Sometimes half the reason you're crying during a TV episode or movie scene is because of the music. The right song can seriously tug at your heartstrings [1] and, sooner than you know it, you've turned into a puddle of mush. Some songs have the ability to overturn your emotions over and over again — like the following 10 ahead. So go on and get your box of tissues before hitting play.

"Breathe Me" by Sia

Sia's haunting voice narrating the story of self-destruction and needing someone to put the pieces back together equals waterworks in Orange Is the New Black [2].

"Angel" by Sarah McLachlan

Five words: ASPCA commercial and Dawson's Creek.

"Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol

Just thinking of that one scene in Grey's Anatomy [3] makes us bawl instantly.

"Gravity" by Sara Bareilles

This song speaks to all of us who just can't seem to let that one person go. Who else needed to wipe their eyes when it played in The Vampire Diaries?

"Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron and Wine

Something about it transports us to rainy days — and Bella's prom in Twilight [4].

"Blindsided" by Bon Iver

This song is as melancholic as it is beautiful, and was perfect in One Tree Hill.

"My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion

Is an explanation even necessary here? "I will never let go, Jack."

"Mad World" by Gary Jules

Insert saddest song ever for any scene relating to experiencing an existential crisis. Or in Donnie Darko.

"Someone Like You" by Adele

Adele's voice is enough to get us going, but the story of heartbreak and losing a lover to somebody else is totally tear-jerking. You got us again, Grey's Anatomy [5].