Did you ever want it?
Did you want bad?
Ohhh, my
It tears me apart
Did you ever fight it?
All of the pain, so much power
Running through my veins
Bleeding, I'm bleeding
My cold little heart
Oh I, I can't stand myself
And I know
In my heart, in this cold heart
I can live or I can die
I believe if I just try
You believe in you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
Did you ever notice
I've been ashamed
All my life
I've been playing games
We can try and hide it
It's all the same
I've been losing you
One day at a time
Bleeding, I'm bleeding
My cold little heart
Oh I, I can't stand myself
And I know
In my heart, in this cold heart
I can live or I can die
I believe if I just try
You believe in you and I
In my heart, in this cold heart
I can live or I can die
I believe if I just try
You believe in you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
Maybe this time I can be strong
But since I know who I am
I'm probably wrong
Maybe this time I can go far
But thinking about where I've been
Ain't helping me start
Did you want bad?
Ohhh, my
It tears me apart
Did you ever fight it?
All of the pain, so much power
Running through my veins
Bleeding, I'm bleeding
My cold little heart
Oh I, I can't stand myself
And I know
In my heart, in this cold heart
I can live or I can die
I believe if I just try
You believe in you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
Did you ever notice
I've been ashamed
All my life
I've been playing games
We can try and hide it
It's all the same
I've been losing you
One day at a time
Bleeding, I'm bleeding
My cold little heart
Oh I, I can't stand myself
And I know
In my heart, in this cold heart
I can live or I can die
I believe if I just try
You believe in you and I
In my heart, in this cold heart
I can live or I can die
I believe if I just try
You believe in you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
In you and I
Maybe this time I can be strong
But since I know who I am
I'm probably wrong
Maybe this time I can go far
But thinking about where I've been
Ain't helping me start
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Samuel Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1987) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted in 2016 at number one. He has been nominated for numerous honours, including the Brit Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, BBC Music Awards, and The Grammy Awards. In January 2012, he won the BBC's Sound of 2012; and, in September 2020, he won the Mercury Prize.
listen:
The Main Mix
This one flunks, and the songwriters should sit through remedial English classes. Not joking; the downfall of our civilization will start somewhere ... rating = 1.
Wow, you're an ass. Songwriting and poetry have always taken liberty with grammar. Unbunch your panties for a bit.
This one flunks, and the songwriters should sit through remedial English classes. Not joking; the downfall of our civilization will start somewhere ... rating = 1.
In Sweden we have an expression for people like you: "Viktigpetter". Translates to "Peter the Important". It means someone who has to show their perceived superior knowledge at any chance they get. You're a Viktigpetter!
This one flunks, and the songwriters should sit through remedial English classes. Not joking; the downfall of our civilization will start somewhere ... rating = 1.
In the Netherlands we have a word for people who get inappropriately worked up about such trivial matters: "miereneuker". Literally translated, it means "ant f*cker".
Go easy on those ants, they never meant you any harm.
This one flunks, and the songwriters should sit through remedial English classes. Not joking; the downfall of our civilization will start somewhere ... rating = 1.
Lighten up, Francis.
This one flunks, and the songwriters should sit through remedial English classes. Not joking; the downfall of our civilization will start somewhere ... rating = 1.
You do realize that English has been "simplified" very much throughout the centuries, right? (As has every language, actually.) There was a time when verbs were conjugated, for instance. Now, all that remains from that era is the third-person s in present tense and the somewhat rudimentary conjugation of the verb to be. To me as a German native, who still has to conjugate every verb in every tense and decline every noun, that seems like a pretty great decrease of grammatical requirements. A linguistic downfall, so to speak.
My point is: language is changing constantly and that is neither good nor bad. It just is.
In Sweden we have an expression for people like you: "Viktigpetter". Translates to "Peter the Important". It means someone who has to show their perceived superior knowledge at any chance they get. You're a Viktigpetter!
I'm glad we have people making such comments so I can learn fabulous words like "viktigpetter" and "miereneuker". Adding them is the way to make English great again!
Let us now cheer on the cut Love & Hate.
This one flunks, and the songwriters should sit through remedial English classes. Not joking; the downfall of our civilization will start somewhere ... rating = 1.
You're a dick. Is that the correct way of saying it?
I'm glad we have people making such comments so I can learn fabulous words like "viktigpetter" and "miereneuker". Adding them is the way to make English great again!
To paraphrase:
English is said to borrow words form other languages, it does not. It follows other languages down dark alleys, clubs them over the head, and rifles their pockets for loose words and phrases.
My knowledge is not superior to anyone's.
Would you prefer that the ignorant remain ignorant? Shall we not shine a light in the darkness?
My name's Hud, not Peter, and I repeat: the downfall of our civilization starts when we tolerate ignorance and poor education. Rating remains at 1.
Jeez UncleHud - never has one person had such a bashing on a single thread!
May I suggest that the downfall of our civilisation is also fuelled by intolerance?
And now I is going to stop reading them comments and listen to dis CHOOOOON!
You learn just how flexible and capable of evolution the English language has been and continues to be.
You learn to become less judgemental.
You're taking a lot of heat here unclehud. To lend you some tepid support, it bugs me too. I sometimes think it is a rule of song writing is to use you and I as an object of a sentence.
But as far as being the downfall of civilization, I disagree. Language is constantly changing and with the speed of communication these days the rate is increasing. Talking about the decline of civilization assumes it reaches a peak and should stay the same or suffer decline. I think civilization is constantly evolving, spiraling up and down. All we can hope for is that each peak is higher than the last and each decline is higher than the last too. (And we don't destroy everything in the process)
Enjoy the ride!
The "you and I" is "I" because it rhymes with "die" and "try" in the preceding lines--it's got nothing to do with grammar; it's poetry.
So, I had an online 'romance' with a woman I greatly respected and was fond of. Unfortunately I am married and had to break it off. This is the song she sent me. Great song but it always makes me sad and think of her. I hope she is doing well.
Unfortunate for your wife.
So for Michael, of Ugandan origin and now living in London and a music performer, why on earth should he use your preferred version of his language?
Canary Islands, 1995, I pull up to a beach looking for a surf spot on a map and park near an occupied car. Guy in the car, Caucasian, seat tilted back, sunglasses on. No idea if he's a Spaniard or not. I lean out the window and ask "Do you speak English" (as my Spanish sucks). He slowly turns his head and looks at me over his glasses and says....
"I am English".
My knowledge is not superior to anyone's.
Would you prefer that the ignorant remain ignorant? Shall we not shine a light in the darkness?
My name's Hud, not Peter, and I repeat: the downfall of our civilization starts when we tolerate ignorance and poor education. Rating remains at 1.
wow - to me your comment(s) feel like a bulldozer making its way through a beautiful meadow with imperfect but beautiful flowers.
i wonder if joy is compagnon on your way through life at all....
but i guess then its not your fault to see life so earnest....
anyway i wish you an open heart and mind so you can experience beauty also in things which might not match your personal standards of pure perfection.
PS: and as english is not my mothertongue - please overlook grammatical imperfections - the world will not go down because of them ;-)