Blue October/Tear Jerker

A sizable part of this alternative rock band's song catalog can evoke this reaction.

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• "For My Brother" is particularly gut wrenching, once it turns to a plea for help. It's roughly the emotional equivalent of being sent through a meat grinder.
• "Hate Me".
• "Let It Go".
• Also, "Black Orchid". You know it'll be depressing when it was written as a confession to the singer/writer's mother that he was suicidal, at the age of fourteen, but the sheer helplessness in his voice is what can make one unable to listen all the way through.
• "My Never". Admit it, we've all been there before.
• "Congratulations", the band's duet with Imogen Heap.

"I can't change this, I can never take this back, but now I can't change your mind..."

• "Any Man In America" is this for anyone who's been through a divorce, on the losing end of a custody battle, or both. The liner notes for this album even include a letter from Justin to his young daughter Blue, pictures of them together and pictures of band members with their own children, pets and hobbies.