Bruce Springsteen love songs aren't your traditional “moon in June” exercises. Just like in the real world, love is much more complicated. The Boss sings about love like it’s something that requires battle armor, something for which you need to steel yourself.

Being in love would sound awful, if Springsteen also didn’t make it sound like the only thing that matters. He’s delivered songs about heartbreak and passion, lust and disgust, secret gardens and hungry hearts. He’s told us how love can rip you apart or put you back together. How it can illuminate the truth or spin you around until you don’t know anything anymore. That’s what love can do.

Springsteen has covered love from so many perspectives, it’s difficult to run the gamut in a mere 10 songs. But let’s give it a try. If you’re rough and ready for love, check out the list below.