Once in a while, I just need to sit and listen to music… it feeds my soul. Most times, I listen to sad songs about broken love because I’m already sad. It helps me, even though it seems counterproductive. And today, as every day, I’m exhausted and just want to throw something out there that doesn’t require a lot of effort.

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Here’s a new one I just landed on:

Lyrics:

You’re throwin’ love around
It’s losin’ its meanin’
You’re so deceivin’
Yeah, you had me feelin’ something
You had me so convinced
Yeah, you’re such a showman
And I should have known
But I didn’t notice

All I think about is
The best parts, how I’m lost without ’em
Was it real? ‘Cause I kinda doubt it
Oh
Distance from the moment
The worst parts come into focus
The spell is broken

I don’t miss you
I miss who I thought I knew
And I don’t miss us
I miss what I thought it was
It wasn’t love
You never cared
Yeah, you’re a stranger underneath the mask you wear
So I don’t miss you
I miss who I thought I knew

I needed you when I called
You never returned ’em
I feel like a burden
But you don’t care if I’m hurtin’
Fakin’ apologies
Playin’ the angel
But I know your angle
I need to be careful

Now there’s distance from the moment
The worst parts come into focus
The spell is broken

I don’t miss you
I miss who I thought I knew
And I don’t miss us
I miss what I thought this was
It wasn’t love
You never cared
Yeah, you’re a stranger underneath the mask you wear
So I don’t miss you
I miss who I thought I knew

All I think about is
Us singin’ and the way it sounded
Do you ever even think about it?
Do you ever even think about it!?
All I think about is
That stupid pinky promise
Was it real? ‘Cause my heart was poundin’
I’m just trying to forget about

You
And who I thought I knew
‘Cause I don’t miss us
I miss what I thought this was
It wasn’t love
You never cared
Yeah, you’re a stranger underneath the mask you wear
So I don’t miss you
I miss who I thought I knew

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And, here’s one I discovered years ago and is still a favorite (as is the artist, tbh):

Lyrics:

Maybe you don’t like talking too much about yourself
But you should’ve told me that you were thinkin’ ’bout someone else
You’re drunk at a party or maybe it’s just that your car broke down
Your phone’s been off for a couple months, so you’re calling me now

I know you, you’re like this
When shit don’t go your way you needed me to fix it
And like me, I did
But I ran out of every reason

Now suddenly you’re asking for it back
Could you tell me, where’d you get the nerve?
Yeah, you could say you miss all that we had
But I don’t really care how bad it hurts
When you broke me first
You broke me first

Took a while, was in denial when I first heard
That you moved on quicker than I could’ve ever, you know that hurt
Swear for a while I would stare at my phone just to see your name
But now that it’s there, I don’t really know what to say

I know you, you’re like this
When shit don’t go your way you needed me to fix it
And like me, I did
But I ran out of every reason

Now suddenly you’re asking for it back
Could you tell me, where’d you get the nerve?
Yeah, you could say you miss all that we had
But I don’t really care how bad it hurts
When you broke me first
You broke me first

What did you think would happen?
What did you think would happen?
I’ll never let you have it
What did you think would happen?

Now suddenly you’re asking for it back
Could you tell me, where’d you get the nerve?
Yeah, you could say you miss all that we had
But I don’t really care how bad it hurts
When you broke me first
You broke me first
(You broke me first)
You broke me first, oh

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And… one I recently shared to FB and tagged The Boyfriend in: (he didn’t listen to the song, either, so that’s cool 🙄)

Lyrics:

If I ever leave you baby, you can say I told you so
And if I ever hurt you, I hurt myself as well

Now, is that any way for a man to carry on?
Do you think I want my loved one gone?
Said I love you
More than you’ll ever know
More than you’ll ever know

Well, I wasn’t making too much money
You know where my paycheck went
I brought it all home to you baby
I never spent one red cent

Now, is that any way for a man to carry on?
Do you think I want my loved one gone?
Said I love you
More than you’ll ever know
More than you’ll ever know

Now I’m not trying to be
Towards any kind of man
I’m just trying to be somebody
That you can love, trust and understand
I know, I know, I know I can be
A part of you no one else could see
But I got to hear you say
I’ll got to hear you say
It’s alright

I’m only flesh and blood
But I can be anything that you demand
I can be king of everything
Or just a tiny grain of sand

Now, is that anyway for a man to carry on?
Do you think I want my loved one gone?
Said I love you
More than you’ll ever know

Oh
I no want nobody else
I no need nobody else
I love ya
More than you’ll ever know