Share depressing music


chaseawaythedark's avatar
I want songs that will [metaphorically] kick me in the stomach when I'm down and make me feel like shit :eager:

listening to sad music when I'm sad makes me feel better... also I just relate to the lyrics a lot like them a lot :aww:

y'know, stuff like this:

I Don't Love by Have a Nice Life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhkO-…
Wooden Home, and Dread by nothing,nowhere:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaano-…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzBiSe…
FULTON STREET by La Dispute
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExaL3x…
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tomigon's avatar
i exist i exist i exist - flatsound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrtbl…
Rain-0-Bird's avatar
most stuff by alec benjamin tbh

sick boy - the chainsmokers

idk if the last song is rlly sad i just remember listening to it on repeat when my soccer team left me behind on the first game. :'(
Servomoore's avatar
King's Crossing by Elliot Smith is great if you want to wallow in depression: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmoPKl…
sanchezartwerk's avatar
anyhting from Nick Cave with the Badseeds with the Birthday party. I always start off digging his stuff have seen him live twice but then I fall into a funk and find I am having very dark thoughts.
Elliot Smith again all of his stuff even with his grunge band Heat Miser
Third from Portis head they are odd to begin with but there is something depressing about 3
the whole body of work from Joy Division. Especially their posthumously (after their lead singer hung himself) release
Closer brilliant rich whole worlds in each song but wow depressing.
the film about them was also amazing
youtu.be/xUz6y6ANIgE
FungusBalls's avatar
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=50rlHV…
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZq_je…
Sunny Day Real Estate - Pheurton Skeurto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYD5KS…
Nirvana - Something in the Way
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpDrCV…
Nirvana - Polly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8XzaK…
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXJjBo…
Hai-Etlik's avatar
The Stanfields - The Boston States
The Stanfields - Desperation
The Doubleclicks - Ennui
Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
Corb Lund - Student Visas
OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall


rise13eyond's avatar
This list might be a bit long I'm not gonna try and find links to them all. Also they're not all in English....so that might be a pain. OK well someone else might not find them depressing, but I do.
The Dark of You- Breaking Benjamin. 
Dying Words- Nu Pagadi
Forgiven- Within Temptation
Frozen- Withing Temptation (this is one you need to look up the meaning of to really get why it's so depressing)
Hush-Hellyeah
Kuolevainen- Johanna Kurkela
Like You- Evanescence
Lost in Paradise- Evanescence 
Missing- Ayumi Hamasaki
Momentum- Ayumi Hamasaki
Mrs. Epilepsy- Dust in Mind
Mutter- Rammstein
My Heart is Broken- Evanescence (again you need to look it up to know what's so sad about it)
Narcissistic Cannibal- Originally by Korn but I think the EarlyRise cover is much more emotional
Niemand- Oomph!
Omnos- Eluveitie (lyricstranslate.com/en/omnos-f… figured I'd put a link to the translation, it can be pretty hard to find info on this song, but it's basically about a girl who commits suicide after being raped.)
The Other Side- Sirenia
Rain- Eivør
Red Cliff Shin Sen- Alan (personally I like the Japanese version better but there's also a Chinese version)
Suru On Kunniavieras- Jenni Vartiainen
Tonan No- Kim Hyun Jung (OK gotta give links because it's very hard song to find www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzmEm_… and www.jpopasia.com/kimhyunjung/l… It doesn't help that there are multiple translations)
Cruel Fairytale- IU
Returner Yami no Shuuen-Gackt

I left a lot of that I think are depressing, but I was aiming to avoid what could be already well known songs....that kinda fell apart when I started listing Evanescence. 
Thesaxcat's avatar
Tomorrow is Today - A song by Billy Joel that came from a suicide letter he wrote in a period of depression in 1970. A song written in his most dark time for sure. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xN3hb…
ShinigamiOokamiRyuu's avatar
emo genre, problem solved.  if you aren't depressed, within a song or two you will be.
Leehon's avatar
I got you...

Crywank - Notches
XXXTentacion - SAD!
Joyner Lucas - I'm Sorry
Scratch21 - Strangers
OmenXIII - You Can Do So Much Better
Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
Hotel Books - 813 Maryland St.
This Town Needs Guns - Crocodile
Blue October - Hate Me
Buck 65 - The Floor
At The Close Of Every Day - In The Light, I Wrap My Tears
Bloc Party - Signs
Being As An Ocean - Mothers
Whitechapel - Bring Me Home
SleinadFlar's avatar
Minifest696's avatar
"Til Death" by Digital Sexy is an EDM song, but it has really depressing lyrics.
fandomfreakazoid's avatar
Fix Me by Icon for Hire
Freeman1920's avatar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfIvNt… Kings Crossing by Elliott Smith. One of my favorites.
Mrgreen36's avatar
Big Star: Holocaust www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAF36f…
Mike And The Mechanics: The Living Years www.youtube.com/watch?v=agC7So…
R.E.M.: Losing My Religion www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2N_uv…
Nirvana: All Apologies www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDilu8…
Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qH…
The-Abyss-Watcher's avatar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpVAXi… and don't look any further.

Maybe also because this guy is dead. His main band was Christian Death.
Here's one more from him, almost forgot this one - www.youtube.com/watch?v=08LyQ3…
TrueSoprano's avatar
One of the saddest songs I've ever heard by my favorite band ever. Pay attention to the lyrics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmFlB6…
Abbyartistry's avatar
You have probably heard this one but Her Last Words- Courtney Parker.
MisterKarbunar's avatar
My picks:

God is an astronaut- When everything dies (extended)
youtu.be/WStnNGHhnkQ
(my favorite part starts at 4:38)

God is an astronaut- Lost Kingdom
youtu.be/EKHblp1BLz0

God is an astronaut- Suicide by star
youtu.be/8tPRPKfZwNM

God is an astronaut- From dust to beyond
youtu.be/zDE6k4RsG50

God is an astronaut- Beyond the dying light
youtu.be/oKvBHwh5lP8

Tritonal- Satellite (feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn) (Metamorphic Downtempo Mix)
youtu.be/sOD8rQdz0Mg

Breaking Benjamin- Ashes of Eden
youtu.be/d1yTyAh8IA8

Breaking Benjamin- Angels fall
youtu.be/9zFfRSeA1ls

I pretty much listen to God is an astronaut whenever I'm depressed.
NattySuketchi's avatar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY2LUm…
Lana Del Rey - hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tn2S3…
Billie Eilish - idontwannabeyouanymore

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7aSHF…
Ojalá - Silvio Rodríguez (this one is in Spanish XD but if you like it I could translate it (I'm creating a YT channel to translate Spanish soongs)
TrangLuu's avatar
My favorite depression soundtrack list here www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pfGg…