As the title says…which song still haunts you emotionally? And why? A (freely accessible) link might greatly bring your point across.
Mine would be: (Typhoon - “Empiricist”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E328pIZWFM
The lyrics go deep and it just touches me. No otherwise special attachment.
“Do it for her” from Steven Universe. If you haven’t watched the series. I won’t ruin it.
Likewise, “Leaves From the Vine” from ATLA
It almost feels like cheating, but Somewhere Only We Know by Keane always manages to get me, especially since it seems like the lyrics become more poignant the older I get.
Honorable shoutout goes to Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt.
1916 by Motorhead.
Quite possibly the most heartbreaking anti-war song ever written.
Wings for Marie pt 1 and 2 by Tool. It’s a 17 minute pair of tracks so there’s no expectation of you, dear random reader, to slog through it, but it’s very meaningful to me. It is haunting and beautiful though.
Part 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BNTo34xOwoM
Part 2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJq9y9xPKWs
I lost my mother unexpectedly and when I was rather young (mid 20’s).
As a little relevant back history of the lead singer, he was at odds with his mother when she was alive but she passed of cancer. My take on the song is that this is an ode to her.
My mother was mentally ill and we never had a good relationship, but after that loss I spent a lot of time thinking about all that was strong and good in her. And I miss her still, despite everything. This song evokes those feelings and still brings me to tears to this day.
Edit: updated formatting a bit and the links. The parts 1 and 2 video I found worked fine via ddg but the direct link didn’t seem to work, so changed to links to the individual songs.
Thanks man. And i will totally listen to it. I actually prefer loooong songs.
Sorry about your mom.
Undertale from Toby Fox
https://youtu.be/8CeYNJ-s0Kw?si=ybFwzAxK8uVi62KV
No matter how many times I listen to it, tears ALWAYS rush to my eyes
The context of all those motifs coming back just brings ALL the feels. Toby really has a way with his music.
Damn, still gotta play this game :-)
A Different Kind Of Human by AURORA
The song resonates with me so deeply, feeling like I don’t belong anywhere, as an autistic/trans/lesbian individual. The idea of “my people” arriving in a mothership and warmly embracing me for all that I am, and taking me somewhere I belong, is enough to make me well up just thinking about the song.
Lovely song! And hey, don’t separate yourself from “those people” by being “your people”. I, for example, separate “good” from “bad” people. Couldn’t care less about their level of neuro-divergence, genitals or preference :)
Don’t worry, I don’t separate myself from others, any separation is external!
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I feel when I was younger I was really insensitive to racial issues,
Isn’t that the beauty? We didn’t even have a concept of “race” as kids. We develop that. As kids everyone is literally the same thing. Just looks a bit different.
But i hear you. And i don’t think it’s weird, that tupac gave you the nudge to ponder. As a teeny you most likely only listened to yourself or maybe some idol-figures. So you actively listened to tupac with your mind not just your ears. Makes total sense to me.
What a luck, you listened to him and not some of those fuckbitches-begangsta-blingbling-imbeciles of today 😁
Porter Robinson - Goodbye to a World It’s a fun song since it’s electronic and dance. There’s not even many lyrics, but at the same time it manages to be a very emotional song. It genuinely makes you feel like you’re at the end of a world.
The absolutely achingly long build up invokes such strong tension and vivid mental imagery of the end of some fantastical world, the end of a story. And then the final chorus hits like a truck: the final, thunderous cry of a world at its end. Then all is stripped away and you’re left with a half-broken voice singing the same refrain, and it’s truly over.
Porter Robinson is a musical storytelling genius!
remember me, from Coco (the lullaby version)
Depressing songs? That’s my expertise. I’ll try to keep it short:. Off the top of my head:
Richard Ashcroft - The Drugs Don’t Work - Lyric: “'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls
I’m coming too, just like you said. You leave my life, I’m better off dead”Kate Bush - This Woman’s Work - about a woman (almost) dying during childbirth. Think most people can relate to the thought of their mother (or mother of their children) dying. (And if that’s not you, internet hugs. Sorry, if that’s all I can offer you.)
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Mark Almond isn’t the best singer, this sounds like a cheesy 80s song about a break-up… and then the chorus hits. Anger and bitterness seem to mask true pain.
Regina Spektor - Becoming All Alone Again - Key lyrics: “Why doesn’t it get better with time?
I’m becoming all alone again.”The Knife - Is it still light outside? - a cheery song about the doctor coming for a visit after something happened.
Bowie and Mercury = Under Pressure - Aftersun version - Key lyric: “Why can’t we give love one more chance? Why can’t we give ourselves one more chance?” and “this is our last dance” - in this version Bowie never gets to finish the lyric. Love doesn’t get one more chance. The movie’s equally depressing.
Pink Floyd - High Hopes - about regret and growing old. Key lyric: “Running before time took our dreams away, leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground to a life consumed by slow decay”. Obviously Pink Floyd has other great songs, I chose one of them.
Excellent picks mate! Didn’t even know “say hello, wave goodbye” and already loving it. How could I’ve missed that one… Thanks for the Bowie/Queen-factoid. Didn’t know either. Love it in a hating way.
Sia - Breathe Me (mainly because of Six Feet Under)
Honorable mention to Dan Folgelberg - Same Old Lang Syne.
Passenger - Let Her Go - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA
And Garth Brooks - The Dance - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhnFvxTjok
Because I’m tired of watching the people I love die.
Lauren Shigihara - Everything’s Alright
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nIZxh_nc64wThe lyrics by themselves tell a story, but this song is the capstone to indie game To The Moon, which is an emotionally devastating tale. The theme of being near each other despite all else going wrong (thus making it all okay) was what made it my wife’s song of choice to sing to our son while he was in the NICU. I cannot hear this without my emotional state falling apart.
Oh fuck, To The Moon and Everything’s Alright will always make me cry like a newborn.
I have a feeling that when Deltarune is finished in its entirety and we finally have the “full” version of Don’t Forget by Laura Shigihara, it’ll be similarly heartbreaking and warm
Mad World. I respect Tears for Fears, but Gary Jules did it much better
IMHO, Jasmine Thompson aced the song.
The Pentatonix version comes in tied for second place.
Why? I think the song really nails how we can feel about this world sometimes. It was a fairly good description of me In my more depressed times, or at least, it triggers some very familiar feelings of the past. How can I describe it… It’s like I am looking at myself and the world through dead eyes. There are no feelings, no emotion and just the buzz of the world happening around me for no reason. (That description almost mirrors some of the lyrics, now that I think about it. What can I say? It’s an accurate song.)
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Yup.
That line has always hit me right in the feels.
Honestly, the Thompson/Pentatonix versions were both heart- and soulless. Dunno how they got this popular? Even though I love TearsForFears, Gary Jules indeed did the best version of it.
“The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had…”
Ouch.
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