Saddest opening lyrics?

Lover
there will be another one
who'll hover
over you beneath the sun
Tomorrow
see the things that never come
today

Telepopmusik, "Smile"

May just be the way it's sung, but it kind of kills me every time.

or

"It doesn't matter if we all die"

Oh, I’ll break them down, no mercy shown,
Heaven knows, it’s got to be this time,
Watching her, these things she said,
The times she cried,
Too frail to wake this time.

Oh I’ll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it’s got to be this time,
Avenues all lined with trees,
Picture me and then you start watching,
Watching forever, forever,
Watching love grow, forever,
Letting me know, forever.

-The Left Bank

The blind man can see
Put a match to his eyes
I’ll show you another who sings as he cries

I cannot be whole
As the beggar who sighs
But I’ll show you another who knows as he dies

Richard Thompson

When I was a boy
The moon was a pearl
The sun was a yellow gold

When I was a man
The wind blew cold
The hills were upside down

...just typing the lyrics makes me feel a bit sad - The rest of the song is even sadder.

And if you want me to wait forever, I will
And if you say that you'll love me never, you will

You're sitting down to dress
and you're a mess
You look in the mirror

You look in your eyes
Then you realize

Everybody goes
leaving those
who fall behind

"I was waiting in the bar, where you you?"

"Rex's Blues" Townes van Zandt

--The Kids (Lou Reed, "Berlin")

Bl00dbin 'Shame About The Husband'

1. Queen - Too much love will kill you
2. Evanescence - My immortal

1:
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
...
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
...

2:
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
...

"I wrote a poem on a dog biscuit
And your dog refused to look at it
So I got drunk and looked at the Empire State Building
It was no bigger than a nickel

And if it don't improve, then I have to move
I never thought that I would end up here
Maybe I should just change my style"

- Galaxie 500, Fourth of July

i love that song.

came here to post "i may not always love you", from god only knows. i've heard that song 1,000,000 times but that line still gives me chills.

Ditto. Spine freezes hearing that line, every goddamn time.

For me it's the part where he sings 'the world would show nothing to me/so what good would living do me?' - Likewise I've heard it more times than I can say but it still tears me to shreds

With the money from her accident
She bought herself a mobile home
So at least she could get some enjoyment
Out of being alone
No one could say that she was left up on the shelf
It's you and me against the world kid she mumbled to herself

Levi Stubb's Tears by Billy Bragg

This one gets me:

"I saw your picture, hanging on the back of my door." - Crystal Castles Not in Love

It's simple but in the context of a sad song it says so much.

"Lua" by Bright Eyes remains the saddest song in my awareness, and while "I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk" is far from the saddest thing about it, it a) is still pretty damn sad, and b) establishes the tone for what's to come.

"It's four in the morning the end of December/ I'm calling you now just to see if you're better"

I agree about Lua btw. Sad song and im glad bright eyes isnt a punchline anymore. For me no song is as sad as the nmh song that starts like this:

"Daddy please here this song that I sing/ in your heart theres a spark that just screams for a lover to bring/ a child to your chest that could lay as you sleep / and love all you have left like your boy used to be."

Casimir Pulanski Day by Sufjan Stevens is too sad for me to listen to. I don't even remember how it opens.

xp: yes to famous blue raincoat. I was just coming here to post that. but it's "writing", not "calling". he wasn't calling anyone at 4 in the morning.

Good catch

Maybe the lateness of the hour
Makes me feel bluer than I am
...

Bill Withers - Hope She'll Be Happier

Ahem.

"The last horizons I can see are filled with bars and factories / and in them all we fight to stay awake" - Last Horizons, Gin Blossoms

I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lyin' cold the way you left them
At least your lips caressed them while you packed
And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
That you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it
That's so much more than I can say for me

George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses

I was raised by snakes
I lie all the time