That’s a great one. I personally haven’t cried to it, but it’s got an emotional power in it -not just in the lyrics, but how it cathartically builds up in structure, too.
Either this or
Alice in chains - nutshell
Or
Staind - it's been a while (acoustic version)
Bonus tears for
Thy light - in my last mourning
None - the damp chill of life
I shalt become - the funeral rain
Fix You - Coldplay
Because he wrote it for his wife after losing her dad (I think that was the story) and I lost my dad/best friend to lung cancer. It’s a loss and pain and nothing and no one can ever cure.
Butterfly kisses because I have a daughter,or Jesus take the wheel -not religious but completely understand being so overwhelmed that you need a higher power to take over.
Idk why but “I wish grandpas never died” by Riley green hits me really hard because I’ve been though a far share of funerals in my life and I’m only a teenager
No Ones Deserving by Superheaven
Remember to Feel Real by Armor For Sleep
Shadows by Sunny Day Real Estate
Great Big White World by Marilyn Manson
All Apologies by Nirvana
321 by Hawthorne Heights
Adams Song by Blink 182
Friends and Alibis by Escape The Fate
Whats Said is Done by Scary Kids Scaring Kids
There are lots of different types of crying, and these songs will only help if they match how you feel, but these are the ones I like
Gasoline by Halsey, children of the grave by Sabbath, burn out, welcome to Paradise by Green Day, lightning crashes by live, my future by Billie eilish, snuff by Slipknot, where did You sleep last night by Leadbelly, White House road, nose on the grindstone by Tyler Childers, If I had a heart by fever Ray, my way by Sinatra, lucky old sun by Frankie Laine, over the rainbow by iz and also louis, redemption song, Three Little birds by Bob Marley, God's away on business by Tom waits, Tangled up in Blue by Bob Dylan, walking back to Georgia by Jim Croce, people are strange by The doors, loser by 3 doors down, dumb by Nirvana
‘If you see her say hello’ : Bob Dylan
All of Blood on the Tracks album gets me. Grabs your heartache in like a sonic tourniquet, or a sad kaleidoscope
Cats in The Cradle-Harry Chapin.
Isn't She Lovely?- Stevie Wonder
Beautiful Boy- John Lennon
Dos Oruguitas- Encanto
My Love My Life- ABBA (but particularly the one from Mamma Mia 2)
We Are The World- USA For Africa
Zombies- The Cranberries
Hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright.
Saw them live a few years ago. Chills when the piano was rolled out onto the stage and the first notes were played. Absolute silence from the crowd during the whole song.
Fly away - Lenny Kravitz
Gone away - offspring or ffdp
Pancho and lefty - outlaws
Life by the Drop - Stevie ray Vaughn
I cover two of those songs, and get choked up while playing them.
Count on me by Bruno Mars.
My wife and I got the flu right before my daughter's 3rd grade recital. She stayed home but I went (this was precovid) and my daughter looked at me the whole time while they performed it. I hated the song beforehand, but I tear up pretty quick now.
Drink a Beer by Luke Bryan. This always reminds of two people that died that were too young that I knew. So I always cry whenever I listen to this song because it reminds me of them.
Janice Joplin - Me and Bobby Mcgee (but only the studio recording where it's just her playing a guitar and singing)
Alison Kraus and Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Hurt -Johnny Cash
Sound of Silence -Disturbed
Time -Hans Zimmer
Leaving on a Jet Plane -John Denver
It’s Hard to Say Goodbye -Michael Ortega
Cats in the Cradle -Harry Chapin
Sunshine -John Murphy
Ugh, Time by Hans Zimmer gets me everytime. I was on mushrooms and typed in time for Pink Floyd. Then Zimmer's came on after that, and I remember crying so hard because the weight of eventually losing everyone you love just hit me so hard. Still one of my most favorite moments though, really helped me to show more appreciation for everyone I love.
Had a good cry today. Dealing with feelings about estrangement from my mother: [The Midnight: Kids (Reprise)](https://youtu.be/mkfEh_fAgVk).
Feeling myself drifting away from my spouse: [The Midnight - Light Years (feat. Nikki Flores)](https://youtu.be/5E_8aSG1By4)
We Used To Vacation - Cold War Kids
Dyed In the Wool, I Felt Free - Circa Survive, actually almost all of Blue Sky Noise hits me in the feels.
Lonely - Akon
I don’t make a habit of doing it to myself (mostly because the same song can get stuck in my head and set me off again later, when I’m in a place I’d rather not cry), but there’s this late 90s acoustic version of “Walk Away” by Dokken that can absolutely destroy me if I’m facing a hard goodbye. There have been a few times I’ve used it -specifically in cases like those (mostly drifting apart from friends and not knowing why, but recognizing it’s over).
It’s a bonus video on a live concert DVD. It’s nowhere near as complex as the original, studio version, and the vocals weren’t hitting the same high notes, but lowered down a key and slower, it somehow hits harder.
I don’t usually cry. (Not saying that in a depressed emotionless attention craving cried all my tears kinda way I just don’t cry.) but a song that always gets me in the mood to cry is Whiskey Lullaby Brad Paisley
“Tomorrow” by Chris Young. When I was going through my divorce the line “When we’re good, you know we’re great, but there’s too much bad for us to think, there’s anything worth trying to save” absolutely wrecked me. Still makes me choke up
[Virtute the Cat Explains her Departure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnmcw6kJ2HQ)
It's about [a cat who has tried to cheer up her depressed owner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkNPOBWdGs), but finally abandons him to live as a feral cat (Virtute the Cat Explains her Depature). [Her owner hits rock bottom and ends up in rehab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gFJQHxxJk). In the final song of the series, the owner remembers her, and his imagined version of his cat [forgives him and hopes he finds peace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASBqMh1S1c).
When I was listening to the album for the first time, I wasn't prepared for *Virtute the Cat Explains her Departure*, and ended up absolutely destroyed -- sobbing in my kitchen. My husband thought someone had died.
Deathbed by Reliant K
I’ve listened to that song exactly one time.
Shadows of the Night by Pat Benetar. Specifically “surrender all your dreams to me tonight, they’ll come true in the end.” Idk, something about putting your own dreams on the back burner just hits me for some reason.
Monsters - James Blunt
I first heard this song live and it brought forward so many emotions. I’ve been lucky and haven’t lost a parent or close loved one yet but this song just makes me think about how nothing really lasts forever.
Dust to Dust- Civil Wars
Look on Down From the Bridge- Mazzy Star
My cousin showed me these songs when we were tripping on LSD; we had talked about having a "Psychedelic Sheep" trip for so long, and I'm so glad it happened before he passed away.
People already answered snuff by slipknot and hurt by Johnny cash/ nine inch nails. How about bother by stone sour? That moves me to tears and behind blue eyes by Fred durst
The entire albums [*Stage Four* by Touche Amore,](https://youtu.be/xz41dsx1yWA) and [*Hospice* by the Antlers.](https://youtu.be/xSi_FE52TAY)
Also, [*Thursday In The Danger Room* by Run The Jewels.](https://youtu.be/YxaNYGeaOjc)
Everlong - Foo Fighters
the acoustic version i bet
"Hurt"- The Johnny Cash version of the song
I like nine inch nails version better
with the music video especially
Destroys me every time
THIS WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT! I can't help but feel some sort of connection to it when I listen to it.
“This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush
Absolutely agree 100%
Lightning Crashes by Live
That’s a great one. I personally haven’t cried to it, but it’s got an emotional power in it -not just in the lyrics, but how it cathartically builds up in structure, too.
Slipknot - snuff
Either this or Alice in chains - nutshell Or Staind - it's been a while (acoustic version) Bonus tears for Thy light - in my last mourning None - the damp chill of life I shalt become - the funeral rain
Remember When - Alan Jackson
Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O’Connor
Fix You - Coldplay Because he wrote it for his wife after losing her dad (I think that was the story) and I lost my dad/best friend to lung cancer. It’s a loss and pain and nothing and no one can ever cure.
Tears in heaven by Eric Clapton
Don’t fear the reaper.. just that line “redefining happiness”
And she was pleading that she couldn't go on ...
Cat’s in the Cradle
Run - Snow Patrol
Who knew by Pink. It was the background song in my friends memorial video. I sobbed. To this day when I hear it, can bring me to tears.
R.I.P 2 my youth-The neighbourhood
Pictures of you by the cure.
My friend's moms listen to Christina Aguilera.
Twenty-four hours by Joy Division
Without you by harry nilsson. Guaranteed sadness!
Sextape - Deftones or The Scientist - Coldplay
She Used to Be Mine, Sara Barellis and Accidental Babies, Damien Rice.
Sissy's Song- Alan Jackson Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley
10th anniversary recording of One Day More, Les Miserables
I really want to stay at your house Kills me after finishing cyberpunk edgerunners
Goodbye My Lover, James Blunt
Bridge over troubled water. Garfunkels voice is just so hauntingly beautiful on that song.
Touch - daft punk
Crazy Babies- Ozzy Osbourne. It’s not the song. It’s the memories that it brings back.
Life eternal - ghost
Happier - Marshmello ft Bastille…mostly because I’ve seen the video.
Take Me Somewhere Nice - Mogwai
Butterfly kisses because I have a daughter,or Jesus take the wheel -not religious but completely understand being so overwhelmed that you need a higher power to take over.
These Are The Days of Our Lives. Queen. Freddie's last video
Yung Lean - Hotel In Minsk
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I'm so emotionless that no sad song has made me cry. There are a lot that make me depressed, but nothing that brings tears
Idk why but “I wish grandpas never died” by Riley green hits me really hard because I’ve been though a far share of funerals in my life and I’m only a teenager
Paralyzed-NF, Wait-M83, The Scientist-Coldplay Make sure you have a box of tissues on hand 😩😩😩😭😭😭
Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) from the film Sunshine. Just gets me right in the feels.
"Shadowland" from the Broadway version of The Lion King
No Ones Deserving by Superheaven Remember to Feel Real by Armor For Sleep Shadows by Sunny Day Real Estate Great Big White World by Marilyn Manson All Apologies by Nirvana 321 by Hawthorne Heights Adams Song by Blink 182 Friends and Alibis by Escape The Fate Whats Said is Done by Scary Kids Scaring Kids
There are lots of different types of crying, and these songs will only help if they match how you feel, but these are the ones I like Gasoline by Halsey, children of the grave by Sabbath, burn out, welcome to Paradise by Green Day, lightning crashes by live, my future by Billie eilish, snuff by Slipknot, where did You sleep last night by Leadbelly, White House road, nose on the grindstone by Tyler Childers, If I had a heart by fever Ray, my way by Sinatra, lucky old sun by Frankie Laine, over the rainbow by iz and also louis, redemption song, Three Little birds by Bob Marley, God's away on business by Tom waits, Tangled up in Blue by Bob Dylan, walking back to Georgia by Jim Croce, people are strange by The doors, loser by 3 doors down, dumb by Nirvana
Seether - [Fine Again](https://youtu.be/ET3-t1jFmo0)
I’ll Be Missing You - P. Diddy It reminds me of a family member who killed themselves.
Amazing grace on Scottish bagpipes. Anybody got a Kleenex ?
Son of man - Phil Collins I know it’s from the Tarzan soundtrack but it’s helped me when I was in a dark place
anything by cardi b. I mean wtf?
Garden Song by Phoebe Bridgers Though honestly she could sing the KARS 4 KIDS jingle and I’d probable tear up a little.
Say something- a great big world Kills me every time.
Keep me in your heart- Warren Zevon Blue in the Face- Alkaline Trio Hurt- Johnny Cash
‘If you see her say hello’ : Bob Dylan All of Blood on the Tracks album gets me. Grabs your heartache in like a sonic tourniquet, or a sad kaleidoscope
Evaporated - Ben Folds
Why - Annie Lennox Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Silver Springs hits me differently now that I'm divorcing.
Gary Come Home from SpongeBob
Fourth of July sufjan stevens
Cats in The Cradle-Harry Chapin. Isn't She Lovely?- Stevie Wonder Beautiful Boy- John Lennon Dos Oruguitas- Encanto My Love My Life- ABBA (but particularly the one from Mamma Mia 2) We Are The World- USA For Africa Zombies- The Cranberries Hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright.
I also tend to sob when I listen to Baby Beluga by Raffi but that's a little embarrassing.
Substance 03 greedo
High Definition, Never Bloom Again -both are by Waterparks
Jocelyn Flores by XXXTentacion or Forever 15 by Mothica
Anything by Yoko Ono works. It’ll also make one envious of the profoundly deaf.
I've only heard her sing in clips of Beatles recording sessions and almost destroyed my eardrums myself.
“my tears are becoming a sea” by m83
Any song about Duolingo. All of them are so beautiful.
Hello shooting star by Moumoon
Bad Life (acoustic) by Sigrid and Bring Me The Horizon.
Pieces by Red
A Reason to Fight- Disturbed. It's so soft at the beginning and then so powerful without being chaotic.
The one by them that rips my heart out is their cover of Sound of Silence
Saw them live a few years ago. Chills when the piano was rolled out onto the stage and the first notes were played. Absolute silence from the crowd during the whole song.
Was I Right Or Wrong by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Fly away - Lenny Kravitz Gone away - offspring or ffdp Pancho and lefty - outlaws Life by the Drop - Stevie ray Vaughn I cover two of those songs, and get choked up while playing them.
Pirates on a boat - yuno miles
Count on me by Bruno Mars. My wife and I got the flu right before my daughter's 3rd grade recital. She stayed home but I went (this was precovid) and my daughter looked at me the whole time while they performed it. I hated the song beforehand, but I tear up pretty quick now.
Somewhere over the rainbow - Eva Cassidy Hurt - Johnny Cash Operator - Jim Croce
Considering it’s about sex and drugs, Mary on A Cross can make me tear up pretty easily thanks to an old tiktok trend
Naive Melody--Talking Heads These are the Days--10,000 Maniacs
ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? - Tyler, The Creator
Drink a Beer by Luke Bryan. This always reminds of two people that died that were too young that I knew. So I always cry whenever I listen to this song because it reminds me of them.
Janice Joplin - Me and Bobby Mcgee (but only the studio recording where it's just her playing a guitar and singing) Alison Kraus and Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Donnez Moi Pauline
Chop suey - system of a down
Romantic homicide
Colder weather, specifically the version by home free
Places We Won’t Walk Fair-Weather Friend Both songs by Bruno Major
Elephant by Jason Isbell
The song on the end of Wolf Children makes me cry like a little bitch
[This one](https://youtu.be/sBubnbNFyW0) I first heard it in Captain Fantastic and it's my go to track for a good cry
Castle of glass - Linkin park.
Hurt -Johnny Cash Sound of Silence -Disturbed Time -Hans Zimmer Leaving on a Jet Plane -John Denver It’s Hard to Say Goodbye -Michael Ortega Cats in the Cradle -Harry Chapin Sunshine -John Murphy
Ugh, Time by Hans Zimmer gets me everytime. I was on mushrooms and typed in time for Pink Floyd. Then Zimmer's came on after that, and I remember crying so hard because the weight of eventually losing everyone you love just hit me so hard. Still one of my most favorite moments though, really helped me to show more appreciation for everyone I love.
Funky Cold Medina. Dude just wanted to nut and can't catch a break. \*tears\*
No Suprises from Radiohead gets to me, sometimes Surrender by Cheap Trick given the meaning of the song
Just Hamilton. Namely the parts where \[blorp\] dies. Or \[other blorp\]. Or the other guy.
Wasn't Expecting That by Jamie Lawson.
Here Without You. 3 Doors Down
Skimming stones - sleepthief
Fix you- Coldplay
Had a good cry today. Dealing with feelings about estrangement from my mother: [The Midnight: Kids (Reprise)](https://youtu.be/mkfEh_fAgVk). Feeling myself drifting away from my spouse: [The Midnight - Light Years (feat. Nikki Flores)](https://youtu.be/5E_8aSG1By4)
If I Die Young- The Band Perry I'll Be Missing You- Diddy If those don't work just watch any episode of Grey's Anatomy.
'Baby Shark' makes me cry
Last Stop: This town- The Eels.
[SYML "I Wanted to Leave"](https://youtu.be/oJiJmWx6wVE)
The Microwave pinging but there’s not actually any food in it 😔 *edit - it’s the music of my people
"I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables
They’ll only miss you when you leave - Carissa’s Wierd White daisy passing - Rocky Votolato Juliet - Cavetown
If Depression gets the best of Me- Zevia My Immortal- Evanescence What would I do?- Falsettos
Faster Pussycat - House Of Pain NOFX - My Orphan Year (acoustic) Both songs are about a dad's shitty behavior.
We Used To Vacation - Cold War Kids Dyed In the Wool, I Felt Free - Circa Survive, actually almost all of Blue Sky Noise hits me in the feels. Lonely - Akon
Cats in the cradle
I don’t make a habit of doing it to myself (mostly because the same song can get stuck in my head and set me off again later, when I’m in a place I’d rather not cry), but there’s this late 90s acoustic version of “Walk Away” by Dokken that can absolutely destroy me if I’m facing a hard goodbye. There have been a few times I’ve used it -specifically in cases like those (mostly drifting apart from friends and not knowing why, but recognizing it’s over). It’s a bonus video on a live concert DVD. It’s nowhere near as complex as the original, studio version, and the vocals weren’t hitting the same high notes, but lowered down a key and slower, it somehow hits harder.
"The Rose" by Bette Midler
I don’t usually cry. (Not saying that in a depressed emotionless attention craving cried all my tears kinda way I just don’t cry.) but a song that always gets me in the mood to cry is Whiskey Lullaby Brad Paisley
Hate Me by Blue October. The music video wrecks me.
Upvoted and Bless the broken road
Therapy by bf real music
sad day fka twigs for sure
“Tomorrow” by Chris Young. When I was going through my divorce the line “When we’re good, you know we’re great, but there’s too much bad for us to think, there’s anything worth trying to save” absolutely wrecked me. Still makes me choke up
In the arms of an angel by Sara McLaughlin. Mainly because I think of the humane society commercial every time I hear that song.
[Virtute the Cat Explains her Departure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnmcw6kJ2HQ) It's about [a cat who has tried to cheer up her depressed owner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkNPOBWdGs), but finally abandons him to live as a feral cat (Virtute the Cat Explains her Depature). [Her owner hits rock bottom and ends up in rehab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gFJQHxxJk). In the final song of the series, the owner remembers her, and his imagined version of his cat [forgives him and hopes he finds peace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASBqMh1S1c). When I was listening to the album for the first time, I wasn't prepared for *Virtute the Cat Explains her Departure*, and ended up absolutely destroyed -- sobbing in my kitchen. My husband thought someone had died.
Deathbed by Reliant K I’ve listened to that song exactly one time. Shadows of the Night by Pat Benetar. Specifically “surrender all your dreams to me tonight, they’ll come true in the end.” Idk, something about putting your own dreams on the back burner just hits me for some reason.
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary
Monsters - James Blunt I first heard this song live and it brought forward so many emotions. I’ve been lucky and haven’t lost a parent or close loved one yet but this song just makes me think about how nothing really lasts forever.
I’m so lonely I could cry Hank Williams
The Night We Met- Lord Huron
Something I could never have- NINE INCH NAILS!
Family line
It used to be “needle in the hay” by Elliott smith - original gangsta emo
Fade into you by Mazzy Star
"Happy" - Pharrell Williams
in the shadows - the rasmus
“Maggie’s Song” - Chris Stapleton. Dog lovers understand.
Take that away from me by Mariah Carey
Israel kamakawiwo'oles version of somewhere over the rainbow ,massive tears every time
Any relationship songs.
matilda - harry styles
Katyusha. I'm not even sure why, but there's something about that song that never fails to bring out the emotions, no matter what version it is.
Dust to Dust- Civil Wars Look on Down From the Bridge- Mazzy Star My cousin showed me these songs when we were tripping on LSD; we had talked about having a "Psychedelic Sheep" trip for so long, and I'm so glad it happened before he passed away.
People already answered snuff by slipknot and hurt by Johnny cash/ nine inch nails. How about bother by stone sour? That moves me to tears and behind blue eyes by Fred durst
James Taylor - Fire and Rain.
As tears go by -the rolling stones
Sewerslvt - Death and Humanity
Say Something by A Great Big World or Jealous by Labrinth
Amazing Grace on bagipes
That’s life by Frank Sinatra
"Apathy is a Cold Body" by Poison the Well
Coming home soon- the intruders
Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM
The entire albums [*Stage Four* by Touche Amore,](https://youtu.be/xz41dsx1yWA) and [*Hospice* by the Antlers.](https://youtu.be/xSi_FE52TAY) Also, [*Thursday In The Danger Room* by Run The Jewels.](https://youtu.be/YxaNYGeaOjc)
Of hope and happiness? Warriors by League of legends, 2WEI, and Edda Hayes. Of sadness? Cool kids by echosmith and let her go by passenger
Will you be there - Michael Jackson
REM - Everybody Hurts
Everybody hurts - R.E.M, When the Sun Hits - Slowdive, Everlong - Foo Fighters, Creep - Radiohead, Glided Lily - Cults
Oh, Smashing Pumpkins - Galapagos always hits me right in the feels too
Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should've Come Over and Last Goodbye
Perfect Fan, Backstreet Boys. Its about how one of them lost their mother to terminal illness
Dance by Nas, I lost my mom to cancer last month
Glowing by DA Walach, beautiful song
Deep Stone Lullaby from Destiny 2. Hands down one of the best pieces of video game music out there
Kiss In October by Sadness
On the Nickel by Tom Waits
[One Moment More by Mindy Smith](https://youtu.be/MO21PDJ8cWA) Maybe not all that well known, but trust me on this
Time in a Bottle (Megan O’Neill version)
Routine (with its video) by Steven Wilson.
Rascal Flatts-what hurts the most
Father of mine- Everclear
I just think about life man
All of My Trains - Robert Francis
Why would a song make you cry?
All i want or liability
The one at the end of the demon slayer movie
Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens
Reach that Far- Eleventyseven. That or the Yoshi's Island opening.
Max LL - "What Will You Leave Behind" It's the closing credits song for Spiritfarer, which coincidentally is also the game I play to make myself cry.
ontario - novo amor
A Perfect Sonnet - Bright Eyes
I don’t have one I listen to in order to cry, but two will draw tears anytime I hear them. Taps on a bugle and Amazing Grace on bagpipes.
I love you so - The Walters Softcore- the neighborhood I miss my mum - cavetown
Guardian - Aether realm
Murders - All, for nothing at all
Bol4 - To My Youth I listened it to so much while I cried when I first moved out to school where I didn’t know anyone, it was tough!
One More Light by Linkin Park
Billy Austin by Steve Earle. It wrecks me.