Top 10 Break-up songs:

Here are my top 10 break-up songs. I don't usually tend to use other artists words/lyrics in my own writing, but each one of these songs has proved significance at some time during my life so I thought I would share. I will say though that I am so truly grateful that I have moved on and now am able to hear these songs in a completely different way. No more tears to cry and no more darkness to blind, but I still love this music so dearly and it will always hold a very special place in my heart.

10) Gravel- Ani Difranco

"and maybe you can keep me
from ever being happy
but you're not going to stop me
from having fun
So let's go, before I change my mind
I'll leave the luggage of all your lies behind (One of the best.lyrics.ever!)
cuz I am bigger than everything that came before
you were never very kind
and you let me way down every time
but oh, what can I say, I adore you "



9) I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor

"It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me "

(Classic!)

8) Somebody More Like You- Nickle Creek

"I hope you finally find someone
Someone that you trust
And give him everything
I hope you meet someone your height
So you can see eye-to-eye
With someone as small as you"

(Shot Down! SO there!!)

7) Do You Sleep- Lisa Loeb

"you kick my foot under the table,
i kick you back;
i can't say i'm able to
stand for you or
fall for you ever again.
wish for a perfect setting?
wishing that i am letting you
take me where you want me (Forget it buddy.)
all over again?
you can't give yourself absolutely to someone else."

i don't know, and i don't care
if i ever will see you again.
i don't know, and i don't care
if i ever will be there." (Been there. Done that. Not turning back ever again.)

6) Monkeywrench- Foo Fighters

"One last thing before I quit
I never wanted any more than I could fit
Into my head I still remember every single word
You said and all the shit that somehow came along with it
Still there's one thing that comforts me since I was
Always caged and now I'm free"

(For those of you who know me well, you know that every time I hear this song I turn it up as loud as the stereo will go and scream at the top of my lungs...especially during this part. My favorite!)

5) Landed- Ben Folds

"Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
And I twisted it wrong just to make it right (So true. So true.)
Had to leave myself behind
I've been flying high all night
So come pick me up...I've landed

If you wrote me off I'd understand it
Because I've been on some other planet
So come pick me up... (And you were all waiting to pick me up...when I probably didn't deserve it at the time...thank you...)
I've landed" (And my feet are firm on the ground!)

4) Positively 4th Street- Bob Dylan

"I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be you

Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is
To see you" (Ahem...)

(As my mom would say, "This is the greatest put down song ever!" And I have to say I agree:)Love me some Dylan!)

3) Springstreet- Dar Williams

"This year April had a blizzard
Just to show she did not care
And the new dead leaves
They made the trees look like children with gray hair
But I'll push myself up through the dirt
And shake my petals free
I'm resolved to being born
And so resigned to bravery"

(I love love love any analogy that involves a tree. Dar Williams, you are the love of my life...except for Andrew of course:)

2) If It Weren't For You- Stacey Earle

"Oh where would I be if it weren't for you
I guess I'd have nothing so how could I lose
So from you I'll take nothing, no nothing at all
With nothing to stop me, it's right down the hall

I'll reach for the knob then I'll
walk through the door (And it was the best thing I ever did in my life.)
And I will feel nothing for you anymore
And if you see someone that you never knew
That's where I'd be if it weren't for you" (So I guess I do have something to thank you for....dumb-ass)

1) Taught Me Well- Alice Peacock

"You hate to be ignored
Or maybe you're just bored
So I opened up my mail and there's a note from you
You say you're checkin' in
To see how I have been
Hey I'm doing so much better if you'd like to know the truth
You taught me well
You were my teacher and I thank you
For the hell you put me through I'm very grateful
Cuz ' I finally really learned what was important
In my life
And I thank my lucky stars everyday I'm not your wife
You're selfishly absorbed
You're childish and a bore
And I used to hold the anger in my stomach like a fist
But in time it was quite clear
That only I was suffering here
And having gratitude for you was the way out of this
[Chorus]
You taught me well...that life is for living
It's not about taking, it's all about giving
You taught me well that sometimes what we
Want is staring us right in the face
And the power of forgiveness, the power of
Grace...of Grace"

(So I posted this whole song because it was like Ms. Peacock wrote it specifically for me. This song served as my theme for quite some time. And I will never forget the meaning it holds for me...)