Baby Animals are a hard rock band from Australia, formed in 1989 by vocalis… Read Full Bio ↴Baby Animals are a hard rock band from Australia, formed in 1989 by vocalist Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie and bass player Eddie Parise. They scored an immediate domestic No. 1 single with “Early Warning” and featured further Top 10 hits with “Painless”, “Rush You” and “One Word”. Their eponymous debut album Baby Animals was released in February 1992 and went multi-platinum. In 1993, the group released Shaved and Dangerous and attempted to break into the international market. However, in 1995, on the verge of their first major US tour, their US-based record company Imago Records folded. Following contractual problems and DeMarchi requiring surgery for her vocal cords, the band split in early 1996. DeMarchi eventually married guitarist Nuno Bettencourt of Boston-based Extreme and released a solo album, Telelove in 1999.

Baby Animals reformed in 2007 and released an acoustic CD of their hits entitled "Il Grande Silenzio" on January 19th 2008, as part of the Liberation Blue Acoustic Series. January 21st 2008 saw Liberation Records re-release their previous two albums ("Baby Animals" and "Shaved and Dangerous" remastered) as a 2 CD set, albeit missing the track "Big Time Friends". The band also toured Australia in January 2008 and appeared live on the Australian breakfast TV program "Sunrise" on January 22nd 2008.

On January 12th 2009 Baby Animals announced another Australian tour, playing 14 shows across Adelaide, Melbourne, Wollongong, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast during April 2009. Frank Celenza resigned from the band only to reinstate himself two days later, and due to this and other internal conflicts DeMarchi & Leslie decided to continue the band with two hand-picked Sydney musicians, Matt Cornell (Bass/ Vocals) and Mick Skelton (Drums).

DeMarchi moved back home to Australia with children Bebe and Lorenzo in 2010 and the plan was for her husband, Bettencourt, to follow soon afterwards. The move never happened with Bettencourt sending an email saying the marriage was over. The breakup gave rise to the song E-Mail which features on the 3rd album This Is Not The End that was released in 2013.

The Baby Animals lineup behind that 3rd album now boasted a new line-up of Suze DeMarchi (Vocals/Guitar), Dave Leslie (Guitar/Vocals), Dario Bortolin (Bass/Vocals) and Mick Skelton (Drums). The album was a fast turnaround. After an intensive writing period, the band entered a two-week pre-production period. The recording stage at Sydney’s Blackfoot Studio was also relatively quick. This Is Not the End was cut in three weeks, and mixed-down in another two. The album was followed by an intense number of tour dates.

Baby Animals celebrated the 25th anniversary of the self-titled album in May 2016 with a concert in Melbourne and Sydney that featured both the current and original line-ups. The current line-up played songs off of the 2nd and 3rd albums, whilst the original lineup powered through end-to-end set of the self-titled album.

Break My Heart
Baby Animals Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Wave if you want me to notice you
Stop if you have someone else
It could be a good thing
Might be a bad thing

But you can't put your arms around a memory
Break my, break my heart
I wish, ooh, I wish you would

You've had time to waste, time to wonder

Time to become someone else
Looks could kill me,
Lies they don't pretend
You want to remember

But you can't put your arms around a memory
Break my, break my heart
Oh, I wish you would

Wasted waiting, just as white ain't black
Like trying to get you baby, ooh yeah

Overall Meaning

The song "Break My Heart" by Baby Animals talks about the complexities of relationships and how we sometimes want to be noticed by someone who may not feel the same way about us. The lyrics encourage us to take chances even if we might get hurt. The first verse talks about the dilemma of someone waving at you to get your attention, but you are unsure if they already have someone else in their life. This creates a mixed feeling of anticipation and anxiety, whether it is worth it to pursue this person or not. The lines "It could be a good thing, might be a bad thing" show the ambivalence towards taking risks in love.

The chorus of the song "Break my, break my heart, Oh I wish you would" illustrate the frustration and longing associated with not being able to have what we desire the most. It is a plea to the person who holds our interest to break our heart because it's better than the agony of waiting and uncertainty. The next verse is a reflection on the time wasted on the person, wanting them to remember the moments that were shared, even though they may not feel the same way.

The lyrics "But you can't put your arms around a memory" serves as a reminder that some things can't be captured, no matter how much we try. Love can be fleeting and unattainable, and there's always a chance that we might get our hearts broken. The song's title is a plea to let us take that risk in love, to break our hearts if we must, because the alternative of not taking chances is worse.

Line by Line Meaning

Wave if you want me to notice you
If you want my attention, give me a signal

Stop if you have someone else
If you're in a relationship, don't bother trying

It could be a good thing
There's potential for something positive

Might be a bad thing
But there's also the possibility of things going south

But you can't put your arms around a memory
You can't hold onto something that's already gone

Break my, break my heart
Hurt me emotionally

I wish, ooh, I wish you would
Even though it will hurt, I want you to do it

You've had time to waste, time to wonder
You've spent enough time pondering, it's time to take action

Time to become someone else
Time to change who you are

Looks could kill me
Your appearance is killing me emotionally

Lies they don't pretend
Your lies are transparent, you're not fooling anyone