Music is medicine for the soul. On both good days and bad, the perfectly fitting song can make everything better. Here is a collection of a few songs that I listen to when I'm feeling these respective emotions.
Happy
1. "Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play. Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid. And all that glitters is gold. Only shooting stars break the mold." - "All Star" by Smash Mouth
2. "Summer came like cinnamon, so sweet. Little girls double-dutch on the concrete. Maybe sometimes we've got it wrong, but it's alright." - "Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Rae
Sad
3. "Nobody said it was easy." - "The Scientist" by Coldplay
4. "So, lying underneath the stormy sky, she said 'oh, I know the sun must set to rise. This could be paradise.'" - "Paradise" by Coldplay
5. "If you're ever gonna find a silver lining, there's gotta be a cloudy day." - "Silver Lining" by Kacey Musgraves
Empowered
6. "When we've done all that we could to turn darkness into light, turn evil to good." - "Love Me Now" by John Legend
7. "Sing it for the deaf, sing it for the blind, sing it out for the one that you left behind. Sing it for the world, sing it for the world." - "SING" by My Chemical Romance
8. "Every color will illuminate. We are silent, and we will never be afraid again." "Spectrum" by Florence and the Machine
9. "I'ma keep runnin' cause a winner don't quit on themselves." "Freedom" by Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar
In Love
10. "If the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you. Drive highways and byways to be there with you. Over and over the only truth, everything comes back to you." - "This Town" by Niall Horan
11. "Look at the stars; look how they shine for you." - "Yellow" by Coldplay
12. "I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love." - "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele
13. "How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, and longer if I can." - "How Long Will I Love You" by Ellie Goulding
Heartbroken
14. "Ignoring your calls cause hearing your voice would only make me feel small." - "Love Me More" by Maggie Rose
15. "I can't save you if you don't let me." - "Gotten" by Slash feat. Adam Levine
16. "Why don't you be you and I'll be me." - "Let It Go" by James Bay
17. "I'll take the pain. Give me the truth. Me and my heart, we'll make it through." - "Stone Cold" by Demi Lovato
Nostalgic
18. "I'm on my way, driving at 90 on those country lanes singing to 'Tiny Dancer,' and I miss the way you make me feel." - "Castle On The Hill" by Ed Sheeran
19. "You never let me get too far away from all the memories that we made. I got rid of the triggers, burned the pictures, but somehow you find a way." - "Deja Vu" by Lauren Duski
20. "If I could just come in I swear I'll leave, won't take nothing but a memory." - "The House That Built Me" by Miranda Lambert
21. "When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me under the lamppost back on Sixth street, hearing you whisper through the phone, 'wait for me to come home.'" - "Photograph" by Ed Sheehan
Insecure
22. "You are beautiful like a flower, more valuable than a diamond. You are powerful like a fire, you will heal the world with your mind. There is nothing in the world that you cannot do when you believe in you." - "Beautiful Flower" by India Arie
23. "There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move. Always gonna be an uphill battle. Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose." - "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
24. "There's so much more to life than what you're feeling now. Someday you'll look back on all these days and all this pain will be invisible." - "Invisible" by Hunter Hayes
Confident
25. "It's time for me to take it, I'm a boss right now." - "Confident" by Demi Lovato
26. "I'm not the average girl in your video, and ain't built like a supermodel, but I've learned to love myself unconditionally because I am a queen." - "Video" by India Arie
27. "Mend your own fences and own your own crazy." - "Biscuits" by Kacey Musgraves
28. "I don't care if I sing off-key, I find myself in my melodies. I sing for love. I sing for me. I shout it out like a bird set free." - "Bird Set Free" by Sia
Inspired
29. "Release your inhibitions. Feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you. Only you can let it in. No one else, no one else can speak the words on your lips. Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins." - "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield
30. "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." - "Imagine" by John Lennon
