Songs about breaking up and moving on

Ugly Kid Joe - Everything about you

But my personal favourite is, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

I'm gettin' on the bus, Guss. Don't need to discuss much.

Robbie Williams - Sexed Up

Has some very apt lyrics -

Screw you I didn't like your taste
Anyway, I chose you
Let's all gone to wasted Saturday
I'll go out and find another you

EDIT, although I always hear the lyrics like this -

Screw you I didn't like your taste anyway,
I chose you and thats all gone to waste
Its Saturday
I'll go out and find another you.

Lara Fabian - Givin' up on you

Oasis Married With Children

There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye I'm going home

I hate the way that even though you
Know you're wrong you say you're right
I hate the books you read and all your friends
Your music's shite it keeps me up all night

There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye I'm going home

I hate the way that you are so sarcastic
And you're not very bright
You think that everything you've done's fantastic
Your music's shite it keeps me up all night

And it will be nice to be alone
For a week or two
But I know that I will be
Right back here with you

There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye I'm going home

I hate the way that even though you
Know you're wrong you say you're right
I hate the books you read and all your friends
Your music's shite it keeps me up all night

(If You Don't Wanna Fuck Me, Baby) Fuck Off - Wayne County & The Electric Chairs

Irreplaceable - Beyoncé


Me, Myself and I - Beyoncé


It's Not Right, But It's Okay - Whitney Houston

So who do you want to send this song Saint - whats the story behind this Topic posting? Some french ponce?
I did want to warn you that they all have herpes – hope you didn’t find out the hard way,

Strange by Joan Armatrading

How everything feels so strange
Since you walked out on me

I should be feeling blue
I should be feeling sad
But strange
So strange
I'm not crying over you

Strange how this place
Once too small
no room to breathe
Now overpowers me

Now I'm free to choose
I only see the walls
Closing in on me
So strange
So strange
I'm not missing you

When I was a girl
I dreamed about you
And for a while
You made my life a dream
But now it's all over
And it all seems so

Strange
How the real stories end
No happy ever after
No beginning again

Strange
So strange
So strange
I'm not missing you

_{Although it's so fucking melancholy it's hardly movin' on, kiss my arse stuff}

Not a song but a poem: John Cooper Clarke - TWAT.

"Speaking as an outsider, what do you think of the human race? "

Flowers on the wall

This song is genius. The contrast between the joyful music and content is amazing

Battalionboy, are you trying to get on my bad side? Careful boy. Some people have gone there and they can tell you it's not a nice place to be

settle, petal.

I'm still standing

If you really wanna go hardcore

Bob Dylan: "Don't think twice, it's alright".

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you dont know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It'll never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right

I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
Now I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

"Piss Up A Rope" - Ween

My dinners on fire while she watches tv
And if youve ever wondered what its like to be me
She takes all my money and leaves me no smokes
Yells at my buddies and insults my folks
Im breakin my back doin the best that I can
Shes got time for the dog and none for her man
And Im no dope, but I cant cope
So hit the fuckin road and piss up a rope

You can piss up a rope
And you can put on your shoes, hit the road get truckin
Pack your bag, I dont need the ag
On your knees you big, booty bitch start suckin
You ride my ass like a horse in a saddle
Now youre up shits creek with a turd for a paddle
And I cant cope -- piss up a rope

Uh, you can piss up a rope and feel the pissy dribble
You can piss up a rope and watch me giggle
For the last 6 months I been packin your bag
You can wash my balls with a warm, wet rag
Till my balls feel smooth and soft like silk
Im sick of your mouth and your 2 percent milk
And Im no dope, but Ive lost all hope
So hit the fuckin road and piss up a rope

You can piss up a rope
And you can put on your shoes, hit the road get truckin
Pack your bag, I dont need the ag
On your knees you big, booty bitch start suckin
You ride my ass like a horse in a saddle
Now youre up shits creek with a turd for a paddle
And I cant cope -- piss up a rope

Live video

F**k it (I don't want you back) - Eamon

Lyrics here

Once again:

You're Moving Out Today - Carol Bayer Sager

Pack up your dirty looks
Your songs that have no hooks
Your stacks of Modern Screen
Your portrait of the Queen

Your mangy cat away
Your baby fat away
You're headed that-a-way
You're moving out today

Matchbox Twenty - Last Beautiful Girl


Crash Test Dummies - I Think I'll Disappear Now

Another Bob Dylan song - Positively 4th Street

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

Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight

I've given up on social niceties
I threw 'em out when I threw out your keys
Along with all your records I can't stand
You never even listen to any one of them
You're never gonna drag me out again
With all the people that were never ever even your friends
So here it is - your final lullaby

Goodnight, goodnight
You're embarrassing me
You're embarrassing you
So goodnight, goodnight
Walk away from the door
Walk away from my life
So goodnight

Imogen Heap - "Hide and Seek"

Mmmm whacha say,
Mmmm that you only meant well?
well of course you did
Mmmm whacha say,
Mmmm that its all for the best?
of course it is
Mmmm whacha say?
Mmmm that it's just what we need
you decided this
Mmmm whacha say?
Mmmm what did she say?

ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs
speak no feeling no i don't believe you
you don't care a bit,
you don't care a bit

Woman, by the Anti-Nowhere League:

"Woman"

Woman
I'm in love in you
My love is deep
My love is true
To you, woman, I'm in love

Your hair's so soft
Your eyes are blue
Your skin is warm
And I'll be true to you
Woman, I'm in love with you

You came to me in a dream, I'm sure
You gave your love, you gave much more to me
Woman
Will you marry me?

Do you take this woman
To be your lawful wedded wife
To love and to cherish
And in sickness and in health
Till death do you part?
I do.

Till death us do part [6x]

What's that you just said to me
You didn't love me like this yesterday
Woman
I don't understand

And what's that you did say to me
I guess this love is just more to me
Woman
You're annoying me

Yeah, you're sitting on your arse in your dirty clothes
You're looking a mess, you're picking your nose
Woman
You're a fucking mess

Your tits are big but your brains are small
Sometimes I wonder you got any brains at all
Woman
Ah stuff yourself

Well fuck you, fuck you
Don't you tell me what to do
Woman
Ah fuck off

I've got my deed, I've married you
What did I do to deserve you?
Woman
Why me?

Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
I hate you

The song I was thinking of.

Justin Timberlake - What goes around comes back around

Song for the Dumped - ben folds 5

So you wanted
To take a break
Slow it down some
And have some space
Well f*ck you too

Give me my money back
Give me my money back
Give me my money back
You bitch
I want my money back
I want my money back
And don't forget
To give me back my black T-shirt

Holmes Brothers Close the Door
"I can't stand your conversation / Brings out the worst in me..."

All my Ex's live in Texas and that is why I live in Tennessee!

A touching break up song very popular in France:
"Je ne te pardonnerai jamais pour donner moi l'herpès" by Johnny Hallyday.

Gloria Gaynor - "I will survive":

At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along

And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave the key
If I'd have known for just one second you'd be back to bother me

Go on now, go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no not I
I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give, and I'll survive
I will survive
Hey hey

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 my self
I used to cry
But 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
Well now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving me

Go on now, go
Walk out that door,
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no not I
I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give, and I'll survive
I will survive

This is a really old one (a bit embarrassing too) but it sure helped me through my first big break up!

You Left It Up To Me

When I let you go, I cursed myself with empty hands.
Strong enough to watch you walk, but not enough to understand.
With spiteful eyes you burn for my grace.
I was trying to stand outside of this, you were trying to save face.

You can say that I don't care, I don't care.
You can hope that we still have something left to share.
Just between you, baby and me
There's nothing there.

I finally found someone that I can hold.
You ask me to defend myself, as if I shouldn't be so bold.
Get that look off of your face.
I don't have the time, you don't have the place.

You can say that I don't care, I don't care.
you can hope that we still have something left to share.
Just between you, baby and me
There's nothing there.

What are you gonna do? I can't salvage any truth for you.
Everybody else already knows and it hurts you to realize
so leave well enough, enough alone.

You don't need my hands to help you understand,
you don't need to hear my voice (you have no choice).

So don't be throwing stones, the closer we get, the harder they come.
Even if you're feeling alone, don't come home.
When it was up to you
You left it up to me.

_Indigo Girls_

Gabrielle - "Rise"

Bob Dylan, If You See Her, Say Hello

If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier
She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear
Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow
She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so.

We had a falling-out, like lovers often will
And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill
And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart
She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.

If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
I always have respected her for busting out and gettin' free
Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way
Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay.

I see a lot of people as I make the rounds
And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town
And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.

Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.

but this one is about dumping someone!!! a bit off topic

To me it's a break up song...ex is trying to save face, wanting to get back etc, and she's telling her, nope dudess, you've had your chance, but when it was up to you, you left it up to me!

EAMON LYRICS

"Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"

Whoa oh oh
Ooh hooh
No No No

[Verse 1:]
See, I dont know why I liked you so much
I gave you all, of my trust
I told you, I loved you, now thats all down the drain
Ya put me through pain, I wanna let u know how I feel

[Chorus:]
Fuck what I said it dont mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you hoe, I dont want you back

Fuck what I said it dont mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you hoe, I dont want you back

[Verse 2:]
You thought, you could
Keep this shit from me, yeah
Ya burnt bitch, I heard the story
Ya played me, ya even gave him head
Now ya askin for me back
Ya just another act, look elsewhere
Cuz ya done with me

Fuck what I said it dont mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you hoe, I dont want you back

Fuck what I said it dont mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you hoe, I dont want you back

Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
Oh oh
Uh huh yeah

Ya questioned, did I care
You could ask anyone, I even said
Ya were my great one
Now its, over, but I do admit I'm sad.
It hurts real bad, I cant sweat that, cuz I loved a hoe

Fuck what I said it dont mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you hoe, I dont want you back

Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
Oh oh
Uh huh yeah
[Until the end]

Attention: I copy these ebonic lyrics from the internet, please keep that in mind, but I do love that song.

Is this what all blacks sing during their haka?

I wouldn't know I am not black.

David Gray's Shine from his albums before he went all pop is probably the best break up song ive ever heard. An opinion possibly tainted as the first time i heard it, and indeed him, was about a week after a break up

Lovely story in this month's Mojo magazine on this quainy ditty. It was the first record Jools Holland ever played on, but he only recorded the backing track and didn't hang around to hear the vocals being put down. He was sent a white label copy which merely said "Wayne County + Jools". He gathered his family around the record player. The first line, repeated by Mr. Sin above, set the tone. As the record draws to a close, it doubles in tempo and Wayne just bellows "Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off." His family, as families do, pretended to ignore the lyrics and chimed in with "Oh, well done! Isn't he clever, He's on a record. Isn't that good?!". Wonderful.

Phish - Lengthwise

When you're there, I sleep lengthwise
And when you're gone
I sleep diagonal in my bed

Not quite moving on but a very beautiful breaking up song.

Kate Bush - You're the one

It's alright I'll come
'round when you're not
in
And I'll pick up all my things
Everything I have Ibought with you
But that's alright too
It's just everything I do
We did together
And there's a little piece of you
In whatever
I've got everything I need
I've got petrol in the car
I've got some money with me
There's just one problem
CHORUS
You're the only one I want
You're the only one I want
You're the only one I want
You're the only one I want
It's alright I know where I'm going
I'm going to stay with my friend
Mmm, yes, he is very good looking
The only trouble is
He's not you
He can't do what you do
He can't make me laugh and cry
At the same time
Let's change things
Let's danger it up
We're crazy enough
I just can't take it
CHORUS

I know where I'm going
But I don't want to leave
I just have one problem
We're best friends yeah?
We tied ourselves in knots
Doing cartwheels 'cross the floor
Just forget it alright
Sugar?
Honey?
Sugar?

Another truly great song. This is one of the most moving songs I have heard.

Cindi Lauper - Unhook the stars

Just when everything's in order and good, things fall apart
Just when life should be resolving I'm back at the beginning,
And it comes back to the heart ...
I'm not really sad ... I'm not running, I'm looking ...
Did I tell you I've saved all your letters and cards ...
There's just nothing left for me to do here but unhook the stars ...

Do you remember when I told you all that I could and it seemed like too much ...
Well I was living your life hoping you'd never fall ...
If I held on tight enough ...
And letting go now is like a passport to anywhere ...
With time on my hands I can make a new start ...
I just didn't want to stay here and unhook the stars
I just didn't want to stay here and unhook the stars

Don't worry for me it's just I'm inspired
Waiting in the wings made me drunk with possibility
It rivals my memories ..

Always had a soft spot for this one.

You Weren't In Love With Me - Billy Field

Broken Bow- Lara Fabian

I love u goodbye( forgot the artist)

Till my heartache ends -Lani Misalucha

The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon Is Over

Well you can’t sleep in my bed no more
Well you can’t ride in my car
I won’t let you cook for me baby
It’s never gonna get that far

Gonna send you back to wherever the hell
It was you came
Then I’m gonna get this tattoo
Changed to another girls name

This just ain’t fun no more
Don’t know what to say
The honeymoon is over baby
It’s never gonna be that way again

Well you can’t borrow my shirts no more
You can’t make love to me
This ain’t gonna be your gig no more
Ain’t the way it’s gonna be
I should have left you baby
Back in that last town
Cause the kinda fool you made me girl
I’ll never live it down

The Stranglers version of Walk On By is one of my favourites.

@bucket06. I just played 30 seconds of that clip. I have no idea who that fellah is, but I do know that if he appeared on ANY TV talent show in the world he would be laughed out the door. With a singing voice like that I don't think he would make the regional Latvian qualifications rounds for Eurovision.

Umhm, this one hits me...

"All Good Things (Come To An End)"

Honestly what will become of me
don't like reality
It's way too clear to me
But really life is dandy
We are what we don't see
Missed everything daydreaming

[Chorus:]
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to end?
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to an end?

Traveling I only stop at exits
Wondering if I'll stay
Young and restless
Living this way I stress less
I want to pull away when the dream dies
The pain sets it and I don't cry
I only feel gravity and I wonder why

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to end?
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to an end?

Well the dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon so that they could
Dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon so that they could
Die die die die die

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to end?
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to an end?

Well the dogs were barking at a new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon
And the sun was wondering if it should stay away for a day 'til the feeling went away
And the sky was falling on the clouds were dropping and
the rain forgot how to bring salvation
the dogs were barking at the new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon so that they could die.

when I first heard this song i'd just split up with my girlfriend, who was called myriam, and it almost sounded like he was singing that instead of 'marianne' - and wierdly the rest of the words were spot on too.

Leonard Cohen - so long marianne

Come over to the window, my little darling,
I'd like to try to read your palm.
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Well you know that I love to live with you,
But you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angels
And then the angels forget to pray for us.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

We met when we were almost young
Deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
As we went kneeling through the dark.

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Your letters they all say that you're beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

For now I need your hidden love.
I'm cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you've gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
To wash my eyelids in the rain

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

This song is from a rather pitiful point of view, but one I always think of...

You Have Killed Me- Morrissey

Pasolini is me
'Accattone' you'll be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
'Til you came with the key
And you did your best but

As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me

Piazza Cavour, what's my life for?

Visconti is me
Magnani you'll never be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
'Til you came with the key
And you did your best but

As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes, I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me

Who am I that I come to be here...?

As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me

And there is no point saying this again
there is no point saying this again
But I forgive you, I forgive you
Always I do forgive you.

guns n roses
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I had to put her
Six feet under
And I can still hear her complain

I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I knew I miss her
So I had to keep her
She's buried right in my back yard

I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
She bitched so much
She drove me nuts
And now I'm happier this way

I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I had to put her
Six feet under
And I can still hear her complain

Chorus

The Saw Doctors, "I Useta Lover". Watch the video and enjoy this very consoling song.

I have fallen for another she can make her own way home
And even if she asked me now I’d let her go alone
I useta see her up the chapel when she went to Sunday mass
And when she’d go up to receive, I’d kneel down there
And watch her pass
The glory of her ass

Chorus:
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long, long time ago
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long long time ago
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone

D’you remember her collecting for concern on Christmas eve
She was on a forty eight hour fast just water and black tea
I walked right up and made an ostentatious
Contribution
And I winked at her to tell her I’d seduce her in the future
When she’s feelin looser

So now you know the truth of it she’s no longer my obsession
Though the thoughts and dreams i had of her would take six months in confession
See i met this young one Thursday night and she’s inta free expression
And her mission is to rid the world of this sinful repression
Then we had a session

It’s gone , long , long gone
I have fallen for another and she can make her own way home