Michael Delizia's comments about recent pop music inspired me to enter this item. In my travels across the radio dial, one song I hear a lot is "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia. It's a fairly listenable song, even after being overplayed for a couple of years. Its popularity is also reflected in the fact that hundreds of sites feature the lyrics. However, I don't understand the story. This sounds like more than regrets over a faded love affair. Could someone please explain, or at least discuss, what is going on in these lyrics? A copy is included below. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TORN, by Natalie Imbruglia I thought I saw a man brought to life He was warm, he came around like he was dignified He showed me what it was to cry Well you couldn't be that man I adored You don't seem to know, don't seem to care what your heart is for But I don't know him anymore There's nothing where he used to lie My conversation has run dry That's whats going on Nothing's fine I'm torn I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed into something real I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late, I'm already torn So I guess the fortune teller's right Should have seen just what was there and not some holy light To crawl beneath my veins and now I don't care, I have no luck, I don't miss it all that much There's just so many things that I can't touch Nothing's fine I'm torn I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed into something real I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late, I'm already torn Torn (I'm already torn) There's nothing where he used to lie My inspiration has run dry That's what's going on Nothings right, I'm torn I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed into something real I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I'm ashamed bound and broken on the floor You're a little late, I'm already torn21 responses total.
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Funny, I haven't heard that song for probably a year. The NYC stations of course overplayed it to death when it first came out, but I guess there's a pretty quick turnover for catchy new music around here.
It sounds like she was suckered by first love.
It's a regular old broken heart song. What is the mystery, Larry? I like the song a lot. I was going through the exact same thing and feeling the same way about it when it came out 2 Springs ago.
The song is an elaborate code for "Paul is dead."
Whiny yucky song. Blecch. The bridge in it sounds a lot like it's sampled from a James song, to boot.
im kind of sick of that song actually.
Re 4. Do women with broken hearts lie naked on the floor, even when it's cold there? This custom had somehow escaped my notice.
It's one of the top medically recognized signs of a broken heart, actually. You really should pay attention to these things.
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natalie annoys me. she just does. I don't believe her at all.
Um, it's a metaphor, Larry.
Perhaps she has radiant floor heating?
Blood circulates better when your feet are level with or higher than your head, so lying on the floor might help with a broken heart.
I heard the songwriter interviewed a while back, when I was driving to Grand Rapids. She explained that the song is about a woman who has just made the decision to end her relationship, as her hopes and illusions had come to be replaced by a colder reality. She then performed a version, demonstrating that it is possible to interject some degree of emotion into the performance (as opposed to the Imbruglia version, where she might as well be singing "The Good Ship Lollipop.")
<falls down laughing>
I hate that song, but I can imagine the songwriter did it much more justice. Too bad-- I figure Imbruglia to be just a pretty face, something more eye-popping supposedly than whoever the songwriter is.
Yanno... I really rather like the song... or maybe it's more the words and music than her singing... <grins>
its a good song, it just got way way way overplayed
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