The fascinating thing about music is that some people listen to it because of the rhythm while others listen to it because of their lyrics. Lyrics have a way, like poetry, to convey our deepest desires, most inner thoughts and what we want people to know. Next up is a list that, because of one or two lines, are those songs that make us swoon. Most of them make us wish we had that SO to dedicate them to but – even if we don’t have that person – we still enjoy playing these songs while driving down country lanes.
1. Touch by Little Mix – “Just a touch of your love is enough to knock me off of my feet all week”
2. Superman by Joe Brooks* – “If I could be your superman, I’d fly you to the stars and back again. ‘Cause every time you touch my hand and you feel my powers, running through your veins. But I can only write this song and tell you, that I’m not that strong. ‘Cause I’m no superman, I hope you like me as I am.”
3. The Sound by The 1975 – “And I know when you’re around, ‘cause I know the sound, I know the sound of your heart.”
4. Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley* – “Take my hand, take my whole life too. Cause I can’t help falling in love with you.”
5. Work Song by Hozier* – “In the low lamp light I was free. Heaven and hell were words to me.”
6. The Only Exception by Paramore* – “I’ve got a tight grip on reality but I can’t let go of what’s in front of me here”
7. Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran – “Baby now take me into your loving arms. Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars, place your head on my beating heart. I’m thinking out loud that maybe we found love right where we are, oh”
8. This I Promise You by NSYNC – “And I will take (I will take you in my arms) and hold you right where you belong. Till the day my life is through, this I promise you.”
9. Kid In Love by Shawn Mendes – “Maybe I’m just a kid in love, oh baby. If this is what it’s like fallin’ in love. Then I don’t wanna ever grow up”
10. Gravity by Sara Bareilles* – “But you’re neither friend nor foe. Though I can’t seem to let you go. The one thing that I still know is that you’re keeping me down.”
11. Starving by Hailee Steinfield ft. Zedd* – “I didn’t know that I was starving ’till I tasted you”
12. Sunday Morning by Maroon 5* – “Singing someday it’ll bring me back to you, find a way to bring myself back home to you”
13. Clarity by Zedd ft. Foxes* – “If our love is tragedy why are you my remedy? If our love is insanity why are you my clarity?”
14. Moonshine by Bruno Mars* – “Moonshine take us to the stars tonight. Take us to that special place, that place we were the last time”
15. Stay by Zedd ft. Alessia Cara – “I’ve never been the best at letting go. I don’t wanna spend the night alone. Guess I need you, and I need to.”
*songs suggested by HCUPR Contributors that author clearly loves.