The empty side of the bed, the unanswered text, the song that comes on at the wrong moment. These are the ones for when someone is gone and the distance aches.
Updated 2026
Missing You by John Waite 1984
Insisting he is fine while the song says otherwise.
Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor 1990
Counting the days since they walked out.
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston 1992
Goodbye and devotion in the same breath.
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd 1975
Aching for someone no longer in reach.
Need You Now by Lady A 2010
It is a quarter after one, and the missing won't stop.
Come Back... Be Here by Taylor Swift 2012
The ache of watching someone fly home without you.
For miles between you and the person you want.
Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's 2006
A whole world apart, held together by one song.
Long Distance by Bruno Mars 2010
So close on the phone, so far in every other way.