I have believed in a little something I like to call "Music Therapy" for a while now. I may have even posted about it long ago. The reason I'm posting about it today is because it's been my chosen form of therapy for the past few months. Some of you know I've recently gone through a really difficult break up. I was sincerely hoping to never experience a break up again but, sometimes things don't work out the way you'd like. Life is certainly full of surprises.
What exactly is this music therapy I speak of? Well, I make a play list of songs that are very applicable to my situation. The first one I made was entitled "Bitter Break Up Songs" and that was back in 2006. That was chalk full of really angry songs. This one isn't like that. It's full of sad songs and "coulda, woulda, shouldas" Some of you might think I'm crazy for listening to sad songs when I'm sad. Sure, they might make me more sad but, I don't always have the words to say what I'm feeling or the means to release my feelings. These songs help me do so. I wanted to share with you my recent play list I've entitled "Sad songs and waltzes" after a melancholy song from the band Cake
1. Turning Tables- Adele
2. Make it without you- Andrew Belle
3. I Still Ain't Over You- Augustana
4. Mix Tape- Brand New
5. It Will Rain- Bruno Mars
6. Jar of Hearts- Christina Perri
7. All This and Heaven Too- Florance + the Machine
8. Fix You- Glee cast ( don't knock it till you've heard it)
9. Carry You- Jimmy Eat World
10. If You Don't, Don't- Jimmy Eat World
11. Titanium- Madilyn Bailey (cover)
12. Like We Used To- A Rocket to the Moon
13. a whole bunch of different Taylor Swift songs including one on the new album called, All Too Well which it says I've listened to over 400x
14. Buried Myself Alive- The Used
15. The Kill- 30 Seconds to Mars
16. Suppose- Secondhand Serenade
17. You'll Think of Me- Keith Urban
18. Standard Lines- Dashboard Confessional
19. The Best Deceptions- Dashboard Confessional
20. Almost Lover- A Fine Frenzy
21. Nothing Better- The Postal Service
22. Straightjacket Feeling- All American Rejects
23. My Fault- Imagine Dragons
24. Skinny Love- Bon Iver
25. U.N.I- Ed Sheeran
26. Lego House- Ed Sheeran
Some of them are a little more angry than sad but, I have all sorts of emotions running through me on a daily basis.
some of my favorite lines from the songs are:
"maybe this thing was a masterpiece till you tore it all up, running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well"
or
"Is it my fault, we've been missing each other"
"yesterday was hell but, today I'm fine without you"
" you and I ended over you and I and we said goodbye but, you're the only one who knows I lied"
I'm happy to say that I don't listen to this album everyday but, when ever I'm feeling down and need to just be ok with being a bit sad, I listen to this. It really helps. Usually I'm jamming out to this in my car during my commute. That's my own personal space.
Don't worry, one of these days I'll be sharing with you a really happy play list and you'll all be disgusted at how sugary sweet all the songs will be.
But, for now, I just take things one day at a time and if I need a sad song in my life, well, this is my go to list.
Feel free to use these songs and maybe share with me a few of your own!
-KA
2 comments:
I have VOLUMES of break up mixes that I created when I was single. When my ex-fiancee broke up with me, my two go to songs were Apologize by One Republic and Stupid Boy by Keith Urban. (Have you heard Stupid Boy? I think you could TOTALLY relate to the lyrics.)
A great song to add: Therapy by Relient K. Actually that entire album is a great one... one of the artists almost wrote the entire thing after he and his fiance broke up and he went out into a place of solitude for a few days.
I can totally relate to this post... and one day you will be where you don't have to add breakup songs to the lists.
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