# Favorite/Most Depressing Song Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634 "2002-11-25T10:53:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eidolon909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@Eidolon909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eidolon909)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/1 "2002-11-25T10:53:11Z")
So what are your favourite depressing song lyrics? Or just lyrics you find depressing? I realize some people will find certain lyrics overly maudlin or silly… but hey… here are a few of mine (incomplete, naturally): Beborn Beton, _Another World_: Don’t you worry they won’t find my body I want you to know I’ve found peace in another world Don’t keep digging I want you leave walk away from the place that my ashes are buried The Smiths, _I Know Its Over_: Oh Mother I can feel the soil falling over my head VNV Nation, _Further_: The Sun was born, so it shall die, so only shadows comfort me. I know in darkness I will find you giving up inside like me. Each day shall end as it begins and though you’re far away from me I know in darkness I will find you giving up inside like me ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/2 "2002-11-25T11:23:27Z")
There are too many to mention, but the first one that comes to mind is: Cut Here by the Cure ~ it’s so hard to think it ends sometime and this could be the last, I should really hear you sing again, I should really watch you dance, because it’s hard to think that I’ll never get another chance to hold you, to hold you ~how many times can I walk away and wish, if only how many times can I talk this way and wish, if only keep on making the same mistake keep on aching the same heartbreak and I wish, if only ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/3 "2002-11-25T11:33:20Z")
Oh and I agree with - I know it’s over ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/4 "2002-11-25T13:06:38Z")
“We found them next day Just as they had planned: So quiet So cold Yet still hand in hand.” Edith Piaf - _Lovers For a Day_ (English version) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/5 "2002-11-25T14:01:20Z")
Cub, _Main and Broadway_: Love letters, broken lockets, Dead flowers, candy boxes, That’s what you’re left with when it’s over Happy Endings, _Electric Bonsai Band_: Maybe a lover comes along, Maybe in story or in song, Maybe the heart is really strong, A million lemmings can’t be wrong Doug Engaged, _Mel Cooleys_: Tie the knot, Doug Tie it tighter Pay the rabbi, pay the priest See the sights, Doug See the spider Mates for life then starts to feast ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/6 "2002-11-25T14:02:02Z")
“Just a little yearning reminds one of happiness, Just a little yearning can heal the emptiness. Yearn for gray skies, or a bit of sun— Makes no difference, doesn’t everyone Need a little yearning, a dream on which they can build? Just a yearning that won’t be fulfilled.” —(English lyrics of “Eine kleine Sehnsucht” by Friedrich Hollaender) ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/7 "2002-11-25T14:09:19Z")
_What do I do now?_\* by **Sleeper** oh i’ll miss you every day of your life and maybe when you’re dead i’ll get some rest from holding onto you what do i do now then are we going under what did i do wrong i thought we had it sorted is there someone else or am i too familiar was it when i said i wanted to have children tore up all your photos didn’t feel too clever spent the whole of sunday sticking you together now i’d like to call you but i feel too awkward some things need explaining no one told me it was raining ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/8 "2002-11-25T14:31:02Z")
I don’t remember the title, but there’s a Jane Oliver song… Just because it’s over, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen; doesn’t mean it wasn’t beautiful even with the pain… ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/9 "2002-11-25T16:51:02Z")
You’re all going to hate me for this, because it will inhabit your brain for a week, but: \*Goodbye to you my trusted friend We´ve known each other since we Were nine or ten Together we´ve climbed hills and trees Learned of love and abc´s Skinned our hearts and Skinned our knees Goodbye my friend it´s hard to die When all the birds are singing In the sky Now that spring is in the air Pretty girls are everywhere Think of me and i´ll be there we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun but the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time\* d&r ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/10 "2002-11-25T18:05:55Z")
I see that **Eidolon909** and I have similar taste in music. I’ll go with a couple … **VNV Nation** “Forsaken” (obvious VNV choice) \*The day you died I lost my way The day you died I lost my mind What am I supposed to do? Is there something more?\* **Anything Box** “Interleave” _If I smile I weep inside And if I laugh I’m really frowning…_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/11 "2002-11-25T18:39:20Z")
My Lady D’Arbanville, by Cat Stevens [http://catstevens.com/discography/songs/00113.html](http://catstevens.com/discography/songs/00113.html) Beautiful song, but deeee-pressin (and I’m guessing the reason she “sleeps so still” is cauze she’s dead) ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/12 "2002-11-25T18:53:14Z")
“It’s a hard road when you know where you’re going, And it’s harder when you know where you’re not.” - The Trash Can Sinatras “The Best Man’s Fall” ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/13 "2002-11-25T19:04:53Z")
Most songs sung by Coldplay. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/14 "2002-11-25T19:18:32Z")
Lessee. _[Last Kiss](http://www.lyricsdomain.com/lyrics/2448/)_ proves that no song is so depressing that Pearl Jam can’t make it more so. Can’t go wrong with a little [_Cat’s in the Cradle_](http://www.littlejason.com/chapin/songs/catcrad.html). And, of course, [Pink Floyd’s _“Time”_](http://www.rukind.com/music/pftunes/breathe.htm) is a sure-winner to help get you in that ‘slit your wrists’ frame of mind: > [@](#): > > And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun > But it’s sinking > And racing around to come up behind you again > The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older > Shorter of breath and one day closer to death ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/15 "2002-11-25T19:30:48Z")
James Taylor’s [“Long Ago and Far Away”](http://www.james-taylor.com/albums/longago.shtml). When one of the lines in the chorus is “Why is this song so sad?” you know you’re dealing with serious gloom. Beautiful song, though. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/16 "2002-11-25T19:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tygr \* > \*\*And, of course, [Pink Floyd’s _“Time”_](http://www.rukind.com/music/pftunes/breathe.htm) is a sure-winner to help get you in that ‘slit your wrists’ frame of mind: \*\* I was thinking of Time, too - but this line: Tired of lying in the sunshine, Staying home to watch the rain And you are young, and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/17 "2002-11-25T20:57:36Z")
Tom Waits’ “Pony” is a doozy. _I hope my pony I hope myy ponyyyyyy I hope my pony…knows…the way…back…home_ Only he, with that 50-year-old gravel-nails-and-whiskey voice, could make it sound so heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/18 "2002-11-25T23:13:21Z")
Superchunk’s “Sidewalk” If you want to get out, get out I’m not sure what you’re crying about There’s no bare electric wire There’s no lock on this town And you say you feel trapped Well I bought you a map And I think you’ll find In any other sidewalk It’s the same old cracks It’s the same old cracks ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/19 "2002-11-26T01:06:06Z")
Thrice’s T&C _In my head everything was perfect and every note resounds in harmony but all I seem to offer up are dischords and every note I sing sounds out of key and every time I play with passion I start breaking strings and my voice cracks when I sing from my heart_ Tanaqui ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634/20 "2002-11-26T01:31:12Z")
"Please Mr. Tambourine man play a song for me I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to Please Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me In the jingle-jangle morning I’ll come following you" Bob Dylan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-depressing-song-lyrics/138634.md?page=2)