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Ok, so in a fit of productivity (?) I made an Alan/Tara breakup mix. And here it is. No title for the thing and no cover art because I suck. I suppose the relevant part of this post for people skimming is that there's free music behind the cut.

I did choose the song order with care, and there are some nice segues, so if you do take them all, listen to them in order.

1. Step Away from the Cliff-Blue-Eyed Son

So I keep on asking myself/Whether it's time to step away from the cliff/Yeah, I keep on asking myself/Whether it's time to stop thinking about it

2. One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead)-Stars

Take me like that/Ruin it all/Then build it again by the light in the hall

3. Hyperspace-Nada Surf

And I can see it all/And I'm okay/But I wish there was/Another way

4. Shorelines-Broken Social Scene

Better love what you lose

Because I can't resist a pun.

5. A Hiccup in Your Happiness-The Lucksmiths

And it hurts even more than you thought/And it feels like forever just now/But one day you'll look back on this/As a hiccup in your happiness

6. Round Here (Live)-Counting Crows

She doesn't exist anymore

7. History of Lovers-Iron and Wine & Calexico

I hope that she’s happy I’m blamed for the death of/A man she found better than me

8. Most of the Time-Bob Dylan

Most of the time/I’m halfway content/Most of the time/I know exactly where it all went

I had about seven possible Dylan songs for this. It broke my heart to pare it down to one.

9. If You Can't Live Without Me Then Why Aren't You Dead Yet-My Life Story

10. Unsent Letter (Live)-Machine Gun Fellatio

I know what could've been/Try not to think about it/Found it hard to live with this/Longed to live without it/My dreams have caught me out/I find myself surrounded/By the odds of our own ends/Enough said about it

11. Moving Pictures, Silent Films-Great Lake Swimmers

Oh wake me please when this is over/Oh when the ice is melted away/And the hunger returns/I will feel the same but older

12. For Real-Okkervil River

And there’s nothing quite like/The blinding light when that curtain’s cast aside/And no attempt is made to explain/Away the things that really, really, really are behind

13. Run-Snow Patrol

I'll sing it one last time for you/Then we really have to go/You've been the only thing that's right/In all I've done

Yeah, I know this is on every mix imaginable and I'm sure all of you have it, but...it's awesome. Rescue Me earned by eternal adulation (not that it didn't already have it) by using this song in a montage.

14. How to Fight Loneliness-Wilco

How to fight loneliness/Smile all the time/Shine your teeth to meaningless/And sharpen them with lies

15. Don't be Afraid to Sing-Stars

We all come to an end/And we all end together

16. What Happens When the Heart Just Stops-The Frames

Empty-handed waiting/In time it will subside and we'll agree/It was a given/Well there was no standard we could set/And the world it does regret/To have to leave you in this state of bereavement

And my original Alan/Tara song (stolen from the Homicide movie and it's totally a Frankentim song, but we'll just gloss over that, shall we?): Crestfallen-The Smashing Pumpkins

Lemme know if things need to be re-uploaded/links don't work!