Love is a losing game
I am not out of love. Nor am I terribly jaded by it. Yet, I can think of so many reasons to love this song.
The haunting vocals of Amy Winehouse. That powerful, smokey soul-baring voice.
The torrent of feelings she outpours make pain & melancholy - that are so often associated with heartbreak - irrepressible.
Then, there are the lyrics.
The words are simple, yet reveal the (sad) truth about emotional complexities when Love is lost.
It is a good testament that a song need not be padded with florid words to bring out depth of feeling.
It's hard to escape the draw of Amy Winehouse while living in the UK. Stories and pictures regarding her are splashed all over the tabloids every other day.
But putting aside her personal life and its demons, this is one artiste definitely worth listening out for.
Love is a Losing Game
For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One I wish I never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand
Self professed... profound
Till the chips were down
...know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand
Though I'm rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
* I thought of putting up the music video but decided against it because I didn't want the moving images to distract from the song. It can hold its own. (But for those interested, see it here. Also listen to her cover of The Shirelles ' "Will you still love me tomorrow". Beautiful.)
3 comments:
hmmm...not bad. Added to my playlist.
Ya I love her vocals too. Listened to her a few months back when a friend of ours at AV8 recommended her to me.
Deliciously smokey vocals that tug at the heartstrings.
Just wish she snaps out of the self-destruction mode she seems to be in at the moment.
beautiful yet very sad song. I really like listening to it but it makes me want to almost cry when i hear it! (thats the sign of a powerful song) love the vocals and melody. The video is the icing on the cake, really adds to the melancholy of it all.
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