Songs about Regret
As the old proverbs have it, if you have nothing to regret, you simply haven't lived long enough yet. These are bittersweet reminiscences of things that have gone wrong, times we wish we'd had back, and the should-a would-a could-a that everybody accumulates. We can't turn back time, and even if we could, we'd usually find out that we would just mess things up a different way and have the same regrets - possibly an even bigger regret.
The thing to do is get some heavy philosophy. A young Tibetan man wanted to join the Buddhist temple and become a monk, but a local farmer with a pregnant daughter stopped him saying that the baby was the young man's, and demanded by the village's code of honor that he marry her. He said, "Is that so?" and agreed to the marriage, forsaking his life's dream. He worked his whole life in the fields as a farmer, raising the child into a fine young man, and when the child had grown, the man's wife turned to him one morning and said, "It wasn't really your child. We knew it was someone else's, but we knew you were an honorable man who would make a good father." And the would-be monk said, "Is that so?"
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Social Distortion -
Willie Nelson"Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as I should have
If I made you feel second best girl I'm sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind you were always on my mind" -
Weezer -
Harry Chapin"And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me" -
Adele -
George Jones"I've had choices since the day that I was born
There were voices that told me right from wrong
If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today
Living and dying with the choices I've made" -
Aly & AJ -
They Might Be Giants -
Norah Jones"Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come" -
t.A.T.u. -
Who, The -
Glen Campbell"She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
And thinks of the young man that she almost married
What would he think if he saw her this way" -
Ben Folds Five -
Ben Folds Five"I can't cry and I can't see
What I've done
God...What have I done
So don't you know I'm numb, man
No I don't feel a thing at all" -
Tom Petty"And I’m a bad boy cause I don’t even miss her
I’m a bad boy for breakin’ her heart" -
Goo Goo Dolls -
They Might Be Giants"Don't be burdened by regrets
Or make your failures an obsession
Or become embittered or possessed
By ruined hopes" -
Fray, The"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life" -
Nine Inch Nails -
Johnny Cash -
Bob Dylan -
They Might Be Giants -
Cher"If I could turn back time
If I could find a way
I'd take back those words that hurt you
And you'd stay" -
Lady Antebellum -
Linkin Park -
John Lennon"I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy" -
Jawbreaker -
Fleetwood Mac -
Papa Roach -
Linkin Park -
Akon -
Metallica -
Rod Stewart"Oh Maggie, I wish that I'd never seen your face
You made a first-class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but I love you anyway" -
Tom Petty -
Janis Joplin -
Ben Folds Five"there was a time when i had nothing to explain
oh, this mess i have made
but then things got complicated
my innocence has all but faded
oh, this mess i have made" -
Eminem -
John Lennon -
Bob Dylan -
Frank Sinatra -
Nickelback -
Alkaline Trio -
Tim McGraw -
New Order -
They Might Be Giants -
Adele -
Pillar -
Ben Folds"There's a moment in my mind
I scribbled and erased a thousand times
Like a letter never written or sent
These conversations with the dead
I used to be a sentimental guy
Now I'm haunted by the left unsaid" -
Yellowcard -
Toby Keith -
Chris Brown -
Buckcherry -
Elvis Costello -
Miranda Lambert -
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Death Cab For Cutie"But there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade,
And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all
And here I rest where disappointment and regret collide
Lying awake at night" -
Evanescence -
Simple Plan -
Rascal Flatts"What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been" -
Linkin Park"'cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies." -
Dierks Bentley"What the hell did I say when I called last night
Dripping loads of whiskey honey in that message that she liked
What the hell did I say? Gotta dial it up again
I'm writing out those lines that fell out drunk at 3 AM
What the hell did I, hell did I, hell did I say?" -
Dusty Springfield"And only I am left on stage to end the play.
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung,
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue,
The time has come for me to pay for Yesterday" -
Snow Patrol -
Barenaked Ladies"I tried to be your brother
You cried and ran for cover
I made a mess, who doesn’t
I did my best but it wasn’t enough" -
Trace Adkins"You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this" -
Moody Blues, The"Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Mirrored in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you"
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