Healing
Funeral Songs
Explore 25 funeral songs tagged as "healing". Each song has been carefully curated to help you create a meaningful memorial service.
All Healing Songs
Traditional
A timeless hymn of redemption and hope that has comforted mourners for centuries.
Why it's meaningful: This beloved hymn speaks of salvation and the journey from loss to grace, offering profound comfort to those grieving.
Best moment: Often played during the processional or as a closing hymn.
One Sweet Day
Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
A powerful duet about missing someone and looking forward to reunion, expressing all the things left unsaid.
Why it's meaningful: The soaring harmonies and emotional vocals create a cathartic release while offering hope of eventual reunion and expressing unspoken love.
Best moment: Emotional peak moment during service, allows congregants to fully feel their grief.
Everybody Hurts
R.E.M.
Michael Stipe's direct message to anyone in pain — 'Hold on.' Written deliberately simply so the message couldn't be missed.
Why it's meaningful: At funerals it shifts meaning — not just 'hold on through this grief' but also validation that the deceased's pain is over. Permission to grieve openly.
Best moment: Reflection or tribute. The slow build from whisper to full band mirrors the communal nature of grief.
You Raise Me Up
Josh Groban
An uplifting tribute to someone who was a source of strength.
Why it's meaningful: Celebrates how loved ones lift us up and continue to inspire even after death.
Best moment: Powerful during tributes or as a recessional.
Fix You
Coldplay
A song about wanting to help heal someone through their darkest moments, building to a hopeful climax.
Why it's meaningful: Speaks to the desire to comfort those in grief and the promise of eventual healing.
Best moment: Moving during services for those who were caregivers or healers.
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Matt Redman
A modern worship song about finding reasons to be grateful even in sorrow.
Why it's meaningful: Encourages thankfulness for a life lived while trusting in divine comfort.
Best moment: Uplifting during Christian services focused on celebration rather than mourning.
Blackbird
The Beatles
A song about awakening, freedom, and taking flight after darkness.
Why it's meaningful: Symbolizes the soul's release and freedom after struggle.
Best moment: Meaningful for those who overcame significant challenges.
I'll Be There
The Jackson 5
A promise of unconditional presence — young Michael Jackson delivering one of Motown's most earnest pledges of loyalty and love.
Why it's meaningful: The promise 'I'll be there' transforms from earthly commitment to eternal bond. Comforts mourners with the idea that love persists beyond death.
Best moment: Reflection or tribute. The gentle build from verse to chorus mirrors the journey from grief to hope.
Vince Gill
A country gospel song about finding eternal rest after life
Why it's meaningful: Written after personal loss, it authentically captures grief and hope.
Best moment: Powerful choice for country music lovers with faith.
Eric Clapton
A deeply personal song about loss and the hope of reunion.
Why it's meaningful: Written after tragic loss, it speaks to the universal experience of grief.
Best moment: Particularly meaningful for untimely losses.
Rainbow
Kacey Musgraves
A gentle song offering hope that storms will pass and rainbows will come.
Why it's meaningful: Provides comfort with the promise that pain is temporary and joy will return.
Best moment: Comforting during services focused on celebrating life rather than mourning death.
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
An uplifting reggae classic with the reassuring message that every little thing is gonna be alright.
Why it's meaningful: Offers simple but powerful comfort and encouragement during dark times.
Best moment: Perfect for celebrations of life with a more upbeat, positive tone.
Sissy's Song
Alan Jackson
Written after a tragic loss, finding faith in the midst of grief.
Why it's meaningful: Offers comfort through faith while acknowledging the pain of sudden loss.
Best moment: Meaningful for unexpected losses and young lives cut short.
Take Me to the King
Tamela Mann
This deeply vulnerable song about bringing brokenness to God became the highest-certified gospel song in US history (2x Platinum).
Why it's meaningful: Raw honesty about weakness and need for divine intervention makes it profound for funerals where mourners feel overwhelmed.
Best moment: Powerful during moments of surrender and seeking comfort.
Held
Natalie Grant
A Christian song processing incomprehensible grief, asking how to praise God when your world falls apart, while finding comfort in being held through the pain.
Why it's meaningful: Honestly addresses the theological struggle of child loss while offering the comfort of divine presence in unbearable moments.
Best moment: For families wrestling with faith and grief after losing a child.
My Father's Eyes
Eric Clapton
Originally about never meeting his father, Clapton reinterpreted this song after losing his son, finding new meaning in seeing his father's eyes in his son.
Why it's meaningful: Captures the generational continuity of family and the devastating disruption when that line is broken by losing a child.
Best moment: Meaningful for multi-generational families mourning a son.
Scars in Heaven
Casting Crowns
A Christian song asking if there are scars in heaven, processing the bittersweet grief of loss while holding onto hope of reunion.
Why it's meaningful: Beautifully captures the tension of saying goodbye while trusting in eternal hope - acknowledging both the devastation of loss and the comfort of faith.
Best moment: Moving choice for Christian families processing child loss or other profound grief.
See You Again
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
A modern tribute to friendship and the promise of reunion.
Why it's meaningful: Speaks to younger generations about loss and remembrance.
Best moment: Resonates particularly with younger mourners.
Precious Child
Karen Taylor-Good
Originally written by Dolly Parton for her nephew who was murdered, this powerful song celebrates every child as precious and irreplaceable.
Why it's meaningful: Acknowledges the specific, devastating grief of losing a child while honoring their unique light and impact on your life.
Best moment: Deeply moving choice for celebrating your child's precious life.
I Will Carry You
Selah
A Christian song about God carrying grieving parents through the unbearable pain of losing a child, offering comfort in faith.
Why it's meaningful: For families of faith, this song acknowledges that some losses are too heavy to bear alone and offers divine comfort and strength.
Best moment: Tender choice for Christian services honoring a child or infant loss.
Hello, Good-Bye
Michael W. Smith
Written for friends who lost their infant son, this gentle song acknowledges the brief hello before the devastating goodbye, with hope of reunion in heaven.
Why it's meaningful: Speaks directly to parents who barely got to know their child before losing them, honoring even the shortest lives as infinitely meaningful.
Best moment: Especially meaningful for infant loss or short lives.