OMG just realised the lyrics to the song torn

[Frickssake]

By Natalie Imbruglia are about ( abuse? )

Can't believe I've only just realised this!

[BooksAreMyOnlyFriends]

It's not about abuse. It's a heartbreak song. She love in love with a man who turned out not to be an 'illusion' who fooled her. It's a song about opening up to someone, being vulnerable, falling deeply in love and then finding out he's fooling her around/cheating whatever.

[ZaZathecat]

It could be literally about abuse, but I've always heard it as metaphorical:

"I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel, I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor"

Natalie I did a cover of this song, it was written by someone else.

[onalongsabbatical]

Melodramatic metaphor. Lovely song, but don't take things so literally.

[ChampionThreadKiller]

I have to say that I didn’t think this song was about abuse, just about the breakdown of a relationship.

Under My Thumb though by the Rolling Stones, that’s a different matter! Wasn’t impressed when I actually listened to the lyrics.

[Trumpton]

Have you seen Karaoke for the Deaf ?
It’s also on you tube with Natalie Imbruglia from The Secret Policeman’s Ball .
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TrVNermSk_A

[CuriousaboutSamphire]

Imbruglias cover is almost identical to the original - band Ednaswap

The woman who wrot eit says she was jetlagged and feeling sory for herself, it is a breakup song. But I suppose "Bound and broken on the floor" could be read as somethng else!

[diabeticsanon]

she feels emotionally exposed as she'd put so much in to the relationship, feels ashamed that perhaps others could see it was wrong for her, feels left out in the cold by his indifference to her emotions.
hardly about abuse really is it ?

[diddl]

Anyone else now watching David Armand clips?

[NCforthis2019]

It’s not about abuse - it’s about heartbreak

[americandream]

I agree with the others. It's not about abuse at all. Just a problematic relationship, and the break-up of it.

[JustHereWithMyPopcorn]

diddl, I just wasted half an hour watching different clips! Well it brightened a miserable morning anyway.

[MothertotheLordsofmisrule]

I’ve always thought of it as a breakup song.

The first verse is obviously about how he has gone off the relationship and now isn’t interacting, no nookie, no affection.

Followed by the fortune teller (All her mates) being right that he wasn’t into her. But she was blinded by the holy light of him.

[AnyWalls]

It's about coming to the realisation that he's not the man she thought he was.

[ChocChocButtons]

It’s about her breakup with David shwimmer

[Frickssake]

And is every breath you take about stalking?

[cuervos]

Yes

[PBo83]

And is every breath you take about stalking?

Pretty much, it's amazing how many people think it's romantic.

I used to be a wedding DJ (eons ago). "Daddy-Daughter" back then were (in my opinion) thankfully rare but I did have a request for this and also for 'Brown Eyed Girl' in my time. I guess some people just live the sound of the sentiment rather than understanding the meaning.

[mintich]

Big mistake is about her breakup with David Schwimmer. She didn't write
Torn

[lagerthaslovelyhair]

She didn't write it did she? It's a cover.

[Barrenfieldoffucks]

The "we are young" song that came out a few years ago by Fun has a few dubious lyrics...

"My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you're trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know"

Bothers me every time I hear it

[DontCallMeShitley]

When it was released there was publicity about it being about abuse, I remember reading about it.

Abuse wasn't mentioned as much in those days.