After so many years, this song still makes me want to be in my early 20s again and feel that hopelessness one feels in youth after an earth-devouring love is lost, but in a sort of beautiful and way, where you know it’s for the best and are at peace.

"I'm not sorry I met you, I'm not sorry it's over. I'm not sorry there's nothing to say" this. this. this. this song is too relatable

this is THE perfect breakup song. "Live through this and you won't look back" will stay with me forever. Great songwriting.

First heard this song when I was 18 from degrassi lol. Looked it up so fast and fell in love with this song. This was about 11 years ago. Turn 30 in a couple months. Decided to look this song up once again since all those years ago. Crazy how some songs can bring you right where you used to be in life in that certain time. Makes my heart heavy. Hope all of you who read this lives a happy and full life.

"Live through this and you won't look back" has been one of those phrases that got me through a lot of shit ever since I heard it.

This song didn’t resonate until I lost my first love to Suicide this August. Exactly a month after we reconnected. Moral: Please ask your loved ones if they’re ok. Even if they seem like they’re the best they’ve ever been

Sooo.. I'm a writer, and I was able to base a 188 paged novel off of this. That was two years ago, and it's changed so much that I forgot what it stemmed from. Thank you, Stars, because it is the best thing I've ever written.

A decade later and still so dear in my heart.

This was my boyfriend's favourite song. He fell and hit his head which lead to his death. I can hear his voice singing each lyric. When we all said our final goodbye, we played this song and I held onto his feet hoping he'd wake up when he heard 'live through this, and you won't look back...' we watched his final breath to this. We were neighbours. We'd hope a fence to get to each other. The last time I saw him alive, we spent the night together, haha 'lazy lovins'. We sang 'Tribute' by Tenacious D while I got ready in the mirror together. I made breakfast and danced, he pulled me into his arms and told me to eat- knowing I was behind. I (ofc) was running late for my bus that morning. He unlocked his bike, tried to 'scare' me and proceeded to flag down that bus. I thanked and kissed him. He kissed me back and said 'I love you, and I'll catch you later kid' then gave me a love tap. I smiled and turned to him to savour that moment. The bus driver called him a nice boy, and I smiled and thought back to my parents. That's how they met. My mom was running late for school, my dad saw her then biked up to the bus and my mom got on... she fell for him in that moment and eventually crossed paths again. I spent NYE in Montreal, I couldn't get this song out of my head. I wished he was with me whenever I looked up to Pont Champlain. Our streets of parkdale, toronto are covered with ghosts. I never get to bike with him into heavy traffic or sit on his porch drinking a warm Turborg with a cigarette in hand. No one will ever get to hear his funny fuckin jokes. So this song reminds me of a lot. I miss him every day. I look at his collection of books. They haunt me like the notes of this song. Joshua Pamplin, I didn't get to love you long enough. I will always miss you and your profoundly poetic ways. Come visit me sometime? Please.

This will forever be the best break-up song. Ever.

Heard this at the end of a Degrassi episode years ago, I’m 26 now. *Timeless*

I fell in love with this song when they played it on Degrassi during its good years

This song is such a masterpiece. I hope one day I can write something as emotionally stirring and as honest as this.

This should have been on the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack!! it's just as beautiful as the movie

When I was 16 years old I saw Stars live at the Cat's Cradle. It was profound, but it's not until now, eight years later, that these lyrics leave tingles on my skin. I stayed at a friend's house that night and I don't remember it a bit, probably because the very next day, my life would never be the same again. I was going through a dark time and was in a toxic relationship with a drug-addicted teenage boy. I had an Adderall prescription and he begged me to give him some. Being the insecure and codependent teenager that I was, I agreed. He sold them on the school bus. The next day I was in third-period math class chatting with my best friend and the assistant principal pulled me from class and nothing was ever the same. I never went back to math class. I never went back to that school. I was a straight-A student going to jail with a felony at 16 for distributing a controlled substance. I lost every single one of my friends and my first love. I was sure my life was over. I ended up going to a school for delinquents, which brought my life to another level of darkness that I never imagined possible, but still, I prevailed. I was sexually assaulted, date r*ped, but I felt lucky that I was able to graduate high school a year earlier at this school due to my credit amount. Then I got into college! A miracle considering my past. I thought I was beginning to turn the page, but then I developed a serious autoimmune disease from the stress of it all, causing me to gain a significant amount of weight and had to drop out of college. A year off at home and my friends were my mom's friends who took me into their crew (yes, it's weird). At the time, I wanted to die. I thought I must set myself on fire...looking back it's just a fleck on my porcelain skin. I lived through this and I won't look back. I left my tiny town, fell in real love, and started my own business a couple of years ago that's going really well. If you read this far, you might be going through the hardest time in your life, but I promise there will always be a silver lining. Beautiful things come from the darkest time. Love to you all.

Saw them in concert last night,and Torquil picked me out of the crowd and dedicated this song to me. It was like I was 18 again!

I always listen this song when my heart broken and it heals me a lot. I know everyone come to your life must have some meaning and teach you something. I won't regret I loved someone so madly but it is not work out anymore, Like this lyric said " I'm not sorry I met you. I'm not sorry it's over. I'm not sorry there is nothing to say" Thank you the one come to my life let me know I still can love someone and I deserved be loved too.

Underappreciated but truly talented band. The harmony. Rythm. Instrumentals. 👌

I discovered this song back in 2005 and I absolutely loved it! Then somehow I forgot about it. 13 years later I went through an old music collection - and here I am. heart-wrenching, but in a nice way. :')

This song got me through my breakup with my first love. Looking back after years since then, it still resonates.

The song gives me chills. The instrumental alone is beautiful.

just one of the most beautiful duets in the history of music

I heard this when I was 18 for the first time I’m 29 now That shit is tragic

Memories of my first love . This was the anthem years ago, still so emotional, such a sentimental connection.

6 years ago, I was going through hell, and someone turned me on to this song. I'm in a far better place now, and I have to keep coming back to listen to it every November.

Seeing them again for the first time in years in Manchester next week

I went to college in the late 2000s and I'm not over her fully.

Degrassi Graduation 😭 This song gets me in my feelings 😭

Live through this, and you won't look back.

This must be one of the most Canadian music videos...

Heard this song for the first time 2 weeks ago. It was and still is pure beauty

Listened to this song on repeat in college daily. I have rediscovered it a dozen times since. Always brings back those same ol feelings. Some hearts never change.

Heard this when it came out. I was younger but loved it. Years later in 2019, spotify randomly played it for me and I started crying on a train in another country because I knew my relationship was over. Lmao. How can a song be so sad but hopeful at the same time.

Guys, this is the kind of music that you have to do again! All the albuns until set yourself on fire are masterpieces! Please, don't let that kind of songs go away

SO sadly beautiful. Still love this in 2019. ❤❤❤

is it just me or does this remind anyone of the film 'Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind' the lyrics and video kinda fit perfectly!

Simply the perfect breakup song. It's been 13 years since I first listened to this, gosh. It still gives me the chills. So great is real Art. So strong is the pain when you have to let her/him go. But to those that are in that dark place right now I say: there is always hope to move on, and be OK again. Just live through this, and you won't look back.

I’ll never forget my twin flame, Lola. She passed in 2015. This was one of our songs. Always always always. I still need you. I feel you everywhere 🌌❤️

"You were what I wanted, I gave what I gave" is one of the most beautiful descriptions of life I've heard!

Some songs will never get old. This is one of them.

Favorite song in the world(and band) sense 2010. Never stops feeling magical to me.

It's 2017 and i'm still listening to this. And it gives me a different feel everytime. Stars will always have a special place in my heart. ❤

2018 anyone? Still listening this at least 20 times per year

I was watching something and heard the voice that says "When there is nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire" and it instantly made me want to listen to this song again. I love this album so much when I first heard this song it gave me the chills hearing it for the first time and those chills still happen. I mean such great lyrics, Stars are such a wonderful band. I would love to hear what everyone else thinks I think this album stands up.

Best breakup song to ever exist on the planet. Helps me out so much.

Love love this song. I especially love her delivery of "from real love"

guy: lays dead on the ice everyone else: oh no i should call the cops after im finished with my figure 8

I found this song this year and so much has happened my life fell apart but I rebuilt it and I can’t wait to come back here and tell everyone about the people I’ve loved and lost all over again

"And all of that time you though I was sad, I was trying to remember your name." - 2019 to my ex. ❤️ #tonewbeginnings

Don't know this band but over the last 10 years this song has saved me multiple times and it was shown to me by the most amazing girl ever. And we just reconnected.... and I just broke up with my gf. Funny how life works. I doubt there's anything there but having her in my life means more to me than anything

Stars deserves to be so much more well known!! Their music is amazing, in the complexity, the lyrics, and the sincerity in their songs. It makes me mad that they don't get more recognition haha.

I just saw them live and WOW! They’re amazing live!!!! Their vibe is so great!

I listened to this during my breakup with my first serious boyfriend in 2011. I remember that I cried heavily and won't stop doing so. By now, he is really dead as he died in 2020.

I'm obsessed with this song.

Such a great song, it's so relatable to so many that have been through some turmoil in the past.

There are so many beautiful things about this video - I love that each musician is lying on the floor (and as a musician, playing on the floor is hard af, so props) back to back or back to side. For some reason the trombone and french horn always strike me because the leg angles look so cool - This song is one of the only songs that I think accurate capture the reality of a break up where both sides think: "I was right, you were wrong, here's my side of the story - I did love you and I was vulnerable with you" - I love the duality of it almost feeling like a first date, a few of the shadoews holding hands during the ice skating to it feeling just so cold and lonely - The two singers capture SO WELL what it's like to stand right next to someone who used to be your world and now is your past - I WILL NEVER NOT CRACK UP AT THE FUCKING DRUMMER LMAO

one of the most underrated bands of all time .. their catalog is incredible ..check it out

Still one of the best songs ever released.

9 years. Almost a decade and this song is still tragically beautiful.

20 years later, still having a good ould weep whenever I listen to this.

I had forgotten about this song I first heard it in Daydream Nation and then I started rewatching Degrassi. They used it in the season 5 finale and man it was perfect!!! I love this song! I love the female singer!

Advice for every 15 year old out there...."live through this, and you won't look back....."

This is my favourite song of all time. It just breaks my heart a little every time I hear it, but in a good way.

this song makes me feel like you're going away and there's nothing i can do about it

nice sunshine of the spotless mind reference

I miss this song so much, back then I met them when I was much much younger and honestly I’m so happy I did :”) This just gave me nostalgic feels and I really miss that feeling

One of the best pop bands of all time.

When I first heard this song I thought there is no way this isn't inspired by The Delgados. It has such a distinctive Delgados sound it may as well have been performed by them. Very nice.

Over ten years later... I love this song still.

favourite song. makes me feel so much.

God. This song is still as beautiful-if not more-as the first time I listened to it. To say I'm transfixed would be an understatement, this song manages to engulf me every. single. time. It's such a beautiful piece, lyrically and musically.

This has brought me through so many dark days.

Still love 12 years later❤

I just love this song. It's straightforward and true.

this makes me miss the "pop" music that was around when I was closer to 20 than 40.

I have been a fan for about 8 years now. I just wanted to randomly leave a comment and say I absolutely LOVE Stars. Totally underrated.

2019 anyone? Still one of my favorite songs!

How about in 2019? I love this song. ❤❤❤

For years I listened to this song with the heartache of hoping to be able to live through it and not look back. Finally there, and love this song the same.

It has been 10 years since I first listened to this song and my life has changed so much since... this song brings back so many memories.

I've just broken up with my boyfriend of 3 years... the last part of this song really speaks to me, it's exactly how I'm feeling right now.

I feel crazy for not discovering this band sooner. I've been honestly listening to this song weeks and it has a certain haunting feeling when you really listen. I can't explain how beautiful this song is. Moral of the story....it's a great damn song.

Anyone else one of the 100 lucky people that saw Stars at the free MySpace Secret show in Vancouver at the Media Club 14 years ago? I remember being SO excited at 14 that it was all ages, I even skipped school so I could be first in line (and I was!). To this day it is the most intimate show I've ever been to. Oh how time passes.

I've always appreciated this song but once I was widowed at 35 with conflicted emotions about the 180° my life was taking it took on a whole new meaning. This is a beautiful song ❤

2019 is anybody still here??? I love this song

I wish I could be in a romantic relationship at least once in my life (if it lasts forever that’s the best of course). I’m 25 and still waiting for the right person who’ll respect and love me right to come along :’(

A fantastic movie with Kat Dennings. It's fantastic, if you have Netflix you should watch it.

10 years later... I still find comfort in this song

When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire God, that was strange to see you again Introduced by a friend of a friend Smiled and said, "Yes, I think we've met before" In that instant, it started to pour Captured a taxi despite all the rain We drove in silence across Pont Champlain And all of that time you thought I was sad I was trying to remember your name This scar is a fleck on my porcelain skin Tried to reach deep but you couldn't get in Now you're outside me, you see all the beauty Repent all your sin It's nothing but time and a face that you'll lose I chose to feel it and you couldn't choose I'll write you a postcard, I'll send you the news From the house down the road, from real love Live through this and you won't look back Live through this and you won't look back Live through this and you won't look back There's one thing I want to say so I'll be brave You were what I wanted, I gave what I gave I'm not sorry I met you I'm not sorry it's over I'm not sorry there's nothing to save I'm not sorry there's nothing to save

There's a lot of songs that i love, that some feelings i can relate to, but this song, this song is just woah. its my favorite song, and all my soul can relate to it. God bless Stars for making a beautiful and inspiring song.

It hit me today again to see my first love I just could hardly believe it this song just says everything

After all this time, this song is still making me cry!

Stars always manages to put me in a good mood :)

All I can think is of Degrassi Next Generation's season 5 finale 2 parter High Fidelity

I cant get over how much nostalgia this song has

I can't believe I"ve been listening to this song longer than 15 years at this point. I've been one of those ones that have meant different things to me about different people in different phases of my life. And even though life is pretty good these days, I still bring it up and feel those same motions again. It never gets old.

Good song

Brasileiros, cadê você ouvindo as músicas boas dos USA, só eu que me lembrei do filme "Brilho eterno de uma mente sem lembranças" na cena que ele e ela se deitam no gelo.. muito lindo essa canção.

Saw these guys in Ottawa last night, feeling nostalgic now. Still love this song.

This song will now forever remind me of not only falling in love with my best friend but also... also falling in love with Charlie... My sweet, sweet Charlie.