Top 10 Songs with Sad Meanings
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Lovers - Jackie Evancho
From the movie "House of Flying Daggers", the song's words are the lead character's dying thoughts as she lays dying in the snow. When she sings, "Oh, where are you? I need to tell you I still love you," it's for her lifelong love who is lying dead in the snow next to her. The haunting final acapella line, "Your voice still echoes... in my heart," is her last thought as she dies.
Epic performance with instrumentation that takes it to another level.
Absolutely incredible. Jackie's the best.
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Green Day is a punk rock band with amazing music and Billie Joe Armstrong's wonderful voice. This song is about Billie's father, who died on September 1st from cancer when Billie was 8. He ran home in the middle of the funeral and locked himself in his closet, telling his mother "wake me up when September ends." It makes me feel like it was my own father! Rest in peace.
This is actually a story about the lead singer. His dad died when he was about 8. At his funeral on the first of September, he ran home and his mother found him in his closet. He said, Wake me up when September ends. This song was also played at my cousin's funeral; she died when she was 13.
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Goodbye May Seem Forever - Jeanette Nolan
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No Way Out - Phil Collins
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The I Love You Song - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A song about a girl who is abused by her father.
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When She Loved Me - Sarah McLachlan
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Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
This is sad. My god, I realized how sad it was and the meaning of it!
Another one to add is Ghost of You by Five Seconds of Summer. Pretty deep.
Beautiful and sad song. I always thought the lyrics were sad and hinted at something deeper and darker, but I was shocked when I found out it was about a school shooting. I still love the song, though. It's incredible and conveys such deep and important messages.
It's a sad song about a high school shooting where the targets are the "cool" kids with the pumped up kicks.
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99 Luftballons - Nena
A sad song about a city destroyed by bombs that were mistaken for red balloons.
This song is about nuclear war.
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Mad World - Gary Jules
A song about a guy who is depressed and stuck in his own world. It's kind of hard to describe, really.
It's a song about depression and being disheartened with the monotony of daily life.
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I Will Go Sailing No More - Randy Newman
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Liability - Lorde
Very beautiful and sad. Lorde really put a lot of effort into this song.
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When the Party's Over - Billie Eilish
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Danny Boy - Jackie Evancho
Check out the extended YouTube video with a military funeral. Don't bother trying not to weep.
Better than I've ever heard it before. A great collaboration.
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My Immortal - Evanescence
Such a beautifully sad, heart-wrenching song. The meaning is as beautiful and eloquent. For lovers of this song, I also recommend Lost In Paradise and Imaginary, both by Evanescence. Amy Lee is an amazing singer, and her songs always reflect on her voice and the true tragedy of life. While many consider this song to be lazily written, I understand the true meaning and emotions that are evoked in it.
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Baby Mine - Betty Noyes
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How to Save a Life - The Fray
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Blue Beyond - Trisha Yearwood
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Angel - Jackie Evancho
A song originally about drug overdose and death, transformed into a song about hope by one of the most gifted singers of our age, at the age of 10.
It's amazing how Jackie was able to capture the mood of resignation in this song while still a pre-teen.
Hearing Jackie Evancho sing this song is the most amazing thing I have ever heard.
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Monster - Meg & Dia
This song is about a woman who is raped and abused by a boy who wants to feel something. It's about the son of the woman who was raped.
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Dream High - Doug Stone
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It Took Me by Surprise - Maria Mena
A girl is concerned about her boyfriend, becoming too invasive, and he breaks up and avoids her as if she is insane.
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Clocks - Coldplay
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Toxic - Robbie Williams
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What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts
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I Made a Promise - Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbitt
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Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) - Simple Plan
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Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
