Songs about loss and death

Submitted by curmudge_john t3_yhqv9s in Music

Tomorrow is one year since my mother passed away suddenly. I'm looking for songs to help me process. Specifically I'm looking for songs that can help get out some of the anger I still feel.

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Sigurlion t1_iufd8v6 wrote

I don't know why exactly, but Manchester Orchestra's "No Hard Feelings" is cathartic for me regarding loss.

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kimikopossible t1_iufn2tu wrote

I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer by Stevie Wonder

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It makes me cry for the same reasons as you. Hugs, OP.

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yotama t1_iug2xfi wrote

Tunng Presents… DEAD CLUB. The whole album provides interesting philosophical take on death that I found to be honest and enlightening. I hope that it eases your pain.

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NosyargKcid t1_iufcysx wrote

Angry grief songs is a difficult one. I wish you the best for overcoming this! Only one I can think of off the top of my head would maybe be [Metallica's The God That Failed] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC4se0jX1XE) which deals with James being more angry at his mother's religious beliefs which led her to refuse treatments for her cancer because she believed God would heal her.

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freelittyta t1_iufdxo5 wrote

Madonna has two songs about her mom's death. That come to mind.

"Promise to try" from like a prayer. And "mother and father" from american life.

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morgandidit t1_iufkbji wrote

Mystery Jets - Taken by the Tide. It isn't about death but it has that feeling of loss, memories that once we're, that kind of thing.

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siamsaiocht t1_iufldb6 wrote

11/11/11 the decemberiests

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NegativeAd2150 t1_iufnh48 wrote

Listen to Tracey Chapman “The promise “ That’ll stir your emotions

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Educational-Bill-429 t1_iufoy2i wrote

I recommend Long Way from Home by the Lumineers (off the live tracks album) I believe it’s about his fathers death. I’m sorry for your loss❤️

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Paladin6667 t1_iufpdal wrote

Dismantling summer by the wonder years

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ryancementhead t1_iufpdjq wrote

I truly hope you find the peace your looking for. I totally understand the anger you feel. I lost my mother suddenly also 23 years ago and have had moments of emotional pain thinking about her. If you find a song that helps please let me know, I could use it too. I promise things will get better.

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xgrizzlyrose t1_iufwy1k wrote

I don’t know if it will help with anger but ripple by the Grateful Dead seems to connect with a lot of people experiencing loss.

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swemoll t1_iug2u31 wrote

The Lack Long After - Pianos Become The Teeth

Stage Four - Touché Amoré

A Crow Looked At Me - Mount Eerie

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Cancer_Flower t1_iug8tbf wrote

I’d say any songs by NF especially from his Therapy Session album he talks about the loss of his mom in his music. He’s very emotional in his songs and he definitely pulls the emotions out of you. He’s one of the few artists that I can listen to when I’m sad.

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espick12 t1_iugaj7v wrote

The scientist by Coldplay. About loss but not death

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95Keys t1_iugh571 wrote

cigar by tamino

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disconnecttheworld t1_iugiolg wrote

Kiss my ashes goodbye - woods of Ypres

World coming down - type o negative

End of the road - sentenced

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akobie t1_iugnf7k wrote

Last Beat of My Heart by Siouxie and the Banshees

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midclaman_again t1_iugpwgj wrote

El Paso by Marty Robins. Grateful Dead version preferred.

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GrapefruitHot3471 t1_iuguqlo wrote

My father passed away three and a half years ago, and Into the Mystic by Van Morrison really helped me. Sorry for your pain.

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emoceanT_T t1_iugxow5 wrote

Headless horseman - The Microphones

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lochness_knobend t1_iuhfpby wrote

Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell is about his mothers death and Tunng Presents… DEAD CLUB

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-PepeArown- t1_iuhgbwr wrote

Maybe “REMember” by Mac Miller?

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ijbh2o t1_iuhvhcp wrote

While more specific to a father the song, Fade In / Fade Out by Nothing More is amazing.

And for something a bit more visceral Hereafter by Architects. Also Death Is Not Defeat by Architects. The band was founded by twin brothers and one of them passed from skin cancer before the album those songs are on was written.

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turok2 t1_iuigj7g wrote

The whole album "A crow looked at me" by Mount Eerie.

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Kind_Broker t1_iuirdx7 wrote

Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit is an entire album about loss and its waves, not necessarily death, but loss.

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bernaninha t1_iuiv93k wrote

wish you were here - pink floyd

not an angry song but might help

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TheMegs152 t1_iuj9i4m wrote

The Killers have a pretty heavy song called "Goodnight, Travel Well" that Brandon Flowers wrote about his mother's death.

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MyHouz t1_iujjjr2 wrote

Although the lyrics are open to lots of other interpretations, I've always interpreted "Is there something in the movies" as a song about death and loss. It's not the original version but the cover by Briston Maroney that gives me this impression most strongly.

I think that maybe Maroney also interpreted the song as more about loss than Samia did, and rendered it as such.

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