I think this song comes with its own supply of onions to cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg4zxY1vF1w
Some others:
-Same Auld Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
-Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf
-The Last Resort - The Eagles
-Black Sun - Deathcab for Cutie
-The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve (This song makes me want to hang myself it depresses me so much. That or I just find the cat imagery disturbing )
-Paint Me a Birmingham - Tracy Lawrence
-Failure - Breaking Benjamin
-Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy
-Run - Collective Soul
-Forever - Vertical Horizon
-Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle
-Hey You - Pink Floyd (although this song works well with the album it's from, I find it even sadder divorced from all context)
-Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues
-Cry - Faith Hill
-Those Imprisoned by Fate - From the soundtrack of the game "Chrono Cross." Bleak as f*ck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_m4vmecnEQ