What song pulls at your heart strings?

For me it has to be "Cats in the Cradle". My reason, watch this video which was an anti-terrorism tv ad here in Northern Ireland in 1992.



I honestly can't remember the last time I've been able to listen to the whole song, I can't even watch the whole video, just watched a few seconds to check the quality.

I love Iris, just listening to it now :)

THIS song:

What makes it even worse is my boyfriend linked to the song when I was thinking of it once. This song? It makes him cry if I remember correctly. I hate the song just because, but he really hates this song. It tears at my emotions every time I listen to it (which I don't anymore). ;-;

Most definitely 'Wakette Ita Hazu' from Fushigi Yuugi, 'Scarlet' from Ayashi no Ceres and 'Moon' from Chance Pop Session.

Miaka & Tamahome - Wakette Ita Hazu



Ayashi No Ceres Japanese Opening



Chance Pop Session: scene



Without going into too much detail, these three songs capture a mixed sense of romance, a bit of loss and hope.

Ashita Kuru Hi from Kobato, this song is just too beautiful for words.



Especially from this scene.

Had totally forgotten about this song, my uncle taught me how to play it on the guitar and bass, amazing song but depresses the hell outta me

I also have to say Melissa Etheridge's cover of "Breathe" gets to me:



There was a ShizNat video with this song that I wish was still around. ;_;

Hmm... Shall I share with you guys? Well... Here I go.

Savin' me - Nickelback




Broken - Seether




In the End - Linkin Park

Sailor Moon~Soundtrack~14. Fukkatsu no Serenade [Sailor Moon R Movie Collection]



Anyone who saw the Sailor Moon R Movie knows why this beautiful piece tugged at the heart strings. Greatest. Anime. Film. EVER.

Songbird
Get's me every time.

Veronica-Searrs wrote:In the End - Linkin Park

^ this song right here.

this isn't the traditional heart string pulling song, but it gets me.

Oh, I totally forgot about "How You Remind Me" and "Never Gonna Be Alone", both from Nickelback. *Will edit this post later*

And by the way, I just loved "Make Me Real", Sergay-sama (Ah... Beware with me!... I'm in love with Sergay). =]

Eminem - the songs from Slim Shady LP

Veronica-Searrs wrote:Oh, I totally forgot about "How You Remind Me" and "Never Gonna Be Alone", both from Nickelback. *Will edit this post later*

And by the way, I just loved "Make Me Real", Sergay-sama (Ah... Beware with me!... I'm in love with Sergay). =]

well of course you are Veronica-san, cause he's a cool dude (i think so, and no-one can tell me otherwise -_- lol).
yeah "Make Me Real" is a great song. it hits home with me that's for sure!

This isn't the type of music I usually listen to, but every single time I hear this song, tears come to my eyes. The lyrics are just... They may not be overly sad, but they still get to me.





(The video of the city that did this song for the world record was amazing to watch, though. o_o)

once again, this isn't the typical heart string pulling song, but it still gets me...

Uhh I can't pull up a vid right now, but the song's Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden.

depression76 wrote:Uhh I can't pull up a vid right now, but the song's Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden.

good ol' Savage Garden! they are from the city i am from

Sergay Tate wrote:

depression76 wrote:Uhh I can't pull up a vid right now, but the song's Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden.

good ol' Savage Garden! they are from the city i am from

Really? :O Awesome!
I've always liked Savage Garden, they really know how to sing from the heart >83

depression76 wrote:

Sergay Tate wrote:

depression76 wrote:Uhh I can't pull up a vid right now, but the song's Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden.

good ol' Savage Garden! they are from the city i am from

Really? :O Awesome!
I've always liked Savage Garden, they really know how to sing from the heart >83

true that!! alot of their songs are really truthful. it's good and heartfelt :)

well you did ask what ones make me cry or at least put tears in my eyes so here they are:

"Sora" by Yoko Kanno off of the Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea ost. This song is just so damn beautiful that sometimes even thinking about it makes my eyes water at the thought that it even exists, its just so amazingly well done and it makes me think back to the older days before Anime became what it was and how it was this great new thing that we were all just getting into, as well as making me think back to when a few stores I liked were still around, and when a woman I loved more than anything was still in my life.

"Half Pain" by Bana. off of the Witch Hunter Robin ost: Its hard to find an ending theme as depressing and somewhat beautiful as this one. Its what I listen to when I'm feeling mellow and down after a rough day from whatever reason.

"Theme of Gemini" off of the Android Kikaider the animation ost. Kikaider the anime by itself is a really depressing series but its this theme song that really hammers the point home as to just how sad it is just by playing in the background amidst the hand drawn and painted images of the characters and what they're truly like in their own element. All of this is accomplished without a single lyric being sung. Truly an accomplishment


"Wild Horses" by The Sundays - Its not the original Rolling Stones version but its really depressing when you sit and listen to it all the way through, something I even have trouble doing at times.

"The Burning Red" by Machine Head of of the Burning Red album: Such a loud and heavy album ends with a very somber and depressing sound of the singer talking about what he's feeling as he lays dying. Its not a song to mosh to, its a song to close your eyes to and hope the pain just goes away quickly.

There are others but I can't think of anymore at the moment. Tell me what you think

Waiting for You - Elliot Yamin

I think that's it. o.o

Thought of a few others:

"Mad World" by Gary Jules - Its not the original version of Tears for Fears but damn if Gary doesn't make it one of the most depressing covers ever. You will believe that the world has no hope or happiness in it after you hear this song.

"Gatsu" by Susumu Hirasawa off of the Berserk anime ost - its not depressing but its one of the more beautiful tracks I've heard, in the same vein as Sora. It makes you want to sit down, look to the sky and wonder about your place in life and ask if its what you truly want to do with it. Its one of the softer tracks in a series that's made a name for itself by being one of the most violent and bloody in the history of manga.

"Hurt" by Johnny Cash from the Man Comes around album - Trent Reznor's old version was sad as it got original. But when Cash sings this song it becomes a brand new type of pain that even Reznor himself said that its not Cash's song and not his anymore. To truly hammer the point home, watch the music video and watch Johnny close the lid of the piano over the keys and shakily slide his hand across it. You will never find a more poignant scene of finality anywhere else.
That scene alone just says "Its Over" like no other.

"King of Pain" by Sting and the Police - Some people say its too whiney but it was a track that I listened to quite often when I was feeling down, thinking of how bad the character's life must have been like and how he must have suffered the entire time.

I'll probably think of some more, somewhere down the line

+ Johny Cash - Hurt

most of my favourite touching music doesn´t have a lyrics at all...but it wouldn´t feel right to post it here.