Remember that “ughhhh-I’m-so misunderstood” feeling you had as you as you came home after every day of high school, slammed your door shut, and blasted music so you couldn’t hear the outside world? Or that anxiety you felt when you contemplated sneaking out for the first time when your parents said you couldn’t go to the after homecoming party?
Teenage angst: the feeling of anxiety, uncertainty, anger, and/or being misunderstood that one feels during their teenage years, validated or not.
1. I'm Not Okay (I Promise) – My Chemical Romance
“What will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems?
(I'm not okay)
I've told you time and time again you sing the words but don't know what it means
(I'm not okay)”
2. Perfect – Simple Plan
“Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
And do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I wanna do?
But it hurts when you disapprove all along”
3. Welcome To My Life – Simple Plan
“Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place,
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you?”
4. Fat Lip –Sum 41
“I don't want to waste my time
become another casualty of society.
I'll never fall in line
Become another victim of your conformity
And back down.”
5. Dark Blue – Jack’s Mannequin
“Dark blue (dark blue)
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you”
6. Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
“If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away”
7. All The Small Things – Blink-182
“Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know”
8. Check Yes Juliet – We The Kings
“Run, baby, run
Don't ever look back.
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance.
Don't sell your heart.
Don't say we're not meant to be.
Run, baby, run.
Forever we'll be
You and me.”
9. Kids in Love – Mayday Parade
“And you're still out of my reach
And you're still all of the things
That I want in my life
How could I ask you to leave me?”
10. Thnks fr th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy
“Been looking forward to the future
But my eyesight is going bad
And this crystal ball
Is always cloudy except for (except for)
When you look into the past (look into the past)”
11. Dirty Little Secret – The All-American Rejects
“Who has to know
When we live such fragile lives
It's the best way we survive
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you”
12. When You Were Young – The Killers
“You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save your from your old ways”
13. Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne
“Sorry girl but you missed out
Well tough luck that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends”
14. Diary of Jane – Breaking Benjamin
“Something's getting in the way
Something's just about to break
I will try to find my place
In the diary of Jane”
15. Remembering Sunday – All Time Low
“Even though she doesn't believe in love,
He's determined to call her bluff”
So, here's a cheers to getting through what were the roughest days of our lives and the songs that helped us do it.
