Tear Jerker / The Gaslight Anthem

Considering how heavy this band's music can get sometimes, there's bound to be a few of these here and there.

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• "1930," which is about Brian losing his grandmother to Alzheimer's Disease.
• "Keepsake," in which the narrator laments about his father's lack of presence in his life.
• "Misery," from the Hold You Up and Here Comes My Man EPs.
  And I hope you find a handsome young man
  Who can love you like I, baby just like I can
  Who'll take you out dancing, as you waited me out
  Making good use of the blues you found
  Making misery so proud
• "Here's Looking at You, Kid" from The '59 Sound.
• It should be no surprise that Get Hurt, being a breakup album, has more than a few of these.
  • The bridge of "Helter Skeleton":
  She said, "there will always be a soft spot in my cardiac arrest
  And I will love you until I die from all of this
  And something tells me I will die alone"
  • "Underneath the Ground" asks someone what they would feel and say about the narrator if he were dead and buried.
  • The lyrics of "Rollin' and Tumblin'" go back and forth between feelings of anger and depression, and end with the narrator predicting his ex's actions after his death.
  • Pretty much all of "Break Your Heart," from beginning to end.
  • "Dark Places" recounts how the relationship between the narrator and his former partner fell apart while simultaneously ripping your heart out.