POST-BREAKUP PLAYLIST SONGS
This Synth heavy track by Journey claims "Some day Love will find you, break those chains that bind you."
Separate ways
I have to analyze a painting by Petrus Christus for my art history paper on the Northern "Ren"
Renaissance
This English writer created the character Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
This metal, central to one hero’s physiology, weakens him in most continuities and originates from his home planet.
What is Kryptonite?
This city, once called Byzantium and later Constantinople, became the capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
What is Istanbul
This 1986 glam metal hit opens with a shot through the heart and quickly turns into an accusation that love itself has been ruined by betrayal.
You Give Love a Bad Name
Philatelists evaluate stamps partly by the "perfs" around the edges
perforations
This Russian author wrote Crime and Punishment, exploring guilt and redemption.
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
This Marvel nation, ruled by T’Challa, is known for its isolationism and vast reserves of vibranium.
What is Wakanda?
Known in antiquity as Lutetia, this city grew from a Gallic settlement on the Seine.
What is Paris
This hit was described as one of the most appealing love songs of 1981. The Singer claims "one loves feeds the fire, one heart burns desire."
Who's Crying Now
In the first 3 minutes of "Ballard" on Prime Video, the title cop knows she'll need a "psych eval" after subduing a suspect
(a psychiatric or psychological) evaluation
This philosopher wrote Meditations and was a Roman emperor.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
In DC lore, this organization polices the universe and is powered by constructs formed through willpower.
What is the Green Lantern Corps?
This modern Spanish city was known to the Romans as Barcino and became a key Mediterranean trade hub.
What is Barcelona?
This song by the Eagles inspired by a American Southwest cocktail asks the listener to "Take another shot of courage, and wonder why the right words never come."
Tequila Sunrise
In 2025 everyone in baseball was talking about Brewers rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski & his overwhelming "velo"
velocity
This English apologist wrote Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
This DC storyline reveals that the Joker may not be a single individual, but potentially three distinct personas across time.
What is The Three Jokers?
Once called Eboracum under Roman rule, this English city later became a major Viking center known as Jórvík.
What is York?
In this 1977 track by Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham tells his former partner to move on while they were still in the same band.
Go your own way
The 1922 poem "The Waste Land" includes a line about a woman's husband who's been "demobbed"
demobilized
This medieval Italian poet wrote The Divine Comedy, which includes visions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
This Marvel cosmic entity, often depicted alongside Eternity and Infinity, represents the embodiment of this natural phenomenon.
Who is Death?
This North African city, originally Carthage’s rival port Utica nearby, later rose under the Arabic name “al-Jazā’ir.”
What is Algiers?