Songs about Regret/Sacrifce

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 11:29am

Hi all,

I'm looking for songs that deal with regret, or sacrificing your dreams/self for someone else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[bfreak]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 11:35am

Hate to be that guy who mentions Hamilton, but Satisfied really is a perfect fit to what you're asking.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 11:49am

bfreak said: "Hate to be that guy who mentions Hamilton, but Satisfied really is a perfect fit to what you're asking.

 

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It's what got me thinking about this topic, and in the mood. Thanks! lol

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 11:51am

"No Good Deed" from Wicked. 

"It's Too Late" from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. 

 

[Queen of the Night]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 12:51pm

"A little fall of rain" from Les Miserables

[TFMH18]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 1:09pm

"You Learn to Live Without" from If/Then

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 2:00pm

Valjean's Soliloquy (Les Mis)

I Dreamed a Dream (Les Mis)

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Mis)

Final Sequence, mostly in the ending bit. (Sweeney Todd)

Cabaret (Cabaret)

 

[@z5]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 2:04pm

Edges of the world and days and days from Fun Home

I  Hate you and Always Starting over from If/Then

A few songs from Spring Awakening also.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 2:23pm

"Chief Cook and Bottle Washer" from The Rink is great for self-sacrifice with a defiant twist at the end. 

 

"You Should Be Loved" from Side Show. 

 

"I'd Give My Life For You" from Miss Saigon

 

Lucy and Kendra's section of "Getting Ready" from 13

 

"To Build a Home" and "Almost Real" from Bridges 

 

"Anything But Lonely" from Aspects of Love is an interesting option. On paper the lyrics seem to be about being resilient and strong, but the subtext is that she is sacrificing all her pride begging Alex to stay that it feels like it fits what you're looking for. 

[Harriet Craig]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 4:24pm

"This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific

[stlrod]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 6:01pm

Holding to the Ground (falsttos)

The Road You Didn't Take (follies)

[Jarethan]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 6:16pm

I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

What Did I Have That I Don't Have

if He Walked Into My Life Today

 

 

[BroadwayPeasent]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 7:52pm

without you from rent.

don't do sadness from Spring Awakening I think

Rose's Turn does that qualify

Endless Nights The Lion King 

Daddy's Son Ragtime

Wishing you were here Phantom of the Opera

 
are these all silly song choices
 

Updated On: 5/28/16 at 07:52 PM

[woeisme3]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 8:23pm

The Garden Path To Hell from The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a good one

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 10:44pm

For Love (Juno)

Nothing More to Look Forward To (Kwamina)

If I Have to Live Alone (The Baker's Wife)

Learn to Be Lonely (A Doll's Life)

[Fan123]

Posted: 5/28/16 at 10:52pm

Who Am I /  The Trial (Les Mis)

Tell Him Anything (The Slipper and the Rose)

He Could Be A Star (Billy Elliot)

Far From The Home I Love (Fiddler on the Roof)

Forever Yours (Once On This Island) (and its reprise)

Other Hands, Other Hearts (Fanny)

Gethsemane (JCS)

[funhamilton_rent]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 10:26am

Hurricane (Hamilton)

She Used to Be Mine (Waitress)

Days And Days (Fun Home)

This is such a cliche but Still Hurting (L5Y)

 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 10:38am

PThespian said: "Where Did The Rock Go? (SOR)"

LOL!

 

[MVintheheartland]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 6:54pm

"Sorry Grateful" from Company

 

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 10:05pm

On the Willows - Godspell

As Long as He Needs Me and Reviewing the Situation - Oliver

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 10:13pm

Other Suitcase in Another Hall- Evita.

 

[KanderEbb]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 10:47pm

"Around the World" and "Another Winter in a Summer Town" in Grey Garden.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 10:59pm

"The Right Regrets" from Bombshell/Smash

"What I Did for Love"

 

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 5/31/16 at 5:37am

I'd Give My Life for You, The Sacred Bird, Little God of My Heart  -- Miss Saigon

Hello Young Lovers -- The King and I

Rose's Turn -- Gypsy

Charity -- Daddy Long Legs

Updated On: 5/31/16 at 05:37 AM

[Steve C.]

Posted: 5/31/16 at 6:04am

Some of the threads seem like "Jeopardy" fun at times...okay, I'm in.

With One Look from "Sunset Boulevard"

Love Changes Everything (and a few others) from "Love Changes Everything"

 

oh well gang, I'm off to surgery today, play nice!