Greatest Break Up Songs Ever

[Yunsung]

To Be Myself Completely
Belle and Sebastian

Well my heart has fallen down
Thought I'd talked myself around
But to be myself completely I've just got to let you down

Well I knew I'd say goodbye
Though it's not my time to cry
And forever and for no one I will let it all go by
And to be myself completely I've just got to say goodbye
Z-list star in a hundred grand garrett
The ladies say 'Hey baby, you've earned it!'
I'm not so sure,
I toured the land
You could call it work if you count the band
Still your voice calls out to me
Escort me to the harmony
I'm not sure what I will be
Find me in a bitter sweet hello

Well my heart has fallen down
Thought I'd talked myself around
Though we say goodbye and wonder
What's to know and who's to blame
But to be myself completely I will love you just the same

[stone, rose, unfound door]

It may seem silly but the only time I felt something when I broke up with someone was with my ex. Usually, I don't care at all and go on as though nothing happened. Anyway, I started listening to Three Days Grace's songs more and more as I thought about him ^^

I hate everything about you
Everytime we lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet

Every roommate kept awake
By every sigh and scream we make
All the feelings that I get
But I still don't miss you yet

Only when I stop to think about it

I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you

Every time we lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven’t missed you yet

Only when I stop to think about it

I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you

Only when I stop to think
About you, I know
Only when you stop to think
About me, do you know

I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
You hate everything about me
Why do you love me

I hate
You hate
I hate
You love me

I hate everything about you
Why do I love you

Since I didn't love him anymore, it felt okay

Gone forever
Don't know what's going on
Don't know what went wrong
Feels like a hundred years I
Still can't believe you're gone
So I'll stay up all night
With these bloodshot eyes
While these walls surround me with the story of our life

I feel so much better
Now that you're gone forever
I tell myself that I don't miss you at all
I'm not lying, denying that I feel so much better now
That you're gone forever

Now things are coming clear
And I don't need you here
And in this world around me
I'm glad you disappeared
So I'll stay out all night
Get drunk and fucking fight
Until the morning comes I'll
Forget about our life

I feel so much better
Now that you're gone forever
I tell myself that I don't miss you at all
I'm not lying, denying that I feel so much better now
That you're gone forever

First time you screamed at me
I should have made you leave
I should have known it could be so much better
I hope you're missing me
I hope I've made you see
That I'm gone forever

And now it's coming clear
That I don't need you here
And in this world around me
I'm glad you disappeared

I feel so much better
Now that you're gone forever
I tell myself that I don't miss you at all
I'm not lying, denying that I feel so much better now
That you're gone forever
And now you're gone forever
And now you're gone forever

[cozener]

Alice in Chains, Stay Away

Yeah, I want to travel south this year
Aaah, woah, woah
Wont prevent safe passage here

Why you act crazy
Not an act maybe
So close a lady
Shifty eyes shady

Yeah, hey yeah, tears that soak
A callous heart

Why you act frightened
I am enlightened
Your weakness builds me
So someday youll see

I stay away

Why you act crazy
Not an act maybe
So close a lady
Shifty eyes shady

I stay away



Ok...maybe not the best but it worked for me.

[Darkthoughts]

Nothing covers a break up like rock/metal bands

Without You ~ Motley Crue

[alinda]

MOODY BLUES - Your Wildest Dream lyrics
Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Reflected in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you
Think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

Once the world was new
Our bodies felt the morning dew
That greets the brand new day
We couldn't tear ourselves away
I wonder if you care
I wonder if you still remember
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays
And when the words are
Touched with sorrow
When the music plays
I hear the sound
I had to follow
Once upon a time
Once beneath the stars
The universe was ours
Love was all we knew
And all I knew was you
I wonder if you know
I wonder if you think about it
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays
And when the words are
Touched with sorrow
When the music plays
And when the music plays
I hear the sound
I had to follow
Once upon a time

Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Mirrored in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you
Think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams

[Adumbros]

Notorious B.I.G. ft. Lil' Kim, then still of the Junior M.A.F.I.A.~Another

whaddaya do when yo bitch is untrue
ya cut tha hooker off n find someone new
i need anotha bitch
(no-tha biiiiiiiiiiiiitch!)
in my life

uh huh
uh huh

i know 'e don't treat'choo like i treat'choo
time to e'splain the game is see-thru
sex is lethal
i ain't gon' lie
means to getcha back
i ain't gon' try
it's like this, y'all
my girl sucked another nigga dick y'all
light skinned with the chrome dime sick y'all
thought they was creepin'
trips to V-A ev'ry third weekend

[LadyHitchhiker]

Ooooooh are we doing mad rap now? Here's another one:

If you're havin' girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one

[Verse One]
I got the rap patrol on the gat patrol
Foes that wanna make sure my casket's closed
Rap critics they say he's "Money Cash Hoes"
I'm from the hood stupid, what type of facts are those
If you grew up with holes in ya zapatos
You'd be celebrating the minute you was havin' dough
I'm like fuck critics you can kiss my whole asshole
If you don't like my lyrics you can press fast forward
I got beef with radio if i don't play they show
They don't play my hits i don't give a shit SO
Rap mags try and use my black ass
So advertisers can give 'em more cash for ads, fuckers
I don't know what you take me as,
Or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has
I'm from rags to ritches niggas I ain't dumb
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one
Hit me

[Chorus]
99 problems but the bitch aint one
If you're havin' girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one
Hit me

[Verse Two]
The year's '94 and my trunk is raw
In my rear view mirror is the mother fuckin' law
I got two choices y'all pull over the car or (hmmm)
Bounce on the double put the pedal to the floor
Now I ain't tryin' to see no highway chase with Jay.
Plus i got a few dollars i can fight the case
So I...pull over to the side of the road
I heard "Son do you know why I'm stoppin' you for?"
Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low?
Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't know
Am I under arrest or should I guess some mo'?
"Well you was doin fifty-five in a fifty-fo' "
"Liscense and registration and step out of the car"
"Are you carryin' a weapon on you I know a lot of you are"
I ain't steppin out of shit all my paper's legit
"Well, do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?"
Well my glove compartment is locked so are the trunk in the back
And I know my rights so you gon' need a warrant for that
"Aren't you sharp as a tack, you some type of lawyer or something'?"
"Or somebody important or somethin'?"
Nah, I ain't pass the bar but i know a little bit
Enough that you won't illegally search my shit
"We'll see how smart you are when the K9 come"
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one
Hit me

[Chorus]
99 Problems but a bitch ain't one
if you havin girl problems
i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one hit me


99 Problems but a bitch ain't one
if you havin girl problems
i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one
Hit me

[Verse Three]
Now once upon a time not too long ago
A nigga like myself had to strong arm a hoe
This is not a hoe in the sense of havin a pussy
But a pussy havin no God Damn sense, try and push me
I tried to ignore him and talk to the Lord
Pray for him, cause some fools just love to perform
You know the type loud as a motor bike
But wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight
The only thing that's gonna happen is I'ma get to clappin
He and his boys gon be yappin to the captain
And there I go trapped in the kit kat again
Back through the system with the riff raff again
Fiends on the floor scratchin again
Paparatzi's with they cameras snappin them
D.A. tried to give the nigga shaft again
Half-a-mil for bail cause I'm African
All because this fool was harrasin' them
Tryin to play the boy like hes saccarin
But ain't nothin sweet 'bout how I hold my gun
I got 99 problems being a bitch ain't one.
Hit me

[Chorus X3]

You're crazy for this one Rick
It's your boy

[Adumbros]

Nine Inch Nails, Something I Can Never Have

I still recall the taste of your tears
echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears
my favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
scraping through my head til i don't wanna sleep anymore

you make it all go away
you make it all go away
i'm down to just one thing
and i'm starting to scare myself
you make it all go away
you make it all go away
i just want something
i just want something i can never have

you always were the one to show me how
back then i couldn't do the things that i can do now
this thing is slowly taking me apart
gray would be the color if i had a heart

[CHORUS]

in this place it seems like such a shame
though it all looks different now, i know it's still the same
everywhere i look, you're all i see
just a fading fucking reminder of who i used to be
come on and tell me!

[CHORUS]

[Brice]

Nine Inch Nails, Something I Can Never Have

I still recall the taste of your tears
echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears
my favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
scraping through my head til i don't wanna sleep anymore

you make it all go away
you make it all go away
i'm down to just one thing
and i'm starting to scare myself
you make it all go away
you make it all go away
i just want something
i just want something i can never have

you always were the one to show me how
back then i couldn't do the things that i can do now
this thing is slowly taking me apart
gray would be the color if i had a heart

[CHORUS]

in this place it seems like such a shame
though it all looks different now, i know it's still the same
everywhere i look, you're all i see
just a fading fucking reminder of who i used to be
come on and tell me!

[CHORUS]

That whole album's one big fuckin break up song.

[Adumbros]

don't i know it. but somehow i think SICNH is the best of the lot. maybe because it's so raw, whereas the rest of the album's almost like one of my own patented rants.

[alinda]

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bob Dylan
____

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin' through
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
Your empty handed armies, are all going home
Your lover who just walked out the door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start a new
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

[alinda]

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Led Zeppelin
_____

Babe, baby, baby, I'm Gonna Leave You.
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you.
I'll leave you when the summertime,
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along.

Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you,
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble.
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin',
We really got to ramble.
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do,
I can hear it callin' me back home!

Babe...I'm gonna leave you
Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you
Oh I can hear it callin 'me
I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?

I know I never never never gonna leave your babe
But I got to go away from this place,
I've got to quit you, yeah
Baby, ooh don't you hear it callin' me?
Woman, woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day baby, it's really gonna grow, yes it is.
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day.
Come what may, every day

It was really, really good.
You made me happy every single day.
But now... I've got to go away!

Baby, baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home...

[Adumbros]

Stain'd, Mudshovel

you take away
i feel the same

you take away
i feel the same
all the promises you made to me you made in vain
i lost myself inside your tainted smile again

'cause you can't feel my ANGER!
you can't fell my PAIN!
you can't feel my TORMENT driving me insane!
i can't fight these FEELINGS;
they will bring you pain!
you can't take AWAY!
make me whole again

I feel betrayed
stuck in your ways
and you rip me apart with the brutal things you say
i can't deal with this shit anymore, i just look away

[CHORUS]

Mudshovel
mudshovel
mudshovel
mudshovel

you take away
i feel the same
all these promises
you promised only pain
if you take away
and leave me with nothing again

[CHORUS]

you will feel my ANGER!
you will feel my PAIN!
you will feel my TORMENT driving you insane!
i can't fight these FEELINGS, they will bring you pain
you won't take AWAY
i'll be whole again

mudshovel
mudshovel
mudshovel
mudshovel

[LadyHitchhiker]

Bob Dylan's

Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right
She’s Your Lover Now
It Ain’t Me Babe
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
You’re A Big Girl Now
Positively 4th Street
Sara
Boots of Spanish Leather
Tight Connection To My Heart
Pledging My Time
Just like a woman

[flaggwalkstheline]

Dylan writes a breakupsong for every woman he's ever hooked up with

[LadyHitchhiker]

Let's hope not... I think he'd have more songs....

[flaggwalkstheline]

well maybe not for EVERY woman but every one of his albums has a breakup song for a different woman and theyre all awesome!

[LadyHitchhiker]

You're absolutely right! Bob Dylan is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!

[theyspunaweb]

(This is my favorite song)

"The Engine Driver" - The Decemberists

I'm an engine driver
On a long run, on a long run
Would I were beside her
She's a long one, such a long one

And if you don't love me, let me go
And if you don't love me, let me go

I'm a county lineman
On a high line, on a high line
So will be my grandson
There are powerlines in our bloodlines

And if you don't love me, let me go
And if you don't love me, let me go

And I am a writer, writer of fictions
I am the heart that you call home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones
My bones
My bones

I'm a moneylender
I have fortunes upon fortunes
Take my hand for tender
I am tortured, ever tortured

And if you don't love me, let me go
And if you don't love me, let me go

And I am a writer, writer of fictions
I am the heart that you call home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones
I am a writer, I am all that you have home
Home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones
My bones

[flaggwalkstheline]

my ex girlfriend was a big fan of sum41 and i associate this song with her

Moron

It's hard enough to even fake a smile
Disillusion - I'm in denial
There's something missing
'Cause I can't feel a thing
I'm desensitized!

You can fake this and
I can't take anymore
I'm numb, so dumb
I can't ignore..

You can fake this and
I can't take anymore
I'm numb, so dumb
I can't ignore.. anymore!

All this confusion is running
deep inside my head.
How long can I keep this up
Before I end up dead!?

I can't believe that it could come to this
It's only feelings though I can't resist
I'm falling deeper in denial but I still try to
Believe in something

You can fake this and
I can't take anymore
I'm numb, so dumb
I can't ignore..

You can fake this and
I can't take anymore
I'm numb, so dumb
I can't ignore.. anymore!

Anymore!
Anymore!
Anymore!

[Mad Man]

Sonata Arctica - Shamandalie

In good old times, remember my friend
Moon was so bright and so close to us, sometimes

We were still blind and deaf, what a bliss?
Painting the world of our own, for our own eyes, now?


"Can we ever have what we had then?
Friendship unbreakable
Love means nothing to me
Without blinking an eye
I'd fade, if so needed,
All those moments with you
If I had you beside me"

One cloudy day we both lost the game?
We drifted so far and away

Nothing is quite as cruel as a child
Sometimes we break the unbreakable, sometimes?


"And we'll never have what we had then
Friendship unbroken
Love means nothing to me
Without blinking an eye
I'd fade, if so needed,
All those moments with you
If I had you beside me now"

I was unable to cope with what you said
Sometimes we need to be cruel to be kind
Child that I was, could not see the reason
Feelings I had were but sham and a lie?

I have never forgotten your smile
Your eyes, oh, Shamandalie

Time went by, many memories died
I'm writing this down to ease my pain

You saw us always clearer than me
How we were never meant to be
Love denied meant the friendship would die
Now I have seen the light
These memories make me cry


"Can I ever have what I had then?
Friendship unbroken
Love means nothing to me
Without blinking an eye
I'd fade, if so needed,
All those moments with you
See the world with my wide open eyes


Friendship got broken
There's no other for me
Like the one of my childhood days
Can you forgive me?
Love got better off me,
On that one day back in old times

yup, almost the way it was

[Django]

Top of my head:

The best ever: Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"

Tom Waits: "Ruby's Arms", "If I Have To Go", "Blue Valentines"

Pearl Jam: Parting Ways
Đorđe Balašević: Naposletku

And you can always go with a little Shane MacGowan and the Popes: That Woman's Got Me Drinking

[LadyHitchhiker]

"Gives you Hell" by the All-American Rejects

My favorite lines are these:
"Truth be told I miss you /
And truth be told I'M LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"You don't Know" aka "Fuck off Song" by Reel Big Fish (the whole song's too great not to share)

Well, first of all, I'd like to say fuck off. (Fuck off.) Fuck off. (Fuck
off!!) If you don't get it, why dont you go shove your head back up your ass
and dont waste my time. I dont need your opinion. No. (Oh my god.)

Cause you dont know what it's like
You dont know what it's like
You dont know what it's like to be like me.
You dont know so keep your muouth shut.

Well this may come as kind of a surprise (Surprise.) Surprise. (Surprise!!)
I dont like you, and I dont care what you think about what I do. And most of
all, I dont need your opinion No. (Oh my god.)

You dont know what it's like
You dont know what it's like
You dont know what it's like to be like me.
You dont know so keep your mouth shut.

Well finally, thats the way it is. I like something you dont and you're
telling me it's shit. But it's a waste of time. We cant change our opinions.
(We dont wanna be.) (You know what else? Ah ha ha!)

I dont know what it's like.
I dont know what it's like.
I dont know what it's like to be like you.
I dont know so I keep my mouth . . .

[Myste]

Nothing covers a break up like rock/metal bands

Exactly

Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour

[LadyHitchhiker]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgfpJWUYgbg&feature=related&yt"]YouTube - You're Pitiful - "Weird Al" Yankovic[/ame]
Here's a GREAT one.