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I think that Promise To Try, Mer Girl, Love Spent & Mother And Father are her saddest songs, but personally, Time Stood Still makes me really sad. What about you?

She watched some Lego movie where the theme song is called 'Everything is awesome'

This used to be my playground.

I'm not sure if there should be a Something to Remember album part 2 but if there's any at this point it would only contain GORGEOUS ballads! Madonna's recorded such good songs over the years 

1.  Promise To Try
2.  Time Stood Still
3.  Something To Remember
 
all songs which I happen to love         

1.  Promise To Try
2.  Time Stood Still
3.  Something To Remember
 
all songs which I happen to love         

Have you red the lyrics of Drowned world ?
It's not particularly sad. She's just bored of an old world she was in and full of hope because of Lourdes. It's an extremely hopeful song.
It's also called Substitute for love.
 
Mer girl is tragic. Oh father too. Mum and dad.

JOAN OF ARC 

Love Tried to Welcome Me is one of the saddest ones only because of its helplessness. There are many sad songs in Madonna's discography but one must be able to differentiate their tone as some of them sound like a relief and others are just love songs. Of course there are depressing ones like In This Life which deals with death, and Promise to Try which is about her dead mother. 

probably falling free, it's devestating

We know she is in LA
 
plus her MDNA skin page has been dropping hints like this
 

 
Do you think M will appear at the oscars or have one of her infamous after parties?

In This Life
I Can't Forget
Bad Girl
Paradise (Not For Me)
Drowned World/ Substitute For Love/No Substitute For Love
Time Stood Still
One More Chance
Has To Be
Something To Remember
I Want You
Oh Father
Falling Free
Wash All Over Me
Take A Bow
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Like A Flower
Little Girl
Promise To Try
Lament
Masterpiece
Messiah
Love Spent
What Can You Lose
You Must Love Me
 
 
 
Forgive me for posting so many but it's difficult for me to leave songs out because I feel sadness listening to them for different reasons. I excluded some songs because some had an undertone of anger in them, some were just more sentimental to me and some had too much of a balance of intellect and emotion to be truly sad for me.
 
The first song I listed, "In This Life" does have an undertone of anger but it's just so incredibly sad and nothing takes away from the sadness felt listening to it. So I consider this to be her saddest song.
 
I have listed songs that have made me cry and I have listed songs where I felt Madonna has let go quite a bit. In a lot of Madonna's songs I think she tries to guard the sadness with a more philosophical tone which is why I added the demo "No Substitute For Love" to Drowned World. I am sure there are many other examples in Madonna's discography. I can sense the sadness in songs I have not listed but she doesn't truly reveal that sadness In them. In No Substitute For Love Madonna openly sings about searching for things to replace the love she doesn't feel she receives or is able to give. That is what I believe is ultimately going on in Drowned World but it is made more philosophical and complex.
 
Just to get off topic for one second...I think what makes the Ray Of Light album amazing is it's beautiful balance of true emotion and intellect. One does not overpower the other so it's a great album to listen to when depressed and when one is overanalyzing and critical.
 
From the list I posted it seems to me that Madonna was more open to expressing sadness between the very late 80's to the early 00's. Not to the point that I would have liked her to (a couple of the songs I listed from that time were not released) but she was definitely more open. What's interesting in MDNA and Rebel Heart is that she has songs that touch on sadness but she hasn't allowed them to truly stand out opting for more escapist, rebellious, even toned songs. Kind of explains to me her "Tears Of A Clown" performances. I think she has many emotions unresolved and new ones that might be too much for her and she feels more comfortable in this role.

Love Tried To Welcome Me
and 
Oh Father
and
I Fucked Up

In This Life, Falling Free, Promise To Try and Intervention (TOAC with Rocco pix I cried like a baby for real)

@@Breathless Oh yes Spanish eyes  :heart:

promise to try and oh father

Live To Tell for me. 
"I was not ready for the fall... too blind to see the writing on the wall..."
 
Sad, mysterious, haunting and beautiful. 
 
A close second to me is Something to Remember. The lyrics are so sentimental, sad and bittersweet. Plus, that piano solo at the end of it just kills me. 

It's IN THIS LIFE for me.
 
And Till Death Do Us Part is actually very sad too.

I am huge fan of Madonna and guitars but was never a fan of this one, it's too clunky or something.

I get the impression it's not a fan fave, but I LOVE it --One More Chance.
 
Beautiful song and quite sad i'd say.
 
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Promise to Try is one of her saddest songs ever. I always tear up when I listen to it. Plus Oh Father and Spanish Eyes.
Live To Tell....

In This Life, Promise to Try, I'll Remember, The Power of Good-Bye, I Deserve It, X-Static Process and Falling Free
 
Drowned World has been and might always be my favorite Madonna song/ballad but it's so uplifting at the end - it triumphs over sadness. Also just realizing how I Deserve It which I always considered a love ballad can also be equally a sad one.*mind blown after all this time* 

MY PERSONAL RECAP:
 
Live to tell - it explores the misteries of life
 
Promise to try - the most original lyrics about the loss of someone
 
Oh father - a story that is so dark
 
In this life - AIDS, do I have to say more? and it's really beautiful placed inside Erotica
 
Love tried to welcome me - it perfectly explains what loneliness is
 
I'll remember - really connect with the lyrics - the big pain that shows you the truth
 
Time stood still - all the thing that could have been, but the castle had to fall apart
 
Drowned world - my favourite Madonna song ever...

@@Stevo Omg yes!! I forgot about that one.

Candy Shop, It makes me cry about how bad it is.