the saddest song, part 5

I should qualify that these are songs that break my heart, and that means that some of the songs are bittersweet, and some are love gone wrong, and some are about forgetting and some are about not finding what you want or need,and some are about waste, and some are about broken hearts... sometimes the songs that are the saddest to me aren't sad at all to other people, because they resonate with something in me that makes me sad, or remind me of something.

And then there is Blue October, this guy just kills me every moment. I have listened to quite a lot of their songs, but I keep coming back to

Hate me by Blue October

So I’ll drive so fucking far away that I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind

though if you haven't listened to Kangaroo Cry you really should.

And here are a set of songs you might never have heard of...
I'm walking behind you - Eddie Fisher

I'm walking behind you on your wedding day
And I'll hear you promise to love and obey
Though you may forget me, you're still on my mind
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind

My mothers father asked for this to be played at her wedding when he passed away (she was 10 years old).

And because they have to be mentioned and so I will do them here and all at once, the irish folk songs.
The green fields of france - the fureys

And Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart, is your memory enshrined?
And though you died back in Nineteen-Sixteen,
To that loyal heart you're forever nineteen,
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Enclosed there forever behind the glass pane,
In an old photograph torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame

Molly Malone

She died of a faver and no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
Now her ghost wheels her barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"

I will take you home Kathleen

To that dear home beyond the sea
My Kathleen shall again return.
And when thy old friends welcome thee
Thy loving heart will cease to yearn.

The fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
Against the famine and the Crown
I rebelled they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

Danny Boy

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And this song is personally very bittersweet for me. The first time I heard this song, it was played at a family gathering with my mums mother and her brothers and their families. I remember it was the first time I ever heard my Nanna sing, she had a beautiful voice, and the expression on her face was far away. My pop used to play this song on his accordian, before he passed away, and it held many happy memories for her. I remember her very clearly when I hear this song, and it reminds me how much I miss her.
When irish eyes are smiling

When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure it's like a morning spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter,
You can hear the angels sing.
When Irish hearts are happy,
All the world seems bright and gay.
And when Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, they steal your heart away.

I cried writing this post. :)