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The saddest song..
Spirit Stereo:
neutral milk hotel - two headed boy pt. 2
Daddy please hear this song that I sing
In your heart there's 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
Long ago wrapped in sheets warm and wet
Blister please with those wings in your spine
Love to be with a brother of mine
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight
Sounding only at night as you sleep
And in my dreams you're alive
And you're crying
As your mouth moves in mine
Soft and sweet
Rings of flowers round you eyes
And I love you for the rest of your life
Brother see we are one in the same
And you left with your head filled with flames
And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth
Push the pieces in place
Make your smile sweet to see
Don't you take this away
I'm still wanting my face on your cheek
And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place where some holy spectacle lies
When we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life
Two headed boy she is all you could need
She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires
And retire to sheets safe and clean
But don't hate her when she gets up to leave
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: boeuf ---Khar, you actually know about sopor aeturnus?
Wow...
--- End quote ---
I fucking love Sopor Aeternus.
This is just a general point, but do people really believe that just lyrics can make a song sad? In my opinion it has to be a combination of lyrics and music. For example, that SA song has an incredibly melancholic violin arrangement, and many bands have created incredibly sad arrangements with no vocals. I for one, always find violins and bagpipes, or snyth approximations thereof, to be the saddest instruments.
jeremy:
Chimera "Peter" is probably one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. I tried to translate the lyrics so that I could post them here, but they don't come out very well (or I probably just suck at translating things). Besides, the delivery is really what makes it hurt extra good. And the fact that the guy who wrote/sang it killed himself about 5 years after it was recorded. Russians don't fuck around, I guess.
Петр живет в тайге
Вот уже третий год
Петр ушел от людей,
Он ушел от мирских хлопот,
Он просто устал от жизни
И не держит зла на людей
Но было время
Он был носителем великих идей
Теперь лес стал его домом
Он здесь может спокойно спать
Он пьет тишину,
И тишину у него не отнять
А по ночам он приходит ко мне
Он зовет меня с собой
Он идет к луне
Он видит ночь, как никто другой
К нему в гости никто не приходит,
Кроме птиц и зверей,
Он поет им свои песни –
Его голос стал чист, как ручей
А на смену зиме приходит весна,
Лес меняет свои одежды,
Петр умывается росой
Весна вселяет надежду
Для людей он был никто
Для зверей он как Дед Мазай
Может, он вернется к людям,
Когда на землю придет рай
(Basically, this guy is sick of life, moves into the forest and sings songs to animals and shit. I know, I know...what a hippie. Well, it's still sad!)
Coolhanderik:
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
The Fairest of The Seasons - Nico
Staralfur - Sigur Ros
That's all for now...I know theres more...I'm just to tired to find them
McTaggart:
It's not just the lyrics that do it. The way the singer sings (ie. how close they get to crying) and the music surrounding it are close to more important. The presence of violins helps a lot.
I'm not sure if it was because I was in a bit of a state the first time I heard it, but Bright Eyes' Digital Ash in a Digital Urn album could be the saddest album I've got (only 'could be' because of the stack of Eels I've got sitting to my right). Every song struck a chord with me. Not just sad though, I remember it frightening the hell out of me at the time.
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