50 Best Rock Songs About Multiple Personalities
Rock Songs That Dive Into Split Selves
There’s something strange in the way a song can sound like two people fighting inside the same head. One voice calm, the other reckless, both trying to take control before the track even hits the chorus. The guitars snarl, the lyrics twist, and everything starts to sound a little unstable in a way that pulls you closer. It’s that sense of being at war with yourself, trying to keep a straight face while something louder keeps slipping out. Some of these tracks don’t even mean to be that deep, but the way they hit feels like an argument you can’t mute.
It’s not always the heavy stuff either. Sometimes it’s the power pop kind of confusion, the chorus that turns manic halfway through, or the weird calm that shows up right before the distortion kicks back in. You hear that tug-of-war between personas and it feels too familiar, like watching your reflection glitch for a second. Some of these songs never mention split minds at all, yet the tension still hums under every note. They drift between masks, between moods, between the part that smiles and the one that wants to scream through the feedback.
There’s a certain thread running through pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that chase that chaos, even when they hide it behind a catchy hook. These tracks stumble between clarity and confusion, sounding like they’re trying to hold multiple selves together without saying it outright. Not every track fits the theme literally, but the feeling still hits. Here are the best rock songs about multiple personalities.
Top 10 Identity Rock Songs
1. 'Jekyll and Hyde' by Five Finger Death Punch
2. 'Split Personality' by Pink
3. 'The Patient' by Tool
4. 'Paranoid Android' by Radiohead
5. 'Mr. Roboto' by Styx
6. 'One Step Closer' by Linkin Park
7. 'Me and My Shadow' by Alkaline Trio
8. 'Schism' by Tool
9. 'Bipolar' by Scar Symmetry
10. 'The Man Who Sold the World' by Nirvana
Rock Music About Multiple Personalities #11 to 20
11. 'Lateralus' by Tool
12. 'The Great Below' by Nine Inch Nails
13. 'My Name Is Ruin' by Gary Numan
14. 'Freaks' by Live
15. 'The Two Sides of Me' by Halestorm
16. 'Persona' by Vola
17. 'King Nothing' by Metallica
18. 'Dr. Stein' by Helloween
19. 'Welcome to the Other Side' by Quiet Riot
20. 'Hero of the Day' by Metallica
Best Songs About a Split Identity #21 to 30
21. 'The Mind's Eye' by Nevermore
22. 'Voices' by Motionless In White
23. 'Subdivisions' by Rush
24. 'Inner Conflict' by Sepultura
25. 'Alter Ego' by Tame Impala
26. 'I Have the Blues (and I Don't Like Them)' by Primus
27. 'Man in the Box' by Alice in Chains
28. 'In the Name of God' by Dream Theater
29. 'I Am the Enemy' by Anthrax
30. 'Head Like a Hole' by Nine Inch Nails
Songs Dealing with Inner Conflict and Personas #31 to 40
31. 'Pneuma' by Tool
32. 'Black Dog' by Led Zeppelin
33. 'Where the River Flows' by Collective Soul
34. 'The Changeling' by The Doors
35. 'Ego Trip' by Papa Roach
36. 'Personality Crisis' by New York Dolls
37. 'Madness' by Muse
38. 'The Dark Side' by Muse
39. 'The Other Side' by Aerosmith
40. 'Sober' by Tool
Rock Songs About Dual Nature and Persona #41 to 50
41. 'Flesh and Bone' by The Killers
42. 'Heavy Crown' by Doves
43. 'The End of Heartache' by Killswitch Engage
44. 'Unholy Confessions' by Avenged Sevenfold
45. 'My World' by Sublime
46. 'Face of Danger' by The Rolling Stones
47. 'The Devil in I' by Slipknot
48. 'Mirror Mirror' by Blind Guardian
49. 'The World Is Mine' by David Bowie
50. 'I Am the Walrus' by The Beatles
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