Songs That have Broken you Down

**JetsterDajet** · Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 718 Location: Norcal

Only song to mess me up was Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum, but that was like right after my Dad passed away.

**Tahmer** · Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:59 am Post subject:

I have to go with almost the entire CD of Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park. More specifically the songs In The End, With You, and Pushing Me Away. There was this girl I've known since I was probably 11 or 12, I was always trying to get with her, but in the end, no matter what I tried, things never happened. I used to listen to that CD alot when I'd think about her so it brings back really strong emotions. She was my first love after all.

Secondly, Cats in the Cradle. Not sure the original artist because I've always listened to the Ugly Kid Joe cover. I tear up a lot at that song because I've never really had a relationship with my dad, and that song is pretty much all about the dad never having time for the kid, and then the kid grows up and doesn't have time for his dad. Kind of like my experience, only the end of the song doesn't really fit to me.

There are tons more, I'm a really emotional guy. I probably shouldn't be open about that...
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**OCEAT** · Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 357 Location: Boston, MA

Closer by Mike Oldfield seems like a song to cry to. The first time I heard it I almost cried, it was so depressing. It's like 5 minutes of mournful guitars/stand up basses, I can't tell which, and a regular choir over that. So sad.

And then, when I was 5 or 6, there was an episode of Pokemon that had Pikachu going to live with other Pikachu, and he sang a song about how he missed Ash, which brought my 5 year old frame to tears. Truly moving stuff.

Seriousness edit: Yes, Cat's in the Cradle got me near tears. I really listened to the lyrics for the first time when my dad was driving to his dad's funeral... 'nuff said.
Also Californication by RHCP. It might not seem like much, but my spanish exchange brother played that song the first night I stayed in his house, and just a month ago, a month after he left I heard that riff on the radio and it brought back every memory we had...
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**TheLieInKing** · Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 437 Location: London, UK

Not sure if I've ever shed a tear over a song, but Brokedown Palace by Grateful Dead is one song that has made me incredibly sad.

Holes by Mercury Rev also connected with me in a similar way.
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**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Not Enough by Our Lady Peace (Gravity album) is an extremely strong and powerful song. I had a sister that died young of cancer, and I think of her whenever I listen to that song.

Although not the traditional rock stuff I usually listen to, I also get choked up on Goodbye To You by Michelle Branch. I have strong mental associations with that song as I listened to it when I was departing from a few things that had been a part of my life previously.

There are tons of other songs that evoke strong emotions for me, but not really any others that risk me losing it. I'm 29 now, and if you had asked me this question 6 or 7 years ago when I was going through a serious period of depression, I would have listed a lot more songs. I listened to a lot of emo-rage stuff, though I was never actually "emo" myself, but it was also a lot easier to lose control since I had none.

**Kbiscu1t** · Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 262 Location: Atlanta, Georgia

"Speak To Me" going so smoothly and beautifully into "Breathe" on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of The Moon" has gotten me pretty freakin' emotional, but not the the point of breaking down.

Just thought I'd throw that in there

**Hak** · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

**anarchyintheuk** · Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 270 Location: Australia

A couple of songs that break me down:

Evanescence - My Immortal: It doesn't make me cry, but it just makes me really depressed.

Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy: It breaks me down because they played this when they were walking out my uncle's casket at his funeral, so it's more for a personal reason.
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**B-Fuzz** · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject:

I listened to "Sail on Soothsayer" (not the one in GH3) by Buckethead, last night, and I teared up a bit at that. Even if it doesn't have any lyrics or a special connection to me, it's still just so beautiful.
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**gameking66** · Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 7

Through the Fire and Flames breaks me down.

Shit's so hard to FC.

**RevZip** · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 148

Oh boy, its a long list. These are more like songs I listen to when I'm emotional. Songs I've actually cried to are marked with an asterisk (*).

All That Remains - This Calling *
Apocalyptica - I Don't Care *
Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife
Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece of Heaven *
Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God
Avenged Sevenfold - Seize The Day *
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia *
Bush - Glycerine
Clint Mansell - Requiem For a Dream
Coldplay - The Scientist *
Coldplay - Fix You
Crossfade - Cold
Dashboard Confessional - Stolen
DJ Tiësto - Adagio For Strings
Dragonforce - Dawn Over a New World
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
Flyleaf - Again
Flyleaf - I'm So Sick
Flyleaf - Sorrow
Gary Jules - Mad World
Green Day - 21 Guns *
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Hans Zimmer - Drink Up Me Hearties
Hinder - Better Than Me *
In This Moment - Forever
James Blunt - Same Mistake *
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Killers - Read My Mind (Like Rebel Diamonds Mix)
The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
Linkin Park - My December *
Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest
Linkin Park - Hands Held High
Linkin Park - Valentine's Day *
Linkin Park - The Little Things Give You Away
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - I'll Be There (Acapella)
Mika - Any Other World *
Muse - Stockholm Syndrome *
Nickelback - Photograph
Panic At The Disco - Nine In the Afternoon
Papa Roach - Forever
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond *
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - We Are The Champions *
Rammstein - Reise, Reise
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way *
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hey
Red Hot Chili Peppers - If
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel
Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Saosin - It's Far Better to Learn *
Saosin - Some Sense of Security *
Saosin - You're Not Alone *
Seether - Careless Whisper *
Seether - Broken (feat. Amy Lee)
Shinedown - Fly From The Inside
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
Simple Plan - Perfect *
Simple Plan - Untitled *
Sum 41 - Pieces *
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
System of a Down - Aerials
System of a Down - Chop Suey!
T.J. Lavin - Soldier
Third Eye Blind - How's It Going to Be
Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
Thrice - Image of the Invisible *
Thursday - Jet Black New Year
Van Halen - Spanish Fly
Yellowcard - Shadows and Regrets *
30 Seconds to Mars - From Yesterday

Wow, longer list than I thought. O__o
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**Cheeseball** · Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 55

Electric Tears by Buckethead.

It's absolutely stunning. It's as if I am in a trance while listening to it. I dunno why, but that makes me emotional.
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**Tempest** · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 473 Location: Fairbanks, AK

If you ever listen to "You Never Know" by Immortal Technique and don't cry you're probably not a human being.

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything else.
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