Breakups are a specific and heartbreaking kind of pain that nothing else can really compare to. A lot of times they leave you wondering what you did wrong. It can be really difficult to realize your worth when the one person who loved with all you had did not love you the same way.
After a breakup, it’s okay to listen to sad music and cry, but there comes a point when you need to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and continue living your life. It's easy to let a breakup knock you down, but you can’t let it.
Here are 17 of the most empowering breakup songs:
1. "Go To Hell" by Go Radio
Best lyrics:
“Go to hell if you’re reading this and I’m not here / Take your someone else and let me make this crystal clear that, / That I don’t need your help and I’m okay by myself”
“Cause I would bet my favorite things I ever owned / That you would leave and I’d be missing you like hell / But I won’t”
2. "Interlude: Moving On" by Paramore
Best lyric:
“Well I could be angry, but you’re not worth a fight / And besides I’m moving on / I’ve counted to ten and I’m feeling all right
3. "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye
Best lyrics:
“Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over / But had me believing it was always something that I’d done / But I don’t wanna live that way”
“And I don’t even need your love”
4. "So What" by P!nk
Best lyric:
“I don’t need you / And guess what / I’m having more fun / And now that we’re done / I’m gonna show you tonight / I’m alright, I’m just fine”
5. "Charlie Black" by Modern Baseball
Best lyric:
“Wait a minute, cause I’ve been living / more like a f///ing king without you”
6. "Really Don't Care" by Demi Lovato
Best lyric:
“But even if the stars and moon collide / I never want you back into my life / You can take your words and all your lies / I really don’t care”
7. "The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver" by All Time Low
Best lyric:
“I’m sick and tired of false devotion / Devote yourself to moving on”
8. "Goodbye" by Russ
Best lyric:
“And if I’m the king and you the queen / Then why you acting like a peasant?”
9. "The Best Thing" by We Are The In Crowd
Best lyrics:
“I won’t settle, settle, settle, / You are never gonna hold me down / So toxic, you ain’t nothing but a prick / I’m the best thing that never happened to you”
“Don’t you get sick of hearing your own voice? / Talk like you’re so damn tough but you’re just a little boy”
10. "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson
Best lyric:
“But since you been gone / I can breathe for the first time / I’m so moving on”
11. "Au Revoir" by The Front Bottoms
Best lyric:
“If you wanna leave / Why don’t you go?”
12. "Potential Breakup Song" by Aly and AJ
Best lyric:
The type of guy who doesn’t see what he has until she leaves / Don’t let me go / Cause without me, you know you’re lost; wise up now or pay the cost”
13. "Seventy Times 7" by Brand New
Best lyric:
“Cause I’ve seen more spine in a jellyfish / I’ve seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids”
14. "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects
Best lyric:
“You can take back your memories / They’re no good to me”
15. "Bulletproof" by La Roux
Best lyric:
“I’m having fun; don’t put me down / I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet / I won’t let you in again”
16. "Love Drunk" by Boys Like Girls
Best lyrics:
“All the time I wasted on you / All the bullshit you put me through / I’m checking into rehab cause everything that we had / Didn’t mean a thing to you”
“I used to be love drunk / but now I’m hungover / I’ll love you forever / Forever is over”
17. "I Can Do Better" by Avril Lavigne
Best lyric:
“I found myself again / That’s why / You’re gone / I can do better”
