What was your break up song?

[joseffrost]

I've already posted this elsewhere, but I think this song deserves a second mention:

 

Bright Eyes - It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends

Yeah, you still kiss me, but it's just on the cheek

Yeah, you still kiss me, but it's just on the cheek

Yeah, you still kiss me sometimes

But it's just on the cheek

You pull away so easily

 

And I still call you, but I get your machine

And I still call you, but I get your machine

And if I'm lucky, I guess, it's your roommate answering

But you're at the bar

Or at Gene's

 

And we go to dinner, but you won't hold my hand

We sit at the same table, but we don't play with our feet

Yeah, we still go to dinner sometimes

But we don't sneak a kiss

When the waitress turns around

 

And we still watch movies, but we don't share the couch

And we still rent movies, but we don't share the couch

Yeah, we still watch movies sometimes

But you don't lay in my lap

The plot is slow, take a nap

 

You even stay over, but we stay in our clothes

Yeah, you'll even sleep over, but now we stay in our clothes

Yeah, you even sleep over sometimes

But we stay in our clothes

I'm only there so you're not alone

 

And you say that I hurt you in a voice like a prayer

Yeah, you say that I hurt you, and your voice is like a prayer

Yeah, well, maybe I hurt you sometimes

Let's contrast and compare

Lift up your shirt - the wound isn't there

 

I guess that your truth is just the ghost of your lies

I guess your kind of truth is just the ghost of your lies

Your kind of truth, darling, is just the ghost of your lies

I see through them all the time

 

So, I'm pouring some whiskey, I'm gonna get drunk

Yeah, I'm pouring myself some whiskey

I'm gonna get real ****ing drunk

I'm pouring some whiskey right now

I'm going to get so, so drunk

That I pass out and forget your face

By the time I wake up...

 

[Taucher]

I always meant to post in this thread. But I didnt.

 

I have tried my hardest to avoid listening to songs which are too close to home. I went to a cafe about 3 weeks after she left, and they had 10CC - "I'm not in Love" playing just as the delivered my poached eggs (2) on muffin with bacon. I was in bits! To 10CC! Gah!

 

However, the one song that will always remind me of this time is "Anenome" by Brian Jonestown Massacre.

"i think i know how i feel

cause i

i only play it for-real

you should be picking me up

instead you're dragging me down

flying over my head

you're landing all over town

 

you

you know that i try

try to tell you the truth

oh baby don't make me lie

you should be picking me up

instead you're dragging me down

now i'm missing you more

cause baby you're not around

now that you're not around

 

i

i want to know how it feels

cause i

i only play act for-real

you should be picking me up

instead your dragging me down

i could be giving you love

but you're not around

now that you're not around

now that you're not around

glad that you're not around"

 

Not particularly profound or insightful, but made me feel kinda...cool.

 

Also, Thinking of You - The Colourfield. Recommended to me by a friend. Quite a hopeful song about lost love.

 

"i guess i kinda sort of know

i ought to be thinking of you

but the friendship's built on trust

and that's something you never do

well who knows maybe tomorrow

we can share each other's sorrow

and compare our grave manner

as we wave our lonely banners

 

if you ever think of me

i'll be thinking of you

if you decide to change your views

i'm thinking of you

 

you can walk away from loneliness

anytime you choose

and you're the sort of person

that hasn't anything to lose

but who cares maybe tomorrow

you can lead and i could follow

so walk where angels fear to tread

for everything you've ever wanted

 

and if you ever think of me

i'll be thinking of you

if you can spare an hour or two

you'll know what to do

 

i could be the one thing there

in your our of need

so if you decide to change your views

i'm thinking of you

 

let's roll the dice

in the fools paradise...

share moonlit nights

breathing nothing but lies

 

let's open our eyes...

we should take a bus to somewhere else

to somewhere new

thank god we're alive

and bite off more than we can chew

do the things that just don't matter

laugh while others look in anger

stumble over four leaf clovers

and say goodbye to lonely banners

 

if you ever think of me

i'll be thinking of you

through thick and thin i bear it and grin

and never give in

 

i could be the one thing there

in your our of need

so if you decide to change your views

i'm thinking of you"

 

Great thread.

 

T

[ScarLettIsle]

You could never know what it's like

Your blood like winter freezes just like ice

And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you

You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

And did you think this fool could never win

Well look at me, I'm coming back again

I got a taste of love in a simple way

And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did

Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid

I'm still standing after all this time

Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

Once I never could hope to win

You starting down the road leaving me again

The threats you made were meant to cut me down

And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by nowYou could never know what it's like

Your blood like winter freezes just like ice

And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you

You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

And did you think this fool could never win

Well look at me, I'm coming back again

I got a taste of love in a simple way

And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did

Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid

I'm still standing after all this time

Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

Once I never could hope to win

You starting down the road leaving me again

The threats you made were meant to cut me down

And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now

[steelfist9]

This song describes what I feel. Almost everything he says in the song has occured in my breakup with Kim.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlr1H_iV6qs

 

Atmosphere- F*ck you Lucy

 

Lyrics:

 

"**** You Lucy"

 

Leave me never would you, you show could I if [6x]

 

She said that she still wants a friendship

She cant live her life without me as a friend

I cant figure out why I'd give a damn to what she wants

I don't understand the now before the then

 

Most of this garbage I write

That these people seem to like

Is about you

And how I let you infect my life

And if they got to know you

I doubt that they would see it

They'd wonder what i showed you

How you could leave it

A friend in Chicago said that I should stay persistant

If I stay around, I'm bound to break resistance

**** you Lucy for defining my existence

**** you and your differences

 

Ever since I was a young lad

With a part time dad

It was hard to find happiness inside of what I had

I studied my mother

I digested her pain

And vowed no woman on my path would have to walk the same

Travel like sound across the fate ladder

I travel with spoon to mix this cake batter

And i travel with feels so i can deal with touch

Its like that

Thank you very much

**** you very much

 

Yes

Yes it is

 

And everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

 

Yes

Yes it is

 

And everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

 

**** the what happend

I got stuck

They can peel pieces of me off the grill of her truck

Used to walk with luck

Used to hold her hand

Fell behind and played the role of a slower man

I wanna stand on top of this mountain and yell

I wanna wake up and break up this lake of hell

I feel like a bitch for letting the sheet twist me up

The last star fighter is wounded time to give it up

On a pick it up mission

Kept it bitter

Getting in a million memories just to forget her

The difficulty in keeping emotions controlled

Cookies for the road

Took me by the soul

Hunger for the drama

Hunger for the nurture

Gonna take it further

The hurt feels like murder

Interperate

The eyes

Read the lines on her face

The sunshine is fake

How much time did i waste?

**** you Lucy for leaving me

**** you Lucy for not needin me

I wanna say **** you

Because i still love you

No, I'm not OK

And I don't know what to do

 

Yes

Yes it is

 

And everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

 

Yes

Yes it is

And everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

 

Do I sound mad?

Well I guess I'm a little pissed

Every action has a point

Five points make a fist

You close em

You swing em

It hurt when it hits

And the truth can be a bitch

But if the boot fits

I got an idea

You should get a tattoo that says warning

That's all, just a warning

So the potential victim

Can take a left and safe breath

And avoid you

Sober and upset in the morning

I wanna scream **** you Lucy

But the problem is i love you Lucy

So instead

I'm gonna finish my drink,and have another

While you think about how you used to be my lover

(**** you)

 

Yes

Yes it is

 

And everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

 

Yes

Yes it is

 

And everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

Everyone in his life would mistake it as love

 

Leave never would you, you show could I if.....

[AquarianIntellect]

I hope this is the proper way to respond...anywho can anyone say "All the single ladies!" (by beyonce) joking....but lately "sitting, waiting, wishing" by Jack Johnson has done the trick or I pretend Wayne Wonder is singing "No Letting Go, No Holding Back" to me.

[AquarianIntellect]

Atmosphere is good coping music too heh

[MSUE]

Goodbye my lover from James Blunt

 

here are the lyrics...sorry a bit long

 

Did I disappoint you or let you down?

Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?

'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,

Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.

So I took what's mine by eternal right.

Took your soul out into the night.

It may be over but it won't stop there,

I am here for you if you'd only care.

You touched my heart you touched my soul.

You changed my life and all my goals.

And love is blind and that I knew when,

My heart was blinded by you.

I've kissed your lips and held your hand.

Shared your dreams and shared your bed.

I know you well, I know your smell.

I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.

Goodbye my friend.

You have been the one.

You have been the one for me.

 

I am a dreamer and when I wake,

You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.

And as you move on, remember me,

Remember us and all we used to be

I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.

I've watched you sleeping for a while.

I'd be the father of your child.

I'd spend a lifetime with you.

I know your fears and you know mine.

We've had our doubts but now we're fine,

And I love you, I swear that's true.

I cannot live without you.

 

Goodbye my lover.

Goodbye my friend.

You have been the one.

You have been the one for me.

 

And I still hold your hand in mine.

In mine when I'm asleep.

And I will bear my soul in time,

When I'm kneeling at your feet.

Goodbye my lover.

Goodbye my friend.

You have been the one.

You have been the one for me.

I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.

I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.

[Soul Bear]

Im telling you, please listen to Paris by Groove Armada

[NopeNah]

jonny Lang- "goodbye letter" is a beast for a break up song!

[DSM2709]

Well now that it's official, here's mine:

 

 

I Love You - Sarah Mclachlan

 

I have a smile stretched from ear to ear

to see you walking down the road

we meet at the lights

I stare for a while

the world around disappears

just you and me

on this island of hope

a breath between us could be miles

let me surround you

my sea to your shore

let me be the calm you seek

oh and every time I'm close to you

there's too much I can't say

and you just walk away

and I forgot

to tell you I love you

and the night's too long

and cold here without you I grieve in my condition

for I cannot find the strength to say I need you so

oh and every time I'm close to you

there's too much I can't say

and you just walk away

and I forgotto tell youI love you

and the night's too long

and cold here without you

[llala]

cant hurry love

[Storyrider]

Josef, have you seen the Youtube footage of Dylan jamming in his hotel room with Donovan? Donovan sings something and then Dylan sings "It's all over now baby blue."

 

There's another longish clip, not so impressive but definitely entertaining, of Dylan drunk out of his mind in the back of car with John Lennon. Lennon is hilarious and Dylan is just stupid drunk.

[bhawake]

Fightstar - Mono

 

If time can break us down

And not keep us around

I wont wait

I wont mind

Not this time

I've started up the clocks

It's time I left behind

And everything we've lost, disappears

I'm calling, I'm calling out

For answers on the long walk home

I've started up the race

It's something I cant change

I'm calling, I'm calling out

For answers on the long walk hole

And now we're not the same

I'm running past the words

To finish up the faults

Cant come back

I wont wait

Wont live like that

I've started up the clocks

It's time I left behind

And everything we've lost, disappears

I'm calling, I'm calling out

For answers on the long walk home

I've started up the race

It's something I cant change

I'm calling, I'm calling out

For answers on the long walk home

And now we're not the same

I'll find myself once more again

I've started up this race

I'll find myself once more again

It's something I cant change

And now we're not the same

I cant help by myself again

[bhawake]

Shadowplay,

 

Damn I love that song you posted. It's always been a favorite of mine. Fits well.

[vayne417]

Tool and lots of it. I don't like to torture myself with music when I'm depressed so I listen to something that is dirty and involving a lot of cursing. It helps.

 

If i think he's talking about what i think he's talking about YES!!! Crawl away.... Oh my its the best!!! they have been some of the best therapy

 

[Crawl Away]

You crawled away from me,

slipped away from me.

I tried to keep a hold,

but there was nothing I could say.

Slid away from me,

and crept away from me,

tried to keep you down,

and there was nothing I could saay.

So what you're trying to say,

is you don't wanna play.

But what you want and what you need,

don't mean that much to me.

I can see your back is turning.

If I could I'd, stick the knife iiiiin, in.

 

 

 

- even though i have been listening to Amy Winehouse too but pls doNOT tell anyone. its a girl thing

 

 

Stronger Than ME

"You should be stronger than me

You been here 7 years longer than me

Don't you know you supposed to be the man,

Not pal in comparison to who you think I am,

 

You always wanna talk it through - I don't care!

I always have to comfort you when I'm there

But that's what I need you to do - stroke my hair!

Cos' I've forgotten all of young love's joy,

Feel like a lady, but you my lady boy"

[LucreziaBorgia]

Gary Jules version of Mad World

(achingly sad, I especially like the Donnie Darko version of the video)

 

All around are me are familiar faces

Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for the daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

And their tears are filling up their glasses

No expression, no expression

Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrows

No tomorrow, no tomorrow

 

And I find it kind of funny

I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying

Are the best I ever had

I find it hard to tell you

I find it hard to take

When people run in circles

It's a very very,

Mad world, Mad world

 

Children waiting for the day they feel good

Happy birthday, happy birthday

May they feel the way that every child should

Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous

No one knew me, no one knew me

Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson

Look right through me, look right through me

 

And I find it kind of funny,

I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying

Are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

I find it hard to take

When people run in circles

It's a very very

Mad world, Mad world

Mad world, Mad world

[jv032889]

Listen to this song 300,000x a day!

 

The Dream- Can't wait to hate you

 

I jump up out my bed,

Grab my clothes and I -

Throw on my coat.

Out the door and I'm -

Today I'm gonna get over you.

And I hop in the car,

Push the button on the automatic start,

Right on the seat I see a scarf I gave to you.

 

Memories start coming back,

No room for reverse I can't back back,

Sitting in the car but I can't back back.

And so I'm slunked over the wheel of the car,

And all I can think of is a broken heart,

And all I can think of is when we're apart.

We went round for round,

Till we knocked love down.

We were laying in the ring,

Not making a sound.

And if that's a matter for both you and I,

Why is it so hard to say good bye?

 

I can't wait to hate you.

All the things you put me through

I wanna know…

I can't wait to hate you.

All the things you left my heart on,

I can't wait to hate you.

This is so crazy,

And I can't come to grips with the fact that you're gone.

I can't wait to hate you…

 

I jump up out my bed,

Grab my clothes and I -

Throw on my coat.

Out the door and I'm -

Today I'm gonna get over you.

And I hop in the car,

Push the button on the automatic start,

Right on the seat I see a scarf I gave to you.

 

Memories start coming back,

No room for reverse I can't back back,

Sitting in the car but I can't back back.

And so I'm slunked over the wheel of the car,

And all I can think of is a broken heart,

And all I can think of is when we're apart.

We went round for round,

Till we knocked love down,

We were laying in the ring,

Not making a sound.

And if that's a matter for both you and I,

Why is it so hard to say good bye?

 

I can't wait to hate you.

All the things you put me through

I wanna know…

I can't wait to hate you.

All the things you left my heart on,

I can't wait to hate you.

This is so crazy,

And I can't come to grips with the fact that you're gone.

I can't wait to hate you…

[joseffrost]

Josef, have you seen the Youtube footage of Dylan jamming in his hotel room with Donovan? Donovan sings something and then Dylan sings "It's all over now baby blue."

 

There's another longish clip, not so impressive but definitely entertaining, of Dylan drunk out of his mind in the back of car with John Lennon. Lennon is hilarious and Dylan is just stupid drunk.

 

I have, I love the way that Donovan tries his best in those clips and then Dylan plays Baby Blue of Love Minus Zero and Donovan just looks in awe.

 

I also like the scene from Don't Look Back where Dylan wants to find out who threw a glass in the street...

[Blackfrost]

Windmills - Toad the Wet Sprocket

[wontgohomewou]

Won't go home without you by Maroon 5.

 

It's where I got my name from lol

[lovebubble]

Maria Mena

'' Nevermind me ''

 

What is the game we're playing?

Should I stick around for more?

Snap your fingers, I'll coming running

Leave again when you're bored..

With me

I'll make it easy

 

Nevermind me, nevermind me

I'll just cast shadows on your walls

Nevermind me, nevermind me

My God, I feel so small

Nevermind me, nevermind me

I'll just cast shadows on your walls

Nevermind me, nevermind me

I'll let myself out.

 

This facade that I'm stuck with

Has got me wondering

Just tell me how you want me

And I'll be naked, stumbling,

Just to get a reaction, any signs of love

 

Nevermind me, nevermind me

I'll just cast shadows on your walls

Nevermind me, nevermind me

My God I feel so small

Nevermind me, nevermind me

I'll just cast shadows on your walls

Nevermind me, nevermind me

I'll just let myself out.

 

Bottle up your smile

Pour it in a cup

I'll be on my way

Once I've sobered up

[Ilovecake]

I didn't have a particular breakup song but I swear everywhere I went that Rhianna song Take a Bow was playing. I guess that's the song that will remind me of how badly my heart hurt at that time.

 

Oh, how about a round of applause?

Yeah, standing ovation? Ooh, oh yeah

Yeah y-yeah yeah

 

You look so dumb right now

Standing outside my house

Trying to apologize

You?re so ugly when you cry

Please, just cut it out

 

Don?t tell me you?re sorry 'cause you?re not

And baby when I know you?re only sorry you got caught

 

But you put on quite a show, really had me going

But now it?s time to go, curtain?s finally closing

That was quite a show, very entertaining

But it?s over now

(But it?s over now)

Go on and take a bow

 

Grab your clothes and get gone

You better hurry up before the sprinklers come on

Talking? 'bout, ?Girl, I love you," "You?re the one"

This just looks like a rerun

Please, what else is on?

 

Don?t tell me you?re sorry 'cause you?re not

And baby when I know you?re only sorry you got caught

 

But you put on quite a show, really had me going

But now it?s time to go, curtain?s finally closing

That was quite a show, very entertaining

But it?s over now

(But it?s over now)

Go on and take a bow

 

Oh, and the award for the best liar goes to you

(Goes to you)

For making me believe that you could be faithful to me

Let's hear your speech out

 

How about a round of applause?

A standing ovation?

 

But you put on quite a show, really had me going

Now it?s time to go, curtain?s finally closing

That was quite a show, very entertaining

But it?s over now

(But it?s over now)

Go on and take a bow

But it's over now

[moo]

Theme to Alley McBeal.

[BWLoca]

7 Days of Lonely by I Nine or Bent by Matchbox 20

[Taucher]

R. Dean Taylor - "There's A Ghost In My house"

 

Describes exactly how I felt after she moved out. It's a Northern Soul stomper that is quite chirpy despite subject matter.

 

There's a ghost in my house

The ghost of your memories

The ghost of the love you took from me

 

Where our love used to be

Only shadows from the past I see

Time can't seem to erase

The vision of your smiling face

Though you found someone new

I can't get over you

There's a ghost in my house

I can't hide (ghost in my house)

From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)

It keeps on haunting me (ghost in my house)

Just keeps on remiding me (ghost in my house)

 

In my mind I know you're gone

But my heart keeps holding on

To the memories of those happy times

To the love that once was mine

Though we're far apart

You're always in my heart

There's a ghost in my house

I can't hide (ghost in my house)

From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)

You're still such a part of me (ghost in my house)

Still so deep in the heart of me (ghost in my house)

 

I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs

When I know there's no-one there

Every day I love you more

So much more than the day before

 

Sittin' in my easy chair

I feel your fingers running through my hair

Lookin' down in my coffee cup

I think I see your face lookin' up

All alone in my gloom

You voice echoes through the room

There's a ghost in my house

And I can't hide (ghost in my house)

From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)

It keeps on haunting me (ghost in my house)

Just keeps on reminding me (ghost in my house)

 

I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs

When I know there's no-one there

You're still such a part of me (ghost in my house)

Still so deep in the heart of me (ghost in my house)

I can't hide (ghost in my house)

From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)