More Sorrowful Songs (not by Mika)

[Naectegale]

Dido's Lament

 

Dido is deserted by Aeneas and sings this before killing herself

 

 

When I Am Laid, Am Laid In Earth, May My Wrongs Create

no Trouble, No Trouble In, In Thy Breast.

when I Am Laid, Am Laid In Earth, May My Wrongs Create

no Trouble, No Trouble In, In Thy Breast.

remember Me, Remember Me, But Ah!

forget My Fate.

remember Me, But Ah!

forget My Fate.

remember Me, Remember Me, But Ah!

forget My Fate.

remember Me, But Ah!

forget My Fate

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAnQQ4_Jpd8

[Neiobi]

Oh Queen... How could I forget:wub2: A few of them are coming to my mind now! Mostly sad ones.

And even though James Blunt may be considered cheesy, I think you're right Nectar.. He's already been trough a lot, so I'm not surprised that his lyrics and music are melancolic.

That Eric Clapton song.. Wow. Now that's sorrow! It's beautiful.

And forgot to say, Abba may be a bit ridiculized but the thing is their music and their lyrics were great, and underrated as some of you said..

I have another sorrowful song in my mind, but I'll post it later.

 

And Nectar, that one is so sad, but still amazing!

Edited May 19, 2009 by Neiobi

[robertina]

thanks nectar!

[Neiobi]

Queen- You Take My Breath Away

Look into my eyes and you'll see

I'm the only one

You've captured my love

Stolen my heart

Changed my life

Every time you make a move

You destroy my mind

And the way you touch

I lose control and shiver deep inside

You take my breath away

 

You can reduce me to tears

With a single sigh

 

(Please don't cry)

Every breath that you take -

Any sound that you make

Is a whisper in my ear

I could give up all my life for just one kiss

I would surely die

If you dismiss me from your love

You take my breath away

 

So please don't go

Don't leave me here all by myself

I get ever so lonely from time to time

I will find you

Anywhere you go, I'll be right behind you

Right until the ends of the earth

I'll get no sleep till I find you to tell you

That you just take my breath

away

 

I will find you

 

Anywhere you go

Right until the ends of the earth

I'll get no sleep till I find you

To tell you when I've found you -

I love you

 

The lyrics aren't as sad as most posted here, but I think the song itself is pretty sad!

[riverstwilight]

Another Jonathan Coulton song - When You Go

 

 

Only a moment ago we had nothing but time

Everything lasted forever and you were all mine

Only a dream I know

Thinking you’d never go

Tearing off pieces of myself

Just for the time it buys me

 

Fold my heart up small

Or break it into pieces

Find somewhere and keep it there

Take it when you go

 

There in the frame of your face in the cast of your eyes

I saw this coming but still I am caught by surprise

All of this time I knew

That I’d be losing you

That doesn’t mean that it’s okay

That doesn’t mean I’m ready

 

Fold my heart up small

Or break it into pieces

Find somewhere and keep it there

Take it when you go

When you go

When you go

 

Some things we always remember, some things we forget

No way to make it up now no room for regret

That’s no good for anyone

And so I come undone

Now I am less than what I was

Whatever’s left is yours now

 

So fold my heart up small

Or break it into pieces

Find somewhere and keep it there

Take it when you go

[Naectegale]

Queen- You Take My Breath Away

Look into my eyes and you'll see

I'm the only one

You've captured my love

Stolen my heart

Changed my life

Every time you make a move

You destroy my mind

And the way you touch

I lose control and shiver deep inside

You take my breath away

 

You can reduce me to tears

With a single sigh

 

(Please don't cry)

Every breath that you take -

Any sound that you make

Is a whisper in my ear

I could give up all my life for just one kiss

I would surely die

If you dismiss me from your love

You take my breath away

 

So please don't go

Don't leave me here all by myself

I get ever so lonely from time to time

I will find you

Anywhere you go, I'll be right behind you

Right until the ends of the earth

I'll get no sleep till I find you to tell you

That you just take my breath

away

 

I will find you

 

Anywhere you go

Right until the ends of the earth

I'll get no sleep till I find you

To tell you when I've found you -

I love you

 

The lyrics aren't as sad as most posted here, but I think the song itself is pretty sad!

 

That's one of my favourites

[Neiobi]

That's one of my favourites

 

It's THE one for me:wub2:

[riverstwilight]

 

"The Lighthouse's Tale" - Nickel Creek

 

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.

I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.

 

I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.

I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.

 

I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.

We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.

 

And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.

And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.

 

[Chorus:]

And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.

And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been, and what can never be.

 

She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.

But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.

 

He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.

In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.

 

[Chorus]

 

Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the SHORE.

He kissed her cold face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore.

 

I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.

And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran.

 

[Chorus]

 

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.

And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

I had never heard of the band or the song until today. The video made me weep. This was too good not to post here.

[Mary]

Queen - No-one But You (only the good die young)

 

A hand above the water

An angel reaching for the sky

Is it raining in heaven -

Do you want us to cry?

 

And everywhere the broken-hearted

On every lonely avenue

No-one could reach them

No-one but you

 

One by one

Only the Good die young

They're only flying too close to the sun

And life goes on -

Without you...

 

Another Tricky Situation

I get to drownin' in the Blues

And I find myself thinkin'

Well - what would you do?

 

Yes! - it was such an operation

Forever paying every due

Hell, you made a sensation

You found a way through

 

One by one

Only the Good die young

They're only flyin' too close to the sun

We'll remember -

Forever...

 

And now the party must be over

I guess we'll never understand

The sense of your leaving

Was in the way it was planned...

 

So we grace another table

And raise our glasses one more time

There's a face at the window

And i aint never, never saying goodbye...

 

One by one

Only the Good die young

They're only flyin' too close to the sun

Cryin' for nothing

Cryin' for no-one

No-one but you

 

 

Queen - Jealousy

 

Oh how wrong can you be

Oh to fall in love

Was my very first mistake

How was I to know

I was far too much in love to see

 

Jealousy, look at me now

Jealousy, you got me somehow

You gave me no warning

Took me by surprise

Jealousy, you led me on

 

You couldn't lose

You couldn't fail

You had suspicion on my trail

How, how, how, oh my jealousy

I wasn't man enough

To let you hurt my pride

Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

 

Oh how strong can you be

With matters of the heart

Life is much to short

To while away with tears

If only you could see

Just what you do to me

 

Jealousy, you tripped me up

Jealousy, you brought me down

You bring me sorrow

You cause me pain

Jealousy, when will you let go

 

Gotta hold of my possesive mind

Turned me into a jealous kind

How, how, how, oh my jealousy

I wasn't man enough

To let you hurt my pride

Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

 

But now it matters not

If I should live or die

Cause I'm only left with my own jealousy

Edited May 20, 2009 by Mary

[vanessa]

Jeff Buckley-dream brother

There is a child sleeping near his twin

The pictures go wild in a rush of wind

That dark angel he is shuffling in

Watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled

 

The love you lost with her skin so fair

Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair

Her green eyes blew goodbyes

With her head in her hands

and your kiss on the lips of another

Dream Brother, with your tears scattered round the world.

 

Don't be like the one who made me so old

Don't be like the one who left behind his name

'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine

And nobody ever came...

 

I feel afraid and I call your name

I love your voice and your dance insane

I hear your words and I know your pain

Your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another

Your eyes to the ground

and the world spinning round forever

Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7zXRUo6ZE

[Fmbm]

 

Queen - Jealousy

 

Oh how wrong can you be

Oh to fall in love

Was my very first mistake

How was I to know

I was far too much in love to see

 

Jealousy, look at me now

Jealousy, you got me somehow

You gave me no warning

Took me by surprise

Jealousy, you led me on

 

You couldn't lose

You couldn't fail

You had suspicion on my trail

How, how, how, oh my jealousy

I wasn't man enough

To let you hurt my pride

Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

 

Oh how strong can you be

With matters of the heart

Life is much to short

To while away with tears

If only you could see

Just what you do to me

 

Jealousy, you tripped me up

Jealousy, you brought me down

You bring me sorrow

You cause me pain

Jealousy, when will you let go

 

Gotta hold of my possesive mind

Turned me into a jealous kind

How, how, how, oh my jealousy

I wasn't man enough

To let you hurt my pride

Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

 

But now it matters not

If I should live or die

Cause I'm only left with my own jealousy

 

This song is practically my anthem

I get jealous A LOT so I usually listen to this song to calm me down. Queen were very good at conveying feelings through their lyrics. They have a song for everything

[Naectegale]

This song is practically my anthem

I get jealous A LOT so I usually listen to this song to calm me down. Queen were very good at conveying feelings through their lyrics. They have a song for everything

 

I never expected so many Queen songs on here They were good, weren't they

[Naectegale]

An inspiration for Any Other World?

 

 

Waiting at the Church

 

 

I'm in a nice bit of trouble, I confess;

Somebody with me has had a game.

I should by now be a proud and happy bride,

But I've still got to keep my single name.

I was proposed to by Obadiah Binks In a very gentlemanly way;

Lent him all my money so that he could buy a home,

And punctually at twelve o'clock to-day-

 

CHORUS:

There was I, waiting at the church,

Waiting at the church,

Waiting at the church;

When I found he'd left me in the lurch,

Lor, how it did upset me!

All at once, he sent me round a note

Here's the very note,

This is what he wrote:

"Can't get away to marry you today,

My wife, won't let me!"

 

Lor, what a fuss Obadiah made of me

When he used to take me in the park!

He used to squeeze me till I was black and blue,

When he kissed me he used to leave a mark.

Each time he met me he treated me to port,

Took me now and then to see the play;

Understand me rightly, when I say he treated me,

It wasn't him but me that used to pay.

 

Just think how disappointed I must feel,

I'll be off me crumpet very soon.

I've lost my husband-the one I never had!

And I dreamed so about the honeymoon.

I'm looking out for another Obadiah,

I've already bought the wedding ring,

There's all my little fal-the-riddles packed up in my box

Yes, absolutely two of ev'rything.

[Fmbm]

I never expected so many Queen songs on here They were good, weren't they

 

They certainly were

God, I miss being obsessed with them

[Mary]

This song is practically my anthem

I get jealous A LOT so I usually listen to this song to calm me down. Queen were very good at conveying feelings through their lyrics. They have a song for everything

 

So true!

 

I never expected so many Queen songs on here They were good, weren't they

 

Good? The best!

[Soaring Simpson]

Might or might not be the song MIka meant (in the OMM article) but certainly sorrowful enough for this thread

 

Bronski Beat- Small Town Boy

 

You leave in the morning

With everything you own

In a little black case

Alone on a platform

The wind and the rain

On a sad and lonely face

 

Mother will never understand

Why you had to leave

But the answers you seek

Will never be found at home

The love that you need

Will never be found at home

 

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

 

Pushed around and kicked around

Always a lonely boy

You were the one

That theyd talk about around town

As they put you down

 

And as hard as they would try

Theyd hurt to make you cry

But you never cried to them

Just to your soul

No you never cried to them

Just to your soul

 

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

 

Cry , boy, cry...

 

You leave in the morning

With everything you own

In a little black case

Alone on a platform

The wind and the rain

On a sad and lonely face

 

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

[IngievV]

River

 

It's coming on Christmas

They're cutting down trees

They're putting up reindeer

And singing songs of joy and peace

Oh I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

 

But it don't snow here

It stays pretty green

I'm going to make a lot of money

Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene

I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long

I would teach my feet to fly

Oh I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I made my baby cry

 

He tried hard to help me

You know, he put me at ease

And he loved me so naughty

Made me weak in the knees

Oh I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

 

I'm so hard to handle

I'm selfish and I'm sad

Now I've gone and lost the best baby

That I ever had

Oh I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long

I would teach my feet to fly

Oh I wish I had a river

I made my baby say goodbye

 

It's coming on Christmas

They're cutting down trees

They're putting up reindeer

And singing songs of joy and peace

I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

[Naectegale]

Blame IngievV for reminding me of this little gem from my childhood

 

As I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day.

And stopped there for a moment just to watch the children play.

Alone a boy was standing and when I asked him why

he turned with eyes that could not see and he began to cry.

 

Refrain:

I'm nobody's child

I'm nobody's child

Just like a flower I'm growing wild.

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smile

nobody wants me

I'm nobody's child.

 

People come for children and take them for their own.

But they all seem to pass me by and I'm left here all alone.

I know they'd like to take me but when they see I'm blind

they always take some other child and I am left behind.

 

(Refrain)

 

No mommy's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry.

Sometimes it gets so lonely I wish that I could die.

I'd walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see.

And just like all the other kids there'd be a home for me.

 

(Refrain)

 

[IngievV]

Mama

 

Mama what happened?

It seems like we're strangers

Who don't know what to say

Only a quick hello

When we get in each other's way

You don't know me and I don't know you

We're just 2 different words

There's nothing we can do

 

Mama, where did we go wrong

Remember when we used to sing along

to our song, on the radio

Now I just want to pick up my stuff and go

I don't belong here anymore

This is not my home

 

Mama, remember when I was a child

Always polite, never too wild

You never said you loved me

You never kissed or hugged me

Only told me the things I'd done wrong

in your eyes

I asked for the truth, you just gave me lies

 

Mama it doesn't feel right

I think I'll be looking for my home tonight

I'll come back but never for long

Your love for me is just not strong

not strong enough to survive