Breakup
Go away
Go away verb - Move away from a place into another direction.
Both terms in one sentence
- Joni Mitchell's "River", from her album Blue (1971), is the Tear Jerker version of this: it's Christmas and everyone's happy, except the singer, who had an awful breakup and just wants it all to go away.
Source: Anti-Christmas Song - Homestar mistakes "Go to Richway and pick up some Hefty bags" for "Go away and pick up sticks" for a breakup message.
Source: Now Do It Again Backwards -
Breakup Song: "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" Canon Discontinuity: The fans of the band, and even the band members themselves, like to pretend that the self-titled 1994 album and Generation Swine never happened.
Source: Music / Mötley Crüe
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