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Patattensla

Neck Deep - Wish You Were Here


cmrndzpm

Candour too.


Warden_Black

love Candour


Zajac-

Listen to Candour and then straight into nineteen seventy somethin’, absolutely heartbreaking true story and some of Bens finest words EDIT: wrote wish you were here instead of 1970


ihmpt

Ooof man. I listened to it a lot after an old classmate of mine died in a car crash. Still breaks my heart.


WocketWeeg

yep, was wondering if someone said this


theillumeowti

Yeah coming on for the Candour nommy


r0han_frankl1n

Makes me cry every time


RevolutionaryTart497

Song came up in the car and I spent a good 3 minutes trying to drive while also fighting off tears


magictheblathering

TWY - Oldest Daughter/Cigarettes & Saints/Raining in Kyoto/most of NCTH Count to Four - Get To It Fireworks - Run, Brother, Run Real Friends - I Had a Heart (Christmas song)


Bkiss3

To piggyback your TWY anything by Aaron west and the roaring 20’s


indiemosh

TWY - The Ghosts of Right Now


mellywheats

laura and the beehive by TWY always gets me crying


LucasRaymondGOAT

We Won't Bury You by The Wonder Years is rough. Cardinals underneath the surface is obvious. You Made Me Want To Be A Saint or anything really involving the death of Dan's friend. They're not ballads but they're definitely sad songs.


signalstonoise88

I’d recently become a dad when The Hum Goes On Forever came out; every song that references his kid or his fears for his kid’s future absolutely gets me. The closing track… damn.


Ok_Clock4708

Navy Blue by TSSF


SpiffySpacemanSpiff

Dark Blue - Jacks Mannequin If we're sticking to a color family.


PlumAffectionate4575

this song had a chokehold on me when i was 12, so did "Amy, I" (also by Jack's Mannequin)


Far_Natural8745

Yes


zoe_elaine17

clairvoyant too


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Hold on by good charlotte always gets me


Angel_Shitkicker

Me too. Even after all these years, right in the feels.


Frosty_Cat_291

Love this one and also Prayers


hullo421

Trophy Eyes - Sean


whatsername807

I uncontrollably sobbed the first time I heard this song. A warning to anyone that’s ever lost someone to suicide - proceed with caution in a private place


JayemmbeeEsq

Stretching the definition of non-emo a touch Wake me up when September Ends - Green Day, never wish it on my worst enemy but lose a parent and you’re gonna get it. Sonny- New Found Glory Here You Me - Jimmy Eat World


Unlucky-Mode675

Hear You Me was on my list! Gets me every time especially when you have someone you've lost on your mind.


JayemmbeeEsq

I saw them with Fall Out Boy a few weeks ago and cried when they played it.


fjaurl

Same, I had not been doing my proper concert homework so totally forgot about that song. One month after my dad died and I thought I was fine, I walked in right before they played that and found my single seat between strangers and basically just silently bawled throughout that entire song. Good impression on my new neighbors I’m sure… but it just hit me like a ton of bricks


Sponge_Like

Sonny was my first thought. I always loved that song, but after I lost someone close to me in 2006 it definitely hit different since then.


bluehairjungle

I always end up listening to Hear You Me when there's been a death so now I can't listen to it without wanting to cry.


kibasaur

Hear you me is emo though


SpaxtonPaxton

How has no one mentioned Spanish Love Songs yet? Listen to brave faces everyone all the way through.


Jasomania

Truly shocked no one mentioned them, Brave Faces Everyone is devastating


gigreviews

Honestly this was so far down at time of commenting. The entire album Brave Faces Everyone is one of the most beautiful but devastating albums I’ve ever listened to.


pokexchespin

i was gonna mention joana, in 5 acts too, but yeah spanish love songs absolutely has plenty of songs that fit the post lol


makemelauren

Haunted by SLS is literally one of my favorites


Kenny4yourthots

Something Corporate - Konstantine Sum 41 - What Am I To Say // Crash // Pieces Real Friends - Teeth // I’ve Given Up On You // Sixteen Marianas Trench - Lover Dearest // Alibis // Low


NCender27

I'm a simple man. I see Marianas Trench, I upvote. When Josh writes a song about his addictions they are absolutely gut wrenching.


Pleasant_Chain_1474

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY KONSTANTIIIIIIINE <333


Ancient_Fig4674

Came here to say Pieces 🙏🏻


heronlyweapon

Motion City Soundtrack - You Hold Me Down (Makes me tear up just hearing it in my head.)


indiemosh

The first time I saw them play that live changed me as a person.


jenniferlynne08

Oh lordy like half of the wonder years’ discography tbh. Pyramids of salt, we look like lightning, really the entire sister cities album. Goddamnitall. I just want to sell out my funeral. I could keep going, TWY just really hits.


DatBoyBenny

Sleep In The Heat by PUP


CheshireBuddha

“Yesterday I went back to apartment to see how you’ve been holding up. You haven’t been eating, I thought you were sleeping but you’re not waking up.” Every fucking time, dude.


GinjaNinja1027

Always reminds me of my late cat. I cry every time 😢


strawberry_vegan

I have cried at every one of their shows I’ve gone to because of this song. It’s my only "always skip" because I can’t handle it


Key_Interaction_1522

Listen to Clairvoyant by the story so far - trust me


RichN

No idea how this is so far down.


cakeresurfacer

“The Saddest Song” by The Ataris


Xenol06

many songs by mayday parade. I don't love you by MCR also


LJ1983nyc

Terrible Things by Mayday Parade :-(


ThePathlessForest

This one. I can't listen to this song because there's people in my life who have lost partners due to terminal illness. Seeing that loss and trauma makes me terrified to lose my partner at a young age.


VelvetThunder-

As an almost 31 year that lost her partner of 7 years to suicide when he was 29, can confirm that even two years later the loss still feels very traumatizing. The ending of this song “So don’t fall in love there’s just too much to lose” hits so hard on the bad days.


MiOdd

"Sing for Me" - Yellowcard "First Breath, Last Breath" - Senses Fail


whatsername807

Knowing that that First breath Last breath was written about his real experience of almost losing his wife during labor makes it so much harder.


amandamaniac

A couple from hot mulligan. Everyone gets fucked up from Betty. I personally think smahccked my head awf is really sad. And heem wasn’t there is also a sad one.


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amandamaniac

Oh yeah I’ve definitely full on sobbed while driving and listening to that song. The lyrics hit hard af


JJKOOLKID

Betty I absolutely can’t listen to anymore bc I recently got a golden retriever puppy and I always end up thinking about burying him and I spiral. My dad died in the snow a couple months before the album came out, and Smahaccked my Head hits really close to home. He was losing his clarity and coherence; would repeat things and never want to talk about it. I disappeared once I left for college and he really fell downhill with his anger and alcoholism. I do sometimes let myself wonder if he would have had a better go of it had I never left. Terrific song that makes me sympathize what Tades is going through. A rough one for sure.


Baaartolome

Hot mulligan's Betty is probably one of the saddest songs I heard from a pop punk band.


Briguy_fieri

Absolutely gutted. Occasionally I have e a couple drinks and end up putting that song on repeat and have the all time worst night ever.


NotMyPSNName

Why do we do this to ourselves?


Briguy_fieri

Do not, I repeat DO NOT listen to Weakerthans- Virtute the cat explains her Departure.


Baaartolome

Hell yeah, everytime this song plays i just put it on repeat for some time and just feel it out for a while.


RangerAny8319

It coming out a week after my dog died didn’t help. But this 10000000%.


MapleLaughs

Slow Motion by Third Eye Blind


playnights

The Wonder Years - We Won’t Bury You


ceruleansensei

Remembering Sunday - All Time Low


itsjustsurvival

Lost City Angels - Edge of 21 The Crush - And for You I’m Dying Now Alkaline Trio - Bleeder The Early November - Call of the bells Not pop punk but my favorite sad song without lyrics is The Blacktop Cadence - Unlucky


heyitseric

The Hot Water Music cover of Bleeder hits those emotions even harder.


ethanhunt_08

Hate me - blue October


Inner-Space-3330

Ten by Yellowcard Harlows Song by Good Charlotte Crash by Sum 41


Disengagedpotato2

No one mentioned Motion city soundtracks "Hold me down" so I'm gonna. Hands down the best lyrical masterpiece they wrote with justins metaphors. That or "Happy anniversary" Edit* it was mentioned at the same time!


R3DEMPTEDlegacy

I'm serious Im sorry by Jeff Rosenstock. It's about not being there for someone who lost there spouse because you were a POS alcoholic


topspin424

The Rest of my Life by Less Than Jake. For such an upbeat energetic band, this one is a real tear jerker that gets me whenever it pops up on streaming.


hillbot27

Ugh this song gets me every time. "It's gonna kill me, the rest of my life..."


rayhartsfield

Moose Blood - Spring


valoossb

brutal one


makemelauren

Why is this so far down


Warden_Black

blink-182: Adam’s Song, Stay Together For The Kids +44: Weatherman


hillbot27

My parents were going through a very tough time in their marriage right around Stay Together came out. Even though they've made it work and it's been 20+ years, I'm still transported back to that scared, sad teen wishing their parents would be okay every time I hear it.


loco11b

Same situation. Parents divorced for the better. Moms doing great, dads alone in a big house. Glad yours made it through. Song def helped


Ethanpr1999

Grapefruit - Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties All of Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone Bleu - Broadside


buellster92

Wasn’t sure if Aaron west counts as pop punk but if they do, pretty much the entirety of their discography is the saddest shit you’ll ever hear


indigoboy_

As a struggling young adult, Passing Through A Screen Door by The Wonder Years especially the Burst and Decay version. That shit reminds me of how tired i am every fucking time.


Atalanta96

I got really choked up when they played this song on their Greatest Generation anniversary tour. It was so cathartic and beautiful to scream-sing along with hundreds of people who get that pain


ihmpt

Just for clarity: I don't hate the emo genre. I just feel there's certain emo songs that don't resemble pop punk at all (e.g. "Never Meant") and I'm looking for sad songs that DO.


Briguy_fieri

Tearjerker- fenix tx


Chevy1144

Brick by ben folds 5


GreedyManufacturer34

The entire Spanish love songs discography


whatsername807

Sean - Trophy Eyes


timothyjmiller1

Forever My Father by Go Radio


SnooHabits5900

A lot of people here are saying "Hold Me Down" by MCS, but a few tracks earlier is "L.G.FAUD" "Winter" by Bayside "Megan" by Smoking Popes


JJKOOLKID

L.G.FUAD is sad? I mean sure it’s from the perspective of feeling like you’re on the sidelines of your own life (kinda), but the melody is hella-bouncy and the lyrics are all over the place.


SnooHabits5900

Most of MCS sounds bouncy and happy, but the lyrics are devastating


makemelauren

Winter by bayside is such a good one


meltdowndavid

Alkaline Trio - Blue in the Face Neck Deep - December +44 - Little Death +44 - Lillian Knucke Puck - Untitled Mayday Parade - Miserable at Best Mayday Parade - Terrible Things Really hard not to include bands like Taking Back Sunday that are for sure pop-punk but may be considered emo by some people…


eljefebubba

Again, not pop punk, but a hard to beat option is definitely Cory Wells


ghostboy101

He honestly deserves so much more love than he gets. Saw him live and it was so good!


eljefebubba

I am beyond jealous, I doubt we would ever get him to come through my corner of TX but he is def one of my top bucket list concerts And I agree, he should be huge because IMHO he really speaks to all my favorite genres but that is why I will promote him every chance I get


smooney711

Touche amore - flowers and you Frank ocean - white Ferrari Death cab for cutie - a lack of color; what Sarah said Radiohead - motion picture soundtrack Third eye blind - god of wine; the background Twenty one pilots - truce Mac miller - dunno (Spotify sessions) Those are some of my favorites for when I want to cry lmao Edit: just read the caption saying you wanted specifically pop punk genre, so my bad


JJKOOLKID

Great TEB picks. Those were the first sad songs I ever fell in love with.


e-ghosts

Moose Blood: Cherry, Girl, I hope you're miserable Neck Deep: Candour, December The Story So Far: Clairvoyant, Navy blue, Loro Citizen: Drown, Sleep, The night I drove alone, Heaviside Foxing: Rory Marianas Trench: Porcelain, By now, So soon Tigers Jaw: Never saw it coming, Plane vs tank vs submarine


notsosubtlethr0waway

Sorority Noise is pretty bleak at times.


qwertyiopys

Some Say - Sum 41 Welcome To My Life, Perfect - Simple Plan


Envy_onTHE_Toast

Hot Mulligan- Shmacked My Head Awf


RanielDoelofs

Disenchanted by my chemical romance is pretty sad


lizzxcat

exhale - rarity


Zomb1stuv

View from Heaven by Yellow card. Makes me cry every damn time. **Especially** the acoustic version.


Seeking_Singularity

Deadbed - Relient K Prepare to weep for the story


mellywheats

spring - moose blood


Czynx

Terrible Things- Mayday Parade


ztikmaenn

Any acoustic version of Dammit by Blink-182, too relatable


Kolzig33189

It fits more within the context of the album, but “a bitter divorce” by captain we’re sinking is a good one.


chocturtle

I'll go a different direction. Millencolin - No Cigar. It's an upbeat song, but if you pay attention to the lyrics it is sad but encouraging. At least that's how it is for me!


JJKOOLKID

Wow what a pick. I can honestly say I’ve never taken in those lyrics apparently, bc I’ve heard that song a hundred times and never thought it was sad. I’ll go back and check it out!


KaneDewey

Aaron west and the roaring twenties - Routine Maintenance Idk if it counts as pop-punk but its pop-punk adjacent


bluehairjungle

Grapefruit is their saddest song imo. The whole second verse had me sobbing down 95.


zookitchen

All Time Low - Jasey Rae Sum 41 - Best of Me Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead Yellowcard - A Place We Set Afire Neck Deep - Wish You Were Here A Day To Remember - If It Means Alot To You Minor Acts of Cannibalism - I’m Glad Its You


76666ers_

Hot Mulligan - SPS I'm in recovery and it feels like all my old friends are singing this about me.


dradeus9

I love They Looked Like Strong Hands by Bayside Not sure if you consider Bayside as a pop punk band... but love the band and love the Never Ending Story reference as well.


GreenBPacker

Also the song Winter about their drummer who died in a tour van crash


DunderMifflinsCamGuy

The Hotelier-Home, Like No Place Is There. The entire album is one sad story. Dendron gets me specifically


49_boness

Not really sure where The Spill Canvas falls in the emo/emo-adjacent/pop punk, but The Tide is genuinely heartbreaking story


JJKOOLKID

Hot Mulligan has a song about the lead singer’s beloved grandmother battling with what I’m assuming is Alzheimer’s, and if you pay attention to the lyrics it’s unfathomably sad. I can’t think of a sadder song from a high-energy band. Genre labels are a tool for dying radio stations and deader record stores, but I feel like what you were asking is “name a sad song from a band that isn’t known for primarily making sad songs.”


Last-Produce-9435

Bearings - North Hansen


jakedomi92

Eiley- Too Close To Touch


jakedomi92

Keaton the vocalist passed away last year, this a song he wrote about passing of his little sister, the emotion in the words is heartwrenching


GreenBPacker

Grayscale - Tommy’s Song


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It's absurd I had to scroll almost to the bottom of this thread to find this. Grayscale is totally forgotten about these days.


sdydiw

not really pop punk per se, but the spill canvas has some pretty emo lyrics. self-conclusion and the tide come to mind immediately, but there are many


-MCkvR-

I got a hot take here and am prepared to accept the down votes. MGK’s Lonely and Play This When I’m Gone I genuinely had no idea who MGK was when a friend introduced me to Tickets to My Downfall so I didn’t realize that he’s kind of… eugh for awhile. That album does fit the pop punk genre regardless of whether people think it’s good or he’s a tourist in the genre or whatever, and those two songs specifically I listened to a lot and were very emotionally cathartic for me while I was watching my dad and aunt dying in the hospital. Also on a similar note but less pop punk and more ??? (What genre do we consider them?) What Sarah Said by death cab for cutie


greenday_4_life

It's dammit. every single guy has gone through that shit.


eots0699

There is (box car racer), I miss you, all of this, always (blink-182), Jamie all over, miserable at best (mayday parade)


stray2322

Forever yours by Grayscale always gets me in the feels. Especially watching the music video


familyguymanqt

Atavan Halen/Hum Hallelujah by Fall Out Boy are pretty fucked up songs when you know the context


youngeddya

hereditary by telltale


Demosthenes_9687

I was scrolling to see if this one was mentioned!


youngeddya

it’s a gut punch of a song truly hurts to listen to sometimes


Moementie

Badflower - Ghost, or Promise Me are ones that come to mind


Frosty_Cat_291

Save You by Simple Plan


KevinBirdbath

Self plug, my band Lyndhurst has a song called "I'm Sorry for the Way I Am". My singer wrote this song and goddamn, it's still so good. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=I15SPDCkHJ8&si=GHpyoeyU4Hcaru_v


g0th4l1c10us_k4nd1

the song that gets me every time is Hold Me Down -Motion City Soundtrack


Hopeful-Frosting7976

Free Throw - Tips For Safe Travels I know everyone has said Trophy Eyes - Sean but I want to like 27th it!


M1ster_0wL

The wonder years, most of their songs.


i_believe_in_coffee

Watch the Lilies Grow- NFG .


Zigihogan-v2

Animal Flag - Cathedrals


ManufacturerFresh914

Motion city soundtrack - hold me down Fucks me up every time.


Prawatyotin

Terrible Things by Mayday Parade My Reply by The Ataris https://youtu.be/-nro3veTYHI?si=U29E6-n8Mx9_HPLS


NUS-006

Descendents - Bikeage, Hope Screeching Weasel - Girl Next Door Unwritten Law - Before I Go


theillumeowti

Adding to others TWY Cardinals and Pyramids of Salt


pink_lights_

missing you - all time low, makes me cry


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Hard to fit that description -- "Terrible Things" by Mayday Parade is maybe one of the saddest, but it's pretty emo I think. Mayday Parade as a *band* is pretty "pop punk" but this song in particular is emotional.


FutureNytro

Wish You Were Here - Neck Deep Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World Cancer - MCR Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day Adam's Song - Blink 182 Stay Together For The Kids - Blink 182


Informal_Sea906

Shellshocked and Great White Buffalo Carousel Kings. Forever Yours by Grayscale Starving for Friends featuring Vic Fuentes by Slaves Talk to a Friend, Heavier, and Like I Do by Rain City Drive.


dsled

Floral Glass by Between You & Me


h0cks7ett3r09

Totally agree with Adam's Song


toweggooiverysoon

Sum 41 - Crash Yellowcard - Ten Simple Plan - Untilted Rise Against - Hero of War


peacemillion-

Cinematic Sunrise - You Told Me You Loved Me Time and Distance - Four to Go Simple Plan - Perfect Yellowcard - Dear Bobbie


ShrineAmbience

The Story So Far - Framework


Ok-Seaworthiness3068

Adams Song - Blink 182 Calling - Tiger Army Come With Me - Deviates


_tysenburg_

Clairvoyant by TSSF


echo78

Trophy Eyes - Sean Hot Mulligan - Smahccked My Head Awf (extremely sad even by Hot Mulligan standards) and BCKYRD Spanish Love Songs - Losers 2 Yellowcard - Ten


napneto

Finally you're using more "ARTIST - SONG" than "SONG - ARTIST"


afkrealquick

Funeral home by yours truly


RangerAny8319

All That I’ve Got - The Used


iwillpetyourdoggos

One Step At A Time - Four Year Strong specifically the acoustic version


Socbak

Trophy Eyes - Daydreamer


thechptrsproject

Betty - hot mulligan


HippieSwag420

Ronan by Taylor Swift Bigger than the whole sky by Taylor Swift Soon you'll get better by Taylor Swift You said not emo so I gave you trending artist pop singer tswizzle but i promise those songs will give you the feels.


sleeplesscitynights

Have you ever listened to DAGGERMOUTH's - You Do This As A Fad, We DO This as Living? God that song is sad. Singer's best friend was murdered by her husband.


lukephillips21

Sicko - Count Me Out


cryingtoelliotsmith

good riddance (time of your life) is a pretty sad one


Adventurous-Web-962

Sean - Trophy Eyes Easily the most devastating song I’ve heard in years. Or just put on almost any album from The Wonder Years’ discography and it’ll get you crying.


who8mygroove

Bro Hymn- Pennywise


MSIR15mg

Last kiss. Pearl Jam.


whatsername807

Cauterize - Minor Key Symphony or Porcelain


xtinex89

Neck Deep - December Neck Deep - Wish You Were Here


flashb4cks_

The definition of emo is very large and depends of who you talk to, so it's hard not to go into that category but : Hold on - Good Charlotte When it raina - Paramore Not pop punk but one that gets me everytime : Snuff - Slipknot


Hewagz

Another Perfect Day - American Hifi Disintegration - Turnover Breathe - Basement Fever Dream - Movements Convinced I’m Wrong - Polar Bear Club


spudyoulike

poke - daughter (cover of frightened rabbit)


Obvious_Ad_8225

Cancer - My Chemical Romance Between You and I - Every Avenue


takenusername_yea

Does Perfect Situation by Weezer count


Pleasant_Statement64

Wake me up when september ends 


TraditionalSafety

Spanish Love Songs- Routine Pain (All of brave faces everyone tbh)


roboxsteven

King Park - La Dispute


Dude_Uncool_

Sonny by New Found Glory


TheParadeIdiot

ahem. sum 41 - (no particular order) crash, never there, catching fire (specifically the acoustic version. i cant listen to this version as it was the first song i heard after hearing my best friends attempted and was in hospital and ironically this song came on when i got the message - horribly timed) pieces. radio silence i see as a sad song. i cried when i first heard it. i have no idea why, i had a lot going on and for some odd reason it set me off. then how the end begins came on and broke me more. anyway. im saying sum 41 makes me cry.


Moezhyk

Ten by Yellowcard is heartbreaking


FlamingoHMR

Framework by TSSF. Those lyrics hit me like a brick wall


HalcyonSix

Lullabies by All Time Low.


Tyrant-J

I'm willing to bet it's something by Alkaline Trio.


ladygwin

Goodbye Waves and Driveways - The Rocket Summer All the Stars and Boulevards - Augustana Smell of this Place - The Early November Bruised - Jack’s Mannequin Winter - Joshua Radin