Before you sit down and begin to jot down ideas, you may want to seek out sources of encouragement. Music makes for some of the best inspiration, especially when it comes to your vows. Lyrics have a tendency to tug at our heartstrings, and you want those exchanged words at the altar to do the same.
We’ve compiled 50 of the most touching songs that make for great wedding vow inspiration. Spark your writing by combing through our favorite finds and some of the most emotive-filled lyrics too. If you’re looking for song suggestions for a vow renewal, check out our list of great wedding vow renewal music.
Pop
A Thousand Years by Christina Perri | Link
“I have died everyday, waiting for you
Darling, don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more
Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything, take away
What’s standing in front of me
Every breath, every hour has come to this”
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran | Link
“And darling I will be loving you ’til we’re 70
And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23
And I’m thinking ’bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Oh me I fall in love with you every single day
And I just wanna tell you I am
So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I’m thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are”
I’m Yours by Jason Mraz | Link
“Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We are just one big family
And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved
So I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours”
All of Me by John Legend | Link
“Even when you’re crying you’re beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I’m around through every mood
You’re my downfall, you’re my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can’t stop singing, it’s ringing in my head for you
My head’s underwater
But I’m breathing fine
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind
Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning”
Make You Feel My Love by Adele | Link
“When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I will never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I’d go hungry; I’d go black and blue
I’d go crawling down the avenue
No, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love”
How Long Will I Love You by Ellie Goulding | Link
“How long will I love you
As long as stars are above you
And longer if I can
How long will I need you
As long as the seasons need to
Follow their plan
How long will I be with you
As long as the sea is bound to
Wash up on the sand”
Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur | Link
“Then you smiled over your shoulder
For a minute, I was stone-cold sober
I pulled you closer to my chest
And you asked me to stay over
I said, I already told ya
I think that you should get some rest
I knew I loved you then
But you’d never know
‘Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go
I know I needed you
But I never showed
But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old
Just say you won’t let go
Just say you won’t let go”
I Choose You by Sara Bareilles | Link
“There was a time when I would have believed them
If they told me that you could not come true
Just love’s illusion
But then you found me
And everything changed
And I believe in something again
My whole heart
Will be yours forever
This is a beautiful start
To a lifelong love letter
Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose
You
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose
You
I choose
You”
What A Man Gotta Do by The Jonas Brothers | Link
“Caught my heart about one, two times
Don’t need to question the reason I’m yours, I’m yours
I’d move the earth or lose a fight just to see you smile
‘Cause you got no flaws, no flaws
I’m not tryna be your part time lover
Sign me up for that full time, I’m yours, all yours
So what a man gotta do?
What a man gotta do?
To be totally locked up by you
What a man gotta say?
What a man gotta pray?
To be your last “Goodnight” and your first “Good day”
Fall On Me by Christinia Aguilera and A Great Big World | Link
“I thought sooner or later
The lights up above
Will come down in circles and guide me to love
But I don’t know what’s right for me
I cannot see straight
I’ve been here too long and I don’t want to wait for it
Fly like a cannonball, straight to my soul
Tear me to pieces
And make me feel whole
I’m willing to fight for it and carry this weight
But with every step
I keep questioning what it’s true
Fall on me
With open arms
Fall on me
From where you are
Fall on me
With all your light”
Oldies
To the Aisle by The Five Satins | Link
“You ask her if she loves you she answers, “I do”
Your heart starts glowing inside
And then you will know she is just for you
While each step, draws you closer to the aisle
Then you put a ring on her finger
And the tears start flowing awhile
Then you’ll know she’s yours forever
While each step, draws you closer to the aisle
She says, yes and your heart starts beating
While each step, draws you closer to the aisle”
When A Man Loves A Woman by Percy Sledge | Link
“When a man loves a woman
Can’t keep his mind on nothin’ else
He’d trade the world
For a good thing he’s found
If she is bad, he can’t see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down
When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He’d give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that’s the way
It ought to be”
Stand By Me by Ben E. King | Link
“When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we’ll see
No I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darlin’, darlin’, stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry, no I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me”
When I Fall in Love by Nat King Cole | Link
“When I fall in love, it will be forever
Or I’ll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it’s begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart, it will be completely
Or I’ll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you”
All I Want by Joni Mitchell | Link
“Do you want, do you want, do you wanna dance with me baby
Do you wanna take a chance on
Maybe finding some sweet romance with me baby, well come on
All I really really want is our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you too
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you
I wanna talk to you, I wanna shampoo you
I wanna renew you again and again
Applause, applause, life is our cause
When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws
Do you see, do you see, do you see how you hurt me baby
So I hurt you too
Then we both get so blue”
At Last by Etta James | Link
“At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over and life is like a song, oh yeah
At last the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up clover the night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill I’ve never known, oh yeah
You smiled, you smiled oh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven
For you are mine at last”
P.S. I Love You by The Beatles | Link
“As I write this letter
Send my love to you
Remember that I’ll always
Be in love with you
Treasure these few words till we’re together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, you
I’ll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, you”
A Kiss From A Rose by Seal | Link
“There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that’s the high and not the pill
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey”
Love You Inside Out by The Beegees | Link
“Our love has got the power
Too many lovers in one lifetime
Ain’t good for you
You treat me like a vision in the night
Someone there to stand behind you
When your world ain’t working right
I ain’t no vision, I am the man
Who loves you inside out
Backwards and forwards with
My heart hanging out
I love no other way”
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love by Barry White | Link
“‘ve heard people say that
Too much of anything is not good for you, baby
(Oh no) but I don’t know about that
There’s many times that we’ve loved
We’ve shared love and made love
It doesn’t seem to me like it’s enough
There’s just not enough of it
There’s just not enough
Oh oh, babe
My darling I, can’t get enough of your love babe
Girl, I don’t know, I don’t know why
I can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh, some things I can’t get used to
No matter how I try
Just like the more you give, the more I want
And baby, that’s no lie
Oh no, babe”
Singer/Songwriter
Better Together by Jack Johnson | Link
“There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoe box of photographs
With sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it’s so hard?
It’s not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I’ll tell you one thing, it’s always better when we’re together
It’s always better when we’re together
Yeah, we’ll look at the stars when we’re together
Well, it’s always better when we’re together
Yeah, it’s always better when we’re together”
XO by John Mayer | Link
“Even in the shadows
Baby kiss me
Before they turn the lights out
Your heart is glowing
And I’m crashing into you
Baby kiss me, kiss me
Before they turn the lights out
Before they turn the lights out
Baby love me lights out
In the darkest night hour
I’ll search through the crowd
Your face is all that I see
I’ll give you everything
Baby, love me lights out
Baby, love me lights out”
Only Love by Ben Howard | Link
“Darling you’re with me, always around me
Only love, only love
Darling I feel you, under my body
Only love, only love
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart
And I’ll be yours to keep
Darling you’re with me, always around me
Only love, only love
Darling I feel you, under my body
Only love, only love
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart
And I’ll be yours to keep”
You Are The Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne | Link
“Baby
It’s been a long day, baby
Things ain’t been going my way
You now I need you here
You clear my mind all the time
And, baby
The way you move me, it’s crazy
It’s like you see right through me
And make it easier
Believe me, you don’t even have to try
Oh, because
You are the best thing
(You’re the best thing)
You are the best thing
(You’re the best thing, baby)
You are the best thing
(You’re the best thing, ooh)
Ever happened to me”
Mess is Mine by Vance Joy | Link
“Talking like we used to do
It was always me and you
Shaping up and shipping out
Check me in and check me out
Do you like walking in the rain?
When you think of love, do you think of pain?
You can tell me what you see
I will choose what I believe
Hold on, darling
This body is yours,
This body is yours and mine
Well hold on, my darling
This mess was yours,
Now your mess is mine”
A Drop in the Ocean by Ron Pope | Link
“Just a drop in the ocean,
A change in the weather,
I was praying that you and me might end up together.
It’s like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert,
But I’m holding you closer than most,
‘Cause you are my heaven.
Misplaced trust and old friends,
Never counting regrets,
By the grace of God, I do not rest at all.
And New England as the leaves change;
The last excuse that I’ll claim,
I was a boy who loved a woman like a little girl.”
You and I by Ingrid Michaelson | Link
“Well you might be a bit confused
And you might be a little bit bruised
But baby how we spoon like no one else
So I will help you read those books
If you will soothe my worried looks
And we will put the lonesome on the shelf
Oh, let’s get rich and buy our parents
Homes in the South of France
Let’s get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
And teach them how to dance
Let’s get rich and build our house on a mountain
Making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I”
Bloom by Paper Kites | Link
“Shall I write it in a letter?
Shall I try to get it down?
Oh, you fill my head with pieces
Of a song I can’t get out
Can I be close to you?
Oh-oh-oh-ooh, ooh
Can I be close to you?
Ooh, ooh
Can I take it to a morning
Where the fields are painted gold
And the trees are filled with memories
Of the feelings never told?
When the evening pulls the sun down,
And the day is almost through,
Oh, the whole world it is sleeping,
But my world is you”
Fresh Eyes by Andy Grammer | Link
“I got these fresh eyes, never seen you before like this
My God, you’re beautiful
It’s like the first time when we open the door
Before we got used to usual
It might seem superficial, stereotypical, man
You dress up just a little and I’m like, “Oh, damn”
So suddenly I’m in love with a stranger
I can’t believe that she’s mine
Now all I see is you with fresh eyes, fresh eyes
So suddenly I’m in love with a stranger
I can’t believe that she’s mine, yeah
And now all I see is you with fresh eyes, fresh eyes”
Skinny Love by Birdy | Link
“I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order’s tall
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I’ll be with you
But it will be a different “kind”
I’ll be holding all the tickets
And you’ll be owning all the fines”
Rock’N’Roll
Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones | Link
“Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I can’t let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn’t drag me away
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you’ve decided to show me the same
No sweeping exit or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn’t drag me away
I know I’ve dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don’t have much time
Faith has been broken tears must be cried
Let’s do some living after we die”
Marry Me by Train | Link
“Forever can never be long enough for me
Feel like I’ve had long enough with you
Forget the world now we won’t let them see
But there’s one thing left to do
Now that the weight has lifted
Love has surely shifted my way
Marry me
Today and every day
Marry me
If I ever get the nerve to say
Hello in this cafe
Say you will
Mm-hmm
Say you will
Mm-hmm”
First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes | Link
“This is the first day of my life
Swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed
They’re spreading blankets on the beach
Yours was the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
And I don’t know where I am, I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go
And so I’d thought I’d let you know
Yeah, these things take forever, I especially am slow
But I realized that need you
And I wondered if I could come home”
You’re The Inspiration by Chicago | Link
“You know our love was meant to be
The kind of love to last forever
And I want you here with me
From tonight until the end of time
You should know
Everywhere I go
Always on my mind
In my heart
In my soul
Baby
You’re the meaning in my life
You’re the inspiration
You bring feeling to my life
You’re the inspiration
Want to have you near me
I want to have you hear me saying
“No one needs you more than I need you”
Open Arms by Journey | Link
“Lying beside you
Here in the dark
Feeling your heartbeat with mine
Softly you whisper
You’re so sincere
How could our love be so blind
We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are
By my side
So now I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you’ll see
What your love means to me
Open arms”
Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet | Link
“So one, two, three, take my hand and come with me
Because you look so fine
That I really wanna make you mine
I say you look so fine
That I really wanna make you mine
Oh, four, five, six c’mon and get your kicks
Now you don’t need that money
When you look like that, do ya honey
Big black boots
Long blonde hair
She’s so sweet
With her get back stare
Well I could see
You home with me
But you were with another man, yeah!
I know we
Ain’t got much to say
Before I let you get away, yeah!
I said, are you gonna be my girl?”
Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon | Link
“Oh don’t you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you’re holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said oh oh oh
Shut up and dance with me
We were victims of the night
The chemical, physical, kryptonite
Helpless to the bass and the fading light
Oh we were bound to get together
Bound to get together”
All I Want Is You by U2 | Link
“But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You say you’ll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night
You say you’ll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbor in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you”
Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band | Link
“You come crash into me
And I come into you,
I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I’m bare-boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
If I’ve gone overboard
Then I’m begging you
To forgive me
In my haste
When I’m holding you so girl
Close to me”
Country
I Cross My Heart by George Strait | Link
“Our love is unconditional
We knew it from the start
I see it in your eyes
You can feel it from my heart
From here on after
Let’s stay the way we are right now
And share all the love and laughter
That a lifetime will allow
I cross my heart
And promise to
Give all I’ve got to give
To make all your dreams come true
In all the world
You’ll never find
A love as true as mine”
The Bones by Maren Morris | Link
“Call it dumb luck, but baby, you and I
Can’t even mess it up, although we both try
No, it don’t always go the way we planned it
But the wolves came and went and we’re still standing
When the bones are good, the rest don’t matter
Yeah, the paint could peel, the glass could shatter
Let it rain ’cause you and I remain the same
When there ain’t a crack in the foundation
Baby, I know any storm we’re facing
Will blow right over while we stay put
The house don’t fall when the bones are good
When the bones are good”
All of It by Cole Swindell | Link
“Give me that “let’s get out of here go jump in the river”
Girl, show me what that rockin’ body looks like in the firelight
Wrap me up with all that love that you been holding back your whole life
Girl I wish you would just hit me with that
Pretty little get me through tomorrow smile
Bring on all the good with all the bad I’m all about it
Anything and everything, baby you could never bring enough of it
I want all of it
I wanna see you all city light lit up
I wanna see you in a pair of cut-up jeans
I wanna fall for all your magic
Feel all your teardrops drippin’ on me
The sad ones, the happy ones
I want everyone you got”
Our World by Smithfield | Link
“Our world was a small town Friday night
Dancing with the stars and the fireflies
Red plastic cups and twist-off wine
Our world was a swing on your daddy’s porch
Late night phonecalls, “I miss you more”
We knew it all back when we didn’t have a clue
Those were the nights, they had no tomorrow
Yeah they went on and on and on
Just like the tires on a ’95 Bronco
Nobody to slow us down
Baby we were falling too fast
They were calling us crazy
Lord knows, those were the good days
And I was the guy, yeah I was the girl
And everyone else was just living in our world”
God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton | Link
“There’s more here than what were seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
And I’ll be the flattered fool
And I need you, yeah
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you”
Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban | Link
“I’m gonna be here for you baby
I’ll be a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
And I wanna die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm
And I’m gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I’ll earn your trust making memories of us
I wanna honor your mother
And I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it’s ever been
And I’m gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I’ll earn your trust making memories of us”
Amazed by Lonestar | Link
“Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby, when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I’ve never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts, I can see your dreams
I don’t know how you do what you do
I’m so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I’m amazed by you”
Like Jesus Does by Eric Church | Link
I’m a long-gone Waylon song on vinyl
I’m a back row sinner at a tent revival
But she believes in me like she believes her Bible
And loves me like Jesus does
I’m a lead foot leaning on a souped-up Chevy
I’m a good old boy, drinking whiskey and rye on the levee
But she carries me when my sins make me heavy
And loves me like Jesus does
All the crazy in my dreams
Both my broken wings
Every single piece of everything I am
Yeah, she knows the man I ain’t
She forgives me when I can’t
The devil, man, no, he don’t stand a chance
‘Cause she loves me like Jesus does”
I Do by Jessie James Decker | Link
“I’d given up on love
I’d given up on me
Everything for you was never as it seemed
I was running out of reasons
I was running out of time
I thought I’d stopped believing
Then you showed me the light
You found me in the darkest night
You’re my angel
You saved my life
I can’t believe we’re standing here
What’s mine is yours, and yours is mine
I love you till the end of time
I wanna spend forever with you
I do
I do
I do”
Love Someone by Brett Eldredge | Link
“Oh baby, would you look right there
The way the sun is hitting your hair
The way the world just stopped right here
In mid-air, I don’t ever wanna move
You put the cool in the breeze
You put the weak here in my knees
You put me right where I’m supposed to be
In your blue-eyed sea
And I wanna sail away
‘Cause when I wake up in the middle of the night
You’re holding me so tight
Take whole of me, my oh my
Sure feels good to love someone
When you laugh at the way I dance
When you smile when you hold my hand
I look at you and I understand
Sure feels good to love someone”