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Top 13 Songs to Listen to After a Breakup

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Susqu chapter.

It’s pretty much inevitable that everyone will experience a breakup at some point in their life. Sometimes all you want to do after that is to listen to music that helps you feel less alone. That is why I’ve made a list of my top 13 songs to listen to after a breakup and two lines from the song that will really put you in your feels.

 

1. Lose You to Love Me – Selena Gomez

“I needed to lose you to find me” 

“I needed to hate you to love me”

 

2. I Don’t Wanna Love You Anymore – LANY

“The only way to get past this feelin’ it to tell myself you’re not comin’ back”

“I can’t forget the way it felt when you walked out the door so I don’t wanna love you anymore”

 

3. Lose My Mind – Dean Lewis

“Cause I only lose my mind when I ain’t got you”

“Because I tried to hold on tight to make you mine, but lost each time”

 

4. Goodbyes – Post Malone

“We’re both acting insane, but too stubborn to change”

“I want you out of my head”

 

5. Out of Love – Alessia Cara

“There’s not a thing I could say, not a song I could sing for your mind to change”

“I won’t ask you to stay, but let me ask one thing, oh when did you fall out of love?”

 

6. Someone New – Banks

“Baby be patient for me and please don’t fall in love with someone new”

“I can love you desperately though your love ain’t guaranteed”

 

7. All I Ask – Adele

“It matters how this ends ‘cause what if I never love again?”

“And since you’re the only one that mattered tell me who do I run to?”

 

8. Something’s Gotta Give – Camila Cabello

“But all I do is give and all you do is take”

“Know you’re lying when you’re lying next to me”

 

9. I Heard Goodbye – Dan + Shay

“When you said you needed time I heard goodbye”

“I could tell by the way you kissed my lips that day there was somethin’ missin’, somethin’ not the same”

 

10. Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi

“I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain”

“I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug, I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved”

 

11. I Lost You – Dylan Scott

“Here I am, there you are, like two strangers in the dark”

“You wanted my love until you didn’t”

 

12. Break My Heart Again – Finneas

“You can’t help it if your mind has changed so go ahead and break my heart again”

“You were the one, but you were born to say goodbye”

 

13. Love in the Dark – Adele

Picking lines for this song is difficult because the whole song is absolutely perfect for a breakup. No one line could possibly do it justice. But if I must:

“Take your eyes off of me so I can leave. I’m far too ashamed to do it with you watching me”

“It feels like we’re oceans apart, there is so much space between us”

My name is Kelsey and I am a first year marketing major. I have always enjoyed writing, whether it be poetry, personal letters, narratives, or really anything else. I love sharing my story and helping others! I am a strong believer that being kind will take you far in life, and it is always good to bring out the joy in others. "You’re not a victim for sharing your story. You are a survivor setting the world on fire with your truth. And you never know who needs your light, your warmth and raging courage." - Alex Elle