Favorite ballad by a hard rock or metal artist

The following "ballads" have been bouncing around in my mind over the years:

One Bad Pig - When Your Love Died
Bride - I Miss the Rain
Bride - Goodbye
Stryper - Honestly
Holy Soldier - The Pain Inside of Me

You might disagree with what I call a ballad, but nonetheless, I'd like to see what you all post.

One Bad Pig - Red River
Bride - I Miss the Rain
Mad at the World - When the Wind Blows
Saint - The War is Over
Saint - Through You
Stryken - The Answer
Bloodgood - What Have I Done?

Only Christian right? Or secular too?

Adam wrote:The following "ballads" have been bouncing around in my mind over the years:

One Bad Pig - When Your Love Died
Bride - I Miss the Rain
Bride - Goodbye
Stryper - Honestly
Holy Soldier - The Pain Inside of Me

You might disagree with what I call a ballad, but nonetheless, I'd like to see what you all post.

I LOVE that song by One Bad Pig

Mine

When Your Love Died - One Bad Pig
You Still Smile - Deliverance
I Miss The Rain - Bride
November Rain - Guns N Roses
Lady- Stryper
Patience - Guns N Roses
The Answer - Stryken
My Love I'll Always Show - Stryper
Close My Eyes Forever- Lita Ford
Little Liar - Joan Jett
Love of a Lifetime - Firehouse
Heaven - Warrant

If we're talking secular too:

Manowar - Father
Motley Crue - Without You
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home
Guns and Roses - Don't Cry
Guns and Roses - November Rain
Firehouse - Love of a Lifetime
Britny Fox - Long Way to Love
Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes
Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Def Leppard - Hysteria

Demon Hunter - Carry Me Down
For Today - The Breaker's Commission
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster - Listen Close
The Showdown - It Drinks From Me
Phinehas - Seven

I was thinking Christian only but why not, let's open it up! Yes, that Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever song is a classic and a favorite.

Good Call on Cru

not a fan of the poison one its overplayed wayyy too much

I should add

PFR - Daddy Never Cried though not really a ballad
Altar Boys - Meaning of Love

One Day to Live - Precious Death
Top of the Mountain - Bloodgood 
I Miss the Rain (Lost Reels version) - Bride
Your Love Gives - Barren Cross

Never Say Goodbye - Guardian

Professor_Valconian wrote:Never Say Goodbye - Guardian

HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS MASTERPIECE???

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned. Some more obscure ones:

Solution.45 - Lethean Tears
Barren Cross - Let it Go, Let it Die
Bone Prophet - Mercy
Damnation's Day - Ghost in Me
Demon Hunter - I Am A Stone

All time fav Bitter Pill by Warrant.
By a white metal band Top of the Mountain by Bloodgood.

Rooster by Alice In Chains.
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

If we are including secular, then Alone Again by Dokken is near the top of my list.

Christian:
Stryper: Honestly, Lady
Magdallan: House of Dreams
Petra: Grave Robber, Creed, Hollow Eyes
Liberty N Justice: Under Construction
Alice Cooper: Salvation (this one counts as Christian)
Bride: I miss the Rain
Theocracy: The Gift of Music
Messiah Prophet: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Whitecross: Walk With Me


Secular:
Winger: Headed for a Heartbreak, Under One Condition
Warrant: Heaven, Sometimes She Cries, Sad Theresa
Motley Crue: Time for Change, If I Die Tommorow, Rodeo, Misunderstood
WASP: Cries in the Night
Twisted Sister: The Price
Manowar: Courage
Metallica: Hero of the Day, Fade to Black, Welcome Home,One
Judas Priest: Out in the Cold

There are so many great ballads, I'll stay with christian artists in this thread:

Guardian - Never say goodbye
Guardian - Forever and a day
Bride - I miss the rain
Bride - Goodbye
Bloodgood - The Messiah
Bloodgood - Top of the mountain
Bloodgood - She's gone
Bloodgood - What's following the grave
Bloodgood - Changing me
Legend - Carry me
Legend - Lead me back
Petra - Prayer
Jacob's Dream - Sarah Williams (Demo version)
Random Eyes - Tomorrow will come
Sarepta - All my tears
Saviour Machine - American Babylon, Saviour Machine II (not sure if they count as ballads)
Matt Smith - Ghost
Tourniquet - When the love is right
Whitecross - My Love
Whitecross - Behold
X-Sinner - Livin' on the edge

Thanks for jogging my memory, guys! Some great mentions in this threat. A couple that came to my mind:

Bride - I Miss the Rain (very popular it would seem!)
Whitecross - Windows

If I pull out my iPod I'll sit here all morning listing songs so I'll leave it at what popped in my head naturally!

Secular-The Scorpions "Burn the sky"
Christian umm... I guess while these are more contemporary songs and not metal I like
Genny Owens "If you want me too" Rebeca St James"Above all".. but I'm a metal head at heart.. I'll stick with Metal Church over the sappy stuff lol..

Speedy's coming.. you live in his heart!