A list of prog love songs

Here's a song list of progrock and metal songs that have had meaning to me over the years about love and relationships.  They are mostly positive and upbeat.  Maybe other people here will have a use for them, too.

A Beautiful Feeling, Colin Tench Project
A Complex Work of Art, Kaipa
A Dream Goes on Forever, Todd Rundgren
A Giant Leap of Faith, Subsignal
A habit worth forming, Echolyn
A Night on the Town, The Dear Hunter
A Place in the Sun, Blind Ego
A Song for You, Mystery
A Sun of Your Own, Moon Safari
A Tale of Magic, Rhapsody Of Fire
Above the Blue, Mostly Autumn
According to Plan, Magic Pie
Acronym Love, Riverside
Act Of Faythe, Dream Theater
After Me, Marillion
After the Rain, Karnataka
All That Matters, Section A
All That We Are, Panic Room
All Things You Are, Eric Johnson
And Here's to Many More, Sithu Aye
And When the War Is Over…, Mostly Autumn
And You and I, Yes
Anything I Can Dream, IZZ
Arrival of Love, Circus Maximus
Baby, What A Big Surprise, Chicago
Back to Myself, Part 1, Millenium
Be the One, Yes
Believe in Your Dreams, Mystery
Believe Me Now, Electric Light Orchestra
Between You And Me, Marillion
Blessing in Disguise, Semantic Saturation
Blood and Passion, Suspyre
Bond, The Pineapple Thief
Borders and Days, Headspace
Bound by Gravity, Haken
Brickwork II (This Heart of Mine T5), Pain of Salvation
Bridges of Grace, Tiles
Bringin' it On, Presto Ballet
Burning Like Fire, Iona
Can I Find It, Little Atlas
Candlelight Fantasia, Symphony X
Can't Get It out of My Head, Electric Light Orchestra
Carpet Of The Sun, Renaissance
Change, Threshold
Close Your Eyes, Roine Stolt
Closer To Heaven, D
Closer to You, Sound Of Contact
Collapse The Light Into Earth, Porcupine Tree
Colors, Shadow Gallery
Come Back to Me, Uriah Heep
Come On Young Love, Magnum
Come Sail Away, Styx
Comfort Me, Shadow Gallery
Could Have Been Yesterday, Comedy of Errors
Courteous Love, Knight Area
Curator of Butterflies, Big Big Train
Dance, Little Atlas
Day Eleven: Love, Ayreon
Destination Unknown, Shadow Gallery
Don't Let It End, Styx
Dreaming Light, Anathema
Endless Ways, Anathema
Entering New Lands, Disperse
Eternally, Karmakanic
Eternity, Allen Lande
Eternity, Secret Sphere
Even In The Quietest Moments, Supertramp
Ever Dream, Nightwish
Eyes Wide Open, Sieges Even
Falling Home, Pain of Salvation
Fantastic Place, Marillion
Farewell to Old Friends, Pt. 4, Sylvan
Feels Like Home, Karnataka
Fireworks, Angra
First Time, Styx
Flesh, Moongarden
Fly From Here, Yes
Follow the Sun, Enchant
Following the Signs, John Wesley
For You, Stream of Passion
Forever, IZZ
Forever, Queen
Forever, Stratovarius
Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching), Riverside
Free As A Bird, Supertramp
Gentle Change, Angra
Give Love Each Day, Yes
Glacier, Little Atlas
God If I Saw Her Now, Anthony Phillips
Harvest, Opeth
Havin' A Ball, Styx
He Touched My Soul, Dream Aria
Hold On My Heart, Genesis
Hold On, Triumph
Hold Out Your Hand, Chris Squire
Hold The Sun, Mostly Autumn
I Believe In You, Lana Lane
I Believe, Riverside
I Know You're Out There Somewhere, The Moody Blues
I Walk Beside You, Dream Theater
I Want to Believe, Dark Moor
I Was Born To Love You, Queen
If That's What You Need, Genesis
Ih-Ah!, Devin Townsend Project
I'm In You, Vanden Plas
I'm Sorry, Evergrey
In My Dreams, Mystery
In The End, Rush
In the Heart of Her Own Magic Field, Kaipa
Incident on a Bridge, Kansas
Internal Landscapes, Anathema
Invisible Touch, Genesis
It Can Happen, Yes
It Matters so Much, Audioplastik
It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man), Kansas
It's You, Kansas
It's you, Moongarden
Jennifer, Styx
Just You and Me, Cannata
Land of the Miracle, Edguy
Lavender, Marillion
Lay All Your Love On Me, Avantasia
Learning To Live, Dream Theater
Let It Grow, Nektar
Let Us Now Make Love, Anthony Phillips
Letter To Dana, Sonata Arctica
Life By Light, Glass Hammer
Light From Your Eyes, IZZ
Light of the Ages, Yes
Lightning Song, Anathema
Livin' Thing, Electric Light Orchestra
Living Tree Part 1, Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman
Locked Inside, 3rdegree
Lost (Why Should I Be Frightened by a Hat?), Riverside
Love Beach, Emerson Lake & Palmer
Love Is On The Run, The Moody Blues
Love Never Lost, Man on Fire
Love Of My Life, Queen
Loved Ones, Circus Maximus
Lovelorn, Threshold
Lover Arrive, Ambrosia
Loving Sea, Steve Hackett
Made Again, Marillion
Magical World, Blackmore's Night
May You, Everon
Melpomene, The Dear Hunter
Memories, Knight Area
More Than A Dream, Unitopia
Morning Star, Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman
Motions of Desire, Magic Pie
Mountain Time, Gentle Giant
My Everafter, Enchant
Mystery Act I, Shadow Gallery
Need Her Love, Electric Light Orchestra
New York City Summergirl, Moon Safari
Not Only Love, Ice
Nothing Else Matters, Apocalyptica
Oceans of Time, Daniel Cavanagh
Once in a Lifetime, Gazpacho
Once In A Lifetime, Kansas
One Love Forever, Flying Colors
One Step Beyond, Sylvan
One, Fates Warning
Only the Brave, Mostly Autumn
Opportunity, Tiles
Our New World, Dream Theater
Peace At Last, Rick Wakeman
Perfect Remedy, Everon
Photonic Reunion, The Aurora Project
Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams, Threshold
Play On, Kansas
Power Of Love, King's X
Reach for the Sun, RPWL
Reborn, Magnum
Remote View, Sound Of Contact
Run Through The Light, Yes
Running Love, Apocalyptica
Savor Every Moment, Rocket Scientists
Secret Touch, Rush
Seek To Find, Lost In Thought
Share the World with Me, Sylvan
She Is Everything, Spock's Beard
Shine a Little Love, Electric Light Orchestra
Shining Star, Spock's Beard
Skin on Skin, Mostly Autumn
Smoke From a Secret Source, Kaipa
So Close, Jon McLaughlin
So Much More, Sylvan
Soon, Yes
Soulmates, Hemina
Spoken Words Act II, Shadow Gallery
Stardust, Rocket Scientists
Stay, ArcAngel Cannata
Steer by the Stars, Karmakanic
Still... You Turn Me On, Emerson Lake & Palmer
Strange Magic, Electric Light Orchestra
Strong, Place Vendome
Suite Madame Blue, Styx
Summer Always Comes Again, Voyager
Sunlight, Anathema
Sunshine, Panic Room
Surrender To Reason, Dream Theater
Surrender to Win, Moonrise
Sweet Dream, Jethro Tull
Sweet Is the Night, Electric Light Orchestra
Sweetness, Yes
Tears, Rush
Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra
The Awakening, Mystery
The Best Of Times, Styx
The Fury Of My Love, Flying Colors
The Gift of Music, Theocracy
The Great Reward, Unitopia
The Lost Song, Pt. 2, Anathema
The Lost Song, Pt. 3, Anathema
The Love, The Dear Hunter
The Meeting, Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman
The Millionaire Waltz, Queen
The More We Live, Let Go, Yes
The Most Beautiful Place, Edenbridge
The Outermost Bounds, Clepsydra
The Sailor and the Mermaid, Mystery
The Smile, Galahad
There Was A Time, Spock's Beard
This Heart of Mine (I Pledge), Pain of Salvation
Through My Words, Dream Theater
Tides of Time, Epica
Time And A Word, Yes
Time, The Alan Parsons Project
Together alive, Carptree
Trust, Wolverine
Trying to Kiss the Sun, RPWL
Turn Of The Century, Yes
Turning Point, Magellan
Two of a Kind, Knight Area
Unbreakable, Stratovarius
Union, Secret Sphere
United Alliance, Pagan's Mind
Until The End Of Time, Edenbridge
Us, Riverside
Waiting Just for You, Blackmore's Night
Warm Touch, Galahad
We'll Never Be Apart, Blackfield
What You Want To Know, Rare Bird
When I Live My Dream, David Bowie
When It's Love, Cannata
While Your Lips Are Still Red, Nightwish
Who Wants To Live Forever, Queen
Wings of Destiny, Rhapsody
With This Heart, Kansas
With You, Cosmos
You And Me Against A World Of Pain, Phideaux
You Broke The Sun, Abydos
You By My Side, Chris Squire
You Need Love, Styx
You Only Live Twice, Lana Lane
Your Eyes, Frameshift
Your Own Special Way, Genesis
You're My Best Friend, Queen
You're The Inspiration, Chicago

Edited by Lamneth - May 11 2018 at 07:50

Amazing list Lamneth!

And you and I is not a love song. 

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: And you and I is not a love song.

I really think it is a love song. Actually, it sounds to me like it is a marriage song, or a commitment for life song (with that special person). I mean "All in sight of seeds of Life with you".

I think most of Yes songs are love songs. Jon Anderson is just a messenger of love.

Anyone mentioned Todd Rundgren?? His tune ‘The Verb, ‘To Love’’ . Unreal ballad, especially live Utopia versions when Roger Powell includes his Mini-Moog solo in the middle. Probably my favourite ballad, ever.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: And you and I is not a love song.

Porquoi?

I think songs have the best lyrics when they're a bit ambiguous and left open to interpretation.  The same song several months or a year later will have a completely different meaning to be based on my frame of mind at the time.  It's like there are many facets buried within the words that will only reveal themselves to you at the right moment.  That's powerful. 

So this isn't a 'this is a love song' list, so much as it's a 'this is a song about love that had a very deep meaning to me at the time that I heard it' list. 

Also there's quite a few that aren't love songs at all, but are to me about some of the growing pains that I had to go through.  Is this relationship going to work out?  why did we just hurt the other person?, why did we have that fight?, or whatever.  All are meaningful whether painful or not, and part of the growth of love but not necessarily a love song. 

Incidentally I also have a couple of prog song lists going that I could also post here.  One is called 'criers' and the other is called 'raw truth' - I think they're both pretty self-explanatory.


Edited by Lamneth - January 31 2018 at 09:30

Where's "Trilogy" by E.L.P.?

I am surprised "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc is not on the list. one of the first songs that comes to my mind when thinking of love songs.

and then there is a song that is not really a love song, more a song about craving for love, but nevertheless I always think of it as a love song. sounds a bit strange, doesn't it? I am talking about this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNn9nUGyqRk



Edited by BaldJean - January 31 2018 at 18:47