NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - TORN

TORN

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

SONGWRITERS: ANNE PREVEN; PHIL THORNALLEY & SCOTT CUTLER

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA

ALBUM: LEFT OF THE MIDDLE

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1997

 

        Natalie Jane Imbruglia(/ɪmˈbruːliə/im-BROO-lee-ə, Italian:[imˈbruʎʎa]; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian-British singer-songwriter and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, she began a singing career with her chart-topping cover of Ednaswap's song "Torn". Her subsequent album, Left of the Middle(1997), sold 7 million copies worldwide. Imbruglia's five subsequent albums have combined sales of 3 million copies worldwide, and her accolades include eight ARIA Awards, two Brit Awards, one Billboard Music Award, and three Grammy nominations.

     Imbruglia has appeared in several films, including the 2003 release Johnny English and the 2009 Australian indie film Closed for Winter. She has modelled for several brands, such as L'Oreal, Gap, and Kailis.

       Amongst other philanthropic work, Imbruglia served as a longtime spokesperson for Virgin Unite and campaigns to raise awareness of obstetric fistula.

       On 16 June 2021, Imbruglia announced on her oficial Twitter page that her new single "Build It Better" would be released on 18 June 2021. It serves as the first single from her forthcoming sixth studio album Firebird, which is scheduled to be released on 24 September 2021.

          Left of the Middle is the debut studio album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, released on 24 November 1997 by RCA Records. It is a pop rock and alternative pop album, with elements of trip hop and post-grunge. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number one in Imbruglia's home country and top 10 in both the UK and US. The album went on to secure Imbruglia na ARIA for Best Pop Release and three Grammy nominations, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Torn", and Best New Artist.

          The album sold over 7 million copies worldwide by 2002, making it the best-selling debut album by a female Australian singer. The single "Identify", which Imbruglia recorded for the soundtrack of the 1999 film Stigmata, only appears on the Taiwanese edition of the album, as well as on the compilation album, Glorious: The Singles 97–07.

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, or seem to care what your heart is for

But I don't know him anymore

 

There's nothin' where he used to lie

The conversation has run dry

That's what's 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've seen just what was there and not some holy light

But you crawled beneath my veins and now

 

I don't care, I had no luck

I don't miss it all that much

There's just so many things

That I can touch, 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

 

There's nothing where he used to lie

My inspiration has run dry

And that's what's going on

Nothing's 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 torn

Torn

Oh!