Let's start with Okkervil River's Black:
I can still see where you loved yourself
before he tore it all down. April 12th,
with nobody else around; you were outside the house
(where's your mother)
when he put you in the car,
when he took you down the road.
And I can still see where it was open,
the door he slammed closed.
If you liked that track, For Real, from the same album, is also worth a listen.
Alison Krauss's mournful New Favorite (Amazon Login Required) is a short, sweet breakup song.
Switching gears, there's always the denial before the heartbreak. The Hold Steady's Your Little Hoodrat Friend is a new take on that old theme.
Finally, here's Ted Leo doing a punk rock cover of Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone (as well as "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
