David Gates (guitar, keyboards, bass and vocals) and Jimmy Griffin (guitar and vocals) formed the group in 1968, adding Robb Royer (guitar, bass and vocals of Pleasure Faire) before signing to Elektra Records. Bread, the band's debut album as a trio, was a failure. The band became a quartet beginning with their second album, On The Waters, bringing in Mike Botts as permanent drummer. This time their efforts quickly established Bread as a major act, hitting the mainstream with the #1 hit "Make It With You" in 1970. Bread began touring and recording the 1971 album titled Manna, which included their most enduring hit, "If."
Royer left the group after three albums to pursue other interests. He was replaced by Larry Knechtel (keyboards, bass, guitar, harmonica), a top session player from the Los Angeles scene. Knechtel's credits included records by Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, The Monkees, Jan and Dean, Johnny Rivers and Simon & Garfunkel. In 1972 Bread released the highly successful album titled Baby I'm-a Want You, followed by another hit album, Guitar Man. Tensions existed between Gates and Griffin, however. Elektra had been invariably choosing Gates' songs for the A-sides of the singles; Griffin felt that the singles should have been split between the two, however.
By 1973 the band members sensed that they had taken Bread as far as they could, so they disbanded. Gates and Griffin then began solo careers, with mixed results. After reuniting in 1976, Bread released the album Lost Without Your Love in January 1977. The title track was the band's last top-ten hit, peaking at number 9 on the singles chart. The comeback album was also RIAA-certified Gold®.
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Come Again
Bread Lyrics
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You tell yourself you don't care.
Try, you try to pretend you'll just send him away,
You know it won't end that way
Your heart doesn't stand a chance, your eyes let him know
And your pride doesn't means a thing, you lost it for him years ago;
Hear, the voice at the door and it makes you afraid,
Try, you try to remind him the promise he made,
He doesn't remember now
The tears welling up inside, are drowning your dreams
And your chance for another chance, keep leaving with him so it seems
Time, the friend that would bring him around,
Is turning on you and it's bringing you down.
Love, you tell him you love him and want him to change,
He says that he'll really try,
Hear, how often you hear as he's closing the door.
And softly you say goodbye
Come again
Come again
In "Come Again", Bread explores the complicated emotions experienced by someone who has been dumped by a lover that they are still deeply in love with. The song opens with the person hearing a knock on the door and realizing that it is their ex-lover. They try to convince themselves that they don't care and make plans to send him away, but their heart betrays them and their eyes give away their true feelings. The person's pride has also been lost from the years of loving this person.
As the song progresses, it becomes clear that this is an ongoing struggle. The person is frightened by the voice at the door, afraid of being hurt again, and tries to remind the ex-lover of promises made in the past. However, the ex-lover doesn't remember making those promises and the person's dreams are crushed. Time, once a friend, has now turned on them and is bringing them down.
Even though the person knows their ex-lover is unreliable and has let them down before, they still love him and want him to change. But every time the ex-lover leaves, the finality of the situation hits them and they are forced to say goodbye, knowing that he will "Come Again" and put them through the same heartache.
Overall, "Come Again" is a powerful depiction of the struggle of trying to let go of a toxic relationship, while still holding onto the hope that things can change.
Line by Line Meaning
Hear, the knock at the door and you know who is there,
On hearing the knock at the door you instantly know who it is.
You tell yourself you don't care.
You try to convince yourself that you don't care.
Try, you try to pretend you'll just send him away,
You attempt to deceive yourself that you'll send him away.
You know it won't end that way
Deep down you know that it won't end that way.
Your heart doesn't stand a chance, your eyes let him know
Your heart is weak and you give in, as your eyes reveal to him.
And your pride doesn't means a thing, you lost it for him years ago;
Your pride is powerless, and you lost it years go for him.
Hear, the voice at the door and it makes you afraid,
You get scared hearing the voice at the door.
Afraid but you don't know how.
You don't know why you're afraid.
Try, you try to remind him the promise he made,
You make an effort and remind him of the promise he made.
He doesn't remember now
But he doesn't seem to remember those promises now.
The tears welling up inside, are drowning your dreams
You're sad and crying inside, and it's hurting your dreams.
And your chance for another chance, keep leaving with him so it seems
You're not getting another chance, and he keeps leaving which suggests he's not interested anymore.
Time, the friend that would bring him around,
Time was supposed to be your friend that would bring him back.
Is turning on you and it's bringing you down.
However, time seems to be working against you and it's making you sad.
Love, you tell him you love him and want him to change,
You confess your love and your desire for him to change.
He says that he'll really try,
He says that he'll try to change.
Hear, how often you hear as he's closing the door.
But often you hear the door closing as he leaves.
And softly you say goodbye
And you say goodbye softly.
Come again
You ask him to visit again.
Come again
You ask him to visit again.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GATES
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Hunter Sullivan
on Lost Without Your Love
Lost and all alone
I always thought that I could make it on my own
But since you left I hardly make it through the day
My tears get in the way, and I need you back to stay
I wonder through the night
And search the world for the words to make it right
All I want is the way it used to be
With you here close to me
And I've got to make you see,
That I'm lost with out your love
Life without you isn't worth the trouble of
I'm as helpless as a ship without a wheel,
A touch without a feel
I can't believe its real
And someday soon I'll wake and find my heart won't have to break
Yes, I'm lost with out your love
Life without you isn't worth the trouble of
All I want is just the way it used to be
I need you here with me
Oh darling can't you see,
If we had love before we can have it back once more