List of songs about suicide

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This is a list of songs about suicide, divided between those in which the suicide is the main theme of the lyrics, and those which mention suicide but not as the main theme. This division is not always clear-cut. Sad songs without mention of suicide should not be listed here.

When adding a new song, try to provide a short one-line summary of how it relates to suicide. Some entries provides a stable Archive.org copy of the lyrics and/or a very short summary ("verge-of-suicide by drowning," "suicide by sleeping pills," "aborted suicide with razor blade," "suicide of a friend," etc.)

See also: List of films about suicide
This is an incomplete list of songs, which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

Contents


[edit] Main theme

[edit] #

  • "1-800-Suicide" by Gravediggaz
  • "1-800-Suicide-Club" by Hjertestop
  • "10 Years Today" by Bullet for My Valentine (Friend's suicide — "How could you leave us that way" is the lyrics used)
  • "100 Suicides" by Dog Fashion Disco
  • "1000 Years Away" by Andi Deris
  • "25 Cromwell Street" by Apoptygma Berzerk
  • "30 Meter" by Die Schröders (A German song about somebody who is standing on a house, 30 meters up and his thoughts.)
  • "4 Walls" by Staind
  • "45" by Shinedown
  • "5000 Ways to Die" by Nerf Herder (Humorous geek rock song about the many (mainly self-inflicted) ways of dying, and the somewhat degrading consequences of it.)
  • "57 Ways To End It All" by The Raincoats
  • "6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps
  • "99 Ways to Die" by Megadeth - "The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
  • "7 Minutes in Heaven" by Fall Out Boy

[edit] A

  • "A Broken Glass" by Hocico
  • "Abschiedsbrief" ("Farewell Letter") by Die Firma
  • "Act of Depression" by Underoath
  • "Accept The Pain" by Paradise Lost (band)
  • "Adam's Song" by blink-182
  • "Agenda Suicide" by The Faint (It's debatable, most hardcore Faint fans will agree it's not about suicide, but about working for nice things until you die and not being able to enjoy it, leading to a very depressing life. Possibly based on Death of a Salesman.)
  • "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" by Mr. Bungle
  • "Aint Love Grand" by Atreyu (About suicide over love)
  • "Aleja nr 6, grób nr 4" by Nagły Atak Spawacza
  • "Alexander The Burn Victim" by Scarling.
  • "Alles aus Liebe" by Die Toten Hosen
  • "All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" by Senses Fail - the story behind this is actually cut up in 3 parts. This song being about the escalation of Jumping off a building "Falling down as windows pass I start to cry, And curse the day my parent laid." The following tracks "Negative Space" and "The Priest and The Matador" are about the falling sequence, and then hitting the ground and dying sequence.
  • "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • "Alone I Break" by KoRn
  • "Always" by Michael Kiske
  • "Amazed" by The Offspring - about the contemplation of suicide. "And if I make it, I'd be amazed just to find tomorrow/yeah one more day and I'd be amazed, just to see it waiting."
  • "Amazing Solution" by Mind Eraser
  • "L'amico suicida" by Biglietto per l'inferno
  • "A mourir pour mourir by Barbara Monique Serf
  • "Amsterdam" by Coldplay - deals with depression and suicide; rescued by a loved one at the end.
  • "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan - about suicide by drug overdose, according to McLachlan in an interview.
  • "Angel, Angel Down We Go Together" by Morrissey
  • "Angel Dust" (Russian: "Ангельская пыль") by Aria - suicide due to heroin addiction. Strong anti-drug theme.
  • "Annie" by Our Lady Peace
  • "Angilette" by Julian Lennon
  • "Anniversary" by Al Stewart
  • "Another Day" by Ray Wilson [1]
  • "Another Life" by Iron Maiden
  • "Another Suicide" by Hoods
  • "The Art of Suicide" by Emilie Autumn
  • "As I lie here bleeding" by Evergrey
  • "Asleep" by The Smiths
  • "Auf Wiedersehen" by Cheap Trick
  • "Augenblick" by Bushido
  • "Autodestruction" by Soul Suicide

[edit] B

  • "Des Baches Wiegenlied" by Franz Schubert - a stream sings a lullaby for a young man who has committed suicide and whose body lay at the bottom
  • "Backmask" by Mindless Self Indulgence
  • "Bad Timing" by The Lords of the New Church - about suicide using blade on the veins in the bathroom
  • "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan
  • "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithfull
  • "Be All, End All" by Anthrax
  • "The Beautiful Wound" by At the Gates
  • "Because of You" by Nickelback - About a friend who commits suicide "Now that you're bleeding you stare at the ceiling and watch as it all fades away..."
  • "Because of You" by Kelly Clarkson - whether Clarkson is singing about her ex-lover's suicide is unclear, but in the lyrics she sings "I watched you die, I heard you cry every night in your sleep..." Other people think Kelly is singing about her mom and the divorce between her parents.
  • "The Bed" by Lou Reed
  • "Bed of Razors" by Children of Bodom - about two loved ones who commit suicide together
  • "Best Western" by Bad Astronaut
  • "Before the Great Collapse" by Jedi Mind Tricks - a suicide letter
  • "Believe Me" by Moist - video depicts a suicide by drowning, shows the number for a suicide help line
  • "The Believer" by Rhett Miller -about Rhett Miller's attempted suicide and the suicide of singer/songwriter Elliott Smith
  • "Bell Jar" by The Bangles
  • "Better Off Dead" by Bad Religion
  • "Beyond the Gray Sky" by 311
  • "Beyond The Realms Of Death" by Judas Priest
  • "Big Exit" by PJ Harvey
  • "Big Eyed Fish" by Dave Matthews Band
  • "Billy" by Justin Hayward - subject of song kills himself after shooting at passers by.
  • "Billy and Sue" by B. J. Thomas
  • "Billy Davey's Daughter" by Stereophonics
  • "Bill McCai" by The Coral
  • "Bite the Bullet" by Machine Head
  • "The Birds Will Still Be Singing" by Elvis Costello
  • "Black and Blue" by Counting Crows - about how contemplating suicide might be worse than doing so, the guilt of the thought.
  • "Blasphemous Rumours" by Depeche Mode - the first verse refers to a girl who slashes her wrists because she's "bored with life," but survives the attempt, while the second is about a separate girl(although it could be the same girl two years later) being killed in a car accident after experiencing a religious revival. The theme of the song is more an allegation of God's sadism rather than centering around the suicide itself.
  • "Bleed" by Sentenced
  • "Bloody Kisses (A Death In The Family)" by Type O Negative
  • "Blue Monday" by New Order - it is unknown what the song is about, but some theories suggest the suicide of Joy Division's Ian Curtis. The remaining members of Joy Division formed New Order following Curtis's death. The band had agreed to not go on as Joy Division if one of the members were to leave, or die. Other theories say this song is about D-Day or a man who is mistreated by his lover.
  • "Blue Pastures" by James
  • "Blue Water Baboon Farm" by Dave Matthews Band
  • "Bob" by Primus - "I had a friend who took a belt/ took a belt and hung himself/ hung himself in the doorway of the apartment where he lived..."
  • "Bodily" by Ani DiFranco - "I knew you'd be the death of me", "I focus on the quiet now"
  • "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
  • "Bother" by Stone Sour
  • "Bottle Dreams" by Eyedea - about a young prodigy girl who is molested by her father, so she commits Suicide.
  • "Brain Matter Grey" by Strangled At Birth
  • "Breaking The Habit" by Linkin Park- "The song describes an ambiguous problem that has made an individual deeply distraught. He decides to solve the problem by "Breaking the Habit," in other words by committing suicide. Many fans believe that the problem described in the song is self-harm. The video for Breaking the Habit shows three specific hardships dealing with drug abuse, self-harm and a relationship with infidility/abusive spouse.
  • "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton
  • "Breathe No More" by Evanescence
  • "Breve invito a rinviare il suicido" by Franco Battiato
  • "Bring Dich Um" by Wizo
  • "Broderskapets Ring" by Dimmu Borgir
  • "A Broken Wing" by Martina McBride
  • "Bullet Bonsai" by Avess
  • "Bullet For The Pain" by Lovex
  • "Bullet Ride" by In Flames
  • "The Burning Red" by Machine Head - "...I've seen the light of suicide, and I'm dying..." This track is the culmination of The Burning Red a (speculated) concept album, seemingly about one's lifespan from birth to death.
  • "Buy Now, Pay Later" by The Whitlams - also known as "Charlie No. 2". Advises Charlie against suicide. See also "Charlie No. 1" and "Charlie No. 3"

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

  • "Fade To Black" by Metallica - inspired by how the band felt when all their equipment was stolen after a show
  • "Fading Away" by Restrained
  • "Faith In the Knife" by Scary Kids Scaring Kids
  • "Fallen Horses" by Smashmouth
  • "Falling" by Lacuna Coil, also re-recorded as "Falling Again" with a slight change in lyrics
  • "Falling Away from Me" by KoRn
  • "Falling Fast" by Testament
  • "Falling off the Edge of the World" by Black Sabbath
  • "Fall Line" by Jack Johnson
  • "Famous to me" by Her Space Holiday
  • "Farewell" by Sentenced
  • "Farewell my Hell" by Millencolin
  • "Far Behind" by Candlebox
  • "Farewell Letter" by Crematory
  • "The Favorite Color (Die liebe Farbe)" by Franz Schubert
  • "Favorite Mistake" by Octoberfall (song about suicide as a form of attention)
  • "Final Day" by Pennywise - written for bassist Jason Thirsk who had committed suicide
  • "The Final" by Dir en grey - contains the lines "suicide is the proof of life" and "Let's bloom the flowers of attempted suicide", albeit in Japanese.
  • "The Final Chapter" by Hypocrisy - deals with a victim of constant alien abductions who chooses to end his life rather than suffer the aliens torture
  • "The Final Cut" by Pink Floyd - aborted suicide with razor blade [3]
  • "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor
  • "First to Fly" by Driving East - "...I could be the first to fly, from seven stories into traffic where I'd die"
  • "Flood of Red" by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  • "Flush" by Mötley Crüe
  • "Fly Me Courageous" by Driving & Crying
  • "A Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
  • "For A Dancer" by Jackson Browne - written to his wife who had committed suicide in 1976
  • "Forever Not Yours" by A-ha
  • "Forgive Me" by Versus the World
  • "Forward to Death" by Dead Kennedys
  • "Four Dead Cheerleaders" by Dropkick (This song is by a band called Dropkick, not the Boston band Dropkick Murphys which it is commonly listed under)
  • "For Blue Skies" by Strays Don't Sleep - "You alone with those pills, what you couldn't do I will"
  • "Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide
  • "Freiflug" by Megaherz
  • "Friend of Mine" by Eve 6
  • "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" by The Cure
  • "Fuera de Mi" by La Ley - This song is in Spanish but it looks at suicide from the point of view of the spiriut leaving the body.

[edit] G

[edit] H

[edit] I

  • "I Guess I'll Never Know" by Clawfinger
  • "Insight" by Joy Division
  • "I Can Barely Breathe" by Just Surrender - "Stand on top of the rooftop wonderin'. Is it good, yeah it's good for jumpin'".
  • "I Dedicate My Beauty to the Stars" by Enslavement of Beauty
  • "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die" by Nirvana- the song was written as a joke because fans thought Kurt was suicidal.
  • "I Just Wanna Die" by The Geto Boys
  • "I'll Be That Girl" by Barenaked Ladies
  • "I'm Alright" by Twiztid - a suicide note.
  • "Ich geh jetzt" by Chakuza & D-Bo
  • "If it be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen
  • "Im letzten Augenblick" by Wohlstandskinder
  • "IMN" by Mudvayne
  • "In a Lonely Place" by Joy Division/New Order
  • "Infectious" by Lagwagon
  • "In Hell I Burn" by Deicide
  • "In Limbo" by Genesis
  • "In My Time of Need" by Opeth
  • "Independence Day" by Martina McBride - story of a woman who gets final revenge on her drunkard, abusive husband by burning down the family home, killing her husband and herself, and is sung from the point of view of the woman's daughter.
  • "Instant Death" by Beastie Boys
  • "Instead Laugh" by Onesidezero
  • "I'm so Tired" by Fugazi
  • "In Time" by Grey Daze
  • "Into The Ocean" by Blue October - uses water to represent suicide and the constant pain and sadness.
  • "Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee, written by Leiber and Stoller
  • "I Am Crushed" by The Vandals
  • "I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" by Elton John
  • "I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself" by Buddy Knox
  • "I Wanna Live" by The Ramones
  • "I Want To Die" by Mortal Love
  • "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
  • "I Wish I Would Die" by Fiction Plane
  • "I Wrote This Song" by Monica
  • "It All Dies Today" by Eyes of Fire - "I don't have the will now to carry this life." "I'm alone in this dream and I want to let go."
  • "It'll Be O.K." by Limp Bizkit
  • "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance - ends in the singer committing suicide by jumping ("I lost my fear of falling, I will be with you, I will be with you...")
  • "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" by The Rolling Stones
  • "It's Over" by Lisa Loeb - the mood seems to be about hopelessness with the addition of the lines "...a last good-bye, one way to float is if you die. And it's over, it's over, it's over..."
  • "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)" by Avenged Sevenfold - told from the POV of someone committing suicide
  • "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)" by Avenged Sevenfold - expresses the anger and sense of betrayal felt by the close friends of the person who committed suicide
  • "It's Been Awhile" by Staind
  • "I’ve Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)" by Fall Out Boy

[edit] J

  • "J'appuie sur la gachette" by NTM
  • "J'veux m'en aller" by Saez
  • "J'veux qu'on baise sur ma tombe" by Saez
  • "Janine" by Bushido - a girl commits suicide after being raped by her step-dad and becoming pregnant
  • "Javert's Suicide" from the musical Les Miserables - Inspector Javert, who sings the song, commits suicide at the end by jumping off a bridge into the River Seine.
  • "Jean is Dead" by the Descendents
  • "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam - The true story of the suicide of the 15 year-old Sophomore Jeremy Wade Delle
  • "Jesus (Of Nazareth)" by (hed) p.e. - lyrics include "I've been hearing these voices; They're telling me to take my own life"
  • "Jesus or a Gun" by Fuel
  • "Joe the Lion" by David Bowie
  • "Join Me In Death" by HIM
  • "Joining You" by Alanis Morissette - written as a plea to a suicidal friend
  • "Jonah" by Stuart Davis
  • "Jump" by Van Halen
  • "Jump" by The Faders
  • "Jump They Say" by David Bowie
  • "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind- goes over the story of a friends point of view when a friend commits suicide. First verse talks about the "boy", the second verse is about the hospital and all they do to save him "and he's gone to code... I never thought it would come to this". What throws the song off for people is the refrain/chorus is him telling his friend "step back from the ledge my friend".
  • "Jumpers" by Sleater-Kinney - about a girl jumping off the Golden State Bridge, expresses both the tragedy and the liberation.
  • "Jupp" by Jupiter Jones - German song about a man jumping from a building
  • "Just a Thought" by Gnarls Barkley
  • "Just another Suicide" by UFO
  • "Just like a Pill" by Pink - about a person taking a (possibly) accidental overdose of pills and crying out for help
  • "Just The Way I'm Feeling" by Feeder

[edit] K

  • "Katy und Sandy" by Rheinhard Mey (A German song. At the end the lyrics say "Und zusammen vom sechsten Parkhausdeck; fliegen die beiden weit weit weg", which translates "And together from the sixth level of the car park; they both fly far far away")
  • "Kein Ton" by Dritte Wahl
  • "Kein Zurück" by Farin Urlaub
  • "Kerosene" by Big Black- self-immolation from boredom. Sarcastic, skewed take on the lack of things to do in a small town.
  • "The Kick Inside" by Kate Bush
  • "Kill Yourself" by Stormtroopers of Death
  • "Kill Yourself (It's Hopeless)" by Clear Days Always
  • "Kill Yourself Now and Avoid The Rush" by TISM
  • "Killing Time" by (hed) p.e.
  • "Killing Yourself" by Alice in Chains
  • "King" by Marillion
  • "Kiri to Mayu" by Dir en grey - vocalist Kyo sings about swallowing a cyanide capsule he's hidden in his desk, and hanging himself.
  • "Kiss Off" by Violent Femmes
  • "Kody" by Matchbox Twenty
  • "Komm, Süsser Tod" ("Come, Sweet Death") by Arianne in End of Evangelion
  • "Kurt Kobain" by Proof - Proof is rapping a letter that he is writing before ending himself.
  • "Kurt" by Dan Bern

[edit] L

  • "La Ballade Of Lady & Bird" by Lady & Bird
  • "Lady in Green" by Mary Coughlan
  • "Laid to rest" by Lamb of God
  • "Land of the Unlucky" by Big Iron - KC punkish country band.
  • "Last Caress" by The Misfits - 'Sweet lovely death, I am waiting for your breath, come sweet death, one last caress'
  • "The Last Hour" by Elliott Smith
  • "The Last Kiss" by AFI - written about self harm, but suicide is never mentioned.
  • "Last Resort" by Papa Roach
  • "Last Steak With My Mom" by Mamma Boyz
  • "Last Words" by Ice Nine Kills
  • "Last Words" by Thousand Foot Krutch
  • "Late" by Ben Folds
  • "Lazarus" by Chimaira
  • "Leave" by R.E.M.
  • "The Ledge" by The Replacements
  • "Lebt wohl & danke sehr" by Die Toten Hosen
  • "Le Monde Entier" by Mano Solo
  • "Le monde est stone" by Fabienne Thibeault
  • "Let Go (The Last Chapter)" by Sentenced
  • "Let Me In" by R.E.M. - song about Kurt Cobain's suicide
  • "Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)" by Bright Eyes
  • "Letter of Fate" by Goldie
  • "Lewis (mistreated)" by Radiohead
  • "Liberty" by Sweetbox - song inspired by the suicide of a girl named Adriana
  • "Lifelover" by Phranc
  • "Lift Your Head Up High (and Blow Your Brains Out)" by Bloodhound Gang
  • "The Lines You Amend" by Sloan
  • "Like Angels On The Verge Of Suicide" by In Pieces
  • "Lo Fi" by The Paddingtons
  • "Local Boy In The Photograph" by The Stereophonics
  • "Low Man's Lyric" by Metallica
  • "Lisa" by 3rd Strike
  • "The Little Girl" by John Michael Montgomery - the "little girl" of the song's title lost her parents, both drug-addicted derelicts, in a murder-suicide. However, the song had a happy ending, as the girl was adopted by a loving family.
  • "Local Boy in the Photograph" by Stereophonics
  • "Lookout Mountain" by Drive-By Truckers
  • "Losing Battle" by Adolescents
  • "Lost" by drunk man's Burden
  • "Lost Graduation"; by Raphael
  • "The Lost Rivers Of London" (aka "London's Lost Rivers") by Coil in Unnatural History III - verge-of-suicide by drowning [4]
  • "Love Breeds Suicide" by Suicide Commando
  • "Love Doesn't Kill You" by Fastball
  • "Love Her" by Seether-talks about the suicide of a former prostitute who grows tired of her life, which apparently was not good to begin with
  • "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division - written by frontman Ian Curtis about the breakdown of his marriage, many later saw the song as his suicide note
  • "LoveLife" by Atmosphere
  • "Lullabies" by All Time Low

[edit] M

[5]

  • "Mourir d'aimer" by Charles Aznavour
  • "Much Like Falling" by Flyleaf
  • "Murder Song" by The Cooper Temple Clause - about the suicide of a friend of the band
  • "Mr. Self Destruct" by Nine Inch Nails - "I am the bullet in the gun, I am the truth from which you run"
  • "My Apocalypse" by Arch Enemy
  • "My Best Defense" by Single File
  • "My Direction" by Sum 41
  • "My Dream Girl Don't Exist"[6] by Neutral Milk Hotel - Various lyrics about the 'dream girl' in the title committing suicide "My dream girl don't exist/at the age of five she slit her wrists", "So one day she took a stroll to town/and walked in front of a Greyhound bound/for New York central state".
  • "My Last Breath" by Evanescence- A woman's last words to a loved one. The song never clarifies the cause of her death so it cannot be clearly intreperated as a suicide.
  • "My Last Goodbye" by Nailpin
  • "My Last Words" by Megadeth
  • "My Own Savior" by Iced Earth
  • "My Life in the Suicide Ranks" by Tears for Fears
  • "My Sweet Prince" by Placebo
  • "My Tourniquet" by Soul Embraced
  • "My Wall" by The Kelpies - Australian Punk Band
  • "My Way Out" by David Usher

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

  • "Padraic My Prince" by Bright Eyes
  • "Pale" by Within Temptation
  • "Pancakes for Padraig" by The Talcers about the demise of a man with a death wish
  • "Panic Attack" by The Paddingtons
  • "The Parade's Still Passing By" by Harry Chapin - about Phil Ochs' suicide
  • "Par la fenetre ouverte" by Marie Carmen
  • "The Pass" by Rush - about teenage suicide
  • "Pass The Gun Around" by Alice Cooper
  • "Passover" by Joy Division
  • "Patches" by Dickey Lee
  • "Phantasai, lieb´Phantasai" by Samsas Traum
  • "Photograph" by 12 Stones
  • "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
  • "Perfect" by Simple Plan
  • "Pineola" by Lucinda Williams
  • "Pink Cigarette" by Mr. Bungle
  • "Pink Spider" by hide: hide expresses his desire for freedom, escape, and his anger at the restraints of life in the song that shares his nickname, "The Pink Spider". The metaphor of 'flying into the sky on butterfly wings' implies the release from reality that suicide would bring. The song was released 11 days after hide's death on May 2, 1998.
  • "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Van der Graaf Generator
  • "Play Dead" by HIM
  • "Poison Oak" by Bright Eyes-The lyric "You said you weren't afraid to die" as well as "And I'm glad you got away" implies suicide.
  • "Pool Shark" by Sublime
  • "Poor Edward" by Tom Waits
  • "Potential Suicide" by Allister
  • "Potential Suicide" by The Wipers
  • "Pretty Suicide" by Eighteen Visions
  • "Pretty Suicide" by Space
  • "Poetic Tragedy" by the Used
  • "Porcelain" by Better Than Ezra
  • "Porcelain" by Thursday
  • "Progress" by Pedro the Lion
  • "Prove Yourself" by Radiohead - the lyric "Prove Yourself" addresses people who say they're ready to kill themselves.
  • "Pulling The String" by Mudvayne
  • "The Priest And The Matador" by Senses Fail

[edit] Q

  • "Quadrat im Kreis" by Wizo
  • "A Quitter" by Rasputina

[edit] R

[edit] S

[edit] T

  • "Take This Life" by In Flames-"I cut myself to sleep/I close my eyes for a second

And curse my fragile soul" "Take this life, I'm right here/Stay awhile and breathe me in"

[edit] U

  • "Über den Selbstmord" (a.k.a. "On Suicide") by Kurt Weill
  • "Unchain" by Lullacry
  • "Uncle Frank" - Drive-By Truckers
  • "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "Unloved" by The Blipp Bloppers (a.k.a KOiN)
  • "Underneath the Gun" by Limp Bizkit
  • "Understanding Amy" by Exeter punk band Annalise.
  • "Unrequited To The Nth Degree" by Loudon Wainwright III - "I might not wait around, I might kill myself. Not only would you miss me, but you'd feel guilty, too. Oh I'd be dead but it'd be too late the joke would be on you."
  • "Unsuspected" by Ginga
  • "Uptight" by Green Day
  • "Until The Day I Die" by Story of the Year
  • "Untitled" (also called Suicide Note & Die Tonight) by Armor for Sleep - The whole song is sung like a suicide note.
  • "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" by Simple Plan (Thought to be about suicide, but actually about a car accident.)
  • "Untitled" by The Wailin' Jennys "Show me you're so sad" "To the ones you left behind. . . Were they not worth your time? Never heard you say goodbye... You who couldn't see."

[edit] V

[edit] W

  • "Waltzing Matilda" by Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson
  • "Wait And Bleed" by Slipknot
  • "War on Drugs" by Barenaked Ladies
  • "Wave of Mutilation" by The Pixies - "Cease to exist, Given my good-byes, Drive my car into the ocean"
  • "The Way You Lived" by CKY
  • "Was vom Leben uebrig bleibt" ("What remains of Life") by Eisregen
  • "Weatherman" by +44
  • "We Belong With The Dead" by Inkubus Sukkubus
  • "We Both Go Down Together" by The Decemberists - "Meet me on my vast veranda/My sweet untouched Miranda/And while the seagulls are crying/We fall but our souls are flying" About two lovers jumping off a cliff together.
  • "Weihnachtsmann vom Dach" Die Roten Rosen
  • "What Have We Become" by Dc Talk - "With Christmas bells a-ringing, Little Rosie'd leave them grieving The gift she'd give her family, Would be the pills she'd take."
  • "What's This Life For" by Creed
  • "When I'm Dead" by Stabbing Westward
  • "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die" by Moby
  • "Where is Steve" by Carlos Derf
  • "While You're Waiting" by Alkaline Trio
  • "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley
  • "Who Knew" by P!nk - written about a friend who committed suicide by drug overdose
  • "Who'll Fall" (aka "Is Suicide A Solution?") by Coil in Stolen & Contaminated Songs - suicide of a friend by fall [8]
  • "Whole" by Flaw - dealing with mother's suicide
  • "Whoops, I OD'd" by NOFX
  • "Why Don't You Kill Yourself?" by The Only Ones
  • "Wonderful Life" by Gwen Stefani - Gwen speaks of her first boyfriend who committed suicide after their break-up. She explains that life is rough but its a wonderful life, you don't have to say goodbye.
  • "Without You" by Badfinger and covered by Harry Nilsson
  • "The World I Know" by Collective Soul - music video for the song shows a man contemplating suicide
  • "Worm" by Ministry
  • "The Worst" by Lagwagon

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  • "Zachem Ya" by t.A.T.u.
  • "Zaz Turned Blue" by Sparklehorse
  • "Zur Erinnerung" by Ferris MC (German Rapper)

[edit] Against suicide

  • "2 A.M." by Iron Maiden - "Life seems so pathetic I wish I could leave it all behind//This canvas chair, this bed, these walls that fall in on my mind//Hold on for something better"
  • "A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto-"You're sick and tired of living, you feel like you might give in, well don't. It's not your time."
  • "Blood (Empty Promises)" by Papa Roach
  • "Change" by Tears for Fears
  • "Childhood's End" by KISS
  • "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
  • "Don't Try Suicide" by Queen
  • "Easy Way Out" by Clawfinger (Introspection self perfection

Are you scared of your reflection Suicide is no solution Try to make your contribution Don't believe in resurrection You won't find the lost connection Life is only what you make it So decide if you can take it

There is no easy way out)

  • "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
  • "Fade to Black" by Metallica
  • "Fly to the Angels" by Slaughter - anti-suicide song, Mark wrote for an ex-girlfriend who committed suicide
  • "Forgiveness" by Patty Griffin - Discouraging someone from committing suicide
  • "Hey Stoopid" by Alice Cooper - teenage anti-suicide
  • The Pass by Rush - "Someone set a bad example/Made surrender seem all right/The act of a noble warrior/Who lost the will to fight//(pre-chorus:)//And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge/Staring down into a heartless sea/Done with life on a razors edge/Nothing's what you thought it would be//(chorus:)//All of us get lost in the darkness/Dreamers learn to steer by the stars/All of us do time in the gutter/Dreamers turn to look at the cars/Turn around and turn around and turn around/Turn around and walk the razor's edge//Don't turn your back//And slam the door on me
  • "Heaven Can Wait" by Iron Maiden
  • "Hold On" by Good Charlotte
  • "If I Am" by Nine Days ("So you're standing on a ledge, and it looks like you might fall so far down, or maybe you were thinking about jumping")
  • "I'm Alive" by Helloween
  • "In A Rut" by The Ruts ("...Don't tie that noose; it's just no use. Don't take that ride to suicide. You cut your wrists; you tried and missed. If you're in a rut, you've gotta get out of it...")
  • "Just Wait" by Blues Traveler
  • "Keep Passing The Open Windows" by Queen
  • "Más de cien mentiras" by Joaquin Sabina (ES-Wiki)
  • "Narrative of Soul Against Soul" by AFI
  • "Never too late" by Three Days Grace
  • "Nichts ist für immer da" by Böhse Onkelz
  • "The Outsider" by A Perfect Circle
  • "Pale" by Within Temptation (Talking about how time is precious and shouldn't be wasted through suicide)
  • "Save Your Generation" by Jawbreaker (If you could save yourself, you could save us all. Go on living, prove us wrong. Your leap of faith could be a well-timed smile.)
  • "Suicide Alley" by Shawn Colvin
  • "Hero" by Superchick (talking about how being a true hero on someone's behalf can prevent suicide)
  • "Waste" by Staind
  • "Hero" by Mariah Carey (singing about how if one will just take a moment to look within him/herself, than they will find that they are worthy to live)
  • "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" by Billy Joel
  • "No Giving In" by Crossfade
  • "Spring nicht (Don´t Jump)" by Tokio Hotel - Its against suicide, even in the end of the video, the singer jumps off a building.

[edit] Misinterpreted

Songs either misinterpreted as songs about suicide, or where a reference to suicide cannot be ruled out.

  • "Untitled" by Simple Plan. Actually about an automobile accident.
  • "A Tout le Monde" by Megadeth This song is not about suicide, it's about what the singer, Dave Mustaine, would say if he only had 3 minutes to live
  • "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die" by Nirvana. This song is a joke, as frontman Kurt Cobain explained many times. The title was meant with extreme sarcasm, as many people thought Kurt was suicidal, so he made a joke out of it.
  • "Goodbye Cruel World" by Pink Floyd in The Wall The protagonist of the album, 'Pink', does not kill himself, but rather insulates himself from society via a wall of his own paranoia and fantasy.[9]
  • "Seasons in the Sun" by Jacques Brel, English lyric by Rod McKuen (also recorded by him), recorded by the Kingston Trio and a pop hit by Terry Jacks. This song is actually about the slow and prolonged death (apparently from disease) of a man whose wife is having an affair with his best friend, and does not deal with suicide in any appreciable form. It is, however, a touching lament from the dying man to his family and friends.
  • "One" by Metallica (The song is about how a man who has been left limbless and dumb after stepping on a land-mine wants to die, but physically can't kill himself)
  • "King's Crossing" by Elliott Smith(This song describes a return to heroin use)
  • ".45" by Shinedown (Quote from Brent, their lead singer: "The inspiration from the song really came from – I think a lot of people kinda take a literal sense because of the lyrics – but the song is basically about the day that you wake up and you look at yourself in the mirror and you finally decide that you want to try to become comfortable in your own skin, and realize that you’re gonna have to make yourself happy before you’re going to make anyone else happy. And basically, the 45 isn’t an actual literal term for a gun, I used it as a metaphor for the world, the 45 is actually the world and what it hands you every day of your life. When you get up, it’s a gift to be alive to begin with. A lot of different people, when I’ve talked about it, they said, “Do you really honestly mean that?” And I’m like, “Well, yeah.” Because I’ve been in that situation where I didn’t know if I wanted to continue going on and I didn’t know how to necessarily make myself comfortable with who I was, trying to find a way of learning more about myself. And you come from a dark place sometimes, and that’s really the reality of the song. It’s about overcoming and about moving forward. And it’s basically about understanding that it’s not always going to be good, but you re
  • "Dress Rehearsal Rag" by Leonard Cohen (Various references in the song to razor blades and wrists have the (perhaps intentional) effect of leading the listener to think the songwriter is considering suicide. The song, in actuality, is based around the songwriter seeing the mess his life is in and the resolution he makes to fix it as symbolised by his having a well needed shave.)
  • "The Reflecting God" by Marilyn Manson (associated with suicide of Richard Kuntz by his father Raymond and US Sen. Joe Lieberman). The lyrics "My world is unaffected, there is an exit here, I say it is and it's true..." are easy to misinterpret as suicidal, but they are in fact metaphorical rather than literal - the song is about resolving your own problems by yourself. Hence Manson's belief "he is his own God".
  • "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt - the lyrics are about a man who sees a beautiful woman whom he calls an 'angel': he falls instantly in love, but has to 'face the truth' that she is unattainable. By the end of the song, he knows 'what to do'. The video shows the singer undressing on a clifftop and laying his personal valuables in a neat line, then, after the line 'I can never be with you' he jumps into the sea.
  • "Death Blooms" by Mudvayne - written about the main singers grandmother who died while in a hospital.
  • "Believe" by Yellowcard - about September 11 and a selfless rescuer "climbing higher through the fire just to bring me down alive" however sbove, this is said to be about suicide when it is more definitely about the true heroes who sifted through the rubble to find those buried below.
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