WRECKED

IMAGINE DRAGONS

SONGWRITERS: BENJAMIN ARTHUR MCFEE; DANIEL COULLER REYNOLDS; DANIEL WAYNE SERMON & DANIEL JAMES PLATZAM

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MERCURY – ACT 1

LABEL: KIDINAKORNER RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 2021

 

      Mercury – Act 1 is the fifth studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released on September 3, 2021 by Kidinakorner and Interscope Records.

           Following the conclusion of their Evolve World Tour in 2018, Imagine Dragons' fourth studio album Origins was released that November. Unlike their previous albums, the band did not tour in promotion of Origins, instead opting to take time off to decompress and spend time with family.

     The album was announced on June 30, 2021, revealing the cover art and release date

Days pass by and my eyes stay dry, and I think that I'm okay

'Til I find myself in conversation, fading away

The way you smile, the way you walk

The time you took to teach me all that you had taught

Tell me, how am I supposed to move on?

 

These days I'm becoming everything that I hate

Wishing you were around but now it's too late

My mind is a place that I can't escape your ghost

 

Sometimes I wish that I could wish it all away

One more rainy day without you

Sometimes I wish that I could see you one more day

One more rainy day

 

Oh, I'm a wreck without you here

Yeah, I'm a wreck since you've been gone

I've tried to put this all behind me

I think I was wrecked all along

Yeah, I'm a wreck

 

They say that the time will heal it, the pain will go away

But everything, it reminds me of you and it comes in waves

Way you laugh when your shoulders shook

The time you took to teach me all that you had taught

Tell me, how am I supposed to move on?

 

These days I'm becoming everything that I hate

Wishing you were around but now it's too late

My mind is a place that I can't escape your ghost

 

Sometimes I wish that I could wish it all away

One more rainy day without you

Sometimes I wish that I could see you one more day

One more rainy day

 

Oh, I'm a wreck without you here

Yeah, I'm a wreck since you've been gone

I've tried to put this all behind me

I think I was wrecked all along

 

These days when I'm on the brink of the edge

Remember the words that you said

Remember the life you led

You'd say, "Oh, suck it all up, don't get stuck in the mud

Thinkin' of things that you should have done"

I'll see you again, my loved one

 

I'll see you again, my loved one

Yeah, I'm a wreck

I'll see you again, my loved one

 

Yeah, I'm a wreck without you here (loved one)

Yeah, I'm a wreck since you've been gone (I'm a wreck since you've been gone)

I've tried to put this all behind me

I think I was wrecked all along (I'm a wreck)

Yeah, I'm a wreck

 

Sometimes I wish that I could wish it all away but I can't

One more rainy day without you (one more rainy day)

Sometimes I wish that I could see you one more day but I can't

One more rainy day.

SCARED TO BE LONELY

DUA LIPA

SONGWRITERS: NATE CAMPANY; MARTIJN GARRITSEN; KYLE SHEARER; GEORGIO HESDEY TUINFORT & GEORGIA OVERTON

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SCARED TO BE LONELY

LABEL: STMPD RCRDS

GENRE: FUTURE BASS/ELECTRO

YEAR: 2017

 

         "Scared to Be Lonely" is a song recorded by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and English singer Dua Lipa. It was written by Garrix, Giorgio Tuinfort, Nathaniel Campany, Kyle Shearer, and Georgia Ku, while the production was handled by Garrix, Tuinfort, Valley Girl, and Lorna Blackwood. The song was released for digital download and streaming as a standalone single on 27 January 2017 by Stmpd Rcrds and Epic Records, after being premiered by Garrix at the 2017 AVA Festival a month earlier. It was later included on Dua Lipa: Complete Edition(2018), the super deluxe reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album.

          "Scared to Be Lonely" is a future bass track with electro and emo-EDM elements. Lyrically, the song sees Lipa singing about the ending of a relationship. The song received acclaim from music critics, with many commending Lipa's vocals and the song's emotive production. The song was a commercial success, reaching the top 10 of charts in 17 countries worldwide, including Garrix's native region of the Netherlands, reaching the third position. It additionally reached number 14 and 76, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100. The song has since been certified platinum or higher in 15 territories, including quadruple platinum awards in Norway and Sweden as well as a triple platinum award in the Netherlands.

         The music video for "Scared to Be Lonely" was directed by Blake Claridge and filmed in Scotland. It features Garrix walking around a landscape, reminiscing about past relationships, while Lipa sings in a forest. The two further promoted the song in 2017 with live performances at Capital FM's the Jingle Bell Ball, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Two remix EPs and an acoustic version were released. The EPs include remixes by Brooks, DubVision, and Loud Luxury.

It was great at the very start

Hands on each other

Couldn't stand to be far apart

Closer the better

 

Now we're picking fights and slamming doors

Magnifying all our flaws

And I wonder why, wonder what for

Why we keep coming back for more

 

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

 

Too much time, losing track of us

Where was the real?

Undefined, spiraling out of touch

Forgot how it feels

 

All the messed up fights and slamming doors

Magnifying all our flaws

And I wonder why, wonder what for

It's like we keep coming back for more

 

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

 

Scared to be lonely

Even when we know it's wrong

Been somebody better for us all along

Tell me, how can we keep holding on?

Holding on tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely

Even when we know it's wrong

Been somebody better for us all along

Tell me, how can we keep holding on?

Holding on tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely

 

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

 

Scared to be lonely

Scared to be lonely

Eh, eh, scared to be lonely.

CALL OUT MY NAME

THE WEEKND

SONGWRITERS: ABEL TESFAYE; NICOLAS JAAR & ADAM FEENEY

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: MY DEAR MELANCHOLY

LABEL: XO RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2018

 

        "Call Out My Name" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter the Weeknd, taken from his first EP, My Dear Melancholy, released on March 30, 2018. The Weeknd co-wrote the song with his producer Frank Dukes, with Nicolas Jaar receiving writing credits for the sampling of his 2016 song "Killing Time". The song was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on April 10, 2018, as the EP's first single in the United States.

We found each other

I helped you out of a broken place

You gave me comfort

But falling for you was my mistake

 

I put you on top, I put you on top

I claimed you so proud and openly

And when times were rough, when times were rough

I made sure I held you close to me

 

So call out my name (call out my name)

Call out my name when I kiss you so gently

I want you to stay (I want you to stay)

I want you to stay, even though you don't want me

Girl, why can't you wait? (Why can't you wait, baby?)

Girl, why can't you wait 'til I fall out of love?

Won't you call out my name? (Call out my name)

Girl, call out my name, and I'll be on my way and

I'll be on my

 

I said I didn't feel nothing baby, but I lied

I almost cut a piece of myself for your life

Guess I was just another pit stop

'Til you made up your mind

You just wasted my time

 

You're on top, I put you on top

I claimed you so proud and openly, babe

And when times were rough, when times were rough

I made sure I held you close to me

 

So call out my name (call out my name, baby)

So call out my name when I kiss you

So gently, I want you to stay (I want you to stay)

I want you to stay even though you don't want me

Girl, why can't you wait? (Girl, why can't you wait 'til I)

Girl, why can't you wait 'til I fall out of loving?

Babe, call out my name (say call out my name, baby)

Girl, call out my name, and I'll be on my way, girl

I'll be on my

 

On my way, all the way

On my way, all the way, ooh

On my way, on my way, on my way

On my way, on my way, on my way

(On my).

HOW YOU REMIND ME

NICKELBACK

SONGWRITERS: CHAD KROEGER; RYAN PEAKE; RYAN VIKEDAL & MICHAEL KROEGER

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: SILVER SIDE UP

LABEL: ROADRUNNEER RECORDS

GENRE: POST-GRUNGE/ROCK

YEAR: 2001

 

        "How You Remind Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio álbum Silver Side Up(2001). A "Gold Mix" was made for latter editions of the single with the heavier guitars edited out of the chorus. Singer Chad Kroeger referred to this song as the song that put Nickelback on the map when played at their concert in Sturgis, South Dakota.

       Considered to be Nickelback's signature song, "How You Remind Me" reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and was named the number-one most played song on U.S. radio of the 2000s decade by Nielsen Soundscan, being spun over 1.2 million times on U.S. airwaves since its release in 2001 to the end of 2009. The song was ranked fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and 75th on the UK decade-end chart. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "How You Remind Me" was also rated the number-one rock song and number-four alternative song of the decade of the 2000s by Billboard.

          The song was featured in the music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and in a recut, PG-13 version of titled Once Upon a Deadpool. The song played a large role in a Saturday Night Live skit on March 10, 2018, with Sterling K. Brown in which the lyrics are a dying woman's final words.

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of living like a blind man

I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

 

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

 

It's not like you to say "Sorry"

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

 

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

 

It's not like you didn't know that

I said, "I love you, " and I swear, I still do

And it must have been so bad

'Cause living with me must have damn near killed you

 

And this is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

 

It's not like you to say "Sorry"

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

 

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

 

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

 

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

 

It's not like you to say "Sorry"

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

 

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

 

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

 

Yeah, yeah

No, no!