Coronavirus Playlist – 22 Songs that reflect the times (With a backdrop of the quiet streets of Charleston, SC)

Throughout history, music has defined moments in time. It is in those lyrics and melodies that we are brought back. For many of us, music is helping us deal by bringing balance to a stressful imbalance.

We have thought long and hard to find songs that truly identify with this time in our lives right now. Though some are half a century old, the lyrics still have relevant meaning today.

We hope you enjoy this playlist and would love your thoughts or ideas of songs we may have left off.

“The Earth is Blue and there’s nothing I can do” – Space Oddity – David Bowie

“Nobody told there’d be days like this. Strange Days indeed” – Nobody Told Me – John Lennon

“Hello Darkness my old friend” – Sounds of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

“Mother, mother; There’s too many of you crying; Brother, brother, brother; There’s far too many of you dying” – What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

“When your day is long and the night; The night is yours alone; When you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life well hang on” – Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.

“Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend; Somewhere along in the bitterness; And I would have stayed up with you all night had I known how to save a life” – How to Save a Life – The Fray

“Somebody save me; Let your warm hands break right through and save me; I don’t care how you do it” – Save Me – Remy Zero

“Stand in the line just to hit a new low; You’re faking a smile with the coffee to go; You tell me your life’s been way off line; You’re falling to pieces every time and I don’t need no carrying on” – Bad Day – Daniel Powter

“Imagine there’s no countries; It isn’t hard to do; Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too; Imagine all the people living life in peace” – Imagine – John Lennon

“All around me are familiar faces; Worn out places, worn out faces; Bright and early for their daily races; Going nowhere, going nowhere; Their tears are filling up their glasses; No expression, no expression” – Mad World – Gary Jules

“Cause we made a promise we swore we’d always remember; No retreat, baby, no surrender; Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend; No retreat, baby, no surrender” – No Surrender – Bruce Springsteen

“If tomorrow never comes we she know how much I loved her?” – If Tomorrow Never Comes – Garth Brooks

“When you’re weary, feeling small; When tears are in your eyes, I’ll dry them all (all); I’m on your side, oh, when times get rough; And friends just can’t be found; Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down” – Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon and Garfunkel (Sung magically by John Legend)

“There’s only now, there’s only here; Give in to love or live in fear; No other path, No other way; No day but today” – No Day But Today – Rent (Sung by Idina Menzel

“Come, senators, Congressmen, please heed the call; Don’t stand in the doorway; Don’t block up the hall; For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled; There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’.” – The Times They Are a Changin’ – Bob Dylan

“Hello? Hello? Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home? Come on now; I hear you’re feeling down; Well I can ease your pain” – Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

“Strange days have found us; Strange days have tracked us down; They’re going to destroy; Our casual joys” – Strange Days – The Doors

“Well I won’t back down; No I won’t back down; You can stand me up at the gates of hell but I won’t back down; No, I’ll stand my ground, won’t be turned around and I’ll keep this world from draggin me down” – I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty

“Heal the world, make it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race; There are people dying; If you care enough for the living; Make it a better place for you and for me” – Heal the World – Michael Jackson

“The world’s just spinning a little too fast; If things don’t slow down soon
we might not last; So just for the moment, let’s be still” – Let’s Be Still – The Head and the Heart

“When the cold bites your bones and getting in your heart; It can make you feel hopeless and fear will come to steal your sun and make it dark; But don’t believe you’re lonely” – The Light that Never Fails – Andra Day

BONUS: As we remember One Shining Moment – 2019