We've all been there. Heartache, sadness, anger, spite, denial, loss of self-esteem. Break-ups suck, and the only thing that makes it better is TIME. Shit. A break-up is like a personal attack, any way you slice it, right? You're not wanted. You weren't chosen. You're alone.
Music helps, I promise. Some of my playlist:
Less Than Jake - "Great American Sharpshooter" - Hello Rockview (Capitol, 1996)
Unwritten Law - “Save Me” - Here’s to the Mourning (Lava, 2005)
Jimmy Eat World - "Gotta Be Somebody's Blues" - Chase This Light (Interscope, 2007)
From Good Homes - “Go Wild” (live from the Wellmont Theater, Morristown, NJ, 2010)
From Good Homes - “I am a Mess” (live from the Wellmont Theater, Morristown, NJ, 2010)
From Good Homes - “Drivin & Cryin’” (live from Community Theater, Morristown, NJ, 1996)
From Good Homes - “Relationships are Strange” (live from Community Theater, Morristown, NJ, 1996)
The Police - “So Lonely” - Outlandos d’Amour (A&M, 1978)
The Police - “The Bed’s Too Big Without You” - Regatta de Blanc (A&M, 1979)
Maroon 5 - “Makes Me Wonder” - It Won’t be Soon Before Long (A&M/Octane, 2007)
Alice in Chains - “Angry Chair” - Dirt (Columbia, 1992)
Radiohead - “Creep” - Pablo Honey (Parlophone/Capitol, 1993)
Radiohead - “Climbing Up the Walls” - OK Computer (Parlophone/Capitol, 1997)
Pearl Jam - “W.M.A.” - Vs. (Epic, 1993)
Grateful Dead - “Next Time You See Me” - Ladies and Gentlmen... The Grateful Dead: Live at the Fillmore East, NYC (Grateful Dead/Arista, 2000)
Linkin Park - “When They Come for Me” - A Thousand Suns (Warner Bros., 2010)
Incubus - “The Warmth” Make Yourself (Epic, 1999)
Florence + the Machine - "Heavy in Your Arms" - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Chop Shop/Atlantic, 2010)
Reel Big Fish - “Beer” - Turn The Radio Off (Mojo/Jive, 1996)
Amy Winehouse - “You Know I’m No Good” - Back to Black (Island, 2006)
Led Zeppelin - “Gallows Pole” - Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic, 1970)
Clowns for Progress - “Go Ask Charley” - Progress (Last Beat Records, 1999)
Anya Marina - “Satellite Heart” - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Chop Shop/Atlantic, 2009)
Thom Yorke - “Hearing Damage” - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Chop Shop/Atlantic, 2009)
Van Halen - “Hear About it Later” - Fair Warning (Warner Brothers, 1981)
Little People - “Eitheror” - Micky Mouse Operation (EMI Import, 2006)
Little People - “Start Shootin’” - Micky Mouse Operation (EMI Import, 2006)
These songs’ll get you from the sad bits (“Satellite Heart”, “The Bed’s Too Big Without You”, “Gotta Be Somebody’s Blues”) into the angry ones (“Great American Sharpshooter”, “Hear About it Later”, “Save Me”), with a few thrown in to make you feel better overall (“Eitheror”, “Beer”, “Go Wild”). Good luck, hang in there, and remember- there’s always someone out there who knows exactly how you feel.
