As I Am by dream theater

Savior

Dammit

The closest I have to that, is Hate Me by Blue October.

The night we met by lord Huron
“I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you” fucks me up every time, incredible song

A Warm Place by Nine Inch Nails.

Something about this song takes me right back to a certain time and friend group in high school.

I’m the only one still standing after a loss this last winter and I can’t even think of listening to this track for a few more months.

RIP K.I.D. you and the rest of the tree people are missed.

Hero of War by Rise Against - I’m a vet to this hits fucking hard.

Blackbird by Alter Bridge - My stepdad got cancer in 2020 and had a very slow decline until he finally passed in 2025. Watching him wither away was heartbreaking. I saw him around Christmas of 2024 and he was still able to get up and move around on his own, but only for a short period of time. I went back down a month later to help my mom, because he couldn’t even get out of bed anymore. The hospice nurse came one day and basically told us he maybe had a week at most. He couldn’t even talk at this point, would not eat, and you could tell he was just in constant pain. I told him not worry and that I appreciated everything he did for my mom and that I would take care of her. He passed a few minutes later with his dog in his lap. Later that afternoon, after I had gotten everything taken care of, I took his dog for a walk. This song just happened to come on while I was walking her. The line, “May you never be broken again” made me breakdown right there in the middle of the park. To this day I still cry every time I hear the song.

Paper Aeroplanes by Angus & Julia Stone. My ex girlfriend introduced the song to me just before she died. Even over 10 years later I still struggle to listen to it.

Annie’s song. Don’t know why, it makes me cry.

It’s Quiet Uptown from the musical Hamilton.

I mean not so much an emotionally break me down but tulls we used to know, elegy (which has a wierd life thing that happened), and further on. They definately have the power to shift my mood.

He stopped loving her today by George Jones.

The First Time ever I saw your face by Johnny Cash.

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman.

“Boys will be boys” by Stella Donnelly. Best listened to blind, imo, so won’t give context.

Hero of War by Rise Against. An American soldier’s view of war.

Raoui by Souad Moussi (I can’t understand arabic so she might be singing a shopping list, but the pain in her voice gives me shivers every time)

No Bravery by James Blunt. A British soldier’s view of war.

I have a long playlist of stuff like this called “Managed Melancholy” - it’s part of my mental health self care to immerse myself in sad sometimes and really feel. (I’m fine btw, and this is part of giving me an outlet)

A Better Place, A Better Time by Streetlight Manifesto always fucks me up.

Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

When he sings, “Cos mine is”, it gets me right there. See also “How can you mend… this broken man…” 😭