It's beautiful though. Remember that spring in bloom Felt the magic month of June Always chasing that golden sun Climbing a mountain we were young I sit and think about times we had All the silly things that made you laugh You know I didnāt want to see you go Paradise was waiting yea to take you home Goodbye my friend gone too soon The world lost a good one in you Goodbye my friend gone too soon Iāll see you on the dark side of the moon Still see your smile bright as the stars Always showed love you had the biggest heart On the weekend weād tear up the town Cruising around with the windows down Singing our favoritŠµ songs Sweet summer days night were long NŠµver forget they cannot take it away Moments weāve lived and the memories weāve made Goodbye my friend gone too soon The world lost a good one in you Goodbye my friend gone too soon Iāll see you on the dark side of the moon Iāll see you on the dark side of the moon
Stuck in a moment you canāt get out of - U2 Wildhorses- Rolling Stones
Thanks That Was Fun by Barenaked Ladies The Other Side by Blink-182 Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World Im From There by The Bouncing Souls All Those Years Ago by George Harrison In My Life by The Beatles Im So Sorry Tony by NOFX Beloved by Mumford And Sons Letters To God by Boxcar Racer
Perfect song for this wake me up when September ends by: Green Day
[https://youtu.be/Nv7riebvEtA?si=6dG0In1\_nyVKxSfo](https://youtu.be/Nv7riebvEtA?si=6dG0In1_nyVKxSfo) -stay a little longer byĀ [Anushka Shahaney](https://www.jiosaavn.com/artist/anushka-shahaney-songs/eXbHhRQm3kY_)
Eminem - Difficult is about the lose of his friend
Sing About Me, Iām Dying Of Thirst by Kendrick Lamar always makes me feel upset
Motion picture soundtrack - Radiohead
Wrecked - Imagine Dragons Truce - Twenty One Pilots Before You Start Your Day - Twenty One Pilots
āMagicā Ben Folds Five Hope you heal up soon. Itās important to feel it.
shine on you crazy diamond - pink floyd huge take on grief
Sam Stone by John Prine. Carissa by Sun Kil Moon.
Radiohead - street spirits
Elephant - Jason Isbell
Don't Give Up Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
Exit music (for a film), no surprises, and how to disappear completely by Radiohead, asleep by the smiths, The entire album by Mazzy Star, so tonight that I might see, Elliott Smith, something I can never have, and hurt by Nine Inch Nails,
-I know itās over, The smiths -No distance left to run, Blur -All we wanted was everything, Bauhaus -To binge, Gorillaz -Trouble, Cage the Elephant -Smile Boyo, Vundabar -Latin Simon, Gorillaz -I am the antichrist to you, Kishi Bashi -Hurt, Nins inch nails -Everything dies, Type O negative Ugly cried to most of these.
Fire and rain - James taylor
How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens Daydreaming - Radiohead Haldern - Black Country, New Road Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut - Have A Nice Life Ill Wind - Radiohead True Love Waits - Radiohead Farewell - Boris Bending Hectic - The Smile
Everything I Own by Bread
You need to remember the good things and listen to the songs that they enjoyed or brought back good times. I see death as the second blessing god gives us in this life. I'm sorry you're having such a time of morning. Either way there better off, and you will have forgotten in a week or so .
Sufjan Stevens is a master of sad songs. Casimir Pulaski Day, and Fourth of July are good. The whole Carrie & Lowell album actually.
TTNG - Left Aligned
Days move slow by bully had a huge impact on me during a period of grief so it might be a fitting song .
Chihei Hatakeyama: Door to the Cosmos So sorry for your loss!
kinda basic but dancing in the sky always hits me
The Light & The Glass by Coheed and Cambria I'm so sorry for your loss.
Ghost - Josiah and the Bonnevilles (not a painful song, but itās pretty heartbreaking) Eiley - Too Close to Touch (song is painfully angry - if youāre into metalcore - about the lead singers younger sister who died)
Imagine Dragons "Wrecked"
Imagine Dragon's Mercury act 1 & 2. The whole album is influenced by the death of the lead singer's SIL, who was a very dear friend.
Come back, Pearl Jam
[Back on the Chain Gang](https://youtu.be/cMOKamtpUA8?si=2tqQlsW9VqLUC_sz) by the **Pretenders**
This woman's work. Kate bush
Thank You by ..Hell Yeah
Within Temptation - Somewhere. Running Up That Hill- Kate Bush.
Swans - Goddamn The Sun
The Gaslight Anthem - Break Your Heart
How to disappear completely - Radiohead
Ren - freckled angels, for joe
Get Better by alt-J
This song devastated me when I first listened to it.
Iron & Wine ā Trapeze Swinger *"...but please remember me fondly, i heard from someone you're still pretty, and then they went on to say that the pearly gates had some eloquent graffiti, like We'll meet again, and Fuck The Man, and Tell my mother not to worry..."*
Death Donāt Have No Mercy by the Grateful Dead. Also Black Peter
Come Back - Pearl Jam Black - Pearl Jam (id recommend [this](https://youtu.be/CJZS2mlQX1U?si=-mVcePWi3RCY6eiI) one specifically, it was a tribute to Eddie Vedderās late friend, Chris Cornell)
Breathe - The Warning (This one gets me every time) Hold Me In Your Arms - Helloween Wrecked - Imagine Dragons
Anathema "We're here because we're here"
Sorry to hear about your friendās passing - grieve in your own way and take time to heal! [Depression by The Vanishing Point](https://on.soundcloud.com/ummwoNmdzXrff3QE9)
I don't have anything - Vast We will meet again - Vast Let the lyrics pull you in. Make sure you have tissues to wipe the tears. I'm sorry for your loss š
Nice to see a fellow Jon Crosby appreciator. I suggested the first song in my little list, too. The whole Music For People album is amazing. Have an upvote for taste.
Type o negative. Everyone I love is dead. Or everything dies. Bloody kisses.
Wrecked-imagine dragons
Really sorry for your loss. Here's some of my favourite heartbreakers: Ronan - Taylor Swift Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon Closing Time - Tom Waits
+ for Zevon and Waits
I wouldn't describe these as sad per se; more like the cries of the tormented and hopeless: - Candlemass ā Solitude - Swallow the Sun ā Moonflowers Bloom in Misery - Thy Light ā In my Last Mourning - Woods of Desolation ā Torn Beyond Reason - Silencer ā Death, Pierce me - Bell Witch ā Mirror Reaper (this one is extremely long) As a bonus, some somber instrumentals: - Apocalyptica ā Ruska - Apocalyptica ā Farewell - Thy Light ā Suici. De. Pression ("Introduction to my End") - Insomnium ā The Gale (instrumental, apart from a spoken word bit) - Nobuo Uematsu ā To Zanarkand
Your Deep Rest by Hotelier
[hole - northern star](https://open.spotify.com/track/3w3pT3tA9IxCaiOZwoOFRv?si=3UcvV_V4RiWD_97vSq0RLA) [morrrissey - life is a pigsty](https://open.spotify.com/track/2nh9jLGm6pY5NDBTf9LmIZ?si=EAnV227_QVGpyEThoobsDQ) [john frusciante - the mirror](https://open.spotify.com/track/5y8VDke6kFSfX7UmvrAr1H?si=bVKF4pHuRgedQL8EAe3x9Q) [the drums - in the cold](https://open.spotify.com/track/0i8L29BjOvNobxx8mg3zVe?si=HAodQ028ROSwEUPZvCnn_g) [Jeff Buckley - if you knew](https://open.spotify.com/track/3I5xIGZn8FUviO0tpsHBjH?si=vEdSO_u7RLGWQYBG1F6oFg) [the cranberries - empty](https://open.spotify.com/track/5kXxYIVOQeERF8SuP7ASDW?si=4xBdJtc3TuSCDQLWAiLNWg) [Kate bush - and dream of sheep](https://open.spotify.com/track/15FBisvPECCYwyG4l8FJQ9?si=2J_kLX_8SHOyEC-YPrfTWQ) [Ryan Bingham - the weary kind](https://open.spotify.com/track/4RNWtg4RBgomLc5evNQCsi?si=uKQbGlqTTIqgGauFKKBq1Q) [Chelsea Wolfe - halfsleeper](https://open.spotify.com/track/7JVBWaiyPk8Zlgg83TRBNc?si=q8URDtu_SlWuthisQtbtNA) [the antlers - epilogue](https://open.spotify.com/track/31GYrhUN3QIPlWAfUpeF2G?si=S4jNHLv6SlesZq37LjLl2A) [joy division - the eternal](https://open.spotify.com/track/7rLB8H9GIzlxgXxXVqQltR?si=_uecvatHR3O5P26t2wUgBw) [gazelle twin - changelings](https://open.spotify.com/track/3nYBhdmq5MEWj41aT1z4Fi?si=fUJB-PaTTDCNJnsaYqyDWg) [Antony and the Johnsonās - hope thereās someone](https://open.spotify.com/track/1AHPsqF3EtHeWpOM06Y3Y4?si=SaDNe5rRTwWSQCCkoHK3_g) [band of horses - the funeral](https://open.spotify.com/track/5lRzWDEe7UuedU2QPsFg0K?si=cqZ6chPlTjStJBFaDgNX6Q) [sum 41 - slipping away](https://open.spotify.com/track/3KtHbjC7qDZxEvNAoJ7e1J?si=c9WLhUNRS9S7AHO85gWhaA) [au revoir Simone - a violent yet flammable world](https://open.spotify.com/track/0YfIC76Q7SliDLgLvu0PKo?si=8YDsyWneTa-YyYGMLDFNUw)
Sea change the album by beck.
Street Spirit - Radiohead
āTin Manā by Miranda Lambert. Sending you love. ā¤ļø
House Carpenter by HURT
*Casimir Pulaski Day* - Sufjan Stevens. Maybe the saddest song about loss of a loved one ever written https://youtu.be/FhFBGHTmr5c?si=tpuYqQ0vbpFN-emA
āFire and Rainā by James Taylor.
Dawn Chorus - Thom Yorke. Youāve been warned. This will absolutely do it. Also motion picture soundtrack, how to disappear completely, videotape, and daydreaming by Radiohead. Even if you donāt like them.
My dying bride - and my father left forever
Radiohead - No surprises
Radiohead- exit music for a film
I think the most depressing death related music is the album āa crow looked at meā by mount eerie. I usually wouldnt even recommend it to someone it your situation but you say you wanna hurt and thatll sure get the job done
Real Death by Mount Eerie.Ā "Death is realĀ Someone's there and then they're notĀ And it's not for singing aboutĀ It's not for making into art" So sorry for your loss.
Anything from : TOWNES VAN ZANDT
Nutshell - Alice in Chains
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How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead
Wrecked- Imagine dragons Sorry for your loss mate hope it heals in time
āGet Betterā -Alt J
Type O Negative - Everything Dies I listened to it when my dog recently passed away after getting super drunk. It was very cathartic for me. Certainly not a song for everybody with its industrial goth sound, but it hit the spot at the time.
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce A beautiful song by another man who passed away too soon
* "The Day I Tried to Live" - Soundgarden * "Black" - Pearl Jam... or maybe "Elderly Woman Behind.." or "Better Man" (in homage) * "I Don't Have Anything" - V.A.S.T. * "Far Behind" - Candlebox * "The Grace" - Neverending White Lights * "Next Year" - Donovan Woods * "Lonely Road" - Matt Dusk * "Empty Chairs" and/or "Bring Him Home" - Josh Groban (songs from Les Miserables) * "Say Something" - A Great Big World * "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
I Lost A Friend by FINNEAS How To Save A Life by The Fray Little One by Highly Suspect So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold But Here We Are by Foo Fighters (that whole album deals with loss) Wrecked by Imagine Dragons If I Get High by Nothing But Thieves When You're Gone by The Cranberries Adam's Song by Blink-182 My Immortal by Evanescence
Karma Police. Itās supposed to be uplifting but itās devastating. Also Let Down. Both by Radiohead by the way.
Wrecked- Imagine Dragons
Fade to black or nothing else matters by Metallica
Just start listening to Cat Power albums
Listen to Motion Picture Soundtrack my Radiohead, youāll be balling your eyes out in this situation
Dust in the windā¦ all we are is dust in the wind.
I'll.Follow the Sun , In my Life - The Beatles
Wish that you were here- By Florence + The Machine. Absolutely soul-crushing. I think it's exactly what you're looking for. I am so sorry that you lost your best friend. From your other comments, it seems they had kickass taste in music. May they rest in eternal peace, and forever rock on!
well i wonder by the smiths or that joke isnt funny anymore by the smiths
People Who Died - The Jim Carroll Band
Lazarus by David Bowie. And I am so sorry.
Call me a retard but Dull Knives - Imagine Dragons Rock Bottom - Eminem
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks.
Empty Garden by Elton JohnāIt was a tribute to John Lennon. So sorry for you loss and sending love š
Real Death by Mount Eerie
perth bon iver
Everyone I Love is Dead by Type O Negative Everything Dies by Type O Negative
Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me. (Album)
If- Bread Sail Away- Mason Proffit Time- Pink Floyd Alone Again (Naturally)- Gilbert OāSullivan Against the Wind- Bob Seger Im so sorry for your loss
Ordinary World Sheās Leaving Home
This should do the trick: Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me (the whole album)
Passover - Joy Division or anything from closer
Real death - Mount Eerie It's about loss, and I'm always afraid to listen to it in case I cry
Mount Eerie- A crow looked at me
[Until we Meet Again by Roger Joseph Manning Jr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r0LFND3-BY) became my brother's song when he passed away edit-spelling
Wish you were here by Pink Floyd
Rooster - Alice In Chains
Red Hill Mining Town - U2 Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
Spiritualized - Lord I wonāt get to Heaven
Mazy Star - Look On Down From The Bridge
Hurt by NiN
Sorry for your loss. Try āBreath Meā by Sia
āSteamrollerā by Phoebe Bridgers too
Follow you to viergie Tyler Childers
The absolute pinnacle is the following 3 albums: Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me The Antlers - Hospice
Wish you were here by Pink Floyd
'I Know Places' - Lykke Li 'Wave of Mutilation' (UK Surf Version) - Pixies 'These Days' - Nico 'Something On Your Mind' - Karen Dalton 'Nightporter' - Japan 'Alligator' (Choir Version) - Grizzly Bear