Songs about suicide
Suicidal thoughts, direct suicide or songs linked to the author's suicide.
No songs about despair, depression, melancholy, taedium vitae or any other emotion that may be associated with suicide without being the direct cause of it.
No songs that may be interpreted in other ways.
No songs about someone else's suicide.
If this topic disturbs you, please, check other collections (there are nice ones out there, don't worry).
Totally open to suggestions.
Famously known as the "Suicide Song", it was linked to many suicides in Hungary, included the composer's.
Suicidal thoughts and alcoholism are the main topics.
Kind of subtle, but it reflects the suicidal thoughts of Chester, along with his emotion of despair, confusion and emptiness.
Suggested by katten.
Suggested by katten.
Suggested by AK.ThePunisher.
Suggested by Dancer_on_the_Glass.
A person commits suicide to demonstrate their love.
Suggested by SaintMark.
The genre played by Nirvana (and Linkin Park, above) is prolific for songs with similar topics. Here the suicide topic is a bit subtle. Nevertheless, the song is the last one ever recorded by Nirvana before Kurt's suicide and reflects his pain (to which he surrenders), not only through the lyrics, but also through his singing.
Suggested by SaintMark.
The topic of suicide here is slightly different. I don't want to include songs about someone else's suicide in this collection, however, this is a poetic prayer about suicidal people. Not only about them: the song is full of hope for a world in which people wouldn't feel like committing suicide anymore and for this reason, I feel like it deserves a place here.
Suggested by Hampsicora.
A man throws himself into a well after having learnt about his beloved's death.
The singer has nothing left and feels like suicide is the only thing they can do. Feelings of low self-esteem and despair.
Suggested by Zarina01.
Suggested by Zarina01.
In times of despair, the singer seeks for help, but he doesn't want to hurt his loved ones. The suicide (possibly by drowning) is caused by this inability for the others to help him, he feels isolated and, thus, he isolates himself even more.
Talks about a man committing suicide by hanging himself. The song is also connected to the author's suicide: this was his last song.
Suggested by Diazepan Medina.
Suggested by Minčenka Michaś.
Suggested by Minčenka Michaś.
Suggested by magicmulder.
Homage to the poet Alfonsina Storni who committed suicide by drowning.
Suggested by Hampsicora.
Suggested by Janet001.
Suggested by florquinn.
Suggested by Zarina01.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Suggested by Stefano8.
A swordfish gets fished and her mate follows her towards the shore to die together with her.
Suggested by Stefano8.
Языки: Сицилийский → Итальянский
Suggested by Sciera.
Suggested by Sciera.
Suggested by Sciera.
Suggested by Sciera.
Suggested by Andreven.
Suggested by Andreven.
I don't like when the lyrics aren't sung in first person and instead talk about someone else's suicide, but the point of view here is different and underlines how people know so little about each other, often being upset and shocked after discovering about the suicide of the most normal person.
Suggested by maluca.
Same as above, but with something more: here the characters are a poor man and a rich man, but the one who's seriously suffering is the latter, while the poor one wishes to be rich in order to be happy. A confirmation of the classic "money don't buy happiness".
Suggested by maluca.
Suggested by maluca.
Suggested by Sailor PokeMoon2.
Suggested by maluca.
Suggested by Jethro Paris.
Suggested by Jethro Paris.
Suggested by Jethro Paris.
Suggested by stary night.
Suggested by Jethro Paris.
Suggested by ahmad aziz.
Suggested by Zarya Moonwolf.
Suggested by Zarya Moonwolf.
Suggested by Miley_Lovato.
Suggested by Zarya Moonwolf. Continuation of "BATH ROOM" (song no. 56).
Suggested by Alma Barroca.
Suggested by Maluca.
Suggested by Zarya Moonwolf.
Suggested by Connor Langille.
Suggested by Connor Langille.
Suggested by Zarina01
Suggested by Sailor PokeMoon2
Suggested by Connor Langille.
Dancer_on_the_Glass
пт, 02/03/2018 - 23:17
Dancer_on_the_Glass
пт, 02/03/2018 - 23:18
Dancer_on_the_Glass
пт, 02/03/2018 - 23:29
Dancer_on_the_Glass
пт, 02/03/2018 - 23:38
Dancer_on_the_Glass
пт, 02/03/2018 - 23:46
SaintMark
сб, 03/03/2018 - 06:21
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Die-Toten-Hosen-Alles-aus-Liebe-lyrics.html
pretty much every song from nirvana. like this one:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Nirvana-You-Know-Youre-Right-lyrics.html
Sailor PokeMoon2
сб, 01/12/2018 - 06:27
I wouldn't say EVERY song from Nirvana (even though the band's name means "heaven").
Diazepan Medina
сб, 03/03/2018 - 22:46
https://lyricstranslate.com/es/vainica-doble-el-tigre-del-guadarrama-lyr...
It's about a suicide attempt
Hampsicora
вс, 04/03/2018 - 10:49
https://lyricstranslate.com/it/Fabrizio-De-Andre-Preghiera-Gennaio-lyric...
It's a classic, cannot fail.
Geheiligt 
Zarina01
вс, 04/03/2018 - 16:15
Diazepan Medina
пт, 09/03/2018 - 00:28
Hangman looks round as he waits,
Cord stretches tight then it breaks,
Someday we will die in your dreams,
How I wish we were here with you now
https://lyricstranslate.com/es/joy-division-lonely-place-lyrics.html
The last song Ian Curtis recorded.
Minčenka Michaś 
magicmulder
пт, 09/03/2018 - 08:39
Radiohead - "No Surprises"
Hampsicora
пт, 09/03/2018 - 16:56
Janet001
пт, 09/03/2018 - 17:21
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/lady-and-bird-suicide-painless-lyrics.html
Suicide Is Painless, the theme from M.A.S.H.
Sailor PokeMoon2
сб, 01/12/2018 - 06:23
That was also a one hit wonder as well but I personally prefer this song WITHOUT the words :) but that's just me
Zarina01
сб, 10/03/2018 - 21:08
maluca
сб, 17/03/2018 - 03:08
Sciera
сб, 24/03/2018 - 19:21
Here:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dornenreich-das-licht-vertraut-der-nacht-... (see translation)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/badtime-story-lyrics.html (those might be the most depressive lyrics I ever read)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/sicktanick-god-dead-suicide-lyrics.html (on a less serious note)
And arguably also:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dissection-maha-kali-lyrics.html
(the author actually killed himself after publishing the album of which this is the last song).
Sailor PokeMoon2
сб, 01/12/2018 - 06:25
I can't remember who preformed this one but if my memory is correct it is about suicide. The song is called If I Die Young
Sailor PokeMoon2
пн, 03/12/2018 - 04:52
I have an interesting song for you (well it sounds different than many of the songs already in your collection). The song is called Inside the Fire by Disturbed
And at first I wasn't sure if this song fit this collection, until I looked it up on Wiki and it seems like it fits. Here is the link to the wiki information: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Fire_(song)
The song features suicidal themes, and, in May 2008, a music video was unveiled for the song. However, due to the involvement of suicidal themes in the uncensored music video, an edited version of the song and music video was released, in which these themes are absent.
According to vocalist David Draiman, the song is "a real racy song... about me standing over the body of my girlfriend, who just killed herself, and the Devil is standing over me, whispering in my ear to kill myself."
Commenting further for The Pulse of Radio, Draiman stated, "it is based on a true story of my own where, when I was about 16 or so, I had a girlfriend of mine commit suicide," he said. "It was an unbelievably horrific and painful experience, and it was cathartic to make the song, and it really took me having a certain mindset to do it, and I had to wait 'til I was ready."
Music video
A music video for "Inside the Fire" premiered on May 2, 2008. A suicide hotline phone number appears before the video, due to its nature and content, along with a message from vocalist David Draiman regarding suicide. An "all-performance" version of the video premiered later, featuring no dark themes or messages.
The video begins with a girl (assumed to be Draiman's girlfriend) hanging herself in her apartment. Draiman arrives at the apartment, only to find her dead. He cuts her down and places her body on a couch, taking in what has happened. He then cleans her in a bathtub. He goes back out to the room in which she hanged herself, and looks out of the door, making sure no one is there. Mentally stricken, he takes a gun placed on the wall and aims the barrel into his own mouth and starts screaming. The camera then fades out and back in, showing Draiman restrained in a straitjacket, showing that he could not bring himself to commit suicide. The edited version of the music video, which does not feature any suicidal themes whatsoever, simply depicts Disturbed playing the song in a dark room, with the band members occasionally covered in blood.
maluca
вс, 16/12/2018 - 02:31
Jethro Paris
пт, 25/01/2019 - 13:22
Orelsan - La Peur de L'echec. In this song, Orelsan talks about all his fears in life, the fear of being useless, and concludes by explaining how he wants to kill himself in many different ways.
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Orelsan - Suicide Social
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Craig Grey - Fade Away
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Eminem - Stan
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Eminem - Beautiful This one is a bit particular: The first two verses were written when Eminem was in a period of drug addiction following the death of his best friend Proof. And it was a period when he had suicidal tendencies (he escaped death from an overdose twice). When Eminem successfully completed his cure, out of drugs, he decided to delete all his music made while he was on drugs, except this one. He wanted to use this music as something positive, keeping the first two verses, and adding the third as a boost, something positive to help everyone who was in a deep depression and ready to end it. So it's free to you to consider it as a suicide song or not :P
Fa Ri Da
чт, 14/02/2019 - 22:27
Jethro Paris
пт, 29/03/2019 - 12:55
Connor Langille
сб, 29/02/2020 - 16:07
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/without-trace-without-trace.html-0
It's a homage to a fan that committed suicide and how the singer feels he couldn't or didn't do enough to help her
Connor Langille
вс, 03/05/2020 - 23:16
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/bath-room-bath-room.html
This song is about seems to be about suicide to. With lyrics like.
I was frozen in place, even when the voice in the background
spat out observations But it doesn’t matter anymore
because your face, right before my eyes, looks so forlorn
I guess there’s nothing we can do but hate our own mortality
On the white wall [behind you] you’re surrounded, almost tenderly, by such a deep scarlet color
Your cheek is still slightly warm when I touch it and I can see the hint of a smile [on your face]
My large tears fall onto you; I just feel so helpless
I [gently] close your eyes; your warmth is already starting to disappear but I’m still here by your side
Miley_Lovato
пн, 04/05/2020 - 07:50
Connor Langille
ср, 06/05/2020 - 01:26
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dripping-insanity-dripping-insanity.html
This song is a continuation of the other song I recommended "BATH ROOM"
citlālicue
чт, 07/05/2020 - 03:01
Does this count? https://lyricstranslate.com/en/YOLANDA-DEL-RIO-Hija-de-nadie-lyrics.html
Two lovers (later find out they're brother and sister) commit suicide together as a result of being unable to accept that despite being blood related, they fell in love.
citlālicue
чт, 07/05/2020 - 03:17
Oohh, dark~
I know there's a few more in a playlist I made a long while back, I don't think they're on this list so if I find them I'll list them.
Connor Langille
чт, 07/05/2020 - 03:15
Question.
Do you read the lyrics to make sure they fit or do you just take our word for it.
The lyrics for The Gazette's songs can be rather meaningful sometimes.
Anerneq
чт, 07/05/2020 - 03:23
Usually I do. Sometimes, though, it might take a little more time to analyse the lyrics, so I just take your word, because I can't stay all day trying to figure out if I want to add it or not.
Oh, is it? I'll take a listen to other songs from them then. Cheers.
Connor Langille
чт, 07/05/2020 - 03:29
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/calm-envy-calm-envy.html-1#songtranslation (This is about a break up or someone in a relationship deceiving the other)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dlm-dln.html (This is song from the perspective of a girl born with an illness slowly making her lose her sight until she is blind)
Most of the meaningful lyrics I've mentioned are from there songs in mostly Japanese. A lot of the songs that mix English in with Japanese can have seemingly non nonsensical lyrics. But the lyrics in the 3 of their songs in this collection are sad/beautiful
Connor Langille
чт, 07/05/2020 - 18:53
I wasn't giving those songs as examples. I gave them as suggestions since you said you might check out more of there songs
Connor Langille
чт, 07/05/2020 - 03:31
And since I left some of the lyrics when suggesting Bath Room you've likely figured out what those ones meant.
Dripping Insanity is song from the perspective of the person who found the body.
Connor Langille
пт, 12/06/2020 - 01:41
Depending on how you interrupt the lyrics this song could be about suicide sorta or stopping one
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/vistlip-bake-lyrics.html
Here are some translations I found
If you just jumped in wanting to be hurt, then you never needed police from the start
"This isn't a dream" don't be surprised if your knees unconsciously weaken
If you close your eyes and count,
You'll learn just how common it is for people to turn and desert others
If you give the lonely girl a determined embrace, there won't be any tears
'Please do something with these feelings, hey please do something !'
I said as I got closer
Jethro Paris
вс, 18/10/2020 - 17:41
Bury a Friend by Billie Eilish is more about sleep paralysis than suicide ^^
Jethro Paris
вс, 18/10/2020 - 18:02
Yes she did, well mostly about the album as a whole :P She explained that each piece of music on her album could be identified with different stages of sleep. When fans hypothesized that this music represented the sleep paralysis Billie had already experienced, she kinda validated this theory, as Billie had already confirmed that the music was sung from the perspective of the "monster under her bed", showing a confusing relationship with them ;)
Don Juan
вс, 18/10/2020 - 18:07
Most songs by Lana del Rey would fit...
Maybe the 'I wish I were dead already' is a reference to it?
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Lana-Del-Rey-Dark-Paradise-lyrics.html
maluca
сб, 24/10/2020 - 23:36
Connor Langille
пн, 15/02/2021 - 17:18
https://lyricstranslate.com/ja/surgeoutofdesperation-kagerou-lyrics.html This song is written as a tribute to Daisuke Ochida who committed suicide on July 15, 2010
Connor Langille
вт, 07/02/2023 - 15:22
Connor Langille
пт, 12/05/2023 - 15:29
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jynx-levitate-lyrics.html
I think this song is about suicide based on the cover art for starters but also the following lyrics
"But I would die for them
So please don't blame yourself
For my demise again"
"I may not be able to fly
But I can levitate
It's ripping me to nothing
To nothing"
"And even though I said I'd try
While all these bitches fuckin' lie
At the end of the day it don't matter we're all gonna die"
"Look in the eyes of the person that's hurtin'
The feeling the motive the answer uncertain
There's no going back now
So guess what
Don't turn around and act like you give a fuck
I should have never trusted my self
I hope that they never know until it's done
So you can finally see what has been wrong with me
But it's too late I'm already in the eternal dream"
Zarina01
вс, 28/05/2023 - 04:37
Zarina01
ср, 31/05/2023 - 01:27
Sailor PokeMoon2
ср, 31/05/2023 - 01:44
Never Too Late Three Days Grace
How to save a life from the Fray (this song by The Fray is all about describing what you should ideally do to stop someone from committing suicide. Or maybe you shouldn't add it since it isn't quite what you had wanted to find?)
Numb by Linkin Park
Everybody Hurts R.E.M. · 1992
Lullaby Nickelback · 2011
Don't Try Suicide Queen · 1980
Move Along The All-American Rejects · 2005
The Last Night Skillet · 2006
Hurt Nine Inch Nails · 1994 (but if want to REALLY feel the feelings and pain listen to Johnny Cash's version)
While the Johnny Cash version deals with self-reflection and regret, the Nine Inch Nails version is much more bitter and cynical. In the context of its album, it basically reads as the protagonist's suicide note.
Connor Langille
пт, 01/12/2023 - 23:57
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mask-tamerai-jisatsu-shingou-lyrics.html
The title of this song roughly translates to "Hesitant Suicide Signal" and here are some lyrics that jump out to make the meaning more clear.
ためらい 一回目 日曜日 (My first time hesitating was a Sunday)
パパとママに捨てられました (Abandoned my both my mom and dad)
青い空が帰った後 (After the blue sky faded)
暗闇に怯えていた 五歳 (I, at five, trembled in the darkness)
ゆらりゆらりお月様が泳ぐ泳ぐ黒い空に (Swaying, swaying the moon swims, swims in the black sky)
ボクもボクも連れて行って (please take me there too)
此処にいても独りだから橋の上 足が竦みました (Because even here alone on this bridge, my feet are trembling)
ためらい 二回目の木曜日 (my second time hesitating was a Thursday)
別れを告げられ 気がつけば駅のホーム 黄色い ライン (I at 20, found myself standing on a station platform)
越えられずに立ちつくす 二十歳 (Unable to cross the yellow line)
赤く振り切った感情 (My red hot emotions swung fiercely)
でもね 何も出来ない小心者 (But I'm just a little boy who can't do anything)
泣いて 声あげて 泣いても (Even though I loudly shout and cry)
誰も僕なんて 見ていない (No one really looks at me)
同情して欲しかっノ？ (Waiting for sympathy aren't I?)
死ぬコトも出来ない弱すぎる僕 (I'm too weak to even die)
赤く染まった死と青く光る少しの希望 (My red stained death, and that small glowing blue hope)
ためらいのてんびんにのせ (When you're balanced on the scale of hesitation)
いつも いつも 楽な方へ (Always head toward the easy way)
どうせ 今僕が死んだって泣いて くれる 人なんていないよね (But even if I were to die right now, there wouldn't be anyone crying for me, right?)
生きる意味を教えてよ (Tell me the meaning to life)
誰か生きる意味を教えてよ (Someone please tell me, the meaning of living)
ためらい 三回目 金曜日 (My third time hesitating was a Friday)
妻と娘に捨てられました (Abandoned by both my wife and daughter)
六畳一間にかけたロープ (A rope hung in my tatami mat room)
僕はまだ ためらいます (Yet still, I hesitate)
泣きながら (All while crying)
Connor Langille
вт, 05/03/2024 - 03:02
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/akamaru-moix-lyrics.html
The lyrics for you to judge
心から奇妙な手を感じる (I feel a strange hand from deep within,)
自分ではない感じ近づいてくるとひき離せる (A presence not my own, drawing close, then slipping away)
聞こえる頭の中で聞こえる (Echoes in my mind, I hear them shout,)
おい！見てろ！ ("Hey, watch out!)
この因縁本当生きたいの？ (Do you truly crave this cycle of existence?)
なぜ？どうせも死ぬと腐るから飛び降って (Why bother? In the end, we all decay, so why not leap?")
魂が焦げる寒い眠る夜で自分に嘘言う生き続けるために (In cold, sleepless nights, my soul feels scorched, lying to myself just to keep going,)
怖い一人夢で静かに罪悪感もみ消す (Silently extinguishing guilt in the solitude of fearful dreams)
この不可逆行為の誘惑叫ぶ (The temptation of irreversible deeds screams out)
この呪わ魅力近い痛み (This cursed allure, a pain too close)
おい！見てろ！ ("Hey, watch out!)
まだ痛く生きたいの？ (Do you still yearn to live through the pain?)
野郎！おまえが皆に重要だんと思うったか (Fool! Did you think you mattered to everyone?")
何か不足で消える (Something's missing, then fades away)
この無限の旋風で単一の質問 (Within this endless whirlwind, a single question lingers)
本当の俺はどこ？ ("Where is the real me?")
魂が焦げる寒い眠る夜で自分に嘘言う生き続けるために (In cold, sleepless nights, my soul feels scorched, lying to myself just to keep going,)
怖い一人夢で静かに罪悪感もみ消す (Silently extinguishing guilt in the solitude of fearful dreams)
飛び降りて銃撃て飲み下せ！ (Take the leap, fire the gun, swallow it down!)
諦めよう！(Let's give up)
I AM RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOUR PAIN
YOUR NIHILISM WILL FADE OUR BEING
YOU ARE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOUR FATE
WE'LL BE OURS WHEN OUR FALL WILL ACHIEVE
WE'LL FORGET OURSELVES IN THIS PRISON
WE WILL BREAK IN A PURE FORM OF BLOOD
Ost+Front - Suizid