Best Songs to Listen to After Reading Your Rejection Email

Just got an email that starts like this?

"Thank you for interviewing with us. Unfortunately, you have not been chosen…”

We've all been there. So to help you ease the pain, I came up with a list of the best rejection songs from my iPod... Listen and weep.

10. Metallica - St. Anger

/I feel my world shake
Like an earth quake
Hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?/

9. Linkin Park - In the End

/I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter/

8. Breaking Benjamin - So Cold

/You're so cold/

7. Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You

/I hate everything about you
Why do I love you/

6. Avril Lavigne – Unwanted

/I had a smile on my face and I sat up straight
Oh, yeah, yeah
I wanted to know you
I wanted to show you/

5. James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover

/Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun/

4. Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know

/But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low/

3. Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River

/You don't have to say, what you did,
I already know, I found out from him
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be/

2. Clem Snide - No one’s More Happy Than You

/And you don't believe, but it's true
No one's more happy than you/

1. Darius Rucker – This

/I don't really know how I got here
But I'm so glad that I did
And it's crazy to think that one little thing
Could have changed all of this/

Any more suggestions?

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