These are the songs that I listened to ON REPEAT over and over again as I struggled to come to terms with "the break up". We're talking dark room, curtains drawn, head in pillow kind of listening...
Track/Artist
-Against all Odds/as performed by Mariah Carey
How can you just walk away from me/When all I can do is watch you leave/'Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain/And even shared the tears/You're the only one who really knew me at all
-The Great Pretender/The Platters
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender/Adrift in a world of my own/I play the game but to my real shame/
You've left me to dream all alone
-End of the Road/Boyz II Men
Although we've come/To the end of the road/Still I can't let go/Its unnatural/You belong to me/I belong to you
-Burn/Usher
When the feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to/But you know gotta let it go cuz the party ain't jumpin' like it used to/Even though this might bruise you/Let it burn/Deep down you know it's best for yourself but you/Hate the thought of [him] being with someone else/But you know that it's over/We knew it was through
-It Must Have Been Love/Roxette
It must have been love but its over now/It must have been good but I lost it somehow
-These Days/Rascal Flatts
I wake up and tear drops/They fall down like rain/I put on that old song we danced to and then/
I head off to my job/Guess not much has changed/Punch the clock/Head for home/Check the phone, just in case/Go to bed/Dream of you/That's what I'm doing these days
-Nobody Knows/Babyface
The nights are lonely/The days are so sad/I just keep thinkin' about the love that we had/And I'm missing you/And nobody knows it but me
-Crazy/K-Ci and JoJo
If you really love me then why are you leavin me/I can't think, think about this crazy day/I lose sleep just to daydream about you baby
-Love Song/The Cure
However far away,I will always love you/However long I stay, I will always love you/Whatever words I say, I will always love you
-Goodbye Time/Blake Shelton
If we had known our love would come to this/We could have saved our hearts the hurt of wasted years/Well it's been fun - what else can I say/If the feeling's gone words won't stop you anyway
-Breakeven/The Script
What am I gonna do/When the best part of me was always you/And what am I supposed to say/When I'm all choked up and you're okay
-Landslide/Fleetwood Mac
Well I've been afraid of changing/'Cause I built my life around you/But time makes you bolder/Children get older/I'm getting older too
-I Still Believe/Mariah Carey
If we believe that true love never has to end/Then we must know that we will love again
-You Were Meant For Me/Jewel
I go 'bout my business I'm doing fine/Besides what would I say if I had you on the line/Same old story, not much to say/Hearts are broken everyday
-All Cried Out/Allure
I gave you my love in vain/My body never knew such pleasure/My heart never knew such pain/And you have left me so confused/Now I'm all cried out over you
-Breathe/ Taylor Swift
People are people and sometimes we change our minds/But its killing me to see you go after all this time
-Goodbye to You/Michelle Branch
Goodbye to you/Goodbye to everything I thought I knew/You were the one I loved/The one thing that I tried to hold onto
-I'd be Better Off/Doug Stone
I think I'd rather die/And go to hell and face the devil/Than to lie here, with you and [her] together on my mind
-Already Gone/Kelly Clarkson
Remember all the things we wanted/Now all our memories, they're haunted/We were always meant to say goodbye
-We Belong Together/Mariah Carey
I'm trying to keep it together/But I'm falling apart/I'm feeling all out of my element/I'm throwing things/Crying/Trying to figure out
-Let me Let Go/Faith Hill
I thought it was over baby/We said our goodbyes/But I can't go a day without your face/Goin' through my mind/In fact not a single minute/Passes without you in it/Your voice, you touch, memories of our love/Are with me all of the time
-Breathe Again/Toni Braxton
And I can't get you outta my head/And I know I can't pretend/That I won't die if you decide/You won't see me again
-It's so Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday/Boyz II Men
How do I say goodbye to what we had/The good times that made us laugh/Outweigh the bad
-Not a Day Goes By/Lonestar
I still wait by the phone/In the middle of the night/Thinking you might call/If your dreams don't turn out right/And it still amazes me/That I lie here in the dark/Wishing you were next to me/With your head against my heart
-I Don't Wanna Cry/Mariah Carey
Nothing in the world can take us back/To where we used to be/Though I've given you my heart and soul/I must find a way of letting go
-I Stay in Love/Mariah Carey
We said let go bit I kept hanging on/Inside I know its over, you're really gone/It's killing me cause there ain't nothing that I can do/Baby, I stay in love with you
-Forever/Mariah Carey
As long as I shall live/I'll hold you hear/And I will reminisce/Of our love all through the years
-I Will Always Love You/as performed by Whitney Houston
If I should stay/I would only be in your way/So I'll go, but I know/I'll think of you every step of the way
-Here Without You/3 Doors Down
I'm here without you baby/But you're still on my lonely mind/I think about you baby/And I dream about you all the time
-I Told You So/Randy Travis
If I got down on my knees and told you I was yours forever/Would you get down on yours too and take my hand/Would we get that old time feelin'/Would we laugh and talk for hours/The way we did when our love first began
-Who Knew/Pink
I wish I could touch you again/I wish I could still call you a friend/I'd give anything
-Here Comes Goodbye/Rascal Flatts
One day I thought I'd see her with her daddy by her side/And violins would play 'Here Comes the Bride'
-Not as We/Alanis Morissette
Day one, day one, start over again/step one, step one/I'm barely making sense for now/I'm faking it, I'm pseudo-making it/From scratch being again, but this time I as I/And not as we
-All By Myself/as performed by Celine Dion
Hard to be sure/Sometimes I feel so insecure/And love's so distant and obscure/Remains the cure
-Without You/as performed by Mariah Carey
No I can't forget tomorrow/When I think of all my sorrow/When I had you there/But then I let you go
-Don't Forget About Us/Mariah Carey
I'm just speaking from experience/Nothing can compare to your first true love/So I hope this will remind you/When its for real, its forever/ So don't forget about us
-Happy Ending/Avril Lavigne
You were everything, everything that I wanted/We were meant to be, supposed to be/But we lost it
-Heartless/Kanye West
Wait a couple months then you gon' see/You'll never find nobody better than me
-Like We Never Loved at All/Faith Hill
You, I hear your doin' fine/Seems like you're doing well, as far as I can tell/Time is leaving us behind/Another week has passed, and still I haven't laughed yet
-Cry/Faith Hill
Could you cry a little/Die just a little/Tell me you're feeling a little more pain/I gave, now I'm wanting something in return/So cry just a little for me
-Don't Toss Us Away/Patty Loveless
Well just think of all we've been through/The world we're building me and you/How could all those years be tossed away/In just one moment, in just one day
Whew!! That was intense. Just recollecting all of these songs and lyrics has got me misty-eyed. I've said it once and I'll say it again, Mariah Carey sings the soundtrack of my life! I've always loved her, but now her songs mean THAT much more. Of course Faith Hill and her country cohorts fill in the gaps that Mariah has left. There are only a few "angry" breakup songs, probably because I'm more of a sap than a revenge-seeker. Believe me I've planned some AWFUL, CRAZY, VENGEFUL things in my head with the intent of making Harrison suffer as much as I have, but I always remind myself that it would just push him further away.
I've been at this for almost 2 hours now. I'm glad I got it all out, though. I need to put these songs away for awhile and let my tear ducts relax for a bit.
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Boys II Men!!!!! Whatever happened to them? :)
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