User:DanTD/songs/List of songs about death

Here is a list of songs about death:

Fear of death

 * "Arc of Time (Time Code)" by Bright Eyes
 * "Adam's Song" by Blink-182
 * "American Pie" by Don McLean
 * "Atlantic" by Keane
 * "Black Desires" by Rusty Eye
 * "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
 * "Calling All Stations" by Genesis
 * "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
 * "A Most Peculiar Place" by Machine Translations
 * "Conversation with Death" by Peter Bellamy
 * "Tha Crossroads" by Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
 * "Dance of Death" by Iron Maiden
 * "Death and the Lady" by Shirley Collins
 * "Death Don't Have No Mercy" by the Reverend Gary Davis
 * "Death Have Mercy" by Vera Hall
 * "Detroit Rock City" by Kiss
 * "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
 * "Escape From Hellview" by CKY
 * "The End" by The Doors
 * "The End" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Fear of Dying" by Jack Off Jill
 * "Fear of Heaven" by Rusty Eye
 * "Dalai Lama" by Rammstein
 * "Feel" by Robbie Williams
 * "Fixin' to Die" by Bukka White and Buffy Sainte-Marie
 * "Fuck Dying" by Ice Cube feat. KoЯn
 * "Funeral Tango" by Jacques Brel and Scott Walker
 * "The Ghost of You" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Gold Mine Gutted" by Bright Eyes
 * "The Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd
 * "Ha Ha You're Dead" by Green Day
 * "Having A Blast" by Green Day
 * "Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden
 * "Heaven Can Wait" by Iron Maiden
 * "Hope There's Someone" by Antony and the Johnsons
 * "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails
 * "I Don't Wanna Die" by The Unicorns
 * "The I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-to-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish
 * "I Hope You Die" by The Bloodhound Gang
 * "I Know the Reaper" by Machinae Supremacy
 * "It's Not My Time to Go" by Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
 * "In My Darkest Hour" by Megadeth
 * "In This River" by Black Label Society
 * "Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith
 * "Kindhearted Woman" by Robert Johnson
 * "Knife Like a Needle (Victim of Misery)" by Gravity Bomb
 * "Let There Be Morning" by The Perishers
 * "Le Moribond" by Jacques Brel
 * "Love Becomes a Ghost" by Scarling.
 * "The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 * "Murder" by Coldplay
 * "My Death" by Jacques Brel and Scott Walker
 * "My Name is Death" by The Incredible String Band
 * "Necrophobic" by Slayer
 * "Not Now" by Blink-182
 * "O Death" by Camper Van Beethoven
 * "O Death" by Ralph Stanley
 * "On The Run" by OMC
 * "Platypus (I Hate You)" by Green Day
 * "Powerslave" by Iron Maiden
 * "Reach For the Sky" by Social Distortion
 * "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica
 * "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
 * "See That My Grave is Kept Clean" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
 * "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" by Radiohead
 * "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains
 * "A Therapy for Pain" by Fear Factory
 * "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" by Muse
 * "Trapped Under Ice" by Metallica
 * "What Happens When We Die" by Luke Haines
 * "When I'm Dead and Gone" by Status Quo
 * "Who Will Take My Place" by Dusty Springfield
 * "Will You Miss Me" by The Carter Family
 * "World Falls" by the Indigo Girls
 * "World Overdose" by Jack Killed Jill

Death of a loved one

 * "All The I've Got" by The Used
 * "Buried A Lie" by Senses Fail
 * "American Pie" by Don McLean
 * "High and Low" by Greg Laswell
 * "Now I run " by Shannon Noll
 * "100%" by Sonic Youth
 * "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)" by Tool
 * "A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater
 * "A Dark Congregation" by The Hush Sound
 * "A Lifetime" by Better Than Ezra
 * "A Little Bit Longer" by Jessica Folcker
 * "A Place Nearby" by Lene Marlin
 * "A Row of Small Trees" by Garnet Rogers
 * "Afterglow" by INXS
 * "Ainomieli" by CMX
 * "All Hallows Eve" by Type O Negative
 * "All Dead, All Dead" by Queen (About guitarist Brian May's childhood cat)
 * "All My Love" by Led Zeppelin
 * "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan (about the death of his mother and his father and how he got stood up at the altar. Dude was having a righteously bad day.)
 * "Alone You Breathe" by Savatage
 * "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan
 * "Angel's Son" by Sevendust
 * "Another Day" by Dream Theater (written by guitarist John Petrucci when his father was dying)
 * "As Your Voice Fades" by Emery
 * "Beautiful" by Jennifer Paige
 * "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
 * "Black" by Pearl Jam
 * "Black Balloon" by The Goo Goo Dolls
 * "Block of Wood" by Carbon Leaf
 * "Bye Bye" by Mariah Carey
 * "(Northbound on) Cahuenga" by Scarling.
 * "Camisado" by Panic! At the Disco
 * "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John (first written as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Later adapted to mourn the loss of Princess Diana.)
 * "Cemetery Gates" by Pantera
 * "Coma White" by Marilyn Manson
 * "Comfort in Sound" by Feeder
 * "Country Death Song" by The Violent Femmes
 * "Cremation" by Lou Reed
 * "Cries of the Past" by Underoath
 * "Dance" by Nas
 * "Dance with My Father" by Luther Vandross
 * "Danny Boy", a Celtic folk song
 * "Darkness and Light" by Yonder Mountain String Band
 * "David's Lamentation" by The Watersons
 * "Days of Graduation" by Drive-By Truckers
 * "Death Blooms" by Mudvayne(about Chad Gray's grandmother nearing death and being neglected by family members)
 * "Death of a Martian" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (about the death of Martian, Flea's dog)
 * "Death Letter Blues" by Son House
 * "Dick & Jane" by Bobby Vinton
 * "Died" by Alice in Chains
 * "Disappear" by Dream Theater
 * "Down in a Hole" by Alice in Chains
 * "Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" by Eels
 * "Empire of Light" by Tin Hat Trio
 * "Empty Garden" by Elton John (about the death of John Lennon)
 * "End of the Line" by The Offspring
 * "Eulogy for Emma" by Nerissa and Katryna Nields
 * "Even in Death" by Evanescence
 * "Everyone I Love is Dead" by Type O Negative
 * "Everything Dies" by Type O Negative
 * "Experience" by Toyah Willcox
 * "Fiction" by Avenged Sevenfold (about the death of former bandmate Jimmy Sullivan)
 * "Fifteenth & T" by Swingin' Utters
 * "Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
 * "For a Friend" by Jimmy Somerville
 * "For Justin" Dashboard Confessional (about the death of his cousin)
 * "For My Fallen Angel" by My Dying Bride
 * "Forever Free" by W.A.S.P.
 * "Forsaken (Vocal Version)" by VNV Nation
 * "God's Top Ten" by INXS
 * "Goin' Out" by Sarah Harmer
 * "Gone Away" by The Offspring
 * "Gone Without Goodbye" by Brian Littrell
 * "Good Die Young" by D12
 * "Good Man" by India.Arie
 * "Goodbye" by Patty Griffin
 * "Green Spandex" by Xavier Rudd
 * "Halloween Parade" by Lou Reed
 * "Happy Birthday" by Flipsyde
 * "Hear You Me" by Jimmy Eat World
 * "Helena" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Hello" by Evanescence
 * "Hey God" by Vince Gill
 * "Hi Flyer" by theSTART
 * "Hold On" by Sarah McLachlan
 * "Hollow" by Pantera
 * "How Long Will They Mourn Me" by 2Pac
 * "How to Save a Life" by The Fray
 * "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera
 * "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" by Dead Can Dance
 * "I Believe" by Diamond Rio
 * "I Can Never Go Home Anymore" by The Shangri-Las
 * "I Don't Believe in Love" by Queensrÿche (deals with the death of the fictional Sister Mary in the concept album Operation: Mindcrime)
 * I Had A Dream by Chamillionaire
 * "I Miss You" by blink-182
 * "I Miss You" by ...and Then I Turned Seven...
 * "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
 * "I Will Be There When You Die" by My Morning Jacket
 * "If Heaven" by Andy Griggs
 * "If I Die 2Nite" by 2Pac
 * "If I Die Tomorrow" by Mötley Crüe
 * "If You Were Here" by Poe
 * "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans
 * "In Loving Memory" by Alter Bridge
 * "In This Life" by Madonna
 * "Into the West" from "The Return of the King"
 * "Invincible" by Jesse McCartney
 * "J.A.R.(Jason Andrew Relva)" by Green Day
 * "Je moest waarschijnlijk gaan" by Brainpower
 * "Jed The Humanoid" by Grandaddy
 * "Jericho" by Hilary Duff (from the film Raise Your Voice)
 * "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind
 * "Klavier" by Rammstein
 * "Lady D'Arbanville" by Cat Stevens
 * "Lake Charles" by Lucinda Williams
 * "Last Kiss" by Wayne Cochran Performed by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers and Pearl Jam
 * "Late" by Ben Folds
 * "Lazyboy" by the Indigo Girls
 * "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las
 * "Letter to Alan" by Cold Chisel
 * "Life Goes On" by 2Pac
 * "Life Without You" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
 * "Like You" by Evanescence
 * "Lightning Crashes" by Live (about death in childbirth)
 * "Limousine (MS Rebridge)" by Brand New
 * "Lisa" — 3rd Strike
 * "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw (Mentions the death of his father, former Major League pitcher Tug McGraw)
 * "Local Boy in the Photograph" by Stereophonics
 * "Long, Long Before Your Time" (Irish folk song)
 * "Long Ride Home" by Patty Griffin
 * "Los malaventurados no lloran" by Panda
 * "Love is Blind" by Eve
 * "Love, Me" by Collin Raye (sometimes accredited as "If you get there before I do")
 * "Leslie Ann Levine" by The Decemberists
 * "Lucy" by The Hollies
 * "Lullabye" by Billy Joel
 * "Lydia" by Slaid Cleaves
 * "Mama Said" by Metallica
 * "Me and My Bitch" by Notorious B.I.G.
 * "Missing You" by Diana Ross
 * "Moonight Shadow" by Missing Heart (from Dance Dance Revolution)
 * "Mourning Son" by Dave Navarro
 * "Moving On" by Toya
 * "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (from Titanic)
 * "My Immortal" by Evanescence
 * "My Angel" by Kellie Pickler
 * "Nebel" by Rammstein
 * "Napalm in the Morning" by Sodom
 * "Never Gone" by Backstreet Boys
 * "Never Went to Church" by The Streets
 * "Night Shift" by the Commodores (san Lionel Richie) (about the death of Marvin Gaye)
 * "No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) by Brian May and Roger Taylor
 * "Nona" by Mötley Crüe
 * "Not Even The Trees" by Hootie & The Blowfish
 * "Not Now" by Blink-182
 * "November Rain" by Guns N Roses
 * "Nur Zu Besuch" by Die Toten Hosen
 * "Once in a Lifetime" by Wolfsheim
 * "Ohne Dich" by Rammstein
 * "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
 * "One Last Goodbye" by Anathema
 * "One More Arrow" by Elton John
 * "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
 * "Only the Good Die Young" by Iron Maiden (last song on their concept album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" about the death of the seventh son of a seventh son)
 * "Open Casket" by Death
 * "Our Farewell" by Within Temptation
 * "Pain of Tragedy" by Cold fusion
 * "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
 * "People Who Died" by The Jim Carroll Band
 * "Pictures of You" by The Cure
 * "Pink Frost" by The Chills
 * "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong" by Against Me!
 * "Poison Oak" by Bright Eyes
 * "Pretty" — Korn
 * "Quick Fade" by Feeder
 * "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" by Type O Negative
 * "Remember" by Josh Groban
 * "Rest in Peace" by Brownside
 * "Rocky" by Austin Roberts
 * "Rose of Sharyn" by Killswitch Engage
 * "Say Goodbye" by Girlyman
 * "Say Hello 2 Heaven" by Temple of the Dog
 * "Sei Ma Le Losa" by Te Vaka
 * "Shannon" by Henry Gross (Shannon was his dog. This song is about the death of a pet.)
 * "Shores of the Swilly" Irish folk song
 * "Since I Lost You" by Genesis
 * "Six Feet Deep Geto Boys
 * "Sleep:Less" by Icon of Coil
 * "Slipped Away" by Avril Lavigne
 * "Sodom South Georgia" by Iron & Wine
 * "Soil" by System of a Down
 * "Some Fantastic Place" by Squeeze
 * "Some Mother's Son" by The Kinks
 * "Someone's Watching Over Me" by Hilary Duff (from the film Raise Your Voice)
 * "Sonny" by New Found Glory
 * "Steps Ascending" by Thursday
 * "Steven" by Senses Fail
 * "St. James Infirmary" (many versions)
 * "Suicide Child" by The Nuns
 * "Take Away My Pain" by Dream Theater - written by guitarist John Petrucci about the death of his father
 * "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton
 * "Teardrops And Closed Caskets" by 2Pac
 * "Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning
 * "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
 * "The Beekeeper" by Tori Amos
 * "The Dance" by Garth Brooks
 * "The First Fall of Snow" by Hank Williams
 * "The Funeral" by Hank Williams
 * "The Good Die Young" by 2Pac
 * "The Last Day on Earth" by Kate Miller-Heidke
 * "The Rocket" by Fred Eaglesmith
 * "The Way You Lived" by CKY
 * "Those Gambler's Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers
 * "The Real Folk Blues" by The Seatbelts (from Cowboy Bebop)
 * "The Underwater Song" by theSTART
 * "This is Not Goodbye" by Melissa Etheridge
 * "This Time" by Wolfsheim
 * "Toby" by The Chi-lites
 * "To Live and Die in L.A." by 2Pac
 * "To Live is To Die" by Metallica (an instrumental inspired by the death of bassist Cliff Burton, contains many riffs and finally a poem, all written by Burton before his death)
 * "Travelling Soldier" by Dixie Chicks
 * "Two Twenty Nine" by Brave Saint Saturn (deals with the death of Reese Ropers grandmother)
 * "Understanding in a Car Crash" by Thursday
 * "Unmarked Grave" by David Thomas Broughton
 * "Until it Sleeps" by Metallica (about the loss of James Hetfield's mother to cancer)
 * "Untitled" by Simple Plan
 * "Vermillion Part 2" by Slipknot
 * "Vertebrae" by Christine Fellows
 * "View From Heaven" by Yellowcard
 * "Vivica" By Jack Off Jill
 * "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day
 * "Watching Over Me" by Iced Earth
 * "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance
 * "We'll Burn the Sky" by Scorpions
 * "What Sarah Said" by Death Cab for Cutie
 * "When the Great Man Falls" by Jim Infantino
 * "When the Rain Falls" by Zetta Bytes (from the film Pixel Perfect)
 * "When You Come Back to Me Again" by Garth Brooks
 * "Where I'm Bound Patty Loveless
 * "White Lightning" by Def Leppard
 * "Who You'd Be Today" by Kenny Chesney
 * "Who Knew" by Pink
 * "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by The Staple Singers
 * "Winter" by Bayside (band)
 * "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
 * "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
 * "With You in Your Dreams" by Hanson
 * "World of Our Own Making" by Merrie Amsterburg
 * "Yearbook" by Hanson
 * "Yesterdays" by Switchfoot
 * "You Can Still Be Free" by Savage Garden
 * "You Never Know" by Immortal Technique
 * "You Were Here" by Sarah Harmer (about the death of her friend and former bandmate Joe Chithalen)
 * "You'll Be There" by George Strait
 * "Missing You" by 1st Lady
 * "Gone Too Soon" by Simple Plan

Philosophising about death

 * "100 Years" by Five for Fighting
 * "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" by Burzum
 * "A Most Peculiar Man" by Simon and Garfunkel
 * "A Perfect Sonnet" by Bright Eyes
 * "Abschied nehmen" by Xavier Naidoo
 * "Alles Ist Eins" by Die Toten Hosen
 * "And the Hero Will Drown" by Story of the Year
 * "And When I Die" by Laura Nyro
 * "Annabelle" by Gillian Welch
 * "Anthem of Our Dying Day" by Story of the Year
 * "At My Funeral" by The Crash Test Dummies
 * "A Tout le Monde" by Megadeth
 * "Boo" by Pinback
 * "Can You Dig It?" by The Monkees
 * "Cancer" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Certain Death" by Rusty Eye
 * "Cold Cold Ground" by Tom Waits
 * "Cold Wind" by Arcade Fire
 * "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
 * "Creeping Death" by Metallica
 * "Dead" by They Might Be Giants
 * "Dead!" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Dear Old Battlefield" by The Incredible String Band
 * "Death Comes Calling" by Everlast
 * "Death Comes Ripping" by The Misfits
 * "Death in Fire" by Amon Amarth
 * "Death is Not the End" by Bob Dylan
 * "Declaration of Freedom" by Laibach
 * "Descend the Shades of Night" — Machine Head
 * "Die for My Sins" by Sanctuary
 * "Die With me" by Type O Negative
 * "Die With Your Boots On" by Iron Maiden
 * "Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
 * "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
 * "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas
 * "Easy/Lucky/Free" by Bright Eyes
 * "Eclipse" by Pink Floyd
 * "Emo Screamo" by Joshua Visbal
 * "Eulogy by Five Iron Frenzy
 * "Eulogy" by Tool
 * "Eye of the Hurricane" by David Wilcox
 * "Fallen Angels" by Aerosmith
 * "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Fates Warning" by Iron Maiden
 * "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" by The Flaming Lips
 * "Fight Fire With Fire" by Metallica
 * "Forgive Me" by Proof of D12 f/ 50 Cent
 * "For Those Who Died" by Cradle of Filth
 * "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
 * "Funeral Song" by Crash Test Dummies
 * "Going Down to Die" by Danzig
 * "Grave Digger" by Dave Matthews
 * "Green Man" by Type O Negative
 * "Ha Ha You're Dead" by Green Day
 * "Haltet die Welt an" by Glashaus
 * "Heaven Can Wait" by Iron Maiden
 * "High Hopes by Pink Floyd
 * "Hold On" by Good Charlotte
 * "I Am Going to Hell For This One" by NOFX
 * "I Remember You" by Slim Whitman
 * "I Seen A Man Die" by Scarface
 * "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
 * "Idumea" by The Young Tradition
 * "In My Time of Dying" by Led Zeppelin
 * "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
 * "Infinite Dreams" by Iron Maiden
 * "Join Me In Death" by HIM
 * "Lady in Green" by Mary Coughlan
 * "Life'll Kill Ya" by Warren Zevon
 * "Life's So Hard" by Tupac Shakur
 * "Like a Stone" by Audioslave
 * "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw
 * "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" by Marilyn Manson
 * "Lost in a Contraption" by CKY
 * "Pretty Suicide" by Space
 * "Primary" by The Cure
 * "Meet You There" by Simple Plan
 * "Mensch" by Herbert Grönemeyer
 * "Morte O Merce" by Unto Ashes
 * "Mother Love" by Queen
 * "Musta Sulhanen" by Jani & The Jetsetters
 * "No More Lies" by Iron Maiden
 * "No Prayer For the Dying" by Iron Maiden
 * "Nothing is Not" by Morbid Angel
 * "One Last Breath" by Creed
 * "One of These Days" by Spacehog
 * "Pity the Dead" by Bad Religion
 * "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theater
 * "Pull the Plug" by Death
 * "Question" by System of a Down
 * "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley
 * "Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On" by Dream Theater
 * "Second Skin" by The Chameleons
 * "Shadow Lover" by Mercedes Lackey
 * "Silent Lucidity" by Queensrÿche
 * "Slipped Away" by Avril Lavigne
 * "Soil" by System of a Down
 * "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
 * "Streets of Heaven" by Sherrie Austin
 * "Suicidal Thoughts" by Notorious B.I.G.
 * "Sunrise, Sunset" by Bright Eyes
 * "The Big Sleep" by Streetlight Manifesto
 * "The Call of Ktulu" by Metallica
 * "The Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd
 * "The Lyke Wake Dirge" by Pentangle
 * "The Old Folks" by Jacques Brel
 * "The Remembrance Ballad" by Atreyu
 * "The Show Must Go On" by Queen
 * "The Truth About Heaven" by Armor for Sleep
 * "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" by Muse
 * "Together Again" by Janet Jackson
 * "Top of the World" by The Dixie Chicks
 * "Trapped Under Ice" by Metallica
 * "Videotape" by Radiohead
 * "Voice of the Soul" by Death
 * "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire
 * "Was It All Worth It?" by Queen
 * "Weathered" by Creed
 * "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance
 * "We're Only Going To Die" by Bad Religion
 * "When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels" by Hank Williams
 * "When I Go" by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
 * "When The Angels Sing" by Social Distortion
 * "What Happens When We Die?" by Luke Haines
 * "Who By Fire" by Leonard Cohen
 * "Who Wants to Live Forever?" by Queen
 * "Why Must We Die?" by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Joel Zifkin
 * "Wings For Marie" by Tool
 * "World Without End" by Five Iron Frenzy
 * "Worms" by The Pogues
 * "Searching for a Former Clarity" by Against Me!
 * "Jesus Christ" by Brand New

Murder

 * "18 and Life" by Skid Row
 * "1963" by New Order
 * "99 to Life" by Social Distortion
 * "Almas de Venta" by Brujeria
 * "American Psycho II" by D12 f/ B-Real of Cypress Hill
 * "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
 * "Anything" by Macarbe
 * "Battery" by Metallica
 * "Beheaded" by The Offspring
 * "Black Friday" by Megadeth
 * "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
 * "Body Snatchers Forever" by Leathermouth
 * "Bullets" by Creed
 * "Cassie" by Flyleaf
 * "Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover" by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
 * "Chainsaw" by GGFH
 * "Chapter Four" by Avenged Sevenfold
 * "Cocaine Blues" by Johnny Cash
 * "Cop Killer" by Body Count
 * "Dancin' With Manson" by Therapy?
 * "The Death of Sarah Lucas" by Luke Haines
 * "Delia's Gone" by Johnny Cash
 * "Delilah" by Tom Jones
 * "Deliverance" by Opeth
 * "Die, Die, My Darling" by The Misfits
 * "Drop Dead" by Space
 * "England Made Me" by Black Box Recorder
 * "Excitable Boy" by Warren Zevon
 * "Fantasy Bag" by Therapy?
 * "Fish Fry" by Big Black
 * "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash
 * "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica (5 Guys get murdered on a hill)
 * "Frankie" by Mississippi John Hurt (Frankie murders Albert for unfaithfulness)
 * "Getting Away With Murder" by Papa Roach
 * "Go to Sleep" DMX f/ Eminem and Obie Trice (Cradle 2 the Grave Soundtrack)
 * "Goodbye Earl" by The Dixie Chicks
 * "Grinder" by Big Black
 * "Harvester of Sorrow" by Metallica
 * "Heaven Sent" by Esthero
 * "Hey Joe" by Billy Roberts, later recorded by Jimi Hendrix
 * "How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill
 * "House of 1000 Corpses" by Rob Zombie
 * "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
 * "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" by My Chemical Romance
 * "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
 * "I Used to Love Her" by Guns N' Roses
 * "ICU" by Hatestar
 * "I'll Kill You" by X Japan
 * "I'll Sink Manhattan" by They Might Be Giants
 * "It Snows in Hell" by Lordi
 * "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith
 * "Jungle Telegraph" by Eels
 * "Killers" by Iron Maiden
 * "Kill All Your Friends" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Kill Me" by Space
 * "Kill Ramierez" by Baader Meinhof
 * "Kill You" by Eminem
 * "Kill You" by Korn
 * "Killing an Arab" by The Cure
 * "Killing is My Business" by Megadeth
 * "Kim" by Eminem
 * "Klavier" by Rammstein
 * "Life I Left Behind" by Aiden
 * "Last Caress" by The Misfits
 * "Like Suicide" by Soundgarden(lyrics suggest it is about a murder which is covered up as a suicide)
 * "Little Musgrave" by Christy Moore
 * "Little Sir Hugh" by Steeleye Span
 * "Long Lankin" by Steeleye Span
 * "Loved to Death" by Megadeth
 * "Mack the Knife" by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, later recorded by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin
 * "Mama's Gotta Die Tonight" by Body Count
 * "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
 * "Me and Jesus the Pimp in the '79 Grenada Last Night" by The Coup
 * "Me and the Moon" by Something Corporate
 * "Mein Teil" by Rammstein
 * "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by The Beatles
 * "Melody Motel" by Squeeze
 * "Midnight Creeper" by Eagles of Death Metal
 * "Midnight Rambler" by The Rolling Stones
 * "Mr. E. Leon Rauis" by Rasputina
 * Most songs by Cannibal Corpse
 * "Murder" by David Gilmour
 * "Murder in the Rue Morgue" by Iron Maiden
 * "Murder Was the Case They Gave Me" by Leathermouth
 * "My Bloody Valentine" by Good Charlotte
 * "Nine Bullets" by Drive-By Truckers
 * "Nothing to Gein" by Mudvayne
 * "Ode" by Creed
 * "Ol'Evil Eye" by ICP
 * "Omie Wise" by Doc Watson
 * "Possum Kingdom" by Toadies {about a murder in Texas}
 * "Preston Miller" by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
 * "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
 * "Rapture" - Hurt
 * "Rastus Russell" by Adrienne Young
 * "Ride the Wings of Pestilence" by From First to Last
 * "Rio Bravo" by CKY
 * "Run Rabbit Run" by Rob Zombie
 * "Sadie" by Alkaline Trio - about the Charles Manson murders
 * "Saturday Night" by The Misfits
 * "Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer
 * "Seek and Destroy" by Metallica
 * "Sniped" by CKY
 * "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price
 * "Steelworker" by Big Black
 * "Subway Song" by The Cure
 * "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)" by Elton John
 * "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan
 * "The Mariner's Revenge Song" by The Decemberists
 * "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence
 * "Timothy" by The Buoys
 * "Tom Dooley" by Doc Watson
 * "Trephination" by Machine Head
 * "Two Weeks From Twenty" by Yellowcard
 * "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Warrant
 * "Unsolved Child Murder" by The Auteurs
 * "Valley of Chrome" by Cypress Hill
 * "Victoria" by Saigon Kick
 * "Washington Bullets" by The Clash
 * "The Wedding List" by Kate Bush
 * "Welcome to Jamrock" by Damian Marley
 * "Wet Job" by Fingerprintz
 * "What Sarah Said" by Death Cab for Cutie
 * "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue
 * "Where is She?" by The Killers
 * "Who Killed Davey Moore?" by Bob Dylan
 * "With God on Our Side" by Bob Dylan
 * "You're All I Need" by Mötley Crüe
 * "Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D.

Suicide

 * "2112" by Rush
 * "A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto
 * "A Message for Adrienne" by Underoath
 * "Adam's Song" by blink-182
 * "Adios" by Rammstein
 * "À tout le Monde" by Megadeth
 * "Asleep" by The Smiths
 * "Beyond the Gray Sky" by 311
 * "Beyond the Realms of Death" by Judas Priest
 * "Blasphemous Rumours" by Depeche Mode
 * "Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police
 * "Car Underwater" by Armor for Sleep
 * "Cemetery Drive" by My Chemical Romance
 * "Change Your Mind" by The All-American Rejects
 * "Chop Suey!" by System of a Down
 * "Cryonic Suspension" by Rusty Eye
 * "Death, Come Near Me" by Draconian
 * "Death in Paris" by Vennaskond
 * "Diamond Smiles" by The Boomtown Rats
 * "Disappoint" by Assemblage 23
 * "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
 * "Don't Hold Your Breath" by CKY
 * "Drastic Actions" by Bad Religion
 * "Elevator" by Box Car Racer
 * "Everything Ends" by Slipknot
 * "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
 * "Fade to Black" by Metallica
 * "Forgiven" by Within Temptation
 * "Goodbye, We're Falling Fast" by Aiden
 * "Goodbye, I'm Sorry" by ...And Then I Turned Seven
 * "Hold On" by Good Charlotte
 * "Holy Enthusia" by Hatestar
 * "Homecoming/ The Death Of Saint Jimmy" by Green Day
 * "I Won't See You Tonight" by Avenged Sevenfold
 * "In My Darkest Hour" by Megadeth
 * "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam
 * "Killing Machine" by Judas Priest
 * "Kurt Kobain" by Proof of D12
 * "Last Resort" by Papa Roach
 * "Like You" by Evanescence
 * "Lookout Mountain" by Drive-By Truckers
 * "Miss Murder" by AFI
 * "Music to Commit Suicide By" by Roy Wood
 * "Nice Shot" by Filter
 * "Nine Bullets" by Drive-By Truckers
 * "No Lies, Just Love" by Bright Eyes
 * "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
 * "One" by Metallica
 * "Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
 * "Reva Thereafter" by Girlyman
 * "Revelation" by D12
 * "Richard Cory" by Simon & Garfunkel
 * "Richard Hung Himself" by D.I.
 * "Roses for the Dead" by Funeral for a Friend
 * "Say Goodbye" by Girlyman (other interpretations may exist
 * "Self-Destruction" by Hatestar
 * "Schneller Leben" by Die Ärzte
 * "Silent Waters" by Rusty Eye
 * "Skin 'O My Teeth" by Megadeth
 * "Slit Wrist Theory" by 36 Crazyfists
 * "So Sick of Living This Ridiculous, Faker's Life" by Wristy & The Sunken Glass
 * "Soil" by System of a Down
 * "Speed Me Towards Death" by Rob Dougan
 * "SRXT" by Bloc Party
 * "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" by U2 – dedicated specifically to the 1997 suicide of INXS singer Michael Hutchence
 * "Stan" by Eminem
 * "Suicidal Jet" by Unlucky Helldrivers
 * "Suicidal Thoughts" by The Notorious B.I.G.
 * "Suicide" by Motörhead
 * "Suicide" by Thin Lizzy
 * "Suicide Chump" by Frank Zappa
 * "Suicide's an Alternative/You'll Be Sorry" by Suicidal Tendencies
 * "Suicide Hotline" by Insane Clown Posse
 * "Suicide Letters" by Tech N9ne
 * "Suicide Note" by Pantera
 * "Suicide Note" by Kyle Spratt
 * "Suicide is Painless" by Johnny Mandel (with vocals theme from the Movie MASH 1970, instrumental version theme of TV show MASH 1972-83)
 * "Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne
 * "Surm Pariisis" by Vennaskond
 * "The Final" by Dir en grey
 * "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths
 * "Till My Head Falls Off" by They Might Be Giants
 * "Today" by The Smashing Pumpkins
 * "Tomorrow is Today" by Billy Joel
 * "Tourniquet" by Evanescence
 * "Try Not to Breathe" by R.E.M.
 * "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * "Uptight" by Green Day
 * "What's This Life For" by Creed
 * "When I'm Dead" by Stabbing Westward
 * "When It Rains" by Paramore
 * "Why" by Rascal Flatts
 * "Waltzing Matilda", Australian folk song, involves a swagman killing himself in a billabong
 * "Yes, the River Knows" by The Doors

Combat

 * "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
 * "Civil War" by Guns N' Roses
 * "Disposable Heroes" by Metallica
 * "Hero of War" by Rise Against
 * "I Want You to Live" by George Canyon
 * "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan
 * "Love Vigilantes" by New Order
 * "Manditory Suicide" by Slayer
 * "One" by Metallica
 * "Rooster" by Alice in Chains
 * "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden
 * "The Last Letter From Home" by Dropkick Murphys
 * "Trading War Stories" by 2Pac
 * "Two Weeks from Twenty" by Yellowcard
 * "Zombie" by The Cranberries
 * "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Pete Seeger
 * "Mama" by My Chemical Romance