“Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart” manages the odd feat of sounding more like it was written by Prince than her Prince cover does the growling intro, the breathy acrobatic vocal tenor, the corny 80’s synths, the clipped pacing, the drum machine percussion and the underlying simplicity of the theme all hearken back to Parade-era Purple in the worst way. Much of her music references his style and sound she even managed to eke out a minor hit with her remake of “ How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore”. John Seroff: Alicia Keys’ debt to Prince is obvious. But how on earth do some people hear Prince in this thing? “The Beautiful Ones” was weird this is co-dependent. This time she lets cold synthesizers and booming drums carry the emotion that’s beyond her voice and brain. The song is a cascade of spine-shivering moments: the plea of “well, you can try sleeping in my bed,” the peal of “you know that I’ll always be in love with you,” the explosion of the chorus, the implosion as a drifting piano line fades to black.Īlfred Soto: I hate this woman and her phony, pus-infused nuevo soul schtick. Appropriately, Alicia Keys delivers a tour de force performance, at once curl-up-under-the-duvet intimate and scream-it-from-the-rooftops desperate: she trembles with lust, gasps beneath suffocating loneliness, punches the air with anthemic determination. And I rather admire where the song goes, lyrically.Īlex Macpherson: With its crashing drums and whirring bass reminiscent of “The Beautiful Ones”, “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” revs up like a jet taking off. Matt Cibula: Okay, THIS is what A.Keys should be doing - mixing up the decades, nailing down a pretty song through careful singing instead of trying to show off her (overrated) pipes. And the tension between the contemporary production, the cheeseball tune, and the restrained but sexy vocal is what makes it work. Pharrell Williamsīut man, if ever there was a scene made for Shipley’s First Hypothesis, it may well have been the bit where Alicia heals a dead dog…Īl Shipley: This is more synth and drum machine-driven than the average Keys single, but the melody sounds like it was written for an Olympics opening ceremony. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES.
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Email (song suggestions/writer enquiries).Although she feels like a part of her died, she still hopes and believes in love. In the video, she tries to touch him but she is too much for him. Maybe they cheated, lied, or didn't feel the same way. The love she felt was too much for that other person. Every night, she will find away-to save herself. She has a feeling of self-worth, strength, and belief, that she can and will pull through. You feel like you are drowning in an endless sea of emotions and that no one can save you.īut in this song, it is uplifting. It's the worse feeling in the world, in the song she describes the lowest points, the sleepless lights, the pain one feels as if you just lost someone close to you because that's what it feels like when you face the end of a relationship and you want to do so much to go back and you love this person so much but you know you cannot be with them. General CommentThis song is about the struggle one has during a break-up that you have no control over and feel like you are dieing or falling apart because there's nothing you can do to bring that person back and you know it's not right to go back with that person. Have you ever tried, have you ever tried? Tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you (oh, hold on) So rather than hold on to a broken dream I'll just hold on to loveĪnd I could find a way to make it, don't hold on too tight You know that I'll always be in love with youĪnybody could've told you right from the start it's 'bout to fall apart I thought you told me, you'd never leave me You wore the crown, you made my body feel Heaven-bound Lonely, own me, nobody ever shut it down like you Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart? I'm gonna hold on to the times that we had Tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
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And all the time, you were telling me lies, ay