Everyone has hard times—some might even say it wouldn’t be life if we didn’t. These songs won’t make that go away. What they will do, though, is give you a little space away from the noise of our daily responsibilities to process, reflect, and repair—a luxury any listener suffering from adulthood will understand. Leaning on the mellower, ballad-driven side of ’80s, ’90s, and early-2000s pop and alternative music, these tracks are a shoulder to cry on for a little while. If you hear something you like, add it to your library.