![]() ‘For the Last Time’ has some generic acoustic-pop melodies and accompaniment but if you really think I’m still crying you’d be 100% right. If you’re still not crying, I can give you the number of a really good Sonographer.Īs we wind up the album, ‘Don’t Hold Me’ further confirms my Ed Sheeran hypothesis: those palm-muted chords screaming +. ![]() The same goes in this song, as the opening of ‘Time to Go’ is shared by the other heartstring puller ‘Georgia’ by Vance Joy.Īs for lyrically, the chorus definitely emanates some 2011 Ed Sheeran realness, with effortless words fitting together in a perfect rhythm: ‘’Cause I can’t get you out of my mind / ‘Cause nothing is true, and no one is you / And nothing at all ever feels right / You’re caught in my head, you’re stuck in my mind /I’m trying my best to say my goodbyes.” However, it does get in the way of a good comedy show when Rich Hall is singing about ‘Fur on a Stick’ and all I can hear is Paul Kelly’s ‘How to Make Gravy’. If I am remembered for one thing in this life, it is that I am very good at identifying chords in songs. If you listen to that and don’t even slightly tear up, I recommend seeing the doctor for an ultrasound because you may be missing a heart.Īnother absolute puller of heartstrings, ‘Time to Go’, confirmed my Vance Joy/Ed Sheeran inspo theory. In the bridge, he recalls his relationship falling apart in the early hours of the morning with the lines “It’s 3AM in the back of a cab / And I am begging on my knees / Don’t go, won’t you stay? / I can’t stand to watch you walk away from me”. While I can really appreciate the subtleties of his writing to tell the story, like “Radio’s playing songs for me and you / Chasing Cars reminds me of nights in your room” from ‘7 Minutes’, it wasn’t until track seven ‘Chemicals’ that I felt genuine sadness at the circumstances Lewis portrays. Just over the half way mark of the album, I thought I’d make it through without feeling any genuine heartache. ‘Hold of Me’, ‘Be Alright’, ‘Chemicals,’ and ‘Stay Awake’ all lead into the chorus with “and you said”, “and my friend said” or something similar, before building the song around conversation which implies some actual truth behind the lyrics. Potentially contributing to the authenticity of his song-writing is that many of the choruses on A Place We Knew are dialogic. ![]() His voice has boyish charm while establishing a heartfelt pain, and being that he is 31 singing about heartbreak most of us feel as teenagers, his lyrics have a maturity and eloquence we maybe aren’t as used to in the sad-acoustic-love-song genre. Lyrically however, Dean Lewis has a serious advantage. Sound-wise, there are parallels to Vance Joy and Ed Sheeran, with rhythmic acoustic guitar, driving drum beats, and the use of brass for impressive layered choruses. But Dean’s raw and vulnerable voice preaching tragic but relatable lyrics means that the formula works without becoming tired. ‘Be Alright’ was a perfect choice for a teaser to the album, letting listeners know what they were in for: a bloody tear jerker.Įach of the 12 songs on A Place We Knew follows a specific formula: soft guitar, anecdotes about love and a subtle build up to an intense chorus that either makes you want to sing while speeding down the highway or cry in a dark room. The lead single ‘Be Alright’ scored number six in this year’s triple j Hottest 100, which sent listeners (at least at my house party) into an epic, day-drunk embrace amongst strangers, trying not to cry as they belted out the eternal words: “I know you love her but it’s over mate / doesn’t matter put the phone away / it’s never easy to walk away / let her go, it’ll be alright.” Pick the one that best relates to your situation, play it on loop, and cleanse your heart and soul with your tears.The long-waited debut album A Place We Knew by Sydney singer-songwriter Dean Lewis, encapsulates the beautifully sad, indie-folk, lost love sound that found him such success with his debut single ‘Waves’ back in 2017. If you are having a hard time dealing with those emotions alone, you can always resort to these powerful songs that make you cry. Sometimes the best way to handle strong emotions is to cry them out. If you want to cry, why not really dive into the deep end? Final Thoughts on Powerful Songs That Make You Cry Personally, we prefer the 10-minute version. You can go with the simple, shortened, five-minute version or the powerful, longer, 10-minute one. ![]() I'm a crumpled-up piece of paper lying here 'cause I remember it all.” Here’s a song that gives you another chance to choose. ![]() So casually cruel in the name of being honest. “And you call me up again just to break me like a promise.
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