15 Songs About Imperfect Relationships And The Frustration They Bring
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Relationships can be challenging. Sometimes they can go from seemingly perfect to imperfect overnight. These songs about imperfect relationships will have you feeling not so alone. We’ve curated a few of our favorites whose lyrics strike a chord with how it can feel in those moments.
leave – gnash
Lyrics: “I’m not saying I know how to save this
I’m just saying we’ve been here before”
Skinny Love – Birdy
Lyrics: “And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind”
July – Noah Cyrus
Lyrics: “Find someone that loves you
Better than I do, darling, I know
‘Cause you remind me every day
I’m not enough, but I still stay”
Fear of Being Alone – Lennon Stella
Lyrics: “It’s the fear of, it’s the fear of being alone
Got me staying when I know (Ah)
It’s the fear of, it’s the fear of being alone
Got me never letting go (Ah)”
Love In The Dark – Adele
Lyrics: “You have given me something that I can’t live without
You mustn’t underestimate that when you are in doubt
But I don’t want to carry on like everything is fine
The longer we ignore it all the more that we will fight”
Losing You – Aquilo
Lyrics: “Tell me what I could have done
Looking back I tried my best”
Incomplete – James Bay
Lyrics: “I breathe out now and we fall back in
Just like before we can re-begin”
Believe – Mumford & Sons
Lyrics: “I had the strangest feeling
Your world’s not all it seems
So tired of misconceiving
What else this could’ve been”
Gravity – Sara Bareilles
Lyrics: “Set me free
Leave me be
I don’t wanna fall another moment into your gravity”
Poison & Wine – The Civil Wars
Lyrics: “I wish you’d hold me when I turn my back
The less I give, the more I get back“
All We Have – Ok Sweetheart
Lyrics: “You’ve got your vices I’ve got mine
As long we stay in these lines
I’m sure we’ll be okay”
Grow As We Go – Ben Platt
Lyrics: “You say there’s so much you don’t know
You need to go and find yourself
You say you’d rather be alone”
Just Be – Paloma Faith
Lyrics: “You wear me out with frustration and heartache and anger
But we wait for the wave just to wash it away”
Older – Sasha Sloan
Lyrics: “The older I get, the more that I see
My parents aren’t heroes, they’re just like me
And loving is hard, it don’t always work
You just try your best not to get hurt”
To Build A Home – Cinematic Orchestra
Lyrics: “And I built a home
For you
For me
Until it disappeared
From me
From you”
