25 Songs, 25 Days - Day 4: A Song That Calms You Down

As a music therapist I believe in the healing power of music, the ability it has to calm, excite, or stimulate thought. I spend a lot of time thinking about different kinds of music that can help do each of these, while making sure that I am sticking to a person's personal preference. What might be calming for one person, might anger another person, or even drive another person crazy. For me, anything by Breaking Benjamin will almost always help calm me down. Usually it's a band that I will listen to when I've had a long day, something to destress, and eventually calm myself down. Since I am supposed to pick one song, though, I picked "Rain" because it definitely has that calming quality to it. It is one of their few acoustic songs, really highlighting the vocals so you can hear the emotion.