Best BREAKUP songs??
Romanza
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This has to be one of the best I heard.
I just recently got back into Pete Yorn and of course I forgot about this one. The song is from MUSICFORTHEMORNINGAFTER and is titled "EZ."
What's funny is I never experienced a breakup after this song was released....so I never got to dread life with this song.
Here's an mp3 of it:
http://www.wcyt.org/13%20Pete%20Yorn%20-%20EZ.mp3
Lyrics:
Only save
Try to find another way
I’m taking what I gave to you again.
Some new day I could understand your face
You could even hold my hand if you would like to.
It came up unexpected
I had to follow through
And it’s hard when you were working like you do.
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door and said goodbye for good.
So this is a mistake
Try to find a better way
You were never fond of anything I said.
Can we begin again?
Save it for another friend
I was happy in my life I won’t pretend
Every time you were expecting to reach out and forgive this
I was hardened by the look upon your face
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door
And said goodbye for good
For good
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door
And said goodbye
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door
And said goodbye for good
You said goodbye for good
You said goodbye for good
You were easy.
You were easy.
You were easy.
You were easy.
You were easy.
I just recently got back into Pete Yorn and of course I forgot about this one. The song is from MUSICFORTHEMORNINGAFTER and is titled "EZ."
What's funny is I never experienced a breakup after this song was released....so I never got to dread life with this song.
Here's an mp3 of it:
http://www.wcyt.org/13%20Pete%20Yorn%20-%20EZ.mp3
Lyrics:
Only save
Try to find another way
I’m taking what I gave to you again.
Some new day I could understand your face
You could even hold my hand if you would like to.
It came up unexpected
I had to follow through
And it’s hard when you were working like you do.
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door and said goodbye for good.
So this is a mistake
Try to find a better way
You were never fond of anything I said.
Can we begin again?
Save it for another friend
I was happy in my life I won’t pretend
Every time you were expecting to reach out and forgive this
I was hardened by the look upon your face
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door
And said goodbye for good
For good
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door
And said goodbye
It was easy when you were younger
You can put it back together
It was there if you ever wanted it
But you closed the door
And said goodbye for good
You said goodbye for good
You said goodbye for good
You were easy.
You were easy.
You were easy.
You were easy.
You were easy.
"This feeling is wonderful...don't you ever turn it off."
-JJ
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Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
And I never come back to this town
Again in my life
I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do
Yeah I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
Stabbing Westward - What Do I Have To Do, Shame, So Far Away
Boy Hits Car - Basically everything off "The Passage" .. but Love's Subtle Scheme, Forever and a Day, Everything, and You Don't Care are good choices. Cregg went thru a very painful breakup writing this album.. so all the songs are about breakups..
If you were the dumper:
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You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
wow what song is that?
It is a mountain goats song off tallahasse i'm pretty sure named no children.
I'm pretty partial to pearl jam's all or none.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan is the classic break-up album.
ok then I take back my emo comment...I actually like the mountain goats...go figure
it helped me through a break-up...especially the line:
"please bleed
so i know that you are real
so i know that you can feel
the damage that you've done
oh who have i become
to myself i am numb
i am numb"
-John Lennon
yeah it is emo, but it a fantastic song. I will listen to it on repeat for way too long. and it is "No Children" off of Tallahassee. Buy/download today!
Really, nothing compares to Blood On The Tracks, especially in the breakup songs category.
WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
Circling and spinning around my mind
You sweetly, swiftly shift
Shaking the shakes I'm faking, you're shaking
And you're quick to steal a kiss
So in a frozen motion I silently scream
You flinch but you won't back down
You dare me, you try to scare me
But you know I'll stand my ground
Fuck You
Inch by inch I'm closing in
Your eyes have sealed the dawn
Now it's only a matter of time before you shatter
try to walk away with pieces that you want
So you seek secrets of my soul
My misery I hope you'll miss
Cast your hooks, I hope you catch
A glimpse of blinded bliss
Fuck you
Who's gonna guess it, or believe
Everything's crossed my mind
So don't you blink, I'm trying to think
Well everything could unwind
Well you move me, you used to use me
Now it's time to stand this ground
And if I don't come back, nothing will collapse
Nothing really ever comes around
So surely I said sorry
if you believe half the things that we've done
You must've done them too
Cause you know I'm cut in two
Just above the balcony I'm hung from
Fuck you
-Tom Waits
she told him "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by,
she still preyed upon his mind
He kept her picture on his wall,
went half-crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all,
hoping she'd come back again
Kept some letters by his bed
dated nineteen sixty-two
He had underlined in red
every single "I love you"
I went to see him just today,
oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away, first time
I'd seen him smile in years
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
(Spoken)
You know,
she came to see him one last time.
Aww, 'n' we all wondered if she would.
And it kept runnin' through my mind
"this time he's over her for good."
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
- Al Swearengen
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
that whole album is a breakup album of sorts for me... i picked this up without having heard anything off of it on the day of an impending emotional disaster...
subconsciously, i probably knew that my morning after would be about to come and last for a very long time... the disc didn't leave my cd player for a couple of weeks...
Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.
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pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
MANMOWER ~ Motorpsycho
It wouldn’t work,it’s getting stronger
can’t be controlled any longer
theres only guilt,there is no feeling of beauty left
what was so free is getting locked up
emotion-motion is dead stopped
there’s just remorse,there is no hunger,no craving left
but I see what you mean-I wish I was 16
I’m not there ,only choking
it shuts down when I’m toking
on the air,the musky odors of yesterday
only numb,growing colder
don’t need heat to make this solder
feels like I’m rusting from this apathic decay
but I know how it feels to be underneath those heels..
now I’ve got nothing more to say
and I got burned on the way
you drugged me ,fed me ,
took me with you to whereever you’d go;
you swallowed me whole.
tuning (L to H): E A D G B E
personnel: Geb-d
Snah-acc & el. g
Bent-b & fuzz-b,lead voc,acc g.
Morten F.-piano,mellotron,vibraphone
words: Sæther
music: Sæther with Ryan
You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
please come smile with me just one more time,
it won’t get out of hand
keep doing what you’re doing now,
I think I understand.
insight comes so fast sometimes,
with confusion in it’s wake.
I dug and found fools gold again,
but saw through it way too late.
I saw through you way too late
you weren’t far from me that time..
not so far from me
but it’s been dying all this time...
you still mean the world to me
for seconds on end sometimes.
we talked until no more words were left
and the things we did were crimes.
why beautiful turned ugly then,
I still can’t understand-
please look at me just one more time,
I can take it if you can
I can take it if you can
You weren’t far from me that time
not so far from me
but it’s been dying all this time
and now you’re losing me
tuning (L to H): approx E A D G B E
personnel: Snah-g,banjo
Bent-g,lead voc
words: Sæther
music: Sæther
You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
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"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", by Bob Dylan
"And Your Bird Can Sing", by The Beatles
"At This Moment", by Billy Vera & the Beaters (immortalized in the Family Ties episode where Lauren dumps Alex)
she wanted to see other people
i thought, "well then, look around, they're everywhere"
said that she was confused...
i thought, "darling, join the club"
24 years old, mid-life crisis
nowadays hits you when you're young
i hung up, she called back, i hung up again
the process had already started
at least it happened quick
i swear, i died inside that night
my friend, he called
i didn't mention a thing
the last thing he said was, "be sound"
sound...
i contemplated an awful thing, i hate to admit
i just thought those would be such appropriate last words
but i'm still here
and small
so small.. how could this struggle seem so big?
so big...
while the palms in the breeze still blow green
and the waves in the sea still absolute blue
but the horror
every single thing i see is a reminder of her
never thought i'd curse the day i met her
and since she's gone and wouldn't hear
who would care? what good would that do?
but i'm still here
so i imagine in a month...or 12
i'l be somewhere having a drink
laughing at a stupid joke
or just another stupid thing
and i can see myself stopping short
drifting out of the present
sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
and there i am, standing
wet grass and white headstones all in rows
and in the distance there's one, off on its own
so i stop, kneel
my new home...
and i picture a sober awakening, a re-entry into this little bar scene
sip my drink til the ice hits my lip
order another round
and that's it for now
sorry
never been too good at happy endings...
I actually have pretty much all of their records. i've only listened to We Shall All be Healed (I get the feeling this is their best record) and The Sunset Tree, though. Their catalog is just so vast.
that song is really good though, whether it's emo or not.
I want you to know
That I would do it all again
I'm sure I'd make the same mistakes
But I could make it through
The pains and joys and aches
I knew back then
I'd do it all
I'd do it all again
Before I go
I want you to know
That I look back with no regrets
And when our luck was wearing thin
And we were down and out
And still came back to win against all bets
Now when I look back
I still have no regrets
And it's so hard to say good-byes
When there's so much that's left
Unspoken in your eyes
But unless I spread my wings again
I'm afraid I'll never soar
So hang on to the memories
And hold me close once more
Once more
Just once before I go
I want you to know
That I have loved you all along
And even when we're far apart
I only need to feel you're living in my heart
And I'll be strong
Love you just the way
I've loved you all along
And it's so hard to say good-byes
When there's so much that's left
Unspoken in your eyes
But unless I spread my wings again
I'm afraid I'll never soar
So kiss me for the last time
And hold me close once more
Once more
Just once before I go
I want you to know
That I have loved you all along
And even when we're far apart
I only need to feel you're living in my heart
And I'll be strong
You are the light that shines on me
You always were and you'll always be
So I had to let you know
Just this once
Just this once
Before I go
- Al Swearengen
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
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You see, We Shall All Be Healed IS fantastic, but I always have a 4-way tie for best, with All Hial West Texas, Zopilote Machine, Tallahassee, and WSABH. I suspect once I buy The Coroner's Gambit and Full Force Galesburg I'll add those two as well
Walk Away - Ben Harper
Footsteps & Nothingman - Pearl Jam
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
Untouchable Face - Ani DiFranco
and the cheese...
Against All Odds - Phil collins
I can't make you love me - Bonnie Raitt
Are you lonesome tonight - Elvis
Obviously i have been through this a few times
He Who Forgets will be Destined to Remember.