5 Songs to Help Through a Break-Up
Breaking up is hard to do, but nothing is more therapeutic than screaming, crying, and eventually smiling to artists and tracks that just get it.
Below, you will find the five steps of getting over heartbreak, and their respective songs.
Anger/Resentment Stage
(Ignorance by Paramore)
No one can express anger more clearly than Paramore firecracker and lead singer Hayley Williams in the track, "Ignorance."
With lyrics like, “If I’m a bad person/you don’t like me/then I guess I’ll make my own way/It’s a circle/a mean cycle/I can’t excite you anymore,” this song addresses the age old question of the dumped, why doesn’t he want to be with me anymore?
Well girls, it's because you're awesome, and he's ignorant.
Irrational Stage
(Note to Self by From First to Last)
The irrational side to our human psyche needs to feel like it was the one slighted by the relationship.
The band, First to Last allows these emotions to float freely with their song, “Note to Self."
You might want to be wary of lyrics that state: "I miss you terribly/This is what we call a tragedy/Come back to me.”
If you take them too seriously, you may end up a stalker.
Depression Stage
(Someone like You by Adele)
Oh sweet, sweet, depression. Adele has the impeccable ability to stop you in your tracks with the song, "Depression," a bluesy soul tune with tear jerking lyrics. You are left with nothing but the feeling that the one that “got away” is *gasp* happy now.
Worst. thought. ever.
Acceptance Stage
(Ridin’ Solo by Jason Derulo)
Jason Derulo, outside of touring with Lady Gaga, has so much swag that he doesn’t need anyone to endorse how awesome he is.
“Ridin’ Solo” is that song that you want to listen to when you look at your life and sort of realize, "Hey I am better without ‘em!"
Try Again?
(The Best of Me by The Starting Line)
There is an optimist in all of us that wants to consider taking another stab at relationships.
Maybe we were the dumper and not the dump-e, and “riding solo” wasn’t exactly what we had hoped that it would be, or maybe we realized that we did miss a good thing not that it's gone.
The Starting Line serenades a lost love with lyrics like, “Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone/The worst is over/You can have the best of me.”
Keep it loud
