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Triumvirat – A Cold Old Worried Lady. I mean, the narrator listens to the titular character’s warning of “impending doom”, initially laughs her off, but the incident triggers a depressed mood in him which grows and festers until he ends up committing suicide. Not exactly uplifting.
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"I am the one who guided you this far
All you know and all you feel
Nobody must know my name
For nobody would understand
And you kill what you fear
And you fear what you don't understand

I call you for I must leave
You're on your own until the end
There was a choice but now it's gone
I said, 'You wouldn't understand
Take what's yours and be damned.'"

From Genesis' Duke

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There's a lot of sad RPI, but it would require a translation. The saddest song that I know is Venezia, by Assemblea Musicale Teatrale, about a young woman who dies delivering a baby.
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Rush's, Losing It, always puts a lump in my throat.

Also want to second that Triumvirat, A Cold Old Worried Lady. Great band and song.






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^^Great to see Triumvirat mentioned, guys.Clap
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

"I am the one who guided you this far
All you know and all you feel
Nobody must know my name
For nobody would understand
And you kill what you fear
And you fear what you don't understand

I call you for I must leave
You're on your own until the end
There was a choice but now it's gone
I said, "You wouldn't understand
Take what's yours and be damned."

From Genesis' Duke

good one--always liked that Banks lyric. He writes lot's of sad ones.Cry
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Why didn't i mention it yet
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Can't forget the line in IQ's 'Harvest of Souls' Wink

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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:


Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon:
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."

Not necessarily sad, just a wake-up given hopefully in advance. 
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You think I deserve this
You said I was stupid
All my thoughts are like coal
But Russia on ice is burning a hole...
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Henry Cow's cover of Phil Ochs' No More Songs.

While the lyrics were written by a non prog artists I think it deserves a mention, especially for the emotional interpretation by HC.

"Hello hello hello, is there anybody home?
I've only called to say, I'm sorry.
The drums are in the dawn, and all the voices gone,
and it seems that there are no more songs....

Once I knew a sage, who sang upon the stage.
He told about the world, his lover.
A ghost without name, stands ragged in the rain,
and it seems that there are no more songs. "


I also think Mr.Bungle's, Pink Cigarette, is a fairly sad song. Especially when vocalized by the superb Mr.Patton.

"I'm hoping the smoke, hides the shame I've got on my face.
Cognac and broken glass, all these years Ive been your ashtray... not today.

I found a pink cigarette, on the bed the day that you left.
And how can I forget that your lips were there,
you kiss goes everywhere, touches everything.. but me....

Your eyes cried at last.
Told me everything I was afraid to ask.
Now I'm dressed in white, and you've burned me for the last time... this ain't the last time.

You'll find a note, and my silhouette..."




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I think for me one of the most emotional songs I can think of is Ulver - EOS:

Rathnaih kalpithamaasanam,
himajalaih snaanam cha
divyaambharam.

But seriously, take some time to yourself and drive out into the country where you can see the stars.  Catch the tail end of a sunset and listen to this loud.  Shivers.
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"Can there ever be 'again'...again?" Cry  One More Tomorrow

from the album Death Or Glory by Roy Harper.

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A Trace of Blood from Pain of Salvation.
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^ mmm true.  I'll hop on the miscarriage train and add Ludvig and Sverker by Beardfish, especially the piano version
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A lot of sad Genesis lyrics have been cited, most of them by Tony Banks. I remember an interview where he said that he’s not a depressed person, he just finds it more interesting to write from that point of view. His first solo album “A Curious Feeling” was all about a man who is slowly losing his mind and withdrawing from the world.
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

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Agree with KC "Epitaph"


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Vinyl just sounds better!!

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Tim Buckley.......Song to the Siren

I am as puzzled as the oyster
I am as troubled at the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

[QUOTE=Michael678]just listen to KC's Epitaph and then that emotion will come to your head if that makes sense.
Absolutely.....one of the saddest prog epics out there.
 
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Again, I still look at this, as the pure soul and spirit of the time and space, that had the aesthetics and the bauty to stand up and be counted ... that was ignored later, because it all became a hit song, or just another song on radio by folks that were not interested in anything else but some form of greed!

Thumbs Up....LOLLOL..very true
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