Yami songs in Western music: recommended masterpieces and popular tracks
Music can lift your mood, but it can also bring it down.
While many of us would prefer to listen to songs that lift our spirits, some might occasionally want to dive into darker, more melancholic tracks.
For those listeners, we’ve selected a range of depressive-themed songs in Western music.
From subtly somber tunes to seriously heavy tracks that evoke a sense of despair, we’ve curated a wide variety.
Why not explore and find the songs that resonate with how you’re feeling?
Please sit back, relax, and enjoy.
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Dark-themed Western songs: recommended masterpieces and popular tracks (31–40)
Alone I BreakKorn
An achingly lyrical ballad woven by the American nu-metal band Korn.
It stands apart from their usual aggressive sound, highlighting vocalist Jonathan Davis’s delicate, clean voice as it quietly portrays the loneliness and anguish sinking to the depths of the heart.
The anguished cry of “falling apart alone” seems to reflect a soul collapsing from within, burdened by despair that no one can understand.
When you feel crushed by inescapable loneliness and listen to this song, you may sense it simply staying beside your pain.
It’s a tear-inducing track that gently loosens a taut heart.
Down in a HoleAlice In Chains
A track that sings about all the anxieties inherent in relationships.
It’s a power ballad released in 1993 by the American rock band Alice in Chains, which reached No.
10 on the U.
S.
charts.
It has been covered by artists such as In Flames and Ryan Adams.
Something In The WayNirvana
A track released in 1991 by the American rock band Nirvana.
It was written by frontman Kurt Cobain when he was kicked out of his home and living homeless under a bridge.
The track has been used in films such as Jarhead and Twice Born.
SleepwalkingBring Me The Horizon
A track released in 2013 by Bring Me The Horizon, a British rock band active since 2004.
Characterized by a melodic and mellow sound, the track became a hit in the United States and other countries, reaching No.
3 on the UK charts.
Car Radiotwenty one pilots
A track released in 2011 by the American music duo Twenty One Pilots.
It was inspired by vocalist Tyler Joseph’s experiences during his college years.
The music video, featuring Tyler shaving his hair in a bathroom out of anger, was directed by Mark C.
Eshleman.
Foreign (Western) depressing songs: Recommended masterpieces and popular tracks (41–50)
HelloEvanescence
A track that sings about death from a child’s perspective.
It was inspired by vocalist Amy Lee’s experience of her sister’s death when she was six years old.
The track is included on the album Fallen, released by Evanescence in 2003.
Breaking DownFlorence & The Machine
A track that sings about mental fragility and loneliness.
It’s included on the album Ceremonials, released in 2011 by Florence and the Machine.
The track was inspired by lead vocalist Florence Welch’s breakup with her boyfriend.