10 Great Rock Songs Inspired By Death

10. Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World

Before you even listen to an emo song, you know it's already going to be on the darker side of the spectrum. I mean, this is a genre that prides itself on wearing a lot of its emotions on its sleeve from time to time, so some morbid subject matter was always going to creep in. For a band that always embraced the tag though, Hear You Me seems to be more on the optimistic side for Jimmy Eat World.

Around the time the band were making Bleed American, Jim Adkins ended up writing this song in tribute to a couple of fans who had tragically passed away in a car accident a few years prior. Compared to the down and out feelings that you get on every other song, this is the kind of track that can bring you to tears without even knowing the context, as Jim talks about angels leading these two to the other side.

To JEW, these were more than just your average fans. Back in the day before they got off the ground, they became friendly with them and even ended up crashing at their house whenever they didn't have a place at the end of the night. Fans are always your bread and butter, but a song like this goes that one extra mile. These people were like family to them, and they deserve to have the proper sendoff that any other family member would have gotten.