There's really nothing like a good 'ol Emo song to kick you while you're down. If the intense lyrics of love and loss don't get your sweater all wet and salty -- the power chords surely will.
This Valentine's Day, as we prepare for a full weekend of anti-Valentine's celebration complete with hair dye and eyeliner as black as your cold, sad emo heart, we're taking a look at some of the songs that keep you coming back for more tears.
With help below from EMO NITE host Morgan Freed, here are some heartwrenching tracks from Jimmy Eat World to Tigers Jaw --- "Can you still feel the butterflies?"
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
"Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself, And hidden in the public eye. Such a stellar monument to loneliness. Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes. And perfect makeup but you're barely scraping by..."
Neck Deep - December
"Stumbled 'round the block a thousand times. You missed every call that I had tried. So now I'm giving up. A heartbreak in mid-December. You don't give a f***"
Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have To Love
"Life's no story book. Love's an excuse to get hurt And to hurt. 'Do you like to hurt?'"
Jimmy Eat World - For Me This Is Heaven
"When the time we have now ends. When the big hand goes round again. Can you still feel the butterflies? Can you still hear the last goodnight?"
Saves the Day - Jessie & My Whetstone
"And that was that: our one sweet night together. Under highway signs I watched our love start fluttering and dissipating. I counted all the headlights to make sure I was all right."
Alien Boy - If We Don't Speak
"I still have dreams about it like I'll never shake you off my skin. Do you have dreams about it? Where I kiss you hard and you let me in?"
The Get Up Kids - Don't Hate Me
"Oh Amy, don't hate me, for running away from you. Oh Amy, don't hate me. I'm still in love with you! I'm sorry I can't be everything to you. Your place is at the heart of what I do. Everything's for you."
Pedro The Lion - Options
"No one ever says what they really mean to say when there's so much at stake. So I told her I loved her and she told me she loved me. And I mostly believed her. And she mostly believed me."
The Early November - Ever So Sweet
"I just found a friend in one of your lies to treat me so nice. I can't believe my bones when they say so many things. They tell me I am fine. Believe me I, I try..."
The Jealous Sound - What's Wrong Is Everywhere
"Don't say what we've become. And, dear, I promise you a change is overdue. By the time that I arrive I will be done..."
The Hotelier - Your Deep Rest
"And what's that note you're writing there? Why are you giving me this back? This was a gift from when we met, back when you weren't so upset..."
American Football - Never Meant
"Let's just forget
Everything said
And everything we did
Best friends and better halves
Goodbyes
And the autumn night
When we realized
We were falling out of love"
Tigers Jaw - Window
"It's all in my head. The walls move in unnatural ways. I found myself in a darker place, afraid of change but more afraid to stay the same. These days it's hard not to feel alone..."
Go ahead, let it out. We're here for you.
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If these lyrics don't tear at your heartstrings, the power chords surely will...
