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Needle in the hay - Eliott Smith Burritos - Sublime

Brave Faces, Everyone by Spanish Love Songs. Actually, pretty much their whole discography matches the question.

Here's a few off the top of my head:

Joy Division - Komakino The God Machine - Picture of a Bleeding Boy The Cure - Endsong Amenra - A Solitary Reign

Gate of Steiner

I Am The Antichrist To You by Kishi Bashi. My first time listening to it was in the Rick and Morty Episode with Planetina. I loved it and looked it up afterwards. Love the video too, still gets me a little sad every time.

Bright Eyes - When Winter Ends. https://youtu.be/5-B7va1HaF0

White Sparrows by Billy Talent always gets to me when I listen to it

They gave her one more day

To say the words I couldn't say

I'm crying in pain, crying in pain

And I'm not looking for answers

No, I'm not looking for answers

But dear God, why did you choose her?

White sparrows fell from heaven and carried her away

Black arrows cut the strings of my heart, I kneel and pray

Don’t have a specific favourite, but this is in the mix: Suicide Cargo Load

Edit: Rest of the album is as emotionally heavy.

Waylon Jennings - Drinking and dreaming

Barry Manilow- Looks like we made it.

Gets me every time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzdF77CoLE0

I got some news on you from a friend
you’re in Charlotte again
teaching Spanish at high school

he said you’re going by Joy
you cut your hair like a boy
& you don’t talk to your old friends

I found a picture from before the fight
we’re in natural light
& you’re sitting on my lap
like everything’s alright

I’ve walked around with you on my mind
the names we used at the time
you know I’ve changed myself since then

I’ve thought on things that we said
what if we’d had the kid
I guess he’d be 15

I found a picture from before the fight
we’re in natural light
& you’re sitting on my lap
like everything’s alright

"Last Kiss" the Pearl Jam version

And honorable mention to:

"The Last Remaining Light" by Audioslave

The Living Years - Mike + The Mechanics

As I get older, it gets harder to listen to it.

Keia by Colliding With Mars

Currently it is Mother Pray for Me by The Beths

Marrow by 36 Crazyfists

• Instant Crush - Daft Punk
• Life on Mars - David Bowie
• Sad Eyes - Bruce Springsteen

Are a few that come to mind

"I Lost a Friend" Finneas

https://www.shazam.com/song/1720941624/i-lost-a-friend

• Nina Simone - "Strange fruit" Invidious (which I prefer to the Billie Holiday versions)

Honorable mentions:

• The killers - "Goodnight, travel well" Invidious
• Maiya Sykes, Postmodern jukebox - "Boulevard of broken dreams" Invidious
• The rolling stones - "Paint it, black" Invidious

You and the Candles by Hawksley Workman

Don't Wake the Scarecrow by The Felice Brothers

Adam's Song by Blink 182

Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist by Ramshackle Glory

Growing sideways by Noah kahan

Haunted by Deep Purple. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bigkSWMEUQ0

Eloise - Friends Who Kiss

Somе loves go on and last
Some loves end like this

If you're in the mood. She genuinely just like to write bleak sad song, her discography is full of song like these.

Sam

Amen by Amber Run. To me its someone in alcoholics anonymous after their partner has died.

"Dead Flag Blues" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

They removed their songs from all streaming services, though.