22 Song Lyrics That Perfectly Capture The Spirit Of Dating In The Modern Era

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YouTube / Leona Lewis

1. Fun – Some Nights

“I try twice as hard but I’m half as liked. But here they come again to jack my style.”

2. MAGIC! – Rude 

“Why you gotta be so rude, don’t you know I”m human too?”

3. Eminem ft. Sia – Beautiful Pain

“And it’s a beautiful kind of pain. Setting fire to yesterday. Find a light, find a light, find a light. Standing in the flames. And it’s a beautiful kind of pain.”

4. Tina Turner – What’s Love Go To Do With It?

“What’s love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?”

5. Kanye West – Heartless

“So you walk around like you don’t know me. You got a new friend, well I got homies. But in the end it’s still so lonely.”

6. Katy Perry – Hot N Cold

“You’re hot then you’re cold. You’re yes then you’re no. You’re in then you’re out. You’re up then you’re down.”

7. David Guetta ft. Sia – Titanium

“Cut me down. But it’s you who’ll have further to fall. Ghost town and haunted love.”

8.  Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know

“Told myself that you were right for me. But felt so lonely in your company. But that was love and it’s an ache I still remember.”

9. Sara Bareilles – King Of Anything

“So let me thank you for your time. And try to not waste any more of mine. Get out of here fast.”

10. Sam Smith – Stay

“Why am I so emotional? No, it’s not a good look, gain some self-control. And deep down I know this never works. But you can lay with me so it doesn’t hurt.”

11. Clean Bandit ft. Noonie Bao – Dust Clears

“You better get real, real, real and realize that the situation’s going nowhere. Because you act so tough I’ve totally lost control. So please try to understand that if I could I’d call and I would be there. And if I didn’t hurt so much you know I’d give you it all.”

12. Mr. Probz – Wave After Wave

“I wish I could make it easy. Easy to love me. Love me. But still I reach, to find a way. I’m stuck here in between. I’m looking for the right words to say.”

13. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity

“Fight fear for the selfish pain, it was worth it every time. Hold still right before we crash ’cause we both know how this ends.”

14. Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble

“‘Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in. So shame on me now. Flew me to places I’d never been. ‘Til you put me down.”

15. Miley Cyrus – Two More Lonely People

“And there’s two more lonely people, in the world tonight. Baby, you and I are just two more lonely people who gave up the fight.Yeah, wrong or right. Well you know my heart is aching, you don’t have to break it. If love don’t change your mind. Then there’s two more lonely people tonight.”

16. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris

“And I don’t want the world to see me. ‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand. When everything’s made to be broken. I just want you to know who I am.”

17. Paramore – The Only Exception

“And I’ve always lived like this. Keeping a comfortable distance. And up until now I have sworn to myself
That I’m content with loneliness.”

18. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glyne – Rather Be

“If you gave me a chance I would take it. It’s a shot in the dark but I’ll make it.”

19. Lauryn Hill – Doo -Wop (That Thing)

“Girls you know you better watch out. Some guys, some guys are only about that thing, that thing, that thing.”

“Guys you know you better watch out. Some girls, some girls are only about that thing, that thing, that thing.”

20. Leona Lewis – Keep Bleeding Love

“Keep bleeding. Keep, keep bleeding love. I keep bleeding. I keep, keep bleeding love.”

21. Chumbawamba – Tubthumping

“I get knocked down. But I get up again. You’re never gonna keep me down.”

22. The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love

“You can’t hurry love. No, you just have to wait. You got to trust, give it time. No matter how long it takes.” Thought Catalog Logo Mark


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