Best BREAKUP songs??

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Romanza
Romanza Posts: 115
edited October 2006 in Other Music
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.
"This feeling is wonderful...don't you ever turn it off."
-JJ
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    I hope that our few remaining friends
    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
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    I hate everything about you
  • oppie1
    oppie1 Posts: 755
    if you were the dumpee:

    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:
    (hed) PE - Daydreams
    BoyHitsCar Masked Street Team
    www.lovecorealliance.com

    Upcoming boyhitscar concerts:
    11/7/07 - Allentown Pa
    11/11/07 - Hartford Ct

    www.myspace.com/briankutys
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    How about; Hit the road Jack.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    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......»
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Echoes wrote:
    I hope that our few remaining friends
    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

    wow what song is that?
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    StoneG82 wrote:
    wow what song is that?

    its so.......emo......

    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 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • clutching_benjamin
    clutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    Speaking of The Mountain Goats, check out "Woke Up New" from the new album.

    Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan is the classic break-up album.
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    intodeep wrote:
    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.

    ok then I take back my emo comment...I actually like the mountain goats...go figure

    :D
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Anything by Elliott Smith, especially "Twilight" and "Between the Bars"
    NERDS!
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    please bleed - ben harper

    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"
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • gtbrown77
    gtbrown77 Posts: 143
    Forget Her - Jeff Buckley
    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
    -John Lennon
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    StoneG82 wrote:
    ok then I take back my emo comment...I actually like the mountain goats...go figure

    :D


    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!
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • alobar
    alobar Posts: 310
    clutching_benjamin wrote:
    Speaking of The Mountain Goats, check out "Woke Up New" from the new album.

    Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan is the classic break-up album.


    Really, nothing compares to Blood On The Tracks, especially in the breakup songs category.
    "I wanna believe in the mercy of the world again."

    WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Best breakup song ever- "Fuck You" by the Headstones:

    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
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    He said "I'll love you till I die",
    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
    You see me empty, Sir, do not pause and inquire, simply assume and refill.
    - Al Swearengen

    http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
  • psycosmic
    psycosmic Posts: 504
    Romanza wrote:
    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.

    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.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    I love this song due to the fragile feel it has.


    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
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    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......»
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    FOOLS GOLD ~ Motorpsycho

    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
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    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......»
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Karate - Tenacious D

    ;)
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I can't believe no one has said "Black" yet. I know it is way to obvious, but it's tough to beat
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    http://www.reverbnation.com/brianzilm

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