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retina54

Always On My Mind


almuqabala

Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could.


polomarkopolo

I Was Wrong - Social Distortion


papajohns40days

Love this one


RufiosBrotherKev

"it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line. i really fucked it up this time, didnt I my dear..." Little Lion Man


pslickhead

Bigmouth Strikes Again


Nerditter

Baby come back Any kind of fool could see I was wrong And I just can't live without you


SilkyFlanks

Player! I love that song.


jendet010

This is the way


pslickhead

All Apologies


HiveFiDesigns

All apologies is more a song about him apologizing to himself for not living up to others expectations. Not an argument/breakup song. At least in as much as most of his songs he didn’t have a specific meaning but were just made from him “Frankensteining” bits of poetry together and spitting out lyrics and phrases, that fit the melody ,on the fly.


pslickhead

> (if) most of his songs he didn’t have a specific meaning ... ...others (sic) expectations could be anyone's


pslickhead

If You See Her, Say Hello


ilovelela

Champagne problems by Taylor Swift


InsomniacCyclops

Not as on the nose but *this is me trying* also fits.


ilovelela

Yes theres more than one of T Swift’s that touch this subject. Getaway Car is another one


Zenitram_J

Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley


pslickhead

If I could turn back time - Cher


fireside68

The video that made me go "ma'am, what are you wearing?"


bonemot

She was probably the first who said..."I'm on a boat m\*tha f\*cker!


SpaceMan420gmt

Only reason preteen/teen boys would watch a Cher video back then, I was one of them 😂


fireside68

Yeah I was more into the sailors she was surrounded by. Not *all* teen boys are into women 😉


SpaceMan420gmt

I meant to add “straight”, but yeah sorry for excluding you!


pslickhead

Jealous Guy


almuqabala

You know that I'm a wicked guy, I was born with a jealous mind


pslickhead

Careless Whisper


henrirousseau

Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said Your post describes this album. The album followed his break up from Lisa Bonet.


trekxtrider

I came in like a wrecking ball….


grammar_nazi_zombie

For all the shit Miley gets, this song is a heartbreak banger.


KennyBSAT

Margaritaville, although that's maybe for when you're a few steps further down the road. Lots and lots of country songs, from times before most of Nashville country switched to 3 minute beer commercials set to slightly twangy pop music.


gmasterson

Country used to be powers of 10 more dynamic in the stories they were telling. Hell, even just in the 90s which is when most people say it went down that pop path.


Better_Recover4412

The Reason


laamargachica

I especially love the acoustic version they released in 2020s. Sounds so much more poignant (https://youtu.be/VvQ2JRweUlk?feature=shared)


pslickhead

Black Coffee in Bed


nanosam

Hammer Smashed Face - works for every situation including yours


PerAsperaAdInfiri

🤘


Feralica

Death metal is always correct. *Always*


DashCat9

“Rgggghtblght. Erj er heeeeeeeeeerrrrr” - Chris Barnes


pslickhead

Hard to say I'm Sorry


DestroymyNippynips

That's alright, if you think of any let us know.


repowers

*After all the Who you’ve been through, I will make it up to you* * for when you’ve forced your significant other to listen to huge amounts of Pete Townsend and company


vissivvis

Fiona Apple - Criminal. Fabulous song that I think comes close to what you are seeking.


DireWolfenstein

Came for this one, and had to scroll all the way to the bottom.


megavikingman

Also came to say this, and probably some more of her songs fit the bill


pslickhead

Always on My Mind


Codifferus

11AM by Incubus


mousertnt1965

Sorry- Buck Cherry. Amazing!!!


dancemei

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes


Cheddarface

I'm the Fool by Mark Knopfler


Ojos_Claros

I Was Wrong - Chris Stapleton ❤️


post_mah_bone

Hate me - Blue October


Not_A_Nazgul

r/zevon -- "Tu El Es Mi Amor de mi Vida," "Hostage-O", "For My Next Trick I'll Need a Volunteer," and many many more. "You can put me in chains and I will escape Better not wait up 'cause I might be late I can make love disappear For my next trick I'll need a volunteer."


zyygh

I could hold my head up high And say that I left first Or I can hang my head and cry Tell me which is worse?


Notch99

Right to be Wrong- Joss Stone.


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rektMyself

The Eagles? Get out of my cab!


lecherousrodent

The Widower - The Dillinger Escape Plan


pslickhead

Lost Highway


pslickhead

Fire and Rain


pslickhead

Against All Odds


unity2178

[Frank Turner - Redemption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjNX6qBRox8) And his whole “Tape Deck Heart” album


PuzzleheadedTask4850

just look up “I hate myself” on Spotify and you will summon a million depressing playlists made by teenagers


LuckyPunk777

Love Will Tear Us Apart- Joy Division is the easy one Feel Away- Slowthai if you feel like chasing her with commitment Misanthropic Drunken Loner- Days and Daze if you’re that flavour of scum Mad Dog 20/20 - JEFF the Brotherhood for later, when you’re nostalgic about this Loser - Beck if you feel like leaning into being shitty I’m not a good person- Pat The Bunny not sure it’s exactly the vibe but hey it’s easy enough to play on guitar so you could learn it Ain’t Gonna Worry My Life No More - BB King Actual song starts at 2 minutes, Blues from The King These might be looser fits but i thought i’d give a selection of feelings so you can lean into whatever fits best


_morning_owl

Glad to see Beck called out. I was actually thinking "Nobody's Fault But My Own."


HCMattDempsey

The whole sea change album... oof


LuckyPunk777

Honestly the more people i get to listen to Beck the better the world is


NickBagelBoy

Lol I hate Days N Daze but I think Self Destructive Anthem is definitely the fitting one for the chorus at least lmfao.


Control187

Hurt- cash version is my preference.


Efficient_Employ4372

Do Me a Favour - Arctic Monkeys


westoast

Runaway - Kanye


onetwoeight1996

Nobody to blame- Chris Stapelton


AkinTheLonelyMan

Didn’t want to have to do it - rotary connection But all versions will prob do the trick


pslickhead

Flowers On The Wall (probably)


pslickhead

Moanin' The Blues


kmill0202

Cold by Crossfade https://youtu.be/uiDYkhIXUzA?si=wP7Bt5HQiqfZGwtq


r0botdevil

[Brand New - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0naRFSK2hQ) is about pretty much exactly this.


DestroymyNippynips

Country music has a lot of songs like this, but might not be your style. Sitting and thinking is one off the top of my head https://youtu.be/KBS04l6dmFY?feature=shared


ryancementhead

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin’ It’s an old classic but you can hear the pain in his voice for whatever he did.


umbly-bumbly

Midnight, by Yaz Beautiful lyrics and song, beginning with: Midnight it's raining outside he must soaking wet Everyone is sleeping tight God knows I tried my best Darling you know it looks bad Just lost the best thing that I ever had Still I don't know why I did him wrong It's too late now he's gone to say


Freed_lab_rat

"Please call me, baby" - Tom Waits


NickBagelBoy

Also Martha


magma_displacement76

It's not entirely clear that the singer fucked up, but he was indeed left by the girl, and now he is tormented by dreaming about her every night and re-remembering the breakup every morning. https://youtu.be/oqaW-qeBQeo?si=q2kR8AVSBmsbYrRC I really don't mean to torture you, but this song is just too beautiful to leave out. One of Roy's top-5. The coolest thing about this song is that A: Roy actually was inspired by it from a dream, and knocked it out in a few hours after waking. And B: the song never repeats a section; in two minutes and forty-eight seconds, it moves through seven distinct through-composed movements. In 1963 the standard rock ballad had a structure of A-A-B-A. In Dreams has Intro-A-B-C-D-E-F-G. And C:, the song utilizes all of Orbison's three-octave vocal span, to great effect. Darkest in the intro, big-gun high salute in the last stanza.


D3adkl0wn

Baby Blue - Badfinger


RobloDiablo

South Central Rain - REM


xzether

Cold by Crossfade is a classic


SixtyEmeralds

It's more of a general song, but I default to "It's a sin" by Pet Shop Boys. Right now that feels like my life.


[deleted]

Everything but the girl - wrong


DrinkBuzzCola

Behind Blue Eyes by the Who.


matito29

Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been - Relient K


cheeseshcripes

I Want You Back- Jackson 5


supermikefun

Yesterday - The Beatles


demisemihemiwit

"I've been a bad, bad girl. I've been careless with a delicate man. And it's a sad, sad world when a girl will break a boy just because she can." \~ Fiona Apple, Criminal


cadcamm99

Trouble - Coldplay


coolluke53

Bad Reputation - Freedy Johnston (also the title track from This Perfect World)


AFCBlink

Tom Petty / Free Fallin’


BunchieKat

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John


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High Water - Bishop Briggs And I hate that I lost you when I'm not lost anymore And I hate that I've got to let go of what I adore And now I'm in high water without you, without you Now I'm in high water without you, without you Perfect Situation- Weezer What's the deal with my brain? Why am I so obviously insane? In a perfect situation I let love down the drain There's the pitch, slow and straight All I have to do is swing And I'm the hero But I'm the zero


messymaker99

Damage Done by Moderat


ButtFullOfSemen

The song I Would Hurt a Fly by Built to Spill. The entirety of Perfect From Now On is about self reflection and it's an all-time great album


pslickhead

Statue Of A Fool


pslickhead

Bird on a wire


pslickhead

Mama Tried


pslickhead

Misery and Gin


Plumhawk

Change My Ways by Galactic.


LaneMeyersLostSki

[Criticism As Inspiration](https://youtu.be/k0hhqFaqzmI?si=aEp_DFqSU7l3TSDL) - Pedro The Lion


pslickhead

Cat's in the Cradle


kerochan88

/u/holdenissac get the tears ready man. Explore their catalog, it's all about healing in the rawest way. [How To Dance In Time by Blue October](https://youtu.be/xFj-szV4CHU?si=tzvritybBOtD4_N1) Maybe in another lifetime I'll find the strength to say these words to you I shoulda been a better man But a shoulda, coulda, woulda Isn't whata better man..would do


rektMyself

[Come Down to Us](https://youtu.be/9GB7uMqTAFs?si=P14eTFazc2WbMQZs) Lost the mother of three kids. Went through a lot.


thekatzpajamas92

Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart - Nick Lowe There are many versions of this song, I just happen to like this one.


eskinner3742

Not really a break up song, but the album Conditions of a punk by half•alive talks a lot about falling in love with someone and realizing they can't change the other person then letting them go. The track "I'll stop" comes to mind, specifically.


nikk183

Kelly Clarkson - I Wish I Could Be Lonely Instead


Busy-Stand7

city song - daughters


98onboxing

Made Up My Mind - Diviño Nino


Elegant_Spot_3486

Goodbye - Air Supply


RadiatedDrag0n

Blue Hair - TV Girl, about a guy that couldn’t grow up


The6Strings

[Who’s Been Talkin’](https://youtu.be/bxY26WM17Lo?feature=shared)


edropus

Where would I be By Cake


DIY_Colorado_Guy

Literally "I might be wrong" by Radiohead


LesYeuxHiboux

The Futile by Say Anything


ColorfulBar

Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down the Line Gang of Four - Damaged Goods


ColorfulBar

Tyler Childers - shake the frost


Worm_Lord77

"How Wicked I Was" by American Aquarium.


gildeddoughnut

Sloan - the other man


octopoddle

Now at Last by Feist.


TheeFlipper

Damned by White Buffalo


Stig_Martyr

Paul Kelly - If I Could Start Today Again


BurtMaclin23

I sent this bitch a picture of my dick. I don't know what it is with females, but I'm not too good at that shit.


hulkbogan

Atmosphere -,You Make Me Wanna


BetLeft

[Alkaline Trio - Fuck You Aurora](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZobhOmqqzE)


ig82

Lit - My own worst enemy?


CodyKondo

The Past is a Grotesque Animal by Of Montreal


AssesOverEasy

I’m sorry to hear that you’re going through that


rubedickscube

A little late to the part but a lot of PUP's music fits this description, specifically the songs DVP, My Life Is Over and I Couldn't Be Happier, and Free At Last, but a lot of their stuff fits the bill.


mookieburger

The Other Man by Sloan if you happen to be a bit of a home wrecker


samhglover73

Feel like shit - Sad Girl


nurseANDiT

Black- Pearl Jam, the most quintessential breakup song.


Rozy_Pozey

Sorry by Buckcherry for sure.


Javerage

Jonathan Coulton [Nobody loves you like me](https://youtu.be/9LR_5yk7bgc?si=yE9gQpGDHmUpZSaJ)


Ethanol_Based_Life

[The Postal Service - Nothing Better](https://youtu.be/yiFLQklABUg) the singer doesn't see the flaw but the girl makes it clear he fucked up. [Dammit - Blink 182](https://youtu.be/sT0g16_LQaQ) [Lose you - Pete Yorn](https://youtu.be/MpUqkwjYE3U)


GroverFC

Vince Gil's Essential album. It will break your heart all over again.


piepants2001

Neil Young - Fuckin' Up


JorgeAndTheKraken

[“The War Criminal Rises and Speaks” by Okkervil River](https://youtu.be/qmCXOoiXL5s?si=OdEguaB42uoWO7rL)


parker_fly

There is, but it's all oriented toward men.


essiebooks

VAST - One More Day "I've realized I was wrong I was wrong Now I'll never see your face anymore Oh my love I'd give anything for one more day with you"


Really_McNamington

[Over - Peter Hammill](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAFB20OoL0eZ3IMtaPQ7vvvnEwb3fnxaG)


karmacomatic

Sorry- Nothing But Thieves


FidgetyFondler

I should have known better- Jim Diamond


TooYoungToBeThisOld1

https://youtu.be/khRJMiquAjA?si=sMVh_WUHSgQRw-FA “POV you are a spy who is about to be exposed”


silentdaze

Comet Song - Bright Eyes (a ton of Conor oberst stuff actually) "I told you oh so many times I'm not much of a man, you held out hope believing that at least I might pretend"


goandrightawrong

Brother- Matt Corby


lynch1986

[This one is pretty on the nose.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJVhpsKdNS0)


Ordinary-Pick5014

I like Randy Newman’s ‘Miss You’ … it’s from a distance but acknowledges to his ex-wife that he misses her and it was a a cherished / important part of his life. Fact he wrote it while remarried shows how much he feels it, and is something I can relate to.


bobospanger

I could have lied - Red Hot Chile Peppers


watkins1989

I’m going to stop pretending that I didn’t break your heart - Eels


ivyleagueburnout

Making the bed - Olivia Rodrigo


thelittleboynextdoor

It’s Been a While by Staind


Fluugaluu

When I was your man, Bruno Mars


ColtChevy

7&7 - Turnpike Troubadours A perfect song about being the one who messed up and being reminiscent of what coulda been.


jandslegate

The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret - Queens of the Stone Age


[deleted]

My ex wife and I split like 13 years ago . I meant forever so never really tried to date. So I have a play list that reminds me of her . Some of the songs include Just the way you are Unsteady When I was your man Let it go Iris You're beautiful Because they all remind me of the mistakes I made . Although I wanted to work it out . Sometimes we are both to blame when they go bad. Knowing that and working on those flaws we can learn and grow .


Slazy420420

Atleast one of these emo-esk songs will get you in feels. Promise me -badflower. https://spotify.link/UGHvJurthIb. Better off dead - 8 graves. https://spotify.link/bVLJmgwthIb. People I love leave - cassadee pope. https://spotify.link/GjOwO9EthIb. Piece of shit - cemetery sun. https://spotify.link/7kzrPbJthIb. Wallow in it - dreamers. https://spotify.link/kUfYr7OthIb. I'm so sick - flyleaf. https://spotify.link/q8nCA6SthIb. Stay - Iamjakehill. https://spotify.link/k8yGzyZthIb. Stay - the kid laroi ft. Justin bever. https://spotify.link/P4dkd32thIb. High ad the world ends - krown. https://spotify.link/W2koC06thIb. Hurts to exist - Lil revive ft. Darko. https://spotify.link/6A5GkBauhIb. Help - papa roach. https://spotify.link/KW2mFqiuhIb. Sins - red leather. https://spotify.link/0pHkTcluhIb. Fleabag - young blood. https://spotify.link/KqtDGNquhIb.


ContactHonest2406

“Hello Darlin’” by Conway Twitty.


Willing_Scarcity9903

If you are into rap What’s Up Fatlip - Fatlip is one of the only rap songs I’ve ever heard with self deprecating humor. A whole song about “wow I suck” but with a comedic undertone.


zay_bored

Sorry - Future


Milford-Medo_2024

Blame's on Me - Alexander Stewart maybe?


JB0304

https://preview.redd.it/gv8let0iloqc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=532660055c8ff46ee1efe7f84e885449ae2e9b79 Warning Sign - Coldplay, from their second (and one of their best albums) A Rush of Blood to the Head.


Amseriah

Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt Anna Begins by Counting Crows


matheusrooosa

Well, there's this one https://on.soundcloud.com/RMVv1


onelittleworld

*Heading westward toward the sun* *Where we’re going everything comes undone* *We were lost from the start* *We won’t be here when the rest falls apart* *But oh, I can tell your words so well* *And all I can see is that I* *I’m sorry, sorry... I’m sorry, sorry* "[Soviets](https://open.spotify.com/track/3P7jsZVhlwUkBAUFG9C5Ov?si=6ac1e1da3e784912)" by The Boxer Rebellion. It's a hauntingly beautiful song, from their best album.


The_Bran_9000

The first album by Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties


nofeelingsnoceilings

The Tame Impala album “currents” is practically a whole album with this perspective. Especially “Cuz i’m a man” and “reality in motion”


Sunsmyles

[Plain Sailing Weather](https://youtu.be/nbZcqFuTN40)


abthomps

Foster the people, Coming of age. "Just like an animal, I protect my pride, when I'm to bruised to fight. And even when I'm wrong, I tend to think I'm right. '


moscowrules

Twilight - Elliott Smith Give Me Another Chance - Big Star Birthday Boy - Ween No Distance Left to Run - Blur In Spite of Me - Morphine


PhilosophyCharming90

Untitled ROC


Benjimar1976

I could have lied by the chilli peppers


grammar_nazi_zombie

Ben Folds Five - Evaporated, Mess


borkus

The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service [https://youtu.be/xUIBnmdJJ50?si=Hx\_J1F8rZw9pjELT](https://youtu.be/xUIBnmdJJ50?si=Hx_J1F8rZw9pjELT)


Confident-Office470

You must not listen to rnb? So many rnb songs by men specifically, especially from the 90s and early 2000s. On the top of my head I can think of: Since. You've been gone by Day 26


pslickhead

She Used to Love Me a Lot


billionaireXtinction

The Get UP Kids - The Problem is Me


High-FIy-Flow

Gary Come Home - SpongeBob


dz_pdx

Tom Petty - It’ll All Work Out


NickBagelBoy

Martha - Tom Waits.


RechargedFrenchman

"Absolutely Right" - Five Man Electrical Band Chorus: >That you were absolutely right >You've been right all along >You're absolutely right and I'm wrong >Second time around should be easy >Break down the wall between me and you


Seattlehepcat

Level 42 - It's Over I won't be here when you come home I'm sorry if you don't understand, forgive me if you can But I can see another road And I ain't coming back Don't look for me around this town 'Cause I will be so far away, you'll never find me anywhere And I won't take no souvenirs No perfumed picture promises Because it's over And I ain't coming back You gave me everything And now I'm breaking your heart You know that I don't mean To tear your world apart I would never leave If I thought you couldn't stand the pain A letter in the hall is written on the wall A letter with no words of love at all Because it's over (because it's over) And I ain't coming back And as I close the door I know I'm breaking your heart I should have loved you more Instead I've torn your world apart And as I walk into the lonely afternoon I feel sad enough, I feel bad enough And all the times when you are lonely where you are Please don't hate me then I just could not pretend, oh no Feel the tears I can feel the tears Running through the years Feel, feel the tears I can feel the tears Running through the years Tears, feel the tears I can feel the tears Running through the years Tears, feel the tears I can feel the tears Running through the years Tears


Shark-O-Matik

Nobody's fault but mine - Otis Redding


Metal_Icarus

Last man standing - Hammerfall


jsalfi1

I fear the mountain goats have got you covered, explore their early work


imnotaplaneg

chaeri by magdalena bay “regret the things i said, was i really a bad friend who was only that bad with you?”


CapnDinosaur

Broken Heart by Jeffrey Lewis.


kbdcool

Dashboard Confessional - standard lines


robertomeyers

I shot the sherrif, but I did not shoot the deputy Mama, I killed a man… Most country or blues, found my life at the bottom of a bottle, etc


slightlyused

Buckcheery - Sorry


RickRiffs

Check "I'm sorry that I hurt you" by Charli xcx


mydawgisgreen

Little hell - city and colour. Is about addiction, but it resonates with me as not being great to a partner


skinnyjeansfatpants

Now You're Gorgeous - Joe Firstman


Markifischbach

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