21 Emo Songs That Are 10 Years Old This Year

Take me back, back to better days.

1. "The Kill" - 30 Seconds To Mars

Virgin

Released: January 2006

Memorable lyric: "I tried to be someone else, but nothing seemed to change,

I know now, this is who I really am..."

2. "MakeDamnSure" - Taking Back Sunday

Warner Bros.

Released: April 2006

Memorable lyric: "I just wanna break you down so badly, in the worst way."

3. "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me" - Fall Out Boy

Island

Released: June 2006

Memorable lyric: "I don't blame you for being you,

But you can't blame me for hating it."

4. "Welcome To The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance

Reprise

Released: October 2006

Memorable lyric: "Do or die, you'll never make me,

Because the world will never take my heart."

5. "Saying Sorry" - Hawthorne Heights

Victory

Released: May 2006

Memorable lyrics: "Saying sorry we're falling apart,

Wish we knew this from the start."

6. "All We Know" - Paramore

Fueled by Ramen

Released: December 2006

Memorable lyric: "It takes some time to let you go and it shows."

7. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" - Panic! At The Disco

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Released: August 2006

Memorable lyric: "I've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better fuck."

8. "Rough Landing, Holly" - Yellowcard

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Released: May 2006

Memorable lyric: "From the sky she pulled me down tonight,

Let her go."

9. "Miss Murder" - AFI

Interscope

Released: April 2006

Memorable lyric: "The stars that pierce the sky;

He left them all behind.

We’re left to wonder why,

He left us all behind."

10. "Take Me Back" - Story of the Year

Maverick Records

Released: April 2006

Memorable lyric: "So now we're running, we're running blind into the light,

And we fall behind."

11. "Writing on the Walls" - Underoath

Tooth & Nail

Released: 2006

Memorable lyric: "I know there must be some way out of here and all of them will be waiting there."

12. "Roses for the Dead" - Funeral For A Friend

Atlantic

Release date: February 2006

Memorable lyric: "Forgive him our father,

Your son is smiling,

So lay roses around you."

13. "Can't Be Saved" - Senses Fail

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Released: October 2006

Memorable lyric: "I'm stuck in a coma, stuck in a never-ending sleep.

And some day I will wake up and realize I made up everything."

14. "Prayer of the Refugee" - Rise Against

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Released: 2006

Memorable lyric: "We'll sing through the day,

Of the lives that we've lost,

And the lives we've reclaimed."

15. "Tears Don't Fall" - Bullet For My Valentine

Trustkill

Released: June 2006

Memorable lyric: "There's always something different going wrong.

The path I walk is in the wrong direction."

16. "Not Good Enough for Truth In Cliché" - Escape The Fate

Epitaph

Released: September 2006

Memorable lyric: "Sitting in this room playing Russian roulette,

Finger on the trigger to my dear Juliet."

17. "Voices" - Saosin

Capitol

Released: September 2006

Memorable lyric: "We speak in different voices,

Why can't we say what we're thinking of."

18. "When Your Heart Stops Beating" - +44

Interscope

Released: November 2006

Memorable lyric: "Turn it up I never wanna go home,

I only wanna be part of your breakdown."

19. "Paperthin Hymn" - Anberlin

Tooth & Nail

Released: 2006

Memorable lyric: "These thoughts run through my head,

Over and over.

Complaints of violins become my only friends."

20. "Don't Wait" - Dashboard Confessional

Vagrant

Released: May 2006

Memorable lyric: "The road is now a sudden sea

And suddenly, you're deep enough

To lay your armor down."

21. "The Phrase That Pays" - The Academy Is...

Fueled by Ramen

Released: 2006

Memorable lyric: "I make plans to break plans,

And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning."

Note: Some of these songs were taken from albums released in previous years, however the release date of the singles was 2006.