Song of the month (VI)

"It wasn’t until I fell in love that I started to understand love songs". How many times have you heard something similar? How many times has that happened to you?

Well, in my case it’s always been quite the opposite – it’s my falling out of love and the feeling of betrayal that have made me sympathise with the ‘breaking up songs’. And the more harsh the lyrics are, the better.

I think there’s a sensible reason for that. Most love songs tend to rely on the same formulae and make use of general and boring sentences like “I need you”, “I love the way you kiss me”, etc. That doesn't say anything special about your relationship! However, 'breaking up songs' have been written by broken or raged souls who need to take their feelings out of their chest, and so the lyrics contain a storm of real feelings by real people.

“Special” by Garbage is a great example of that. I really love this song, especially some daring and brave lines like "Do you have an opinion?", “I thought you were special”, “I couldn’t care less” or “There’s no way in hell I’d take you back”. Have you ever felt that a song has just been written for you at a particular point in your life?

 SPECIAL

(written by Shirley Manson)

I'm living without you
I know all about you
I have run you down into the ground
Spread disease about you over town

I used to adore you
I couldn't control you
There was nothing that I wouldn't do
To keep myself around and close to you

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I couldn't care less

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know

I used to amuse you
I knew that I'd lose you
Now you're here and begging for a chance
But there's no way in hell I'd take you back

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I've run out of comments
I'm tired of the violence
I couldn't care less

I'm looking for a new [4x]

We were the talk of the town [4x]

I thought you were special [4x]