songs about suicide

[halleyscomet]

i thought i'd make a thread of some good suicide related songs, as music is very comforting for this sort of thing!
please reply with some of your faves!

listen before i go - billie eilish
dealer - lana del rey
fireworks - mitski
idontwannabeyouanymore - billie eilish
everything i wanted - billie eilish
last words of a shooting star - mitski
wife - mitski
carry me out - mitski
first love/late spring - mitski
broken - lund
my body's made of crushed little stars - mitski
the greatest - lana del rey
nda - billie eilish
abbey - mitski
delusion girl - TOYU
rolling girl - wowaka
meltdown - iroha
gloomy sunday - billie holiday
toumei answer - JIN
ayano no kouhuku riron

 

[Sylveon]

Ah, I hope people appreciate some J-pop too; TUYU is one of my favourite bands out there...

 

[unabletocope]

This Is Yesterday by Manic Street Preachers

 

[halleyscomet]

I FUCKING LOVE TUYU

 

[TiredOfAllThis]

Some classics

 

[DreamEnd]

You like Billie eilish too much haha

 

[Mr.Black]

Ah, I hope people appreciate some J-pop too; TUYU is one of my favourite bands out there...

Tsuyu is the GOAT. I'll add something in the similar vibe:


Since the video's are age restricted here are the titles:
Shinitai-chan (English Cover)【JubyPhonic】
Shinsei Kamattechan - Ruru's Suicide Show on a Livestream Official Video

 

[Endlichkeit]

 

[_AllCatsAreGrey_]

Katelyn Tarver - You Don't Know


Anson Seabra - I Can't Carry This Anymore


Michael Schulte - Falling Apart


Lebanon Hanover - Gallowdance

 

[Endlichkeit]

And some classics of course. The vocalist of this band committed suicide right after they recorded this album.

 

[Smelly_ballz]

 

[theboy]

Porta - Nota de suicidio

 

[druggedonsurvival]

This one's a classic right here

 

[clown_17]

On GP - Death Grips

 

[OICU812]

I had a whole playlist made for my failed attempt... Songs like Pink Floyd "Goodbye Cruel World" and Nine Inch Nails "Hurt".
But one of my new favorites is Ulrich Schnauss "Goodbye". The song fades out at 2:30 signifying the death of someone close.
It's definitely a headphones type of song, the lyrics are hard to understand.
...
"Clouds all around
Take away all my fear
Let me fall asleep"

 

[11April]

I would like to share the lyrics of one of the songs of my favorite artist - Dolphin.
This is a Russian-speaking artist, but I found a translation of this song into English. The song is called "Snowman".

Spoiler: Text in English

One day spring will come
And take me home
And blue skies will open above my head

Spring will cry and hold me with her warmth
And I will rest my tearful face on her shoulder

Where have you been for so many years,
So many sleepy winters?
I'm so tired of keeping a secret that I'm loved

But the night is blackened by pain
I'm looking through the icy window
There's a transparent tape of reflection
And nothing more

Spring will come after me
With ringing sun into emptiness
She never lies
She knows that I'm waiting

Spoiler: Text in Russian

Когда-нибудь придет весна
И заберет меня домой.
И голубые небеса
Вдруг распахнуться надо мной.
Весна расплачется, обняв
Меня своим теплом.
И я уткнусь в ее рукав
Заплаканным лицом.

Где ты была так много лет?
Так много сонных зим?
Я так устал хранить секрет
О том, что я любим.
Но в черную от боли ночь
Гляжу сквозь льда окно.
Прозрачный отраженья скотч,
И больше ничего.

Весна придет, за мной придет
Звенящим солнцем в пустоту.
Она же никогда не врет,
Она же знает, как я жду.
Весна придет, за мной придет
Звенящим солнцем в пустоту.
Она же никогда не врет,
Она же знает, как жду.

In his work, spring is a symbol of death. That is, when saying "spring will come," it means that death will come.

This song is not really about ctb, but rather about the expectation of death, but about something desired and long-awaited.

The last lines especially touch me:

"Spring will come after me" - this is pronounced with horror, but at the same time with expectation and reverence;
"With ringing sun into emptiness" - death is the only salvation that will illuminate the darkness and emptiness in the soul;
"She never lies" - death is inevitable;
"She knows that I'm waiting" - and is long-awaited.

Snowman is an anthropomorphic character. And spring comes with warmth - the snowman melts, "dies".

Spoiler: Music clip

In the video, a girl in the image of spring (death) walks for a long time, but in the end "kills" winter. The snow is starting to melt.

"Spring will cry and hold me with her warmth
And I will rest my tearful face on her shoulder" - the snowman melted, the tears ended.

Perhaps for an English-speaking listener the text will seem too primitive, or, conversely, too complex. The same way many songs in English sound to me.
But I tried to explain as best I could. I hope it worked.

 

[xxRoro]

Nostalgic feeling, calming, I see myself in:





Recently found on WPD and now a fan:

 

[hermestrimegistus]

the theme to mash. Suicide Is Painless

 

[Christopher Reeve]

 

[TiredOfAllThis]

Not exactly about suicide, but still great

 

[Christopher Reeve]

 

[TiredOfAllThis]

 

[Groot]

I love Billie eilish and lana too u have great taste :) lil peep is my favourite I know nearly all his songs

 

[justcallmeJ]

 

[tronix]

Sole - Suicide song

 

[daley]

Quirky and upbeat. I interpret this song as being about a double suicide:




Another quirky one by They MIght Be Giants. Some possible interpretations here.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

I 2nd the theme from M*A*S*H, Suicide Is Painless, submitted by @hermestrimegistus, arguably the most famous suicide song of all time. And yes, there are lyrics to it.

 

[DeathWish3301]

I feel like I'm going to be showing my age here with a few of these mentions.

Songs that are about suicide, and some that are just about misery, that in my opinion vibe with being suicidal or have the implications of it.

Suicide Season - Bring Me The Horizon
The Final Episode - Asking Alexandria
You're Not Alone - Saosin
Antarctica - Suicide Boys
Not Too Late - Three Days Grace
And To Those I Love Thanks For Sticking Around - Suicide Boys
The Doctor Said - Chloe Adams
Happy - NF
Last Breath - Attack Attack!
Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish
Everyday Is A Struggle - Senses Fail
Red Cold River - Breaking Benjamin
Can't Be Saved - Senses Fail
Dying Inside - Jaytekz
In The End - Black Veil Brides
Play This When I'm Gone - MGK
Lonely - MGK

 

[akwa]

 

[Abyssal]

Took a look at my vocaloid playlist that dates back quite some years. These will be odd and probably not what you're looking for but ya know, whatever.

Ayano's theory of happiness-JIN | I mean, it's literally your pic.

World's end dancehall-wowaka (rest in peace man) | gotta love a bury your gays.

The Little Mermaid-idk | this is old old vocaloid, probably aged really bad but there's suicide in it so ya know. Sang by Luka.

Goodbye [Hatsune Miku English] - VocaCircus | Miku dies in English

Hello Again [Hatsune Miku English] - VocaCircus | Miku survives in English. Recovery song that goes hard af

Psychotic Len's Love Song (yandelenka) - Lelele P | older than the mermaid one and probably trash, still a suicide vocaloid song with a hint of nostalgia

The Things I deserve - GHOST | Based on the ghosts real experience with a near train suicide. This one is probably the best song on the list imo

Solitary Hide and Seek envy - koyori | Child suicide attempt from bad divorce and shitty parents

Plastic Girl - Yuugou P | Vocaloid cringe with an earworm kinda chorus, but if you've ever wanted to kill your bullies then this is the song for you.

"There's Supposed to be a Cheat Code for Happiness" - Utata P | DAMN EARWORM takes some getting used to but kinda good tbh!

Meltdown - Iroha | If you know vocaloid you better know this one

Self-Aflicted Achromatic - nekobolo | This one's so good

Shinigatari (You wanna die?) - Nashimoto Ui | Old one but a gold one. A bit more angry and about people faking being suicidal for attention.

Hated by Life Itself - mafumafu | Honestly anything by mafumafu is good.

Honorable Mentions:
Lost One's Weeping
Abstract Nonsense
Tokyo TeddyBear
Two Faced Lovers (apparently?)
You're a Useless Child
Echo (?)
Failure Girl
Bad Apple (?)
How to World Domination
[aiSeNMa]
Blessed Messiah and the Tower of AI
SlowMotion
Jinzou Enemy
Kagerou Days
Last of Me
Circus Monster
Lost time memory
Donut Hole
secret
JitterDoll
Additional Memory (sequel to Ayanos theory of happiness!!)