50 Best Rock Songs About Not Being Able to Breathe
Rock Songs That Capture The Feeling Of Struggling To Breathe
There’s a kind of panic that doesn’t need a reason. It hits when the air feels too thin, or the world’s moving too fast to catch up. Maybe it’s a late-night drive with the windows down, maybe it’s sitting alone in a room that feels smaller every second. The right song catches that tension in the lungs, the restless pull between holding on and letting go. You don’t need lyrics spelling it out to feel it. Some tracks sound like they were recorded mid-breath, like the singer’s fighting through static just to get the words out.
The thing about suffocation, physical or emotional, is it never really announces itself. You hear it in a rasp, a waver, a riff that can’t seem to land. Some of these tracks aren’t even literally about losing air, but they carry that energy—the weight in the chest, the sense of spinning out. They belong to that weird emotional pocket where you can’t tell if you’re calm or collapsing. There’s something universal in that mix, the same pulse that runs through pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that sit right on the edge of composure.
It’s not the kind of feeling you throw a filter on. These tracks don’t smooth things over or tidy up the mess. They stay in it, trapped and twitching, waiting for the next breath to come. Here are the best rock songs that sound like forgetting how to breathe.
Top 10 Rock Songs on Breathlessness and Anxiety
1. 'Harder to Breathe' by Maroon 5
2. 'One Last Breath' by Creed
3. 'Drown' by Bring Me The Horizon
4. 'Choke' by I Prevail
5. 'Can't You See That You're Smothering Me?' by Linkin Park
6. 'Shattered Glass' by Fit For A King
7. 'Suffocate' by Knocked Loose featuring Poppy
8. 'Breath' by Breaking Benjamin
9. 'Still Breathing' by Green Day
10. 'Given Up' by Linkin Park
Alternative and Metal Songs About Gasping for Air #11 to 20
11. 'Barely Breathing' by From Ashes to New featuring Chrissy Costanza
12. 'Numb' by Linkin Park
13. 'Breathe' by Puscifer
14. 'Suffocate' by Sevendust
15. 'The Air That I Breathe' by The Hollies
16. 'Choking Victim' by Clutch
17. 'Breathing' by Kate Bush
18. 'I Can't Breathe' by Skrape
19. 'Out of Breath' by Lifehouse
20. 'Try Not to Breathe' by R.E.M.
Rock and Metal Tracks on Suffocation Feelings #21 to 30
21. 'Breathless' by The Corrs
22. 'Breathe' by Moist
23. 'Asthmatic' by Spineshank
24. 'Breathing Underwater' by Metric
25. 'Breathe Into Me' by Red
26. 'Suffocate City' by The Funeral Portrait featuring Spencer Charnas
27. 'Comfortably Numb' by Pink Floyd
28. 'The Air That I Breathe' by All That Remains
29. 'I Can Breathe But I'm Suffocating' by Kenny Goliff
30. 'Head Above Water' by Avril Lavigne
Heavy Rock Songs Exploring Breath Struggles #31 to 40
31. 'Breathing New Life' by Damageplan
32. 'Breathe Today' by Flyleaf
33. 'Drowning Man' by U2
34. 'Breathing' by Five.Bolt.Main
35. 'Panic Attack' by Judas Priest
36. 'The Air That I Breathe' by Simply Red
37. 'Last Resort' by Papa Roach
38. 'Cradle' by Mudvayne
39. 'Breathless' by Tenfold
40. 'Holding My Breath' by Alien Weaponry
Top Rock Tracks About Feeling Choked and Overwhelmed #41 to 50
41. 'Smothered' by Spineshank
42. 'The Air That I Breathe' by Radiohead
43. 'Breathe' by Taproot
44. 'Exhale' by Addication
45. 'Can't Breathe' by Trust Company
46. 'Breathe' by The Warning
47. 'My Last Breath' by Evanescence
48. 'Room to Breathe' by Project Wyze
49. 'Deep' by Pearl Jam
50. 'Just Breathe' by Pearl Jam
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