Music to listen to when you’re grieving
We’ve compiled a list of our favourite tracks to listen to when you’re grieving - the most profound, moving and powerful music for when your heart is broken.
Thank you to everyone who sent over suggestions. If there’s anything you think we should add, please email us at submissions@lifedeathwhatever.com.
1. Lost Without You - Freya Ridings
I think I'm lost without you
I just feel crushed without you
I've been strong for so long
That I never thought how much I needed you
I think I'm lost without you
2. Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
3. Kind & Generous - Natalie Merchant
Oh, I want to thank you for so many gifts you gave
The love, the tenderness, I want to thank you
I want to thank you for your generosity, the love
And the honesty that you gave me
4. Gabriel - Lamb
I can shine even in the darkness
But I crave the light that he brings
Revel in the songs that he sings
My angel Gabriel
5. The Light Years - The National
Light years, light years away from you
6. Photographs - Professor Green, Rag'n'Bone Man
Wish that I took more photographs of us
Said goodbye now, our love's collecting dust
Just a memory of you is not enough
I wish that I took more photographs of us
7. Angels of Ashes - Scott Walker
I can recommend angels
I've watched as they've made a man strong
Oh so strong
8. Stop This Train - John Mayer
Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But, honestly, won't someone stop this train?
9. I’ll be seeing you - Billie Holliday
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
10. Only You - Alison Moyet
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you
11. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again
12. I Miss You - Blink 182
I miss you, I miss you
I miss you, I miss you
I miss you, I miss you
I miss you, I miss you
13. On the Nature of Daylight - Max Richter
14. Real Death - Mount Eerie
A week after you died a package with your name on it came
And inside was a gift for our daughter you had ordered in secret
And collapsed there on the front steps I wailed
A backpack for when she goes to school a couple years from now
You were thinking ahead to a future you must have known
Deep down would not include you