Saddest line in rock?

she said he's a skater boy;

she said see you later boy;

he wasn't good enough for her.

absolute poet.

px wrote:

He went to Paris

I grew up on Jimmy Buffett, and I agree, this song is quite the downer. Good song nonetheless.

"In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make"

The last line of the last song on the last album recorded by the greatest band ever. End of thread!!! Stop posting now!!! The discussion is over!!! This is the saddest line ever, because of what it represents. The Fab Four never recorded again. Nuthin' sadder than that.

From a father's point of view, "Cat's in the Cradle" is incredibly sad. The last line is painful for me to listen to. This song has been voted on a bunch

Here is one that has not been mentioned yet, which I find pretty depressing because it is so true for so many people I have known.

Well I passed the bar on the way to my dingy hotel room.

I spent all my money, I've been drinking since half past noon.

Well I'll wake there in the morning, or maybe in the county jail.

Times are hard and getting harder, I'm born to lose and destined to fail

-Ball and Chain, Social Distortion

My mummy's dead

Love is a raven when it flies...

David Gray

obelisk wrote:

It was just before dawn one miserable

Morning in black 'forty four.

When the forward commander was told to sit tight

When he asked that his men be withdrawn.

And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks

Held back the enemy tanks for a while.

And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price

Of a few hundred ordinary lives.

[...]

It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground

When the Tigers broke free.

And no one survived

From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.

They were all left behind,

Most of them dead, the rest of them dying.

And that's how the High Command

Took my daddy from me.

Waters said it better on Dark Side of the Moon.

"And you run and you run, to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

Racing around, to come up behind you again.

The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older

Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death"

more sad replacements one-liners:

1 how do you say i miss you to an answering machine?

2 pretty girl keep growing up, playing makeup, wearing a guitar

So be a good little boy

And you'll get a new toy

Tell Grandma you fell off the swing.

Because Hell, Hell is for children.

but my vote goes to John Prine's Unwed Fathers

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station

She sits there waiting, in a family way

"Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her

Tell all the others, I'll write someday"

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother

Kept undercover, like some bad dream

While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered

They run like water, through a mountain stream

In a cold and gray town, a nurse say's "Lay down"

'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home'

Someone's children, out having children

In a gray stone building, all alone

On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound

She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies

'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever'

'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'

From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother

Kept undercover, like some bad dream

While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered

They run like water, through a mountain stream

Well, they run like water,

Through a mountain stream

the babies eyes

were red from weeping

his little heart

was filled with pain

"Daddy" he cries

"They're takin momma"

Away from us

on the evening train

hank Williams song I first heard sung by Johnny cash on his newest album "A Hundred Highways"

If I'm laden at all, I'm laden with sadness

That everyone's heart isn't filled with a gladness

And love for one another

--The Hollies

The End wrote:

"In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make"

The last line of the last song on the last album recorded by the greatest band ever.

Don't you mean, "The last line of the second to last song on the last album recorded by the greatest band ever"?

But I agree, it is a very sad line.

And when I see the sign that points one way

The one we used to pass by every day

Just walk away Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame

************************

Your name and mine inside a heart, upon a wall

Still find a way to haunt me, though they're so small

Just walk away Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame.

"Every Rose has its Thorn"

"taking it all, throwing it all away" - The Promise, Springsteen

Eric Clapton

Tears in Heaven

Can't believe this only got one mention... the circumstances he wrote the song under make every line sad...

Would you know my name

If I saw you in heaven

Will it be the same

If I saw you in heaven

I must be strong, and carry on

Cause I know I don't belong

Here in heaven

Would you hold my hand

If I saw you in heaven

Would you help me stand

If I saw you in heaven

I'll find my way, through night and day

Cause I know I just can't stay

Here in heaven

Time can bring you down

Time can bend your knee

Time can break your heart

Have you begging please

Begging please

Beyond the door

There's peace I'm sure.

And I know there'll be no more...

Tears in heaven

Would you know my name

If I saw you in heaven

Will it be the same

If I saw you in heaven

I must be strong, and carry on

Cause I know I don't belong

Here in heaven

Cause I know I don't belong

Here in heaven

So now I'm praying for the end of time

To hurry up and arrive

Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you

I don't think that I can really survive

I'll never break my promise or forget my vow

But God only knows what I can do right now

I'm praying for the end of time

It's all that I can do

Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you!!!

not a rock song, but if i figured it makes sense because it's almost Christmas.... Christmas Shoes