Songs About Depression/Self Harm/Suicide Masterpost
7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen) - Fall Out Boy (about the bassist, Pete Wentz’s drug addiction and depression)
A Box Full of Sharp Objects - The Used
A Match Into Water - Pierce the Veil (actually about his ex dying of cancer)
Afraid - The Neighborhood (more about anxiety, but still fits)
Alcohol - Barenaked Ladies
Beacon Hill - Damien Jurado
Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston (I had to)
Better Off Dead - Sleeping With Sirens
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Bleed It Out - Linkin Park
Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
Bullet - Hollywood Undead (the happiest song about suicide you’ll ever hear)
Bulls in the Bronx - Pierce the Veil (written after one of their fans killed herself)
Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police
Car Radio - twenty one pilots
Cemetery Drive - My Chemical Romance
Chop Suey! - System of a Down
Coma White - Marilyn Manson
Cough Syrup - Young the Giant
Cruel and Clumsy - Chris Pureka
Dirty Magic - The Offspring
Disasterology - Pierce the Veil
Fade To Black - Metallica
Friend, Please - twenty one pilots
Goodbye (I’m Sorry) - Jamestown Story
Guns For Hands - twenty one pilots
Happy Little Pill - Troye Sivan
Happy Song - Bring Me The Horizon
Having a Blast - Green Day
Headfirst for Halos - My Chemical Romance
Hold On Til May - Pierce the Veil (their fan killed herself and her note was a video where she stated that she was trying to hold on till May but she couldn’t)
Holding Onto You - twenty one pilots
How to Save a Life - The Fray
Hum Hallelujah - Fall Out Boy
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (there is a cover by Johnny Cash)
I Hate Myself and I Want To Die - Nirvana
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
If You Knew - Joel Faviere
I’ll Be That Girl - Barenaked Ladies
I’m Just A Kid - Simple Plan
I’m Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
I’m So Tired - The Beatles
Into the Ocean - Blue October
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls (there is a cover by Sleeping With Sirens)
It Never Ends - Bring Me The Horizon
Keep Breathing - Ingrid Michaelson
Knive and Pens - Black Veil Brides
Little Things - One Direction
Lullabies - All Time Low (about the lead singer’s brother that died when he was young)
Mad World - Tears For Fears (there is a cover by Gary Jules and another by Lorde)
Migraine - twenty one pilots
Miserable At Best - Mayday Parade
Moments - One Direction (there was a rumor: ‘It’s about a girl that died and the boy committed suicide because he cant live without her’ while that isn’t true, I can’t hear the song without thinking about it)
Never Too Late - Three Days Grace
Ohio is for Lovers - Hawthorne Heights
Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Please Don’t Cut - Mikelwj
Santa Monica - Everclear (the lead singer, Art Alexakis, attempted suicide in Santa Monica after his girlfriend killed herself)
Savior - Black Veil Brides
Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Seasons in The Sun - Jacques Brel (covered by Terry Jacks and others)
Self Esteem - The Offspring
Shattered - Trading Yesterday
Starting Over - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis(about relapsing on drugs but works the same)
Stay Away From My Friends - Pierce the Veil
Suicide Is Painless - The Mash (covered by so many people, most famously Marilyn Manson)
Suicide Season - Bring Me The Horizon
The Art of Suicide - Emilie Autumn
The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
The Freshman - The Verve Pipe
The Kids Aren’t Alright - The Offspring
The Loss - Hollywood Undead
The War Against Ourselves - Joel Faviere
The Way She Feels - Between the Trees
This Song Saved My Life - Simple Plan
To Write Love On Her Arms - Hawthorne Heights
To Write Love On Her Arms - Helio
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Under My Skin - Trading Yesterday
Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer
Welcome to My Life - Simple Plan
Worn - Tenth Avenue North
You Feel So Lonely You Could Die - David Bowie
I’m sure I’ve left some out, I’ll probably update it later. Feel free to send me more.
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