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* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice finds herself lost, frightened, and alone in the Tulgey Wood and has a breakdown. She sings "Very Good Advice" to herself and is gradually reduced to tears as she reflects on her own bad habit of knowing the right thing to do but often failing to do it. It's so sad that the other bizarre creatures in the woods cry along with her.
* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsJourneyToJokeALot'': Funshine Bear, having been crowned the King of Joke-a-Lot, is beginning to have second thoughts about staying in this whimsical world of non-stop playing and clowning. He misses his old home in Care-a-Lot, where he may not have been a ruler, but he had his friends. So, while wandering the castle alone, he sings "Here I'm A King" to himself, debating on whether he should stay the King, or return to his old life in Care-a-Lot.
* Intersecting with TorchSong, Sawyer's "Tell Me Lies" from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' accompanies images of a morose and disillusioned Danny Cat trudging through the evening Hollywood rain to the bus stop. His dream of making a splash in motion pictures resulted in a fiasco, and Danny can only retreat back to Kokomo, Indiana from whence he came. Sawyer suffered a similar setback in her early days, leaving her a snarky IceQueen secretary to a talent agent. She'd rather someone tell her bright and beautiful lies than face the grim and hopeless truth of Hollywood favoritism.
* Intersecting with IWantSong, "Waiting on a Miracle" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' has protagonist Mirabel lament that she feels inadequate, being the only normal person in a family of magical beings, and that she's spent so long waiting for her own magic to appear, she's beginning to wonder if it's too late for her.



* Zazu the hornbill from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' begins singing "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" while moping in a ribcage in Scar's lair. Scar objects that the song is too maudlin, and commands Zazu shift to one with "more bounce to it." Mockingly, Zazu shifts to "It's A Small World After All", which Scar finds even worse.



* From the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' movie ''WesternAnimation/BigWorldBigAdventures'': "Sometimes You Make a Friend" is a somber ballad about Thomas realizing what he had done and his wanting to apologize to Nia.



* Intersecting with TorchSong, Sawyer's "Tell Me Lies" from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' accompanies images of a morose and disillusioned Danny Cat trudging through the evening Hollywood rain to the bus stop. His dream of making a splash in motion pictures resulted in a fiasco, and Danny can only retreat back to Kokomo, Indiana from whence he came. Sawyer suffered a similar setback in her early days, leaving her a snarky IceQueen secretary to a talent agent. She'd rather someone tell her bright and beautiful lies than face the grim and hopeless truth of Hollywood favoritism.
* Zazu the hornbill from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' begins singing "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" while moping in a ribcage in Scar's lair. Scar objects that the song is too maudlin, and commands Zazu shift to one with "more bounce to it." Mockingly, Zazu shifts to "It's A Small World After All", which Scar finds even worse.
* From the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' movie ''WesternAnimation/BigWorldBigAdventures'': "Sometimes You Make a Friend" is a somber ballad about Thomas realizing what he had done and his wanting to apologize to Nia.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice finds herself lost, frightened, and alone in the Tulgey Wood and has a breakdown. She sings "Very Good Advice" to herself and is gradually reduced to tears as she reflects on her own bad habit of knowing the right thing to do but often failing to do it. It's so sad that the other bizarre creatures in the woods cry along with her.
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* In ''Theatre/CrossRoad'', after the demon Amduscias tells Elisa that her lover is dying because of her love, she sings [[https://youtu.be/cjqdRxguicI?si=NBcNR16H4P0kbaqv "Hanarereba Hanareruhodo ni Ai"]], about how even though her love for Niccolo was the only thing in her life that felt true, she will leave him if that's what's best for him.
--> All I did was love you\\
Is that a sin?\\
I'll part from you, if that's the only thing I can to do love you
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For the villain variant, see VillainousLament. Contrast BravadoSong.

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For the villain variant, see VillainousLament. Contrast BravadoSong. Compare SelfSoothingSong.

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