Discussion Best depression/suicide related songs?

[The Schizoid]

 

[1up]

XXXTentacion's discography
Lund's Broken
Take Me Down Easy by James
2009
Rihanna's Stay
Liability, Perfect Places, Supercut by Lorde
Ye's Violent Crimes
Biggie's Suicidal Thoughts
Come Back to Earth
YEAH RIGHT by Joji
Hozier's Cherry Wine

 

[pone]

It Almost Worked, TV Girl.

 

[Relic]

There are many.
But most of the material by Woods of Ypres fits the bill.

 

[groucho]

A little on the nose but "no surprises" by radio head has some great lyrics for describing the feeling of depression/suicidality... "Heart that's full up like a landfill" "bruises that won't heal" and the backing singing at the end screaming "get me out of here" whilst the main lyrics on top are happy.

 

[TiredOfAllThis]

 

[vizualbandtit]

Literally anything but that corny ass logic suicide hotline song, what a horrendously stupid song

 

[Henryk]

 

[the_path_of_sorrows]

Any song written by Rozz Williams.

He was describing his death scene and talking about hanging 24/7 in his lyrics even 10+ years before ctb. Can't name a single song of his, either as a solo artist, as a member of Shadow Project (band made out of him and his wife) or as the lead singer of Christian Death, that wouldn't be death related, one way or another.

Recommended ones by Christian Death are:
The Blue Hour,
Mother,
In Absentia,
Face,
Deathwish,
Electra Descending,
Venus In Furs,
A Widow's Dream,
Procession,
Zaned People,
Days of Glory,
The Drowning.

 

[theboy]

Porta - Nota de suicido

 

[gantaigarashi]

Suicideboys: Antarctica
Suicideboys: Kill Yourself Part 3
Zillakami: Space Cowboy
Joyner Lucas: I'm sorry

 

[LunarCharm]

I honestly listen to a lot of Hollywood Undead's music, specifically the albums Notes From The Underground and Swan Songs.
I know they're not necessarily depression/suicide related but a lot of them talk about the world being fucked up and generally relatable sad topics.

 

[murderatruemorgue]

(Oh hey, look, it's my special interest my time has come LMAO)

So, I feel like there are a couple flavors of depression songs: recovery songs, feeling low songs, and depressing lyrics with upbeat tone. These are all random genres, trying to focus on some lesser known ones (I have a couple of playlists I've accumulated over like 15 years some of these bands aren't even making music anymore ...)

FEELING LOW:

Doomsday - Neoni
A New Brain - I Fight Dragons
Greyscale - Sleeping Wolf
What's Wrong - PVRIS
Shattered - i:scintilla
Nothing Makes Sense Anymore - Mike Shinoda
Still Waiting - Tom Chaplin (vocalist from Keane)
Lonely - Nathan Wagner
Brittle - Icon for Hire
Already Over - Mike Shinoda
The End of the World - Celldweller

UPBEAT DEPRESSION (I feel like I know more of these but I'm blanking):

Voices - Against the Current
Dead - PEAKS!
Sleep Forever - Kris Sobanski

RECOVERY:

This Is Mine - Hamster
I See You - MISSIO
Start Again - Marmozets
Alive - Anavae
Hallelujah (I'm Not Dead) - Citizen Soldier
Today - Gabbie Hanna
Make Me Believe - EverLove
Castle - World's First Cinema
Daylight - Young Guns (this actually inspired one of my novellas lol)
(Un)Lost - The Maine
I Still Believe - New Year's Day
Good Morning Sunshine - The Narcissist Cookbook

 

[Throwawayacc3]

(Oh hey, look, it's my special interest my time has come LMAO)

So, I feel like there are a couple flavors of depression songs: recovery songs, feeling low songs, and depressing lyrics with upbeat tone. These are all random genres, trying to focus on some lesser known ones (I have a couple of playlists I've accumulated over like 15 years some of these bands aren't even making music anymore ...)

FEELING LOW:

Doomsday - Neoni
A New Brain - I Fight Dragons
Greyscale - Sleeping Wolf
What's Wrong - PVRIS
Shattered - i:scintilla
Nothing Makes Sense Anymore - Mike Shinoda
Still Waiting - Tom Chaplin (vocalist from Keane)
Lonely - Nathan Wagner
Brittle - Icon for Hire
Already Over - Mike Shinoda
The End of the World - Celldweller

UPBEAT DEPRESSION (I feel like I know more of these but I'm blanking):

Voices - Against the Current
Dead - PEAKS!
Sleep Forever - Kris Sobanski

RECOVERY:

This Is Mine - Hamster
I See You - MISSIO
Start Again - Marmozets
Alive - Anavae
Hallelujah (I'm Not Dead) - Citizen Soldier
Today - Gabbie Hanna
Make Me Believe - EverLove
Castle - World's First Cinema
Daylight - Young Guns (this actually inspired one of my novellas lol)
(Un)Lost - The Maine
I Still Believe - New Year's Day
Good Morning Sunshine - The Narcissist Cookbook

I saw Mike Shinoda and just the whole of Post Traumatic. I can't listen to that album without having tears run down my face. If I listen to a sad Linkin Park song (one more light is the worst) I have to switch it up to One Step Closer, Faint, Bleed it Out - anything more aggressive and harsh.
I think I'm coping by listening to Bring Me The Horizon to bridge the gap as I can't listen to Chester's voice too much on some songs.

Breaking The Habit is the worst. Sat at my desk when I was home from school and listening to it a lot (over nearly two decades ago)

 

[willitpass]

Ghost by badflower
I'm Sorry by Joyner Lucas
Growing Sideways by Noah Kahan
Pretty much any song by Zevia

 

[26mmmm]

Suicide is painless by MASH

 

[feelsohelpless]

Citizen Soldier write 99% of their music on Mental health, Suicide etc. Some of them are super moving.

 

[misthios2040]

Dancing with the Devil · goldenchildren · Burgettii · Mishaal · Monty Datta · Shiloh Dynasty

 

[Captive_Mind515]

 

[aWeeBitTired]

 

[26mmmm]

(Oh hey, look, it's my special interest my time has come LMAO)

So, I feel like there are a couple flavors of depression songs: recovery songs, feeling low songs, and depressing lyrics with upbeat tone. These are all random genres, trying to focus on some lesser known ones (I have a couple of playlists I've accumulated over like 15 years some of these bands aren't even making music anymore ...)

FEELING LOW:

Doomsday - Neoni
A New Brain - I Fight Dragons
Greyscale - Sleeping Wolf
What's Wrong - PVRIS
Shattered - i:scintilla
Nothing Makes Sense Anymore - Mike Shinoda
Still Waiting - Tom Chaplin (vocalist from Keane)
Lonely - Nathan Wagner
Brittle - Icon for Hire
Already Over - Mike Shinoda
The End of the World - Celldweller

UPBEAT DEPRESSION (I feel like I know more of these but I'm blanking):

Voices - Against the Current
Dead - PEAKS!
Sleep Forever - Kris Sobanski

RECOVERY:

This Is Mine - Hamster
I See You - MISSIO
Start Again - Marmozets
Alive - Anavae
Hallelujah (I'm Not Dead) - Citizen Soldier
Today - Gabbie Hanna
Make Me Believe - EverLove
Castle - World's First Cinema
Daylight - Young Guns (this actually inspired one of my novellas lol)
(Un)Lost - The Maine
I Still Believe - New Year's Day
Good Morning Sunshine - The Narcissist Cookbook

The morning after by Maureen McGovern is also a good hope song

 

[murderatruemorgue]

I saw Mike Shinoda and just the whole of Post Traumatic. I can't listen to that album without having tears run down my face. If I listen to a sad Linkin Park song (one more light is the worst) I have to switch it up to One Step Closer, Faint, Bleed it Out - anything more aggressive and harsh.
I think I'm coping by listening to Bring Me The Horizon to bridge the gap as I can't listen to Chester's voice too much on some songs.

Breaking The Habit is the worst. Sat at my desk when I was home from school and listening to it a lot (over nearly two decades ago)

Post-Traumatic is probably one of (if not the most) accurate grief albums. It captures early grief, then transitioning into later grief which is something we do not see enough music about.

Chester passed away almost exactly a month before my wife. I'd been a LP fan since I was a teen and never stopped. A Thousand Suns is probably my favorite concept album. One More Light and a couple other ones hit me really, really hard. Sometimes it's helpful, but sometimes yeah, I can't listen to it because it hits too close to home.

And then Post- Traumatic came out less than a year after my wife passed, and that hit sooooo hard. There are a few songs in there that make me feel heard that aren't even the gut wrenching ones (Make It Up As I Go... though the music video on that is both amazing and cuts my heart out for reasons.)

 

[The Schizoid]

Anyone else here into DBM?

 

[Throwawayacc3]

Post-Traumatic is probably one of (if not the most) accurate grief albums. It captures early grief, then transitioning into later grief which is something we do not see enough music about.

Chester passed away almost exactly a month before my wife. I'd been a LP fan since I was a teen and never stopped. A Thousand Suns is probably my favorite concept album. One More Light and a couple other ones hit me really, really hard. Sometimes it's helpful, but sometimes yeah, I can't listen to it because it hits too close to home.

And then Post- Traumatic came out less than a year after my wife passed, and that hit sooooo hard. There are a few songs in there that make me feel heard that aren't even the gut wrenching ones (Make It Up As I Go... though the music video on that is both amazing and cuts my heart out for reasons.)

I have the same LP journey as you. I've never had a wife, only had a partner and that lasted 4 years and she left. I think I'm just done with people but I don't know how you dealt with your situation. I'm very bad at talking about this stuff and don't know how to word emotional stuff which is probably a main reason why I'm getting tested for autism so if I said something brash or blunt it's not in a mean sense.
We still have minutes to midnight 20th anniversary so high chance of some "new" songs.

Edit: I noticed your pfp and that unlocked a memory of watching it on Saturday morning tv in the UK.

 

[DeadManLiving]

Lucas King if you're at the point of death and really on the edge.

 

[F@#$]

Suicide note parts 1and 2

 

[innere]

Anyone else here into DBM?

My best music genre. I own 60 DSBM albums. Music Is the last relief left.

 

[R_N]

I always found this one sad...

 

[Captive_Mind515]

 

[evenkeel27]

Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan