Quotes / Grief Song

Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor.

— In the Heights, "Alabanza"

All things, he never did are left behind

All the fears that ever flicked through his mind

All the sadness that he come to own

O-o-o-o-o-oh.

— Spring Awakening, "Left Behind"

Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me

That I live while you are gone.

There's a grief that can't be spoken.

There's a pain goes on and on.

— Marius, "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Misérables

The news that truly shocks is the empty, empty page

While the final rattle rocks it's empty, empty cage

And I can't handle this

I grieve for you

And you leave me

Let it out and move on

Missing what's gone

They say life carries on

They say life carries on, and on, and on

— Peter Gabriel, "I Grieve"

Release me, don't say what I already know
Release me, only trouble steals the show
All those words won't comfort me
It's clear we are not meant to be
Yeah, release me from this sad and losing game

— Hooverphonic, "Release Me" - their entry for the (postponed) 2020 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

It's been a long day without you, my friend

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

We've come a long way from where we began

Though I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

— Charlie Puth, featured vocalist, Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" from Furious 7

Life is ruthless and shot full of pain,

It lifts you up, leaves you out in the rain, and it hurts just to know that you're not coming back again.

I will miss you my friend!

Memories like a slug to the brain, paint the walls that with a love that will stain the darkest of nights!

You left to join with the stars and I cannot shake this off my chest.

— Periphery's Mile Zero from Periphery II

Death is real
Someone's there and then they're not
And it's not for singing about''
It's not for making into art
When real death enters the house, all poetry is dumb

— Mount Eerie, "Real Death"

Mama whispered softly "time will ease your pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
And she said "How can I help you to say goodbye? It's okay to hurt and it's okay to cry.
Come let me hold you and I will try,
how can I help you to say goodbye?''

— Patty Loveless, "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"

One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
And life goes on without you...

— Queen, "No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)"

I've seen dark before, but not like this
This is cold, this is empty, this is numb
The life I knew is over;
The lights are out
Hello darkness, I'm ready to succumb
I follow you around—I always have—but you've gone to a place I cannot find
This grief has a gravity—it pulls me down

— Frozen II, "The Next Right Thing"

Please just tell me you're alright
Are you way up in the sky?
Laughing, smiling, looking down
Saying "One day we'll meet in the clouds"

— Before You Exit, "Clouds"

The phone rings without pause
This grief wills everyone
All I have is a shitty song
How could it ever be enough?
So here we are, in our final accord
A mortician and his tools
Sonically bury you
You could've chose another chord

— Lagwagon, "Resolve"

A bullet came flying
Was it for me or for you?
He was swept away,
He lies at my feet
As if he were a part of me.

— Ludwig Uhland, "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden"^note I had a Comrade

I carried you
Till I buried you
Held your arms around my back
Drug the ground with every step
I carried you
Till I buried you
Now a memory's all I have
As our story fades to black
This is our destiny

— Generdyn, "Destiny"

But this time
Although it's the last time
You'll see me shaking
But I'll hold my head up high
This feels too certain
Why is it so permanent?
Though I know all too well this is the only way
I'd still give anything if you could only stay

— Rachel Rose Mitchell, "Stay"

"Move on" are the only words
That I've heard for so long and yet I
Cannot fathom a world where I
Would cooperate with their lies
You're gone, they say I should agree
To give up, leave your memory behind
They say you're no longer here
But you live on in legends

— Rachel Rose Mitchell, "In Legends"

And I saw your burial last week
(And now you're not waking up)
(I swear I held you close, now it's not enough)
Been seven days, I still can't eat
(Bones shown through my skin)
(I swear I just can't bear to) Watch you die again

— Save Face, "Watch You Die Again"

I had a vision of you, and just like that
I was left to live without it, left to live without it
I found a version of love, and just like that
I was left to live without it, left to live without it
Waiting for this storm to pass
Waiting on this side of the glass
But I see my reflection in you, see your reflection in me
How could it be? How could it be?

— Foo Fighters, "The Glass"

Lil Eazy long gone
Really wish he could come home
But when it's time to die, gotta go, bye bye
All a lil' thug could do was cry, cry
Why'd they kill my dawg?
Damn, man, I miss my Uncle Charles, y'all
And he shouldn't be gone
In front of his home, what they did to Boo was wrong

— Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, "Tha Crossroads"

Hello, sweet grief
I know you will be the death of me
Be like the morning after ecstasy
I am drowning in an endless sea

Hello, old friend
It's the misery that knows no end
So I'm doing everything I can
To make sure I never love again

—Alan Walker, "Diamond Heart"

Well I loved my aunt
But she died
And my uncle Lou
Then he died

I'm searching for something which can't be found
But I'm hoping
I still dream of dad
Though he died

— Type O Negative, "Everything Dies", from World Coming Down.

Every night, I dream you're still here
Your ghost by my side, so perfect, so clear
When I awake, you disappear
Back to the shadows, with all I hold dear
With all I hold, dear
I dream you're still here

— Digital Daggers, "Still Here"

I'm waiting for your last goodbye
Cause I'm not over it, not over it
I'm waiting for your last goodbye
The kiss of time

Like thunder screaming out for a flash of lightning
Stars are falling down for God's applause
I'm waiting for the light of your supernova
Your last goodbye

Within Temptation, "Supernova"

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