If you've ever seen 40 Year Old Virgin and watched Steve Carrell scream out in abject fear and pain, you would know that Kelly Clarkson is more than a singer — she's a feeling. Whether that feeling is a positive or negative one depends on your personal interpretation. Because the girl sings some gripping and staying ballads, but she's also like an adorable burst of sunshine all at the same time. It's confusing for us fans, who, are brought through the ringer after a long car ride humming along to Breakaway, which, is now ten years old. You've been hypothetically brought to your knees by a powerhouse pop album for a whole decade now, peeps.
So, to commemorate this momentous anniversary of sorts, let us match each haunting Breakaway melody to a specific emotion it evokes. Because, well, there are a whole lot of them. So many emotions in fact, that there may be more songs than known emotions to compare it to. After all, sometimes the deepest feelings are the ones we can't truly justify in words. Sometimes, you gotta rely on an American Idol superstar to convey it for you in the form of an affecting ballad. And here’s the songs that correspond to those complicated feelings:
"BREAKAWAY" WHEN YOU'RE DREAMING ABOUT BECOMING A SEA WORLD DOLPHIN TRAINER AFTER BEING STUCK COMMUTING IN TWO HOURS OF TRAFFIC
"SINCE U BEEN GONE" WHEN YOU'RE FEELING EMPOWERED AFTER DENYING A BAGEL BECAUSE YOU'RE GLUTEN FREE
"BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES" WHEN YOU RUN INTO YOUR LESS THAN DESIRABLE HIGH SCHOOL EX-BOYFRIEND AT THE SUPERMARKET
"GONE" FOR WHEN YOUR GYM CALLS YOU UP ASKING WHERE YOU'VE BEEN THE PAST SIX MONTHS
"WHERE IS YOUR HEART" WHEN YOUR ROOMMATE COMES HOME WITH TACO BELL BUT DIDN'T ASK IF YOU WANTED ANY
"WALK AWAY" WHEN YOU'VE EFFECTIVELY SCHOOLED YOUR CO-WORKER WHO WAS TRYING TO ONE UP YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR BOSS
"YOU FOUND ME" AN ODE TO EXPRESS YOUR DEVOTION TO YOUR HOT, CHEESY, PERSONAL PIZZA
"I HATE MYSELF FOR LOSING YOU" WHEN YOU BITE INTO YOUR ICE CREAM CONE AND IT FALLS TO THE FLOOR :(
"HEAR ME" FOR WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CALL YOUR FRIENDS TO FIGURE OUT PLANS BUT THEY KEEP ON TEXTING YOU INSTEAD
"BEAUTIFUL DISASTER" YOU WHEN YOU LOOK HOT BUT YOU'RE SUPER PLASTERED
"ADDICTED" FOR WHEN YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE BARISTA TO MAKE YOUR THIRD COFFEE OF THE DAY
