Unexpected Emotional Songs

[BlueStarryHat]

Landslide. After my Mom died I just always associated the words of this song with her. I was with her all day, every single day for six years while she fought colon cancer, and after she passed away I really didn't know what to do with myself. It's a song about letting go to me, and moving on. It resonates with me and always brings a tear.

 

[leebee]

I'm a crier with music. I cry at Little Mermaid ("Brave young women, sick of swimming, ready to staaaaaand!" In fact DD bought me a shirt with this embroidered on it last August when we were at POFQ), Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, etc. Part of it is that DD has danced all her life and was a pro for a few years until her arthritis got the better of her joints, so I cry for the memories, in tribute to her, for her lost/diminished dreams. Disney music pretty much does me in.

Some church music does me in, too. I was raised Episcopal/Congregationalist as my dad was a big believer (which I no longer am). Hymns were my lullabies, the songs we sang on car trips, the songs we shared in choir. He's been gone since I was almost 14 (so 52 years now) but there are certain hymns that bring me to tears- and of course all the Christmas music.

Also Clapton's "Tears in Heaven." I can't help thinking about that little child- always hope he wasn't scared, that he thought he was flying...

 

[slo]

I’m going to add another one……

When DD24 was little she loved Tarzan (she was 3 or 4) and the song You’ll Be In My Heart unexpectedly made me very emotional and from then on and forward it was our mommy/daughter song. I would sing this to her all the time and as she became older I would send her this link to remind her I loved her, especially if she was having a difficult day.

This song has a new set of emotions attached to it now that DD24 decided on a life path that doesn’t involve us. I’m keeping the faith that one day she decides to come back to us so we can be with her and our 2 grandchildren. Then I can sing this song to them.

 

[DeeBee3]

Tarzan is definitely guilty of many songs that make me cry! I cry at a lot of songs - almost any country song. Drive by Alan Jackson. Reminds me of my childhood and doing exactly what he describes in the song.

 

[lanejudy]

The one that really gets me is "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten. I can't hear it without thinking of my dad. The nursing home where he lived did a video to that song with each of the residents holding signs "I fought for..." whatever their life had been before Alzheimer's/dementia took it all away.

 

[bjscheel]

Maybe not "unexpected" because the song is meant to be this way, but Remember When by Alan Jackson is the one that caught me this month. DD21 (the youngest) just finished college this summer and is likely moving 4 hours away in the next month or two. I'm okay but DH is having a harder time.

"Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when"

 

[disney4us2002]

My tear-up song is "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins

Keeping to the spirit of this song is how I try to live my life - even before I ever heard it. I'm just one of those people who was born nostalgic.

I should've known we'd love the same song, lol.

I admit I'm an easy crier though.

So many here (and irl) absolutely hate The Christmas Shoes song but it always makes me cry.

 

[leebee]

I’m going to add another one……

When DD24 was little she loved Tarzan (she was 3 or 4) and the song You’ll Be In My Heart unexpectedly made me very emotional and from then on and forward it was our mommy/daughter song. I would sing this to her all the time and as she became older I would send her this link to remind her I loved her, especially if she was having a difficult day.

This song has a new set of emotions attached to it now that DD24 decided on a life path that doesn’t involve us. I’m keeping the faith that one day she decides to come back to us so we can be with her and our 2 grandchildren. Then I can sing this song to them.

Oh Slo, this is a big one for me, too. How did I forget about Tarzan? "You'll Be In My Heart" had just come out when my sister's MIL suddenly passed away. There's a whole backstory, but we were as close to my BIL's parents as we are to my own mom- maybe even closer. On the whole long drive from Maine back to PA after the funeral, I kept hearing this song and remembering Joyce and trying not to cry (crying's not a good plan when driving through Hartford, CT). Of course it's a big song between me and DD29 (today is her bday ). Then there's "Two Worlds, One Family." We used to sing it as "Two girls, one family" as DD and I always went to Disney with my sister, her daughter, and sometimes SIL. THEN in 2001 my sister adopted her daughter from China, and it truly became "Two worlds, one family" in our family. I'm getting all teary eyed just thinking about it! (and I'm really sorry to hear about your daughter's life path not including you... but keep the faith, I know you'll keep loving her, and maybe someday the fences will be mended. )

 

[holden]

"So Big/So Small" from Dear Evan Hansen gets me every time, as does most of the show. I pretty much cried through most of it.

 

[slo]

Thank you to everyone for sharing your stories. I’m hitting the for everyone regardless if you have a happy emotional connection or a sad emotional connection to a song - I love that you’re sharing it with us.
I wish we had a option because I would be selecting that one if it was available.

It really is incredible how music can bring out emotions in us - it’s one thing we all have in common

 

[slo]

I'm really sorry to hear about your daughter's life path not including you... but keep the faith, I know you'll keep loving her, and maybe someday the fences will be mended. )

Thank you leebee - I sincerely appreciate your kind words

 

[Dan Murphy]

I’m going to add another one……

When DD24 was little she loved Tarzan (she was 3 or 4) and the song You’ll Be In My Heart unexpectedly made me very emotional and from then on and forward it was our mommy/daughter song. I would sing this to her all the time and as she became older I would send her this link to remind her I loved her, especially if she was having a difficult day.

This song has a new set of emotions attached to it now that DD24 decided on a life path that doesn’t involve us. I’m keeping the faith that one day she decides to come back to us so we can be with her and our 2 grandchildren. Then I can sing this song to them.

Having met your now DD24, Stephanie, when she was that cute, little 3 or 4 years old, Sandy, I do hope for you, hubby, Katie and her that some day she comes to her senses and returns to the fold, your family. s

 

[Dan Murphy]

Not necessarily a religious person, but I attended church for a while with my family because my husband was curious and close friends of ours attended. "Oceans" by Hillsong United gets me every time. I walked down the aisle to the lullaby(instrumental) version. I cannot listen to this song with out getting emotional

I really like this one also, especially in a church setting.

 

[slo]

Having met your now DD24, Stephanie, when she was that cute, little 3 or 4 years old, Sandy, I do hope for you, hubby, Katie and her that some day she comes to her senses and returns to the fold, your family. s

Thank you for this Dan - I hope and pray for this every day

 

[Dan Murphy]

It does not take much to get me misty eyed. If I was the Tinman from Wizard of Oz, I would be severely rusty at this point in my life.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Played this song from an Mp3 player back then, when Marie turned 65. Her birthday falls during the week that we have an annual, VERY large, multi-family vacation in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin that we have been doing for over 40 years. There are about 45 people, four generations now. Watching Marie then, and thinking of our many years together then (10 fewer than now) and watching all the others at dinner that night, watching Marie, did getting me a little misty eyed. Listening to it now sometimes still does the same, as I think back to that night.

 

[frog3101]

Right now it takes little to nothing to make me weepy. I am a hot mess and songs/music have the ability to turn me into a puddle in less than 5 seconds. Here are a few that I can think of...

How Great Thou Art-Was my grandmas fave. and I have her old music box that plays it. I about lose it every time I hear it, no matter who is singing or playing it or where I might be.

Cheater Cheater (Rory+Tory)- My soon to be former husband cheated on me and gaslit me so bad for so long that I am still trying to figure out what is up and what is down. This song just makes me want to sing it at the top of my lungs each time I hear it because I am so hurt and filled with embarrassment and shame and rage.

Just'Fishin' (Trace Atkins)-I know it's about a man and his daughter fishing, but the words hit me hard. Just the sentiment that the "little things" are the big things and time is fleeting.

Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx) Takes me back to high school and the feelings I carried for a boy for a long time. He moved away and he never was really "mine", but we were friends and I held out hope for a long time that one day we'd would end up together.

There are several more, those are just the ones that come to mind right now.

@slo I don't know you, but I am very sorry to hear that things with your daughter are in a dark time. Hoping time will be able to bring you and her together.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Ghost Story - Sting
I Remember You - Diana Krall
I Get Along Without You Very Well - Diana Krall
I have a few others but they are all about the same - doesn’t take much

 

[texaslover]

2 a.m. by Anna Nalick. I cried the first time I heard it bc the chorus hit me hard. Life goes so fast, my baby is 24 Like many others I also cry at about 1000 other songs so there are way too many to list.

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe, just breathe
Oh, breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
'Cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around

 

[goofy4prez]

This song is a Christian Contemporary song that when I first heard it in my late 20's hit me so hard and helped me to overcome my childhood hurts from a father who was always to busy with work and divorced my mother and completely abandoned my brothers and me when I was 7, and then being raised by an abusive and alcoholic stepfather (who is now changed and a wonderful person). Sorry to be preachy and a bit sappy, but it definitely was an emotional song for me and also had the opportunity to tell this story to David Meece (singer) in person years later at a concert of his locally.