Finally, Kimbra sings, “I didn’t want to live that way / reading into every word you say.” Her part expresses a tired defeat and is also easy to sympathize with.
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But, the position of the woman almost did not get written. In fact, Gotye almost gave up on the song. Gotye says he felt blocked after finishing the first verse. And the songwriter says he spent weeks deciding if he should add the female part.
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CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Now we hear a break-up song from an earlier generation. “Don’t You Want Me,” by the Human League came out in nineteen eighty-one.
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It also includes a male and female point of view. And, as in Gotye’s song, the girl is the one who ends the relationship. The boy is hurt.
JUNE SIMMS: The song tells the story of two people who have been together five years. The male character is shocked by the break-up. He suggests the girl owes him something. He says that when they met, she was serving drinks in a bar. He argues that he made her a better, more successful person. “I picked you up, I shook you out / Turned you into someone new.”
But the woman argues with him. The only thing she agrees with is that when they met she was working as a cocktail waitress.
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CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Pride and strength in the face of break-ups are also a common theme. Songwriters often tell of people who are determined to recover after heartbreak. A major favorite in this group would be “I Will Survive,” a nineteen seventy-eight hit song for Gloria Gaynor.
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