Songs about Losing Innocence
How quickly we rush to rid ourselves of our own innocence, and how much we mourn for it when it's gone. These songs are about making that transition from wide-eyed idealism to seasoned realism. It's a tale as old as the Bible, since the second act of the creation story (in many religions) centers around partaking of the knowledge of good and evil.
There's all kinds of takes on this theme. Some count losing their innocence as a gain in enlightenment and a rite of passage. Others take the view that gaining wisdom for how the world works makes one less happy than they were before.
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Adia
Sarah McLachlan -
Ain't It Fun
Paramore -
American Pie
Don McLean -
Back When
Tim McGraw -
Bleeding Out
Imagine Dragons -
Butterfly
Rajaton -
Candles
Daughter -
Children Of The Sea
Black Sabbath -
Daddy
Korn -
Damaged
Plumb -
Death of a Hero
Alec Benjamin -
Everybody's Fool
Evanescence -
Extraordinary Girl
Green Day -
First Time
Lifehouse -
Foolin'
Def Leppard -
Free Fallin
Tom Petty -
Genie in a Bottle
Christina Aguilera -
Ghost
Badflower -
Ghost of Days Gone By
Alter Bridge -
Goodbye Blue Sky
Pink Floyd -
Hurdy Gurdy Man
Donovan -
Innocence
Shaman -
Into the Night
Benny Mardones -
It's not Me it's You
Skillet -
Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
Offspring, The -
Like a Virgin
Madonna -
Losing My Religion
REM -
Luka
Suzanne Vega -
Maggie May
Rod Stewart -
New Perspective
Panic! At The Disco -
Numb
Linkin Park -
O Children
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Open Your Heart
Human League -
Puff the Magic Dragon
Peter Paul & Mary -
Raspberry Beret
Prince -
Say It Right
Nelly Furtado -
Scream
Avenged Sevenfold -
Sister Christian
Night Ranger -
Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson -
Strawberry Wine
Deanna Carter -
Summer (The First Time)
Bobby Goldsboro -
Sweet Children
Green Day -
The A Team
Ed Sheeran -
The Headmaster Ritual
Smiths, The -
The Logical Song
Supertramp -
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire -
Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Rod Stewart -
Wake me Up When September Ends
Green Day -
White Houses
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