Whats a quiet, meaningful song you love and could fall asleep to?

Question

i need a way to relax in the evenings and music does it for me!!

something with words please i'm not into the whole instrumental thing!

thanks in advance for the help!

Answer 1

These are my favorites-

I'm not sure what kind of meaning you're looking for but i think these are really relaxing.

Gavin DeGraw- "More Than Anyone"

The Fray- "Look After You" (I like the live version the best)

Bright Eyes- "Lover I Don't Have To Love"

Death Cab for Cutie- "Soul Meets Body"

The Get Up Kids- "The Most Depressing Song"

The Cranberries- "Linger"

The Early November- "Sunday Drive"

Stevie Ray Vaughn- "Life By The Drop"

Something Corporate- "Konstantine"

Savage Garden- "Truly Madly Deeply"

Regina Spektor- "Samson"

Norah Jones- "Long Day Is Over"

Answer 2

True - Spandau Ballet

One On One - Hall & Oates

Feel Flows - The Beach Boys

Dreams - The Cranberries

Clocks - Coldplay

Medication (acoustic) - Garbage

We May Never Pass This Way Again - Seals & Croft

It wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren or Alison Krauss versions

Advice For The Young At Heart - Tears For Fears

Freedom - The Pointer Sisters

Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan

Sparkling In The Sand - Tower Of Power

Song For Juli - Jesse Colin Young

Long Ago And Faraway - James Taylor

The Wind - Cat Stevens

Tables Turned - The Motels

I Go To Sleep - The Pretenders

Highway In The Wind - Arlo Guthrie

Sometimes In Winter - Blood, Sweat And Tears

Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead

For A Dancer - Emmylou Harris &Linda Ronstadt version or the original Jackson Browne.

Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra

Wild Is The Wind - David Bowie version

Most Dionne Warwick songs

The Look Of Love - Diana Krall, Shirley Bassey, Diana Ross or, my favorite, the original Dusty Springfield version

What A Wonderful World - Tony Bennett & k.d. Lang duet.

The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack

Traces of the Western Slopes - Rickie Lee Jones

Soul To Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Beautiful Ones - Prince

Jericho - Joni Mitchell (Miles Of Aisles)



Hope this gets you off to a good start. Don't know what you mean by "meaningful", exactly. Lot of older stuff, but haven't been listening to much "mellow" new stuff (which is almost always "new & improved" old stuff).

Answer 3

A very good song that I fall asleep to is Breaking free from High School Musical. There are also others that make me fall asleep. If you need more help E-mail me at [e-mail]

Answer 4

Norah Jones slow folky music

or The Decemberists

Answer 5

Madelaine Peroux

Answer 6

I personally love to listen to Jack's Mannequin when i'm falling asleep. Also, I have a friend who swears by Enya and Simon and Garfunkel. It all depends on what type of music you like.

Answer 7

Do u listen to nora jones? she has such a calm soft voice, currently her latest song is...Thinking about you, u can search her songs on yahoo music, their very slow and calming and the lyrics are quite meaningful as well, even though i dont really listen to her that much i love listenin to this song while im thinking of someone....lol ...

Answer 8

There is a lot soothing music to listen to. You can listen to streaming audio from litefm.com, they are a very good lite music station. If want mellow the group "Air supply" is probably the mellowest group out there. Pink Floyd, Yes, FleetwoodMac, to name a few, are good too.

Answer 9

some metallic Ballads artwork wonders. I frequently don't like listening to music at the same time as napping, yet earlier I sleep, I from time to time pay interest to: 'hollow Years' - Dream Theater 'Candlelight Fantasia' - Symphony X 'the area for This' - Cynic 'Love you to death' - Kamelot 'Wishing nicely' - Angra 'My Selene' - Sonata Arctica '4000 moist Nights' - Stratovarius 'previous the Eyelids' - Riverside 'lost in area' - Avantasia 'always' - Edguy 'Skywards' - Elvenking.

Answer 10

Harvest Moon. Written and performed by Neil Young.

Answer 11

I can fall asleep to Trapped in the Closet by R. Kelly. Bye!!!

Answer 12

I love Josh Groban, and his song "You Are Loved". He is a wonderful singer, and his voice makes me want to cry almost. He has a lot of great songs also if you don't like "You are Loved" (but i dont see how you could NOT like).

Answer 13

The love theme from Shaft.

Answer 14

Robert Flack's., "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Or if you really want to go to sleep - anything by Kem.

Answer 15

Sting - Englishman in New York

Answer 16

Put in a Sarah McLachlan CD. Dreamy.....

Answer 17

Coldplay - yellow

Bon Jovi - Always

Skid Row - I remember you

Answer 18

stairway to heaven by led zeppelin or hotel california by the eagles.

Answer 19

"Goodnight Little Arlo" by Woody Guthrie does it for me

Answer 20

"My December" by Linkin Park

Answer 21

chris debourg lady in red

Answer 22

just about anything dashboard confessional or deathcab for cutie

Answer 23

bring on the rain

Answer 24

"MCMXC a.D" by Enigma. Very calming, but can very stimulating in other ways...