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Piles of candidates, but the three that come to mind at this moment in time are:

1. Turn of the Century - Yes
2. It's a Miracle - Roger Waters
3. Invisible Man - Marillion
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Saddest prog songs? 'Soon' by Yes off 'Relayer' has brought me to tears a few times, but the most chillingly sad in many ways is probably Roger Waters' 'Perfect Sense'. Come to think of it, so is the vast majority of Roger Waters' work with and without Pink Floyd. Let's face it, most people have probably had a good cry to 'Wish You Were Here' at some point over the years...(I know I did!) Other prog songs for having a good cry to are 'Biko' by Peter Gabriel, 'Trains' by Porcupine Tree (and depending on if or how much you regard them to be prog) 'Pyramid Song' by Radiohead.
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Mostly Autumn, The Gap Is Too Wide -> http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1057
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Epitaph - King Crimson
Turn of the Century - Yes
Up And Down - Eloy
Carpet Crawl - Genesis
Nightmare - Lightshine
Refugees - Vdgg
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Would My Dying Bride be considered prog?

Maybe a little, though then again, their stuff is probably more "dark" than "sad"
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Beyond You - Marillion
The Great Escape - Marillion
Stop Swimming - Porcupine Tree
Wallflower - Peter Gabriel
Think for yourself and feel the walls become sand beneath your feet
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Heart Attack in a Lay-by by Porcupine Tree
Time - Pink Floyd
A House With No Door - VDGG
The Long and Winding Road - the Beatles
The End - the Doors
Close the Door - Nicholas Greenwood
Imagine a Man - the Who
Buffalo Ballet - John Cale
Any track on Broken China - Richard Wright
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Originally posted by floydispink floydispink wrote:

Originally posted by Blowin Free Blowin Free wrote:

1. Throw Down the Sword - Wishbone Ash
2. Goodbye-Farewell-Adieu - Gnidrolog
3. Same Dreams - Gnidrolog
 
Gnidrolog has a ton of sad songs indeed.
 
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME A KNIFE, FOW CHWISMAS
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH A NUCLEAR WARHEAD AND USA ON THE SIDE OF IT AND COCA COLA IN BRACKETS FOR CHRISTMAS

The chorus of "Ship" always makes me shiver. 
I've only been able to get my hands on Lady Lake so far though.
What makes me shiver about is the line: "And they kissed the earth of a promised land, never thinking that their sand, was burning", but let's just say the chorus keeps the shiver hanging for a while XD
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^Same here, awesome song though

I'll also give an honorable mention to SOYCD.
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For some reason, To Be Over by Yes seems to get to me. I read somewhere that the lyrics may be related to the afterlife. This, plus the absolutely beautiful fade out at the end of the song brings a tear to me eye every time
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The entire ( ) album by Sigur Ros...
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Pain of Salvation- Trace of Blood, easily the sadest song I've ever heard 
This. Plus lyrics like, "I never saw your face and now you're gone without a trace" completely add to the emotional refrain.
 
I'll also add High Hopes by Pink Floyd.

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Here is a couple of sad/depressive songs:

Harmonium - L'exil
Conventum - Trois petits pas
Conventum - La Ronde
Van Der Graaf Generator - Arrow
Yes - Turn of the Century
Herbie Hancock - Ostinato (Suite for Angela)
Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream
Pink Floyd - Your Possible Pasts
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Harmonium - De la chambre au salon
 
Not progressive, now:
 
Jean Leloup - La chambre
Jean Leloup - Le castel impossible
Jean Leloup - Vampire
 
 
Maybe not everyone would find them sad... Because they're not all really "sad", but really "dark".
Children, you won't be able to sleep after having heard the haunting, sad melodies of Conventum, the way Peter Hammill screams my body feels so strange impaled upon the arrow, the depressive mood of I Might Be Wrong, the melancholic music of Turn of the Century, the ostinato in Hancock's song, the sad lyrics in Harmonium's songs and the overall feel of darkness in Leloup's lyrics and music.
Enjoy.
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Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira

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Gone but not forgotten - Rick Wakeman.
Judas Iscariot - Rick Wakeman.
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Turn of the Century - Yes.
When the Tigers broke free - Pink Floyd.
Echoes - Pink Floyd... and well, there are many sad Pink Floyd songs, just about the whole album of The Final Cut, and parts of others.
Epitaph - King Crimson.
Lizard - King Crimson (at least Prince Rupert Awakes and Bolero; the lyrics don't seem particularly sad... but the melody... )
Starless - King Crimson (once again more because of the melody than the lyrics... and there's some people who say that prog music is all cold and technical and lacks feeling and emotion).
Space dye vest - Dream Theater.
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Fallen Angel and Starless.

House with no door.

Script for a Jester's Tear.

Good News First.

Great Gig In the Sky, Us and Them, Nobody Home.

Cold Is Being.
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King Crimson - Epitaph does it for me.  It's depressingly beautiful. "Yes I fear tomorrow, I'll be crying!!!"
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While I'm at it, I'll add a few more:
DT's "These Walls": Beautifully sad power ballad.
Opeth's "Burden": The organ and guitar leads make me wanna cry.
Genesis's "No Son Of Mine":  What a gorgeous tune; like the others, very sad indeed.
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For my money, there's 4 of them.
 
Dream Theater's "Another Day".  Such a sad song with an incredible arrangement.
Opeth's "In My Time Of Need".  Every time I hear it, I can't decide if I should sing along or bawl my eyes out.
Riverside's "Loose Heart"  Another song that gets me every damn time
Porcupine Tree's "Shesmovedon".  That guitar solo, and those lyrics...make me sob.
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The Pass by Rush
Fallen Angel by King Crimson
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