Sad Songs for Crying Alone

A collection of raw, intimate songs designed for moments of deep reflection and heartbreak. Let these quiet ballads, indie-folk melodies, and stripped-back compositions hold space for you when you need to let it all out.

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Tracks

1. Fourth of July · Sufjan Stevens
2. I Know It's Over · The Smiths
3. Liability · Lorde
4. Holocene · Bon Iver
5. Skinny Love · Birdy
6. Lua · Bright Eyes
7. Landslide · Fleetwood Mac
8. Between the Bars · Elliott Smith
9. The Night We Met · Lord Huron
10. To Build a Home · The Cinematic Orchestra
11. Hurt · Johnny Cash
12. Elephant · Jason Isbell
13. Casimir Pulaski Day · Sufjan Stevens
14. All I Want · Kodaline
15. Videotape · Radiohead
16. Saturn · Sleeping At Last
17. Famous Blue Raincoat · Leonard Cohen
18. Pink Moon · Nick Drake
19. Keep Me in Your Heart · Warren Zevon
20. Exile · Taylor Swift
21. Black · Pearl Jam
22. The Winner Takes It All · ABBA
23. Slow Show · The National
24. Everything I Wanted · Billie Eilish
25. 12 · Ruth B.
26. Ghost · Neutral Milk Hotel
27. I Can't Make You Love Me · Bon Iver
28. Funeral · Phoebe Bridgers
29. No Surprises · Radiohead
30. Place to Be · Nick Drake
31. Almost Lover · A Fine Frenzy
32. Say It Ain't So · Murray Head
33. Waiting Room · Phoebe Bridgers
34. Wicked Game · Ursula Burns
35. In the Bleak Midwinter · Agnes Obel
36. Rivers and Roads · The Head and the Heart
37. How to Disappear Completely · Radiohead
38. Good News · Mac Miller
39. Fourth of July · Galaxie 500
40. Fade Into You · Mazzy Star

Based on the prompt: The saddest playlist — songs that give full permission to cry. Indie folk, slowcore, heartbreak ballads, quiet piano. Raw and beautiful.