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Posting sad songs daily. I love music that makes me feel something. I hope you enjoy

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SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon. The ultimate nostalgic song. "Now I sit by my window, and I watch the cars. I fear I'll do some damage one fine day." Written about an ex, ultimately memories replaced by bitterness and loneliness. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/Q5Eoax6I-O4?...

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (Official Audio)

YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No Hard Feelings by the Avett Brothers. Maybe a perfect song. "When I lay down my fears, my hopes, and my doubts The rings on my fingers, and the keys to my house. With no hard feelings." About coming to terms with death and what really matters. #musicsky #nowplaying #noenemies youtu.be/tFGs7HP15d4

The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

YouTube video by theavettbrothersVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Beige by Yoke Lore. Catchy and sad. "Let me go under your skin. Let me find the demons that drive those heavenly limbs." About the complexities and vulnerability of love that is not skin deep. #musicsky #nowplaying #dontletmefall youtu.be/BSegx1n7RR0

Yoke Lore - Beige (Official Video)

YouTube video by YokeLoreVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Come Dancing by The Kinks. This song is suprisingly sad. "The day they knocked down the palais. My sister stood and cried. The day they knocked down the palais. Part of my childhood died, just died." For his older sister who died of a heart attack. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/m06xxbjwe3A?...

Come Dancing (2025 Remaster)

YouTube video by THE KINKS - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Complex by Katie Gregson-MacLeod. Some of my favorite sad lyrics. "I need him like water, he thinks that I'm alright." I feel those lines! "I cry in his bathroom, he turns off the big light." Ugh! #musicsky #nowplaying #complex youtu.be/x9CU9KKnNMs

Katie Gregson-MacLeod - complex (official video)

YouTube video by KatieGregsonMacVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sometimes (Backwood) by Gigi Perez. Heartbreaker. "Tell me that you meant it when you said. There was no one else you were thinking of back then. And I know you said you didn't mean to make me cry. But I don't believe that sometimes." Haunting bitter love. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/zCAaPUGF3p4

Gigi Perez – Sometimes (Backwood) [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Gigi Perez

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Scientist by Coldplay. Smart and sad. "Nobody said it was easy no one ever said it would be so hard. Oh, take me back to the start." Basically, science doesn't explain love. #musicsky #nowplaying #coldplay youtu.be/RB-RcX5DS5A?...

Coldplay - The Scientist (Official 4K Video)

YouTube video by Coldplay

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Top to Toe by Fenne Lily. This one hits hard! "Tell me I'm a time you'll miss. Feelings always change like this." She wrote this when she was 15 about transitioning from a child to an adult. "So, I'm changing all my days to make your nights." #nowplaying #musicsky youtu.be/pOpOa5zedyo

Fenne Lily - Top to Toe (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Fenne Lily

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nutshell by Alice and Chains. This is a sad one! "And yet I fight, and yet I fight this battle all alone. No one to cry to no place to call home." The idea was this was him in a nutshell, battling addiction and adjusting to fame. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/9EKi2E9dVY8?...

Alice In Chains - Nutshell (MTV Unplugged - HD Video)

YouTube video by AliceInChainsVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

715-Creeks by Bon Iver. Creative and sad. "Love, a second glance, it is not something that we'll need. Honey, understand that I have been left here in the reeds. But all I'm trying to do is get my feet out from the crease." and "God damn, turn around now!" #musicsky youtu.be/P_Fx1yq3A8M?...

Bon Iver - 715 - CR∑∑KS - Official Video

YouTube video by Bon Iver

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Small Window by Luluc. Pretty and sad. "Looking out on the streets Ive come to know, and different faces but they'll remind me, of those I love far from here." Written on a plane, captures the liminal space between dreaming and waking. Also, leaving home. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/wl4WOY15_nA

Luluc - Small Window [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

YouTube video by Sub Pop

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Outside by Phoebe Bridgers. Love this one and really sad. "I’ll watch him get carried away. Fist through the drywall I'm frozen in place. But not afraid." Processing her fathers funeral and past abuse. Deep and beautiful by a great writer and singer. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/MwONYYlnBiM

Phoebe Bridgers - The Outside (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Phoebe Bridgers

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. Classic SSOTD. "We drank a toast to innocence. We drank a toast to now and tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how." Based on a true life encounter. Full of facts and facts can be sad. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/3QsvZ8P1QNk

Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne (Official Audio)

YouTube video by DanFogelbergVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Let Her Go by Passenger. Sad and true. "Same old empty feeling in your heart. 'Cause love comes slow, and it goes so fast." Written about a break-up. Basically, we don't know what we have until it is gone. Also, only love her when you let her go! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/lRVTVB94zTg?...

Passenger | Let Her Go (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Passenger

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Holding Back the Years by Simply Red. One of the saddest songs of all time. "I've wasted all my tears. Wasted all those years. Nothing had the chance to be good." Growing up with trauma. nostalgia and sadness. #musicksky #nowplaying youtu.be/yG07WSu7Q9w

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (Official 4K Remaster)

YouTube video by Simply Red

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John. Beautiful and sad. "What've I gotta do to make you love me? What've I gotta do to make you care?" A plea for love. Basically, just say I'm sorry! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/c3nScN89Klo

Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

YouTube video by EltonJohnVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

All Shades of Blue by Gregory Alan Isakov. Old feel for a great sad song. "your heart's worn the handle of an old pushing broom." also "And your heart's a thousand colors, but they're all shades of blue." Overall, life would be better if you stayed. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/eA98xJByTzo

All Shades of Blue

YouTube video by Gregory Alan Isakov - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Breath (2AM) By Anna Nalick. Good Friday song! "Ain't been sober since maybe October of last year .Here in town, you can tell he's been down for a while." If you know this song you are singing the next line! Basically, life is hard but art helps! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/FcvXr-9XtgA

Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM) (Official Video)

YouTube video by annanalickVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Back to the Old House by the Smiths. Classic Smiths, gives me chills! "The saddest thing I've ever seen. And you never knew how much I really liked you, because I never even told you." So relatable! But I meant to! The story of a sad, shy child. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/laXY5e5JaV0

The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Official Audio)

YouTube video by The Smiths

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

America by Simon and Garfunkel. Timely and timely! "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. They've all come to look for America." About a roadtrip with his girlfriend and the loss of the American dream. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/Eo2ZsAOlvEM

Simon & Garfunkel - America (Audio)

YouTube video by SimonGarfunkelVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Night We Met by Lord Huron. Some people rank this as the saddest song of all time. "I had all and then most of you. Some and now none of you. Take me back to the night we met." This is such a real song about when a relationship ends. Take me back! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/KtlgYxa6BMU

Lord Huron - The Night We Met (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Lord Huron

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tenenbaum by The Paper Kites. One of the best sad songs! "You're a bitter kind. I love you so. Sour is my mind from what you sow." Chasing something you know is bad for you. Oh those lyrics, and the beauty of the song. Overall, it is so hard to let go. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/KBAknpjj1iI

The Paper Kites - Tenenbaum (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by thepaperkitesband

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sad and Deep as You by Dave Mason. Simple and sad. "The tears that are unspoken words. The tears that are the truth. The tears that tell a story. As sad and deep as you." Written after a bad breakup about the depth of losing a relationship. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/qGNnHCcD1VQ?...

Sad And Deep As You

YouTube video by Dave Mason - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Should I by Arum Rae. Sad banger! "It's a fast life. Working so hard to move forward and higher. Feels like my hearts been beating backwards." Listen, life is hard, get excited about the date and be vulnerable. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/ORKx7ij1cXg?...

YouTube video by Arum Rae - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

High Hope by Glen Hansard. This is how I feel today! "Why must a man lose everything to find out what he wants." Basically, living with hope that some time will be the right time! "'Cause I've been livin' in the half life not sure which way to turn." #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/y2gJ8uNtk4A?...

Glen Hansard - "High Hope"

YouTube video by ANTI- Records

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Fall by Lisa Hannigan. Pretty and sad. "Oh, the devil won't have me. I wonder who will, I wonder who will. All our running is a crawl." About being stuck, unmotivated, and making bad choices. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/bYubEn15eH4

Lisa Hannigan - Fall (Official Video)

YouTube video by LisaHanniganVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Overkill by Colin Hay (Me at Work). Great anxious lyrics. "Alone between the sheets only brings exasperation. It's time to walk the streets, smell the desperation." Fear of success. Overall, I can't get to sleep, I think about the implications. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/6XUeB3eO9qU

"Overkill" - Colin Hay

YouTube video by The BOB & TOM Show

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Wind by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. Sad but feels good. "I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul. Where I'll end up, well, I think only God really knows." Following a bout with tuberculosis, he wrote this as he explored Eastern Philosophy. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/1EjKJuaLZO0?...

The Wind (Remastered 2021)

YouTube video by Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I Still Hear You By Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek. Killer of a sad song! "Someday, darling, when you're dead and with this wilting world you've wed." A song of grief, loss and trying to hold on. Adrianne Lenker classic! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/lqLhCxt2nB8

Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek - I Still Hear You [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Saddle Creek

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's Been a While by Staind. Oldy but a saddy. "And everything I can't remember. As fucked up as it all may seem. The consequences that are rendered. I've stretched myself beyond my means." About addition and a woman who he thought could save him. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/araU0fZj6oQ

Staind - It's Been Awhile (Official Video)

YouTube video by Staind Videos

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Grand Old Reason by Keaton Henson. Another sad masterpiece from Keaton. "But like you I have tried for so long not to cry. That I don't even know if I can when you die but I'm sure, as damn hell, gonna try." Basically about mortality and all things! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/njY5PaKE934

The Grand Old Reason

YouTube video by Keaton Henson - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Dreams by Cat Power. Beautiful and sad. "I had a dream. Before the house burnt down. I had a dream. The gun never made a sound." Basically a nightmare of a relationship and the loss of a dream of love. #musicsky #nowplaying #Catpower youtu.be/eN7US3MWHcM?...

Cat Power - Dreams

YouTube video by Fernando Massuyama

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. Catchy, sad and nostalgic. "And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea." Inspired by the diary of Anne Frank. Basically about life and death. "But for now we are young" #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/r3DqBk9YNXA

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

YouTube video by Neutral Milk Hotel - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

High and Dry by Radiohead. Really sad song! "You'd kill yourself for recognition. Kill yourself to never, ever stop." About a failed relationship and the band's success. Overall, about fear of the spotlight and fear of abandonment. #musicsky #Nowplaying #highanddry youtu.be/7qFfFVSerQo

Radiohead - High and Dry

YouTube video by Radiohead

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads. Classic SSOTD, takes me right back. "I've never been too good with names The cellar door was open, I could never stay away." Based on an article about a homeless teen who resorted to prostitution. It's a shame. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/NdU0fQzt0h8

The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (Official Video)

YouTube video by firerecords

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Great Escape by Patrick Watson. This is one of my favorites and a great Friday SSOTD. "Bad day and looking for a way home. Looking for the great escape. Gets in his car and drives away. Far from all the things that we are." Eat up all the Gray! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/YA2h9PrIUxs

Patrick Watson - The Great Escape (Official Video)

YouTube video by Secret City Records

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I am California by John Craigie. Listening to this a lot. "Blinded by your shadows. Fading all your love. You don't know how deep you are." Written as a metaphor about a breakup with somebody always leaving and about his hometown. We are California! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/7wldRoZenss

John Craigie - I Am California - Westy Sessions (presented by GoWesty)

YouTube video by Westy Sessions

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Poem of the day

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Lost Cause by Beck. Really sad song from Beck. "Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone. Make it hard to leave you alone. Leave you here wearing your wounds. Waving your guns at somebody new." Written after his girlfriend cheated on him. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/qkNa5xzOe5U

Beck - Lost Cause

YouTube video by BeckVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Big Black Car by Gregory Alan Isakov. Another great one! "The past, she is haunted, the future is laced. Heartbreak, you know, drives a big black car. I swear I was in the back seat, just minding my own." Basically, being a helpless passenger to heartbreak. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/JgumMOMHpns

YouTube video by Gregory Alan Isakov - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Suitcase Full of Sparks by Gregory Alan Isakov. This is a great SSOTD! "And I quit flashing smiles, and running wild. Yeah, I'm just trying to find my way to you." A metaphor for the journey of life made meaningful by love. Good weekend message. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/ySP25A2Rx3g?...

Suitcase Full of Sparks

YouTube video by Gregory Alan Isakov - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Let Me Live By the Side of the Road by Lael Neale. Sad, deep and short banger. "There are those who leave such long shadows. There are those who’ve loved and those who cried. In fields of flowers gave their lives." Based on a poem, and about compassion. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/07-a7-SWYe4

Lael Neale - Let Me Live By the Side of the Road (Official Video)

YouTube video by Lael Neale

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If It Isn't Love by New Edition. Great song and video. "I don't love her, I tried to tell myself, but you can see it in my eyes. So don't deny, I can't fool no one else. The truth is in the tears I cry." Basically, he left her and realized he was in love. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/ReI6gvzVP0Y

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

YouTube video by NewEditionVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds (Regina Spektor). Dystopian and anti-capitalist. "And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family. In boxes made of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same." About the rise of suberbia. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/7zXWh0N-ZSE?...

regina spektor - Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds Cover)

YouTube video by TheSpektography

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

God Only Knows by the Beach Boys. Classic sad song. "If you should ever leave me, though life would still go on, believe me. The world could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me?" Saddest lyrics ever. #musicsky #nowplaying #petsounds youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?...

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Margaret by Lana Del Ray and the Bleachers. Timely, sweet and sad. "And when you're old, you're old like Hollywood and me. The diamond on your ring. The soul that you bring to the table. The one that makes me sing, in a minor key." Poetry! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/KSbmJNIwJFY

Lana Del Rey - Margaret (official music video) ft. Bleachers

YouTube video by Young Heart

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

You by Keaton Henson. Sad song by the great Keaton. "If you must die, sweetheart, die knowing your life was my life's best part" and "If you must work, work to leave some part of you on this earth." About life and death in others arms. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/f2fCcggNkTs

Keaton Henson - You

YouTube video by KeatonHensonVEVO

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Feathers by Florist. Great band and deep song. "Someone told me once "you better not let this pass". Sometimes I think I have too many pasts." A meditation on the cycle of life and how we shape and are shaped by it. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/uOcJopJpN5g?...

YouTube video by Florist - Topic

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen covered by Marissa Nadler. Great cover of a classic song. "And you treated my woman to a flake of your life and when she came back, she was nobody's wife." A tale of adultery, deceit and a stolen raincoat. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/O_HaKXw7pWw

Marissa Nadler - Famous Blue Raincoat

YouTube video by Rom Amit

SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Indie Queens are Waiting by Dan Mangan. Love this SSOTD. "But I was poking and sort of prodding and Kind of hoping. Always watching for a reaction." A mix of nostalgia and unrequited love #musicsky #nowplaying #musicchallenge youtu.be/J5RIHff3oas

The Indie Queens Are Waiting - Dan Mangan

YouTube video by Dan Mangan