31 Songs Every Emo Teen From The ‘00s Still Knows All The Words To

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I’m not ashamed to admit I’m an emo kid at heart. I remember getting Panic At The Disco tickets for 5 bucks off of E-Bay for my best friend and I and we had the time of our lives. Although the fashion was amusing at the time – so much black eyeliner, so many band t-shirts from Hot Topic, so many polka dots – it was tons of fun. Put on your black hoodie (I know u still have one), push your bangs so they hang in your face like the old days, and spend the afternoon tapping into your ~emotional~ side. Oh, and here’s a Spotify playlist of all these songs and more for the times when you want to reminisce. 

1. Hawthorne Heights – “Ohio Is For Lovers”

2. Panic At The Disco – “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

3. Paramore – “Misery Business”

4. Dashboard Confessional – “Vindicated”

5. Bright Eyes – “First Day Of My Life”

6. Hoobastank – “The Reason”

7. Simple Plan – “Perfect”

8. Wheatus – “Teenage Dirtbag”

9. Something Corporate – “Hurricane”

10. Taking Back Sunday – “Cute Without The ‘E'”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnaFpQaGFCA

11. Fall Out Boy – “Sugar We’re Going Down”

12. Brand New – “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows”

13. Guster – “Happier”

14. New Found Glory – “Downhill From Here”

15. Good Charlotte – “The Anthem”

16. Texas Is The Reason – “Back and to the Left”

17. Ashlee Simpson – “Pieces Of Me”

18. Jack’s Mannequin – “Dark Blue”

19. Placebo – “Meds”

20. AFI – “Miss Murder”

21. Sum 41 – “With Me”

22. Straylight Run – “Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)”

23. Yellowcard – “Ocean Avenue”

24. My Chemical Romance – “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRFhNZNu_xw

25. We The Kings – “Check Yes Juliet”

26. Mayday Parade – “Miserable At Best”

27. Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”

28. Death Cab Cutie – “A Lack of Color”

29. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – “Facedown”

30. Saves The Day – “At Your Funeral”

31. 30 Seconds To Mars – “The Kill”

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