Courtly Love has survived through the years, managing to evolve from Shakespeare to Aerosmith. It is safe to say the form through which Courtly Love is expressed has changed in the process of evolution. We no longer go around reciting poetry to those we admire, or how many people read poetry for the sake of it. Rather, we demonstrate Courtly Love through the novels, music, and movies that we read, watch, and listen to. But the heart and soul of Courtly Love still remains in contemporary works.
             Matchbox_20 and there current hit song "If your gone" demonstrates this perfectly. It does an excellent job of showing unrequited love, which is a major subject in Courtly Love works. The song is the story of a man who wants his girlfriend to come back to him after an apparently bad break up. These are a few of the lines from the song which help to best summarize the song.
             If your gone, baby you need to come home, there's a whole lot of breathing room but I can hardly move.
             Another example of modern Courtly Love is the song "Crazy for this girl" by Even and Jaron. It tells the story of a man who loves this girl, but the girl has no clue to the feelings he has for her.
             You look at her she looks at me, she's got me thinking about her constantly, but she don't know how I feel.
             I think that these lines best represent the theme of unrequited love seen in this song. The man wants the girl but doesn't know how to get her.
             Billy Ray Cyrus's "You won't be lonely now" is more of the romantic love song. Telling the story of a woman who has had her heart broken it prior relationships and how the speaker is going to be the perfect man and never hurt her, lover her forever, and always be there for her.
             I know you've seen all your dreams turn to dust, I know your hearts been left in the rain to rust. But you wont be lonely now.
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