Born and raised in Sheffield, England, Tim Fretwell was first introduced to… Read Full Bio ↴Born and raised in Sheffield, England, Tim Fretwell was first introduced to electronic music in the early 90s listening to the likes of Prodigy, Altern8 and Moby. It wasn't until the mid 90's until Tim turned his hand to production, taking influences from the sounds coming out of the USA - Deep and sexy house from the likes of Deep Dish. Tim sent his first demo to Computer Music Magazine in the UK and got his first track published on the cover CD with a rave review. From this he was contacted by several labels, one being Climax recording, a new up and coming label in the North of England. A couple of tracks were picked up, the first two releases for the label "Where to Next?" and "Glide". Both gained strong support from some of the worlds top DJs and both went top 20 in the Balance charts. It was after these initial releases Tim turned his hand to remixing - the project was "bad Girl" by Paul Lancaster. This deep and sexy breaks remix raised the profile of Tim's music, gaining strong support from the likes of John Digweed (on Kiss FM), Sander Kleinenberg and James Zabiela. Liking the remix so much Digweed contacted Tim for remix duties for his Bedrock Label, the massive track - Pole Folder and CP "Dust". From this Tim has gone on to remix some of the worlds finest DJ's and artists, Including Steve Porter, Hyper, Momu, Pole Folder and Bedrock Themselves. Following on from this with his own productions which received critical acclaim across the board "Ember" (his debut on the Electrofly Breaks label) then the follow-up EP "Faceless" and "Dreams Attack", "Fill me up" and "Silky Dirty" on Baroque Records - Gaining support from the worlds finest and finding their way onto Radio1, numerous plays on Digweeds kiss FM show, Television (Channel 4 - UK) and onto compilations such as Anthony Pappa's "Balance CD", Bedrocks Layered Sounds 2, Chris Salt's "Future House" and Global Undergrounds Electric Calm 2.

Emily
Fretwell Lyrics

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You never were going to change your mind, were you, Emily?
You just sat back, took it all for you, there was nothing for me;
I didn't mean to prove that all I can do is lose

Next time that you need me, don't call me up, Emily;
I'm tired of your lies and your cheating ways with me;
And every time you go, please don't let me know

Emily, you still live inside of me;
And, Emily, you are the fire in my tree;
So if you should fall, please don't call;
And next time you write, I won't stay up all night;
'cause Emily you, just look at you - you're a tragedy

You never were going to change you mind, were you, Emily?
You just sat back, took it all for you, and nothing was there for me;
I didn't mean to prove that all I'm good for is to lose

Emily, you still live inside of me;
And, Emily, you are the fire in my tree;
So next time you fall, please don't call;
And next time you write, I won't stay up all night;
'cause Emily you, just look at you - you're a tragedy

You never were going to change you're mind were you, anyway

Overall Meaning

In "Emily", Stephen Fretwell sings about a past relationship that ended disastrously. He addresses Emily, who he believed was never going to change her mind about leaving him. Fretwell accuses Emily of taking everything for herself and not giving him anything in return. He confesses that he didn't mean to prove that he was only good at losing. He tells Emily that she cannot call him next time she needs him because he is tired of her lies and cheating ways. Moreover, he doesn't want to know every time she decides to leave him. Fretwell underscores Emily's tragic nature but acknowledges that she still lives inside him, and she is the fire in his tree. He agonizes that the next time she falls, she should not call him, and he won't stay up all night waiting for her to write to him.

Line by Line Meaning

You never were going to change your mind, were you, Emily?
Emily, I always knew that you were not going to change the way you think or act, isn't that right?

You just sat back, took it all for you, there was nothing for me;
Emily, you just watched everything happen to you, without caring about me and my feelings.

I didn't mean to prove that all I can do is lose
Emily, I never wanted to show you that I am just a failure and cannot accomplish anything.

Next time that you need me, don't call me up, Emily;
Emily, don't even bother reaching out to me the next time you require my help.

I'm tired of your lies and your cheating ways with me;
Emily, I am exhausted of your acts of dishonesty and infidelity towards me.

And every time you go, please don't let me know
Emily, I don't want to know when you leave or where you go, just disappear quietly.

Emily, you still live inside of me;
Emily, you are still a significant part of my life and my memories.

And, Emily, you are the fire in my tree;
Emily, you are the one who ignites and fuels the passion in my life, just like fire does in a tree.

So if you should fall, please don't call;
Emily, if you ever encounter any misfortune or downfall, please don't try to contact me.

And next time you write, I won't stay up all night;
Emily, if you decide to write to me next time, I won't stay awake and worry all night.

'cause Emily you, just look at you - you're a tragedy
Emily, I can't ignore this fact that just looking at you and observing your life makes me sad as it resembles a tragedy.

You never were going to change you're mind were you, anyway
Emily, I know that you were never going to change your way of thinking, were you?

Emily, you still live inside of me;
Emily, you are still a significant part of my life and my memories.

And, Emily, you are the fire in my tree;
Emily, you are the one who ignites and fuels the passion in my life, just like fire does in a tree.

So next time you fall, please don't call;
Emily, if you ever fail again, please don't reach out to me for help.

And next time you write, I won't stay up all night;
Emily, if you decide to write to me next time, I won't spend my whole night worrying about it.

'cause Emily you, just look at you - you're a tragedy
Emily, I can't ignore this fact that just looking at you and observing your life makes me sad as it resembles a tragedy.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JOHNNY MANDEL, JOHNNY MERCER

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