I've always believed that it is true that "when words fail... music speaks." No matter the situation or feelings involved, music can bring light into a place of darkness. After going through a tough break-up, I relied on music to express the feelings that I couldn't put into words. Here are 23 songs, in no particular order, that I found to express every varying emotion that I felt followed by a small excerpt of lyrics.
"Only One" - Yellowcard
"Made my mistakes, let you down and I can't, I can't hold on for too long"If You Don't Know - 5 Seconds of Summer
"Cause I remember the taste of your skin tonight and the way that you looked, you had those eyes. I remember the way it felt inside and the names of the songs that made you cry."
All I Ask-Adele
"And since you're the only one that matters, tell me who do I run to?"
Even Now-Dashboard Confessional
"Even now I can see you smile. I can hear you hum. I can hear your sing and I always can find you again"
Stone Cold-Demi Lovato
"I was your amber, but now she's your shade of gold."
Drunk-Ed Sheeran
"What didn't kill me, it never made me stronger at all."
Missing You- Tyler Hilton (Originally by Dave Wilcox)
"There's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight"
The Mixed Tape-Jack's Mannequin
"Where are you now? As I'm swimming through the stereo, I'm writing you a symphony of sound."
Yesterday-The Beatles
"Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away now it looks as though they're here to stay."
Breathe Again- Sara Bareilles
"And my burden to bear is a love I can't carry anymore."
Scars- James Bay
"We grow apart, I watch you on the red horizon. Your lions heart will protect you under stormy skies and I will always be listening for your laughter and your tears."
rEaR vIeW- Zayn
"I'm tired of looking at myself in the rear view."
Somebody Else- The 1975
"Our love has gone cold. You're intertwining your soul with somebody else."
Chainsaw- Nick Jonas
"Keep finding things that you left on purpose...did you plan that your timing's perfect?"
Maybe You're Right- Miley Cyrus
"If you ever get to the place where the sun is shining everyday then I'll be on your mind."
You Could Be Happy- Snow Patrol
"And all the things that I wish I had not said are played in loops 'til it's madness in my head."
Ashes and Wine- A Fine Frenzy
"I'll drown in my tear storming sea. That would show you, that would make you hurt like me."
No Angel- Birdy
"Sometimes I wish we could be strangers so I didn't have to know your pain. But if I kept myself from danger, this emptiness would feel the same."
Colors- Halsey
"You were red and you liked me because I was blue. You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky and you decided purple just wasn't for you."
Tyrants- Catfish and the Bottlemen
"but your divine ribs would help break mine. We hit the ground."
Mixtape- Brand New
"When I say let's keep in touch, I really mean I wish that you'd grow up."
This Photograph is Proof- Taking Back Sunday
"Now I'm lying on the table with everything you said. Keep that in mind the way that it felt when the most I could do was to just blame myself."
The Scientist- Coldplay
"Questions of science, science and progress do not speak as loud as my heart."
