The Magnetic Fields I Don't Want to Get Over You

Despite all the grievances involved in breaking up (i.e. changing your relationship status on Facebook from "in a relationship" to "single" and having several of your ex's old flings "like" this), there is nothing worse than getting dumped before you were ready. When you're not willing to get over someone, you tend to become a maniac. Incessant texting, stalking their profile page, purposefully showing up at the same parties, more Facebook stalking, finding out he has a new girlfriend, getting drunk and leaving voicemails. We've all been there. And if you're nodding your head in disagreement, look again.

Luckily for us, The Magnetic Fields compiled an unbelievable triple album in 1999 called 69 Love Songs. The name bears it all - 69 witty love songs written and sung by Magnetic Fields' frontman, Stephin Merritt, showcasing heartbreak with three parts irony, two parts humor, and one gigantic spoonful of longing.

"I Don't Want to Get Over You" synthesizes a transcending keyboard, an unerringly baritone voice with heavy reverb, and the stubborn theme of expectations vs. reality into an ill-fitted mantra for hopeful lovers. One of Merritt's past boyfriends must have jilted him hard -- hard enough to explain the abandoning lyrics in "I Don't Want to Get Over You"  -- and he really was the inspiration for this straight-forward love song that plucks away at our empathy chords as we bop our heads along.

But we have hope. Someday, our hearts will mend and we will move on to those other fish in the sea we've been hearing so much about. Instead of living in the past and regretting things we could have done differently, hopefully, one day, we'll be able to get over old love -- and this time we'll be ready to move forward.