Songs About Longing

Longing is when we don’t have something, and want it. But how long can we wait? And what is the intensity of the longing? Let’s explore some songs about intense longing over a long time, and through that play on our heartstrings.

Dreams I Weave by Alex Genadinik

This ballad is about a couple who are separated, but long for each other in such an intense way is that all they can do is dream of each other. They seemingly do that for years. And when they finally meet, they can’t find the right words or the right way to embrace each other, and end up going their separate ways.

After they separate, they keep thinking of each other, and living in regrets and their dreams in which they are together. It’s a lifetime of suffering.

Here is a page with full lyrics and a longer analysis of this song about longing.

What Was It All For by Alex Genadinik

Sometimes you have a relationship so good that your soul rejoices, never realizing that there is always a possibility of losing that love. In this song, there is a pretty lyric:

Whisper like a gentle stream. Carry me into your dream.

Imagine a lover’s whisper that’s so gentle that it sends you into a dreamy state. Now imagine having it and losing it. That’s the feel of this song. The hero of the song laments how the object of his love just sailed away.

Here is a page with full lyrics and longer analysis of this melancholy breakup song.

Song About Longing For Elegance And Audrey Hepburn: Over The Moon River

Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, and the mundaneness of it all, special things are lost. Those special things are beauty and elegance. Audrey Hepburn is a symbol of elegance and beauty, and this song is about a crush on Audrey Hebburn while at the same time longing for a time where there was more elegance.

Here is a link to a page with longer analysis and lyrics for this song about a crush on Audrey Hepburn.

More Songs About Love And Longing

If you like this selection of songs, you might like this collection of sad love songs or this collection of songs about a crush. There is so much great music that it’s hard to choose which songs to add to such lists. I usually choose pieces that are emotionally moving and lyrically rich and poetic.