Songs
A song can be a wonderful way to realize that you are not alone, hear different words put to things you are feeling, give you a way to express emotions you may be bottling up, or encourage you to have hope and take another step forward. This is a list of songs suggested by site users that have helped them on their grief journeys.
Songs are categorized by the genre/type of lyrical and musical style the specific song falls under. The genre/type the song is categorized as does not necessarily represent the artist's work as a whole.
You can either scroll through this page (the songs are organized by genre and all titles are in alphabetical order within that genre) or you can search a specific genre, title, or artist using our search engine. Either way you choose to navigate this page, we hope that God will use these songs to bless you and show you that He is there for you always.
Dare to Hope
Sanctus Real
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Grief
At first listen, this song may seem to have nothing to do with grief specifically, but the song was written based off of what a group of grieving parents said after a shooting in a Christian private school. (A more detailed version of this story can be found on newreleasetoday.com in the article titled “Behind the Song with Kevin Davis, #1175 - ‘Dare to Hope’ by Sanctus Real’, which we accessed on August 13, 2024.)
Deep As It Is Wide
Amy Grant
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Heaven
Based on several hymns, this song poetically shares the best part of Heaven: God’s deep love for us.
Desert Road
Casting Crowns
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Walking Through Each Day
When you don’t know what is next, this song reminds us that faith is choosing to trust God because, even though we don’t know what happens next and this are difficult, He does and He will hold our hand through every hard time.
Faithfully
TobyMac
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Grief
This song talks about how God will always be with us in our hardest times.
God is with Us
The Afters
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Grief
This song focuses on the question ‘Where is God?’ and answers with an assurance that God is still with us even when it really doesn’t look like it.
Heaven Changes Everything
Big Daddy Weave
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Heaven
This song shares the joy and hope that we can have when we understand the fact that we will live forever in God’s presence, in community with Him, and in community with other people and that our suffering now will end with future healing.
Heaven is the Hope
Matthew West
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Heaven
In this song, Matthew West reminds us to hold onto the promise of Heaven as our hope in whatever we go through in this life.
Home
Chris Tomlin
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Genre:
Christian Contemporary
Topic:
Heaven
Chris Tomlin sings this song to think about what Heaven will be like and remind us that we will be there someday.