By Everything But The Girl. One of my very cool TikTok mutuals posted about this song the other day and I really love it.
If you like 80βs/90βs music or if you listen to the cranberries, I think youβd loveee this !
Lyrically clever (the story of someone convincing themselves they're not in love through a series of non-convincing vignettes)
Musically sophisticated (the backing vocals are some of the most magical sounds ever recorded to tape -- the full story of how it happened is worth checking out especially if you're into music production or composition)
Kelsey Lu's cover for the Euphoria soundtrack is pretty badass too.
I've probably been listening to this since it first came out and I heard it on the radio as a kid and I'm not sick of it yet. Which is saying something.
βBig boys donβt cry.β
The first two lines of the chorus:
'You can never be strong,
You can only be free'
Sums up everything great about Robert Pollard's songwriting. Drama, hope and disappointment.
