Top 15 Staring at Ceiling Songs

The songLord Huron look back at a relationship with regret and wish they could return to the moment before it began.

Best forThe song is for when you keep replaying the past because sleep will not let you move on.

The songMazzy Star sing about wanting closeness with someone who still feels distant and hard to reach.

Best forIt suits a dark room and a thought you cannot quite put into words.

The songCigarettes After Sex remember a love that felt intense enough to block out everything else.

Best forIt works when the whole night feels private and far away from everyone else.

The songPatrick Watson leaves the story open with a short piano piece whose title means I will leave you words.

Best forIt gives your thoughts space instead of trying to fill every quiet second.

The songColdplay sing from the point of view of someone trying to apologise and ask for another chance.

Best forIt is for the late night version of regret when you think of the message you never sent.

The songMitski treats love as the one precious thing that belongs fully to her.

Best forIt feels right for looking at the ceiling and thinking about what you still want to keep.

The songCigarettes After Sex watch someone cry inside a relationship that keeps hurting them.

Best forIt is for quiet sadness that does not need a big explanation.

The songClairo sings about a crush that makes her feel reckless, nervous and unable to play it cool.

Best forIt fits the restless kind of night when one person keeps taking up all your thoughts.

The songRadiohead imagine someone who wants a simple and peaceful life but feels worn down by the world around them.

Best forIt belongs to the nights when you wish everything would stop asking so much from you.

The songSufjan Stevens imagines a final conversation with his mother and faces the fear of losing her.

Best forIt is for the deepest kind of awake, when the room is still but your feelings are not.

The songBeach House sing about a relationship changing and the hope that two people could find their way back.

Best forIt makes the night feel wide enough for hope and doubt to exist together.

The songConan Gray wants someone who is already drawn to another girl named Heather.

Best forIt is for overthinking every small sign from the person you cannot have.

The songMac DeMarco wrote this after losing a close friend and holds on to the memory of that connection.

Best forIt feels like a warm memory arriving when you were trying not to think about it.

The songBillie Eilish knows someone loves her but cannot return it, so she tries to let them go.

Best forIt fits the painful thought that caring about someone is not always enough to stay.

The songsalvia palth gives only fragments of a relationship, like a memory that will not come back clearly.

Best forIt is for when the night makes old feelings feel blurry but close again.