April Smith is tiny. She stands somewhere around 5′2″, but she belts her lyrics like a gal two times her size on new tracks like “Wow and Flutter” and “Colors”. Having worked with producers Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne) and Dan Romer (Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Owen Youngs), April’s retro pop sound, carnivalesque melodies and jangly, suitcase-beating spirit will have you spinning like a whirling dervish! Her sly wit, cheeky attitude, sticky cadences, and profound lyrics are brilliantly reflected in her new material.
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April Smith Lyrics
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My heart will never know another lover
We two shall never share another breath
My will has faded
This longing it's an unrelenting torture
Oh mercy take me now to my beloved
You were the thrill that stilled my beating heart baby
But if I cannot have the real thing
I'll gladly settle for your ghost
And you can haunt these halls
All you want
And if I ever leave
I will take you with me
Da da'
This thing that beats
Is the one thing that keeps us apart
Well they say to say goodbye
But I'd surely rather die
From my broken heart
You were the thrill
That stilled my beating heart baby
You are the one I'll dream the most
But if I cannot have the real thing
I'll gladly settle for you ghost
I'll gladly settle for you ghost
In this song, April Smith is lamenting the end of a love affair. She accepts that it is over and acknowledges that her heart will never be able to love again in the same way. She pines for her beloved and wishes to join him/her in death. The pain of the separation has made her lose her will to live, and she can’t help but think that being with her beloved in the afterlife would be the best course of action. The idea of being reunited with her lover after death is the only thing that brings her comfort.
The second verse shows that she still remembers the thrill of being with her beloved and how he made her heart skip a beat. She dreams of him every day, but if she can’t have him in real life, she is content with having him as a ghost. She encourages him to haunt her halls as much as he wants, and if she ever leaves this world, she promises to take him with her. The song’s chorus is a repetition of the feelings she has shared in the first verse, where she yearns for her beloved and is content with his ghost.
Line by Line Meaning
I know it's over
I am aware that our love is finished
My heart will never know another lover
I will never love anyone like I loved you
We two shall never share another breath
Our love is truly over, and we will never be together again
My will has faded
I have lost the strength to keep going without you
This longing it's an unrelenting torture
The pain of wanting you is constant and unbearable
Oh mercy take me now to my beloved
I wish for death to end this suffering and be reunited with you
You were the thrill that stilled my beating heart baby
You were the one who truly made my heart skip a beat
You are the one I'll dream the most
I will dream of you more than anyone else
But if I cannot have the real thing
If I cannot have you in reality
I'll gladly settle for your ghost
I will be satisfied with the memory of you
And you can haunt these halls
Your memory can stay with me in this place
All you want
For as long as you wish
And if I ever leave
If I ever have to go away
I will take you with me
Your memory will always be a part of me
Da da'
Non-lyrical vocalization
This thing that beats
My heart
Is the one thing that keeps us apart
The love in my heart for you is the reason we cannot be together
Well they say to say goodbye
It is customary to say farewell
But I'd surely rather die
I would rather die than say goodbye to you forever
From my broken heart
Because my heart cannot handle the pain of our separation
I'll gladly settle for you ghost
I will settle for the memory of you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MOHAMMED AOURANGZAIB, MUAZZAM MUJAHID ALI KHAN, NICHOLAS PAGE, RASHID A DIN, RIZWAN MUJAHID ALI KHAN, NEIL SPARKES
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