I have always preferred the more maudlin love songs, as opposed to the everything's-perfect-and-you-complete-me variety. I think that sort of love is unsustainable. Not every couple is happy all of the time... and everyone knows what heartbreak feels like.
Here are some songs to listen to when you've had the crapped kicked out of you by love, in no particular order.
"Alive With The Glory Of Love" by Say Anything
This song is about a couple during the holocaust. Need I say more? Romantic, yes, but dark too.
"The Winner Takes It All" by Abba
Say what you will about Abba, but this song is a winner for me because of the wistful, hurt-laden lyrics. In particular, "But tell me does she kiss, Like I used to kiss you? Does it feel the same, When she calls your name?"
"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
Besides the catchy sound of this song, it's about imagining your lover with someone else. Enough said.
"This Year's Love" by David Gray
With lyrics like, "This year's love had better last, Heaven knows it's high time, And I've been waiting on my own too long, But when you hold me like you do, It feels so right, I start to forget, How my heart gets torn, When the hurt gets thrown, Feeling like you can't go on..." it's no wonder this song makes my list. It makes a lump form in my throat when I listen to it.
"Fire Maple Song" by Everclear
This is from an earlier album of theirs. The song is about finding out a former lover and friend has died, and the resulting nostalgia and pain.
"Pictures of You" by The Cure
Yes, being a child of the 80's and 90's, I have a great affinity for The Cure. This song saw me through dark, dark teenage times, especially the line, "If only I'd though of the right words, I could've held on to your heart". Remember dissecting every interaction with the opposite sex and wondering what you could have done differently?
"Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel" by Barenaked Ladies
Heartbreaking song about a man driving home who is thinking of everything but his girl ("You're the last thing on my mind..") but then falls asleep at the wheel.. and then his girl really is the last thing on his mind.
"The Scientist" by Coldplay
This song is haunting, but the video more so. It plays the story out backwards, so you don't realize until the end he is singing about a car accident, and wanting to change the outcome.
"If You Don't, Don't" by Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is a totally underrated band in the first place, and this is probably my favorite song of theirs. My favorite lines are, "If you don't don't know, Why'd you say so? Would you mean this please if it happens? If you don't know, Why would you say so? Won't you get your story straight? If you don't know, Honey, Why'd you just say so? Cause I need this now more than I ever did, If you don't, well, Honey, You don't" Ahh, unrequited love. Like a knife in the heart.
I'm gonna go slit my wrists now. I'M KIDDING!
Until next time--
Jenna
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