Valentine's Day Flashback: Here's My Actual Playlist of Love Songs From 2000

Oh, God. I was 13 when this song came out, and I fully remember it speaking to me in my angsty "my crush doesn't know I exist" junior high years.

Plumb was the conservative Christian answer to Fiona Apple (even down to the fruit-related names), but edgy enough to appeal to my burgeoning teen rebel. I mean, what 13-year-old girl can't relate to the lyrics: "I'm never told that I am pretty/I'm never told that I am kind."

This song was perfect for looking out into the distance, thinking deep thoughts about love and longing. Or you know, for doing homework.

I mean, at 15, I'd never been in a relationship, so I'm pretty sure these lyrics went right over my head. But it's catchy!

Is this a love song? Maybe not. But it felt nostalgic to me at the time — like, it reminded me of the crushes I'd be saying goodbye to when they'd graduate. (I was single for a long time, OK?)

Because it's all very dramatic. Cue feelings!

Hello, dramatic music that makes you feel things — perfect for my teen self looking for that guy who would finally "get" me. "A thousand other boys could never reach you/How could I have been the one."

Let's be honest, this 100 percent had to do with City of Angels. With this song, you get a movie montage, sobbing, and dreams of a guy who would literally give up his immortality for you. Is that too much to ask?

This is the first music video I remember watching and loving. And you know what? I can't even make fun of it. It's a damn good love song. Even more impressive? Coldplay is still totally relevant.

Also, probably not a love song? But hey, it's emotional and definitely works as a soundtrack for thinking deep thoughts about that cute boy who sits in front of you in Spanish class.

Remember when graduation (or even the end of a school year) felt like the most dramatic farewell ever?! "I wonder if I'll ever see you again." Goodbye forever . . . or at least until next weekend when we all hang out because we still live with our parents and we're like 10 minutes away. Yeah, this song captured that.

OK, we get it. Letting go of a crush is hard. "I bet you're hard to get over/I bet the room just won't shine."

Wait, is this a dirty song? That title DEFINITELY went over my innocent 15-year-old head. Anyway, sad song about feeling alone by pop-rock band? Yeah, I was into it.