Mohs Rock Metal / Level 2

Genres: Soft Rock, Art Rock, Piano Rock, Acoustic, Bubblegum Pop, light Classical Music, Power Ballads, softer Pop, Motown Sound, R&B, Art Pop, Contemporary Worship Music, softer Disco, Folk Pop, Dream Pop, softer Shoegaze, Jangle Pop, softer Jazz Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Reggae, softer Dance-Pop, Chillstep, Tropical music, Latin American Music, soft Post-Rock, Cloud Rap, Folk, softer Hip-Hop, Lounge, harder Slowcore, softer Futurepop, softer Synth-Pop and New Wave

Matching mineral: Gypsum

• AVE DOMINA LILITH ^note  Hard 2. (4JAY)
• Heart Break (超高 Titan)
• NHK-Tsunami Warning ^note  A spoken word track that gets up to a borderline 3 due to the voices overlapping with each other. (放射性Hi5)
• Dreadlock Holiday (10cc)
• Candy Everybody Wants (10,000 Maniacs)
• Amber (311)
• Pcd (67 ft. Dimzy, LD, Monkey, Asap & Liquez)
• Finley's Rainbow (Slow Motion Mix) (A Guy Called Gerald)
• The Look of Love (ABC)
• Lollipops (Level 3) (Action 52 soundtrack) ^note  Despite being only 2 notes repeated over and over, the tone of the notes is a bit too harsh for level 1.
• Circles (Adam F)
• untitled (AKAZI)
• I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You, Children of the Moon and Eye in the Sky ^note  The guitar distortion at the end brings this up from a 1 (The Alan Parsons Project)
• Am I Inside ^note  Although it is soft enough to qualify for this level, it is a very dark toned song, and the lyrics rank at a 9 in the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness., Nutshell, and Don't Follow (Alice in Chains)
• LDN ^note A hard 2. (Lily Allen)
• Snow Patrol, Part 2 (Alpinestars) ^note  Part 1 is a 3.
• A Horse With No Name (America)
• The Summer Ends (American Football)
• Crucify (Tori Amos)
• Nintendo's Anti Consumerism in a Musical Nutshell ^note  Solid 7 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness. (Andyblarg's Music)
• Jamaa Township theme (Animal Jam soundtrack)
• House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
• Flim (Aphex Twin)
• Christiane and Bulletproof Blues (Apollo 440)
• Barbie Girl (Aqua)
• Showdown at the Tower ^note  Borderline 3. (Taisuke Araki, Donkey Kong '94 soundtrack)
• Delusion ^note  Borderline 3. (Arcana Obscura)
• 505 ^note  The ending is a 3 or 4. (Arctic Monkeys)
• It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane (The Ark)
• Crazy Bus (Arthur soundtrack)
• Little Rich Boy (Asia)
• 30kft ^note  Very briefly reaches level 11 at the end. (Assemblage 23)
• Maybe Tonight (Nicole Atkins)
• Maphive 6.1 ^note  For the most part, it's a 1, if not a soft/borderline 2. However, there are a few sections where it turns into a 3-4, so overall, it's at this level. and Treale ^note The buzzing noise in the background keeps it from a 1. (Autechre)
• Since I Left You and Frontier Psychiatrist ^note  Borderline 3 for the slightly chaotic nature of the samples. (The Avalanches)
• So Far Away and Acid Rain (Avenged Sevenfold)
• Rise (Riko Azuna, Bloom Into You soundtrack)
• Seagull (Bad Company)
• Club Soda (Thomas Bangalter)
• McLarty Party People (Danny Baranowsky, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Love Song (Sara Bareilles)
• If I Had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies)
• Main Titles Overture ^note  Would be a 1 if not for a few noisier sections and the general mood. (Louis & Bebe Barron, Forbidden Planet soundtrack)
• The Disintegration Loops ^note  A soft 2 which eventually lowers to 1 by the final half. (William Basinski)
• All I Wanna Do ^note  This song is considered by many musical historians to be the Ur-Example of chillwave and (to a lesser extent) dream pop. (The Beach Boys)
• Nowhere Man and Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles)
• Gamma Ray and Loser (Beck)
• Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)
• Love Drought (Beyoncé)
• Proud to be a Brony (Black Gryph0n)
• Let It Be (Blackmill) ^note Borderline 3. A good example of how low dubstep can get.
• Romeo (bladee)
• Bon Appétit♡S, Blend-S's opening theme (Blend A)
• No Rain and Skinned ^note Lyrics are about a 9. (Blind Melon)
• I Miss You (blink-182)
• My Time ^note Much of it is a 1, but there are two sections where it increases in hardness (around level 3/4), putting it here. The version used in OMORI is also at this level, though it's a heavier level 2 example due to being faster and missing the intro and end of the original track, which are at level 1. and Tussle Among Trees (bo en, OMORI soundtrack)
• Duvet, Serial Experiments Lain's opening theme) (Bôa) ^note  The acoustic version is a 1.
• Reach for the Dead (Boards of Canada)
• Leaving Leafwood Forest (Bossfight) ^note  Borderline 3; while it still has the same retro synths used in other Bossfight songs, this song is slower and more gentle than those songs.
• Amanda (Boston)
• Starman (David Bowie)
• Jesus Christ (Brand New)
• Baby I'm Yours (Breakbot)
• Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat) ^note  The beats push this song close to 3. Supermode's "Tell Me Why", which prominently samples it, is a 3.
• Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing and Flying on the Ground is Wrong (Buffalo Springfield)
• Video Killed the Radio Star (The Buggles)
• Archangel ^note A soft 2 and Distant Lights (Kode9 Remix)) (Burial)
• Glycerine (Bush) ^note  The guitars are too heavy for level 1, but it's too slow-paced and peaceful to go higher (especially due to the violins and lack of percussion), despite a few heavier riffs in some places.
• Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle (Cake)
• Turtles Have Short Legs (Can)
• How Can You Say Goodbye (Caramella Girls)
• A1 It’s just a burning memory, Moments of Sufficient Lucidity ^note  A soft 2; would be at 1 if not for the small levels of distortion. and Q1 Long decline is over (The Caretaker)
• Drive (The Cars)
• Marilyn Set Me Free (Casino Versus Japan)
• Close to Stop ^note  The slight amount of distortion bumps it up from a 1. (Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy's 3 soundtrack)
• One Too Many Mornings (The Chemical Brothers)
• Heavenly Pop Hit (The Chills)
• Sofia (Clairo) ^note A few parts briefly reach 3.
• Red (Moe Clark) ^note  The drum beat starting 1 minute in brings this song to at least a soft 2.
• The Reign (Clock DVA)
• Cherry-Colored Funk (Cocteau Twins)
• You Want It Darker (Leonard Cohen)
• The Scientist, Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
• Soft Breeze, Unreasonable Behaviour ^note  Borderline 3. and Windows Licking (Alias Conrad Coldwood, OFF soundtrack)
• December (Collective Soul)
• In Time (Mark Collie)
• Chunkopops, Sovereign Citizen, Controlled Depopulation ^note  A soft 2; brought here by the creepier and more atonal sounds. and Impenetrable Life (ConsumerSoftproducts, Cruelty Squad soundtrack)
• Sleep (Copeland)
• Castle Crashers Online Menu (cornandbeans, Castle Crashers soundtrack)
• Shallow Ground (Corrosion of Conformity)
• Breathless (The Corrs)
• Alison (Elvis Costello)
• Still Alive (Jonathan Coulton & Ellen McLain, Portal soundtrack)
• Who'll Stop The Rain, Lodi and Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Teach Your Children, Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
• Fall At Your Feet (Crowded House)
• Friday I'm in Love and Lullaby (The Cure)
• Clear ^note  Borderline 3. (Cybotron)
• Winterbliss (Cycerin, Castle Crashers soundtrack) ^note Borderline 3 for its speed.
• Abandoned Factory Ambient ^note  Soft 2. (Martin 'Cedyn' Czartynski, Painkiller soundtrack)
• Snow White (D)
• L'Amour Toujours (I'll Fly With You) (Gigi D'Agostino)
• Voyager (Daft Punk)
  • Get Lucky (Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
• Codeine (Daniel Land and the Modern Painters) ^note Despite the shoegazey guitars near the end, this is a very subdued song.
• Hey Lover (Daughters of Eve)
• Because (The Dave Clark Five)
• I'm Already Gone (A Day to Remember)
• Brazil ^note The section towards the end makes this too heavy for a 1. The much more well-known Second Edit is a 3., Long Walk Off A Short Pier and The Veldt (ft. Chris James) (deadmau5)
• Teenager (Deftones) ^note  Easily the gentlest song this band has released. Borderline 1, though the drums give it an extra edge.
• Enjoy the Silence, Just Can't Get Enough and Precious (Depeche Mode)
• ain't afraid to die ^note  It's a pretty soft song despite the Mind Screw-y, not-so-lighthearted lyrics. and GLASS SKIN (Dir en grey)
• The Unknown (ft. FMLYBND) (Dirty South)
• I Love You (Discandy) ^note  The song it samples, Let Me Be With You by Round Table ft. Nino (the opening theme of Chobits) is also at this level.
• I Can't Quit You Baby (Willie Dixon)
• Sweet Dreamz (Artcore Edit) ^note  Borderline 3. (DJ Crystl)
• Take It to the St. Thomas (Dj Jubilee)
• Team Lilman Anthem ^note  Borderline 3, as some parts are 3. (DJ Lilman)
• Say So (Doja Cat) ^note Despite the vulgar lyrics, this is an example of dance-pop light enough for a 2, due to its relaxing atmosphere and Doja Cat's crooned vocals (aside from the rapping in the song's bridge).
• Long Train Running and Listen To The Music (Doobie Brothers)
• Riders on the Storm and Tell All the People (The Doors)
• Clubbed to Death (Rob Dougan, The Matrix soundtrack)
• Are You Old Enough and Still in Love with You (Dragon)
• A View to a Kill and Save a Prayer (Duran Duran)
• Tequila Sunrise, New Kid in Town, and Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
• FOOTPRINTS -Metropolis Mix- (Earthists) ^note A unique example of a metalcore band doing a non-metal version of their own song. The original version of Footprints is a 7.
• AAA Powerline ^note  The punchy quality to the drums elevates this above a 1. (Ecco2k)
• bad guy (Billie Eilish)
• Boreas (Einstürzende Neubauten)
• Rust (El Huervo)
• Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra)
• Fallout Redux ^note  Hard 2 due to some of the background noises. (Embryon)
• Without Me (Eminem)
• Gathka ^note  The drum beats in the first minute and a half, though pretty soft by Emray's usual standard, are still fast and aggressive enough to move it above a 1. Probably the softest Emray song. (Emray)
• American Boy (Estelle) ^note  The chorus is a 3.
• My Immortal (Evanescence) ^note  Single version. Most of the song is a 1, but goes briefly into 3 or 4 territory towards the end. The studio version, however, is a 1 in its entirety.
• Walking Wounded (Dave Wallace remix) (Everything but the Girl)
• Fly in the Freedom (Tabitha Fair, Sonic Adventure 2 soundtrack)
• Axel F (Harold Faltermeyer, Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack) ^note  The Crazy Frog version is a 3, and the rendition from the Beverly Hills Cop PC game is an 11.
• Song For Lindy and Praise You (Fatboy Slim)
• Mushaboom (Feist)
• Heavy in Your Arms (Florence + the Machine)
• Legendary (Foodieti, Friday Night Fever soundtrack)
• Pumped Up Kicks ^note  The chorus is a 1. 3TEETH's cover is a 7. (Foster the People)
• Rude Buster, Smart Race ^note  Borderline 3. THE WORLD REVOLVING ^note  Despite the fast pace, the instruments aren't that heavy to go up another level., NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A, Snowdin Forest (Genocide), Waterfall, Him, Spider Dance ^note  Shirobon's remix is a 5 and would have been a 6 if not for the softer parts., Too Much, Empty House/Fallen Down (Genocide), Final Power and Wrong Enemy !? ^note  Borderline 3. (Toby Fox, Deltarune and Undertale soundtracks)
• Transcendental Music Corporation (Robert Fripp & Brian Eno)
• Again (The Frozen Autumn) ^note  The Decoded Feedback cover is a 7.
• Volcano Theme (Shiho Fujii, Ryo Nagamatsu and Kenta Nagata, New Super Mario Bros. Wii soundtrack)
• East Side Hoods (Funky Smile)
• Zero Gravity (Kenichiro Fukui, Einhänder soundtrack)
• History (Funeral for a Friend)
• Plasterchrist (G.G.F.H.)
• Life's Incredible Again (Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles soundtrack)
• Streets of Your Town, Bachelor Kisses (The Go-Betweens)
• King of Wishful Thinking (Go West)
• Golden Sky and Forever Lost (God is an Astronaut)
• Spooky Scary Skeletons (Andrew Gold) ^note  The remix by The Living Tombstone is a borderline 5 overall, since it switches between 4 for the chorus sections, and a mix of borderline and solid 5s for the other parts.
• I Need Your Love (Golden Harvest)
• Bad Liar (Selena Gomez)
• Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
• It's My Party (Lesley Gore)
• Clint Eastwood and DARE ^note A harder 2 than "Clint Eastwood" due to the beats. (Gorillaz)
• Let Me Love You (Ariana Grande)
• Ripple, Uncle John's Band (Grateful Dead)
• Last Night on Earth ^note  This comes right after Christian's Inferno, which is a 7, in the track listing, causing a Mood Whiplash. (Green Day)
• Genesis and REALiTi (Grimes)
• Want You Back (Haim)
• Renai Circulation (Kana Hanazawa, Bakemonogatari soundtrack)
• The Light of Hope (Amy Hannam, Sonic Forces soundtrack) ^note  Starts at 1, then climbs up to the Power Ballad level of 2.
• Almost all of Yoshiki Hayashi's classical piano mixes for his solo work land here. To list them all would be pointless since there are about eight that are classical piano remixes of X Japan and Violet UK songs that range anywhere from 2 to 7, and which all land at 2 as played on piano. The exceptions so far are Art of Life - a 7 to 8 Heavy Metal song for X Japan which is a 3-4 when re-orchestrated for classical piano with sampled backing - and a Violet UK song, Red Rhapsody, where the vocals bump it up to a 3.
• Hurry Go Round and Goodbye (hide)
• Sanctuary (Utada Hikaru, Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack)
• Parade (Susumu Hirasawa, Paprika soundtrack)
• Bullet (Hollywood Undead) ^note However, it's easily a 9 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness, being a cheerful yet incredibly unsubtle song about suicide.
• Everyday (Buddy Holly)
• Too Many Moments (The Horn)
• Take Me to Church (Hozier)
• Need You ^note  The verses are a 1, while the instrumental part of the chorus is a 3. (Ander Huang)
• Champion Cynthia (Go Ichinose, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl soundtrack) ^note  An example of a piano piece at this level, getting here due to its quick tempo and dramatic mood.
• Fallen Angel (Ending Theme) (Mitsunori Ikeda ft. Aimee B, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt soundtrack)^note Possibly the very example of how heavy a Dream Pop song can get. The occasional use of distorted guitars keep it from a 1.
• data.matrix ^note  The high-pitched tones bring it up from 1. (Ryoji Ikeda)
• Demons (Imagine Dragons)
• Torn (Natalie Imbruglia)
• J'ai demandé à la lune (Indochine) ^note  Borderline 1, and would be there if not for the brief distorted vocals.
• Tomorrow the World ^note  The intro and ending are 1, while the middle is a borderline 3 thanks to the guitars., Running ^note  Borderline 3., How Long ^note  Borderline 3 for the bridge/ending, which is close to 3. and Walking Away (Information Society)
• Smile Song (Daniel Ingram, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic soundtrack)
• Breathing Water (Inhale)
• WAVE TEMPLE (INTERNET CLUB)
• Leif Erikson (Interpol)
• Gourmet Race (Jun Ishikawa, Kirby Super Star soundtrack)
  • The World of Drawcia ^note  The background noises keep it from a 1. (Jun Ishikawa & Tadashi Ikegami, Kirby: Canvas Curse soundtrack)
• The Stone-Like ^note  For the most part it's a borderline/soft 2, but the intro is a 4. (Hiroshi Iuchi, Ikaruga soundtrack)
• Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
• Blue Skies and Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)
• Sunrise to Sunset ^note  Borderline 3. (Jayster)
• All That (Carly Rae Jepsen)
• Man Don't Care (JME & Giggs)
• It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (Billy Joel)
• Love Will Tear Us Apart ^note  Ranks at a 6-7 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness, though. (Joy Division)
• Converge and Isis (June Miller)
• Conquistador I (Juno Reactor) ^note  Part II is a 9.
• Hare Nochi Hare ^Translation Clear Sky after Clear Sky , Kamichu!'s opening theme. Lyrics here. ^note  The singer's excited, cheery, and energetic voice puts the song here. Otherwise, it would be Level 1 due to the light, relaxing, and often whimsical instrumentation.
• Declaration of Romance (Ayano Kaneko)
• Callista (Saki Kaskas)
• Pico ^note  Borderline 3 due to the beats. and South (KawaiSprite, Friday Night Funkin' soundtrack)
• Somewhere Only We Know and Everybody's Changing (Keane)
• Flamingo, It's Bugsnax! (from Bugsnax) and Picture This (Kero Kero Bonito)
• Speed Me Up (Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty, Sueco the Child, Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) soundtrack)
• Pursuit of Happiness (Kid Cudi) ^note A borderline 3 overall.
• Toriningen Party (KIKIYAMA, Yume Nikki soundtrack)
• Dire Dire Docks (Koji Kondo, Super Mario 64 soundtrack) ^note  The drumming in the last third of the song brings this up from a 1.
• Night Flight (kt2)
• PONPONPON and Invader Invader (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)
• Stole The Show (Kygo ft. Parson James)
• There She Goes (The La's)
• Poker Face (Lady Gaga)
• Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
• All My Love and Going To California (Led Zeppelin)
• Showdown at the Plant (Part 1) (Shawn Lee, Bully soundtrack)
• Brodyquest (Lemon Demon)
• Everything (Lifehouse)
• Outside (Aaron Lewis ft. Fred Durst)
• Castle of Glass and Heavy (Linkin Park)
• Funkytown (Lipps Inc.)
• Somewhere with a Dance Floor (little xs for eyes) ^note  The first half is a 1, while the second half is a 3, balancing it out here.
• I Am Sitting in a Room ^note  Starts at 1 with a spoken monologue, which keeps being replayed with rising resonant frequencies until it becomes echoey and distorted to the point of not sounding like human speech at all. (Alvin Lucier)
• Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams)
• Dance Dance Dance (Lykke Li)
• See In Your Fantasy and Three Bar Logos (Jami Lynne, OMORI soundtrack)
• Tuesday's Gone and The Ballad of Curtis Loew (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (MACINTOSH PLUS)
• New Friendly (Kevin MacLeod)
• Justify My Love ^note  Front Line Assembly's cover is a 3., La Isla Bonita and Vogue (Madonna)
• Velho (Madrigals) ^note  Kept above a 1 by the insistent bass drum and lo-fi percussion sounds.
• Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground)
• FRIENDS ^note  Borderline 3 overall, since the verses are 2 and the chorus is a 3. (Marshmello & Anne-Marie)
• Nowhere to Run (Martha and the Vandellas)
• Shur, Op.15 ^note  Borderline 3. (Alireza Mashayekhi)
• Unfinished Sympathy (Massive Attack)
• Orb (Matenrou Opera)
• Fade Into You (Mazzy Star)
• Ghosts of American Astronauts (The Mekons) ^note  Borderline 3.
• Peter Pan Death Wish ^note  There are a few bits that go up to 4, making it a borderline 3. (Melkeveien)
• Down Under (Men at Work)
• The Safety Dance ^note  Some of the more synth-heavy parts border on 3. (Men Without Hats)
• Let It Go (Idina Menzel, Frozen soundtrack) ^note  Starts at 1 and steadily builds up to a 3.
• Temptation Stairway (Waltz Variation) (METAROOM, ENA soundtrack)
• Mandala (Merzbow & Cristoph Heemann) ^note  The intro is pretty standard Ambient, but what stops it from being a 1 is the middle part where Merzbow goes into his Signature Style of ear rape silliness leveling at a 10 before drifting back into 1 territory.
• Nothing Else Matters and Low Man's Lyric (Metallica)
• Accelerated (Miami Nights 1984)
• You'll Be in the Air (The Microphones)
• Genghis Khan and Animal (Miike Snow)
• Help Me (Joni Mitchell)
• Strains of Insanity ^note  A soft 2; while it's very creepy, it isn't heavy enough to be higher, though the background music is a bit too loud for level 1. (Yasunori Mitsuda, Chrono Trigger soundtrack)
• Want You (Moe Shop)
• Travel Is Dangerous (Mogwai)
• Mephisto Waltz (Moi dix Mois)
• Daydream Believer (The Monkees)
• The Vault of the Future (Mark Morgan, Fallout soundtrack) ^note  Composed solely of a monotonal electronic drone, slamming metallic sounds and distorted voice samples.
• Ironic (Alanis Morissette)
• Alienation (Morning Parade)
• Ghosting (Mother Mother)
• Jo (Mr. Oizo)
• Ramalama (Bang Bang) ^note  Borderline 3. (Róisín Murphy)
• Allies and Blood Pressure (Mutemath) ^note  The latter is a borderline 3.
• Two Doors Down (Mystery Jets)
• Humming the Bassline (Hideki Naganuma, Jet Set Radio soundtrack)
• Hallogallo (Neu!)
• In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and Two-Headed Boy (Neutral Milk Hotel)
• The Islander (Nightwish)
• Coconut (Harry Nilsson)
• The Man Who Sold the World ^note  The obviously distorted guitar riffs keeps this from being a 1. and Dumb (Nirvana)
• What Could Have Been and Twilight Innocence (Novembers Doom) ^note  Undoubtedly the band's lightest songs, as they are usually within the 8-10 range.
• Down in the Park (Gary Numan)
• Little by Little (Oasis)
• Stay Inside Me (OcularNebula, Geometry Dash soundtrack)
• I Will Be There (Odessa) ^note  Could be considered a 1, but the percussion is just a little too heavy for that level. Ultimately, it's a soft 2, and is close to a 1.
• Why Don't You Get a Job? (The Offspring) ^note  Leans close to 3 at some parts.
• Collision Chaos "B" Mix" (JP) ^note  Borderline 3. (Masafumi Ogata, Sonic CD soundtrack)
• Bye Bye Butterfly ^note  Not a 1 due to the high-pitched tones. (Pauline Oliveros)
• On Your Side ^note  A soft 2 overall; for the most part it's a 1 or borderline 2, but one part reaches a hard 2. (Opiuo ft. Russ Liquid)
• Blue Room (Full Length Mix) ^note  The main part of the song is this level; the intro, ending, and various parts in between are 1. (The Orb)
• Hey Ya! (Outkast)
• Fireflies (Owl City)
• Nine in the Afternoon (Panic! at the Disco)
• Suicide Note, Part 1 ^note  Part 2 is a borderline 11. and Planet Caravan^note The Black Sabbath original is a 1. (Pantera)
• The Only Exception and Forgiveness (Paramore)
• Oceans (Pearl Jam)
• Character Zero (Phish)
• If I Ever Feel Better and Fences (Phoenix)
• Aviator (Photek) ^note  Would be a 1 if it weren't for the louder parts.
• Quiet Life (Bonnie Pink) ^note  Would be a 1, if not for the distorted bass and extra guitar that comes in in the middle of the song.
• Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V),Fat Old Sun Wish You Were Here, Breathe and Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) ^note  Part 2 is a 3 and Part 3 is a 4. (Pink Floyd)
• Pain and Passion (PinkPantheress)
• So Lonely (The Police)
• Charly, Everybody in the Place ^note  This is the single version, which borders on 3 thanks to the beats; the album version is a 3., Omen Reprise ^note The original is a 4, Out of Space, Weather Experience ^note  Not a 1 due to the middle part. and Your Love (The Prodigy)
• Green World (Project Pitchfork)
• April Showers (ProleteR)
• Just For Me (Proux)
• Hey QT (QT)
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Killer Queen, '39, Good Company and You're My Best Friend (Queen)
• Make It Wit Chu (Queens of the Stone Age)
• Keen on Boys (The Radio Dept.)^note The noisy/distorted nature of the guitars would normally put this song at a hard 3, but it is extremely subdued for a song that includes them, hence why it is 2.
• No Surprises, Pyramid Song, How to Disappear Completely and Karma Police (Radiohead)
• Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
• Cumberland Gap ^note  Borderline 3. (David Rawlings)
• Come and Get Your Love (Redbone)
• Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Losing My Religion, Drive and Shiny Happy People (R.E.M.)
• Can't Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
• Swingin' Party (The Replacements)
• In The Dark ^note  Borderline 3. The lack of drums puts this lower than it should be, but it’s still dark enough to get up here., Kyomi's Lullaby and Judah's Lullaby ^note  The slight distortion on both songs' melodies keep them from 1. (REPULSIVE)
• Ziggurat Vertigo (Trent Reznor, Quake soundtrack)
• Lonely (Rezonate ft. Bijou)
• Hero of War, Swing Life Away (Rise Against)
• Dancing On My Own (Robyn)
• Angie, You Got the Silver, Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones)
• Go Ahead (The Rosebuds)
• Hello It's Me, Can We Still Be Friends? (Todd Rundgren)
• Mots (Ruth)
• ENJOY YOURSELF and HONEY (SAINT PEPSI)
• Staple Stable (Chiwa Saitō, Bakemonogatari soundtrack)
• Takaramono (Sakura Gakuin)
• I Can't Decide (Scissor Sisters) ^note Solid 11 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness.
• These Things (She Wants Revenge)
• Sacred Moon (Yoko Shimomura, Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack)
• Bargain Bin Boys, Gator Gambol, and BREADY STEADY GO ^note The ending is a 10. (Pedro Silva, OMORI soundtrack)
• The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
• Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simple Minds, The Breakfast Club soundtrack)
• With You, Friends (Long Drive) (Skrillex) ^note  People who are used to Skrillex's heavier dubstep material may be surprised to see one of his songs this low on the scale. A good portion of it is a 1, but the beats that kick in sometime between the middle and the end elevate the overall level to a 2.
• Different Frequencies (Skyhill)
• Vermillion Part 2. and Circle (Slipknot)
• Sakasama no Chou (SNoW, Hell Girl soundtrack)
• Exponential Entropy ^note  Reaches 3 at some points. (Masayoshi Soken, Final Fantasy XIV soundtrack)
• Winner's Blues (Sonic Youth) ^note  Unusually soft for a Sonic Youth song, a stark contrast from their usual noise rock.
• Runaway Train (Soul Asylum) ^note  A 6 in Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness and the music video is an 8 in Mohs Scale of Violence Hardness.
• Lucky (Britney Spears)
• Fidelity (Regina Spektor)
• Iceberg Lab and Boiler Room Doom (Spiralmouth, Crash Twinsanity soundtrack)
• One Step Ahead (Split Enz)
• Coopers World ^note  Among one of his softer Drum and Bass tracks. and Midi Sans Frontieres (Avec Batterie) (Squarepusher)
• Do It Again (Steely Dan) ^note  A low 2 musically, but a solid 8 when it comes to the lyrics.
• Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)
• Elements (Lindsey Stirling)
• Through Glass (Stone Sour)
• Cave Story (Main Theme) and Geothermal (Studio Pixel, Cave Story soundtrack)
• Babe (Styx)
• She's Not Dead (Suede)
• born of a serpent (sun is poison)
• Finally, Peace (Swans)
• august (Taylor Swift)
• Elegance - obsessed comfort (Otoshi Takeuchi, Yume 2kki soundtrack) ^note  One of the creepiest songs in the game, but not heavy enough to go above 2. Original name (derived from game files): "ループ「雅狂楽」By音師竹内". Warning: disturbing video.
• Ruler of Everything (Tally Hall) ^note While most of the song is at this level, the middle where it picks up the pace turns into level 3.
• The Less I Know The Better ^note  Borderline 3 at times, specifically the very beginning. (Tame Impala)
• CHOCOLAT (TCY FORCE ft. Mariya Ise, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt soundtrack)
• Unstable Condition ^note  Briefly reaches a 3 in the middle. (John Tejada)
• Metsänhaltija (Tekniset)
• Cider Cider (Tempura Kidz)
• Backwoods Altar ^note  Borderline 3. (Tobacco)
• Monsoon (Tokio Hotel)
• Africa (Toto) ^note  A soft 2; the verses and instrumental sections lean closer to 1, but the electric guitar distortion at the end of each chorus and the final chorus, which features the guitars more prominently and has a heavier sound in general, put it here.
• Last Battle ^note  Borderline 3., Dancing Doll Calcobrena ^note  Soft 2., Metamorphosis, Dancing Mad ^note  Switches between the first 3 levels of the scale; balanced here overall., Protect the Espers! ^note  Borderline 3., Shinra, Inc. ^note  Borderline 3. and Those Chosen by the Planet (Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy VII soundtracks)
• Sandusky (Uncle Tupelo)
• Twist (Underworld)
• All That I've Got (The Used)
• Suffocation (Vangelis)
• Funeral Noir (Velvet Cacoon)
• Stamina ft. Cex (Instrumental) (Venetian Snares)
• Love will be born again (Japanese ver.) (Versailles)
• Nova ^note  Borderline 3. and Arclight (VNV Nation)
• Going to a Town (Rufus Wainwright)
• Jumper, Space Pirates and The Show (Waterflame, Castle Crashers soundtrack)
• Baby Bitch and Freedom of '76 (Ween)
• Aloo Gobi (Weezer)
• Burning (The Whitest Boy Alive)
• Beach Walk (Whitewoods)
• Your Great Name (Paul Wilbur)
• Either Way, Forget the Flowers and Far, Far Away (Wilco)
• All Day (Tom Williams & The Boat)
• Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
• Bad Boss Boogie ^note  Borderline 3. (David Wise, Donkey Kong Country soundtrack)
• Silk (Wolf Alice) ^note  Starts at 1 and later turns into a 2 before becoming a 3 in the climax.
• Fuzao (Faye Wong)
• We are the Massacre ^note  The distorted ending bumps it up from a 1. (World's End Girlfriend)
• and the day goes on (bill wurtz)
• Say Anything (X Japan)
• Love Psalm ^note  Switches between a 1 and 3., Only a Nightmare, Promise ^note  The reprise is a 1., The Reverse Will and End Of Small Sanctuary (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 soundtrack)
• Leave It (Yes)
• Rain with Cappuccino and That's Why I Gave Up on Music ^note  A few parts go up to 3. (Yorushika)
• Girls Don't Cry (Young Franco ft. Maribelle)
• Heart of Gold and Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
• Sun (Yuutsu)