Break Up Songs.

Any girl that's gone through a break up has taken a little solace in a good ol' fashioned break up song.

I Will Survive

Before He Cheats

You Oughta Know

Picture to Burn

This season of my life has been painful and beautiful all at the same time. Friends have come out of the woodworks for me, and my faith in God has grown and grown. Once upon a break up long long ago, I listened to lots of sad songs and moped for myself (cue Damien Rice). This time I've busied my little ears and mind with upbeat songs more akin to Aerosmith and Michael Jackson... but don't think I don't belt it out when Alanis sings-screams to Dave Coulier about how he promised to love her until he dies, and don't think I don't picture myself as Carrie Underwood in a tiny dress stomping down the street and wailing about bustin' headlights... And when Taylor Swift says her daddy'll show him how sorry he'll be, I can't help but smile.

I'm not bitter though, really. Those are just fun moments of empowerment. My real break up peace comes from songs more like this one by Addison Road (and thanks, Anna, for the introduction):

If everything comes down to love
Then just what I am afraid of
When I call out Your name
Something inside awakes in my soul
How quickly I forget I’m Yours

I’m not my own
I’ve been carried by You
All my life

CHORUS
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
Addison Road lyrics on www.lyrics-celebrities.anekatips.com

When my life is like a storm
Rising waters all I want is the shore
You say I’ll be okay and
Make it through the rain
You are my shelter from the storm

I’m not my own
I’ve been carried by You
All my life

CHORUS
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free

Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
You’ve become my hearts desire
I will sing Your praises higher
Cause Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free