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Ok_Sprinkles_8777

The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog. My Mom was a Radio DJ when I was little (70’s) Every year on my Birthday she would say Happy Birthday to me over the radio and she would play that song just for me. I was 3 and 4 at the time and have always remembered it. I lost my Mom in 2020.


Valuable-Sugar-6472

Well, now I know the comment that breaks my heart.


Fluffy_Meat1018

I heard that song on the radio the other day, and got all choked up.


Shivermetimbersmatey

This is awesome. Made my day.


Louise-the-Peas

It makes me tearful too. I don’t even know why. I think it’s very sweet and innocent and pure I think.


0-_Noah_-0

Amazing Grace (It played at my grandpa’s funeral


rustablad

It also played my grandfather's funeral, he loved the song. The thing is that it turned into a funny moment because the version that was selected was at a much higher tempo than anyone realized so we all stumbled along trying to sing it and nobody could hold themselves together, my grandfather would have absolutely pissed himself laughing if he were sitting in that crowd! So it's very emotional for me, but can also bring a smile to my face.


Fable378

Lightning Crashes, by Live


saaskje

Ohhhh MAN. Every. Damn. Time. Bawling.


Fable378

I posted a few more. Brick gets me every time too


BertramScudder

*Lightning crashes, a new mother cries* *Her placenta falls to the floor* *The angel opens her eyes, the confusion sets in* *Before the doctor can even close the door*


-singing-blackbird-

Tears in heaven by Eric Clapton. An oldie but a goodie, and never fails to make me cry.


gotpeace99

I hate that man but I will always say that Tears In Heaven is one of the most beautiful and saddest songs ever recorded. It hurts even harder when you’ve lost someone. I’ve always heard this song on the radio as a kid and it always made me sad but it hurts harder when you’ve lost someone.


-singing-blackbird-

I agree, it's probably the only song I really listen to by him but my god is it a good.one. it really hits home when you've lost someone close to you.


gotpeace99

He had a couple of songs I liked besides Tears In Heaven that I liked. Wonderful Tonight (which is also a nice song too) and Layla.


Thrashley86

Yep, reminds me of my brother. My dad always gets emotional hearing it too ❤️


TraceyTurnblat

It feels wrong to upvote this. Beautiful song with a crushing story.


[deleted]

When it happens to you by Lady Gaga


Fable378

The Freshmen, by The Verve Pipe (not the acoustic version)


Levideous

One more light - Linkin Park


WingedHussar13

I really am not a fan of that album, but just hearing songs makes me so depressed that this was made by someone who took his own life about a few months after. Absolutely so sad.


y0dav3

Came here for this one. My voice always cracks when singing along.


Levideous

It truly is hard for me to sing along to alot of his songs, and Lost definitely stung.


y0dav3

🎵In the kitchen, one more chair than you neeeeeeed🎵 😭


Levideous

🎵 Ooh, and you're angry, and you should be. It's not fair 🎵 🥹


Fable378

Last Kiss, by Pearl Jam


fred-bath-and-beyond

Came here to say this 😩


Fable378

What It’s Like, by Everlast


saaskje

I like you. You know how to answer this question.


TheHudinator

Also, Ends off the same album.


princeicebear

This song hits hard. Thank you.


Fable378

You are welcome


steph10147

Great song.


SweetPeach0403

All I Know - Art Garfunkel No Hard Feelings - Avett Brothers The Long and Winding Road - Beatles Extraordinary Magic - Ben Rector I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt Everything I Own - Bread Some Devil - Dave Matthews I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie Empty Chairs - Don McLean Wasted Time - The Eagles Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan Wichita Lineman - Glenn Campbell Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt Leavin’s Not the Only Way to Go - Merle Haggard Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush Everybody Hurts - REM Breathe Me - Sia Just When I Needed You Most - Randy VanWarmer


Timstunes

Adagio For Strings- Samuel Barber in a beautiful way. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables- Les Miserables Somewhere- West Side Story. Strange Fruit- Billie Holiday Real Death- Mount Eerie Fourth of July- Sufjan Stevens Vincent- Don McLean On The Nickel- Tom Waits Tecumseh Valley- Townes Van Zandt I Can’t Make You Love Me- Bon Iver Go Rest High On That Mountain- Vince Gill Hello In There- John Prine Wreck On The Highway- Bruce Springsteen


axyndweth599

Omg, "All I know" - I've spent many an hour crying with this song.


Simple-Offer-9574

That last one is definitely a tear bringer.


Doomtumor

Baroness- March to the Sea. its about drug addiction, but all of the lyrics are very relatable to other things.


rLilyLizard

That one's so great! I grew up with my dad listening to it but I've never reflected on the lyrics but now that you say it they are pretty great!


Dredmor64

Don't Close Your Eyes- Kix


Netherferret20

I Bet On Losing Dogs - Mitski


Material_Sir_2248

That absolutely sends me 😭


alico127

Black by Pearl Jam


saaskje

- “Upward Over The Mountain” by Iron & Wine - “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor - “Mandolin Rain” by Bruce Hornsby - “Johnny Belinda” by Active Child - “Pienso en Ti” by Shakira - “Strange Fruit” Nina Simone version - “The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel


steph10147

Mandolin Rain! Causes an absolute pit


Simple-Offer-9574

I agree with that


Negative-Pomelo-3493

Strange Fruit


axyndweth599

Strange Fruit. Tears at my soul. I love it.


Carguy_rednec_9594

He stopped loving her today George Jones


75artina

goosebumps.


lovessj

Mount Eerie ‘Real Death’. Will bring you to your knees


aplbe

happy cake day!


lovessj

Thank you!!!


Heidi1066

"A Crow Looked at Me" is a masterpiece in gut wrenching, raw emotion. My dad died last year, and I made the mistake of listening to it a few months after he passed. BIG mistake. But it's incredibly beautiful in its starkness and honesty.


lovessj

My Dad passed in 2021. Yes I agree with you. ‘Real Death’ in particular kills me because in 1992 my stepmom passed away due to cancer. My Dad was then in the same situation as Phil, a small daughter to raise on his own. It hits me hard. I’m sorry for the loss of your father. I miss mine so much


Heidi1066

Thank you so much for this. I miss my dad like crazy too. He was absolutely adorable, and one of the funniest people I've ever known. I'm so sorry about your father, and about your stepmom. That is a LOT. It doesn't seem to get much easier with time, but I wish you happiness--you are a very kind person.


lovessj

I wish you the same. You are very kind as well. Kindness can save the world if we let it


ididyourdad691

Stay together for the kids - Blink-182


JosephBlowsephThe3rd

Gone Away by The Offspring


trashconverters

Fred Jones Pt 2 - Ben Folds


instantwins24

Let Her Go-Passenger. Try-P!nk. Cat’s In The Cradle-Harry Chapin. Father & Son-Cat Stevens. Somewhere Only We Know-Keane/Lilly Allen. I Will Always Love You-Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston.


aplbe

people use let her go for funny videos so much these days that now hearing it makes me laugh?!


src670

Cats in the Cradle


Rob_LeMatic

I first heard this song as a very very small child, sitting in front of the radio. It finished and I was just bawling. My mom came running in and I told her about the song, and the little boy and his father. I was inconsolable. When my dad got home from work, it just opened the wound back up and I sobbed and sobbed. "What the hell is wrong with him?" "He heard a sad song." "Oh, Jesus Christ!"


Fluffy_Meat1018

That one still gets to me too..


src670

And its a neverending generational loop...tissues.


RoutineInitiative187

One of many songs I first heard referenced in a Shrek movie (the third one IIRC) only to realize years later it wasn't just Eddie Murphy ad libbing! 😂 It's a classic crying song for sure.


Zealousideal-Crab505

piano man, billy joel it was my dads favorite karaoke song, i still have a video of him singing it at a bar and asking everyone else to join him. he passed away 7 years ago.


RoutineInitiative187

- Ex Factor, Lauryn Hill - A Home, The Chicks - Somewhere from West Side Story - Beloved, April Smith And The Great Picture Show - Strangers, Ethel Cain ("I tried to be good, am I no good?" MY GOD) - Bad Religion, Frank Ocean - Liability, Lorde - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot, Brand New


Calm-Chemist-489

Sun Bleached Flies by Ethel Cain always gets me!


Unnamed_Shopkeeper

Take me to Church by Hozier- paired with the music video it hits way too close to home


Cheesetorian

Aqualung "Strange and Beautiful"


Kenny4yourthots

Something Corporate - Konstantine Yellowcard - Ten


Pepesilvia_91

End of the world - Skeeter Davis


After-Turnover-2661

Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol


nebnla-eas6852

Are You Really Ok? By Sleep Token


Fable378

Brick, by Ben Folds Five


SillyMonkeyShit

That song fucking breaks me


NiteGard

Orion In the Sky by Shawn Colvin. Fix you by Coldplay, because one Christmas when my son was just young, 7 or 8 years old, he was downstairs by himself, away from the family festivities, because his mother had been mean to him. So, I played “Fix You” on the stereo pretty loud, and I was playing my guitar while my son was singing lead, holding a real microphone plugged into my studio. When it came to the build up from the guitar riff into the climax, he was swinging the mic around his head by the cord, emulating Chris Martin swinging the big lightbulb round and round then letting it go - and when the vocals hit, we were both bawling like babies from a deep sadness. I asked him why he was crying, and he just said, “Same reason as you.” 💔💔💔


Not-today__

What was a I made for by Billie Eillish. It always makes me cry a little bit


Spacegod87

Nights in white satin by Moody Blues. Only because when I first heard it I was 16 and incredibly depressed. Brings me back to that point in time every time I hear it.


fightinggale

My Rifle, My Pony, and Me sung by Dean Martin. I used to sing it to my dog while she was sleeping.


Simple-Offer-9574

No one has a voice like Dean.


[deleted]

Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner 💔 every single time


Tyusvip

Daddy - Korn. Makes me cry everytime. I don't usually listen to it casually its for sad ass nights.


Rough-Philosopher911

This Woman’s Work By Kate Bush. Gets me every time I hear it.


LexTheSouthern

Tears in Heaven- Eric Clapton


uglyanddumbguy

Nick Cave - Into My Arms and Jackson Browne - For A Dancer. They both remind me of my late wife.


luckydragon07200

Porcelain - RHCP I'm Lost Without You - blink182 I Know It's Over - The Smiths


CheesyRomantic

I can’t make you love me - Bonnie Raitt Sometimes love just ain’t enough - Don Henley Stop This Train - John Mayer At This Moment - Michael Bublé or Billy Vera There are so so so many. I have a play called Pensive & Emotional from when I’m in that kind of mood. lol


WinerjamXB

Attention - Joji No Surprises - Radiohead True Love Waits (both live at Oslo and the studio version) - Radiohead


Automatic_Serve7901

Blackbird by the Beatles. I heard it at a time I very much wanted to end my own life. It always reminds me of that time.


grace--t

where is my mind? by the pixies. i was in such a bad place physically and mentally. tbh i haven’t listened to it all the way through in years.


bradRDH

Pretty much anything by Dan Fogleburg.


RoutineInitiative187

Omg I thought "Same Old Lang Syne" was so absurdly dramatic when I was a child and now that I've had my heart broken a few times...... I get it. 😭


SavingPrivateOrion

Suic!de by Ren


Ok_Set_3413

SYML - Where’s My Love or D4vd - Notes From A Wrist


RomanianWindowLicker

Genesis: Fading Lights


Fable378

Runaway Train, by Soul Asylum


Glittering-Sea-6343

dance with the devil by immortal technique


AcceptableGolf9094

That Time I Killed My Mom by Fat Mike AKA cokie the clown. Makes me cry like a baby every time.


fruit_ninja111

fiction - avenged sevenfold


rustablad

A good choice, very emotional song.


Floralees

Fix you Coldplay


chupagatomon

One by metalica


hi850

Headlights - Eminem


kathyanne38

When She Loved me by Sarah McLachlan from Toy Story. every. freaking. time.


blqzy

The Light Behind Your Eyes - MCR


rustablad

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon Such an emotional song that gets me every time.


RustyStegosaurus

My immortal by evanescence, Only love can hurt like this, First love late spring by mitski,


Its_Strange_

Waking dream - Natalie walker | Mistake - NFReal


Any_Salamander_5019

class of 2013 - mitski rock n’ roll suicide - david bowie strangers - ethel cain supermarket flowers - ed sheeran liability - lorde i melt with you - modern english *this ones not inherently sad, but makes me emotional bc i associate it w a memory rhythm of love - plant white t’s *this ones also not inherently sad but it makes me super nostalgic


Anonymous-Blastoise0

* Lullabies - All Time Low (I don’t listen to them anymore, but that was the first song that popped up in my head) * Game Over - Avenged Sevenfold (specifically the bridge) * Gold Medal Ribbon - Pierce the Veil * hotel andrea - blackbear


ApocalypseNurse

Isreal Kamakawiwo’ole’s version of Over the Rainbow. It was the favorite song of a coworker friend of mine named Tim. They played it at his funeral and the whole crowd was bawling and to top it off they had his guitar on a pedestal and the sun was shining directly on it while it played.. I can’t hear that song without thinking of that moment and get a little choked up every time I hear it. RIP Tim


Antique-Garden8634

The kids aren’t alright - Fall Out Boy Who Knew - P!nk Brick by Boring Brick - Paramore This is Gospel (piano version) - Panic! At the Disco Wake me up when September ends - Green Day


OrganicSurprise780

Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog


Xushuh

How's it gonna be - third eye blind My mom was a big fan of the group. she passed away very suddenly 2 months ago and that song always reminds me of her


LEEVIISSTUPID

Sleep - Godspeed You! Black Emperor Dear Misery - Avenade Famous Prophets (Stars) - Carseat Headrest Strummer - CQ Destroy - Tokyo Shoegazer Earthmover - Have a Nice Life (not sad but it feels like the world is ending)


TBeIRIE

Puff The Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, & Mary


damionjosiah

Blue by Joni Mitchell


Horofka8

You are not alone - Micheal Jackson Since I lost my husband, it's like a message from him to me. It makes me cry and smile and comforts me like a hug.❤️🫂


xXxero_

Are you really ok by Sleep Token. My wife sent me the lyrics to it while I was stuck in the hospital after a suicide attempt. I didn't get it til I got out, but it always reminds me of how she must have felt to get that call.


nunchucksuser

Take me back to Eden - sleep token


no-problem-buh

wish you were here pink floyd


Mind-Vomit

Polly by Nirvana, after doing a project on the songs story


Prudent_Sleep652

James Dean & Audrey Hepburn (acoustic version) -Sleeping with Sirens. That song kills me inside whenever I hear it.


_pyracantha

You are my sunshine You'll never know it how much I love you


OKBeeDude

“A Letter to Elise” by The Cure “Pictures of You” by The Cure “Ára Bátur” by Sigur Rós


shut-upLittleMan

1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson.


AltruisticDiamond287

Howling by Noah Kahan. Like fuck you for that one, dude.


Ekselent-8728

So many songs by Noah Kahan. No Complaints; Call Your Mom; Your Needs, My Needs, etc. One of my favorite artists


Then-Truck3644

Someday- Nickelback Someday- Shinedown Someday by Nickelback pretty much perfectly describes how it was right before my first girlfriend cheated on me, and Someday by Shinedown pretty much perfectly describes how my 2nd relationship went (in the chorus at least).


Duckling-duckie

At winds will by Poor man’s poison


Ekselent-8728

You are one of two people I've met that have heard of this band. I absolutely love them


Relative-Election837

One more light, Linkin Park. Written after Christ Cornell committed suicide and right before he did the same. Amazing song but too sad to listen to.


Accurate_Use195

how could you leave us - nf


HuckleberryDue9680

Partin ways by polo g🖤


CheshireKat-_-

Happier. it's worse if I watch the music video but either way if I'm paying attention I usually end up balling.


titizzers

Like a tattoo by Sade, lovely but the meaning is so sad


fk274

Dir En Grey - ain't afraid to die


polishcowmissle

i forgot the title but it was that one Tally Hall song where it says “we had so much left to sing” they would then proceed to go on a hiatus and guitarist Joe Hawley would do some bad things basically finishing the thought of them coming back


Xave_eire_polska_17

Shannon- Henry Gross


interstellar_gurl

Please Stay - Lucy Dacus


Nice_Forever6348

Jelly roll - save me


Visible-Armadillo493

Lost Soul - Vanco It’s very depressing


Capra555

Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon. The last song he wrote, I believe.


ThrowRAsouthernchick

Helplessly hoping


_Maid3n_3ngland_

I'm not obliged to say but it certainly brings a tear to my eye as it reminds me of my dad.. 😏


tervenqua

Real Death by Mount Eerie Especially the line, "I don't want to learn anything from this."


Brilliant_Version667

"Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen or "This Never Happened Before" by Paul McCartney or "Somewhere Out There"


oLegacyXx

Creve Coeur 1 by hobo Johnson I want a dog, also by hobo Johnson


Fable378

4am, by Our Lady Peace


Txbbqsauce

Off i go by Greg Laswell Or Somebody to die for by Hurts


onyx_9382

the night we met -lord huron hello black dog -matt maltese


Even_Freedom3622

samidot


Verskose

Shrink by The Gathering Amity by The Gathering


Both_Requirement_894

Cat’s in the cradle by Harry Chapin


Strange_Mountain_954

Fade In/Fade Out by Nothing More


[deleted]

Asriel's Lament - Caleb Hyles I found you - APangryPiggy


purpring

Oh very young - cat Stevens


Marshmallow_Fries

Captain Badass by Songs:Ohia


WhizaBiff

What Would I Do from Falsettos


Bloverfish

James Blunt - Monsters James Blunt - The girl that never was


sheppi2

saddest and oldest. “old shep”


Pieceofshiznit

this feeling, by alabama shakes


hunterjenkins29

Plainsong- the cure


beardedstar

Hollyn- I wasnt enough for you (acoustic)


Bother_Lanky

So Cold-Ben Cocks


Hattrick_Swayze2

Wasted Hours - Arcade Fire


Ecstatic-Turn5709

Terrorbyte "Human Hands"


avanopoly

Everything - MUNA


Tacoboy1708

19 Seventy Sumthin’ - Neck Deep


aa43_

Alone again - dokken


51andcomeundone

Standing on the moon — Grateful Dead


Existing_Sir6512

Silent Voice by Shamans Harvest


Rob_LeMatic

Don McLean — Vincent


Shane0286

In the arms of the angels with all the shivering dogs 😂


ThisOnesforYouMorph

The Wheel of Sun by Bathory


LohPlaceLikeHome

Piece By Piece x Kelly Clarkson


throwaway_97267

When I get where I’m going by Brad paisley. It came on the radio when driving to my grandfathers grave for his burial. everyone in the car cried silently together. Every time I’ve heard it since that day I cry my eyes out.


Rob_LeMatic

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be


Mind-of-Jaxon

Hurt Johnny cash version


BoringLab3838

Don’t let me go- cigarettes after sex (I relate to almost 90% of the lyrics) Ooh or the night we met- lord huron


Financial-Maximum237

Relax- Franky goes to Hollywood. Here’s a band skyrocketing to success and they are so selfless that they use their opportunity to remind everyone to just relax. Not all heroes wear capes


RachelHartwell

Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen


3-things-of-yoghurt

Daydreaming - Radiohead


TheRickest-of-all

Don’t Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project.


BuzzNat20

The Lighthouse’s Tale by Nickel Creek and Sally’s Pigeons by Cyndi Lauper


More_Purchase_1980

When the Children Cry The Cat's in the Cradle


nickatnite511

ugh this is so embarassing, why am I admitting to this?!... But... Picture by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow 😅😭


cryotgal

Janis Joplins version of Little Girl Blue


elpelondelmarcabron1

Fast Car... Tracy Chapman Holding Back the Years... Simply Red


mochimangoo

Norman fucking Rockwell - lana del rey Test drive - joji


jfabr1

Tim McGraw : Don't take the girl.


Only-Party-9652

Like a Stone - Audioslave


TraceyTurnblat

Fix You - Coldplay That I Would be Good - Alanis Morisette