Who says that someone as nice as Tyler Shaw has to write songs about happy things?
- "One Last Letter". Imagine that instead of Discord being Taken for Granite again he had won, and then picture Twilight Sparkle trying to stop him on her own. It even has a Hope Spot at one point but ends with Twilight's discordification until either "From All Sides" or "Open Your Eyes", and an acoustic version that does away with the Heavy Metal aspect of the song in favor of amplifying the sadness. Poor girl..."This is my one last letter to you."
- "Monster", if you look past the song's innate Nightmare Fuel. All Discord wanted was to have Princess Celestia's love, but alas for him All Love Is Unrequited, leading to his becoming the monstrosity described in "Spirit of Chaos". And if you consider the song to be part of the same universe as "Ashes", then it's what lead to his Face–Heel Turn by Go Mad from the Revelation as well. Its acoustic version isn't much better, removing the Dubstep in favor of amplifying the sadness.
- "Ashes". Let's discuss the fates of Princess Celestia's friends, shall we?
- First, Starswirl the Bearded pulls off a Heroic Sacrifice to save his friends,
- Then, Discord goes insane, possibly because of the fact that his love for Celestia was unrequited (see "Monster" above), forcing Celestia and Luna to take him for granite,
- Prince Sombra ascends to kinghood and then falls victim to Well-Intentioned Extremist (or Tyrant Takes the Helm if you consider him a Token Evil Teammate), setting up for his imprisonment in ice and his later being Killed Off for Real via Literally Shattered Lives,
- The Doctor does something that makes him become lost forever,
- Princess Luna turns into Nightmare Moon and is then sealed in the moon,
- And in the end, Celestia is the only one left, forced to wait for Twilight and co. to come along and take up her and her friends' mantles. Makes you just wanna hug her, doesn't it?
"Ashes to ashes... dust to dust... honor to glory... and iron to rust... hate to bloodshed... from rise to fall... if I never have to die... am I alive at all?" - "Shadows". All Discord wanted was to legitimately be good for once in his life but he succumbs to his evil side once again."I can't tell the shadows from the light..."
- "Lullaby", while not a Break the Cutie-centric song, still utilizes The Woobie to great effect concerning both Octavia, the focus of the song, and her mother, the (implied) singer. Tavi's growing tired of the fame and fortune that is inherent to her (and any) Fandom and her mother just wants her daughter to come home."I'll be here waiting, singing you a lullaby."
- "Home" featuring Poni1Kenobi, which chronicles Applejack running away from sweet apple acres, presumably during the events of The Last Roundup. She's just so lonely...
- "If You Only Knew", which chronicles Rainbow Dash's pleas to Applejack to come home after she's run away during The Last Roundup. The Lost Songs changes it just a little bit. How? By making it a My Little Dashie version.
- "Until the Sun", by &I and Feather, is sad as it is pertaining to Rainbow Dash confiding to a lonely pony how much she means to her and how insecure she really is, but there's something about Aviators' remix of it that just tugs at the heartstrings.
- His remix of "I Have to Find a Way" is hauntingly beautiful.
- "Open Your Eyes". Twilight's plight to resolve the mistake she's made is made even sadder with this song, which includes a Homage to "I Have to Find a Way." Its acoustic version seems to be a Triumphant Reprise, so it does get better, but still..."I've got to find a way, to make this all okay... I've got to find a way, to fix my own mistake..."
- "One Of Us" (not related to the Just for Fun page); imagine trying to be Human but dipping into the Uncanny Valley at best and you'll understand Lyra's plight in this song.
- "Friendship"; a song that details the drifting apart of the Mane Cast due to shenanigans, Discord, and other such things and Twilight's Heroic Sacrifice to reunite them. Its acoustic version just makes it sadder.I believed what we had would last forever
After all the moments we spent together
Were they meaningless in the end? - "Far From Me" takes "Friendship", removes the Heroic Sacrifice and dissolves the friendship entirely.
- "Never Meant to Be": All Love Is Unrequited in this Deconstruction of the show's One True Pairingnote .
- "Second Chances"; detailing the failure of Trixie's facade post-Boast Busters (and possibly Magic Duel, as well), returning to Ponyville alone, broken, and in desperate need of a hug."Everypony needs second chances..."
- "Constellations", if you realize that it's a subversion of Exactly What It Says on the Tin. [You'd sing a song like this too if you were stuck on the moon for 1,000 years.
- "The Party Song", despite its upbeat mood, is about Pinkie Pie being faced with the dangers of real-world partying such as addiction. The PMV by Jiutti-Senpai
makes it even more tear-jerking. - SoulSongs
- "Fading Light" is as Awesome as it is gut-wrenching. The song tells of the humble beginnings of the Age of Fire with the discovery of the First Flame, but the lyrics quickly begin piling on the misery, describing the plights of the characters as the fire fades. Examples of events alluded to include the Lords abandoning humanity, Priscilla's isolation, Yhorm's kingdom being wiped from the earth after he gave his all to earn its people's love, the Abyss Watchers' endless, all-consuming war with the Dark, and Gael losing himself to the Dark Soul at the end of time.
Born of graves and left below
Painted ashes, painted snow
When the Dark awakens
Fires of our last hope are getting low...- His second soulsong, "Let there be fire again", takes a more optimistic tone, but it's still solemn, with the Chosen Undead singing about his Heroic Sacrifice to let the fire burn on.
- Another of his soulsongs, "Requiem for the King", manages to make the already tearjerking story of Alsanna, child of dark, and the Burnt Ivory King even more depressing, depicting the last thoughts of the Ivory King before he left for the Chaos.
Last kiss for a burnt man
Dark child of the outlands
My heavy heart will take this last goodbye
When the fire has come
I will die to protect you
Light a candle for me
On this winter's day.- Song of the Abyss, all of it. What did you expect from a song about Artorias and Sif? The song itself is about a Defiant to the End Determinator Artorias giving Sif a few last words before going off to fight Manus. Giving a Declaration of Protection to Sif and asking it to be his grave guardian. The video emphasizes this with footage of Sif's boss fight and a mod of it fighting Manus. Watching this video will likely make you want to go kill the Father of the Abyss yourself just to avenge this injustice.
- "Streets of Gold" is sung by a wandering hero wandering the empty, abandoned streets of a city he fought for. He has outlived everything he sought to defend, and now there is nothing left for him other than remembering the good times.I've made mistakes that devastated
too many battles lost to tell
If I could turn back time to find you
and find our confidence as well
So please forgive the tears and whispers
If you are only in my mind
Sometimes I want to think you're listening
when every other voice is dead. - "Wolves", expecially the acoustic version. A man cast out and abandoned, having lost everything and carries on only so that those he has lost won't be forgotten.I, the messenger of loss
Have traveled at a cost
To save their legacies - "Lowborn", a slow, solemn chorale about Jon Snow's Despair Event Horizon from enduring the horrors and cruelties of Westeros. The description calls the song a "cry for death", and the way it fades out quietly at the end makes you feel like he's finally giving up.I have seen heaven, or some kind of hellThe source of my burden, the space that I dwellThere's no one to save us, the heroes are deadThe songs of our children are silent instead
- No More Heroes is the last known song about the Godhunter. She may have succeeded her quest in Godhunter, but she's still immortal. She's watched civilization rise and fall, again and again, making all the same mistakes she fought to undo in her prime, and it has taken its toll on both her sense of purpose and her sanity. Perhaps the Elders were right after all.
- He has gone on record stating that "October Sunset" is about depression and struggling to work through tough times. Anyone with seasonal depression or even depression in general might recognize themselves in the lyrics.3:15 on the 31st day
Of the month she hated most
And she's all alone
Had one dream just bury the pain
Or to chase her father's ghost
In this broken home. - "This Is Not The End" is about a brother who's sister is dying of cancer, based on the real life experiences of someone the artist knew. The lyrics are heartbreaking, as the brother refuses to accept that his sister is dying, and does everything in his power to make sure her final days are the best they can be. In the end, he finally accepts it, but promises to never forget her. Not made better that the final lyrics sounds like Aviators is legitimately in tears.No, this is not the end
It's beginning of our story
Tales of wonder and of glory
Where we would save the world again
So I guess this is the end
But I'll remember you forever
And in my heart we'll be together
You will always be my friend - The Game of Thrones song "The Bells" based on the same episode has the song open up as a song of Cersei's downfall but Daenerys's rise to power at the cost of her sanity and becoming no different than the tyrants she overthrew or her ow father. The sad part comes from the realization that the lyrics can apply to either Queen making this song both a badass boast for Daenerys but a fall from grace from the caring Queen she once was too.
- "Follow You Down", a Stranger Things-inspired song about Joyce's journey to find her missing son Will, manages to sound morose, desperate, and determined all at the same time.Send me a message, I'll keep holding on
I'd crawl through to save you, but I'm not that strong
They told me I lost you, yet here you are now
So light up the way, and I'll follow you down - "Catalyst", a song based on Rogue One. It captures the feelings of hopelessness of the film quite well, and references the fate of the characters.
- A few lines from the MLP fansong "Friendship" are reprised in "Meet Me At the End", in a way that is especially tearjerking for fans who have followed since his Friendship is Magic days. The song itself is about sadness and loss and the hope and love you still cling onto in spite of it.Feels like after all this time
we should've known we'd be here tonight.
