We were foolish, you and I
But there’s no reason to cry
We put on a lovely show
But that’s all. I had to go..

Magnetic Fields- Smoke and Mirrors (selected by Ginny)

Magnetic Fields - Get Lost

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No one wants you and you wonder why?

Face To Face - Bikeage (selected by Foote)

Face to Face - Big Choice

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Lily Allen: When you first left me, I was wanting more..
But you were fucking that girl next door…
Wale: Who you talkin’ bout hoe?
Lily Allen: What did you do that for?
Wale: I’d un got right back.

Lily Allen feat. Wale - Smile (Mark Ronson remix) (selected by Frank)

Lily Allen - Alright, Still

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The note I wrote,
As she read, she said,
“Has the Perrier gone
Straight to my head?
Or is life sick and cruel, instead?”

The Smiths - I Won’t Share You (selected by nugget)

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I don’t hear from you no more, but I get the message.
You crashed your car through my front door, I pulled you from the wreckage.
You told me that you missed me, but you meant with the grill and the hood…..

Alkaline Trio - I’m Fatally Yours REMIX (selected by bootsy)

Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning

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No one has slaved over a lyric like Leonard Cohen. A true poet of a musician he started out as a published author and poet before recording his first album. A master of metaphor, I could listen to this song about 100 times after a break-up. However, that would mean I would need a girlfirend first… so maybe I’ll just listen while melancholy. The backup vocals during the chorus are amazing.

I’m standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone

Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (selected by Sydney C)

Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen

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OBV — rub that shit in her facez

Team 9 - The Money Song (selected by Hot Dog)

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You can almost see the memory montage through the awkward silence.

Clinic - Mary and Eddie (selected by Jillian)

Clinic - Do It!

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I was so tempted to post all 19 minutes of Isaac Haye’s “By the Time I get to Phoenix” or maybe “Love Hurts” by Nazareth. But instead, here’s a sweet song on the aftermath of a breakup, best heard with the volume up:

Jefferson Airplane- Coming Back to You (selected by nugget)

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

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And we’ll let the muffin readers make the last song choice in the comments…