Songs for what comes after harm
Estimated time60+ Minutes
Repair is not only something we think about. It is something we feel.
Music has always helped people process grief, joy, resistance, hope, memory, and healing. This playlist invites you into the emotional side of repair through songs that reflect what it means to survive harm, seek freedom, hold pain, imagine something better, and rebuild what has been broken.
Some songs in this playlist speak to struggle and resilience. Others hold tenderness, longing, accountability, celebration, or collective possibility. Together, they remind us that repair is not a straight path. It can sound like heartbreak, resistance, remembrance, love, joy, or imagining a future we have not reached yet.
As conversations about reparations and healing continue, this playlist offers space to sit with the emotions that often live underneath the policy, history, and headlines. What does repair feel like? What gets passed down? What still aches? What becomes possible when people and communities are supported in healing?
As you listen, reflect on these questions:
Which songs feel like grief? Which feels like hope? Which feels like healing?
What emotions come up when you think about harm that has gone unacknowledged or unrepaired?
Are there songs here that remind you of your family, community, or history? Why?
What would repair sound like in your own life? In your neighborhood? In our country?
Which songs help you imagine a future where healing feels possible?
Which songs help you imagine a better, healed society and country?
You do not need to have all the answers while listening. Let the music meet you where you are.