What it Takes

People find a lot of comfort in song lyrics, and I know when you go through a break-up it seems like every song on the radio is about you. Well, nothing is ever perfectly apt (although Matchbox Twenty's Last Beautiful Girl is eerily close to a previous break-up) but I heard this for the first time in years on XM the other day and parts of it really spoke to me. I know it isn't totally accurate for my situation, but I highlighted the parts that really said what I'm feeling.

What it Takes
Aerosmith

There goes my old girlfriend, well there's another diamond ring
And all those late night promises, I guess they don't mean a thing
So baby what's the story? Did you find another man?
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
When you don't look back I guess the feelings start to fade away...

I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah

(Chorus)
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice...
Tell me what it takes to let you go

Girl, before I met you I was F.I.N.E. fine
But your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doin' time
Spent me up like money, well then you hung me out to dry
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise,
'cause you had me deep with the devil in your eyes

(Chorus)

Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own
Tell me that it's better when you're all alone
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch
Tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much
Tell me you ain't dyin' when you're cryin' for me

(Chorus)

I guess sometimes songs can be theraputic just because they let you know that someone else has gone through what you have. It helps that someone who's good with words can put something together that I can't. Anyway, maybe I'll post more as they occur to me.