HEARTBREAK

This song is about the pain felt in a relationship when someone complicates things with immature nonsense. 

In true FOURTOLD fashion, I wrote the first verse of this song first. Uncharacteristically that’s as much as I could come up with for months. I had a few loose ideas about who would say something like that and why but nothing really worked itself out until I combine it with the first verse of a totally different song. 

This story can be told from the perspective of a man or woman and is written as a message to their partners. 

The 2 verse, pre-chorus song structure makes the story easy to tell. 

The 1st verse is a complaint about day-to-day life together. 
(I don’t appreciate the mind games) 

The second verse is a threat that there will be consequences if behavior doesn’t change. 
(You’re gonna loose everything you worked for) 

The pre-chorus is questioning their love. 
(I don’t know if you’re into me) 

The chorus in this song is sad, droning, and whiny which I think echos the sentiments of headache well. 

This pattern is repeated in the second half of the song. 
(I can’t communicate) 
(I don’t think you want the answers) 
(try to send some love my way) 

There’s an unusual bridge placement at the end of this song 
which lyrically is a reminder of better days. A last attempt to  
save a relationship that wasn’t really there in the first place. 
(We used to dance around in the rain)

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