Best Break Up Songs EVER!
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Best Break Up Songs EVER!
| Tue, 06-08-2004 - 10:41am |
I was reading the post by milton about have "a song" and it ran through my head that gee, maybe we can make new memories with new songs. Maybe anyone who is interested can add on a song or two that they think is great for break-ups. I'll get it started. Here are a few I find very helpful:
Ben Harper, from "Welcome to the Cruel World": Walk Away (warning...this one is a gut wrencher, but sooooo appropriate)
Ani Difranco, from "Dilate": Untouchable Face (good, angry, inteligent f--k you kind of a song about breaking up and encountering your ex)
The Detroit Cobras, from "Life, Love, and Leaving": Can't Miss Nothing
If anyone is interested in adding on to this list, that would be awesome!

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You had the best
But you gave her up
'Cause dependency might interrupt
Idealistic will so hard to please
Put your indecisive mind at east
You broke the set
Now there's only singles
There's no looking back
This time I mean it
Are you happy now?
How is it now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy?
The uncertainty you had of me
Brought clouded shady company
The tenderness habitual
A seldom-fading ritual
You killed the pair
Now only one is breathing
There's no looking back
This time I mean it
Chorus
No more leaning on your shoulder
I won't be there, no more bother
If you feel you just might want me
That's too bad, I'm not that easy
The contemplator all those years
Now you must adhere
To your new career of liberation
You've been cast all by yourself
You're free at last
You broke the set
Now there's only singles
There's no looking back
This time I mean it
Chorus
You're by yourself
All by yourself
You have no one else,
You're by yourself
Your heart is not open, so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
Freedom comes when you learn to let go
Creation comes when you learn to say no
You were my lesson, I had to learn
I was your fortress, You had to burn
Pain is a warning that something's wrong
I pray to god that it won't be long
There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power than the power of goodbye
The Ben Harper songs goes something like this (i'm going from memory, so bear with me)and its much better heard than read, since some of the beats get a little off when you are reading it (forgive me, i am a music freak...)
"OH NO...here comes that sun again
means another day without you my friend
and it hurts me too look into the mirror at myself
and it hurts even more to have to be with somebody else,
***yeah, it's so hard to do, but so easy to say,
sometimes...sometimes, you just have to walk away...walk away
head for the door
so many people to love in my life
why do i worry about one?
you put the happy, in my ness, you put the good times into my fun
****
we've tried the goodbye, for so many days
we walk in the same direction, so that we may never stray
they say if you love somebody, you have got to set them free
but i would rather be locked to you than live in this pain and misery
****
they say time will make all this go away
but its time that has taken my tomorrows
and turned them into yesterdays
and once again that rising sun is going on down
and once again you my friend, are nowhere to be found"
.......The lyrics to the Ani Difranco song will have to come later because I can't remember them off the top of my head, but the chorus goes something like this
f--k you, and your untouchable face
and f--k you for existing in the first place
who am i...that I should be vie-ing for you touch?
could ypu please just tell me that much?
"f--k you, and your untouchable face
and f--k you for existing in the first place
who am i...that I should be vie-ing for you touch?
could ypu please just tell me that much?"
LOL....I think I may just have to download that song! I find it oddly speaking to me.
Lois
Michelle Branch, "Goodbye to You"
Of all the things I believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes but I do not cry
Counting the years that pass me by
I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
Feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I say
(Chorus:)
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
I used to get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes, and you'll chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light, but it's not right
And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time
And when the stars fall I will lie awake
You're my shooting star
Hope life's been good to you since you've been gone
I'm doin' fine now I've finally moved on
It's not so bad I'm not that sad
I'm not surprised just how well I survived
I'm over the worst, and I feel so alive
I can't complain I'm free again
Chorus
And it only hurts when I'm breathing
My heart only breaks when it's beating
My dreams only die when I'm dreaming
So, I hold my breath to forget
Don't think I'm lyin''round cryin' at night
There's no need to worry, I'm really all right
I've never looked back as a matter of fact
It only hurts when I breathe
Mmm, no, I've never looked back as a matter fact
Hurts when I'm breathing
Breaks when it's beating
Die when I'm dreaming
It only hurts when I breathe
Of course "I Wish" by Jo Dee Messins is a good one too!
It's not easy saying this to you
It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do
But boy before you go
I want you to know
I wish you strength
When times are hard
Oh I wish with all my heart you find what
you're looking for
I wish you joy
I wish you peace
And that every star you see's within your reach
And I wish you still loved me
I wish that things were different you know that
But still I'm happy for the time we had
You mean the world to me
Baby please believe
I wish you strength
When times are hard
Oh I wish with all my heart you find what
you're looking for
I wish you joy
I wish you peace
And that every star you see's within your reach
And I wish you still loved me
Losing you is tearing me apart
But a part of me will be with you no matter where you are
I wish you strength
When times are hard
Oh I wish with all my heart you find what
you're looking for
I wish you joy
I wish you peace
And that every star you see's within your reach
And I wish you still loved me
I've been listening to TUESDAYS GONE, by Metallica. Kinda blues for the mood I was in but then I get mad and listen to ROLLIN by Limp Biskit w/ DMX... I need a good screw you song every now and again, hehe
keep the good songs coming!
Ren
Something that makes me feel better (therapeutic) is Hoobastank's "The Reason" - I wish my ex would say the same to me, but it sort of helps me to hear it and imagine the right guy would have said the same.
I'm not a perfect person
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear
I've found a resaon for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
Sad is Sinead O'Connor's Last Day of Our Acquaintance, an oldie but good:
This is the last day of our acquaintance
I will meet you later in somebody's office
I'll talk but you won't listen to me
I know what your answer will be
I know you don't love me anymore
You used to hold my hand when the plane took off
Two years ago there just seemed so much more
And I don't know what happened to our love
Today's the day
Our friendship has been stale
And we will meet later to finalize the details
Two years ago the seed was planted
And since then you have taken me for granted
But this is the last day of our acquaintance
I will meet you later in somebody's office
I'll talk but you won't listen to me
I know your answer already
But this is the last day of our acquaintance
I will meet you later in somebody's office
I'll talk but you won't listen to me
I know your answer already
I know your answer already
I know your answer already
My favorite angry, though overplayed, was Alanis Morissette, You Ought to Know:
I want you to know, that I'm happy for you
I wish nothing but the best for you both
An older version of me
Is she perverted like me
Would she go down on you in a theatre
Does she speak eloquently
And would she have your baby
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother
Cause the love that you gave that we made wasn't able
To make it enough for you to be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me you'd hold me
Until you died, till you died
But you're still alive
And I'm here to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
You seem very well, things look peaceful
I'm not quite as well, I thought you should know
Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced
Are you thinking of me when you f- her
Cause the love that you gave that we made wasn't able
To make it enough for you to be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me you'd hold me
Until you died, til you died
But you're still alive
And I'm here to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
Cause the joke that you laid on the bed that was me
And I'm not gonna fade
As soon as you close your eyes and you know it
And every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back
I hope you feel it...well can you feel it
And I'm here to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
Jealous:
You're jealous
You just can't stand to see me get along without you
Like I do
You told me to...
Now you're jealous
You don't know how hard it was to be alone without you
and wanting you
Like I do...
I would stayed if you had wanted
I would have been willing
but you said I treat you so badly
I can't be forgiven
You know I would have done anything
to make it through with you
but I don't deserve to be lonely
just 'cause you say I do
Now you're jealous
You don't know how hard it is to be a woman in love with you
when you're so cruel
and so jealous
You don't think about anybody's feelings but your own....
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