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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Jan 31, 2008 20:18:19 GMT -5
8 8 SARA BAREILLES Love Song 2007 Epic 2545 2368 177 12.507
Judging by "Over You" and "Wake Up Call" and their loss of bullets, it looks like this will be at #6 in about 2 days. Right now I think this has the best chance at reaching #1 but it's got a ways to go to get there. Good song.
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Post by MinusName on Feb 2, 2008 23:00:17 GMT -5
8 6 SARA BAREILLES Love Song 2601 2417 +184 12.985
Doing very well. If it keeps this up it should be able to take #1 in a little over 2 weeks! It's about time Hot AC got a new #1.
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Post by NORTHCOAST on Apr 19, 2008 22:44:54 GMT -5
I think it's an okay song. I like the Ingrid Michaelson one much more. But my DJ mentioned the other day that there is a back story to this song that made her hear it in a whole new light. Supposedly Sarah's record company told her that her album needed a love song on it. She fought against writing one but the record company kept pushing her. So, she wrote this song.
Here are the lyrics and it certainly does change the meaning of the song in my mind now:
Head under water And they tell me to breathe easy for a while The breathing gets harder, even I know that You made room for me but it's too soon to see If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to Blank stares at blank pages No easy way to say this You mean well, but you make this hard on me I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's Make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better Reason to write you a love song today
I learned the hard way That they all say things you want to hear And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and Your twisted words Your help just hurts You are not what I thought you were Hello to high and dry Convinced me to please you Made me think that I need this too I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's Make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better Reason to write you a love song today
Promise me that you'll leave the light on To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone 'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me Because I say I won't write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this Is that why you wanted a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that There's a reason to Write you a love song today
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Post by 620 Soul Train on May 18, 2008 13:43:05 GMT -5
At first I did not like it because I did not understand it. But after hearing not one but several reports on what this song was about, I began to listen and enjoy this each time I heard this. Lisa Loeb's "I Do" sounded like a song related to love problems or what have you, but it was also about her record label.
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