Anyone else have songs, or bits of songs that make your heart hurt?

[AntsDeck]

Because they are 'that good'? I realise different songs may affect people differently

I have lots:

The last part of Do the right thing, Simply Red
The last part of Light my fire, Will Young
The whole of Sandstorm, Darude
The chorus of Love Love, Take That
The chorus of The Flood, Take That
The whole of Praying for time, George Michael
The whole of Sing Hallelujah, Dr Alban
The last chorus, to the end Confusion, ELO
The last bit, to fade, Rise, Gabrielle
All of Don't You, Simple Minds
All of Shine, Years and Years
All of Paradise by the dashboard light, Meatloaf
All of Home By The Sea, Genesis

Just off the top of my head

Just this

'If I could only fly'

^If I could only fly, if I could only fly
I'd bid this place goodbye to come and be with you
But I can hardly stand and I got no where to run
Another sinking sun and one more lonely night
The wind keeps blowing, somewhere, everyday
Tell me things get better, somewhere, up the way
Just dismal thinking on a dismal day
And sad songs for us to bare^

Mere Haggard made it famous but the original by Blaze Foley makes me properly cry every time I hear it. It's so beautiful and so sad at the same time.

Wasn't expecting that by Jamie Lawson came out just after my late DP and I got together. Six weeks later DP was diagnosed with cancer. As we were driving home from the hospital the song came on the radio and I had to switch it off... 😪 😪 😪 😪

I haven’t RTFT I admit — but someone must have mentioned The Living Years, right? I get choked up as soon as I hear the opening music but this is the part where actual tears come to my eyes:
I wasn’t there that morning
When my father passed away
I didn’t get to tell him
All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I’m sure I heard his echo in my baby’s newborn tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years

@Yourenotcrazyitsyourmother — yes! And so many others by Paul Simon: Slip Slidin Away, Hearts and Bones, Still Crazy After All These Years. That doesn’t even include the ones with Garfunkel— Bridge Over Troubled Water, OMG.

Nick Cave, Brompton Oratory

Outside I sit on the stone steps
With nothing much to do
Forlorn and exhausted, baby
By the absence of you

Inspiral Carpets, This is how it feels to be lonely
Husband don't know what he's done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum
She can't say, they can't see
Putting it down to another bad day
Daddy don't know what he's done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum
So this is how it feels to be lonely
This is how it feels to be small
This is how it feels when your word means nothing at all

The first time I heard it, it absolutely summed up how I was feeling.

When my dad was dying, there was a song on the radio all the time, with the lines "Tell my mother, tell my father , I've done the best I can". I've driven down the motorway with tears streaming down my face so many times when that has come on, and even now it takes the wind out of my sails when I hear it.

Professor greens read all about it
“Whenever I have kids, unlike you, I’ll never let them be without me”

My mum upped and left when I was small and this song gets me every time as, like most people, I’d move heaven and earth for my kids and it’s sucks that she didn’t x

Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen - movie gets me every time, a whole box of tissues at least!

Ha, this reminds me of the first song that did this to me - Starship, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now. I was about 8 years old and had a long distance crush.

"When there's no one else, look inside yourself
Learn how to begin
To trust the voice within"

and the first line - ""Young girl don't cry"

Story of my life as a young girl

Christine Agualera " The Voice Within"

Leave right now, Will Young. Reminds me of telling my ex that I was pregnant and discussing what to do
Dry your Eyes, The Streets. From when DD was a baby and I was dealing with the constant crying/clingyness you get when they're tiny.
When you're gone, April Lavigne. My now DH sent it to me saying that was how he felt when we were apart....
Alive and Kicking, Simple Minds. Played at the end of our local football club's matches after they were saved from going bust. Reminds me of the 'comedown' after the intense emotions of watching the game, you could still hear it as you walked away from the ground.
Knights of Cydonia, Muse. Last song of their set at Download, 50k people singing along "no-ones going to take me alive, the time has come to make things right, you and I must fight for our rights, you and I must fight to survive"

Precious little angel take a look at what you've done
I thought my life was over but it's only just begun
I was lost before you came.
(Precious by Annie Lennox)

Before I became pregnant with my son (now 26) I had my first and very serious bout of depression. I felt there was no way forward, no future. I became pregnant just as the anti-depressants started working. My son gave me back my life. This song doesn't bring a tear to my eye, it makes me sob.

All of Cloudbusting by Kate Bush and I absolutely cannot explain why. I just have to hear the opening bars and I well up, very embarrassing when it's playing in the background at Superdrug, believe me.

All of Chocolate by Snow Patrol because because it reminds me of the lost love of my life and all of Bright Lights by Placebo because the words pretty much describe how I managed to move on and discover strengths I didn't know I had

Ben Folds Five "The Luckiest"

Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day
Passed away in his sleep,
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days, and passed away
I'm sorry I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong,

Will Young ‘Who Am I?’ Cried to it for months knowing I needed to split up with my partner at the time. Eventually did and am so glad!

These are the Days of Our Lives - Queen. I cry every single time I hear this.

And cheesy I know but This is Me - Keala Settle. I've spent all of my life feeling I have to apologise for being me. I'm fat, I'm odd, I likely have ASD, I struggle with most things. This song gives me a tiny bit of confidence when I think of it.

Christina perri - jar of hearts

I know I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most

@Rockbird I'm sorry to hear of your struggles, but you matter to people and those that don't see you for who you are, do not matter!

You do you and rock while you do it 

Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
This Is Me- my DD2 has taken to singing this when she wants to see me cry
Let It Go

Nick Drake -Northern Sky
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

The song “Where the lost things go” from the new Mary Poppins film hurts my heart.
It’s so beautifully written and I think of cousin’s children after she sadly passed away a couple of years ago.

@AntsDeck thank you, what a lovely thing to say. Apologies, I've only just seen this.

Gone too soon by Daughtry. We lost our Baby on Christmas Day 2018.

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die

I've never been able to forget these lines in The Smiths song There is a light that never goes out

The Dutchman, a song by The Clancy Brothers.

The chorus is fucking heart breaking.

I can't listen to this part of 'when you were mine' by Dixie Chicks without getting a lump in my throat 😓

"I can give you two good reasons
To show you love's not blind
He's two and she's four and you know
They adore you
So how can I tell them you've changed your mind"

😭