Breakup
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He was my North, my South
My East and West
My working week
and my Sunday rest
My noon, my midnight
My talk, my song
I thought that love
would last forever
I was wrong
—W.H. Auden
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Hold on,
hold on to yourself
for this is gonna hurt like hell.
—Sarah McLachlan
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It's been seven hours
and fifteen days
since you took your love away
I go out every night
and sleep all day
since you took your love away
—Sinéad O'Connor
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Me, myself and I
That's all I got in the end
That's what I found out
—Beyoncé
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And I know
that love is mean,
and love hurts
—Lana Del Rey
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I’m a-wonderin’ if she
remembers me at all
Many times I’ve often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day
—Bob Dylan
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Had a friend, she once told me
You got love, you ain't lonely
Now she's gone and left me only
Looking for what I knew
—Led Zeppelin
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Tell me
do you think of me now
as I think of you?
—Sufjan Stevens
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You don't know
the power that you have
with that tear in your hand
—Tori Amos
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Sometimes love is not enough.
—Lana Del Rey
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Of all the ways to lose someone, death is the kindest.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source.
―Anaïs Nin
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I never dreamed
that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed
that I'd lose somebody like you
—Chris Isaak
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Now you're just somebody
that I used to know.
—Gotye & Kimbra
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You’re my favorite mistake.
—Sheryl Crow
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I dream a highway
back to you.
—Gillian Welch
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you were mine
and my life was full
you are no longer mine
and my life
is full
—rupi kaur
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I'm alright
or I’ll be in time.
—Fenne Lily
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She once was a true love of mine.
—Simon & Garfunkel
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