I heard that you're settled downThat you found a girl and you're married nowI heard that your dreams came trueGuess she gave you things, I didn't give to youOld friend, why are you so shy?Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the lightI hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvitedBut I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight itI had hoped you'd see my faceAnd that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't overNever mind, I'll find someone like youI wish nothing but the best for you, too"Don't forget me, " I begI remember you said"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead""Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"You know how the time fliesOnly yesterday was the time of our livesWe were born and raised in a summer hazeBound by the surprise of our glory days... (repeat)Nothing compares, no worries or caresRegrets and mistakes, they're memories madeWho would have known how bittersweet this would taste?... (repeat)
The top embed is what I understand was the first release of the song twelve years ago in 2011. The second was recorded at the London Palladium in 2021. I'm sure I'm not the only listener to detect a difference between the two: the first an outcry of anguish by a young girl, the second expressing acceptance and defiance by an adult woman.
Beautiful .... in every way.
ReplyDeleteI listened to both, back to back. In the first I concur with the feeling of anguish, of being left alone. In the second song the audience sang along and as I listened there was the hurt and anguish but no, not alone, that the audience by singing with her acknowledged they too felt like she did in the first example. A heavy emotion shared is a burden halved, or something like that. Honestly I was moved to tears.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. It is clear that this is where Dua got here blues from.
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