Story Behind The Song
Fredrik and I have had a tendency to write all our songs in the order of lyrics first (my part) and then the music. Fredrik's main instrument is bassoon, and he wanted to incorporate the bassoon in this song, something that isn't the norm within popular music. Other than that the song has African rhythms in it and should come with a health warning, because it sticks with you very quickly.
Song Description
A song about having lost all the will to go on. The rat race is all consuming today and sometimes it just feels like we are pulled in too many directions without any time to stop ant think about what we really want.
| Song Length |
3:18 |
Genre |
Unique - Unclassified, World - African |
| Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
| Subject |
Life, Sorrow |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Broken
I've been fighting for survival
for many, many years.
Bullies, drink and violence
have broken all my gears.
Chorus
I'm broken!
Whichever way I turn,
I'm broken
I'm asked for more than I can give.
I'm broken!
No fuel inside to burn,
I'm broken
stop the demands and let me live!
Reversing is no option;
there's nothing there to see.
But starting on the road ahead
takes more than what's in me.
Chorus
I'm broken!
Whichever way I turn,
I'm broken
I'm asked for more than I can give.
I'm broken!
No fuel inside to burn,
I'm broken
stop the demands and let me live!
Bridge
Burnout is the modern way of saying; I am lost.
We're falling by the side lines because of every must.
The hunt for something better and bigger drives us on.
Each day we join the rat race, but all the joy has gone.
I would like to stop and listen
and smell a fresh cut lawn.
Sit out by the ocean
until the break of dawn.
I know life could be better
if I had time to look,
and find myself somewhere again;
claim back what life once took.
Chorus
I'm broken!
Whichever way I turn,
I'm broken
I'm asked for more than I can give.
I'm broken!
No fuel inside to burn,
I'm broken
stop the demands and let me live!