If you are looking for a playlist that will fill you with delight, lull you to a peaceful sleep, or remind you of middle school dances, I advise you to look elsewhere. These songs relate a story that is direly upsetting and upsettingly dire, and more complicated than you might have previously imagined. A triangle is one of the simplest forms in Euclidean geometry, yet acquires properties which are positively labyrinthine when the human heart is involved. “Labyrinthine” is a word which here means that under better circumstances, a different arrangement might have been reached to the satisfaction of all parties. I beg you to seek out music that will make you think of better circumstances, or at least of less troubling geometry.

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