Songs for a broken heart

No worries, bloggie land, my heart remains intact.
However, broken hearts have been a topic of conversation in bloggie land as of late. One such conversations discussed the importance of having a good playlist during such events, as music can sometimes be such an important resting place when the mind is weary.

Lisa of her very own Lisa Show was the originator of this idea, and put together a pretty damn spectacular list. However, I spent such a substantial of a period of time responding to her post whilst going through my iPod that I decided it may be worth of a post of it's own.

Without further ago, here is my semi-comprehensive list of songs to nurse you threw heartbreak. Please notice the conspicuous absence of Alanis Morisette's "You Oughta Know", which was my #1 break-up song in adolescence.


Amy Millan- Baby I
Baby you turned a clear night sky into a dark, dark hole
And when I see a sunset now I'm just looking at a painting in a cheap motel.

Be Good Tanyas- In the Past

I was trying to wave to you but you wouldn't
Wave back
Now you know I understand you're with me only
In the past

Beck- Guess I'm Doing Fine
It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine

Ben Harper- Another Lonely Day
Yes indeed I'm alone again
And here comes emptiness crashing in

Damien Rice- Delicate (or pretty much every single one of his songs)
So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've known

David Ford- I Don't Care What You Call Me
Rain it on down,
What else can you throw at me?
I haven't heard before?

Feist- Let It Die
The saddest part of a broken heart
Isn't the ending so much as the start

Fiona Apple- O' Sailor
Everything I have to look forward to
Has a pretty painful and very imposing before

Frou Frou- Hear Me Out
I'm a slow motion accident
Lost in coffee rings and fingerprints
I don't wanna feel anything but I do
And it all comes back to you

Kathleen Edwards- Back To Me
A little depressed so far? This one is a nice confidence building interlude.
I've got ways to make you hear me
Just by whispering your name
I've got ways to make you think
You'll never be happy again
...
I've got ways to make you come back to me

Martha Wainwright- Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Bet you can guess the sentiments of this one!
And you have no idea
No idea how it feels to be on your own
In your own home
with the fucking phone
And the mother of gloom
In your bedroom
Standing over your head
With her hand in your head

Matt Costa- These Arms
The salt burns my skin
And your eyes were cold as the ocean
This is our day today
Can you find the way back to these arms

Norah Jones- In the Afternoon
I tried to quit you
But I'm too weak
Waking up without you I can hardly sleep at all

Ray LaMontagne- Empty
I never learned to count my blessings,
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters.

Tristan Prettyman- Breathe
Cause you're only taking inches
When I'm giving you miles
Did you maybe think that I wasn't worth your while?

Tori Amos- 1000 Oceans
I can't believe
I could keep you from flying
And I would cry
1000 more
If that's what it takes
To sail you home

What would you add to the list?

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A total aside...
I am about to conduct my first experiment of extending bloggie friendships to the real world. Tomorrow I am meeting that ever-so-charming Scottish blogger Ant.

I am excited and curious about what the day will bring. Ant is one of the folks I have known the longest since I began writing, and thus I feel as though I have at least some sense of him. I am intrigued to see what it will be like to interact with someone who knows some of my more innermost thoughts, but yet not my most basic of mannerisms.