50 Best Rock Songs About Prayer
Powerful Rock Tracks That Feel Like Prayers
There’s something strange that happens when guitars start to sound like pleading. Not in a church way, more like when someone’s got nothing left but the noise. The kind of sound that hits late at night when words dry up and the only thing that makes sense is turning the volume up until it shakes the walls. These aren’t hymns exactly, though they hover near the same sky. Some are from bands that never claimed faith, others from singers who built careers on doubt. Still, they reach for something higher in their own messy, distorted way.
A lot of these songs never mention prayer at all. They circle it, skirt around it, or stumble into it by accident. You can hear it in cracked vocals, in the way a guitar solo stretches like a confession that went too far. Sometimes it’s the silence after the final chord that carries the plea. They sit in the same space as pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that try to touch something human without spelling it out. That tension between faith and noise, between asking and demanding, keeps these tracks alive long after the echo fades.
There’s a certain kind of surrender in these records, a weight that hums under the riffs and choruses that climb higher than they should. Some sound like apologies, some like demands for proof. Not every track is literally tied to prayer, but they all belong in that quiet corner of longing where people look up, or inward, or nowhere at all. Here are the best rock songs about prayer.
Top 10 Rock Songs About Spiritual Seeking
1. 'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi
2. 'Prayer' by Disturbed
3. 'A Change of Seasons' by Dream Theater
4. 'One Last Breath' by Creed
5. 'In the Name of God' by Dream Theater
6. 'The Great Escape' by Rivers of Nihil
7. 'Praying for Time' by George Michael
8. 'Dear God' by M. Shadows
9. 'Savior' by Rise Against
10. 'I Will Follow' by U2
Essential Rock Tracks on Divine Aspiration #11 to 20
11. 'Jesus Just Left Chicago' by ZZ Top
12. 'Whisper a Prayer' by The Temptations
13. 'A Prayer for the Dying' by Seal
14. 'Prayer of the Refugee' by Rise Against
15. 'Hallelujah' by Jeff Buckley
16. 'The Sound of Silence' by Disturbed
17. 'Faithfully' by Journey
18. 'Only God Knows Why' by Kid Rock
19. 'Pray' by Take That
20. 'With Arms Wide Open' by Creed
Top Rock Music Selections About Spiritual Struggles #21 to 30
21. 'God Gave Rock and Roll to You' by Kiss
22. 'Save a Prayer' by Duran Duran
23. 'The End of the World as We Know It' by R.E.M.
24. 'God' by John Lennon
25. 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin
26. 'Nothing Else Matters' by Metallica
27. 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' by Bob Dylan
28. 'Jesus Is Just Alright' by The Doobie Brothers
29. 'Like a Prayer' by Madonna
30. 'Shine' by Collective Soul
Greatest Rock Favorites Expressing Hope and Desperation #31 to 40
31. 'Carry On Wayward Son' by Kansas
32. 'Angel' by Aerosmith
33. 'Pray for the Plagues' by Bring Me The Horizon
34. 'The Last in Line' by Dio
35. 'Heaven and Hell' by Black Sabbath
36. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band
37. 'Fire and Brimstone' by Black Lungs
38. 'Calling All Angels' by Train
39. 'My Sacrifice' by Creed
40. 'The River' by Bruce Springsteen
Top Rock Recordings Touching on Higher Power Themes #41 to 50
41. 'Don't Pray On Me' by Bad Religion
42. 'The Prayer' by Bloc Party
43. 'Only the Good Die Young' by Billy Joel
44. 'God Only Knows' by The Beach Boys
45. 'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode
46. 'One of Us' by Joan Osborne
47. 'When the Children Cry' by White Lion
48. 'Jesus Christ Pose' by Soundgarden
49. 'My Confession' by The Used
50. 'Dust in the Wind' by Kansas
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