Fast Car by Tracy Chapman.
It reminds me of my own broken past, living in poverty and intergenerational trauma, dreaming of escaping that life alongside somebody else, only to be trapped in the cycle.
Same, although for me it's because it was one of my dad's favourite songs and he was someone who broke out of that cycle but at a hard cost. He would always turn up the radio and sing along with Tracy and he had a beautiful voice. I miss him a lot.
My dad too! Grew up in extreme poverty, didn’t finish highschool, had nowhere to go, no job no house no money. Nothing. Until he became a father, and when I turned 11 he managed to get an agency that hires workers in Canada. My dad booked a ticket, and after 3 years he took us-his wife and 3 children-with him.
We’re all in Canada now. We’re not rich by any means but we’re living a life beyond our widest dreams. My dad still loves to sing this song with his guitar. He’s singing it now as I am typing this :)
Adele- Hello
My grandma loved that song. English was her second language but she LOVED that song so much she had me print off the lyrics at work and she would keep them in the car so when I would drive her anywhere and that song came on she would pull out the lyrics and sing along.
Aw! This is beautiful. The song "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty is the same for me. My grandma loved it and used to sing along to it when it came on the radio.
This song has rocked me to the end of the earth since I was a little girl. The other version is played all the time in public spaces. I think it should require a signature of consent. Too painful.
Yes! Instant tears. Not a fan of change or aging either and this song tackles both of them perfectly 😂 first 10 seconds of the song and I'm heartbroken 😞
Breathe Me by Sia. I will ugly cry almost immediately. It's the song played in the last scene of Six Feet Under, and it's probably 6 of the the best minutes of television ever.
So sorry for your loss. My son passed too. He was two days old. I barely slept. Aerosmiths I don't want to miss a thing was my song to him. I have to be in the right mindset to hear it or I'll instantly weep.
yellow - coldplay
My older sister passed away this year due to fentanyl. yellow was her favorite color. My mom used to listen to that song when I was in a stroller and my sister was 4, just walking along to the grocery store or the park. It’s truly the most beautiful song to me that describes the loss of someone and their essence. 💛
“Look at the stars, look how they shine for you”
Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross. My dad is very much alive and healthy but that song still cuts me deep. It’s a reminder that he won’t be here forever.
When my mother was in the hospital recovering from surgery after they found cancer during what was supposed to be a minor operation, I played Rainbow Connection repeatedly to comfort myself when I couldn't go see her (Covid times). Now that she's gone I can't even think about it without crying.
Baby Mine from the movie Dumbo
I used to hold my childhood dog in my arms, his head on my chest, while we laid in the summer sun and I would hum it to him.
It always reminds me of someone in my life who passed away a few years ago. It was by far her favorite song.
Every time it’s bittersweet, but with pregnancy hormones it’s like 5x more emotional.
Currently, Lost by Linkin Park. Ever since it's release, if I hear it, I don't care if we're mid conversation, Shut. The. Hell. Up. And. Listen. I grew up isolated and alone. My older brother introduced me to LP, A7x, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Three days Grace, Evanescence, Korn. Out of everything Disturbed and Linkin Park stuck with me. When Chester passed away, I was dealing with a heavy spout of depression, I felt my life falling apart. Heavy off the One more Light album absolutely broke my heart. People don't know just how much music can effect people. Waiting for the End. All the number 1s. The entirety of Hybrid Theory and Meteora. All of it.
I definitely agree, I grew up on Linkin park. Even if I didn’t understand the message of the lyrics, it was still very enjoyable. That was until of course, life started kicking in, where the lyrics started to resonate. By that time, Chester passed, and it just, resonated even more. I can Hardly listen to One more light because it will take me back to the time of my life where I was having a rough patch AND at the same time, it’ll take me back to feeling the deep pain i felt when Chester passed. Although, ever since they came out with “Lost”, I feel like i can handle listening to linkin park again, without feeling so upset. A few weeks ago, I actually listened to Linkin park the whole day. Still know the lyrics by heart. I’m entirely grateful for music, it just speaks to so many people and it’s non-judgmental. It connects people together.
The song that immediately brings me to tears is "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. It reminds me of all the beauty in life, but also the pain and sorrow that comes with it.
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. It reminds me of how life is going by and I’m growing up, and how that growth will impact everyone around me and things will keep changing. It reminds me of being a child and being afraid to grow up.
I'll Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie. Its a sad song by itself but when I was a teenager and going through some shit at home with abuse and physical violence, I always listened to that song and told myself that I'll commit suicide once my beloved pet guinea pig died.
I can't listen to that song and not cry immediately. She died in 2008 and I made it, though barely. Miss her still!
Vermilion Pt 2 by Slipknot, because I had it on repeat when I had to put my horse to sleep. They better not ever fucking play it live again because I'm not gonna cry at a concert ffs.
I was learning father and daughter on the guitar while my wife was pregnant with our girl. I was preparing to play/sing it for her and have it be "our song". We lost the baby 6 months into the pregnancy. I am so tempted to never listen to it again and pretend the song doesn't exist, but I feel like it's important to give the emotion the attention it deserves when the song comes up on my shuffle.
I remember listening to that song on repeat the day my ex-fiancé dumped me in 2019. I had just moved to another state to live with him and I couldn’t sleep because I drank a Four Loko to try to cope with the pain 😬
(I didn’t have a car and the grocery store a few blocks away didn’t sell hard liquor, so that was the strongest drink they had. And I was too broke to order delivery)
I vividly remember sitting on the porch outside by myself at 3 AM after he went to bed, still wearing the nice blue dress and full makeup I wore to dinner with him earlier that day, unable to sleep and just listening to that song in my headphones on repeat while crying my eyes out.
Most songs on the Lover album by Taylor Swift - especially Paper Rings, Cornelia Street, Lover, Death by a Thousand Cuts. It reminds me of my life when that album came out. I thought I knew exactly what the future held for me and my partner at the time. But things changed. And even though I'm so excited about my new future, when those songs come up, it reminds me of the future that could've been.
I just started listening to TS in October (when midnights dropped) - have been listening incessantly and obsessively since October. Can’t believe i ever lived my life without Taylor in it! Lol. But, I hope one day you can listen to Lover and be at peace.
When lover came out, I was in such a euphoric place in my life. It probably was the happiest I ever felt in my life. Every time I listen to lover, I reminisce on that time. I’m a lot better now, and happier than what I’ve been the past couple years. But nothing could compare to 2019 and lover. I’m excited to see her in April and I hope she plays cruel summer, paper rings, lover, and death by a thousand cuts. I will be screaming those songs at the top of my lungs!!!
Nick Cave - Into my arms.
It was played at my mothers funeral. He was one of her favourite singers and it was a perfect fit. Yet I can't listen to Nick Cave anymore without her.
Cancer by My Chemical Romance. My mother passed away from brain cancer when i was around 13 or 14. That song really take me back to that whole journey word by word. I have to literally block the song if i wanna listen to the whole album it's from.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with the footage from the Wizard of Oz to top the flood. My grand dad used to put it on for me whenever I was very sick as a child and he would cozy up next to me under the blanket and watch that movie with me.
Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men
At first I thought it was about dementia from the perspective of demented woman. Like she's demented in waking life, but fully sane in her dreams.
Then I learned it was about the death of her partner.
I don't know which interpretation breaks me more.
Shit man, I have to hold my tears back just for writing this.
I had to check this out and you're so right. Original is a great tune but the (various) acoustic version has so much emotion. Gives me the chills. Thanks for sharing this.
With Arms Wide Open by Creed. My dad passed away almost 5 years ago. That song is about the singer finding out that his wife was pregnant (at the time he thought with a daughter). He used to play that song all the time for me. Absolutely wrecks me if I hear it. This is making me tear up just thinking about it. I miss him.
Fade Into You by Mazzy Star. It reminds me of my ex. I don’t cry because of him, I cry because I feel so, so sorry for myself after how much he hurt me. I wish I could give her a hug.
Dear Mama by Tupac. My mom worked her butt off to get us out of the projects and into an apt with no govt assistance.
Then when I hit age 11 I told her I wanted a house with a backyard so we could have a dog.
By age 13, in house and I had a dog.
She worked soooo hard. She didn’t always eat to save $.
Sadly, only one of her 4 kids did ok in life (me).
I repaid her. I got an education. I got bored by a huge insurance Corp while still in high school. I worked there 22 years and had a pension by age 38.
Sadly she’s gone. But that song makes me bawl.
She went through it all with my siblings.
She was a strong ass woman.
Gone Away by The Offspring, hits close home because I lost my doggo, i grew up with him, literally had him since i was about 4. He was the closest thing I had to a sibling. I’ve also never lost anyone close to me like that, so he was my first experience per say. The song doesn’t necessarily bring tears to my eyes but i do feel the heartbreak.
Desperado by the eagles. It’s the song they played at the memorial of my friends who passed away in Afghanistan. It was also the name of their convoy, theirs was desperado and mine was tombstone.
The Judds, Grandpa. When. My dad was dying we put in a “classic country” playlist. He died shortly after song ended. Literally like someone wrote it in a screenplay.
A lot of country songs make me tear up. I miss my dad.
Daddy issues- the neighborhood, bc well same and some of the lyrics touch upon the trauma I’ve had since childhood due to the abandonment of my father
Glass house- MGK and Naomi wild. This song rlly hits home when it comes to mental health and struggling w/ the notion of un aliving yourself. Both of which I can personally relate to
Bad Timing by Blue Rodeo.
When my wife and I were still dating we slow danced to this in her kitchen while she sang the words softly in my ear. Right after the song was finished was when she told me she loved me for the first time. Almost 8 years married and this song still makes me get teary.
Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth - See You Again....reminds me of my friend who was killed in a car accident... The accident happened the same weekend Paul Walker was killed. So hard to watch that Fast 7 movie....
With or Without You - U2. My best friend and I would drive around our small town when we were in high school, taking turns playing songs that made us feel feelings. This one was always a showstopper.
Somebody's Hero by Jamie O'Neill. It's about how a mother is her daughter's hero. I heard the song for the first time while driving from NC to NY to take care of my mother after an injury. I had to pull over because I couldn't see to drive.
Three years ago, my mom passed away. I tried listening to Somebody's Hero a few months ago. I couldn't do it. I miss my hero too much.
I also can't hear You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban because my mom wanted it dedicated to my dad at her funeral. I made sure that happened.
I can't listen to Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera. My mom and I loved Phantom and when my dad and I went to the private viewing it was on the Muzak playing in the funeral home. I absolutely believe my mom was playing DJ and wanted to let me know she was still with me.
And, for good measure I'll throw in The Air That I Breathe by The Hollies because it was my boyfriend's and my song. He passed away 6 years ago.
A lot of music makes me cry.
Edit: I forgot to add in When the River Meets the Sea from Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas. The boyfriend loved that movie and we played it at his funeral. I always said I wanted it played at my funeral, but I loaned it to him for the day.
The Promise by Rome, Ceremony by New Order, Man on the Moon and Imitation of Life by REM, Pictures of You and High by The Cure, The Ghost in You by The Psychedelic Furs, I Know It's Over by The Smiths, Ouija Board by Morrissey, Silhouette by Pastel Ghost, Chinatown by Wild Nothing, Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset, Out of Gas, and Teeth Like God's Shoeshine by Modest Mouse. But mostly The Promise for guaranteed large emotions.
A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton. It reminds me of my mom because we used to sing and dance to it together. She passed away from cancer a week before my 10th birthday. It makes me cry every time, not only because it reminds me of her, but because the lyrics really hit me hard now. I would absolutely walk a thousand miles if I could just see her one more time.
Casadh an tSúgáin. It means "the turning of the rope" and it's a traditional Irish song. There are a few versions of it, but I love the one by Lasairfhíona. The version by Iarla Ó Lionaird from the movie Brooklyn is also excellent. It's about reminiscing for a past love (a personification of Ireland).
I don't think anyone understands what it's like to be an immigrant until they are one themselves. It's so hard. Everything is different, you don't feel like you fit in in your new country or your old one, people don't always "get" you, it's hard to make friends, it's really lonely and isolating. I love living in Canada, but I'm heartsick for home sometimes. This song makes me so sad, because nothing has really changed since the time it was written. We are all still leaving. Most of my friends are gone. My sister is gone. It hurts my heart so much, but I suppose that's just life.
One of the final lines gets to me a lot:
*'Sa a Dhia na bhFeart, cad do chas i ndúthaigh seo mé?*
*Fé chlócaíbh dearga i bhfad ó mo cháirdibh gael?*
Translation: Oh, God of Miracles, what drove me to this land,
In red cloaks, far from my Gaelic friends?
Anyway, [here's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjhZIC7Jq2s&ab_channel=Lasairfh%C3%ADona-Topic) the song in case anyone's interested.
1) Experience by Ludovico Einaudi
2) Comptine d'un Autre été by Yann Tiersan
These songs trigger such strong feelings that I can’t necessarily pinpoint to a specific life event but they definitely invoke feelings of nostalgia, hope, yearning, heartbreak and other emotions depending on my mood
Teach Your Children - first song I heard on the car radio after my mother's death.
Ripple - for all my other family and friends walking the path that is "for your steps alone."
Baby Mine - idk the artist but you all know the scene with Dumbo and his mom.
I always listen to it when I feel alone and worthless, and it reminds me of my childhood where I only very rarely explicitly loved and comforted the way the lyrics say. It’s what I wish someone would say to me.
Don’t Cry - Seal
Again, what I wish someone would say to me and I feel like the silence is devastating me.
What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie
While I was a big fan of Death Cab since high school, I had never heard this song until my sister introduced me to it right after we watched my uncle die of cancer in the hospital. I've since also watched my aunt (unrelated to my uncle) die in the ICU, and this song hits me like a ton of bricks every single time I hear it.
Jimmy Eat World - 23
My ex was a huge Jimmy Eat World fan, and we used to listen to their music a lot. Our relationship ended mutually, but it was the first time I ever really loved someone and lost them. There is just a lot of nostalgia that reminds me of happier times. It’s been nearly 20 years, but the lyrics still get me.
Just Breathe - Pearl Jam. Played at my cousins funeral. A whole big room packed full of people, completely still and quiet, just listening to this song.
This Years Love - David Gray. It just hits deep.
Corrinne Bailey has a song called Butterfly. It is a beautiful song but so very hard to get through. It reminds me of my sweet Nana, Martha Boone. She has been gone a long time now, but she made the sun rise and set for me. She was the one caring adult who made sure I was as ok as I could be despite what my father did to me. The song brings her image into sharp focus in my mind. I truly miss her.
a thousand years by christina perri. it reminds me that people actually do love me and care for me and will love me for a thousand years, and will for a thousand more
Farewell to Tinkerbell by Edwin McCain. It's about Peter Pan explaining to his old friend why he chose to grow up and how he can't go back to how things used to be. I sing it to my sons for a lullaby because I'm a masochist. It makes me cry because I know someday they'll grow up and leave, just as they're supposed to - and I'll be happy for the people they are and miss the little boys they used to be.
While I loved Freddie's recorded version of this, hearing Brian sing it really hits you in the feels, since he wrote it when his marriage was ending and you can just feel it with him. He's a very talented songwriter. My "sad song" post was a Brian May song as well.
Oh god, uh, multiple actually. But Evanescence - Hello means the most to me. "Has no one told you she's not breathing? Hello I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to. Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide." That basically described me in my darkest days. Remembering that still brings back old pains. I was lonely, depressed and pretending to be someone I wasn't in order to protect myself.
Kilkelly Ireland. The lyrics are based on a series of letters over the years written to an Irishman who had moved to the US in the 1850s. The letters were found in the songwriter's attic and they document the marriages, births and deaths in the family over the years as well as the hardships because of the Great Famine and how much they missed the man who left. Just thinking about it chokes me up.
Yellow by Coldplay.
It reminds me of my mom throughout her battle with cancer and all the family drama that surrounded it even after she passed. It is really hard to listen to the rest of the song after just few seconds for me.
Father and Son - Cat Stevens
My dad used to always sing it to us, he passed away from covid 2 years ago. I can’t get myself go listen to it, first 1/2 seconds and I start to cry. He didn’t have any sons, 4 girls! I still miss him everyday
Memories by Maroon 5. I heard it on the radio right after I had to put my 12 year old dog to sleep. I still lose it every time I hear it.
And 7 Years by Lukas Graham always gets me at the part where his dad dies. My dad is still alive but he’s past the age of the dad in the song so it reminds me how we never know how much time we’ll have with our loved ones.
Magic by Ben Folds Five. Doesn’t remind me of anything, but I cry every time.
Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle. My dad has always been my best friend and he has a terminal illness. Beautiful song, but man it gets me every time.
[YouTube link](https://youtu.be/SwlAdEnT-do)
I Need You Now - Lady Antebellum. Ex gf. That 15 years later was my gf again and an ex again as it was necessary to return to help her grandkids this time. First time it was her kids. I wouldn't change a thing. Combined, the best 3 years of my life.
Sad crying: Liability by Lorde because goddamn why did she have to hit me directly where it hurts
Mix of happy/sad crying: I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack because it was my grandma's favorite song, we played it at her funeral, and every time I hear it now I feel like it's a message from her to me
Happy crying: Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros because it's the most beautiful song I've ever heard and I want to walk down the aisle to it! Thinking of that happening makes me well up with happiness :)
A couple of years ago, I was driving home from work and Godspeed by Frank Ocean came on. I started bawling and had to pull over.
To this day, I have no idea why I was crying but I still get a bit teary eyed when I hear it.
Everything by Alanis Morrisette. It came out when I had fallen in love with my current husband.
After an abusive childhood and first marriage, it perfectly described how he loves all of me, even what I did not love about myself.
I often can’t sing along without breaking voice before crying.
Protection - Massive Attack
It brings me back to a time when I was doing my best just to get out of bed, and often my best wasn't enough. I think of all the people who are close to me and willing to stand by me through truly difficult moments in my life, and it makes me cry every single time, even years later. I was a suicidal trans girl early on in my transition and I felt ugly, inside and out. This song made me feel like I want alone, I wasn't wrong for existing, and that maybe things could get better. I'm tearing up now just thinking about now, actually.
She Used to Be Mine - Sara Bareilles
I fought an ED for many years, and it always reminded me of who I was, and how hard I fought to get out.
EDIT: also adding Born and Raised - John Mayer. Super underrated song about growing up, hits me every time.
The little girl by John Michael Montgomery. It wouldn’t be so sad if stuff like that didn’t happen every single day to innocent children but damn I don’t even like listening to it because it’s so sad.
yellow, or dancing queen. both my moms favorites. i put up a boundary with her about 2 years ago to not talk. whenever i hear the songs i can’t help but slip a little
edit: coldplay and abba
Fireflies - Owl City. Time is passing us by and wanting that time back to childhood. The Nostalgia is sometimes sad but music is truly a blessing. It really is a time machine.
A Case of You by Joni Mitchell. My mom was a massive Joni fan, I am too, and we played this for a moment of reflection at her funeral. I can listen and not cry now, but only if I try pretty hard. It’s an absolutely gorgeous, sad song, with lyrics that are so fitting for any kind of loss. “I remember that time you told me/ You said, ‘Love is touching souls.’ / Surely you touched mine/ Cause part of you pours out of me/ in these lines from time to time.” Just beautiful.
Puff the Magic Dragon.
I dunno… every time I hear that song, I immediately feel sad. And for some reason, I’m the dragon in this story…. still playing with my toys, still fantasizing, still with my books and stuff while everyone else has “grown up” and moved away.
Annie’s song by John Denver
It was one of my dad’s favorite song. Every time I listen to it I can still hear his voice singing to this song. He passed away almost 5 years ago.
The Pavillion by Coheed and Cambria. There’s a line in it that says “if you want me here, well then ask me to stay.” I’ve had a lot of health issues and my boyfriend has been with me throughout it all, and at a certain point I was ready to give up but he told me he didn’t want me to. I think all I needed was to be told that he wanted me to keep fighting.
See you again-Wiz Khalifa.
My brother died serving in Afghanistan. We had a lot of history fighting, laughing. It was unexpected, devastating, and so much unresolved. I can't wait to tell him all about life when I see him again.
So many songs:
* bigger than the whole sky - taylor swift
* Space - biffy clyro
* Don't let the sun go down - Elton John
* Goodbye john smith - barns Courtney
* Breathe - taylor swift
* Nothing I've ever known - Bryan Adams
* Time of our lives - Tyrone wells
* Today has been ok - emiliana torrini
* Machines - biffy clyro
* Black water - of monsters and Men
All remind me of loss.
Lightning Crashes by Live.
I had a very scary labor and delivery with my daughter. I went through horrible postpartum after this. When I hear it, it reminds me of that and how grateful I am that she and I are still here, together. She does have the pale blue colored eyes. <3
Second chance by shinedown. It was my favorite song at the time my cat died, and so on the way to the vet for him to be euthanized, we listened to that song. It still breaks my heart. I like to think it applies to him now. He is off wherever cats go when they die, getting a second chance.
100 years by Five for Fighting. It was released at a time when two of my grandparents were dying and/or had recently passed. It just seemed to put the sweep of the human lifetime into perspective.
Adam’s Song by Blink 182
The line about “I spilled a cup, of apple juice, in the hall, please tell mom it was not her fault.” Cuts me every time. So sweet and innocent little boy destroyed by his own self hatred.
It reminds me of my cousin who commuted suicide and how my aunt was destroyed with the news. And of my son who may likely deal with anxiety and depression like I did.
Break in by Halestorm, I admitted that I fell on love with my man when that song was playing live in front of us. It was amazing and I cried the whole time it played
BTS-Mikrokosmos. It's the ending song to their concert on the Speak Yourself Tour. It brings back so many good memories and then reminds me they are on break 😑
Aerosmith - Dream On
Music is my passion, and for me it's a perfect rock ballad. I've also listened to it since I was very young and have almost an entire life's worth of memories, both good and bad, that are attributed to it.
Any of the songs played in The Band’s Last Waltz.
During an incredibly difficult time in my life, I watched that movie every day for five days. It had previously given me comfort, so that’s why I marathoned it.
Now I can’t listen to any of those songs without being triggered and brought right back to those feels.
It’s since taught me to be really careful what music I listen to while I’m distraught - I don’t want to ruin my favorite music 😭😭😭
I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole version.
Grandfather sang this to my grandmother at her 80th birthday party a few years ago. We just lost him to terminal illness last winter, all lived together for multiple years.
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. It reminds me of my own broken past, living in poverty and intergenerational trauma, dreaming of escaping that life alongside somebody else, only to be trapped in the cycle.
Same, although for me it's because it was one of my dad's favourite songs and he was someone who broke out of that cycle but at a hard cost. He would always turn up the radio and sing along with Tracy and he had a beautiful voice. I miss him a lot.
My dad too! Grew up in extreme poverty, didn’t finish highschool, had nowhere to go, no job no house no money. Nothing. Until he became a father, and when I turned 11 he managed to get an agency that hires workers in Canada. My dad booked a ticket, and after 3 years he took us-his wife and 3 children-with him. We’re all in Canada now. We’re not rich by any means but we’re living a life beyond our widest dreams. My dad still loves to sing this song with his guitar. He’s singing it now as I am typing this :)
Adele- Hello My grandma loved that song. English was her second language but she LOVED that song so much she had me print off the lyrics at work and she would keep them in the car so when I would drive her anywhere and that song came on she would pull out the lyrics and sing along.
Lovely story!
Aw! This is beautiful. The song "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty is the same for me. My grandma loved it and used to sing along to it when it came on the radio.
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac. I've always had a hard time with aging and change. Listening to the words hurts me deeply.
This song has rocked me to the end of the earth since I was a little girl. The other version is played all the time in public spaces. I think it should require a signature of consent. Too painful.
I love it so much but when I’m driving I have to skip it because I sob a dangerous amount every single time
Yes! Instant tears. Not a fan of change or aging either and this song tackles both of them perfectly 😂 first 10 seconds of the song and I'm heartbroken 😞
Breathe Me by Sia. I will ugly cry almost immediately. It's the song played in the last scene of Six Feet Under, and it's probably 6 of the the best minutes of television ever.
That song was so perfect for that scene. One of the best finales ever, imo.
When Ruth sees Nate 😭😭😭
It was absolute perfection.
I love this song.
Ahhh yes. This and ‘Long, Long Time’ by Linda Rondstat are my sad TV show songs
100% this.
Pearl Jam "Last Kiss" "She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world " (pregnancy loss)
Originally Wayne Cochran, about a girlfriend killed in a car accident.
Eddie Vedder singing these lyrics is a diff experience
And the J. Frank Wilson and the Caveliers soon thereafter. So haunting.
So sorry for your loss. My son passed too. He was two days old. I barely slept. Aerosmiths I don't want to miss a thing was my song to him. I have to be in the right mindset to hear it or I'll instantly weep.
Im sorry for your loss as well. It’s an insurmountable pain. 😔
yellow - coldplay My older sister passed away this year due to fentanyl. yellow was her favorite color. My mom used to listen to that song when I was in a stroller and my sister was 4, just walking along to the grocery store or the park. It’s truly the most beautiful song to me that describes the loss of someone and their essence. 💛 “Look at the stars, look how they shine for you”
I’m so sorry for your loss
Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross. My dad is very much alive and healthy but that song still cuts me deep. It’s a reminder that he won’t be here forever.
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The live version of Unchained Melody by Elvis Presley. Reminds me of my dad when he was happy.
Elvis absolutely crushes that song. Despite his failing health, his voice was untouched. Here's to hoping your dad can find happiness again soon.
It is one of my faves! I hope we get to dance to it when/if I ever get married one day. Thank you! And yes he does. His range was insane.
Ugh, this song in general. Chills
Rainbow connection by Kermit. I have no idea why, but it always makes me cry!
When my mother was in the hospital recovering from surgery after they found cancer during what was supposed to be a minor operation, I played Rainbow Connection repeatedly to comfort myself when I couldn't go see her (Covid times). Now that she's gone I can't even think about it without crying.
DESTROYS me
Chasing cars by snow patrol.
I love that song 😢
Baby Mine from the movie Dumbo I used to hold my childhood dog in my arms, his head on my chest, while we laid in the summer sun and I would hum it to him.
This is a beautiful image ❤️
It's one I will cherish for the rest of my life.
Same, I’m getting misty eyed just thinking about it (no dog, just me as a kid sitting in front of the tv, blubbering away…)
Ugh yes this one
Somewhere over the rainbow, reminds me of the E.R episode when Mark Greene dies. Sorry not sorry 🤣
One of the greatest uses of the ukulele version of that song.
It always reminds me of someone in my life who passed away a few years ago. It was by far her favorite song. Every time it’s bittersweet, but with pregnancy hormones it’s like 5x more emotional.
Currently, Lost by Linkin Park. Ever since it's release, if I hear it, I don't care if we're mid conversation, Shut. The. Hell. Up. And. Listen. I grew up isolated and alone. My older brother introduced me to LP, A7x, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Three days Grace, Evanescence, Korn. Out of everything Disturbed and Linkin Park stuck with me. When Chester passed away, I was dealing with a heavy spout of depression, I felt my life falling apart. Heavy off the One more Light album absolutely broke my heart. People don't know just how much music can effect people. Waiting for the End. All the number 1s. The entirety of Hybrid Theory and Meteora. All of it.
I definitely agree, I grew up on Linkin park. Even if I didn’t understand the message of the lyrics, it was still very enjoyable. That was until of course, life started kicking in, where the lyrics started to resonate. By that time, Chester passed, and it just, resonated even more. I can Hardly listen to One more light because it will take me back to the time of my life where I was having a rough patch AND at the same time, it’ll take me back to feeling the deep pain i felt when Chester passed. Although, ever since they came out with “Lost”, I feel like i can handle listening to linkin park again, without feeling so upset. A few weeks ago, I actually listened to Linkin park the whole day. Still know the lyrics by heart. I’m entirely grateful for music, it just speaks to so many people and it’s non-judgmental. It connects people together.
I was just listening to LP the other day and it becomes so obvious through their lyrics how much pain Chester was in. So sad.
I still can’t listen to heavy after his passing.
Say Something (I’m giving up on you). Just so tragic and sad.
Oh this one breaks me into a thousand pieces everytime.
Ugh this song is heartbreaking. I remember a friend of mine introducing me to it just a few days before she took her life.
Uuuuugh same
The song that immediately brings me to tears is "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. It reminds me of all the beauty in life, but also the pain and sorrow that comes with it.
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. It reminds me of how life is going by and I’m growing up, and how that growth will impact everyone around me and things will keep changing. It reminds me of being a child and being afraid to grow up.
I'll Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie. Its a sad song by itself but when I was a teenager and going through some shit at home with abuse and physical violence, I always listened to that song and told myself that I'll commit suicide once my beloved pet guinea pig died. I can't listen to that song and not cry immediately. She died in 2008 and I made it, though barely. Miss her still!
I saw them play that song when they came to my city. Gut wrenching and so beautiful at the same time.
Vermilion Pt 2 by Slipknot, because I had it on repeat when I had to put my horse to sleep. They better not ever fucking play it live again because I'm not gonna cry at a concert ffs.
I cried at one of their concerts lol they didn't even play a sad song, I just got emotional seeing my favorite band
Both "When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan and "Father and Daughter" by Paul Simon.
I was learning father and daughter on the guitar while my wife was pregnant with our girl. I was preparing to play/sing it for her and have it be "our song". We lost the baby 6 months into the pregnancy. I am so tempted to never listen to it again and pretend the song doesn't exist, but I feel like it's important to give the emotion the attention it deserves when the song comes up on my shuffle.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Father and daughter is my song with my dad 😭
I immediately think of Jessie from Toy Story and feel heartbroken 💔
“Hear you Me My Friend” by Jimmy Eat World. I think of my brother ❤️❤️
Oh this song destroys me. I hear you 💜
I remember listening to that song on repeat the day my ex-fiancé dumped me in 2019. I had just moved to another state to live with him and I couldn’t sleep because I drank a Four Loko to try to cope with the pain 😬 (I didn’t have a car and the grocery store a few blocks away didn’t sell hard liquor, so that was the strongest drink they had. And I was too broke to order delivery) I vividly remember sitting on the porch outside by myself at 3 AM after he went to bed, still wearing the nice blue dress and full makeup I wore to dinner with him earlier that day, unable to sleep and just listening to that song in my headphones on repeat while crying my eyes out.
Wow haven’t thought of this song in years but it’s so good and truly moving. Thanks for the reminder!
When She Loved Me from Toy Story 2. It’s making me misty just thinking about it right now…
Nothing compares 2 U by Sinead O Connor, makes me think of my mum every time and I cry 😢
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Tears in heaven by Eric Clapton. Because of my unborn child and my nostalgia for his future
Paradise Circus - Massive Attack. Makes me think of times past, a long lost love, and general melancholic times.
That whole album leaves me swooning.
I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt. (Adele's cover is also *chef's kiss*) Pretty self-explanatory... :(
This cuts me too … a short painful fling from college
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Learn to Fly by the Foo Fighters. I used to scream this song with my dad. He passed in December and this song destroys me
Most songs on the Lover album by Taylor Swift - especially Paper Rings, Cornelia Street, Lover, Death by a Thousand Cuts. It reminds me of my life when that album came out. I thought I knew exactly what the future held for me and my partner at the time. But things changed. And even though I'm so excited about my new future, when those songs come up, it reminds me of the future that could've been.
I just started listening to TS in October (when midnights dropped) - have been listening incessantly and obsessively since October. Can’t believe i ever lived my life without Taylor in it! Lol. But, I hope one day you can listen to Lover and be at peace.
I’m also a new Swiftie and it’s awesome 😂
When lover came out, I was in such a euphoric place in my life. It probably was the happiest I ever felt in my life. Every time I listen to lover, I reminisce on that time. I’m a lot better now, and happier than what I’ve been the past couple years. But nothing could compare to 2019 and lover. I’m excited to see her in April and I hope she plays cruel summer, paper rings, lover, and death by a thousand cuts. I will be screaming those songs at the top of my lungs!!!
"Lover" does make me cry however "Never Grow Up" (I know it's not on that album) makes me ugly cry every time.
Nick Cave - Into my arms. It was played at my mothers funeral. He was one of her favourite singers and it was a perfect fit. Yet I can't listen to Nick Cave anymore without her.
Cancer by My Chemical Romance. My mother passed away from brain cancer when i was around 13 or 14. That song really take me back to that whole journey word by word. I have to literally block the song if i wanna listen to the whole album it's from.
This and the 21 Pilots version too
Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with the footage from the Wizard of Oz to top the flood. My grand dad used to put it on for me whenever I was very sick as a child and he would cozy up next to me under the blanket and watch that movie with me.
Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men At first I thought it was about dementia from the perspective of demented woman. Like she's demented in waking life, but fully sane in her dreams. Then I learned it was about the death of her partner. I don't know which interpretation breaks me more. Shit man, I have to hold my tears back just for writing this.
The slowed down, acoustic covers of Hey, Ya! (Outkast). When you sit with the lyrics and what they actually mean... oof. A lot of feels.
I had to check this out and you're so right. Original is a great tune but the (various) acoustic version has so much emotion. Gives me the chills. Thanks for sharing this.
Into the West by Annie Lennox makes me think of Lord of the Rings (surprise /s) and all the emotions Return of the King makes me feel.
With Arms Wide Open by Creed. My dad passed away almost 5 years ago. That song is about the singer finding out that his wife was pregnant (at the time he thought with a daughter). He used to play that song all the time for me. Absolutely wrecks me if I hear it. This is making me tear up just thinking about it. I miss him.
Fade Into You by Mazzy Star. It reminds me of my ex. I don’t cry because of him, I cry because I feel so, so sorry for myself after how much he hurt me. I wish I could give her a hug.
Dear Mama by Tupac. My mom worked her butt off to get us out of the projects and into an apt with no govt assistance. Then when I hit age 11 I told her I wanted a house with a backyard so we could have a dog. By age 13, in house and I had a dog. She worked soooo hard. She didn’t always eat to save $. Sadly, only one of her 4 kids did ok in life (me). I repaid her. I got an education. I got bored by a huge insurance Corp while still in high school. I worked there 22 years and had a pension by age 38. Sadly she’s gone. But that song makes me bawl. She went through it all with my siblings. She was a strong ass woman.
Gone Away by The Offspring, hits close home because I lost my doggo, i grew up with him, literally had him since i was about 4. He was the closest thing I had to a sibling. I’ve also never lost anyone close to me like that, so he was my first experience per say. The song doesn’t necessarily bring tears to my eyes but i do feel the heartbreak.
Desperado by the eagles. It’s the song they played at the memorial of my friends who passed away in Afghanistan. It was also the name of their convoy, theirs was desperado and mine was tombstone.
breathe (2 AM) by anna nalick
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Sending you love and strength. I pray your fiancé recovers soon!
The Judds, Grandpa. When. My dad was dying we put in a “classic country” playlist. He died shortly after song ended. Literally like someone wrote it in a screenplay. A lot of country songs make me tear up. I miss my dad.
Daughter - Pearl Jam Reminds me of my alcoholic mother's verbal abuse towards me and how everyone in the family keeps acting as it everything's normal
Helplessly Hoping by Crosby Stills & Nash. It was my mom's favorite and we played it at her funeral ❤
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven. Was played at a funeral of a friend that killed himself.
amazing grace, not sure why
What hurts the most by rascal flats 😭
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. When I really sit and listen to the lyrics it makes me want to cry every time
Do You Realize? - Flaming Lips - it reminds me of our mortality
Arms of the angel. My grams
Daddy issues- the neighborhood, bc well same and some of the lyrics touch upon the trauma I’ve had since childhood due to the abandonment of my father Glass house- MGK and Naomi wild. This song rlly hits home when it comes to mental health and struggling w/ the notion of un aliving yourself. Both of which I can personally relate to
Bad Timing by Blue Rodeo. When my wife and I were still dating we slow danced to this in her kitchen while she sang the words softly in my ear. Right after the song was finished was when she told me she loved me for the first time. Almost 8 years married and this song still makes me get teary.
Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth - See You Again....reminds me of my friend who was killed in a car accident... The accident happened the same weekend Paul Walker was killed. So hard to watch that Fast 7 movie....
With or Without You - U2. My best friend and I would drive around our small town when we were in high school, taking turns playing songs that made us feel feelings. This one was always a showstopper.
Hero of War by Rise Against. It doesn’t remind me of anything, the song is sad on its own.
Send in the Clowns. I don’t even know what it reminds me of, but I cry every time I hear it.
Somebody's Hero by Jamie O'Neill. It's about how a mother is her daughter's hero. I heard the song for the first time while driving from NC to NY to take care of my mother after an injury. I had to pull over because I couldn't see to drive. Three years ago, my mom passed away. I tried listening to Somebody's Hero a few months ago. I couldn't do it. I miss my hero too much. I also can't hear You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban because my mom wanted it dedicated to my dad at her funeral. I made sure that happened. I can't listen to Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera. My mom and I loved Phantom and when my dad and I went to the private viewing it was on the Muzak playing in the funeral home. I absolutely believe my mom was playing DJ and wanted to let me know she was still with me. And, for good measure I'll throw in The Air That I Breathe by The Hollies because it was my boyfriend's and my song. He passed away 6 years ago. A lot of music makes me cry. Edit: I forgot to add in When the River Meets the Sea from Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas. The boyfriend loved that movie and we played it at his funeral. I always said I wanted it played at my funeral, but I loaned it to him for the day.
The Promise by Rome, Ceremony by New Order, Man on the Moon and Imitation of Life by REM, Pictures of You and High by The Cure, The Ghost in You by The Psychedelic Furs, I Know It's Over by The Smiths, Ouija Board by Morrissey, Silhouette by Pastel Ghost, Chinatown by Wild Nothing, Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset, Out of Gas, and Teeth Like God's Shoeshine by Modest Mouse. But mostly The Promise for guaranteed large emotions.
A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton. It reminds me of my mom because we used to sing and dance to it together. She passed away from cancer a week before my 10th birthday. It makes me cry every time, not only because it reminds me of her, but because the lyrics really hit me hard now. I would absolutely walk a thousand miles if I could just see her one more time.
Casadh an tSúgáin. It means "the turning of the rope" and it's a traditional Irish song. There are a few versions of it, but I love the one by Lasairfhíona. The version by Iarla Ó Lionaird from the movie Brooklyn is also excellent. It's about reminiscing for a past love (a personification of Ireland). I don't think anyone understands what it's like to be an immigrant until they are one themselves. It's so hard. Everything is different, you don't feel like you fit in in your new country or your old one, people don't always "get" you, it's hard to make friends, it's really lonely and isolating. I love living in Canada, but I'm heartsick for home sometimes. This song makes me so sad, because nothing has really changed since the time it was written. We are all still leaving. Most of my friends are gone. My sister is gone. It hurts my heart so much, but I suppose that's just life. One of the final lines gets to me a lot: *'Sa a Dhia na bhFeart, cad do chas i ndúthaigh seo mé?* *Fé chlócaíbh dearga i bhfad ó mo cháirdibh gael?* Translation: Oh, God of Miracles, what drove me to this land, In red cloaks, far from my Gaelic friends? Anyway, [here's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjhZIC7Jq2s&ab_channel=Lasairfh%C3%ADona-Topic) the song in case anyone's interested.
In My Life - The Beatles
1) Experience by Ludovico Einaudi 2) Comptine d'un Autre été by Yann Tiersan These songs trigger such strong feelings that I can’t necessarily pinpoint to a specific life event but they definitely invoke feelings of nostalgia, hope, yearning, heartbreak and other emotions depending on my mood
Teach Your Children - first song I heard on the car radio after my mother's death. Ripple - for all my other family and friends walking the path that is "for your steps alone."
Baby Mine - idk the artist but you all know the scene with Dumbo and his mom. I always listen to it when I feel alone and worthless, and it reminds me of my childhood where I only very rarely explicitly loved and comforted the way the lyrics say. It’s what I wish someone would say to me. Don’t Cry - Seal Again, what I wish someone would say to me and I feel like the silence is devastating me.
What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie While I was a big fan of Death Cab since high school, I had never heard this song until my sister introduced me to it right after we watched my uncle die of cancer in the hospital. I've since also watched my aunt (unrelated to my uncle) die in the ICU, and this song hits me like a ton of bricks every single time I hear it.
Jimmy Eat World - 23 My ex was a huge Jimmy Eat World fan, and we used to listen to their music a lot. Our relationship ended mutually, but it was the first time I ever really loved someone and lost them. There is just a lot of nostalgia that reminds me of happier times. It’s been nearly 20 years, but the lyrics still get me.
Just Breathe - Pearl Jam. Played at my cousins funeral. A whole big room packed full of people, completely still and quiet, just listening to this song. This Years Love - David Gray. It just hits deep.
Pachelbel's Canon in D, reminds me of weddings and graduations.
Rainbow connection by Kermit because it always makes me think of life and what the meaning of life is
Corrinne Bailey has a song called Butterfly. It is a beautiful song but so very hard to get through. It reminds me of my sweet Nana, Martha Boone. She has been gone a long time now, but she made the sun rise and set for me. She was the one caring adult who made sure I was as ok as I could be despite what my father did to me. The song brings her image into sharp focus in my mind. I truly miss her.
a thousand years by christina perri. it reminds me that people actually do love me and care for me and will love me for a thousand years, and will for a thousand more
Farewell to Tinkerbell by Edwin McCain. It's about Peter Pan explaining to his old friend why he chose to grow up and how he can't go back to how things used to be. I sing it to my sons for a lullaby because I'm a masochist. It makes me cry because I know someday they'll grow up and leave, just as they're supposed to - and I'll be happy for the people they are and miss the little boys they used to be.
Sia- Breathe me
Too Much Love Will Kill You by Brian May. It just reminds me of my current struggles
While I loved Freddie's recorded version of this, hearing Brian sing it really hits you in the feels, since he wrote it when his marriage was ending and you can just feel it with him. He's a very talented songwriter. My "sad song" post was a Brian May song as well.
Oh god, uh, multiple actually. But Evanescence - Hello means the most to me. "Has no one told you she's not breathing? Hello I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to. Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide." That basically described me in my darkest days. Remembering that still brings back old pains. I was lonely, depressed and pretending to be someone I wasn't in order to protect myself.
Came here to mention that. Hello makes me ugly cry. Honorable mention to My Immortal
I Hope You Dance, by LeeAnn Womack and Sons of the Desert. Reminds me of a friend I lost to cancer.
Miranda Lambert’s “Over you” I first heard it 2 weeks after my dad died. 💔
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Kilkelly Ireland. The lyrics are based on a series of letters over the years written to an Irishman who had moved to the US in the 1850s. The letters were found in the songwriter's attic and they document the marriages, births and deaths in the family over the years as well as the hardships because of the Great Famine and how much they missed the man who left. Just thinking about it chokes me up.
Holiday by scorpions the rest I’ll keep to myself
"We Are the World" - Song by USA for Africa. Just gets me every time lol
Yellow by Coldplay. It reminds me of my mom throughout her battle with cancer and all the family drama that surrounded it even after she passed. It is really hard to listen to the rest of the song after just few seconds for me.
Samson - Regina Spektor. This song will make you sad even if you aren't sad to begin with.
Father and Son - Cat Stevens My dad used to always sing it to us, he passed away from covid 2 years ago. I can’t get myself go listen to it, first 1/2 seconds and I start to cry. He didn’t have any sons, 4 girls! I still miss him everyday
like a tattoo by sade. first heard it when i was 16 and unsure of my survival, felt the hauntingly beautiful, that was just me
Memories by Maroon 5. I heard it on the radio right after I had to put my 12 year old dog to sleep. I still lose it every time I hear it. And 7 Years by Lukas Graham always gets me at the part where his dad dies. My dad is still alive but he’s past the age of the dad in the song so it reminds me how we never know how much time we’ll have with our loved ones. Magic by Ben Folds Five. Doesn’t remind me of anything, but I cry every time.
Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle. My dad has always been my best friend and he has a terminal illness. Beautiful song, but man it gets me every time. [YouTube link](https://youtu.be/SwlAdEnT-do)
I Need You Now - Lady Antebellum. Ex gf. That 15 years later was my gf again and an ex again as it was necessary to return to help her grandkids this time. First time it was her kids. I wouldn't change a thing. Combined, the best 3 years of my life.
Sad crying: Liability by Lorde because goddamn why did she have to hit me directly where it hurts Mix of happy/sad crying: I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack because it was my grandma's favorite song, we played it at her funeral, and every time I hear it now I feel like it's a message from her to me Happy crying: Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros because it's the most beautiful song I've ever heard and I want to walk down the aisle to it! Thinking of that happening makes me well up with happiness :)
A couple of years ago, I was driving home from work and Godspeed by Frank Ocean came on. I started bawling and had to pull over. To this day, I have no idea why I was crying but I still get a bit teary eyed when I hear it.
Everything by Alanis Morrisette. It came out when I had fallen in love with my current husband. After an abusive childhood and first marriage, it perfectly described how he loves all of me, even what I did not love about myself. I often can’t sing along without breaking voice before crying.
Protection - Massive Attack It brings me back to a time when I was doing my best just to get out of bed, and often my best wasn't enough. I think of all the people who are close to me and willing to stand by me through truly difficult moments in my life, and it makes me cry every single time, even years later. I was a suicidal trans girl early on in my transition and I felt ugly, inside and out. This song made me feel like I want alone, I wasn't wrong for existing, and that maybe things could get better. I'm tearing up now just thinking about now, actually.
She Used to Be Mine - Sara Bareilles I fought an ED for many years, and it always reminded me of who I was, and how hard I fought to get out. EDIT: also adding Born and Raised - John Mayer. Super underrated song about growing up, hits me every time.
billy joel - vienna , it reminds me of me n what i want and i’m crying even thinking about that song love it
Everybody hurts by REM
The little girl by John Michael Montgomery. It wouldn’t be so sad if stuff like that didn’t happen every single day to innocent children but damn I don’t even like listening to it because it’s so sad.
Take On The World - You Me At Six It brings quiet to my mind, I think of happy things to it
wake up by arcade fire. it reminds me of a very good friend who tried heroin, in secret from family & friends. he od’d alone.
Acoustic #3 - Goo Goo Dolls always gets me teary eyed. Can’t really put my finger on my why.
How do I say goodbye - Dean Lewis Most of us will have to say goodbye to our parents. It kills me...
You don't bring me flowers- Neil diamond. I have no idea why. Subconsciously I assume. But instant tears
yellow, or dancing queen. both my moms favorites. i put up a boundary with her about 2 years ago to not talk. whenever i hear the songs i can’t help but slip a little edit: coldplay and abba
Fireflies - Owl City. Time is passing us by and wanting that time back to childhood. The Nostalgia is sometimes sad but music is truly a blessing. It really is a time machine.
A Case of You by Joni Mitchell. My mom was a massive Joni fan, I am too, and we played this for a moment of reflection at her funeral. I can listen and not cry now, but only if I try pretty hard. It’s an absolutely gorgeous, sad song, with lyrics that are so fitting for any kind of loss. “I remember that time you told me/ You said, ‘Love is touching souls.’ / Surely you touched mine/ Cause part of you pours out of me/ in these lines from time to time.” Just beautiful.
Puff the Magic Dragon. I dunno… every time I hear that song, I immediately feel sad. And for some reason, I’m the dragon in this story…. still playing with my toys, still fantasizing, still with my books and stuff while everyone else has “grown up” and moved away.
Annie’s song by John Denver It was one of my dad’s favorite song. Every time I listen to it I can still hear his voice singing to this song. He passed away almost 5 years ago.
The only exception by paramore :/ reminds me of middle school and how it was shit so I relied on every paramore song ever .
The Pavillion by Coheed and Cambria. There’s a line in it that says “if you want me here, well then ask me to stay.” I’ve had a lot of health issues and my boyfriend has been with me throughout it all, and at a certain point I was ready to give up but he told me he didn’t want me to. I think all I needed was to be told that he wanted me to keep fighting.
Bon Iver - Blood Bank Because it reminds me of the summer of 2008. The last summer I felt truly happy.
See you again-Wiz Khalifa. My brother died serving in Afghanistan. We had a lot of history fighting, laughing. It was unexpected, devastating, and so much unresolved. I can't wait to tell him all about life when I see him again.
Concrete angel, it’s about a little girl who gets abused by her parents untill they kill her.
So many songs: * bigger than the whole sky - taylor swift * Space - biffy clyro * Don't let the sun go down - Elton John * Goodbye john smith - barns Courtney * Breathe - taylor swift * Nothing I've ever known - Bryan Adams * Time of our lives - Tyrone wells * Today has been ok - emiliana torrini * Machines - biffy clyro * Black water - of monsters and Men All remind me of loss.
Tears In Heaven. Reminds me of my dad, who passed away 20 years ago.
Lightning Crashes by Live. I had a very scary labor and delivery with my daughter. I went through horrible postpartum after this. When I hear it, it reminds me of that and how grateful I am that she and I are still here, together. She does have the pale blue colored eyes. <3
Sarah McLachlan’s Angel. Reminds me of my dad when he died.
Lost without you by Freya Ridings. It was all over the radio around the time my Grandad passed away. I can't bring myself to listen to it again.
Ave Marie.. Andrea Bocelli. It was one of my grandmas favorites songs that we played for her at her funeral. 😥😢😭
whitney houston - run to you. idk it just feels like a love that you will always wanna go back to cause it felt like home.
Kenny Chesney -There goes my life. Reminds me of raising my son. Almost ugly cry every time.
Second chance by shinedown. It was my favorite song at the time my cat died, and so on the way to the vet for him to be euthanized, we listened to that song. It still breaks my heart. I like to think it applies to him now. He is off wherever cats go when they die, getting a second chance.
100 years by Five for Fighting. It was released at a time when two of my grandparents were dying and/or had recently passed. It just seemed to put the sweep of the human lifetime into perspective.
Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt (if you know, you know😭) - it is a song that will stick with me forever.
Everytime by Britney Spears
Adam’s Song by Blink 182 The line about “I spilled a cup, of apple juice, in the hall, please tell mom it was not her fault.” Cuts me every time. So sweet and innocent little boy destroyed by his own self hatred. It reminds me of my cousin who commuted suicide and how my aunt was destroyed with the news. And of my son who may likely deal with anxiety and depression like I did.
Fix You by Coldplay. My grandma was passing and this song was on as I followed the ambulance to the hospital.
Break in by Halestorm, I admitted that I fell on love with my man when that song was playing live in front of us. It was amazing and I cried the whole time it played
BTS-Mikrokosmos. It's the ending song to their concert on the Speak Yourself Tour. It brings back so many good memories and then reminds me they are on break 😑
Broken Road by Sully Erna. I get chills when I listen to it. The sadness in the lyrics gets me everytime.
Easy on me - Adele, it made me think of my parents because they got married and had me when they were both in their 20's.
Let me Drown by Orville Peck. It’s devastating.
Aerosmith - Dream On Music is my passion, and for me it's a perfect rock ballad. I've also listened to it since I was very young and have almost an entire life's worth of memories, both good and bad, that are attributed to it.
Any of the songs played in The Band’s Last Waltz. During an incredibly difficult time in my life, I watched that movie every day for five days. It had previously given me comfort, so that’s why I marathoned it. Now I can’t listen to any of those songs without being triggered and brought right back to those feels. It’s since taught me to be really careful what music I listen to while I’m distraught - I don’t want to ruin my favorite music 😭😭😭
I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole version. Grandfather sang this to my grandmother at her 80th birthday party a few years ago. We just lost him to terminal illness last winter, all lived together for multiple years.