Breakup songs

[lagringader&r]

Originally Posted by dissention

Sorry to hear that. My pick would be:

Special - Garbage

I used to adore you
I couldn't control you
There was nothing that I wouldn't do
To keep myself around and close to you

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I couldn't care less

I used to amuse you
I knew that I'd lose you
Now you're here and begging for a chance
But there's no way in hell I'd take you back

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I've run out of comments
I'm tired of the violence
I couldn't care less

I just broke up with my boyfriend a week ago, so I feel your pain. I've been wallowing ever since, spending too much time posting here and just feeling like sh*t. I like this song, although I haven't listened to it at all since we split. Around the same time was when I tapped into the 70s station and for some reason, it worked. I think possibly it's because it's music I have no association with and nothing we listened to together. I'd been with the same guy for a long time, so my memories are all with him, like concerts and music. It really helped me to listen to something from a different era that I am almost totally unfamiliar with. I asked my aunt (who is the coolest ever and was the one who introduced me to Stevie and went to Vegas with me ) and she said Phil Collins "I Don't Care Anymore" or "In The Air Tonight" are really good ones if you're pissed off and need to vent (she's also a big Genesis/Phil Collins fan ). Personally, I think he kinda sucks ass, but those songs are when he was still cool I guess.. So, my suggestion to escape it is to listen to something you can't associate with her and if you need to vent, try those two. Hope you feel better soon!

[mylittledemon]

Thanks for all the songs guys. I'm going to be 26 this year...this is the third serious relationship I've had in my life and it sucks to see it go. I still love this girl, but we're at the point now where we've been together so long. And are we going to take the next step towards marriage or part company? Our goals and paths seem to be moving in opposite directions for some time now...and I've been avoiding it I guess. I wouldn't say the breakup is completely mutual though...I've never thought it was "so bad" that we needed to completely walk away from one another.

[mylittledemon]

Ok so most of you know I work for Best buy...and I'm driving around in the company truck and "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt comes on...! Boy, that one right there hit home.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

Amen to that. When I broke up with a boyfriend I worked with (okay, when HE broke up with me) I used to listen to one specific song on my way to work, over and over and over again, that just perfectly defined my relationship with him and how I felt about him and how he didn't feel about me. By the time I'd get there, and have to see him, my heart would be so raw and bloody, having been ripped from my chest all over again, it couldn't possibly get any worse. And yet, it did.

(I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment, not to mention a tiny bit of a drama queen, in case that wasn't already apparent ).

That sounds so much like me, Cat.

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Ok so most of you know I work for Best buy...and I'm driving around in the company truck and "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt comes on...! Boy, that one right there hit home.

Man, that's a tough one to listen to. Cathartic though, huh?

[xdreamsunwindx]

See, when I have guy troubles, I don't feel sad, per se, but I angst. According to Greg, this is because I am "a raging bitch, and a slut." But anyways.

I love listening to Garbage, No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom and Return of Saturn, Early Siouxsie, and some early Pretenders. Also, The Avengers and The Paybacks are helping me angst out right now. <3

[chiliD]

Without hesitation I submit:

Harry Nilsson's "You're Breaking My Heart"

from The Son Of Schmilsson album:

You're breakin' my heart.
You're tearin' it apart.
So f*** you ...

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Without hesitation I submit:

Harry Nilsson's "You're Breaking My Heart"

from The Son Of Schmilsson album:

You're breakin' my heart.
You're tearin' it apart.
So f*** you ...

I downloaded it because you recommended it and I have to agree with you! Great song to listen to when you're pissed at someone!

[mylittledemon]

i'm feeling more hurt and depressed now...my angst, if i could even call it that comes weeks later. I don't get too angry with the person...just angry that things didn't work out...angry at myself for not preventing it. I try and look at things bittersweetly rather than being p*ssed at someone, and then resenting all that time we spent together.

[Pisces Queen]

Everything but the Girl ~ Walking Wounded CD ~

[NaiveMelody23]

well...I am not sure, but mine would be

4th of July- Aimee Mann
Father Lucifer- Tori Amos
Cold- The Cure
Undone(sweater song)- Weezer
Very Loud- Shout Out Louds
**** the Pain Away- Peaches(its not sad, its just too fun and it makes you happy when your sad)
Fade Into You- Mazzy Starr
Everything I Once Had- Honorary Title.

[xxxmx]

the songs i listened to when i wanted him back:
my immortal - evanescence
fear - sarah mclachlan
fade into you - mazzy star
picture - kid and crow
porcelain - moby
glycerine - bush
no need to argue - the cranberries
blue sky song - gathering field
fly - moxy fruvous
black/once - pearl jam
it makes no difference - the band

the songs i listened to when i realized that i was really happy he was gone:
break your heart - BNL "i got what i want - rid of you - goodbye"
**** it - eamon "**** you, you ho, i don't want you back"
happened again - littlest man band "i took all my stuff and gave a fond farewell and **** you, oh and i hope he's great in bed"
seven words - deftones
far behind - candlebox

now, i don't really "dedicate [my] pain to him" but i still spin the DROPDEADRYAN playlist every once in a while ...

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by xxxmx

break your heart - BNL "i got what i want - rid of you - goodbye"

[mylittledemon]

xxxmx...that song by the band is great. Thanks for that choice. I also heard "Wishing That" by Jann Arden that a friend recommended. Very sad. There are a few songs on that new Keane album that are fitting for me right now "We Might As Well be Strangers" and "She Has No Time."

[Mad4stevie]

I really like "That Particular Time" by Alanis because it talks about the cycles at the end of a relationship. And boy, have I been there before . . .

That Particular Time

my foundation was rocked my tried and true way to deal was to vanish
my departures were old I stood in the room shaking in my boots
at that particular time love had challenged me to stay
at that particular moment I knew not run away again
that particular month I was ready to investigate with you
at that particular time

we thought a break would be good for four months we sat and vacillated
we thought a small time apart would clear up the doubts that were abounding
at that particular time love encouraged me to wait
at that particular moment it helped me to be patient
that particular month we needed time to marinate in what "us" meant

I've always wanted for you what you've wanted for yourself
and yet I wanted to save us high water or hell
and I kept on ignoring the ambivalence you felt
and in the meantime I lost myself
in the meantime I lost myself
I'm sorry I lost myself….i am

you knew you needed more time time spent alone with no distraction
you felt you needed to fly solo and high to define what you wanted
at that particular love encouraged me to leave
at that particular moment I knew staying with you meant deserting me
that particular month was harder than you'd believe but I still left
at that particular time

[amber]

Gosh, I don't know how you can not listen to FM for breakup. The Chain is playing right now, and of course, it is perfect. As are most of their other songs, considering they're about breaking up, and loving people, and everything not working out, and going your own way, and standing back, and stuff.