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 and Lists of songs
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Main theme
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- "1-800-Suicide" by Gravediggaz
- "10 Years Today" by Bullet for My Valentine (Friend's suicide — "How could you leave us that way" is the lyrics used )
- "1000 Years Away" by Andi Deris
- "25 Cromwell Street" by Apoptygma Berzerk
- "45" by Shinedown
- "4 Walls" by Staind
- "4 Dead Cheerleaders" by Dropkick Murphys (considers the reasons for the deaths to be foolish)
- "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.)
- "6 Meter 90" by Blumentopf
- "6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps
- "99 Ways to Die" by Megadeth
- "57 Ways To End It All" by The Raincoats
A
- "A Day In The Life Of A Tree" by The Beach Boys
- "A Hanging" by The Swans
- "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Van der Graaf Generator
- "A Day Without Me" by U2 - about the suicide of a friend of the band.
- "A Man Exits" by Hopesfall
- "A Man/Me/Then Jim" by Rilo Kiley
- "A Minor Incident" by Badly Drawn Boy - It's a suicide note for the the sound track of the film About a Boy (film) "I'd be a better person, On the other side I'm sure"
- "A Message for Adrienne" by Underoath - Tells of a guy who loves a girl, but doesn't tell her and ends up killing himself because he thinks she doesn't love him back, but she does, and kills herself because of his suicide.
- "A Most Peculiar Man" by Simon and Garfunkel
- "Another Suicide" by Hoods
- "A Quitter" by Rasputina
- "A Suicide for Christmas" by Gomer Hendrix
- "A Time Of Bliss" by Shite — one-hour long track "ranting" of issues, most of which reflect on suicide
- "Abschiedsbrief" ("Farewell Letter") by Die Firma
- "Act of Depression" by Underoath
- "Adam's Song" by blink-182
- "Agenda Suicide" by The Faint
- "All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" by Senses Fail
- "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
- "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."
- "Amsterdam" by Coldplay - deals with depression and suicide; rescued by a loved one at the end.
- "Angel, Angel Down We Go Together" by Morrissey
- "Angel Dust" (Russian: "Ангельская пыль") by Aria - suicide due to heroin addiction. Strong anti-drug theme.
- "Angilette" by Julian Lennon
- "Armies Against Me" by Epicure "Correct me now if I'm wrong, seems bleeding hearts don't last that long"
- "Asleep" by The Smiths
- "Auf Messers Schneide LOCO
- "Auf Wiedersehen" by Cheap Trick
- "Augenblick" by Bushido
B
- "Des Baches Wiegenlied" by Franz Schubert - A stream sings a lullaby for a young man who has committed a suicide and whose body is laying in the bottom
- "Backmask" by Mindless Self Indulgence
- "Bad" by U2 - about a young man who gets for his birthday enough heroin to kill himself [1]
- "Bad Timing" by The Lords of the New Church - about suicide using blade on the veins in the bathroom
- "Barbara Allen" A woman kills herself in order to follow her lover after he dies of disease; a rose and a briar grows from their graves up to the church tower
- "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..."
- "The Bed" by Lou Reed - German speedfreak cuts her wrists after domestic abuse and the removal of her children
- "Bed of Razors" by Children of Bodom - about two loved ones who commit suicide together
- "Before I Go" by Unwritten Law
- "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
- "Better Off Dead" by Bad Religion
- "Beyond the Gray Sky" by 311 - about the suicide of a close friend of Nick Hexum
- "Beyond The Realms Of Death" by Judas Priest
- "Big Exit" by PJ Harvey
- "Big Eyed Fish" by Dave Matthews Band
- "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.
- "Black is the Color of My True Loves Hair" - a young girl will attempt suicide if her lover leaves her.
- "Black Winter Day"- Jedi Mind Tricks
- "Blasphemous Rumours" by Depeche Mode
- "Bleed" by Sentenced
- "Bloody Kisses (A Death In The Family)" by Type O Negative
- "Blue Monday" by New Order - about the suicide of Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis and how it affected the rest of the band (the lyrics contain a play on words: "...if it wasn't for your misfortune/I'd be a heavenly person today")
- "Blue Flashing Light" by Travis (band) - an outcast that gets smothered by her father burns her house down an dies in there
- "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..."
- "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
- "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton
- "Breathe No More" by Evanescence
- "Breve invito a rinviare il suicido" by Franco Battiato
- "Bring Dich Um" by Wizo
- "A Broken Wing" by Martina McBride
- "Bullet For The Pain" by Lovex
- "Bullet Ride" by In Flames
- "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"
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- "Camera One" by Josh Joplin Group
- "Can't Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)" by The Replacements
- "Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police
- "Carbon" by Tori Amos - depicts hope about dealing with suicide: "carbon-made, found her at the end of a chain... keep your eyes on / her horizon"
- "Carrying Cathy" by Ben Folds
- "Cause of Death: Suicide" by Suicide Commando
- "Cemetery Drive" by My Chemical Romance - In which the singer's lover has committed suicide, and was "found on the bathroom floor."
- "Center Aisle" by Derek Webb performed by Caedmon's Call
- "Charlie No. 1" by The Whitlams - covers Charlie's depression and foreshadows his suicide. See also "Buy now, pay later" and "Charlie No. 3"
- "Charlie No. 3" by The Whitlams - covers Charlie's suicide. See also "Charlie No. 1" and "Buy now, pay later"
- "Chatterton" by Serge Gainsbourg
- "Check Please" by Cold
- "Checkout Blues" by Eels
- "Chelsea Monday" by Marillion in Script for a Jester's Tear - probable suicide by drowning
- "Child Psychology" by Black Box Recorder
- "Childhoods End" by Pink Floyd
- "China Doll" by The Grateful Dead - originally titled "The Suicide Song"
- "Chop Suey!" by System of a Down-Play on words (chop SUEYcide. Originally called "Suicide".)
- "Close My Eyes Forever" by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne-The title says it all.
- "Closed Casket Requiem" - The Black Dahlia Murder - about killing his lover and then committing suicide
- "Clover Over Dover" by Blur
- "Cold Murderous Music" by Carpathian Forest
- "Collective Suicide" by Terminal Choice
- "Coma" by Guns N' Roses
- "Coma Black" by Marilyn Manson
- "Coma White" by Marilyn Manson
- "Commit Suicide" by G. G. Allin
- "Concrete angel" by Martina Mcbride
- "Confession" by Bleeding Through
- "Conrad" by Jets to Brazil
- "The Contortionist" by Lagwagon
- "Count to Six and Die" by Marilyn Manson
- "Cowboy Song" by Faith No More
- "Creative Suicide" by All That's Left
- "Creepy" by Lagwagon
- "Cross My Heart And Hope To Die" by Sentenced
- "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team)" - Taking Back Sunday - about the girlfriend who cheats on the singer i guess and also says "and will you tell all your friends you've got your gun to my head"
- "Cut Here" by The Cure - a friend's suicide
- "Cut Wrists" by Cex - A song about the suicide of an unnamed person as seen through the eyes of the writer.
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- "Dagenham Dave" by The Stranglers
- "Dance with the devil" by Immortal Technique
- "The Darkest Red" by The Agony Scene
- "Dead Slate Pacific" by John Vanderslice
- "Dear John" by No Doubt
- "Dear Sweet Filthy World" by Elvis Costello
- "Dead!" by My Chemical Romance - "Wouldn't it be grand to take a pistol by the hand And wouldn't it be great if we were dead?"
- "Dead boy's poem" Nightwish
- "Dead End Road" by Alkaline Trio
- "Death Blooms" by Mudvayne
- "Death of a Cheerleader" by Marcy Playground
- "Death of a Party" by Blur
- "December Flower" by In Flames (Talks of suicide from despair for the world)
- "Del 1" by Dia Psalma
- "Deep" by Pearl Jam
- "Deepdown Trauma Hounds" by Skinny Puppy
- "Departure" by Trivium
- "Diamond Smiles" by The Boomtown Rats - Debutante hangs herself
- "Die in the Summertime" by Manic Street Preachers
- "Die romantic" by Aiden
- "Dirge for November" by Opeth (Grant me sleep,/Take me under.)
- "Dirt" by Alice in Chains
- "Disappoint" by Assemblage 23 (father's suicide)
- "Disengage the Simulator" by CKY
- "Division Day" by Elliott Smith
- "Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix
- "Don't Jump" by Billy Fury
- "Doornails" by NOFX
- "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails
- "Down To This" by Soul Coughing
- "Drastic Actions" by Bad Religion
- "Dreamin' Man" by Neil Young
- "Driving Home" by Hot Water Music
- "Du willst es doch auch" by OOMPH!
- "Dull" by Samiam
- "Dr. Online" by Zeromancer
- "Dying Song" by Crüxshadows
- "Dying From A Broken Heart" by Brooke Valentine - A suicide note.
E
- "Easy Tonight" by Five for Fighting
- "Easy Way Out" by The Adicts
- "Easy Way Out" by Clawfinger- Anti-suicide song
- "Eaten Up Inside" by KoRn
- "Edie (Ciao Baby)" by The Cult & Bob Buckley, string arrangement - about the suicide of Edie Sedgwick
- "Elevator" by Boxcar Racer - About a jumper from the 9/11 attacks
- "Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" by Eels
- "Elle G." by Newsboys
- "Elliott Smith" by Dan Bern - Refers to the suicide of singer Elliott Smith
- "Emma" by Hot Chocolate
- "End of the Movie" by Cake
- "The End Of The World" by Skeeter Davis
- "Endless Vacation" by The Ramones
- "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode (depending on interpretation)
- "Engine 143" A man drives his train, the Engine 143 off the rails and crashes, and even though he has a chance to live, he chooses to die for the engine he loves.
- "Erik, May You Rape the Angels" by Nargaroth - dedicated to Erik Brødreskift
- "Estranged" by Guns N' Roses
- "Eulogy" by Tool - song referring to martyrdom
- "Even Superman Shot Himself" by Powerman 5000
- "Every Man Thinks God Is On His Side" by James Marsters
- "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
- "Everything Ends" by Slipknot
- "Everytime I Die" by Children of Bodom
- "Excess Baggage" by Staind
- "Excuse Me While I Kill Myself" by Sentenced
- "Executioner" by Robyn Hitchcock
- "Exit Music (For a Film)" by Radiohead in OK Computer - Romeo & Juliet's suicide [2]
F
- "Fade to Black" by Metallica
- "Fading Away" by Restrained
- "Faith In the Knife" by Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- "Falling" by Lacuna Coil, also re-recorded as "Falling Again" with a slight change in lyrics
- "Falling Fast" by Testament
- "Falling off the Edge of the World" by Black Sabbath
- "Fall" by Single Gun Theory - during the introduction the listener is informed that "energy doesn't die, it just changes form..."
- "Fall Line" by Jack Johnson
- "Farewell" by Sentenced
- "Far Behind" by Candlebox
- "Farewell Letter" by Crematory
- "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
- "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]
- "Find Yourself A Bridge" by Gomer Hendrix
- "Flip a Coin" by Kelly Family - deals with the suicide of a friend
- "Flood of Red" by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- "A Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
- "Forever Not Yours" by A-ha
- "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)
- "Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide - depressed Vietnam vet turns gun on family then himself
- "Freiflug" by Megaherz
- "Friend of Mine" by Eve 6
- "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" by The Cure
G
- "Gagging My Life Away" by Classfire
- "Gallery of Suicide" by Cannibal Corpse
- "Game Over" by This Side Up
- "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio - resignation at prospect of early death from being a street "gangsta"
- "Gardenia" by Dog Fashion Disco
- "Get Your Dog Out of My Face Mofo" by Big Big What
- "Giving In" by Adema
- "Gloomy Sunday" by Rezső Seress - also called the "Hungarian Suicide Song"; claimed to cause copycat suicides in listeners; covered by various artists
- "God is a Lie" by Wednesday 13
- "G.K.Y. (Go Kill Yourself)" by 10MX
- "Goodbye (I'm Sorry) by And Then I Turned Seven
- "Goodbye (We're Falling Fast)" by Aiden (double suicide with a lover)
- "Goodbye Cruel World" by Pink Floyd
- "Goin' Down to the River" by Alice Cooper
- "Going Down" by The Monkees
- "Going Down to Die" by Danzig
- "Gravitational Constant" by Type O Negative
- "Green Eggs and Hamlet" by Mary Prankster
- "The Great Escape" by Marillion
H
- "Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh" by Bright Eyes
- "Hangin' Tree" by Queens of the Stone Age
- "Harrowdown Hill" by Thom Yorke
- "Hate Me" by The Distillers
- "Having A Blast" by Green Day (a suicide bomber)
- "Headfirst for Halos" by My Chemical Romance
- "Heartbreaking Music" by Lagwagon
- "Hello Again" by Lostprophets
- "Hello Kitty Kat" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Here in Heaven" by Sparks
- "Here's to Life" by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
- "Here's To Life" by Streetlight Manifesto
- "Hey Angel" by Ronnie James Dio
- "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter
- "Hi Flyer" by theSTART
- "Hold Ya Head" by Notorious B.I.G. and Bob Marley
- "Hole in the River" by Crowded House : about the suicide of Neil Finn's aunt who was a nun
- "Home" by Staind
- "Home Is Where You Hang Yourself" by Every Time I Die
- "Homecoming" by Green Day: the suicide of St. Jimmy, perhaps a symbol of Jesus of Suburbia reclaiming his own identity or dying of o.d.
- "How Do You Get That Lonely" by Blaine Larsen
- "How To Be An Idiot" by Mi6
- "How To Handle A Rope" by Queens of the Stone Age
- "How To Save A Life" by The Fray
- "Hummer" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails
- "Hurt A Long Time" by Jerry Cantrell
- "Hym" by Isis
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 just Wanna Die" by the Geto Boys
- "I'll Be That Girl" by Barenaked Ladies
- "I'm Alive" by Helloween - anti-suicide song
- "I'm Alright" by Twiztid - A suicide note.
- "Ian Curtis" by Thursday - about the suicide of Joy Division Vocalist Ian Curtis
- "Im letzten Augenblick" by Wohlstandskinder
- "IMN" by Mudvayne
- "In Corolla" by The Mountain Goats
- "In a Lonely Place" by Joy Division/New Order
- "Infectious" by Lagwagon
- "In Hell I Burn" by Deicide
- "In Limbo" by Genesis
- "Independence Day" by Martina McBride - This song is the 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
- "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance
- "In Time" by Grey Daze
- "Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee, written by Leiber and Stoller
- "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 Wish I Would Die" by Fiction Plane
- "I Wrote This Song" by Monica
- "In My Time of Need" by Opeth
- "It'll Be O.K." by Limp Bizkit
- "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance - Song 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 point of view 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
- "Immortality" by Pearl Jam -
J
- "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 Descendents
- "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam
- "Jesus or a Gun" by Fuel
- "Joe the Lion" by David Bowie
- "Jump the next train" by Young Parisians feat. Ben Lost
- "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 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.
- "Just a Thought" by Gnarles Barkley
- "Just another Suicide" by UFO
- "Just The Way I'm Feeling" by Feeder
K
- "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
- "Killing Me, Killing You" by Sentenced
- "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
- "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 - In the song, Proof is rapping a letter that he is writing before ending himself.
- "Kurt" by Dan Bern
L
- "La Ballade Of Lady & Bird" by Lady & Bird
- "Lady in Green" by Mary Coughlan
- "Laid to rest" by Lamb of God
- "Lament" by The Cure
- "Last" by Nine Inch Nails
- "The Last Hour" by Elliott Smith
- "Last Letter" by Promises
- "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
- "Leave" by R.E.M.
- "The Ledge" by The Replacements
- "Le Monde Entier" by Mano Solo
- "Lebt wohl & danke sehr" by Die Toten Hosen
- "Letter of Fate2 by Goldie
- "The Letter" by Macy Gray
- "Let Go (The Last Chapter)" by Sentenced
- "Let Me In" by R.E.M. - song about Kurt Cobain's suicide
- "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
- "Like You" by Evanescence
- "The Lines You Amend" by Sloan
- "Like Angels On The Verge Of Suicide" by In Pieces
- "Lo Fi" by The Paddingtons
- "Lookout Maintain" by Drive-By Truckers
- "Low Man's Lyric" by Metallica
- "Lisa" by 3rd Strike
- "Local Boy in the Photograph" by Stereophonics
- "Loser at Life, Loser at Death" by SNFU
- "Lost (for Johnny & Brian)" 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]
- "Loughborough Suicides" by The Young Knives
- "Love Breeds Suicide" by Suicide Commando
- "Love Doesn't Kill You" by Fastball
- "Lullabies" by All Time Low
M
- "Mandatory Suicide" by Slayer
- "Man of the Year" by Alice Cooper
- "Mad World" by Gary Jules (a cover of a Tears for Fears song)
- "Maggie" by Colin Hay
- "Man That You Fear" by Marilyn Manson (a part of the main theme, but not in itself)
- "Marianne" by Tori Amos
- "May Today Become The Day" by Sentenced
- "Mein Eichensarg" by Eisregen
- "Memo to Human Resources" by They Might Be Giants
- "Mercy Street" by Peter Gabriel - Dedicated to poet Anne Sexton who committed suicide
- "Michael's Bones" by Morrissey
- "Mighty K.C." by For Squirrels - song about Kurt Cobain's suicide
- "Miss Murder" by AFI - Can be interpretated as suicide, but not definite.
- "Der Müller und der Bach" by Franz Schubert - A conversation between a stream and a young man who is going to commit a suicide
- "Mon Chum Rémi" by Les Cowboys Fringants
- "Motion Picture Soundtrack" by Radiohead - suicide by sleeping pills [5]
- "Much Like Falling" by Flyleaf
- "Murder Song" by The Cooper Temple Clause - about the suicide of a friend of the band
- "My Direction" by Sum 41
- "My Last Breath" by Evanescence
- "My Last Goodbye" by Nailpin
- "My Last Words" by Megadeth
- "My Life in the Suicide Ranks" by Tears For Fears
- "My Sweet Prince" by Placebo
- "My Way Out" by David Usher
N
- Nada es Eterno ' By Ignacio Oulton ' The song refers to a young person who dies and wants to come back but he cant. Its in spanish and the suicide quote goes like this ' provoque mi propio final al alejarme de la realidad , ahora veo el mundo lejano y ya no puedo regresar.
- "Narrative of Soul Against Soul" by AFI
- "Need" by "At the Gates
- "Needle in the Hay" by Elliott Smith
- "Nerve Gas" By Kill Hannah
- "Never 'Ad Nothing" by Angelic Upstarts
- "Neverlasting" by Sentenced
- "Never Too Late" by Three Days Grace
- "New Dawn Fades" by Joy Division
- "Nice Day" by Wizo
- "No Hero" by The Offspring
- "No Lies, Just Love" by Bright Eyes
- "No More Will" by Nevermore
- "Noch ein Leben" by Pur (band)
- "Noose" by Sentenced
- "Nothing to Lose" by Billy Talent
- "Now that I've Taken My Life" by Tom Paxton
- "Ný Batterí" by Sigur Rós
O
- "Obstacle 1" by Interpol
- "Ocean" by Collide
- "Ocean Breathes Salty" by Modest Mouse
- "The Ocean" by The Velvet Underground - contemplates drowning in the sea
- "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
- "Of Adornment And Disgust" by Skycamefalling
- "Ohio is for Lovers" by Hawthorne Heights- "Cut my wrists and black my eyes" is used in this song as a metaphore for guilt. The band has stated that they in no way condone suicide.
- "On My Way Down" by Ryan Cabrera
- "One Dyin' and a-Buryin'" by Roger Miller
- "One Hundred Years" by The Cure
- "One Last Breath" by Creed
- "One More Suicide" by Marcy Playground
- "On the Roof Again" by Eve 6 - "gonna jump, gonna jump gonna die this year" (refers to someone who repeatedly verges towards suicide but never takes the final step.)
- "On Parole" by Motörhead
- "Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Out Of The Dark" by Falco
P
- "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 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
- "Pineola" by Lucinda Williams
- "Pink Spider" by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto
- "Pink Cigarette" by Mr. Bungle
- "Potential Suicide" by The Wipers
- "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
- "Pool Shark" by Sublime pre empting his death from drug overdose "one day I will lose the war"
- "Poor Boy" - A young man would attempt a double suicide of him and his lover had he some golden thread to stitch himself to her.
R
- "Rager" by Lagwagon
- "Railroad Boy" - A young girl hangs herself in her room even though her mother offers her help to find another lover, and when her father comes home, he finds her body hanging by a rope.
- "The Rain Comes Falling Down" by Sentenced
- "Razorblade Salvation" by Jedi Mind Tricks
- "Red Water" by Rehab - father of the boy next door kills himself by cutting in the bathtub when he seems to have such a great life
- "Redondo Beach" by Patti Smith
- "Refridgerator Heaven" by The Freeze
- "Resolve" by Lagwagon
- "Rest In Peace" by ...Bender
- "Reptilia" by The Strokes
- "Revelation" by D12
- "Reverence" by The Jesus and Mary Chain
- "Richard Cory" by Simon and Garfunkel
- "Richard Hung Himself" by DI
- "Ritzi" (ogg music file) by FT
- "The River" by Missy Higgins - about a young girl drowning while drunk
- "Rock and Roll Suicide" by David Bowie
- "Rocket" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Rocketship" by Guster
- "Rope Ends" by Pain Of Salvation
- "Roulette Girl" by Mary Prankster
- "Round Here" by Counting Crows -"looks up at the building, says she's thinking of jumping, she says she's tired of life, she must be tired of something"
- "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum
- "RV" by Faith No More
S
- "Sacrifice Not Suicide" by The Freeze
- "Sacrificial Suicide" by Deicide
- "Sad Astronaut" by Lagwagon
- "Sailor's Life" A woman drowns herself in the ocean when she discovers that her lover has died.
- "Sam Stone" by John Prine
- "Saturn Return" by R.E.M.
- "Savannah" by Zao (About the 1994 suicide of a porn star after her face was mangled in a car accident)
- "Save Me (Wake-Up Call)" by Unwritten Law
- "Save the Life of My Child" by Simon and Garfunkel
- "Save the Planet, Kill Yourself" by Chris Korda
- "School" by Apathy (boy kills himself over a bully issue after shooting the whole school up)
- "Schieß mich Jetzt Ab" ("Shoot me Now") by Rosenstolz
- "Schlimm" by Die Ärzte
- "Schwarze Gräber Einsamseen Eden weint im Grab
- "Sein oder Nichtsein" Die Toten Hosen
- "Selbstmord" ("Suicide") by Too Strong
- "Self-Conclusion" by The Spill Canvas-A boy talks a suicidal girl out of jumping.. little does she know that he was planning to jump just minutes before she got there.
- "Self-Inflicted" - Smile Empty Soul
- "Self Suicide" by Goldie Lookin' Chain
- "semA" by Give Me A Gun - Written in dedication a friend that killed himself, song reflects sorrow felt after the suidide.
- "Sewercide" by The Electric Eels
- "Shadows" by Resurrection Band
- "Sharks and Danger" by Alexisonfire - Consists of a man calling to a suicide help centre.
- "She falls asleep" by McFly
- "She's Got a Problem" by Fountains of Wayne
- "She's Not Dead" by Suede "She'll come to her end locked in a car somewhere with exhaust in her hair"
- "Shivers" by Boys Next Door
- "Shotgun Blues" by Blues Brothers
- "Shoes" by King's X "Is it still a blessed thing to live and live some more?"
- "Silverfuck" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Sick Little Suicide" by The Matches - about slowly killing yourself from everyday things... smoking, malnutrition, etc.
- "Sick of It All" by The Distillers
- "Sing in Silence" by Sonata Arctica
- "Skin O' My Teeth" by Megadeth
- "Slave Labor" by Fear Factory (Self immolation; "God, help me pour this gas on me! I need to drown in flames to be free!")
- "Sleeping Pills" by Suede
- "Slit my Wrist" by Murderdolls
- "Slit Wrist Theory" by 36 Crazyfists
- "Smashed Into Pieces" by Silverstein
- "Snow white suicide" by Entwine
- "Social Suicide" by Bad Religion
- "Soil" by System Of A Down - The song is about the suicide of the band's first bassist and reflects on the inherent selfishness of suicide.
- "Solitude" by Candlemass
- "So Like A Rose" by Garbage - Lead singer Shirley Manson has mentioned several times that when she was in high school, a boy killed himself, and she wrote this song about him.
- "So Long Suicide" by Duran Duran
- "Soma" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Someone's Final Song" by Elton John
- "Someone To Pull The Trigger" by Matthew Sweet
- "Sometimes Wanna Die" by Joydrop - Not really about suicide, it's about not wanting to live.
- "Song Against Sex" by Neutral Milk Hotel
- "Song For Adam" by Jackson Browne
- "Spring" by Rammstein
- "Stab" by Mandy Kane
- "Stan" by Eminem - The subject character kills himself, his wife and his unborn child, although it is unknown whether their deaths were intentional.
- "State of Love and Trust" by Pearl Jam
- "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister
- "Stay Together" by Suede
- "Steps Ascending" by Thursday
- "Stole" by Kelly Rowland
- "Stop swimming" by Porcupine Tree
- "Story" by Lene Marlin
- "Stranger in the House" by Elvis Costello
- "Strawberry Gashes" by Jack Off Jill
- "Straight A's" by The Dead Kennedys
- "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" by U2 – dedicated specifically to the 1997 suicide of INXS singer Michael Hutchence
- "Sueisfine" by My Bloody Valentine
- "Suicide" by Thrapsoody feat. SashLyrics
- "Suicidal" by The Freeze
- "Suicidal Dream" by Silverchair
- "Suicidal Failure" by Cage
- "Suicidal Failure" by Suicidal Tendencies
- "Suicidal Thoughts" by Notorious B.I.G.
- "Suicide" by Barclay James Harvest
- "Suicide" by Bobby Gaylor
- "Suicide" by Butthole Surfers - "I've got a stiff upper lip because I'm half dead, the walls of my life are crumbling around me, I'm running and I can't hide, I might try fucking suicide!"
- "Suicide" by Dust (band)
- "Suicide" by David Allan Coe
- "Suicide" by Kai Tracid
- "Suicide" by Meat Beat Manifesto
- "Suicide" by The Devin Townsend Band
- "Suicide" by The Damned
- "Suicide" by The Tiger Lillies
- "Suicide" by Thin Lizzy
- "Suicide" by Ed Cash
- "Suizid" by Out of Norm
- "Suicide (A Better Way)" by Choking Victim
- "Suicide and Other Comforts" by Cradle of Filth
- "Suicide Bridge" by Atticus
- "Suicide by My Side" by Sinergy
- "Suicide Chump" by Frank Zappa
- "Suicide Drive" by The Seahorses
- "Suicide Hotline" by Insane Clown Posse
- "Suicide Is Painless" by Johnny Mandel (theme from M*A*S*H)
- "Suicide Isn't Painless" by Carter USM
- "Suicide Isn't So Bad" by Calico System
- "Suicide Life" by Eels
- "Suicide Letters" by Tech N9ne
- "Suicide Note" by Johnette Napolitano
- "Suicide Note Parts I and II" by Pantera
- "Suicide Machine" by Death
- "Suicide Machine" by No Fun At All
- "Suicide Note" by K-Rino
- "Suicide Once a Year" by Lemming - apparently a parody of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
- "Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne - There have been 2 meanings behind this song. 1) About the death of AC/DC singer Bon Scott died after passing out drunk and choking on his vomit 2)Was written at a time when Ozzy was so into drugs and alcohol that he wanted to die.
- "Suicide Song" by Loudon Wainwright III (1971) - A seemingly pro suicide song. (Originally appeared in a medley on the album Loudon Wainwright III in 1970)
- "Suicide Song" by Sole - About a man who commits suicide and is reincarnated multiple times, committing suicide each time.
- "Suicide Letters" by Tech N9ne
- "The Suicide's Grave" (Tit Willow from The Mikado) by Gilbert and Sullivan
- "Suicide Underground" by Air -from the movie The Virgin Suicides
- "The Suicider" by Sentenced
- "Sunset" by Roxy Music
- "Sunset Strip" by Courtney Love
- "Sunshine" by Todd Snider
- "Suspend Suspension" by Zao
- "Swan Dive" by Ani DiFranco
- "Swan Dive" by hed Planet Earth
- "Sweet Oblivion" by The Deadlights
- "Sweet Old World" by Lucinda Williams
- "Swingin' Party" by The Replacements
T
- "Take this life" by In Flames
- "The white guy(suicide)" by Dagoba - Shoot, pull the trigger, eat the gun, free yourself, pull the trigger...
- "Tangled Up In Plaid" by Queens of the Stone Age
- "Teenage Suicide" by The Candyskins
- "Teenage Suicide" by Unwritten Law
- "Teenage Suicide - Don't Do It!" by Big Fun
- "Tearjerker" by Red Hot Chili Peppers about Kurt Cobain
- "Tears Of Blood" by Biohazard
- "Televators" by The Mars Volta
- "Ten O' Clock" - Woman drowns herself when her lover abandons her.
- "Test" by Mike
- "Tesko Suicide" by Sneaker Pimps
- "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" by Mission of Burma
- "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" by Mr. Bungle
- "The Believer" by Rhett Miller -about Rhett Miller's attempted suicide and the suicide of singer/songwriter Elliot Smith
- "The Burning Red" — 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.
- "The Divine Suicide of K." by Protest the Hero
- "The End" by The Doors
- "The Favorite Color (Die liebe Farbe)" by Franz Schubert
- "The Great Below" by Nine Inch Nails
- "The Ghost of You" by My Chemical Romance - can be interpreted as suicide, but it was written about the death of a loved one.
- "The Last Kiss" by AFI - written about self harm, but suicide is never mentioned.
- "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.
- "The Nobodies" by Marilyn Manson -the Columbine shootings, from Harris & Klebold's point of view.
- "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me" by Tom Waits
- "The Priest And The Matador" by Senses Fail
- "The Reeds Under Suicide Bridge" by The Reed Sleepers -tale of a pregnant girl overdosing in reeds below a bridge. Based upon a night spent in the reeds under a bridge which many teenagers had apparently jumped off, spent by the singer.
- "The Sorrow Song" by Unicorn (Sweden)
- "Theme" by Public Image Ltd
- "Third Attempt" by Carpathian Forest
- "This Bitter Pill" by Dashboard Confessional
- "Three Stones" by The Boondock Saints
- "Three Peaches" by Neutral Milk Hotel
- "Threshold"- Slayer - seems to be aimed towards suicide but possibly it‘s about murder/suicide
- "'Til I Die" by The Beach Boys
- "'Till We Meet Again" by Samael "...Drunk with eternity I topple the chair beneath my feet"
- "Till My Head Falls Off" by They Might Be Giants - suicide by Advil overdose
- "Today" by Maximilian Hecker
- "Today" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Todeswunsch" by Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows
- "Toilet Tisha" by Outkast
- "To Love, And be Loved (Let's Not Shit Ourselves)" by Bright Eyes
- "Tom" by Stephan Sulke
- "Tomorrow, Wendy" by Concrete Blonde
- "Tongue" by Seether
- "Tony" by Patty Griffin
- "Too Cool Queenie" by Stone Temple Pilots
- "Too Depressed to commit Suicide" by The Heebeegeebees
- "To Think of You Is To Treasure an Absent Memory" by Zao
- "Tourniquet" by Evanescence
- "Tourniquet" by Marilyn Manson
- "Tourniquet" by Soul Embraced
- "Tourniquet" by Two For Tragedy
- "Trick 17 m. S." by Die Ärzte
- "Trouble Breathing" by Alkaline Trio
- "Trouble in Mind" by Lightnin' Hopkins
- "Try Not to Breathe" by R.E.M.
- "Twenty Four Hours" by Joy Division
- "Two for Tragedy" by Nightwish
- "Two Little Girls" by Ani DiFranco
U
- "Über den Selbstmord" (a.k.a. "On Suicide") by Kurt Weill
- "Unknown Soldier" by Breaking Benjamin
- "Unloved" by The Blipp Bloppers (a.k.a KOiN)
- "Underneath the Gun" by Limp Bizkit
- "Understanding Amy" by Exeter punk band Annalise.
- "Undying Love" by Nas
- "Unsuspected" by Ginga
- "Uptight" by Green Day
- "Untitled" (also called Suicide Note & Die Tonight) by Armor For Sleep - The whole song is sung like a sucide note.
V
- "Vanus Empty" by Dead Poetic
- "Victoria's Secret" by Sonata Arctica
- "Vincent" by Don McLean
- "Virus" by Lagwagon
- "Voices In My Head" by Esham
"Veronica" by sloppy seconds
W
- "Waltzing Matilda" by Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson
- "War on Drugs" by Barenaked Ladies
- "The Way You Lived" by CKY
- "Was vom Leben uebrig bleibt"
- "What remains of Life" by Eisregen
- "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.
- "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 [6]
- "Whole" by Flaw - dealing with mother's suicide
- "Why Don't You Kill Yourself?" by The Only Ones
- "Why Kill Time ( When You Can Kill Yourself )" by Cabaret Voltaire
- "Willie Moore" - double suicide: Marriage overturned by parents so a girl drowns herself in a river, and her lover dies of a broken heart
- "With this knife" - Smile Empty Soul
- "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
Y
- "Yer Blues" by The Beatles
- "Yet another day" by Armin van buuren
- "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" by Billy Joel
- "You're The Reason I'm Leaving" by Franz Ferdinand - suicide because of a tragic love: "I'd no idea that in four years I'd be hanging from a beam behind the door of number ten."
- "Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck" by Anal Cunt
- "Your Suicides" by The Tiger Lillies - documents someone's repeated attempts and ends: "Are you really sincere? You say some day you will succeed but you're ninety-three next year."
- "You're the one I love" by David Gray
- "Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D. - "Crossed the line and there's no turning back, told the world how he felt with the sound of a Gat."(slang for a gun)
- "You, Me, and a Knife" by theSTART
Z
- "Zaz Turned Blue" by Sparklehorse
- "Zur Erinnerung" by Ferris MC - (German Rapper)
Against suicide
- "A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto
- "Blood (Empty Promises)" by Papa Roach
- "Childhood's End" by KISS
- "Come Out Fighting" by [The Vandals]
- "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
- "Don't Try Suicide" by Queen
- "Easy Way Out" by Clawfinger
- "Fade to Black" by Metallica
- "Feathery Wings" Voltaire "Oh please don't cry now, smile as you're standing at the end of your life, what do you remember? Is it all you wanted, I'm trying to earn a set of Feathery Wings to take me away from here, it's me you leave behind.
- "Fly to the Angels" by Slaughter - anti-suicide song, Mark wrote for an ex-girlfriend who committed suicide
- "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)
- "Hero" by Superchick (talking about how being a true hero on someones behalf can prevent suicide)
- "Hey Stoopid" by Alice Cooper - teenage anti-suicide
- "Hold On" by Good Charlotte
- "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
- "Nichts ist für immer da" by Böhse Onkelz
- "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
- "Waste" by Staind
Mentioned
- "1:19" by Lacuna Coil
- "2112" by Rush
- "5/4" by Gorillaz
- "A Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
- "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople (lyrics by David Bowie)
- "A Man/Me/Then Jim" by Rilo Kiley
- "Amsterdam" by Coldplay
- "Ballad of Big Nothing" by Elliott Smith
- "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan
- "Belsen Was A Gas" by Sex Pistols
- "Better Days" by God Forbid
- "Beyond This Life" by Dream Theater
- "Bill MacCai" by The Coral
- "The Bitter End" by Placebo
- "Black Diamond Bay" by Bob Dylan
- "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Burn Baby Burn" by Ash
- "Buses and Trains" by Bachelor Girl
- "Buried A Lie" by Senses Fail
- "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix
- "Carbon Monoxide" by Regina Spektor
- "Car Underwater" by Armor for Sleep
- "Cast Down"- Slayer
- "Country Death Song" by Violent Femmes
- "Changes" by 2Pac
- "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" by Fall Out Boy - "You want apologies girl you might hold your breath until your breathing stops forever"
- "Cum on Everybody" by Eminem
- "Dear Chicago" by Ryan Adams
- "Death on Two Legs" by Queen
- "Deviance" by Slayer
- "Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?" by Linda & Richard Thompson in Shoot Out The Lights - unelucidated death of a friend [7]
- "Disciple" by Slayer
- "Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix
- "Drastic Actions" by Bad Religion
- "Dreams" by The Game
- "Exile" by Slayer
- "Falling Away From Me" Korn
- "Feltham is Singing Out" by HARD-Fi
- "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor
- "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe - "His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept."
- "The Futile" by Say Anything - "I'm eating rat poison for dinner. Pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone, tonight."
- "God Bless Our Dead Marines" by A Silver Mt. Zion
- "Gone" by 4Lyn
- "Goodnight Irene" by The Weavers and others - contains a line contemplating self-drowning
- "Hate Me" by Blue October
- "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths
- "Ian Curtis" by Thursday
- " I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) The White Stripes
- "Institutionalised" by Suicidal Tendencies
- "It's the Sun" by The Polyphonic Spree - "Suicide is a shame..."
- "In The Shadows" by The Rasmus - "I'd rather kill myself than turn into their slave"
- "Jenny's Cryin'" by dope
- "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring
- "Kill Em All" by Twista
- "Kill Yourself" by S.O.D.
- "Koka Kola" by The Clash
- "Lass Los" by Tic Tac Toe
- "Last Words" by Ice Nine Kills
- "Leave This World Behind" by Kreator
- "The Lighthouse's Tale" by Nickel Creek
- "Little Bitch" by The Specials
- "Long Hard Road Out Of Hell" Marilyn Manson
- "Loveless Wrists" by Bayside
- "Lucky Like St. Sebastian" by Momus
- "Lush Life" by Baboon
- "Mandatory Suicide" by Slayer - This song is actually about the Gulf War and has little to do with voluntary suicide
- "Man That You Fear" by Marilyn Manson
- "Melanie" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "Might as Well Be on Mars" by Alice Cooper - "baby i can't fly/if i could i'd come down to you/maybe i should try"
- "Milk It" by Nirvana
- "My Father's Eyes by Eric Clapton - "Then the jagged edge appears, through the distant clouds of tears"
- "My Sweet Prince" By Placebo - 'Can fix all the pain away So before I end my day'
- "The Night Will Only Know" by Garth Brooks - a murder is wrongly reported as suicide
- "Nothing Man" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Northern Star" by Hole - about Kurt Cobain's suicide
- "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
- "Pain" by Alice Cooper - "And I'm the reds by the bed of the suicide star"
- "Paradise" by Bruce Springsteen - first verse from the point of view of a suicide bomber
- "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll Band
- "Pink Spider" by Hide
- "Plans to Wake Up On the Beach" by The Trackrecord
- "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" by Warren Zevon
- "The Post War Dream" by Pink Floyd - "with all their kids committing suicide" [8]
- "Punishment" by Biohazard
- "Razorblade Kiss" by HIM
- "Radio Suicide" by Strung Out
- "Ready To Fall" by Rise Against
- "Reasons to be beautiful" by Hole - "Love hangs herself with the bedsheets in her cell"
- "Reva Thereafter" by Girlyman
- "Richard Manuel is Dead" or "If I Could Give All My Love" by Counting Crows
- "Role Model by Eminem - "I'm going to attempt to drown myself"
- "Ronnie Here" by The Giraffes
- "Round Here" by Counting Crows
- "Roses For The Dead" by Funeral For A Friend
- "RV" by Faith No More
- "Sane" by Nate Borofsky
- "Scavenger Type" by NOFX
- "Serenade for a Fallen Angel" by Winter Reign
- "Sexual Suicide" by Prince
- "Silver Bullet" by Hawthorne Heights
- "Slow Suicide" by Jamison Parker
- "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John
- "Sorrowsong" by Charon
- "Spiegel" by Tic Tac Toe
- "Starless" by Crossfade ("It's a cold gun that I kiss...Cause I'm not breaking anymore!")
- "Stay" by 12 Stones
- "Step Out" by Manchester ("If I'm gonna lay down and die, I'll kill myself tonight")
- "Strip Her Down" by Cold
- "Suicidal" by Big Strides
- "Suicide Blonde" by INXS
- "Suicide Note" by Armor for Sleep
- "Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne - about the death of AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott due to alcoholism, who killed himself by drinking. Alcohol is the solution that killed him. "...take a bottle drown your sorrows..."
- "Suicide Veil" by Anathema
- "Suicide Woman" by Danko Jones
- "Sunny Day" by Zug Izland
- "Tear-Stained Letter" by Johnny Cash
- "Tears" by X JAPAN
- "That Means a Lot" by The Beatles
- "The Sleeping Beauty" by Tiamat
- "These Filthy Hands" by Mushroomhead - "With my soul as the defendant. Don't catch me if I fall. I may have jumped you never know. You don't know me at all."
- "This Love" by Pantera - "I'll kill you for myself, I'll kill myself for you"
- "Thug Mansion" by 2pac
- "Tilt-a-Whirl" by Insane Clown Posse
- "Tourniquet" by Evanescence
- "The Truth About Heaven" by Armor for Sleep - "To answer your question, I just had to leave"
- "The Undead Will Feast" by Cannibal Corpse - "Suicide is the only way to avoid being eaten by the dead!"
- "War All The Time" by Thursday
- "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
- "When I'm Gone" by Eminem - "Cock it, put it to my brain scream die shady and pop it"
- "When Mermaids Cry" by Eagle Eye Cherry
- "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes - "Hang myself when I get enough rope"
- "Whoops, I OD'd" by NOFX
- "Why Don't You Write Me" by Simon and Garfunkel
- "Without You" by Badfinger - later covered by Mariah Carey and Harry Nilsson
- "Yes, the River Knows" by The Doors
- "You Can't Quit Me, Baby" by Queens of the Stone Age
- "You Made Me Realise" by My Bloody Valentine - "Well you might as well commit suicide"
- "Your Love has Died" by Bryan Ferry
- "Yuuyami Suicide" by Pierrot
Allegedly about suicide
These are songs that are believed to allude to suicide, but have not been confirmed or denied by the artist(s) in question.
- "All Apoligies" by Nirvana
- "And On" by Yazoo
- "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park (The music video actually shows an animated Chester jumping off a building. Also, the lyrics suggest suicide. One line is: "I’ll never fight again, And this is how it ends...")
- "Close My Eyes Forever" by Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
- "Dead Man's Will" by Iron and Wine
- "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt
- "Last Goodbye" by Jeff Buckley
- "Look On Down From The Bridge" by Mazzy Star (the song seems to be in the form of a suicide note)
- "Man in the Long Black Coat" by Bob Dylan
- "Miss World" by Hole ("Kill me pills")
- "Muddy Hymnal" by Iron and Wine
- "Pink Spider" by hide
- "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park
- "Rain" by Chamillionaire
- "Say Goodbye" by Girlyman
- "Steven" by Senses Fail (of a friend) ("eternal darkness or spiritual light", "a cold, dark night; you could feel that something wasn't right")
- "Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails
- "Time" by Alan Parsons Project
- "Time" by Ben Folds
- "Trucks and Trains" by Alkaline Trio
- "Ugly" by Cold
- "Whiskey Rose" by New Found Glory
Misinterpreted
Songs either misinterpreted as songs about suicide, or where a reference to suicide cannot be ruled out.
- "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.
- "In My Darkest Hour" by Megadeth. The song is actually about the death of then Metallica bassist Cliff Burton. MTV refused to air the video for the song on the grounds that they thought it was about suicide.
- "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 [9]
- "The Final Cut" by Pink Floyd. This song, meant to be released on the The Wall album, refers to this rock opera's general theme: isolating one's self from the world, due to lack of love, and not being able to cope with it. The said "Final Cut" is the breaking of "The Wall" or, in this song, the "tearing of the curtain": "Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings/ Thought I oughta tear the curtain down/ I held the blade with trebling hands (...) / I never had the nerve to make the final cut".
- "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 talks about how a person, not dead but not alive, wants to die, but physically can't)
- "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".
- World Wide Suicide by Pearl Jam. The term "world wide suicide" refers to the war in Iraq. The lyrics in the verses describe a soldier who has died in battle and in the pre-chorus, the lyrics clearly state "It's a shame to awake in a world of pain, what does it mean when a war has taken over?"
- 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.
- The Noose by A Perfect Circle. It is questioning someone, who claims to have changed and been "reborn" with the help of Heaven, on how they are going to "make amends" to the people that the person has wronged. The halo above his/her head is "the noose" that is pulling them down off their cloud or choking him/her and is symbolic of their own self-righteousness. According to Maynard on the aMOTION DVD commentary, it is specifically about a recovering drug addict.
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