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33 Of The Most Effectively Sad Emo Lyrics Ever Sung

<br /> After surveying our editorial team, we’ve concluded these are 33 favorite emo lyrics. 
Chris Lavergne
October 29, 2016
“Find someone. 
Fall in love, 
Give your soul. 

Lose your soul, 
Lose that love. 
Find someone else.”
— Allen Epley, Day Six
Tagged: Cycles of Love, Love, Dating, Song Lyrics, Best Emo Lyrics
“I ran away from you, and now something's killing me.”
— Citizen, The Night I Drove Alone
Tagged: Lyrics, Best Emo Lyrics
“It’s the things that I don’t say.”
— Pianos Become The Teeth, Hiding
Tagged: Roads, Speaking, Emotive Song Lyrics, Best Emo Lyrics
“I know that without you is something that I could never do.”
— Saosin, Seven Years
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Without You I'm Nothing
“I wouldn't mind if you took me in my sleep tonight; I wouldn't even put up a fight.”
— Mineral, Parking Lot
Tagged: Kill Me, Best Emo Lyrics
“Our love was lost. Your heart turned cold and that was when I let you go. I let you go.”
— Being As An Ocean, OK
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“Cause in the heat of bliss, we swore we would never love another. There was truth and dignity in that oath. Can there be any hope for their retention, in its breaking?”
— Being As An Ocean, The Poets Cry For More
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Missing You, Can We Ever Be Whole Again, Broken Promises
“I'm falling down. And you're not here to break my fall.”
— Thursday, How Long Is the Night?
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“It's four o' clock in the fucking morning and each day gets more and more like the last day.”
— The Used, The Taste Of Ink
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Every Day Is The Same
“I am a nightmare and you are a miracle.”
— Brand New, I Am a Nightmare
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, I Suck You Rule
“Love must be just for idiots. I'm shutting down, breaking down.”
— Kill Hannah, Why I Have My Grandma's Sad Eyes
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“The mirrors lie, those aren't my eyes. Destroy them. Raise my hand; reflected in savage shards.”
— Sunny Day Real Estate, Seven
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“Your place is still at the heart of my everything.”
— Texas Is The Reason, A Jack With One Eye
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, You Are My Everything
“And I can’t make it on my own because my heart is in Ohio. So cut my wrists and black my eyes, so I can die because you kill me.”
— Hawthorne Heights, Ohio Is for Lovers
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“Your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow.”
— Bright Eyes, Bowl of Oranges
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Sadness, Darkest Before The Dawn
“We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain.”
— Bright Eyes, Lua
Tagged: medication, Depression, Best Emo Lyrics
“It's like my heart can't be tamed, I fall in love every day and I feel like a fool.”
— Death Cab for Cutie, You Can Do Better Than Me
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Fools in Love, Love
“Your ray of light will fizzle out without hope.”
— AFI, Miss Murder
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together.”
— Yellowcard, Ocean Avenue
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Will We Get Back Together
“Honestly? Honestly I can't remember, all my teenage feelings. And the meanings.”
— American Football, Honestly?
Tagged: We Forget, Best Emo Lyrics
“Lovers come and go. The good ones always know the difference between being casual or a casualty.”
— Owen, Lovers Come and Go
Tagged: Knowing When It Is True Love, Best Emo Lyrics
“How long must I wait?”
— The Postal Service, This Place Is A Prison
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I almost believe that they're real. I've been living so long with my pictures of you that I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel.”
— The Cure, Pictures Of You
Tagged: Missing You, Memory, Best Emo Lyrics
“Besides, I'd rather forget the days we spent than try to stay afloat in shallow water.”
— Saves The Day, My Sweet Fracture
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“The more I try, the more I lose.”
— A Static Lullaby, The Shooting Star That Destroyed Us
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics, Sad
“I know you well enough to know you'll never love me.”
— Taking Back Sunday, Cute Without the "E"(Cut From the Team)
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“Why can't I feel anything from anyone other than you?”
— Taking Back Sunday, Cute Without the "E"(Cut From the Team)
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“I'm like a broken record. I've got a needle scratching me.”
— Alkaline Trio, This Could Be Love
Tagged: Best Emo Lyrics
“I couldn't save what was taken away.”
— Pianos Become The Teeth, I'll Get By
Tagged: Loss, Death, Best Emo Lyrics
“I used to waste my time dreaming of being alive. Now, I only waste it dreaming of you.”
— Fall Out Boy, Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
Tagged: Missing You