Songs that make you cry

[Rev.Reverence]

AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA

(various artists)

When I was a young man I carried my pack

And I lived the free life of a rover

From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback

I waltzed my Matilda all over

Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son

It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done

So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun

And they sent me away to the war

And the band played Waltzing Matilda

As we sailed away from the quay

And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers

We sailed off to Gallipoli

How well I remember that terrible day

How the blood stained the sand and the water

And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay

We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well

He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells

And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell

Nearly blew us right back to Australia

But the band played Waltzing Matilda

As we stopped to bury our slain

We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs

Then we started all over again

Now those that were left, well we tried to survive

In a mad world of blood, death and fire

And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive

But around me the corpses piled higher

Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit

And when I woke up in my hospital bed

And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead

Never knew there were worse things than dying

For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda

All around the green bush far and near

For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs

No more waltzing Matilda for me

So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed

And they shipped us back home to Australia

The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane

Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla

And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay

I looked at the place where my legs used to be

And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me

To grieve and to mourn and to pity

And the band played Waltzing Matilda

As they carried us down the gangway

But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared

Then turned all their faces away

And now every April I sit on my porch

And I watch the parade pass before me

And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march

Reliving old dreams of past glory

And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore

The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war

And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"

And I ask myself the same question

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda

And the old men answer to the call

But year after year their numbers get fewer

Some day no one will march there at all

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong

Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me?

[xbittergracex]

You know, I don't think its the lyrics as much as his voice, but this song really tears me up when I hear it.

Brand New- Sowing Season

Was losing all my friends

Was losing them to drinking and to driving

Was losing all my friends and I got them back

I am on the mend

At least now I can say that I am trying

And I hope you will forget the things I still lack

Yeah

Yeah

Is it in you now?

To bare to hear the truths that you were spoken

Twisted up by knaves

In a trap for fools

Is it in you now?

To watch the things you gave your life to broken

You stoop and build them up with worn out tools

Yeah

Nothing gets so bad

A whisper from your father couldn't fix it

Your whispers like a bridge, he's a river span

Take all that you have

And turn it into something you were missing

Somebody threw that brick

And shattered all your plans

Yeah

Time to get the seeds and put them in the cold ground

It takes a while to grow anything

Before its coming to the end yeah

Before you put my body in the cold ground, take some time to warm it with your hands

Before it's coming to an end, yeah

It's coming to an end

Do you miss the blend

Of colours she left in your black and white field

Do you feel condemned just being there?

I am not your friend

I am just a man who knows how it feels

I am not your friend

I am not your lover

I am not your family

Yeah

Time to get the seeds and put them in the cold ground

It takes a while to grow anything

Before it's coming to the end yeah

And right now I'm really relating to this song.....and it makes me choke up sometimes when I'm in certain types of moods.

Ingram Hill - On My Way

I don't want your old letters

And I don't want to be friends

I've had enough to last a lifetime

and I don't wanna go again

I don't have to find a reason

And I don't have to answer why

It doesn't matter who is wrong here

I just wanna see you cry

And on my way I'll take the sunshine

On my way I'll take your dreams

On my way I'll say I'm sorry to no one but me

Let your family know I'm leavin

Lie to your girlfriends that you're well

Call and leave a cryin' message

I wanna know it hurts like hell

And on my way I'll take the sunshine

on my way I'll take your dreams

On my way I'll say I'm sorry to no one but me

On my way I'll be my own man

And I'll only please myself

On my way my pride's the only feeling I've got left

[pomba gira]

The Who, "Love Reign O'er Me"... the raw loneliness and power of the final scene of Quadrophenia is perfectly captured in that song.

Metallica, "Fade to Black"... not so much now, but back when I used to feel that way much of the time...

Ricki Lee Jones, "Living it Up"... 'cos it reminds me of a dear friend from my misspent youth who has gone to join the ancestors.

[Shade Everdark]

I'll admit to it:

Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls, gets me misty-eyed.

The Rain King, by Counting Crows, sort of reminds me of a friend whom I've not seen in almost ten years. Yeah, I miss you, Goldenrod, wherever you are.

The Lady of Shallott, and The Highwayman, sung by Loreena McKennitt. Because, seriously. Just. Just listen to them and try to stay dry. If you do, I declare you heartless.

Serafina, by A Covenant of Thorns. 'Cause I'm a sap.

Song to the Siren, This Mortal Coil. Not always, but often.

Airships, VNV Nation. It makes me think, for some reason, of a friend who is no longer here, a friend who I feel I wronged, and never got to apologize to.

Hm. This list is far too long.

[phee]

The song "Less" by Haujobb..... fukin beautiful

[xbittergracex]

fiona apple - Never is a Promise....

you can see the video on my myspace www.myspace.com/xbittergracex

and here are the lyrics

Never is a promise

Youll never see the courage I know

Its colors richness wont appear within your view

Ill never glow - the way that you glow

Your presence dominates the judgements made on you

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception

My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights

I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you

Youll say you understand, but you dont understand

Youll say youd never give up seeing eye to eye

But never is a promise, and you cant afford to lie

Youll never touch - these things that I hold

The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own

Youll never feel the heat of this soul

My fever burns me deeper than Ive ever shown - to you

Youll say, dont fear your dreams, its easier than it seems

Youll say youd never let me fall from hopes so high

But never is a promise and you cant afford to lie

Youll never live the life that I live

Ill never live the life that wakes me in the night

Youll never hear the message I give

Youll say it looks as though I might give up this fight

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception

My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights

I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you

Youll say you understand, youll never understand

Ill say Ill never wake up knowing how or why

I dont know what to believe in, you dont know who I am

Youll say I need appeasing when I start to cry

But never is a promise and Ill never need a lie

[jynxxxedangel]

The Balloon Song, by Mark Wills

I set a friend of mine up on a date,

And I told him I'd watch his boy for the day--

And we had a ball playin' games, eatin' dogs,

Riding rides at the county fair.

I thought he was just being a kid

When we got back to my place,

And he did what he did;

On a balloon that he won,

He wrote, "Mama, I had fun,

I missed you, and I wished you were there."

I wasn't sure what he had in mind,

'Till he jumped up and ran outside and

He let it go, he waved goodbye, or was it hello?

I don't know, but I died inside..

I can still see his excitement,

Him pointing and smilin',

When it was gone as it could get--

He turned and asked me

"You think it's in Heaven yet?"

Well I struggled for something to say--

I was too choked up, and

Lackin' the kind of faith he had in his heart;

Before I could start--

He walked me back inside,

He gave me his Crayola pen..

Said, "I bet there's a message that you'd like to send,"

And no doubt, he was right-- it's been locked

Up inside, since Grandpa said goodbye.

I took that yellow balloon, and I wrote,

'Til I ran out of room-- then

I let it go, and we waved goodbye.

That seven year old

Lord he opened my eyes.

I can still see his excitement,

Him pointing and smilin',

When it was gone as it could get--

I turned and asked him,

"You think it's in Heaven yet?"

I am sitting here crying like a fool right now, just reading these lyrics again as I post..

When my sister (who had spina bifida, was mentally handicapped, and many other health problems) passed away a few years back at age 17, we let balloons go for her at her wake. She LOVED balloons. This song makes me think of her. She was my baby girl.

Edited July 5, 2008 by jynxxxedangel

[xbittergracex]

and I'm a sap....but I LOVE Dolly Parton's I will Always Love You.

I want it played at my funeral.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

OK... I will spare you the full list.. many many songs make me cry, but I will give you a few...

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson

I think of Dad and the sad romantic cowboy that he was.

Love is like a dying ember.

Where only memories remain.

Through the ages I'll remember-

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.

My Father NEVER stopped loving my mother. Through all the years, through all the relationships and a second marrige...

To all the girls I've loved before - Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias

Because true love never dies... even when the heart breaks.

Telephone Line - ELO

Because... being alone is worse than any other feeling

Hello--how are you

Have you been alright, through all those lonely nights,

Thats what Id say, Id tell you everything,

If youd pick up that telephone

Lady - Kenny Rogers

Because it expresses how I feel toward my wife before I ever met her.

Lady, for so many years I'd thought

I'd never find you

You have come into my life and made me whole

I cry during a great many songs...

[jynxxxedangel]

This one always gets me, too. My grandfather used to like to sing it:

Streets Of Laredo (traditional)

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo.

As I walked out on Laredo one day,

I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen,

Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.

"I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy."

These words he did say as I boldly walked by.

"Come an' sit down beside me an' hear my sad story.

"I'm shot in the breast an' I know I must die."

"It was once in the saddle, I used to go dashing.

"Once in the saddle, I used to go gay.

"First to the card-house and then down to Rose's.

"But I'm shot in the breast and I'm dying today."

"Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin.

"Six dance-hall maidens to bear up my pall.

"Throw bunches of roses all over my coffin.

"Roses to deaden the clods as they fall."

"Then beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly.

"Play the dead march as you carry me along.

"Take me to the green valley, lay the sod o'er me,

"I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong."

"Then go write a letter to my grey-haired mother,

"An' tell her the cowboy that she loved has gone.

"But please not one word of the man who had killed me.

"Don't mention his name and his name will pass on."

When thus he had spoken, the hot sun was setting.

The streets of Laredo grew cold as the clay.

We took the young cowboy down to the green valley,

And there stands his marker, we made, to this day.

We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,

Played the dead march as we carried him along.

Down in the green valley, laid the sod o'er him.

He was a young cowboy and he said he'd done wrong.

Need I explain why it gets my goat??

[phee]

As I said.... most songs that get me on a deeper level don't have words....

perfect example: Monolight by Tangerine Dream

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Elegia by New Order... that one gets me everytime. If you ever have the chance to see "Moor" by Mark Osborne,,

wait...

http://www.gethappy.com/watchmore.html

[jynxxxedangel]

I Am Stretched On Your Grave (an old Irish traditional)

I am stretched on your grave

And I'll lie here forever

If you hands were in mine

I'd be sure they would not sever

My apple tree, my brightness,

It's time we were together

For I smell by the Earth

And I'm worn by the weather.

When my family think

That I'm safely in my bed

Oh, from night until morn

I am stretched out at your head

Calling out unto the earth

With tears hot and wild

For the loss of a girl

That I loved as a child.

Do you remember the night

Oh, the night when we were lost

In the shade of the blackthorn

And the touch of the frost?

Oh, and thanks be to Jesus

We did all that was right

And your maidenhead still

Is your pillar of light.

Oh, the priests and the friars

They approach me in dread

Oh, for I love you still

Oh, my life, and you're dead

I still will be your shelter

Through rain and through storm

And with you in your cold grave

I cannot sleep warm

I am stretched on your grave

And I'll lie here forever

If you hands were in mine

I'd be sure they would not sever

My apple tree, my brightness,

It's time we were together

For I smell by the Earth

And I'm worn by the weather.

Now TELL me this isn't one of the SADDEST songs ever..

I'm just FULL of Irish ballads, as I was raised on them. Maybe I should start another thread, called "Saddest Irish Ballads You Can Think Of," so I won't be such a posthog!

Edited July 5, 2008 by jynxxxedangel

[Goth Brooks]

Braid Paisley - Whiskey Lullaby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_tyCXYibZE

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette

She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget

We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time

But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind

Until the night

[1st Chorus]

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away her memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength he had to get up off his knees

We found him with his face down in the pillow

With a note that said I'll love her till I die

And when we buried him beneath the willow

The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

(Sing lullaby)

The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself

For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

She finally drank her pain away a little at a time

But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind

Until the night

[2nd Chorus]

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away his memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength she had to get up off her knees

We found her with her face down in the pillow

Clinging to his picture for dear life

We laid her next to him beneath the willow

While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

[Guest GodfallenPromos]

OneRepublic - "Apologize"

I'm holding on your rope,

Got me ten feet off the ground

I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound

You tell me that you need me

Then you go and cut me down, but wait

You tell me that you're sorry

Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late

I'd take another chance, take a fall

Take a shot for you

And I need you like a heart needs a beat

But it's nothin new

I loved you with a fire red-

Now it's turning blue, and you say...

"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you

But I'm afraid...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late

It's too late to apologize, it's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late

It's too late to apologize, yeah

I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-

I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...

[the eternal]

I rarely just cry at songs just by hearing them.

I usually have to be in a certain mood.

Heartbreak, longing for being loved, feeling alone are good exmples.

And since I have Bean, I'm counting on that not being the case in the future.

For me the actual music is equal to the lyrics.

And I need the music tempo to match my emotion.

If I'm feeling weak and depressed, I need mellow music to match it.

For example, I think Nick Drake is perfect curl-up-into-a-ball music because he's sooo mellow

(I'd call it goth-folk)

The Cure's Disintegration is another.

That used to be the one album I refused to listen to one song from.

I would only listen to it cover to cover and shut out the world (and occassionally cry)

Non-mood to get me to cry

John Williams-The theme from Schindler's List

Because it makes me think about how my people were almost totally wiped out

(and the worlds powers knew about it and did next to nothing to stop)

Billie Holiday-Strange Fruit

It's a song about looking up at the trees and seeing your lynched neghbors (the strange fruit in question)

hanging from them--how could you not tear a little

When I was alone and deperate

The Cure--Closedown

Queen-Somebody to Love (it's a little cheesy, but so was high school)-

This song wouldnt work today.

Heartbreak

Pearl Jam-Black (particularly this part)

"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,

I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why

Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine"

Joy Division-Atmosphere

The Cure-To Wish Impossible Things

Hopeless Depression

Joy Division--the eternal

Nick Drake-Way To Blue (the orchestral opening kills me-that guy was a fucking genius)

Parasite

"And hearing the trial of the people there Whos to care if they lose.

And take a look you may see me on the ground For I am the parasite of this town."

Depressed and Angry (crying while kicking things and swearing)

The Cure- One hundred Years

gotta love any song that starts with "It doesn't matter if we all die"

Ministry-Stigmata

I've Wasted My Life and I'll Never Amount to Anything

Pink Floyd-Time

"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"

And there's my all-purpose crying song

The one song that I listened to:

--when I was feeling hopeless AND

--when I was going through dealing with the sexual abuse in my family AND

--when I was going through the end of a decade long relationship AND

--when I was at the end of my rope with anger

Because it combines my favorite emotions: depression, anger, disillusionment and love.

I've cried to it more than any other.

NIN-Something I Can Never Have

[Simon Bar Sinister]

"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush gets me every time.

U2's "Stay (faraway, so close!)" would be the only other one that does it regularly...although I've ended up in tears a few times while singing one of my own songs. Oh - that happened once when I was singing "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys, too.

jdfu!

[hunhee]

"How You Remind Me" Nickelback

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of living like a blind man

I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

for handing you a heart worth breaking

and I've been wrong, i've been down,

been to the bottom of every bottle

these five words in my head

scream "are we having fun yet?"

yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

it's not like you didn't know that

I said I love you and I swear I still do

And it must have been so bad

Cause living with me must have damn near killed you

And this is how, you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how, you remind me

Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

for handing you a heart worth breaking

and I've been wrong, i've been down,

been to the bottom of every bottle

these five words in my head

scream "are we having fun yet?"

yet, yet, yet, no, no

yet, yet, yet, no, no

yet, yet, yet, no, no

yet, yet, yet, no, no

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

Of what i really am

This is how you remind me

Of what i really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

for handing you a heart worth breaking

and I've been wrong, i've been down,

been to the bottom of every bottle

these five words in my head

scream "are we having fun yet?"

yet, yet

are we having fun yet [3x]

[hunhee]

Amazed.. by Lonestar

Every time our eyes meet

This feeling inside me

Is almost more than I can take

Baby when you touch me

I can feel how much you love me

And it just blows me away

I've never been this close to anyone or anything

I can hear your thoughts

I can see your dreams

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I want to spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you

The smell of your skin

The taste of your kiss

The way you whisper in the dark

Your hair all around me

Baby you surround me

You touch every place in my heart

Oh, it feels like the first time, every time

I want to spend the whole night in your eyes

Chorus

Solo

Every little thing that you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I want to spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you

[Der Nister]

Poorly written songs make me cry - for the obvious reason.

Edited July 14, 2008 by Der Nister

[TitsMcGee]

Concrete Angel - Martina McBride

Hurt - Johnny Cash

More Like Her - Miranda Lambert

Knocking on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses (was played at my brother in law's wake in December)

One More Day - Lonestar (was played at my best friends funeral in 2003)

One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey

I probably could list a bunch more if I thought about it for a while.

[jynxxxedangel]

I Don't Love You Like That, by Jypsi

You gotta know I don't blame you,

So don't you go blaming yourself.

As easy as these things get started,

There's really no way to tell

Just how far it will go,

And just how strong it can get.

Yeah, sometimes the love ends up one-sided,

But there's nothing 'bout you I regret.

So don't worry 'bout me,

Don't lose sleep,

Don't come savin' me

'Cuz the water here's too deep.

I wouldn't want you to suffer,

Like I have,

Oh no, I don't love you like that.

I want you to find what you're needing,

More than I want you to stay.

I wish you could feel what I'm feeling,

But I don't want you hurtin' that way;

'Cuz there are two kinds of love in this world--

The selfish kind, it never wins--

And as hard as it is letting go now,

It would kill me to watch you pretend.

So don't worry 'bout me,

Don't lose sleep,

Don't come savin' me 'cuz the water here's too deep.

I wouldn't want you to suffer

Like I have,

Oh no, I don't love you like that.

So don't worry 'bout me,

Don't lose sleep,

Don't come saving me 'cuz the water here's too deep.

I wouldn't want you to suffer

Like I have,

Oh no, I don't love you like that.

Don't worry bout me,

Don't lose sleep,

Don't come savin' me 'cuz the water here's too deep.

Don't suffer,

Like I have,

Oh no, I don't love you like that.

I don't love you like that.

I don't love you like that.

I don't love you like that.

This song was released the same week I broke up with my sweetheart of four years. It still kills me to hear it.

[hunhee]

This is my new song I will cry to..

Broken... by Lifehouse

The Broken clock is a comfort

It helps me sleep tonight

Maybe it can stop tomorrow

From stealing all my time

And I am here still waiting

Though I still have my doubts

I am damaged at best

Like you've already figured out

I'm falling apart

I'm barely breathing

With a broken heart

That's still beating

In the pain

There is healing

In your name

I find meaning

So I'm holding on (I'm holdin on)(I'm holdin on)

I'm barely holding on to you

The broken locks were a warning

You got inside my head

I tried my best to be guarded

I'm an open book instead

And I still see your reflection

Inside of my eyes

That are looking for purpose

They're still looking for life

I'm falling apart

I'm barely breathing

With a broken heart

That's still beating

In the pain (In the pain)

Is there healing

In your name

I find meaning

So I'm holding on (I'm still holdin on)(I'm holdin on)

(I'm still holdin on) (I'm holdin on)

I'm barely holding on to you

I'm hanging on another day

Just to see what, you will throw my way

And I'm hanging on, to the words you say

You said that I will, will be okay

The broken light on the freeway

Left me here alone

I may have lost my way now

But I haven't forgotten my way home

I'm falling apart

I'm barely breathing

With a broken heart

That's still beating

In the pain (In the pain)

There is healing

In your name (In your name)

I find meaning

So I'm holding on (I'm still holdin')(I'm holdin' on)(I'm still holdin') (I'm holdin' on) (I'm still holdin')

Barely holding on to you (I'm still holdin on)

Barely holdin on to you

Edited July 22, 2008 by hunhee

[hunhee]

Maybe I didn't treat you

Quite as good as I should have

Maybe I didn't love you

Quite as often as I could have

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you

All those lonely, lonely times

And I guess I never told you

I'm so happy that you're mine

If I made you feel second best

Girl I'm so sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died

Give me, give me one more chance to keep you satisfied, satisfied

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

[hunhee]

I'm so retarded, I shouldn't have looked this song up, I'm crying now..

I wanna make you smile whenever youre sad

Carry you around when your arthritis is bad

All I wanna do is grow old with you

Ill get your medicine when your tummy aches

Build you a fire if the furnace breaks

Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you

Ill miss you

Ill kiss you

Give you my coat when you are cold

Ill need you

Ill feed you

Even let ya hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink

Put you to bed if youve had too much to drink

I could be the man who grows old with you

I wanna grow old with you

Edited July 22, 2008 by hunhee