Saddest "Break-Up" song

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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    just makes me thing of a break-up...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhVLiHPUOIM

    wild horses-rolling stones.
    Good call..

    Though one time... I just got into a fight with a girlfriend... And my best friend wanted to cheer me up... And I was sent this.. I love my friends...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcJCl7Wdg8M
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    Eels - It's a Motherfucker


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWwtIlbbEE
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  • technically not a break up song (well, not until near the end of the song), but still pretty good, imo. "break your heart" by barenaked ladies.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMNfB7MWRIY&feature=related

    The bravest thing I've ever done
    Was to run away and hide
    But not this time, not this time
    And the weakest thing I've ever done
    Was to stay right by your side
    Just like this time, and every time
    I couldn't tell you I was happy you were gone
    So I lied and said that I missed you when we were apart.
    I couldn't tell you, so I had to lead you on
    But I didn't mean to break your heart.

    And if...if...if I always seem distracted
    Like my mind's somewhere else,
    That's because it's true
    Yes it's true
    it's this stupid pride that makes me feel
    Like I have to follow through
    Even half-assedly, loving you
    Why must I always speak in terms of cowardice?
    When I guess I should have just come out and told you right from the start
    Why must I always tell you all I want is this?
    I guess cause I wouldn't want to break your heart

    And you said;
    "What'd you think that I was gonna do,
    Curl up and die just because of you?
    I'm not that weak, you know
    What'd you think that I was gonna do,
    Try to make you love me as much as I love you?
    how could you be so low?
    You arrogant man,
    What do you think that I am?
    My heart will be fine
    Just stop wasting my time"

    And now I'm over you, I'll be ok
    And that I've got what I want
    And that's rid of you
    Good-bye
    And it's not cause I'll be missing you
    That makes me fall apart
    it's just that I didn't mean to break
    No, I didn't mean to break
    No, I didn't mean to break
    Your heart
    Your heart
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  • RuebRueb Posts: 63
    Dave Matthews Band - Grace is Gone

    "...One drink to remember and another to forget. Excuse me please, one more drink. Could you make it strong, 'cause I don't want to think she... broke my heart, my Grace is gone. One more drink and I'll move on."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPfwCZchhg

    Quite an alcoholics break-up song, but it still breaks your heart.
  • I almost forgot Still I Long for Your Kiss by Lucinda Williams.
    "Bombs dropping down. Please forgive our hometown"
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539


    great song but I dont think its about a break up, I think its about somebody wanting you, and youre keeping them on the hook but you know youre never gonna be with them becuase they have too many issues, and it could go either way, I think its told from a perspective that could be either person.

    just read the lyrics

    Haven't laughed this hard in a long time
    I better stop now before I start crying
    Go off to sleep in the sunshine
    I don't want to see the day when it's dying
    She's a sight to see (sight to see)
    She's good to me (good to me)
    But I'm already somebody's baby
    She's a pretty thing
    And she knows everything
    But I'm already somebody's baby
    You don't deserve to be lonely
    But those drugs you've got won't make you feel better
    Pretty soon you'll find it's the only
    Little part of your life you're keeping together
    I'm nice to you
    I could make it through
    But you're already somebody's baby
    I could make you smile
    If you stayed a while
    But how long will you stay with me, baby?
    Because your candle burns too bright
    Well I almost forgot it was twilight
    Even if I think that you are right
    Well I'm tired of being down, I got no fight
    You're wonderful
    And it's beautiful
    But I'm already somebody's baby
    And if I went with you
    I'd disappoint you too
    Well I'm already somebody's baby
    Already somebody's baby

    yeah I agree EW, I always thought this song was from the perspective of one who is totally into a girl and loves everything about her and she was taken in his past but now she is available and wants him and is totally messed us (hence the drugs wont make you feel better) but right now, while she is single, he is with someone and he knows deep down, that he will disapoint her if he actually became her boyfriend

    I can relate to that

    so many great lines in that song, from one of my favourite lyricist
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    i think this is a more appropriate break up song from Elliott

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8-lQ9CeyI
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,967
    Pete Droge - So I Am Over You

    It's tearing in the place where my heart once stood
    and missing you baby ain't doing me good
    It's gnawing and gnashing like teeth in my head
    and there's times in the night I'd feel better off dead.

    So I am over you tell me what good does it do
    Cuz I'm drunk and drinking at Hattie's at a quarter to two
    Cuz I'm over you.

    He's serving you drinks he's dishing up smiles
    When it's bar time baby those minutes mean miles
    Well he's a watchdog girl don't you understand
    That while he's barking up your tree the boy's got new plans.

    So I am over you tell me what good does it do
    Cuz I'm drunk and drinking at Hattie's at quarter to two
    So I am over you tell me what good does it bring
    Cuz I'm over you, and you're over me

    When we look at the truth, it's ugly we see.
    When I read to you baby from the book that you wrote
    I got a choked up feeling in the back of my throat
    Was it a love sick virus or the knot in my noose

    You say your backpack's heavy b*tch set the bricks loose.
    So I am over you tell me what good does it do
    Cuz I'm drunk and drinking at Hattie's at a quarter to two
    So I am over you tell me what good does it bring
    I empty the bottles, I fill up the ashtrays and sing.
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Nude - Radiohead
    No Ones Gonna Love You - Band of Horses
    Are You There - Mono
    Sing it Again - Beck

    were the ones that got me most last time
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    i wrote it when in treatment
    but i think house keeping threw it away
  • lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,039
    Rueb wrote:
    Dave Matthews Band - Grace is Gone

    "...One drink to remember and another to forget. Excuse me please, one more drink. Could you make it strong, 'cause I don't want to think she... broke my heart, my Grace is gone. One more drink and I'll move on."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPfwCZchhg

    Quite an alcoholics break-up song, but it still breaks your heart.

    great pick... this IS the saddest!
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  • Grace Is Gone -- DMB
    Call Me On Your Way Back Home -- Ryan Adams

    The saddest is Rootless Tree by Damien Rice...
    check out the emotion in this video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzq34YD3T8E
  • Oh yeah Rootless Tree is great but that version isn't the original, the original is more angry than sad.

    9 Crimes as well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqOSCgc8xc

    Although I think its more about realizing you fucked up with someone and its never gonna be the same again so you may as well move on.
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  • Also, I dont think Rootless Tree is about a break up. I think its about being in a relationship that is so terrible you know you want out of but something is keeping you there and you want out but dont at the same time because being with someone and miserable is better then being alone and miserable.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Call Me On Your Way Back Home hits me hard...
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    One by U2 is another fantastic one... Didn't really understand it until the latest disaster I called a relationship...
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • BrokenGlassBrokenGlass Posts: 298
    The Band - It Makes No Difference

    Here's the great performance from The Last Waltz - Danko just tugs at your heartstrings:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7r12Rg490
  • Patty Griffin - Rain

    Great video too...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    the answer is "black" by our own pearl jam.
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    One by U2 is another fantastic one... Didn't really understand it until the latest disaster I called a relationship...

    wow..just wow. this is EXACTLY how i feel about this song. i never thought of it as a breakup song until recently....perfectly describes my "relationship"

    Well we hurt each other
    Then we do it again
    You say love is a temple
    Love a higher law
    Love is a temple
    Love the higher law
    You ask me to enter
    But then you make me crawl
    And I can't be holding on to what you got
    When all you got is hurt
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    I'll add
    Beck - Lost Cause
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkNa5xzOe5U
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Pretty sure One is about human nature people. :lol:
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  • well played!
  • Pretty sure One is about human nature people. :lol:

    I guess that is up to listener interpretation... :D

  • That's a really good one. :thumbup:
  • The saddest is Rootless Tree by Damien Rice...
    check out the emotion in this video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzq34YD3T8E

    Damien Rice has a lot of great breakup songs. Gray Room is another one of my favorites.
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    this one kind of surprised me.. still really like this album

    chevelle - one lonely visitor

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3pTM4fcM4
  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
    I hope i can go emo for a minute here, and nominate Dashboard Confessional - The Brilliant Dance

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugFBJKjGp3k
    words seem so out of place.

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  • megatron wrote:
    this one kind of surprised me.. still really like this album

    chevelle - one lonely visitor

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3pTM4fcM4


    yeah thats an amazing song
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  • Ryan Adams - If I am a Stranger

    Beck - End Of The Day

    Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
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