33 Sad but True Song Lyrics That Will Cut You Deep

1. Hurt - Johnny Cash

"And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt"

2. The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

"Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping"

3. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

"Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven"

4. Fix You - Coldplay

"When you try your best
But you don't succeed
When you get what you want
But not what you need"

5. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

"Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?"

6. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion

"Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you
That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us"

7. Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

"When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you"

8. Imagine - John Lennon

"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky"

9. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

"There's no sensation to my left
So I'm going to make this right
There's no one there at all
It doesn't matter at all"

10. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band

"Virginia, the sweetest sound
I ever heard
Virginia, the sweetest sound
I ever heard"

11. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton

"If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you each step of the way"

12. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison

"Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song"

13. Fields of Gold - Sting

"You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold"

14. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

"Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much"

15. Times Like These - Foo Fighters

"It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again"

16. The Scientist - Coldplay

"Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't have to say nothing"

17. I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

"I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll close my eyes"

18. Hurt So Bad - Linda Ronstadt

"Hurt so bad, I wanna cry
Cause I never should have let you go
And now I'm lost and all alone
Without you, my darling"

19. You're So Vain - Carly Simon

"You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you, don't you?"

20. In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins

"And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord"

21. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

"I've been watching the landslide
I've been watching the landslide
Oh, I've been watching the landslide
For way too long"

22. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

"Got a long way to go
And I got a long time to get there
But I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna get my share
Yeah, yeah"

23. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

"I'm walking down the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps and I'm the only one awake
I'm looking for a place to feel at home
Somewhere I can call my own"

24. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

"So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?"

25. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

"And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you coming home, son, I don't know when
But we'll get together then, you know we'll have a good time then"

26. Blackbird - The Beatles

"Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise"

27. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

"I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jests, still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest"

28. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

"When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man"

29. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

"That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you"

30. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

"Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality"

31. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette

"Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?
Are we just your little game?
You should have thought of that before we went too far
'Cause now it's all too late, you should have thought of that"

32. Creep - Radiohead

"I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here"

33. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

"Everybody hurts
Sometimes
Everybody cries
Sometimes"