Saddest "Break-Up" song

PJSerf

Agree with "9 Crimes" by Damien Rice.

Also, hard to admit this, but there was a time when I could definitely relate to "That Particular Time" by Alanis Morissette http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESzySJn1lZo

uninnocent-

ummm, i'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned:

i still recall the taste of your tears
echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears
my favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
scraping through my head till i don't want to sleep anymore

come on tell me
make this all go away
ou make this all go away
i'm down to just one thing and i'm starting to scare myself
make this all go away
you make this all go away
i just want something
i just want something i can never have

you always were the one to show me how
back then i couldn't do the things that i can do now
this thing is slowly taking me apart
grey would be the color if i had a heart

i just want something i can never have

in this place it seems like such a shame
though it all looks different now, i know it's still the same
everywhere i look you're all i see
just a fading fucking reminder of who i used to be

come on tell me
make this all go away
you make this all go away
i'm down to just one thing and i'm starting to scare myself
make this all go away
you make this all go away
i just want something
i just want something i can never have
i just want something i can never have

nin - something i can never have

megatron

bright eyes- haligh haligh, a lie, haligh

this is a personal fave
not sure about saddest

JH165252

Hope You Never - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

PearlJamaholic

neil young - birds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB9OjIC6nDk

replacements - bent out of shape, when it began

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS-1waMLk9k

westerberg - lookin' out forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOl8VKHDjcM

slightlystoned

Ben harper- Walk Away

JordyWordy

"Goodbye" by Eddie Vedder is my favourite, its so brutal, painful, descriptive and dragged out.

That and Damien Rice - "The Blower's Daughter", especially the last few lines:

"Oh, did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to leave it all behind?
...I can't take my mind off of you (repeated)
I can't take my mind...
My mind
My mind............Till I find somebody new"

brilliant. so hurt and angry, and the very last line is completely realistic, knowing that he'll be fine and move on as soon as he finds someone new.

Yield151

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.

i agree ..... this was my other choice alonf with Some Devil

DiRtyFranK38

Smashing Pumpkins - Soma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf6CvErYkVQ
definitely a spine tingler. fucking gorgeous and heart wrenching.

Incubus - Mexico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNuCGqwYbVE
beautiful.

Soundgarden - Zero Chance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAhcNm17Y0
absolutely incredible. another spine tingler. doesn't necessarily have to be about break up, but it fits the bill.

Radiohead - Nude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCl3M40- ... re=related
incredible. could have multiple meanings, but can definitely relate to a breakup.

i also agree 100% with the neil young - birds post and the dave matthews - some devil post.
and of course, come on now, good 'ol pj with black!

dustinpardue

it's not really sad, but past the sad stage into the redemption phase of the breakup;
"flat tire" by Athenaeum

MysteryTrain

River by Joni Mitchell

Anon

I Can't Make You Love Me-Bonnie Raitt absolutely breaks my heart everytime I hear it.

She's still in love, he isn't.

The best lyric is "Morning will come, and I'll do what's right. Just give me till then to give up this fight... And I will give up this fight."

offhegoes32

Just came across this thread, "Lost Cause" by Beck was the first one that came to mind for me, but I see it came up. Other really heart-breaking ones I can think of that haven't been mentioned yet:

Elliott Smith- Everything Reminds Me of Her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0Pvslqb_Y

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Echo

I've always loved both of these songs, but I can imagine them being very painful to hear during a break-up.

Save Me

And So It Goes - Billy Joel. One of the greatest and most heartbreaking songs ever.

"So I would choose to be with you.
That's if the choice were mine to make.
But you can make decisions too.
And you can have this heart to break.

And So It Goes, And So It Goes,
And you're the only one who knows."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHO6a2H-pqY

BlackCorduroy

It makes no difference- The Band

BrokenGlass wrote:

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

Just went back and notice this was already mentioned. excellent call. I have to say though, I''ve never liked the last waltz performance of it. He completely doesn't nail my favorite part ("Since you've been gone...rattle the walls)...Eddie and MMJ's version of it is mind-blowing

PearlOfAGirl

November Rain ~ Guns N' Roses ~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkG6Za6w5s

DDowning21NJ

Cant believe im the first to bring out dylan.

Bob Dylan - If you see her say hello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WbR4QW6KR8

and about every other song on blood on the tracks.

PearlOfAGirl

Human Touch ~ Bruce Springsteen ~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cNRQo1m3A