May 2011: Break The News Gently

Submitted by Tommi on 30.04.2011 - 23:00
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Ok, April is over and done with for one more year and it's time to get back into SERIOUS business. And that can only mean a track so heavily drenched in the 80s, you'll think we accelerated our Deloreans to 88mph!

We haven't really been strangers to the sound of that decade in the past either, but this was the first time we really decided to dive right into the right mindset. So we watched Hot Tub Time Machine really closely and listened to Bogart Co's Princess on repeat.

Here's what we came up with. The lyrics deal with the painful traumas we all carry within us from school dances and as such acts as a prequel to the Sad Eyed Disco Dancers -saga. Enjoy.

Info

Music:
Riku Kärkkäinen / Tommi Forsström
Words:
Riku Kärkkäinen
Release number:
VMC-052011
Tempo:
140bpm

Lyrics

BREAK THE NEWS GENTLY

oh baby, break the news gently
but don't break me
don't want to cry again in front of them

she asked me if I'd go with you (I said "cool")
he asked you if you'd go with me (you said "mmmm")
at that lunch break I almost swooned
but now it's come to this

oh baby, break the news gently
but don't break me
don't want to cry again in front of them
oh baby, break the news gently
don't ruin the night for me
I already know but I won't let it show

they were playing our favourite song (forever young)
and soda pop in my glass was warm (afri-cola)
round and round the school gym we walked
you didn't hold my hand

oh baby, break the news gently
but don't break me
don't want to cry again in front of them

baby, break the news gently
it lasted barely for half a day
and we didn't get to dance or even sway
but when I'll see you on these same hallways every day
please don't turn your face away in shame
now I know how Reddie Redford feels
in "Princess" by Bogart Co

oh baby, break the news gently
but don't break me
don't want to cry again in front of them
oh baby, break the news gently
don't ruin the night for me
I already know but I won't let it show

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