22 Ultimate Break-Up Songs

9. The Big Pink €“ Velvet

http://youtu.be/tymWpEU8wpM The contradictions of contradictions this one, or perhaps just realisation 'as I can see the end of what I've begun,' despite the fact that she's the 'best I'll ever have.' Yet, not looking for love, it's so hard to resist as the song states but through this turbulent confusion of love or emotion for partner, our protagonist comes to the empty conclusion that 'these arms of mine/don't mind who they hold/ so, should I just maybe leave love alone?' Even though she calls out the love she needs, he honestly says she won't find it in him; 'I won't go falling in love.'

8. Deftones feat. Jonah Matranga €“ No Ordinary Love

http://youtu.be/x1hwitltOQ4 Another cover, that in this case I will wholeheartedly confess surpasses the original. I may have said this before on this list, but my brain is scattershot with caffeine and sleepless nights. I can only repeat any repetitions but there are only so many ways you can describe a breakup and heartache (CTRL F breakup and heartbreak and heartbreak throughout this article). Some people are prone to find potential for an eventual happy ending after this song is over; like the confession, and the expression, was enough to save it. However, in my eyes lyrically, and my ears audibly, not so much; this is the last tether being held onto the lover that is leaving €“ pleading how much they've given to them, how much love they still have to give, how this is no ordinary love, begging to keep trying, but ultimately, they'll keep crying for them, they'll keep trying. Alongside the juxtaposition of melancholic and sexual instrumentation Chino Moreno's pained falsetto makes this what it is.
 
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