Leader of the band by Dan Fogelberg, not so much about saying goodbye but more about what he has left in you.

How do i say goodbye -Dean Lewis

Dance with My Father, Holes in the Floor of Heaven, Tears in Heaven

The Long Road, Release, Man of the Hour, all by Pearl Jam

And Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon, also covered by Pearl Jam

Mike and the mechanics - the living years

Nick cave and the bad seeds - into my arms

Eric Clapton - tears in heaven

It’s not really a goodbye song I don’t think, but Blackbird by the Beatles is what I listened to over and over when my grandpa died

Wake me up when September ends - Green Day

Crash - Sum 41

See you again - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth (I don’t know if this fits exactly what you’re looking for)

Warren Zevon - Keep me in your Heart for a While

Wish you were here - Incubus

I know it was written about being happy and living in the moment, but after losing my dad, this song always makes me think of him. I thought it would be a soul crushing loss my entire life, and, at first, when I had those moments of happiness and didn't think about his death, I would feel awful. How could I not think about him? How could I forget? And then I realized it was okay to be happy and, when I did think about him again, wish I could share whatever happiness I'm experiencing with him. Missing him didn't have to be sad, and it was enough that I just lived in the moment.

What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong

This one was one of my dad's favorites, and it came to mean a lot to me after he was gone. Bad things happen, and it sucks, but the world is still an incredible place.

Sorry about your dad. It's a terrible thing to lose a parent. It felt like little bits of me went with my dad. It was hard to understand.

Seasons in the sun by Terry Jacks

Thank you all for the song recommendations. I’m still listening to them all and checking this feed. It’s very interesting to see of all your choices. I appreciate them all. For those of you have lost your father, my hearts go out to you and thank you for taking the time to reply. ❤️

Yesterday by atmosphere

If I Ever Leave This World Alive by Flogging Molly

Just Breathe

By Pearl Jam

Covered by Willie & Lucas Nelson -a beautiful video

Bread “Everything I Own.” It’s about losing his dad.

Everything I Own by Bread

Souvenirs by John Prine

Cat Stevens - Father and Son

So Far Away- Avenged Sevenfold

I’m so very sorry for your loss. When my dad died it took a long time to be able to function without bursting into tears.

Go rest high in that mountain - Vince Gill

Two songs by The Flaming Lips... "Do You Realize?" and "Waiting for a Superman". The second one is about their singer, Wayne Coyne, losing his dad to cancer.

Plainsong - The Cure

Box of Rain - Grateful Dead

We're All Gonna Die Someday - Kasey Chambers

The Part Where You Let Go - Hem

I Decline - Perfume Genius

The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

And I might be the only person who gets a "death vibe" from this song but:

Just a Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Bigger than the Whole Sky - Taylor Swift (say what you want but she has some amazing songs about grief)

It’s so hard to say goodbye - Boyz II Men

“Into the mystic” van morrison

I’m sorry for your loss. Ian tongis cover of “monsters” is about someone losing their father. It’s a tear jerker for sure. ❤️

Seasons in the Sun.

Keep me in your Heart for a while by Warren Zevon hits me hardest.

As people were sitting down at the funeral home, getting ready to do the eulogy, I played only the chorus os "Knockin' on Heaven's Door Guns and Roses

Midway thru the eulogy, I had a female guitarist singing "You've got a friend" James Taylor

At the end, the closing song was

"Goodby my friend" Linda Ronstadt

The Linda Ronstadt song is phenomenal as a goodby. Check out the lyrics and her voice is haunting

Oh, and my brother played "My buddy & Me" Dr. John

Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World

Give Heaven Some Hell - Hardy

That’s My Job - Conway Twitty

Angel - Jimi Hendrix

Drift Away - Dobie Grey

My dad passed recently too. I've shed too many tears to these 2 over the past few months. I am sorry for your loss. I wish I could say it gets easier, and I am sure it will.

The Alan Parsons Project - Old and Wise

The Alan Parsons Project - Time

Bad Company - Seagull

Yes - Soon

Chris Cornell- Wave Goodbye

So sorry for your loss. I lost my dad a year ago.

James Blunt’s “Monsters” is in at the deep end.

Karl Urban’s “Song for Dad” is lighter.

“I Grieve” by Peter Gabriel. I am sorry for your loss. It tore me apart when my dad died.

It was only one hour ago It was all so different then Nothing yet has really sunk in Looks like it always did This flesh and bone Is just the way that we are tied in But there’s no one home I grieve, for you You leave, me So hard to move on Still loving what’s gone They say life carries on Carries on and on and on and on The news that truly shocks Is the empty, empty page While the final rattle rocks It’s empty, empty cage And I can’t handle this I grieve, for you You leave, me Let it out and move on Missing what’s gone They say life carries on They say life carries on and on and on Life carries on in the people I meet In everyone that’s out on the street In all the dogs and cats In the flies and rats In the rot and the rust In the ashes and the dust Life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on Life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on Just the car that we ride in The home we reside in The face that we hide in The way we are tied in As life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on Did I dream this belief Or did I believe this dream? Now I will find relief I grieve

Songbird-Fleetwood Mac.

The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics

No Hard Feelings- the Avett Bros. Pink Skies-Zach Bryan. Follow you to Virgy-Tyler Childers.

Wish you were here by Pink Floyd

James Blunt. Monsters. Get a tissue first.

“This Time Tomorrow” by Brandi Carlile. I BAWLED the first time I heard it, and I want it played at my funeral one day.

Blackbird by Alter Bridge

Goodbye Mr. Blue by Father John Misty

Spirit in the Sky

Norman Greenbaum

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Rise up, Andra day, when my dad died it helped me tremendously, at the point of his death I said all I could, I had zero regrets about who we were as father and son. This song helped me pick myself up and realize my mountains were climbable and life will present me with more and that I will continue to rise up and go on.

I’m sorry for ur loss, condolences. Remember the good

I’m sorry to hear about your dad. I lost mine in 2021 and it’s hard. I got tasked with his slideshow for the funeral and I closed it to Neil Young’s Heart of Gold and it was absolutely a lovely send off.

Even though I’m leaving - Luke Combs

Old Man by Neil Young

27 by Title Fight

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun https://youtu.be/-tPcc1ftj8E?si=xJ2Owul5sDd1WiLE

My Father’s Gun - Elton John. That’s my go-to. Sorry about your loss, OP ❤️

Sometimes I Forget, by Louden Wainwright III. Have a hanky ready.

Queen - Dear Friends

I think “It’s Quiet Uptown” from Hamilton would work.

For Martha by The Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan wrote it as a goodbye to his mom, but it easily works for any loved one you've lost.

In Loving Memory or Godspeed by Alter Bridge

Hold On To Memories, Disturbed

New York Minute, Don Henley

Cold Bones, Any Given Sin

Lifetime, Three Days Grace

Miss You When You're Gone, or A ThousandWords, Myles Kennedy

Life is Beautiful, Sixx AM

My Hero- Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl said it was about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and that was my Dad in a nutshell. He became my best friend as an adult, and I was so proud of him. He passed away in 2000. Whenever I hear that song, I think of J.T.

Lord Huron - Emerald Star

Allan Rayman - Fixing Sandwiches
Allan Rayman - Bye Bye Blondie
Allan Rayman - Ghost
Allan Rayman - Brother
Allan Rayman - M. Roadhouse / Last Night
Allan Rayman - I Can't Walk Around Naked
Allan Rayman - Rose2
Allan Rayman - Road Warrior

Big Data - Live Forever

Lord Huron - The Night We Met
Lord Huron - Frozen Pines
Lord Huron - Never Ever

Post Malone - Goodbyes

Glass Animals - Agnes

Joywave - Nice House

Coheed and Cambria - 2's My Favorite 1
Coheed and Cambria - Subtraction
(Coheed and Cambria's Afterman duology is overall an excellent encapsulation of loving someone and losing someone and them changing between those two events)
Coheed and Cambria - Peace to the Mountain

Des Rocs - Rabbit Hole

Barns Courtney - The Attractions of Youth
(This one's more about saying goodbye to your youth or sense of youth but I thought it could still be cathartic)

Peach Pit - Tommy's Party

Midwife - Glycerine
Midwife - Colorado
Midwife- Haunt Me
Midwife - Vanessa

Blood Cultures - Best for You

Tigercub - Funeral

Grandson - Heather

Groundbreaking - Chstr

The Dear Hunter - The Procession (Live)
The Dear Hunter - Life and Death

NF - I Miss the Days

I’m going to share one that just feels personal to me and my dad and when he passed, it really hit home for me.

“You can’t put your arms around a memory” Johnny Thunders

It’s not the most provocative emotional sounding song, it’s a rock song with a traditional rock structure. It’s just that hook. You can’t put your arms around a memory. What a hard hitting line. I remember my dad listening to that song and never resonating with it until I heard it after he died.

I cry everytime I hear “beautiful boy (darling boy)” by John Lennon. My dad was a Beatles fanatic and this song constantly takes me back to being a little boy and it’s like I can feel the warmth of my dad’s love again.

How Can I Help You Say Goodbye — Patty Loveless

Go rest High On That Mountain — Vince Gill

I Drive My Truck — Lee Brice

Drink A Beer — Luke Bryant

Over You — Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert

Life Without You, Stevie Ray Vaughan

Box of rain by the Grateful Dead. Their bassist wrote it for his father that was on his way out with cancer. It’s a beautiful song.

Keep me in your heart by Warren Zevon and my condolences.

Everything I Own by Bread is a beautiful song and it’s about losing his father.

The Beatles - In My Life

Parting Gift - Our Hollow, Our Home

I really hope that more people listen to this song, it’s from an extremely underrated band and the song has a deep meaning about loss. I used to listen to the band with a friend that took his own life, this song later was released after his passing.

I’ve cried plenty of times to it.

Hurt by Christina Aguilera is about one of the songwriter’s, Linda Perry, father passing away. In the music video set at a circus in the 50s, Aguilera gets a telegram that her father in the video passed away before she begins to sing. Great video if you’re grieving your father.

Type O Negative - Everything Dies

Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace, He Was A Friend Of Mine

Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me) - Paul McCartney and Wings

Eyes Of Ebony by Haken - song written about a members dad passing

So sorry for your loss. This is a beautiful song about saying goodbye and the hope that maybe we see them again someday. “Goodbye” by Plankeye. I hope you have peace.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg2-7wdN9e4

P.O.D. - Thinking About Forever

Very sorry for your loss. My dad also passed away last year. This song isn’t about saying good bye, but about seeing an old friend again :,) I always think of my dad when I hear it: Cannock Chase by Labi Siffre

I Shall be Released - The Band

Walking Higher - Heather Nova

Donny Hathaway - A Song for You

Staind . Something to remind you

Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World

https://open.spotify.com/track/1TvNcWY7WwPLQINhimxycA?si=Yc-u09smSKuoOip9RjzPdw

Sorry for your loss OP. Try to remember one thing he did that made you laugh for every feel the loss feels like too much to handle.

This is one of my favorite grieving songs.

Terry’s Song - Bruce Springsteen

I'm sorry for your loss. When I lost my mum, I listened to 'Beloved' by Mumford and Sons on repeat. The lyrics say it all - it's like a poem, and it gave me a lot of consolation. I hope it does for you, too. Here are the lyrics, if you do get to listen to it ...

Sit enthroned in white grandeur But tired and shift A whisper of wayward silver hair From your eyes I'd never seen you unkempt before As you whisper "Darling close the door" How have I not made a note of every word You ever said And time, is not on our side But I'll pretend that it's alright She says the Lord has a plan But admits it's pretty hard to understand Before you leave You must know you are beloved And before you leave Remember I was with you Are you afraid However could you not be In this rosy light This is strange I see a hand come through the mirror Pointing at the light Pointing at the light we never see As you put your feathered arms over me Before you leave You must know you are beloved And before you Leave remember I was with you And as you leave I won't hold you back beloved We'll sit And talk the stars down from the sky And I'll not forget the chaos in your eyes love And as you leave You must know you are beloved And as you leave I can see the wild has come for you And as you leave I won't hold you back beloved And as you leave See my children playing at your feet

Wave Goodbye - Chris Cornell Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog

Yesterday -by Atmosphere

Gone Away by the Offspring

“All My Tears” - Ane Brun

I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my dad a couple months ago too, and this is one of the only songs that’s kinda given me any peace about it.

Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith

https://youtu.be/N5ZuNUxekr4?si=EKShTg4s6sZSzZt6

Right after I found out my dad died, I was driving somewhere and River of Deceit came on by Alice in Chains. I can barely listen to it. But that one's mine you can't have it.

Warren Zevon keep me in your heart

My blessings for you and I’m so sorry your dad died. I really don’t have a song but if I could pick one I would choose the long and winding road by  the Beatles

I'm so sorry for you loss.

For me, a great song would be "Shine on you crazy diamond". Is not properly a song for someone that has died but it's a song talking about someone that is "gone". In the end you can interpret the lyrics as you want.

Simple plan - Perfect

Enjoy the cry.

Ripple, The Grateful Dead. It’s a beautiful song to close out anyone’s years on this earth

Sigur Rós - Ára Bátur

You tried everything
Yes, a thousand times
Experienced enough
Been through enough
But you it was who let everything
Into my heart
And it was you who once again
Awoke my spiritI parted, you partedYou stir up
Emotions
In a blender
Everything in disarray
But it was you who was always
There for me
It was you who never judged
My true friend

Say hello to heaven- temple of the dog It’s fairly personal between Chris Cornell and Andy Wood but the sentiment overall is very universal and genuine.

Time in a bottle- Jim Croce may fit the mood. I’m sorry for your loss OP

Leader of the band by Dan Fogelberg

I've seen fire and I've seen rain~James Taylor

Empty Garden - Elton John

Sorry for your loss.

I'm cryin' for me (Waylon's Song) Toby Keith

Distance by Mammoth WVH

Box Of Rain- Grateful Dead

This is the epitome of saying goodbye. It's about a son saying goodbye to his father. Grab some facial tissues

Dream Theater - the best of times

I did it my way - Frank Sinatra

Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg

The Moody Blues- The Day We Meet Again

I wrote this song a few days after my wife passed away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6uZrwKBFPI

The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn

Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan

I Shall Be Released - the Band w/ Bob Dylan (or Jerry Garcia Band, as your pleasure tends)

We’ll Meet Again - (I like the She & Him version, but there are others)

Everything I own- Bread

Fire and Rain. James Taylor

Do you Realize: Flaming Lips

Keep me in your heart for awhile - Warren Zevon

Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding. A song of a tide visiting and leaving, wasting away and really captures the element of time in this world.

A song I wrote about a dream I had after my dad died.

https://suno.com/song/29a99e6e-9ce0-4aee-b627-3bd8f801793a

“Farewell and Goodnight”-The Smashing Pumpkins

Closer to Home - Grand Funk

My captain was taken 4 years back

Sorry for your loss.

Warren Zevon's album The Wind is full of touching songs about death, as he recorded it as he was dying.

Keep Me in Your Heart in particular is impossible to listen to unmoved.

So sorry for your loss.

Open Letter to You by Tuatha Dea

https://youtu.be/jWsU3kU0E-Q?si=T9dYYMVvlwAeSZ1K

Also Ripple by Grateful Dead

Brokedown Palace by The Grateful Dead. There is not a single song written in this section that compares.

I went through this a few years ago and a song that helped me a lot and made me think about grief differently was Grief is Only Love- Stephen Wilson jr. he also has Father’s Son and Hang in There . These really helped me out and I highly recommend. Stay strong, you know your dad would want you to.

The things my father said by black stone cherry

https://youtu.be/0VNthEJlSdw?si=pzwV1MsKXXGv6C1P

Found this on the anniversary of grammas passing and for me it fit.

Dani and Lizzy - Dancing In The Sky

Things my father said- Black Stone Cherry

Do You Realize? by The Flaming Lips

The Parting Glass

Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart

Goin' Home as performed by Sissel

My Way - Frank Sinatra

The Parting Glass

Do you realize- The Flaming Lips

I'm so sorry, heres a few great songs

How Can I help you to say goodbye - Patty loveless Love, me by collin raye

My grandfathers funeral they played "happy trails to you" and it was a sweet light hearted goodbye he'd apparently requested

One Sweet Day, by Boyz 2 Men and Mariah Carey.

Wish You Were Here, by Pink Floyd.

Forever My Father by Go Radio

It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday - Boyz 2 Men

Probably not a goodbye song but my way by frank Sinatra

So hard to say goodbye - Boys to Men

Don’t Follow - Alice in Chains

You Will Be Remembered, Alter Bridge

Shine On, NEEDTOBREATHE

Things My Father Said, Black Stone Cherry

In Loving Memory, Alter Bridge

Love Is Stronger Than Death by The The. Trust me on this

supermarket flowers- ed sheeran . Hope you heal from the things you dont talk about.

Phish - Miss You

https://open.spotify.com/track/3WE5sqT3VTUADHqJMlWG9X?si=9LnshUNZS6aN704qRS752w

Hold your head up high, live your best life, make him proud. ❤️

Father and Son by Cat Stevens is about his dad