Lykke Li – Breaking It Up
This one gets at the particular exhaustion of knowing it’s over before you say it. Lykke Li has this way of making a small admission feel final, like she’s already packed her bags and is just being polite about leaving. The song’s quiet enough that you feel the silence more than the words. By the time you get to ’give me the reason to stay,’ you know there isn’t one, and neither does she.