50 Best Rock Songs About Being Tired
Best Rock Tracks for Feeling Drained and Worn Out
There’s a strange haze that comes with exhaustion. Your body feels like it’s two steps behind your brain, and the smallest tasks stack up until even getting out of bed feels like a mission. Rock music catches that edge in a way that cuts through the fog. Some songs sound like they were written in the middle of a 3 a.m. crash after too much caffeine, while others lean into the drag of a day that never seems to end. Not every track is literally tied to being tired, but they fit the mood so well they feel like they were built for it.
That half-awake state shows up in the riffs, the sluggish tempo, or even the lyrics that repeat until they sink in like background static. It’s not polished energy, it’s the sound of running on fumes with the volume turned up. These tracks work for anyone who knows that exhaustion doesn’t always look like silence. Sometimes it’s loud, messy, and loud again, the kind of tired that needs to burn itself out. The same vibe shows up in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but rock tends to lean harder into that restless fatigue.
You can picture them spilling out of a speaker in a dim room, echoing against late-night walls, or blasting through headphones on a train ride that feels too long. They’re wired in with heavy guitars, muttered vocals, or hooks that stumble into anthems. Some songs are blunt about exhaustion, others circle it in strange metaphors, but all of them hit the same tired headspace. Here are the best rock songs for feeling drained.
Top 10 Tired Rock Songs
1. 'I'm So Tired' by The Beatles
2. 'Numb' by Linkin Park
3. 'Fell on Black Days' by Soundgarden
4. 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac
5. 'It's Been Awhile' by Staind
6. 'Burnout' by The Warning
7. 'King for a Day' by Pierce the Veil ft. Kellin Quinn
8. 'Creep' by Radiohead
9. 'Hotel California' by Eagles
10. 'Don't Follow' by Alice in Chains
Rock Songs for Feeling Exhausted #11 to 20
11. 'Don't Wanna Fight' by Alabama Shakes
12. 'Nutshell' by Alice in Chains
13. 'All I Have Are the Memories' by Fckngbmz
14. 'Losing My Religion' by R.E.M.
15. 'So Far Away' by Staind
16. 'The Day I Tried to Live' by Soundgarden
17. 'Sleeping Like a Dog on the Floor' by Pierce the Veil
18. 'Asleep' by The Smiths
19. 'Wasted Time' by Skid Row
20. 'Break' by Three Days Grace
Burnout Rock Song List #21 to 30
21. 'She Don't Want The World' by 3 Doors Down
22. 'Take This Job and Shove It' by Johnny Paycheck
23. 'Lonely House' by Munn
24. 'I Can't Make You Love Me' by Bonnie Raitt
25. 'So Cold' by Breaking Benjamin
26. 'Crawling' by Linkin Park
27. 'Broken' by Seether and Amy Lee
28. 'Running on Empty' by Jackson Browne
29. 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Green Day
30. 'Tired of the Day' by Mono Inc.
Feeling Overwhelmed Rock Music #31 to 40
31. 'The Music or the Misery' by Fall Out Boy
32. 'Sorrow' by The National
33. 'I Can't Pretend I'm Okay' by Fckngbmz
34. 'All the Tired Horses' by Sinead O'Connor
35. 'Godspeed You! Black Emperor' by F#A#infinity
36. 'The Night Love Disappeared' by Fckngbmz
37. 'Waiting' by M83
38. 'The Labyrinth Song' by Asaf Avidan
39. 'Hurt' by Nine Inch Nails
40. 'Motion Sickness' by Phoebe Bridgers
Rock Songs About Being Drained #41 to 50
41. 'Don't Swallow the Cap' by The National
42. 'Every Little Thing' by Dishwalla
43. 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' by Radiohead
44. 'You' by Radiohead
45. 'Sliver' by Nirvana
46. 'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)' by My Chemical Romance
47. 'Tired' by Beabadoobee
48. 'Just a Phase' by Incubus
49. 'Worn Me Down' by Rachael Yamagata
50. 'I'm So Tired' by Fugazi
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