1) An electronic duo from… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists that use this name:
1) An electronic duo from Nottingham, England. They are the founders of Sport Records.
2) A no-wave/post-punk trio from Brisbane, Australia.
3) A power-pop band from Manila, Philippines.
4) Bent is also the name used by an Icelandic rapper and XXX Rottweiler Hundar member; a Balikpapan, Indonesia, digital hardcore band; and others.
1) Bent is the name of the Nottingham, UK,duo formed by Neil Tolliday (aka Nail Tolliday) and Simon Mills. Their critically acclaimed début album was Programmed to Love (2000) and their latest studio album is Intercept! (Oct 2006).
Programmed to Love was a very successfully for advertisement music. "Invisible Pedestrian" track featured in a 2003 Absolut Vodka commercial and, more famously, a late-90's USA Volkswagen bus commercial. Also, "Private Road" was included in a 'Bank of Carlsberg' TV ad' clip (Dec 2001).
Other albums included The Everlasting Blink (2002), Ariels (2004) and, most recently, the more disco-pop inspired Intercept!.
Later, a cluster of remix / rework singles / EPs appeared, around the release of Best of (Aug 2009). Four years later saw the 34-track From The Vaults: 1998-2006 (Jun 2013).
2) BENT are a Brisbane 3-piece on Emotional Response Records. Their Bandcamp profile goes thusly:
"BENT are a trio of wonky post-punkers from Brisbane Australia. On “Snakes and Shapes”, their 2nd full length, the band deliver 14 tracks of inspired and skewed pop - raw and beautiful.
3) Bent was an early 2000s power-pop band from Manila, Philippines. The all-girl band consisted of a group of high school friends: songwriter Erna Morcozo on lead guitar, Tinn Naval on drums, Dianne Bolo on vocals, and Azelle Mendoza on bass. Bent released one album, Fragile, in 2002.
So Long Without You
Bent Lyrics
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I try not to think about you
But I do
I know that I'm to blame
I got no right to call your name
But I do, I do
I'm so hurt
I'm hurt
Way down deep inside of me
The lyrics to Bent's song "So Long Without You" convey a sense of regret, longing, and hurt. The singer has gone a while without the person they're addressing in the song, but they still find themselves thinking about them despite their attempts not to. They acknowledge that they're at fault for the situation but can't help calling out to the other person anyway.
The line "I'm hurt to think that you'd lie to me" suggests that there may have been some kind of betrayal or breach of trust that contributed to the separation between the singer and their loved one. This hurt runs deep, as noted in the following line. The repetition of "I do" in the chorus serves to emphasize the singer's inability to let go of the person they're addressing.
Overall, the song captures the complex emotions involved in missing someone who may no longer be a part of your life, but who you still can't help feeling a connection to.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been so long without you
It's been a really long time since we've been together
I try not to think about you
I try to forget about you, but it's hard
But I do
I still think about you, even though I shouldn't
I know that I'm to blame
I realize that I am responsible for what happened between us
I got no right to call your name
I don't have the right to try to contact or communicate with you
But I do, I do
But I can't help myself, I still try to reach out to you
I'm so hurt
I am deeply emotional and in pain
To think that you'd lie to me
It hurts me to believe that you may have been dishonest with me
I'm hurt
The pain I'm feeling is intense
Way down deep inside of me
It's affecting me at my core, in my innermost being
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JIMMIE CRANE, AL JACOBS, SIMON MILLS, DAVID PARKINSON, TROY SEALS, NEIL TOLLIDAY
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