A Sad Song?

Question

Hi guys. I'm looking for a very sad song. I'm not talking about a sad love song, I need something about war with really meaningful lyrics. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

REM - EVERYBODY HURTS
TEARS FOR FEARS - MAD WORLD
PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
LED ZEPPLIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Answer 2

Not bout war but v sad and meaningful, plus

"And in the streets the children screamed,
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed,
But not a word was spoken,
The church bells all were broken"

must have something to do with war.

Answer 3

Billy dont be a hero was a hit in March 1974!!!! for a group called Paper lace and if you listen to the words they are sad .Stan ridgeway had a hit with Camouflage kinda sad to when you hear it a few times .cheers Merry Xmas

Answer 4

I think John Lennon's Merry Xmas (War is Over) is sad but meaningful

Answer 5

This isn't exactly a song it's a classical piece of music but it is very sad. People usually feel very emotionally upset when they hear it. It goes well with certain things like this video i saw on youtube.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GMXAyzZY8I

It is called a winters overture and it comes from the movie-Requiem for a dream.

Answer 6

Definitely, no contest: Elton John's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'; there's a book by the same title well worth reading if you're interested. Also the Red Badge of Courage (book).

Answer 7

Tom Waits, "Road to Peace" -

Young Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) was only 18 years old,
He was the youngest of nine children, never spent a night away from home.
And his mother held his photograph, opening the New York Times
To see the killing has intensified along the road to peace

There was a tall, thin boy with a whispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War Two
And the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away
With more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace

Now at King George Ave and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14a
In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)
And the last thing that he said on earth is "God is great and God is good"
And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace

Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon
Yasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant
And Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed, tears wide open
And it killed his wife and his three year old child leaving only blackened skeletons

It's found his toddlers bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras
But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
Neither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace

Israel launched it's latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
Two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
So thousands dead and wounded on both sides most of them middle eastern civilians
They fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace

"And this is our land we will fight with all our force" say the Palastinians and the Jews
Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance
If the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out
And Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost out along the road to peace

Once Kissinger said "we have no friends, America only has interests"
Now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election
But Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the fear of his political failures
So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press 10,000 miles from the road to peace

In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)
He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy
He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future
He told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace

The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace
But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
And if God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men?
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
Maybe God himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace

Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace.

Answer 8

Brothers in Arms-Dire Straits

Answer 9

I remember this old song called,"Billy Don't be a Hero".
I can't remember who sang the song but it has to do with Vietnam.

Answer 10

Neil Young - Living With War
Abosolute Zero - Welcome to Reality...this is war
Asia - The Day Before The War

Answer 11

There's a song that James Blunt done on his albulm. It's about Kosovo, you should check it out...it's really moving.