The Grief Songs That Get It
These aren’t songs that try to fix you.
They’re the ones that sit with you in the dark. That whisper, cry, rage, and sometimes… gently breathe.
Curated to meet you wherever you are in your grief.
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Mourning + Memory

For the moments when you just want to remember. These songs hold the ache, without turning away.

• Yesterday – The Beatles

• Not About Angels – Birdy

• Perfect Day – Lou Reed

• All I Want – Kodaline

• Bright Eyes – Art Garfunkel

• Ghost – Ella Henderson

• How Do I Say Goodbye – Dean Lewis

• The Night We Met – Lord Huron

Fog + Numbness

For when you can’t feel anything — or everything at once.

• Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi

• Stay – Shakespears Sister

• Unsteady – X Ambassadors

• A Drop in the Ocean – Ron Pope

• All Through the Night – Sleeping at Last

• Flux – Ellie Goulding

• My Immortal – Evanescence

• Heartbreak Souvenirs – Anson Seabra

Rage + Survival

When grief burns through you. These songs give your fire a voice.

• Set Fire to the Rain – Adele

• The Show Must Go On – Queen

• Bring Me to Life – Evanescence

• Human – Rag’n’Bone Man

• Rise Up – Andra Day

• Rolling in the Deep – Adele

• Sign of the Times – Harry Styles

• Shake It Out – Florence + The Machine

• The Cave – Mumford & Sons

Gentle Hope

These aren’t “cheer up” songs. They’re soft hands in the dark.

• Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

• Amen Omen – Ben Harper

• Heaven – Julia Michaels

• Hold On – Chord Overstreet

• I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt

• It’s Quiet Uptown – Hamilton

• Keep Breathing – Ingrid Michaelson

• All I Ask – Adele

• Flickers – Son Lux

For Writing + Rituals

Instrumentals and soft lyrics for journaling, sitting in memory, or lighting a candle.

• Turning Page – Sleeping at Last

• Opus 55 – Dustin O’Halloran

• Song for Sienna – Brian Crain

• Nightbook – Ludovico Einaudi

• The Way It Is – Nicole Nordeman