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Songs about Loss

What ephemeral beings we mortals be! These are songs of mourning, regrets, and farewell wishes for the dearly departed. Not necessarily about death itself or tragic accidents, but about the personal experiences of those left behind. Mourning, they say, is hard psychological work, and it leaves a mark on you for the rest of your life, no matter how over your loss you are.

Many of these songs have a personal story behind them. Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" is a tribute to his own son who passed away at the age of four, while Elton john's "Candle in the Wind" is about the life and suicide of actress Marilyn Monroe. No matter what the inspiration for the song, anybody who has known what it is to lose a loved one forever can identify.

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  Alone Again, Naturally Gilbert O'Sullivan

  "I remember I cried when my father died
  Never wishing to hide the tears
  And at sixty-five years old,
  My mother, God rest her soul,
  Couldn't understand, why the only man
  She had ever loved had been taken"

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  Angel Sarah McLachlan
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  Believe Brooks & Dunn
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  Breathe Taylor Swift
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  Broken Seether
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  Bye Bye Mariah Carey
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  Bye Bye Love Everly Brothers, The
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  Candle in the Wind Elton John
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  Carrying Cathy Ben Folds
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  Crying in the Rain Everly Brothers, The
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  Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash
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  Daddy's Hands Holly Dunn
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  Dance With My Father Luther Vandross
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  Don't Take the Girl Tim McGraw
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  Eddie Walker Ben Folds Five
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  Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) Elton John
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  Fade To Black Metallica
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  Fire and Rain James Taylor
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  Fix You Coldplay
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  Girlfriend In a Coma Smiths, The
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  Give Me Back My Hometown Eric Church
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  Glycerine Bush
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  Gone Away Offspring, The
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  Gone Too Soon Michael Jackson
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  Good Riddance (Time of your Life) Green Day
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  Hear You Me Jimmy Eat World
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  Holes in the Floor of Heaven Steve Wariner
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  Honey Bobby Goldsboro
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  How Can I Help You Say Goodbye Patty Loveless
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  I Can Never Go Home Anymore Shangri-Las, The
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  I Can Only Imagine MercyMe
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  I Drive Your Truck Lee Brice
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  I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley
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  I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston
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  I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton
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  I Will Remember You Sarah McLachlan
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  I'm a Loser Beatles
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  In Loving Memory Alter Bridge
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  Last Kiss Pearl Jam
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  Last Train Home Lostprophets
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  Life Goes On Tupac Shakur
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  Losing Lisa Ben Folds
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  Lost in the Echo Linkin Park
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  Lullabye Ben Folds Five
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  Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
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  More Than a Name on a Wall Statler Brothers, The
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  Mother I Miss You John Tesh
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  My Heart will go on Celine Dion
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  New Divide Linkin Park
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  One More Day Diamond Rio
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  One More Day Rocket Club
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  Picture Perfect Escape The Fate
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  Roses for Mama Red Sovine
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  Run Snow Patrol
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  Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks
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  Slipped Away Avril Lavigne
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  Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own U2
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  Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word Elton John
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  Taken by Sleep Twenty One Pilots
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  Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton
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  Teddy Bear Red Sovine
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  Tennessee Waltz Connie Francis
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  Tennessee Waltz Patti Page
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  That's My Job Conway Twitty
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  The Background Third Eye Blind
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  The End of the World Skeeter Davis
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  The Fighter Fray, The
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  The Living Years Mike + The Mechanics
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  The Message Dr. Dre
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  The Way We Were Barbara Streisand
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  These Days Foo Fighters
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  Walkin' After Midnight Patsy Cline
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  When I Get Where I'm Going Brad Paisley
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  When You're Gone Avril Lavigne
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  Who Knew Pink
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  Window in the Skies U2
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  Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
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  Wish You Were Here Sounds, The
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  World So Cold Three Days Grace
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  World So Cold Mudvayne
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  You're Never Over Eminem

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