That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words that keep on falling from your mouth. Take off this suit and swim good and swim good, good."Īnnie Lennox - 'Why': "How many times do I have to try to tell you that I'm sorry for the things I've done? But when I start to try to tell you, that's when you have to tell me 'Hey. Kick off my shoes and swim good and swim good. I'ma try to swim from something bigger than me. Had I seen it in your eyes, there'd have been no try after try, your leaving had no goodbye, had I just seen one in your eyes."įrank Ocean - 'Swim Good': "I'm going off, don't try stopping me. Had you seen me with someone new, hanging so high for your return, but the stillness is a burn. The xx - 'Infinity': "After all the time, after you. One thing that is clear - it's all down hill from here" Queens Of The Stone Age - '.Like Clockwork': "Holding on too long is just a fear of what's to show, because not everything that goes around comes back around, you know. The past is now part of my future, the present is well out of hand." Joy Division - 'Heart And Soul': "Existence well what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. And I'm living off of grass and the drippings from the ceiling - But it's OK to eat fish because they don't have any feelings. Nirvana - 'Something In The Way': "Underneath the bridge, the tarp has sprung a leak and the animals I've trapped have all become my pets. Sufjan Stevens - 'John Wayne Gacy Jr': "His father was a drinker, and his mother cried in bed, folding John Wayne's t-shirts, when the swingset hit his head."Įlliot Smith - 'Between The Bars': "People you've been before, that you don't want around anymore, that push and shove and won't bend to your will, I'll keep them still." All the things I should've given but I didn't. All the things we should've done that we never did.
Kate Bush - 'This Woman's Work': "Of all the things I've should've said that I never said. Why? - 'Good Friday': "If I'm sinking in, laughing at something sunken in, I am." Prince - 'Nothing Compares 2 U': "It's been so lonely without you here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me where did I go wrong." Skeeter Davis - 'End Of The World': "Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Don't they know it's the end of the world, 'cause you don't love me any more?"ĭaughter - 'Smother': "I’m sorry if I smothered you - I sometimes wish I’d stayed inside my mother, Never to come out." Hurt myself again today, and the worst part is there's no one else to blame." Sia - 'Breathe Me': "Help, I have done it again. When I was sixteen, he jumped off a building." Perfume Genius - 'Mr Petersen': "He made me a tape of Joy Division, he told there was a part of him missing. And much too blind to see the damage he's done, sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one."Įric Clapton - 'Tears In Heaven': "Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven? I must be strong and carry on, 'Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven." Jeff Buckley - 'Lover, You Should Have Come Over': "Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun. I need your lovin', like the sunshine - everybody's gotta learn sometime."
With someone new I couldn't start it, Too late, for beginnings.and it keeps coming 'til the day.it stops - when someone great is gone."īeck - 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime' (The Korgis cover): "Change your heart, look around you. LCD Soundsystem - 'Someone Great': "I wish that we could talk about it, But there, that's the problem.
I've got drama, can't be stolen - everybody knows me now." Come wallow with us.įrom the greats such as David Bowie, Prince, Prince, Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell through to the more modern masters of misery such as Frightened Rabbit, Lykke Li, The Twilight Sad and more, we've curated for you the perfect soundtrack to sadness - and the devastating lyrics that make them so heartbreaking.ĭavid Bowie - 'Lazarus': "Look up here, I'm in heaven. In light of this, we present to you - the 50 most depressing songs of all time, as decided by us here in the Gigwise office. Summer may be just around the corner, but we've noticed that many of you out there can't help but feel still in the grips of winter, sadness and bad news.