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* Music/TuneYards - "Sunlight".
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* "It Don't Matter to Me" by Music/{{Bread}} is about a man who is OK with his girl leaving, resting secure on an assumption that she'll end up running back to him, and he'll welcome her back with open arms.

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* "It Don't Matter to Me" by Music/{{Bread}} Music/{{Bread|Band}} is about a man who is OK with his girl leaving, resting secure on an assumption that she'll end up running back to him, and he'll welcome her back with open arms.
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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'': "Rich" about breaking off a relationship that's built on being paid because ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules:
--> I don't care what you pay,\\
Just watch me walk away.\\
If cash is your reason\\
you won't keep anyone.
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* Sunscreem - "Looking At You".

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* Sunscreem Music/{{Sunscreem}} - "Looking At You".
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* Sally Shapiro - "Down This Road"
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* Benjamin Biolay - "15 Août".
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* New York City - "I'm Doing Fine Now"
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* Music/{{Knox}}: In "I Don't Wanna Know", the protagonist is still in contact with his ex. However, he admits to still trying to forget about about the happy times they had together, and passive-aggressively insults her new boyfriend. He says it's "fine" that they still talk, but he doesn't want to know about ''anything'' she does with her new boyfriend because it reminds him that he lost her.
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* Music/RedVelvet - "Body Talk"
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* {{Music/Taeyeon}} - Subverted in "11:11", as she isn't quite over them yet but she believes she will be soon.
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* Music/TiffanyYoung - "Teach You."
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* Music/TheCranberries - "Linger".

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* Music/TheCranberries - "Linger"."Linger" is about a woman who knows her lover is unfaithful, but she's too deeply in love with him to actually go through with the breakup herself. She's left wishing that he'd terminate the relationship for her so she can move on.
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* Music/EddieNoack's "Sleeping Like A Baby (With A Bottle In My Mouth)": the singer claims that he's doing just fine after his lover broke up with him, sleeping, as the title says, like a baby with a bottle in his mouth... but the chorus makes it clear [[DrowningMySorrows just what kind of bottle it is]] he has in his mouth.
--> My formula is stronger than most babies take\\
But I find if I don't have it, at night I lay awake

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* Keyshia Cole - "I Changed My Mind", "(I Just Want It) To Be Over".



* Music/JermaineJackson - "Don't Take It Personal".

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* Keyshia Cole - "I Changed My Mind", "(I Just Want It) To Be Over".

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* Music/DeltaGoodrem - "Not Me Not I".



* Music/SelenaGomez - "Middle of Nowhere".



* Music/SelenaGomez - "Middle of Nowhere".

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* Music/SelenaGomez Music/DeltaGoodrem - "Middle of Nowhere"."Not Me Not I".



* Hoobastank - "I Don't Think I Love You".



* Hoobastank - "I Don't Think I Love You".



* Music/ImeldaMay:
** "Too Sad to Cry", on the album ''Mayhem'', is about being emotionally wrung out following a breakup.
** All of ''Life Love Flesh Blood'' has been seen as a break-up ''album'', but actually, it's a bit more complex than that. Still...
*** "Black Tears". Nothing says "relationship gone bad" like [[YourMakeupIsRunning mascara running]].
*** On the other hand, "Leave Me Lonely" has been mistaken for a breakup song, but it isn't; WordOfGod is clear that it's about [[IntercourseWithYou a passion so intense that any brief separation leaves the singer lonely]].



* Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now".



* Music/KatMcSnatch - "Fuck You".
* Music/KeithUrban - "You'll Think Of Me".


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* Music/ImeldaMay:
** "Too Sad to Cry", on the album ''Mayhem'', is about being emotionally wrung out following a breakup.
** All of ''Life Love Flesh Blood'' has been seen as a break-up ''album'', but actually, it's a bit more complex than that. Still...
*** "Black Tears". Nothing says "relationship gone bad" like [[YourMakeupIsRunning mascara running]].
*** On the other hand, "Leave Me Lonely" has been mistaken for a breakup song, but it isn't; WordOfGod is clear that it's about [[IntercourseWithYou a passion so intense that any brief separation leaves the singer lonely]].


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* "It Don't Matter To Me" by Music/{{Bread}} is about a man who is OK with his girl leaving, resting secure on an assumption that she'll end up running back to him, and he'll welcome her back with open arms.
* Brian May - "Too Much Love Will Kill You" ("Torn between the lover/and the love you leave behind.")

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* "It Don't Matter To to Me" by Music/{{Bread}} is about a man who is OK with his girl leaving, resting secure on an assumption that she'll end up running back to him, and he'll welcome her back with open arms.
* Brian May Music/BrianMay - "Too Much Love Will Kill You" ("Torn between the lover/and the love you leave behind.")



* Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haa" (a parody, naturally. [[spoiler:It was his dog that broke up with him.]])

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* Napoleon XIV Music/NapoleonXIV - "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haa" (a parody, naturally. [[spoiler:It was his dog that broke up with him.]])



* The entirety of the Del Amitri album "Change Everything".

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* The entirety of the Del Amitri Music/DelAmitri album "Change Everything".



* Jack Johnson - "If I Had Eyes".
* Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (coming from the interesting perspective of the "other woman", telling the guy that it's time to leave his girlfriend for her -- "Call your girlfriend/It's time you had the talk/Give your reasons/Say it's not her fault...")

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* Jack Johnson Music/JackJohnson - "If I Had Eyes".
* Robyn Music/{{Robyn}} - Call Your Girlfriend (coming from the interesting perspective of the "other woman", telling the guy that it's time to leave his girlfriend for her -- "Call your girlfriend/It's time you had the talk/Give your reasons/Say it's not her fault...")



* "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It's about someone who realizes that he and his ex really were not meant to be, and that it's mostly his fault. He's sailing through Polynesia when he comes to this realization, and though he's having difficulty, he's made the decision to move on for both their sakes.

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* "Southern Cross" by [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills, and Nash.Nash]]. It's about someone who realizes that he and his ex really were not meant to be, and that it's mostly his fault. He's sailing through Polynesia when he comes to this realization, and though he's having difficulty, he's made the decision to move on for both their sakes.



* Music/AmyWinehouse - pretty much the whole ''Music/BackToBlack'' album, but particular examples include, "Love Is A Losing Game", "Tears Dry On Their Own", "Wake Up Alone" and "Back To Black" itself.



* Anneliese van der Pol - "Cute Boys with Short Haircuts", from the musical of ''Vanities''.
* Music/AnnieLennox - "Walking On Broken Glass".
* Music/BarbraStreisand - "My Coloring Book".



* Music/BenFolds - "Song for the Dumped", which has become an anthem for mishandled breakups.
** "Selfless, Cold and Composed" is a more somber form of breakup song. And it sort of inverts the "I'm ruining your stuff" category- though there's no mention of cheating, it's about ''wishing'' the other person would break something or even get physically violent, because instead they're letting things go so easily that it seems like they never cared.



* Music/BobDylan - pretty much the entirety of his mid-70's album ''Music/BloodOnTheTracks''.



* Music/DavidBowie - "Something in the Air."



* Music/CaroleKing - "It's Too Late" (also covered by Music/GloriaEstefan).

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* Music/CaroleKing Music/EricCarmen - "It's Too Late" (also covered by Music/GloriaEstefan)."Boats Against the Current".



* Music/NickCave, being a bit broody, is partial to these. "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?" and "It Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore" are two of the lighter, happier example. Note that this is not a joke: they get darker.



* Victoria Celestine - "Wasted Tears", "Here I Am".



* Music/CliffRichard - "We Don't Talk Any More"
* Music/ColePorter standard "Just One Of Those Things". Interestingly, this one may be the TropeCodifier, but is suprisingly amicable.
-->''"So good-bye, dear, and amen\\
Here's hoping we meet now and then\\
It was great fun\\
But it was just one of those things."''

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* Music/CliffRichard Music/PhilCollins - "We Don't Talk Any More"
* Music/ColePorter standard "Just One Of Those Things". Interestingly, this one may be the TropeCodifier, but is suprisingly amicable.
-->''"So good-bye, dear,
"Against All Odds" and amen\\
Here's hoping we meet now and then\\
It was great fun\\
But it was just one of those things."''
"In The Air Tonight".



* Commodores - "Easy". It overlaps a bit with the AntiLoveSong, in that the singer is overall quite relaxed and happy about breaking up with his girlfriend since the relationship has apparently been unhappy for a while.

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* Commodores Music/{{Commodores}} - "Easy". It overlaps a bit with the AntiLoveSong, in that the singer is overall quite relaxed and happy about breaking up with his girlfriend since the relationship has apparently been unhappy for a while.



* Dannii Minogue - "It Won't Work Out".
* Music/DavidBowie - "Something in the Air."

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* Dannii Minogue Music/MileyCyrus - "It Won't Work Out".
"Wrecking Ball".
* Music/DavidBowie Vanessa da Mata/Ben Harper - "Something in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSTWcsU91ZY "Boa Sorte (Good Luck)"]].
* Skeeter Davis - "The End of
the Air."World".



* Dusty Springfield - "What Do You Do When Love Dies" and "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself".



* Music/BobDylan - pretty much the entirety of his mid-70's album ''Music/BloodOnTheTracks''.



* Music/EricCarmen - "Boats Against the Current".



* Music/BenFolds - "Song for the Dumped", which has become an anthem for mishandled breakups.
** "Selfless, Cold and Composed" is a more somber form of breakup song. And it sort of inverts the "I'm ruining your stuff" category- though there's no mention of cheating, it's about ''wishing'' the other person would break something or even get physically violent, because instead they're letting things go so easily that it seems like they never cared.



* [[Music/ThinLizzy Gary Moore]] - "Empty Rooms".
* Music/GlassAnimals - "Gooey", in which the singer announces their departure from an AdultChild partner and disillusionment with their naïve and lackadaisical ways.



* Music/GlassAnimals - "Gooey", in which the singer announces their departure from an AdultChild partner and disillusionment with their naïve and lackadaisical ways.



* Music/SelenaGomez - "Middle of Nowhere".



* Jermaine Jackson - "Don't Take It Personal".
* Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft".

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* Jermaine Jackson Music/JermaineJackson - "Don't Take It Personal".
* Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft".
Personal".



* Music/JustinTimberlake - “Cry Me a River”, "What Goes Around..." (also covered by Alesana).

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* Music/JustinTimberlake Music/CaroleKing - “Cry Me a River”, "What Goes Around..." "It's Too Late" (also covered by Alesana).Music/GloriaEstefan).



* Pretty much all of Music/KanyeWest's 2008 album "808s & Heartbreak".



* Music/KylieMinogue - "Where Has The Love Gone?" and "So Now Goodbye".



* Music/AnnieLennox - "Walking On Broken Glass".



* Music/MandyMoore and [[Music/{{Switchfoot}} Jonathan Foreman]] - "Someday We'll Know".



* Marty Robbins - "Singing the Blues"
* Martina [=McBride=] - "When Love is Gone", from ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol''.



* Martina [=McBride=] - "When Love is Gone", from ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol''.



* Music/MileyCyrus - "Wrecking Ball".



* Dannii Minogue - "It Won't Work Out".
* Music/KylieMinogue - "Where Has The Love Gone?" and "So Now Goodbye".



* [[Music/ThinLizzy Gary Moore]] - "Empty Rooms".
* Music/MandyMoore and [[Music/{{Switchfoot}} Jonathan Foreman]] - "Someday We'll Know".



* Music/NickCave, being a bit broody, is partial to these. "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?" and "It Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore" are two of the lighter, happier example. Note that this is not a joke: they get darker.

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* Music/NickCave, being a bit broody, is partial to these. "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?" and "It Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore" are two of the lighter, happier example. Note that this is not a joke: they get darker.Music/OliviaNewtonJohn - "Please Mister Please".



** ''Tragic Kingdom'' may very well count as a break-up album. Most of the songs on there were written after Gwen Stefani's break-up with the bassist (see also: Hey You, Sunday Morning, Happy Now?)
* Olivia Newton-John - "Please Mister Please".

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** ''Tragic Kingdom'' may very well count as a break-up album. Most of the songs on there were written after Gwen Stefani's Music/GwenStefani's break-up with the bassist (see also: Hey You, Sunday Morning, Happy Now?)
* Olivia Newton-John - "Please Mister Please".
Now?)



* Music/PhilCollins - "Against All Odds" and "In The Air Tonight".



* Anneliese van der Pol - "Cute Boys with Short Haircuts", from the musical of ''Vanities''.



* Music/ColePorter standard "Just One Of Those Things". Interestingly, this one may be the TropeCodifier, but is suprisingly amicable.
-->''"So good-bye, dear, and amen\\
Here's hoping we meet now and then\\
It was great fun\\
But it was just one of those things."''
* Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft".



* Music/CliffRichard - "We Don't Talk Any More"
* Music/MartyRobbins - "Singing the Blues"



* Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love" - the breakup theme from ''Film/PrettyWoman'', written by Per Gessle.

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* Roxette Music/{{Roxette}} - "It Must Have Been Love" - the breakup theme from ''Film/PrettyWoman'', written by Per Gessle.



* Neil Sedaka - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
* Music/SelenaGomez - "Middle of Nowhere".

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* Neil Sedaka Music/NeilSedaka - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
* Music/SelenaGomez - "Middle of Nowhere".
Do".



* Music/SharonVanEtten - "Love More" is about a bad relationship that has since ended.



* Skeeter Davis - "The End of the World".



* Music/DustySpringfield - "What Do You Do When Love Dies" and "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself".



* Music/BarbraStreisand - "My Coloring Book".



* Music/JustinTimberlake - “Cry Me a River”, "What Goes Around..." (also covered by Alesana).



* Vanessa da Mata/Ben Harper - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSTWcsU91ZY "Boa Sorte (Good Luck)"]].

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* Vanessa da Mata/Ben Harper Music/SharonVanEtten - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSTWcsU91ZY "Boa Sorte (Good Luck)"]]."Love More" is about a bad relationship that has since ended.



* Victoria Celestine - "Wasted Tears", "Here I Am".



* Pretty much all of Music/KanyeWest's 2008 album "808s & Heartbreak".



* Music/TheWhiteStripes: "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is about a guy discovering unexpectedly that his lover has left him, and feeling distraught
* Music/AmyWinehouse - pretty much the whole ''Music/BackToBlack'' album, but particular examples include, "Love Is A Losing Game", "Tears Dry On Their Own", "Wake Up Alone" and "Back To Black" itself.



* Music/TheWhiteStripes: "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is about a guy discovering unexpectedly that his lover has left him, and feeling distraught



* Music/PaulaAbdul - "Cold Hearted".



* Bel Biv Devoe - "Poison", which warns to never trust a big butt and a smile.

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* Bel Biv Devoe Music/BellBivDevoe - "Poison", which warns to never trust a big butt and a smile.



* Music/CarrieUnderwood - "Cowboy Casanova", "Good Girl".
* Music/CeeLoGreen's "Fuck You" - which also has some "I Want You Back" elements.

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* Music/CarrieUnderwood Music/ToniBraxton - "Cowboy Casanova", "Good Girl".
* Music/CeeLoGreen's "Fuck You" - which also has some "I Want You Back" elements.
"He Wasn't Man Enough".



* Music/EltonJohn - "Slow Down Georgie (She's Poison)" and "Don't Trust That Woman".



* Music/CeeLoGreen's "Fuck You" - which also has some "I Want You Back" elements.



* Music/EltonJohn - "Slow Down Georgie (She's Poison)" and "Don't Trust That Woman".



* Music/PaulaAbdul - "Cold Hearted".



* Tony! Toni! Tonè!- "My Ex-Girlfriend Is A Hoe".
* Toni Braxton - "He Wasn't Man Enough".

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* Tony! Toni! Tonè!- "My Ex-Girlfriend Is A a Hoe".
* Toni Braxton Music/CarrieUnderwood - "He Wasn't Man Enough"."Cowboy Casanova", "Good Girl".
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* The Mills Brothers - "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone".
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* Music/{{Zucchero}}: The theme of "Senza Una Donna" (Without A Woman) tells about Zucchero singing to a woman who used to be his LoveInterest (it's left ambiguous whether they were married or merely engaged), saying that since they parted ways he's been alone and hasn't found any other woman to love, but he's learned to live with that reality.
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* Music/{{Sia}} - "My Old Santa Claus"
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* Anime/{{Pokemon}} : "The Time Has Come (Pikachu's Goodbye)" and "Together We'll Make A Promise".

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* Anime/{{Pokemon}} : ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': "The Time Has Come (Pikachu's Goodbye)" and "Together We'll Make A Promise".
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* Laura Bell Bundy- "Giddy On Up (Giddy On Out)" (Wife caught husband sneaking out and kissing another woman).

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* Laura Bell Bundy- Creator/LauraBellBundy- "Giddy On Up (Giddy On Out)" (Wife caught husband sneaking out and kissing another woman).
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* Paul Davis - "I Go Crazy", also covered by DHT, mentioned below.

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* Paul Davis - "I Go Crazy", also covered by DHT, mentioned below.above.
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* Music/SoftCell - “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” is the song of a man breaking up with a woman who, he has evidently concluded, he just doesn’t like very much. Or maybe he’s making excuses for dumping her.
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* Music/StudioKillers' "Jenny", where the (female) singer tries to convince the girl of her affections to leave ther current boyfriend.

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* ''Music/ToyDolls'': "She'll Be Back With Keith Someday".

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* ''Music/ToyDolls'': Music/ToyDolls: "She'll Be Back With Keith Someday".



* Music/{{Adele}} - "Rolling In the Deep". [[WomanScorned Despite that it's not a pathetic as it seems.]] As [[WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows Todd]] said, "It's a song to load ammo to. It's the kind of breakup song that precedes a serious ass-kicking." The fact that one of the lines in the chorus is "You're going to wish you never had met me" is a big clue as to what this song is about.

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* Music/{{Adele}} - "Rolling In the Deep". [[WomanScorned Despite that it's not Deep" is a pathetic more sinister example, as it seems.]] As [[WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows Todd]] said, "It's a song to load ammo to. It's the kind of breakup song that precedes a serious ass-kicking." The fact that one of the lines in the chorus is "You're going to wish you never had met me" is a big clue as to what this song is about.me", which implies the protagonist will inflict violence or something severe upon her lover if he leaves.


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* Music/ThompsonTwins - "Hold Me Now", which details how the protagonist and his girlfriend's love life has become "tattered and torn" in spite of his affections, and in the chorus, he begs her to "stay with me" and "let loving start". During one verse, he mentions he considered leaving her to "go far away", but then changed his mind becaue "there's nowhere that I'd rather be than with you here today".
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* G-Dragon - "That XX"
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* Music/{{Ambrosia}} - "How Much I Feel".


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* Music/BarryManilow - "Even Now".
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-->''When I dream about you, that'z when everything's alright\\
You're in my arms, here next to me, fore-e-ever

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-->''When I dream about you, that'z that's when everything's alright\\
You're in my arms, here next to me, fore-e-everfore-e-ever\\
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* Music/AirSupply - "Here I Am".
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* Melissa Manchester - "If This Is Love"

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