40+ Songs From the Year 2000 That'll Get You All Up in Your Feels

Who hasn't heard a father-daughter dance at a wedding to this song?

A beautiful love ballad about the simplicity of love.

Love at first sight? Let's cry about it.

It's about post-breakup confidence, but it can definitely be a good song for a post-breakup cry.

On the hardship of having to move on from someone who is making you run in circles with their lines . . .

Having to put your family and friends disapproval of your significant other to the side?! It's a heavy topic.

The piano alone could drive you to tears, but the lyrics hit hard, too.

He is both rich and lonely, and he wants us to know.

The longing! She wants them to be together, but they're not.

This is that song where Celine Dion reads a couple's minds and tells them to keep trying to work through their problems like an angel or the Ghost of Christmas Future.

This is 100 percent the kind of song you pretend to have your own sad music video to on a rainy day.

Enrique is trying to smile through his tears because he misses you so much.

If you've ever been cheated on, you might find yourself sad, angry, and confident while listening to Ruff Endz lay down a diss track on an ex.

Will someone just show this woman real love? It's the only thing she wants!

For a song called "Wonderful," nostalgia for youth while simultaneously being scarred by your parents' fighting are pretty deep topics.

It's too little, too late, so they can only feel regret now.

He hates her, he loves her, and he's lost without her.

If you relate to unrequited love, this is your jam.

An ex of Mya's significant other has shown up again and she's never been more confused.

Britney Spears moved listeners to tears in the same year she said oops and then did it again. Not to mention, she made that still-popular-today sunflower aesthetic absolutely shine.

It's a happy kind of sad song because it's for a partner who's feeling alone and like the walls are closing in on them.

What a sweet, gentle, and tearjerking Dixie Chicks ballad.

This one and its iconic music video have been making people feel for years.

It's a tragic story of regret and things changing irreversibly.

He's leaving every trouble behind him in hopes of a better tomorrow.

This is a timeless song for getting all of your emotions out.

Honestly, this song is very upbeat and it throws this list for a loop, but the subject matter about being unable to tell someone how you feel fits right in.

This song talks about the hard task of leaving one's struggles behind if the memories are still painful.

A story about being cheated on, which seems to be a trend for the songs of 2000.

A ghostly song that echoes through your ears and into your tears.

It's all about longing and learning about one's own needs in life.

It's a song about a father desperate to save his son. Need we say more?

The feeling of wanting to fade away from the chaos of life articulated.

This song talks about frustration in love and hope for a tomorrow that treats the narrator better.

This song articulates the desire to leave one's hometown without the means to do so, which is relatable for many.

The boat is sinking and no one cares about Apple Blossom's problems . . .

Honestly, Enya'a voice makes any song somehow sad and magical at the same time.

The sadness of feeling lost and disgusted with oneself.

This song talks about the classic desire to escape, and is also just too big not to mention.

While all of Linkin Park's songs make listeners feel and feel deeply, this one's lyrics are particularly sad.

This is just one of those sad songs that makes you aware of time passing too quickly.

The song articulates feelings of numbness and the inability to feel at all.

This song is both hauntingly toxic and tragic at the same time.