As you can guess, in my home town the drive-in closed.
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!
Sadly, the man who owned the drive-in, didn’t actually own the property. Every year the landlord would raise the rent, until the guy said forget it. It’s not worth it anymore.
Noo!
It then became a swamp meet, but eventually closed down and is nothing but a former shell.
In fact, not only did my town’s drive-in close down, but all the ones in the area. You have to drive an hour and a half away to get to one. And it’s not just us, drive-ins everywhere are closing down and I don’t know why, they are awesome.
I love the drive-in, bringing a bunch of people in a car and watching the film under the stars. Having a ginormpus screen! Oh, it’s just the coolest. We need to bring those back. We need to make this happen everyone.
Until then, let me leave you with this very memorable drive-in moment. 🙂
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So the next song in my getting over a heartbreak list is one of my favorite songs ever.
12) Missing You by John Waite
I just love this song so much:
Not only does it have great music and lyrics, but I feel like he just captures the emotions so well.
The song is about a breakup and how he is missing his ex but then gets over them and stops mising them. Other people may not believe him, but he’s getting over that person. My favorite part is at the end when he loudly sings out, I ain’t missing you, I ain’t missing you at all!
This song works well next, because now we are reaching the point when you are starting to get over the other person, but can be brought back again into thinking of them, but are consciously making the decision to not have them on your mind.
The song is written by John Waite and when it was released in 1984 it was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by numerous artists, but Waite is the best (at least in my opinion).
The music video is also really cool. As it is told in a series of flashbacks as Waite is thinking of his past relationship, along with the present as he is trying to figure out what and where to go next. This song is super popular and has been in a ton of things: Warm Bodies, 22 Jump Street, One Tree Hill, Life As We Know It, Everybody Hates Chris, Selena, Miami Vice, etc.
Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I’m still standing here
And you’re miles away
And I’m wondering why you left
There’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time thinking about you
And it’s almost driving me wild
And there’s a heart that’s breaking
Down this long distance line tonight
I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter what I might say
There’s a message in the wild
And I’m sending you this signal tonight
You don’t know, how desperate I’ve become
And it looks like I’m losing this fight
In your world, I have no meaning
Though I’m trying hard to understand
And it’s my heart that’s breaking
Down this long distance line
But I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter what my friends say
And there’s a message that I’m sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can’t bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload
I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter what my friends say
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I can lie to myself
And there’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone
I ain’t missing you
No matter what my friends say
Ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I keep lying to myself
Ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I’ve always felt that this song is super empowering
You are finally heading round that corner to complete and total acceptance and renewal!
You probably know where this post is headed. Yep, its the next step in the Heartbreak playlist. We are now on:
10) I’ll Be Alright Without You by Journey
So back in December I did a post I’ll Be Alright Without You, of which I talked a lot about how this song really expressed my feelings. I only added it in this line up because it went well in the playlist.
So like I said before the lyrics are really beautiful and truly express trying to get over someone.
I’ve been thinking ’bout the timesYou walked out on meThere were moments I’d believe, you were thereDo I miss you, or am I lying to my self again
I do these things…(It’s all because of you)I keep holding on, but I’ll try(try not to think of you)Love don’t leave me lonelyI’ll be alright without you
There’ll be someone else…I keep tellin’ myselfI’ll be alright without youOh…love’s an empty face, I can’t replace(you don’t need it)
People wonderin’ why we broke apartThe great pretender here I go againThese things I do(It’s all because of you)
I’ll keep holdin’ but I’ll try(try not to think of you)All I wanted was to hold youI’ll be alright without youThere’ll be someone else, I keep tellin’ myself
I’ll be alright without youLove’s an empty face…Oh I’ve got to replaceI’ll be alright without youThere’ll be someone else, I keep tellin’ myself
I’ll be alright without youOh…love’s an empty place, I can still see your faceI’ll be alright
Breaking up is just hard to do (if it wasn’t there wouldn’t be a song titled that), and this just expresses exactly what one goes through. Remember you were fine before that person came into your life and you’ll be fine after.
So if you remember from my earlier post If It Means A Lot to You, I am doing a countdown of my favorite heartbreak songs to help one get over a break up. Now I did do an earlier post on this song when Michael and I broke up back in December, The End, but I only briefly talked about it. The album A Shipwreck in the Sand is kind of depressing, but still good:
The album details the story of a guy who is cheated on by his girlfriend. To make it even worse, its not just any guy but his best friend. He eventually goes crazy and sets his house on fire, very Secret Window-esque. Even though they broke his trust he still loves his best friend and girlfriend still so he ends up saving them from the fire, but still goes to court for his crimes. He is acquitted but loses his daughter to his girlfriend. He realizes he can’t go on living and ends up taking his life, hence The End.
Like A Day to Remember and Avenged Sevenfold, Silverstein was a band that Michael got me into, one of the several CDs he gave me. (Like I mentioned before a lot of these songs came from him. Is it irony or full circle?)
Like It Meant A Lot To You this song really expressed how I felt about the breakup. So here we go:
The first time we met Your face became etched In my mind
So the first time I saw his face, it wasn’t exactly etched in my mind, I mean I didn’t even think he liked me until a couple weeks later. But I also couldn’t stop thinking about him. He intrigued me and I wanted to know more about him.
You were the sun
I was the one
Who worshiped you.
My hands were your guns
Your eyes were my muse.
And I knew you could never love me
I had so much sorrow inside
You could never reach
But can I still keep
A place in your heart?
This was how I felt after he dumped me. I thought it was all my fault, that I was the reason we broke up. Now I know that it wasn’t necessarily what I did, I mean I still have no clue what went wrong between us, but a breakup isn’t one sided, there us far too much that to have it be blamed on only one person (except when cheating is involved.)
And all I kept thinking and hoping (at the time) was maybe he would change his mind, maybe I could hold a place in his heart (I know pathetic 😦 But people act different when they care for others, they don’t do things they normally would. You just aren’t in your right mind)
You broke my heart
You promised me the moon and stars
I fell for your dreams. I fell for your lies
There was no other way
You know I tried
Now this part of the song is sung by the gf but for me all I could think after we broke up was everything that Michael had promised me. Now I know some things were silly, like him planning our trip to Disneyland (I’m not that dense) but I thought that he meant it when we talked about seeing each other in the upcoming months, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, etc. And the worst thing is that I mentioned these things, and he knew he had already decided to break up with me but didn’t have the guts to let me know.
And I knew you could never love me
I had so much sorrow inside
You could never reach
But can I still keep
A place in your heart?
There is something
I want you to know
I think you know exactly what it is
I didn’t want to save you
I didn’t want to save you
I set our house on fire
To watch it burn
But I couldn’t just leave you there
I’m talking figuratively here. Don’t actually be burning things.
And I knew you could never love me
I had so much sorrow inside
You could never reach
But I’ll ask you this
Will you still miss me?
(Yes I’ll miss you)
Do you love me?
(Yes I love you)
Planes fill the sky
We’ll both die tonight
We’ll both die tonight
Hands from the sky
Swat us away like flies
As we follow the light
Planes fill the sky
We’ll both die tonight
We’ll both die tonight
Hands from the sky
Swat us away like flies
As we follow the light
We’ll both die tonight
We’ll both die tonight
Swat us away like flies
(We’ll both die tonight)
As we follow the light
(As we follow the light)
This union, a battle fought and lost
This union was not about the cause
This union was never about love
But you know what, even though it hurt at the time it probably was for the best. If he couldn’t tell me what was going on with him, couldn’t give me any attention,and just wasn’t as invested in our relationship like I was, it was good that we broke up.
Although it did make me sad:
But it can be better to end than to continue something that was not making both parties truly happy. (BTW by using the above pic I do not want anyone out there to think that I’m still wallowing [that’s over] or anything, it just fit well with what I was saying)
And you’ll meet someone great who will be just right for you.
Hey check this place out! Isn’t it cool? I wish I could go there. It’s so beautiful!
I just wanted to let you all know that I’m taking a virtual vacation. No blogging for a while as I have finals and want to rest up and then be ready to churn out some good quality posts. In my mind I will be here, but in reality most likely the library.
Yep this’ll be me.
I will miss you all, but I have to take a break. Talk to you all soon!
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