Again, comparatively not one of her saddest songs, yet to me, TV In Black And White is one that brings the tears each time, especially when her voice is so flawlessly sensitive. The end of the second verse and the bridge - the way she sings even higher and stronger, with emotive conviction - underlines the sentiment. The higher register she sings in gives the impression she is trying to be brave and positive, yet she cannot keep her voice steady and instead it goes higher - like when someone upset tries not to cry. She puts such charming, sweet emotion into her voice and sounds genuinely hurt by the loss. There’s something about people who truly love each other yet cannot be together which is really upsetting, knowing that they are just within reach but a barrier remains between them. The way she describes him as someone who made her see the world as something bright and beautiful, but now has no colour without him, tugs on my heartstrings too. This relationship, torn apart, makes for a devastating love story. Secondly, he loves her just as much, and “ his pillow tight” at night time, clearly hating where he is and wanting to be with Lana. There’s several reasons why this song makes me cry pretty much every time I hear it: Lana’s unfaltering dedication to her love, the way she bravely reminds him of the good times and how much he means to her is the first. This unreleased tune is a song dedicated to a man in prison, who Lana still loves and misses. To be honest, this realistically isn’t one of her saddest ever songs, especially when some of the tracks in the honourable mentions* have themes of loss and betrayal that come across as more emotive and hard-hitting than a song that mostly lists all the pretty things Lana has, but to me it stirs emotion and I feel like the way she sings - a plain voice which never really changes and the careless way she speaks of lovely things as it all means nothing to her - make it a special yet low-spirited song. The girl who has everything but having no one is a sad theme in itself. The way the song conveys the theme of loneliness, at least to me and my perception of it, is how the song sounds quite unique to Lana and I can’t think of any other song she has done like it (I’m sure there are examples but to me there isn’t), which makes it stick out to being a league of it’s own - a lonely song. Last Girl On Earth is one of my favourite songs by Lana Del Rey, a song about how “millions can hold” her but she’s feeling lonely: she can have anything she wants but she is the last girl.
Also, Lana has written so many emotional or sad songs so it was hard to choose but these are the ones that make me feel the most emotional! It was difficult to put them in an order but it’s a vague attempt at rating them some may overlap. These are my personal/in my opinion top 10 saddest songs by Lana Del Rey.
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