Sadness

Songs that mention sadness as a lyrical or thematic element.

Central theme

• 9 Secret Steps
• Caroline, No
• Don't Cry
• Hopeless Bleak Despair
• I Haven't Seen You In Forever
• Maybe I Know
• Mr. Me
• Sometimes A Lonely Way
• Why Must I Be Sad?
• Withered Hope

Briefly mentioned

• Answer - "Though every dream of a pony would end in tears"
• The Army's Tired Now - "And it's so sad / All its defenders have moved along"
• Bread Hair - "You're drivin' all my hope away"
• Burnice - "Oh woe is I"
• Crushed By Dust - "We're despondent"
• Exploding Invitation - "She saw to my left-behind and understood my sorrow"
• I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You - "Once I wondered why I'd sit at home and sigh"
• Let Your Hair Hang Down - "When your hair's so long / When you look so sad"
• Letterbox - "There's no time for sorrow"
• Narrow Your Eyes - "Now let's toast the sad cold fact"
• Number Two - "Too long I've been blue"; "I used to be sad"
• Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head - "And we wouldn't have to cry"
• Red Red Intro - "A-minor: secretly sad, secretly sad and sophisticated"
• Save Your Life - "Now you think you're sad but you never have been sad"
• Taking It To The Bridge (We Reinvented The Remix) - "I should be saving up tears"
• Tiny Doctors - "I'm never sad anymore"
• They'll Need A Crane - "Love sees love's happiness, but happiness can't see that love is sad"