List of songs about suicide

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This is a list of songs about suicide, divided between those in which the suicide is the main theme of the lyrics, and those which mention suicide but not as the main theme. This division is not always clear-cut. Sad songs without mention of suicide should not be listed here.

When adding a new song, try to provide a short one-line summary of how it relates to suicide. Some entries provides a stable Archive.org copy of the lyrics and/or a very short summary ("verge-of-suicide by drowning," "suicide by sleeping pills," "aborted suicide with razor blade," "suicide of a friend," etc.)

This is an [Incomplete listsincomplete list] of songs, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

Contents

1 Main theme
2 Against suicide
3 Mentioned
4 Allegedly about suicide
5 Misinterpreted

Main theme

"1-800-Suicide" by Gravediggaz
"10 Years Today" by Bullet for my Valentine (Friend's suicide — "How could you leave us that way" is the lyrics used )
"1000 Years Away" by Andi Deris
"25 Cromwell Street" by Apoptygma Berzerk
"4 Walls" by Staind
"99 Ways to Die" by Megadeth
"6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps
"A Day In The Life Of A Tree" by The Beach Boys
"A Man Exits" by Hopesfall
"A Most Peculiar Man" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Another Suicide" by Hoods
"A Quitter" by Rasputina
"A Time Of Bliss" by Shite — one-hour long track "ranting" of issues, most of which reflect on suicide
"A Tout le Monde" by Megadeth
"Abschiedsbrief" ("Farewell Letter") by Die Firma
"Act of Depression" by Underoath
"Adam's Song" by blink-182
"Agenda Suicide" by The Faint
"Alone again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
"Alone I Break" by Korn
"Always" by Michael Kiske
"Amazed" by The Offspring - about the contemplation of suicide. "And if I make it, I'd be amazed just to find tomorrow/yeah one more day and I'd be amazed, just to see it waiting."
"Amazing" by Aerosmith
"Amsterdam" by Coldplay - deals with depression and suicide; rescued by a loved one at the end.
"Angel, Angel Down We Go Together" by Morrissey
"Angilette" by Julian Lennon
"Asleep" by The Smiths
"Auf Wiedersehen" by Cheap Trick
"Des Baches Wiegenlied" by Franz Schubert - A stream sings a lullaby for a young man who has committed a suicide and whose body is laying in the bottom
"Backmask" by Mindless Self Indulgence
"Bad" by U2 - about a young man who gets for his birthday enough heroin to kill himself [link]
"The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithfull
"The Beautiful Wound" by At the Gates
"Because of You" by Nickelback - About a friend who commits suicide "Now that you're bleeding you stare at the ceiling and watch as it all fades away..."
"The Bed" by Lou Reed
"Bed of Razors" by Children of Bodom - about two loved ones who commit suicide together
"Before I Go" by Unwritten Law
"Beyond the Gray Sky" by 311 - about the suicide of a close friend of Nick Hexum
"Beyond The Realms Of Death" by Judas Priest
"Billy and Sue" by BJ Thomas
"Billy Davey's Daughter" by Stereophonics
"Bite the Bullet" by Machine Head
"The Birds Will Still Be Singing" by Elvis Costello
"Black and Blue" by Counting Crows - about how contemplating suicide might be worse than doing so, the guilt of the thought.
"Blasphemous Rumours" by Depeche Mode
"Bleed" by Sentenced
"Bloody Kisses (A Death In The Family)" by Type O Negative
"Blue Pastures" by James
"Bob" by Primus - "I had a friend who took a belt/ took a belt and hung himself/ hung himself in the doorway of the apartment where he lived..."
"Bodies" by Smashing Pumpkins
"Bother" by Stone Sour
"Bottle Dreams" by Eyedea - About a young prodigy girl who is molested by her father, so she commits Suicide.
"Breaking The Habit" by Linkin Park - "I'm Breaking The Habit of Life"
"Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton
"Breathe No More" by Evanescence
"Breve invito a rinviare il suicido" by Franco Battiato
"Bring Dich Um" by Wizo
"Bullet Ride" by In Flames
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Buy now, pay later" by The Whitlams - also known as "Charlie No. 2". Advises Charlie against suicide. See also "Charlie No. 1" and "Charlie No. 3"
"Camera One" by Josh Joplin Group
"Can't Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)" by The Replacements
"Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police
"Can't Stop The Bleeding" by Clit 45
"Carbon" by Tori Amos - depicts hope about dealing with suicide: "carbon-made, found her at the end of a chain... keep your eyes on / her horizon"
"Carrying Cathy" by Ben Folds
"Car Underwater" by Armor For Sleep
"Cause of Death: Suicide" by Suicide Commando
"Center Aisle" by Derek Webb performed by Caedmon's Call
"Charlie No. 1" by The Whitlams - covers Charlie's depression and foreshadows his suicide. See also "Buy now, pay later" and "Charlie No. 3"
"Charlie No. 3" by The Whitlams - covers Charlie's suicide. See also "Charlie No. 1" and "Buy now, pay later"
"The Futile" by Say Anything - "I'm eating rat poison for dinner. Pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone, tonight."
"Chatterton" by Serge Gainsbourg
"Check Please" by Cold
"Checkout Blues" by Eels
"Chelsea Monday" by Marillion in Script for a Jester's Tear - probable suicide by drowning [link]
"Child Psychology" by Black Box Recorder
"Childhoods End" by KISS
"China Doll" by The Grateful Dead - originally titled "The Suicide Song"
"Chop Suey!" by System of a Down-Play on words (chop SUEYcide. Originally called "Suicide".)
"Closed Casket Requiem" - The Black Dahlia Murder - about killing his lover and then committing suicide
"Clover Over Dover" by Blur
"Cold Murderous Music" by Carpathian Forest
"Collective Suicide" by Terminal Choice
"Coma" by Guns N Roses
"Coma White" by Marilyn Manson
"Commit Suicide" by GG Allin
"Conrad" by Jets to Brazil
"The Contortionist" by Lagwagon
"Count to Six and Die" by Marilyn Manson
"Cowboy Song" by Faith No More
"Creepy" by Lagwagon
"Cross My Heart And Hope To Die" by Sentenced
"Cut Here" by The Cure - a friend's suicide
"The Darkest Red" by The Agony Scene
"A Day Without Me" by U2 - about the suicide of Ian Curtis
"Dear Sweet Filthy World" by Elvis Costello
"Dead End Road" by Alkaline Trio
"Death Blooms" by Mudvayne
"Death of a Cheerleader" by Marcy Playground
"Death of a Party" by Blur
"Deep" by Pearl Jam
"Deepdown Trauma Hounds" by Skinny Puppy
"Demolition Lovers" by My Chemical Romance
"Departure" by Trivium
"Die in the Summertime" by Manic Street Preachers
"Die romantic" by Aiden
"Dirt" by Alice in Chains
"Disappoint" by Assemblage 23 (father's suicide)
"Disengage the Simulator" by CKY
"Division Day" by Elliott Smith
"Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix
"Don't Jump" by Billy Fury
"Doornails" by NOFX
"The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails
"Drastic Actions" by Bad Religion
"Dreamin' Man" by Neil Young
"Driving Home" by Hot Water Music
"Du willst es doch auch" by OOMPH!
"Dull" by Samiam
"Dr. Online" by Zeromancer
"Dress Rehearsal Rag" by Leonard Cohen
"Dying Song" by Cruxshadows
"Dying From A Broken Heart" by Brooke Valentine - A suicide note.
"Easy Tonight" by Five for Fighting
"Eaten Up Inside" by KoRn
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" by The Cult & Bob Buckley, string arrangement - about the suicide of Edie Sedgwick
"Elevator" by Boxcar Racer - About a jumper from the 9/11 attacks
"Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" by Eels
"Elliott Smith" by Dan Bern
"Emma" by Hot Chocolate
"End of the Movie" by Cake
"The End Of The World" by Skeeter Davis
"Endless Vacation" by The Ramones
"Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode (depending on interpretation)
"Erik, May You Rape The Angels" by Nargaroth - dedicated to Erik Brødreskift
"Estranged" by Guns N' Roses
"Eulogy" by Tool - song referring to martyrdom
"Every Man Thinks God Is On His Side" by James Marsters
"Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
"Everything Ends" by Slipknot
"Everytime I Die" by Children of Bodom
"Excess Baggage" by Staind
"Excuse Me While I Kill Myself" by Sentenced
"Exit Music (For a Film)" by Radiohead in OK Computer - Romeo & Juliet's suicide [link]
"Fade to Black" by Metallica
"Faith In the Knife" by Scary Kids Scaring Kids
"Falling" by Lacuna Coil, also re-recorded as "Falling Again" with a slight change in lyrics
"Falling Fast" by Testament
"Farewell" by Sentenced
"Far Behind" by Candlebox
"Farewell Letter" by Crematory
"Favorite Mistake" by Octoberfall (song about suicide as a form of attention)
"The Final" by Dir en Grey
"The Final Chapter" by Hypocrisy - deals with a victim of constant alien abductions who chooses to end his life rather than suffer the aliens torture
"The Final Cut" by Pink Floyd - aborted suicide with razor blade [link]
"Flood of Red" by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Fly to the Angels by Slaughter - anti-suicide song, mark wrote for an ex-girlfriend who committed suicide
"A Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
"Four Dead Cheerleaders" by Dropkick (This song is by a band called Dropkick, not the Boston band Dropkick Murphys which it is commonly listed under)
"Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide
"Freiflug" by Megaherz
"Friend of Mine" by Eve 6
"From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" by The Cure
"Gallery Of Suicide" by Cannibal Corpse
"Game Over" by This Side Up
"Gardenia" by Dog Fashion Disco
"Get Your Dog Out of My Face Mofo" by Big Big What
"Giving In" by Adema
"Gloomy Sunday" by Rezső Seress - also called the Hungarian Suicide Song; claimed to cause copycat suicides in listeners; covered by various artists
"God is a Lie" by Wednesday 13
"Goodbye (I'm Sorry) by And Then I turned Seven
"Goin' Down to the River" by Alice Cooper
"Going Down to Die" by Danzig
"Gravitational Constant" by Type O Negative
"Green Eggs and Hamlet" by Mary Prankster
"The Great Escape" by Marillion
"Hangin' Tree" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Having A Blast" by Green Day
"Headfirst for Halos" by My Chemical Romance
"Heartbreaking Music" by Lagwagon
"Hello Again" by Lostprophets
"Hello Kitty Kat" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Here in Heaven" by Sparks
"Here's To Life" by Streetlight Manifesto
"Hey Angel" by Ronnie James Dio
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter
"Hold On" by Good Charlotte - Pretty much saying "If you want to commit suicide, You should wait."
"Hole in the River" by Crowded House : about the suicide of Neil Finn's aunt who was a nun
"Home" by Staind
"Home Is Where You Hang Yourself" by Every Time I Die
"Homecoming" by Green Day: the suicide of St. Jimmy, perhaps a symbol of Jesus of Suburbia reclaiming his own identity
"How Do You Get That Lonely" by Blaine Larsen
"How To Handle A Rope" by Queens Of The Stone Age
"Hummer" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen
"I know it's over" by The Smiths
"I'm Alive" by Helloween - anti-suicide song
"I'm Alright" by Twiztid - A suicide note.
"Im letzten Augenblick" by Wohlstandskinder
"IMN" by Mudvayne
"In a Lonely Place" by Joy Division
"Infectious" by Lagwagon
"In Limbo" by Genesis
"Instant Death" by Beastie Boys
"Instead Laugh" by Onesidezero
"I'm A Bomb" by Natasha Bedingfield
"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance
"In Time" by Grey Daze
"Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee, written by Lieber and Stoller
"I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself" by Elton John
"I Want To Die" by Mortal Love
"I Wish I Would Die" by Fiction Plane
"It'll Be O.K." by Limp Bizkit
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" by The Rolling Stones
"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
"I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)" by Avenged Sevenfold - told from the POV of someone committing suicide
"I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)" by Avenged Sevenfold - expresses the anger and sense of betrayal felt by the close friends of the person who committed suicide
"Jeremy" by Pearl Jam
"Jesus or a Gun" by Fuel
"Joe the Lion" by David Bowie
"Jump the next train" by Young Parisians feat. Ben Lost
"Join Me (in Death)" by HIM
"Joining You" by Alanis Morissette - written as a plea to a suicidal friend
"Jonah" by Stuart Davis
"Jump They Say" by David Bowie
"Jumper" by Third Eye Blind- goes over the story of a friends point of view when a friend commits suicide. First verse talks about the "boy", the second verse is about the hospital and all they do to save him "and he's gone to code... I never thought it would come to this". What throws the song off for people is the refrain/chorus is him telling his friend "step back from the ledge my friend".
"Jumpers" by Sleater-Kinney - about a girl jumping off the Golden State Bridge, expresses both the tragedy and the liberation.
"Just a Thought" by Gnarles Barkley
"Just another Suicide" by UFO
"Kein Ton" by Dritte Wahl
"Kein Zurück" by Farin Urlaub
"The Kick Inside" by Kate Bush
"Kill Yourself" by Stormtroopers of Death
"Kill Yourself Now and Avoid The Rush" by TISM
"Killing Time" by (HED) p.e.
"Killing Yourself" by Alice In Chains
"King" by Marillion
"Kiss Off" by Violent Femmes
"Komm, Süsser Tod" ("Come, Sweet Death") by Arianne in End of Evangelion
"Kurt" by Dan Bern
"La Ballade Of Lady & Bird" by Lady & Bird
"Lady in Green" by Mary Coughlan
"Laid to rest" by Lamb of god
"Last" by Nine Inch Nails
"The Last Hour" by Elliott Smith
"Last Resort" by Papa Roach
"Last Steak With My Mom" by Mamma Boyz
"Last Words" by Thousand Foot Krutch
"Late" by Ben Folds
"Leave" by R.E.M.
"The Ledge" by The Replacements
"Letter of Fate2 by Goldie
"The Letter" by Macy Gray
"Let Go (The Last Chapter)" by Sentenced
"Let Me In" by R.E.M. - song about Kurt Cobain's suicide
"Lifelover" by Phranc
"Lift Your Head Up High (and Blow Your Brains Out)" by Bloodhound Gang
"Like Angels On The Verge Of Suicide" by In Pieces
"Like Suicide" by Soundgarden
"Lo Fi" by The Paddingtons
"Lisa" by 3rd Strike
"Local Boy in the Photograph" by Stereophonics
"Loser" by 3 Doors Down
"The Lost Rivers Of London" (aka "London's Lost Rivers") by Coil in Unnatural History III - verge-of-suicide by drowning [link]
"Love Breeds Suicide" by Suicide Commando
"Love Doesn't Kill You" by Fastball
"Mad World" by Tears For Fears
"Maggie" by Colin Hay
"Man That You Fear" by Marilyn Manson (a part of the main theme, but not in itself)
"Marianne" by Tori Amos
"May Today Become The Day" by Sentenced
"Mein Eichensarg" by Eisregen
"Memo to Human Resources" by They Might Be Giants
"Mercy Street" by Peter Gabriel
"Michael's Bones" by Morrissey
"Mighty K.C." by For Squirrels - song about Kurt Cobain's suicide
"Missing" by Evanescence
"Miss Murder" by AFI
"Der Müller und der Bach" by Franz Schubert - A conversation between a stream and a young man who is going to committ a suicide
"Mon Chum Rémi" by Les Cowboys Fringants
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" by Radiohead - suicide by sleeping pills [link]
"My Direction" by Sum 41
"My Last Goodbye" by Nailpin
"My Last Words" by Megadeth
"My Life in the Suicide Ranks" by Tears For Fears
"My Sweet Prince" by Placebo
"My Way Out" by David Usher
Nada es Eterno ' By Ignacio Oulton ' The song refers to a young person who dies and wants to come back but he cant. Its in spanish and the suicide quote goes like this ' provoque mi propio final al alejarme de la realidad , ahora veo el mundo lejano y ya no puedo regresar.
"Narrative of Soul Against Soul" by AFI Anti-Suicide song.
"Need" by "At the Gates
"Needle in the Hay" by Elliott Smith
"Never 'Ad Nothing" by Angelic Upstarts
"Neverlasting" by Sentenced
"New Dawn Fades" by Joy Division
"Nice Day" by Wizo
"No Hero" by The Offspring
"No Lies, Just Love" by Bright Eyes
"No More Will" by Nevermore
"No Surprises" by Radiohead - suicide by carbon monoxide [link]
"Noch ein Leben" by PUR
"Noose" by Sentenced
"Nothing to Lose" by Billy Talent
"Now that I've Taken My Life" by Tom Paxton
"Ny´ Batterí" by Sigur Rós
"Obstacle 1" by Interpol
"Ocean Breathes Salty" by Modest Mouse
"Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
"Of Adornment And Disgust" by Skycamefalling
"Ohio is for Lovers" by Hawthorne Heights
"One Dyin' and a-Buryin'" by Roger Miller
"One Hundred Years" by The Cure
"One Last Breath" by Creed
"One More Suicide" by Marcy Playground
"On the Roof Again" by Eve 6 - "gonna jump, gonna jump gonna die this year"
"On Parole" by Motörhead
"Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"The Outsider" by A Perfect Circle
"Pale" by Within Temptation
"Panic Attack" by The Paddingtons
"The Pass" by Rush - about teenage suicide
"Pass The Gun Around" by Alice Cooper
"Passover" by Joy Division
"Patches" by Dickey Lee
"Pineola" by Lucinda Williams
"Pink Cigarette" by Mr. Bungle
"Potential Suicide" by The Wipers
"Pretty Suicide" by Space
"Poetic Tragedy" by the Used
"Porcelain" by Better Than Ezra
"Porcelain" by Thursday
"Progress" by Pedro the Lion
"Prove Yourself" by Radiohead - The lyric "Prove Yourself" addresses people who say they're ready to kill themselves.
"Pulling The String" by Mudvayne
"Rager" by Lagwagon
"The Rain Comes Falling Down" by Sentenced
"Red Water" by Rehab - father of the boy next door kills himself by cutting in the bathtub when he seems to have such a great life
"Redondo Beach" by Patti Smith
"Resolve" by Lagwagon
"Rest In Peace" by ...Bender
"Reptilia" by The Strokes
"Revelation" by D12
"Reverence" by The Jesus and Mary Chain
"Richard Cory" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Richard Hung Himself" by DI
"Ritzi" ([de]) by FT
"Rock and Roll Suicide" by David Bowie
"Rocket" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Rocketship" by Guster
"Rope Ends" by Pain Of Salvation
"Roulette Girl" by Mary Prankster
"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum
"RV" by Faith No More
"Sacrificial Suicide" by Deicide
"Sad Astronaut" by Lagwagon
"Sam Stone" by John Prine
"Saturn Return" by R.E.M.
"Savannah" by Zao (About the 1994 suicide of a porn star after her face was mangled in a car accident)
"Save Me (Wake-Up Call)" by Unwritten Law
"Save the Life of My Child" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Schieß mich Jetzt Ab" ("Shoot me Now") by Rosenstolz
"Schlimm" by Die Ärzte
"Selbstmord" ("Suicide") by Too Strong
"Self Suicide" by Goldie Lookin' Chain
"Sewercide" by The Electric Eels
"Shadows" by Resurrection Band
"She's Got a Problem" by Fountains of Wayne
"She's Not Dead" by Suede "She'll come to her end locked in a car somewhere with exhaust in her hair"
"Shivers" by Boys Next Door
"Shotgun Blues" by Blues Brothers
"Silverfuck" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Sick Little Suicide" by The Matches - about slowly killing yourself from everyday things... smoking, malnutrition, etc.
"Sick of It All" by The Distillers
"Sings in Silence" by Sonata Arctica
"Skin O' My Teeth" by Megadeth
"Sleeping Pills" by Suede
"Slit my Wrist" by The Murderdolls
"Smashed Into Pieces" by Silverstein
"Soil" by System Of A Down - The song is about the suicide of the band's first bassist and reflects on the inherent selfishness of suicide.
"Solitude" by Candlemass
"So Like A Rose" by Garbage - Lead singer Shirley Manson has mentioned several times that when she was in high school, a boy killed himself, and she wrote this song about him.
"So Long Suicide" by Duran Duran
"Soma" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Someone's Final Song" by Elton John
"Someone To Pull The Trigger" by Matthew Sweet
"Sometimes Wanna Die" by Joydrop - Not really about suicide, it's about not wanting to live.
"Song For Adam" by Jackson Browne
"Spring" by Rammstein
"Stab" by Mandy Kane
"Stay" by Shakespear's Sister
" Stole" by Kelly Rowland
"Stop swimming" by Porcupine Tree
"Story" by Lene Marlin
"Stranger in the House" by Elvis Costello
"Strawberry Gashes" by Jack Off Jill
"Straight A's" by The Dead Kennedys
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" by U2 – dedicated specifically to the 1997 suicide of INXS singer Michael Hutchence
"Sueisfine" by My Bloody Valentine
"Suicidal Dream" by Silverchair
"Suicidal Failure" by Suicidal Tendencies
"Suicidal Thoughts" by Notorious B.I.G.
"Suicide" by Barclay James Harvest
"Suicide" by Bobby Gaylor
"Suicide" by David Allan Coe
"Suicide" by Kai Tracid
"Suicide" by Meat Beat Manifesto
"Suicide" by The Devin Townsend Band
"Suicide" by The Damned
"Suicide" by Thin Lizzy
"Suicide" by Ed Cash
"Suicide (A Better Way)" by Choking Victim
"Suicide Alley" by Shawn Colvin
"Suicide and Other Comforts" by Cradle of Filth
"Suicide Bridge" by Atticus
"Suicide by My Side" by Sinergy
"Suicide Chump" by Frank Zappa
"Suicide Drive" by The Seahorses
"Suicide Hotline" by Insane Clown Posse
"Suicide Is Painless" by Johnny Mandel (theme from M*A*S*H)
"Suicide Isn't Painless" by Carter USM
"Suicide Isn't So Bad" by Calico System
"Suicide Life" by Eels
"Suicide Letters" by Tech N9ne
"Suicide Note" by Johnette Napolitano
"Suicide Note Parts I and II" by Pantera
"Suicide Machine" by Death
"Suicide Machine" by No Fun At All
"Suicide Once a Year" by Lemming - apparently a parody of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
"Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne
"Suicide Song" by Loudon Wainwright III (1971) - A seemingly pro suicide song. (Originally appeared in a medley on the album Loudon Wainwright III in 1970)
"Suicide Song" by Sole - About a man who commits suicide and is reincarnated multiple times, committing suicide each time.
"The Suicide's Grave" (Tit Willow from The Mikado) by Gilbert and Sullivan
"Suicide Underground" by Air -from the movie The Virgin Suicides
"The Suicider" by Sentenced
"Suspend Suspension" by Zao
"Swan Dive" by Ani DiFranco
"Swan Dive" by hed Planet Earth
"Sweet Oblivion" by The Deadlights
"Sweet Old World" by Lucinda Williams
"Swingin' Party" by The Replacements
"Tangled Up In Plaid" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Teenage Suicide" by The Candyskins
"Teenage Suicide" by Unwritten Law
"Teenage Suicide - Don't Do It!" by Big Fun
"Televators" by The Mars Volta
"Tesko Suicide" by Sneaker Pimps
"That's When I Reach for My Revolver" by Mission of Burma
"The Believer" by Rhett Miller
"The Favorite Color (Die liebe Farbe)" by Franz Schubert
"The Great Below" by Nine Inch Nails
"The Nobodies" by Marilyn Manson -the Columbine shootings, from Harris & Klebold's point of view.
"The Reeds Under Suicide Bridge" by The Reed Sleepers -tale of a pregnant girl overdosing in reeds below a bridge. Based upon a night spent in the reeds under a bridge which many teenagers had apperantly jumped off, spent by the singer.
"Theme" by Public Image Ltd
"Third Attempt" by Carpathian Forest
"This Bitter Pill" by Dashboard Confessional
"Three Peaches" by Neutral Milk Hotel
"'Til I Die" by The Beach Boys
"Till My Head Falls Off" by They Might Be Giants - suicide by Advil overdose
"Today" by Maximilian Hecker
"Today" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"To Love, And be Loved (Let's Not Shit Ourselves) by Bright Eyes
"Tomorrow, Wendy" by Concrete Blonde
"Tony" by Patty Griffin
"Too Depressed to commit Suicide" by The Heebeegeebees
"To Think of You Is To Treasure an Absent Memory" by Zao
"Tourniquet" by Evanescence
"Tourniquet" by Marilyn Manson
"Trick 17 m. S." by Die Ärzte
"Trouble Breathing" by Alkaline Trio
"Trouble in Mind" by Lightnin' Hopkins
"Try Not to Breathe" by R.E.M.
"Twenty Four Hours" by Joy Division
"Two for Tragedy" by Nightwish
"Two Little Girls" by Ani DiFranco
"Über den Selbstmord" (a.k.a. "On Suicide") by Kurt Weill
"Unloved" by The Blipp Bloppers (a.k.a KOiN)
"Underneath the Gun" by Limp Bizkit
"Understanding Amy" by Exeter punk band Annalise.
"Unsuspected" by Ginga
"Uptight" by Green Day
"Vanus Empty" by Dead Poetic
"Victoria's Secret" by Sonata Arctica
"Vincent" by Don McLean
"Virus" by Lagwagon
"Voices In My Head" by Esham
"Waltzing Matilda" by Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson
"War on Drugs" by Barenaked Ladies
"The Way You Lived" by CKY
"Waste" by Staind
"Was vom Leben uebrig bleibt" ("What remains of Life") by Eisregen
"Way You Lived" by cKy
"We Belong With The Dead" by Inkubus Sukkubus
"We Both Go Down Together" by The Decemberists
"What's This Life For" by Creed
"When I'm Dead" by Stabbing Westward
"When It's Cold I'd Like to Die" by Moby
"Where is Steve" by Carlos Derf
"While You're Waiting" by Alkaline Trio
"Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley
"Who Knew" by Pink - written about a friend who committed suicide by drug overdose
"Who'll Fall" (aka "Is Suicide A Solution?") by Coil in Stolen & Contaminated Songs - suicide of a friend by fall [link]
"Whole" by Flaw - dealing with mother's suicide
"Why Don't You Kill Yourself?" by The Only Ones
"Without You" by Badfinger and covered by Harry Nilsson
"The World I Know" by Collective Soul - music video for the song shows a man contemplating suicide
"Worm" by Ministry
"The Worst" by Lagwagon
"Yer Blues" by The Beatles
"Yet another day" by Armin van buuren
"You're Only Human (Second Wind)" by Billy Joel
"Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck" by Anal Cunt
"Your Suicides" by The Tiger Lillies - documents someone's repeated attempts and ends: "Are you really sincere? You say some day you will succeed but you're ninety-three next year."
"You're So Last Summer" by Taking Back Sunday - "If you could slit my throat, and with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt."
"You're the one I love" by David Gray
"Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D.
"Todeswunsch" by Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows
"Zaz Turned Blue" by Sparklehorse
"Zur Erinnerung" by Ferris MC (German Rapper)
"Steps Ascending" by Thursday

Against suicide

"A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto
"Another Day" by Dream Theater (Verses refer to talking someone out of committing suicide)
"Blood (Empty Promises)" by Papa Roach
"Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
"Don't Try Suicide" by Queen
"Here's to Life" by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
"Hey Stoopid" by Alice Cooper - teenage anti-suicide
"Hold On" by Good Charlotte
"In A Rut" by The Ruts ("...Don't tie that noose; it's just no use. Don't take that ride to suicide. You cut your wrists; you tried and missed. If you're in a rut, you've gotta get out of it...")
"Just Wait" by Blues Traveler
"Keep Passing The Open Windows" by Queen
"Childhoods End" by KISS

Mentioned

"1:19" by Lacuna Coil
"2112" by Rush
"5/4" by Gorillaz
"A Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
"All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople (lyrics by David Bowie)
"A Man/Me/Then Jim" by Rilo Kiley
"Amsterdam" by Coldplay
"Ballad of Big Nothing" by Elliott Smith
"The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan
"Belsen Was A Gas" by Sex Pistols
"Bill MacCai" by The Coral
"The Bitter End" by Placebo
"Black Diamond Bay" by Bob Dylan
"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen
"Burn Baby Burn" by Ash
"Buses and Trains" by Bachelor Girl
"Buried A Lie" by Senses Fail
"Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix
"Carbon Monoxide" by Regina Spektor
"Car Underwater" by Armor for Sleep
"Country Death Song" by Violent Femmes
"Changes" by 2Pac
"Cum on Everybody" by Eminem
"Dear Chicago" by Ryan Adams
"Death on Two Legs" by Queen
"Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?" by Linda & Richard Thompson in Shoot Out The Lights - unelucidated death of a friend [link]
"Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix
"Drastic Actions" by Bad Religion
"Falling Away From Me" Korn
"Feltham is Singing Out" by Hard-Fi
"Fire and Rain" by James Taylor
"God Bless Our Dead Marines" by A Silver Mt. Zion
"Gone" by 4Lyn
"Goodnight Irene" by The Weavers and others - contains a line contemplating self-drowning
"Ian Curtis" by Thursday
"Institutionalised" by Suicidal Tendencies
"It's the Sun" by The Polyphonic Spree - "Suicide is a shame..."
"In The Shadows" by The Rasmus - "I'd rather kill myself than turn into their slave"
"The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring
"Kill Yourself" by S.O.D.
"Koka Kola" by The Clash
"lass los" by Tic Tac Toe
"Leave This World Behind" by Kreator
"Little Bitch" by The Specials
"Long Hard Road Out Of Hell" Marilyn Manson
"Loveless Wrists" by Bayside
"Lucky Like St. Sebastian" by Momus
"Lush Life" by Baboon
"Mandatory Suicide" by Slayer - This song is actually about the Gulf War and has little to do with voluntary suicide
"Man That You Fear" by Marilyn Manson
"Melanie" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Milk It" by Nirvana
"Miss Murder" by AFI
"Missing" by Evanescence
"My Father's Eyes by Eric Clapton - "Then the jagged edge appears, through the distant clouds of tears"
"The Night Will Only Know" by Garth Brooks - a murder is wrongly reported as suicide
"Nothing Man" by Bruce Springsteen
"Northern Star" by Hole - about Kurt Cobain's suicide
"One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
"Paradise" by Bruce Springsteen - first verse from the point of view of a suicide bomber
"People Who Died" by Jim Carroll Band
"Pink Spider" by Hide
"Poetic Tragedy" by The Used - "And he stood tall, and he yelled, and he takes his life"
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" by Warren Zevon
"Post War Dream" by Pink Floyd - "with all their kids committing suicide" [link]
"Punishment" by Biohazard
"Razorblade Kiss" by HIM
"Radio Suicide" by Strung Out
"Ready To Fall" by Rise Against
"Reasons to be beautiful" by Hole - "Love hangs herself with the bedsheets in her cell"
"Reva Thereafter" by Girlyman
"Richard Manuel is Dead" or "If I Could Give All My Love" by Counting Crows
"Ronnie Here" by The Giraffes
"Round Here" by Counting Crows
"Roses For The Dead" by Funeral For A Friend
"RV" by Faith No More
"Sane" by Nate Borofsky
"Scavenger Type" by NOFX
"Serenade for a Fallen Angel" by Winter Reign
"Sexual Suicide" by Prince
"Silver and Cold" by AFI
"Silver Bullet" by Hawthorne Heights
"Slow Suicide" by Jamison Parker
"Sorrowsong" by Charon
"Spiegel" by Tic Tac Toe
"Starless" by Crossfade ("It's a cold gun that I kiss...Cause I'm not breaking anymore!")
"Step Out" by Manchester ("If I'm gonna lay down and die, I'll kill myself tonight")
"Suicidal" by Big Strides
"Suicide Blonde" by INXS
"Suicide Note" by Armor for Sleep
"Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne - about the death of AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott due to alcoholism, who killed himself by drinking. Alcohol is the solution that killed him. "...take a bottle drown your sorrows..."
"Sunny Day" by Zug Izland
"Strip Her Down" by Cold
"Stay" by 12 stones
"Tears" by X JAPAN
"That Means a Lot" by The Beatles
"The Sleeping Beauty" by Tiamat
"Thug Mansion" by 2pac
"Tilt-a-Whirl" by Insane Clown Posse
"Tourniquet" by Evanescence
"The Truth About Heaven" by Armor for Sleep - "To answer your question, I just had to leave"
"The Undead Will Feast" by Cannibal Corpse - "Suicide is the only way to avoid being eaten by the dead!"
"Vincent" by Don McLean
"War All The Time" by Thursday
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
"When Mermaids Cry" by Eagle Eye Cherry
"White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes - "Hang myself when I get enough rope"
"Whoops, I OD'd" by NOFX
"Why Don't You Write Me" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Without You" by Badfinger - later covered by Mariah Carey and Harry Nillson
"Yes, the River Knows" by The Doors
"You Can't Quit Me, Baby" by Queens of the Stone Age
"You Made Me Realise" by My Bloody Valentine - "Well you might as well commit suicide"
"Your Love has Died" by Bryan Ferry
"Yuuyami Suicide" by Pierrot
" I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) The White Stripes
"Last Words" by Ice Nine Kills

Allegedly about suicide

These are songs that are believed to allude to suicide, but have not been confirmed or denied by the artist(s) in question.

"And On" by Yazoo
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Close My Eyes Forever" by Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
"Dead Man's Will" by Iron and Wine
"Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt
"Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails
"Last Goodbye" by Jeff Buckley
"Muddy Hymnal" by Iron and Wine
"Ugly" by Cold
"Say Goodbye" by Girlyman
"Time" by Alan Parsons Project
"Time" by Ben Folds
"Trucks and Trains" by Alkaline Trio
"Rain" by Chamillionaire
"Miss world" by Hole ("Kill me pills")

Misinterpreted

Songs either misinterpreted as songs about suicide, or where a reference to suicide cannot be ruled out.

"I Hate Myself and Want to Die" by Nirvana. This song is a joke, as frontman Kurt Cobain explained many times. The title was meant with extreme sarcasm, as many people thought Kurt was suicidal, so he made a joke out of it.
"Goodbye Cruel World" by Pink Floyd in The Wall [link]
"Seasons in the Sun" by Jacques Brel, English lyric by Rod McKuen, recorded by the Kingston Trio and a pop hit by Terry Jacks. This song is actually about the slow and prolonged death (apparently from disease) of a man whose wife is having an affair with his best friend, and does not deal with suicide in any appreciable form. It is, however, a touching lament from the dying man to his family and friends.
"One" by Metallica (The song talks about how a person, not dead but not alive, wants to die, but physically can't)
"King's Crossing" by Elliott Smith(This song describes a return to heroin use)
".45" by Shinedown (Quote from Brent, their lead singer: "The inspiration from the song really came from – I think a lot of people kinda take a literal sense because of the lyrics – but the song is basically about the day that you wake up and you look at yourself in the mirror and you finally decide that you want to try to become comfortable in your own skin, and realize that you’re gonna have to make yourself happy before you’re going to make anyone else happy. And basically, the 45 isn’t an actual literal term for a gun, I used it as a metaphor for the world, the 45 is actually the world and what it hands you every day of your life. When you get up, it’s a gift to be alive to begin with. A lot of different people, when I’ve talked about it, they said, “Do you really honestly mean that?” And I’m like, “Well, yeah.” Because I’ve been in that situation where I didn’t know if I wanted to continue going on and I didn’t know how to necessarily make myself comfortable with who I was, trying to find a way of learning more about myself. And you come from a dark place sometimes, and that’s really the reality of the song. It’s about overcoming and about moving forward. And it’s basically about understanding that it’s not always going to be good, but you re

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