The only downside to the beauty of this track is that I’m certain the instrumental will be used in one of those X Factor montage videos. So try to forget that and allow yourself to be immersed, I do warn you however it’s not one to listen to if you’re feeling a bit, well, fragile.
It’s so rare to hear a song which doesn’t use a drum beat, I can only think of Adele currently who has done that; but as is so often the case when the vocal and lyrics are this incredible the song drives itself. All the strings and piano of a romantic out-pouring, in fact it’s a song of defiance against a lost love – ‘you’re gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul’. Ouch.
Some parts remind me of the other Christina, in particular her track ‘The Voice Within’. The middle eight brings a nursery rhyme like melody before it drops you back into the wonderful chorus – the strings alone building where normally an almighty drum roll would bring the reprise. This Christina’s voice is full of pain but dogged determination, the simple production allows us to hear almost a quiver in her voice at times.
Some parts remind me of the other Christina, in particular her track ‘The Voice Within’. The middle eight brings a nursery rhyme like melody before it drops you back into the wonderful chorus – the strings alone building where normally an almighty drum roll would bring the reprise. This Christina’s voice is full of pain but dogged determination, the simple production allows us to hear almost a quiver in her voice at times.
It’s the kind of song you wish you’d written after that thing happened. We’ve all been there. But Christina Perri’s done it for us, and to the kind of perfection most of us couldn’t even imagine. Relate and enjoy.
From the album ‘Lovestrong’ (2011) / @christinaperri
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