Sad Songs Blogfest

L. Diane Wolfe, aka Spunk On A Stick, is hosting a blogfest!

Sad Songs Blogfest
March 30, 2012
List the songs that move your spirit, cut deep into your soul, and threaten to break your heart. No limit - top ten or less is fine. 

I was really trying to stay away from this one. I was! But, songs just kept popping into my head!

Here are a few, in no particular order.

Foolish Games – Jewel

Well in case you failed to notice
In case you failed to see
This is my heart bleeding before you
This is me down on my knees

The Dance – Garth Brooks

And now, I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end

The way it all would go

I can’t make you love me – Bonnie Raitt

I'll close my eyes
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me

Chasing cars – Snow Patrol

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Nothing compares 2 U – sung by Sinead O’Connor

Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby, where did I go wrong?

Hallelujah – sung by Rufus Wainwright

Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen

I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip this skin

My Immortal – Evanescence

And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

Where have you been? – Kathy Mattea

He held her hand and stroked her hair
And in a fragile voice she said

Where have you been?
I've looked for you forever and a day

Where have you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away

Here are two of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.

Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber - Platoon Soundtrack

Raises the hair on my arms from the first note and brings tears to my eyes by the end.

Promentory – The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack

This music plays during the most impressive kiss I’ve ever seen and during the most heart wrenching, heart breaking scene at the end of the film.


I just know I'm going to see a bunch of songs on your blogs and say, "Why didn't I think of that one?"

Thanks for stopping in.

See you on Sunday, April 1, for the Letter A!