Over – A romantic comedy online graphic novel by Tyler James

Congratulations by Blue October

Key Lyrics: And I can’t change this/ I can never take it back again/ But now I can’t change your mind/ You left me

Felix Rating: 87 (Acceptance)

Analysis: This song…get the hankies out kids.  It’s a tough one.  When you listen to some songs after a breakup, they take you back.  This one though, takes you forward.  When Justin Furstenfeld sings “I came to see the light of my best friend, you seemed as happy as you’d ever been.  My chance at being open was broken and now you’re Mrs. Him,” you can practically picture him crashing his ex’s wedding.  Her in a wedding dress, happy as can be, him in a suit doing all he can to hold it together, still in love.  What’d I tell you?  Heartbreaking, heartbreaking stuff.  But you can still love someone and accept that it’s over.  He gets that, and therefore I think this song falls in the acceptance category.

Also worth checking out, a video of this song mapped to Pam and Jim’s relationship on “The Office.”  Great show, and one of the best written relationships on TV in the past decade.

Right Now (Na, Na, Na) by Akon

Key Lyric: Why can’t it be the way it was?/ ‘Cause you were my homie, lover and friend

Felix Scale Rating: 51 (Bargaining)

Analysis: This song is kind of like a unicorn.  It’s an Akon song NOT about a stripper.  (I didn’t know they existed, did you?)  Well, I suppose the girl he’s trying to get back could be a stripper, but usually he mention something like that.  Anyway, an infectious, catchy, and yet completely forgettable tune.

Driving Away by Adam Day

Key Lyric: It can get quiet here/ This world can get me down/ Ever since you slipped away without a sound/ And I miss your laugh/ And I miss your smile/ I just want to hold you for a while.

Felix Scale Rating: 11 (Denial)

Analysis: This song is classic denial.  On the one hand, when Adam sings, “I know it’s hard without you here.  I’ll be better at missing you next year,” it’s clear a part of him recognizes she’s not coming back.  But you can tell from the song, he hasn’t quite convinced himself.  She might change her mind, right?  Wrong.  “You think it’s so much better now that we’re apart, ever since you got away with a piece of my heart,” he sings.  And in another sharp line, he belts  “I’d kill for the pain of what you left behind.”  Yeah, this guys got a long ways to go.  But chin up.  He will be better at missing her next year.

Give it a listen HERE.