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The reggae group Inner Circle was formed in 1968 by the brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. At first they covered soul and R&B hits from the United States, and then also a few reggae songs, predominantly from Bob Marley.
The band released two albums as The Inner Circle in 1974 for jamaican label "Starapple"(and they were distributed by "Trojan" in UK), and resigned to Capitol Records in 1976, and Island Records(where the internationally successful album "Everything Is Great" originated. This album reached top 20 in the UK and preceded their other chart success by some years) in 1979.
Inner Circle was decidedly influenced through the original member Jacob Miller, the frontman and lead singer who was killed in a car crash on March 23, 1980. At the end of the 1970s Inner Circle with Jacob "Killer" Miller was more popular in Jamaica than Bob Marley. The band also appeared in the reggae cult film Rockers in 1978.
After the loss of Jacob Miller, Inner Circle broke up, but in 1982 another album called Something So Good was released. In 1986 Ian and Roger Lewis reestablished Inner Circle with the singer Carlton Coffie, and the band experienced a comeback with the album Black Roses.
In 1989, Inner Circle released the song "Bad Boys." Since then, the band calls itself "The Bad Boys of Reggae". They had another big hit with the 1993 song "Sweat (A La La La La Long)."
The lead singer Carlton Coffie was ill for a long period in 1995 and decided after his recuperation to start a solo career. The current singer Kris Bentley took his place.
Something So Good
Inner Circle Lyrics
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Turn out so bad
Whatever happened
To the love we had
What have I done
To drive you away?
What can I do
To make you stay
I want to be your best friend
Yeah, but now you want it to end
Time, I thought
It would change your mind,
Making you see loving me
Was real
I remember days
I felt so lovely
The love I had was for you only
I want to be your best friend
But now you want it to end
The lyrics of Inner Circle's "Something So Good" express the singer's confusion and heartbreak over a seemingly irreversible deterioration of a once beautiful love. The repetition of the phrase "something so good" conveys a sense of disbelief and disappointment at seeing something so precious unravel. The line "what have I done to drive you away?" suggests that there may have been some missteps on the part of the singer that contributed to the end of the relationship, but the exact cause remains uncertain. The singer expresses a desire to reconcile and make things right, asking "what can I do to make you stay?"
The second verse shows the singer grasping at straws and trying to find reasons to hope for a reconciliation. They mention the passing of time as a potential catalyst for change, and express a belief that their love was real and worth fighting for. However, despite their best efforts and memories of happier times ("I remember days I felt so lovely/the love I had was for you only"), the relationship is now in a state of irreversible decline, as represented by the line "but now you want it to end." The repetition of the phrase "I want to be your best friend" suggests that the singer is willing to do whatever it takes to maintain some kind of connection with the ex-lover, even if romantic love is no longer on the table.
Line by Line Meaning
How could something so good
Expressing confusion and disbelief about how a once good thing could turn bad.
Turn out so bad
Wondering how the relationship could end up being so sour.
Whatever happened
Questioning what went wrong in the relationship.
To the love we had
Referring to the good times that were shared in the past.
What have I done
Asking if there was anything he did that made the other person leave.
To drive you away?
Questioning if his actions caused the end of the relationship.
What can I do
Asking what he can do to make things right between them.
To make you stay
Asking what he can do to convince the other person to stay with him.
I want to be your best friend
Expressing a desire to have a close platonic relationship with the other person.
Yeah, but now you want it to end
Feeling rejected because the other person wants to end the relationship.
Time, I thought
Expecting that time would fix their problems and change the other person's mind.
It would change your mind,
Believing that with time, the other person would realize how much he loved them.
Making you see loving me
Hoping that with time, the other person would understand how much he cared for them.
Was real
Believing that his feelings for the other person were genuine and not fake.
I remember days
Recalling the happy times that were spent in each other's company.
I felt so lovely
Describing the intense emotion he felt when in love with the other person.
The love I had was for you only
Declaring that his love was exclusively for the other person.
I want to be your best friend
Reiterating his desire to have a close but platonic relationship with the other person.
But now you want it to end
Feeling heartbroken because the other person wants to end the relationship completely.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BERNARD HARVEY, IAN LEWIS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
fernando jose
innercircle melhor banda ja estão fazendo falta no brazil voltem pois sempre serão bem recebidos aqui
gabriel alternativo
Amo tus canciones xq en mis tiempos lo escuchaba y ahora yegan mis recuerdos el mejor raggae
rossana braga
gracias amigo por tan dedicado trabajo y compartirlo con todos nosotros
Burak
wonderful song !
rantle100
Great beat!
Luis fabio Santos
i love this song... is a bether of history!
Carlos C
Chulada de canción. Inner Circle vengan pronto a México por favor.
Yuri F.mendonca
Good times!!!
manuel sosa
buena musica, alguien me la podria pasar?
MrLocked21
I'll try to post the entire album since most of the songs it's kind of hard to find. Sorry about the delay, it's hard to get some free time! Thanks for the comments! Peace!