So I heard this song on the radio last week, and I have wanted to listen to it several times a day since I first heard it. This is pretty unusual for me to have much of a reaction to anything on the radio.
The song is called “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum
It’s great songwriting. Who cannot relate to this? The moment I heard the words “It’s a quarter after one and I’m a little drunk, and I need you now” I was hooked. The vocals are pretty, there’s some nice piano in it.
But I’m mostly stuck on the lyrics. It’s simple. It sums up something that everyone has felt at some point in their life.
I’m alone. It’s late, and I’m calling you again…even though I told myself I wouldn’t. Because I would rather hurt than feel nothing at all.
“I would rather hurt than feel nothing at all”
Her voice is just beautiful, and heart breaking when she sings that line. That line is the one that just kills me in the song. It’s almost a realization for me, that this is why we go back to these relationships we know arn’t good for us. The reason I call this person every time I feel alone and lost… Because we just want to feel something, anything. That lyric sums that all up.
Nicely done Lady Antebellum.
Written by Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Josh Kear Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor CHORUS Another shot of whiskey can’t stop looking at the door REPEAT CHORUS I guess I’d rather hurt than feel nothing at all REPEAT CHORUS
Reaching for the phone cause I can’t fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
It’s a quarter after one
I’m all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn’t call
But I’ve lost all control and I need you now
And I don’t know how I can do without
I just need you now
Wishing you’d come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
It’s a quarter after one
I’m a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn’t call
But I’ve lost all control and I need you now
And I don’t know how I can do without
I just need you now
