Sad Songs

I love sad songs. The majority of the songs I listen to are about disappointment in some form or death. No I am not emo I just like sad music. A friend of mine recently wrote a blog about her top sad songs. This inspired me to share mine. Unlike her I am sharing a couple musical theatre.
Below are some of my top sad songs in no particular order.

1. I'm Sorry by John Denver: A song about regret and acknowledging personal weakness. The artist is very honest that this seperation is his fault. He is sorry for what he did to his partner but sorrier for the consequences than the mis-conduct.

2.  Still Hurting from The Last Five Years. A woman realing with the aftermath of abadonment after a divorce.

3. Sad Song by Christina Perri. Kind of my Twenty Something go to song. A song about how nothing is really awful but nothing is really working out.

4. Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton-- Probably one of the saddest songs on earth. He wrote it after his son died. Even if you don't know the back story it is so full of grief it breaks your heart.

5. Ronan by Taylor Swift. Along the same lines.This song was written through the mothers eyes after loosing a little boy to cancer. Eric Clapton has sudden grief where as this is drawn out pain.

6. Nicest Thing by Katie Nash. A really good song about unrequited love. No matter anyone says it's a really crappy feeling.

7. John Doe Number 24 by Mary Chapin Charpenter. About a blind and deaf orphan who was abandoned and no one knows who he is. He is unable to communicate the emotions he feels and struggles with the memories he has.

8. Only a Dream by Mary Chapin Charpenter. Two sisters are very close as children in a disfunctional family. As they grow up the younger sister feels she is loosing this connection with her older sister. Then her sister finally moves out. She realizes her sister has no intention of ever returning.

9. Last Kiss by Taylor Swift. Get over it I like her. This song is a good old post break up song.

10. Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchel. To me this is a song of regret and feeling personally inadequate, its never enough and it will always end the same way.

There you go. Sad songs. I love them.