Kerispatih was founded on 22 April 2003. They started by playing ethnic Indonesian music, releasing their first album, Gulalikustik, in 2004. After being approached and signed by the record label Nagaswara, they switched to pop as it was more commercially viable.
Their first album with Nagaswara, "Kejujuran Hati" (The Heart's Honesty), was released in 2005 and went platinum; three songs from the album, "Kejujuran Hati", "Cinta Putih" ("White Love") and "Lagu Rindu" ("Song of Longing"), were released as singles. In 2007, they released a second album, "Kenyataan Perasaan" (The Truth of the Feelings), with the songs "Mengenangmu" ("Remembering You"), "Tapi Bukan Aku" ("But Not I"), "Sepanjang Usia" ("For All My Life") and "Untuk Pertama Kali" ("For the First Time") as singles; this album also went platinum. That same year they also sang one song, "Kawan" ("Friend") for the compilation album Rinduku Padamu (My Longing For You), written by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; the album sold 40,000 copies.
Another platinum certified album, "Tak Lekang Oleh Waktu" (Unbridled by Time) was released the following year, with singer Syahrini as a guest vocalist; the album also featured a song, "Kawanku" ("My Friend") written by President Yudhyono. Selling 25,000 copies in a short period of time, two of its songs were released as singles, "Bila Rasaku Ini Rasamu" ("If this Feeling of Mine is Yours") and "Demi Cinta" ("For Love"). This was followed in 2009 by Semua Tentang Cinta (Everything About Love), which had one single.
Sammy's departure & new vocalist: At first, the band consisted of vocalist Hendra Samuel Simorangkir (Sammy), keyboardist Doadibadai Hollo (Badai), guitarist Arief Nurdiansyah Morada, drummer M. Anton Suryo Sularjo Wahyu Nugroho Kusumo, and bassist Andika Putrasahadewa. After Sammy was arrested and convicted of possession of crystal meth in 2010, he was fired from the group and replaced by Fandy Santoso, a finalist in the fourth season of Indonesian Idol.
Mengalahkan Hati
Kerispatih Lyrics
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Kau memberikan hatimu
Dan ku berikan rasaku
Seringkali kita coba memungkiri
Hati yang telah tangisi
Perselingkuhan kita
Bukan Bukan aku tak mau memahami
Bukan aku tak mencintamu lagi
Aku tak mungkin memaksamu mendua
Jangan cintaiku dengan emosimu
Saat kita jauh
Di sana hatimu kan bicara
Haruskah kita saling menyakiti
Seringkali kita coba memungkiri
Hati yang telah tangisi
Perselingkuhan kita
Bukan bukan aku tak mau memahami
Dan bukan aku tak mencintamu lagi
Ku mohon dengarkanlah sayang
Aku tak mungkin memaksamu mendua
Jangan cintaiku dengan emosimu
Saat kita jauh di sana hatimu kan bicara
Haruskah kita saling menyakiti
Ku kalahkan hatiku (ku kalahkan hatiku)
Hanya demi cintaku
Yang sesaat
Tapi itu mungkin yang sejati
Aku tak mungkin memaksamu mendua
Jangan cintaiku dengan emosimu
Saat kita jauh
Di sana hatimu kan bicara (kan bicara)
Haruskah kita saling menyakiti
The lyrics of Kerispatih's song, Mengalahkan Hati, speaks about a tumultuous relationship where the singer is given his partner's heart but is struggling to come to terms with the infidelity in their relationship. The chorus speaks about how he cannot force his partner to love him with emotions, and in the end, he decides to let go of his own heart to save their relationship, even if it is temporary.
In the opening lines, the singer explains how their meeting was unexpected, yet their partner gave them their heart. The singer reciprocates with their own feelings, and they both try to deny the hurt they have caused each other. The singer acknowledges that they are not unwilling to understand their partner's behavior or that they do not love them; they are asking their lover to listen to them. In the second verse, the singer pleads with their partner not to love them because of their emotional vulnerabilities.
The chorus is an expression of pain and indecision, acknowledging that they cannot let go of their partner or force them to love them with their passions. The last lines speak of how the singer has chosen to let go of their heart to save their relationship, even if it is short-lived.
Line by Line Meaning
Pertemuan ini memang tak terduga
This meeting was unexpected
Kau memberikan hatimu
You gave me your heart
Dan ku berikan rasaku
And I gave you my feelings
Seringkali kita coba memungkiri
We often try to deny
Hati yang telah tangisi
The heart that has already cried
Perselingkuhan kita
Our affair
Bukan Bukan aku tak mau memahami
It's not that I don't want to understand
Bukan aku tak mencintamu lagi
It's not that I don't love you anymore
Ku mohon dengarkanlah sayang
I beg you to listen, my dear
Aku tak mungkin memaksamu mendua
I cannot force you to be two-timing
Jangan cintaiku dengan emosimu
Don't love me with your emotions
Saat kita jauh
When we're far apart
Di sana hatimu kan bicara
Your heart speaks over there
Haruskah kita saling menyakiti
Should we hurt each other?
Ku kalahkan hatiku (ku kalahkan hatiku)
I defeated my own heart
Hanya demi cintaku
Only for my love
Yang sesaat
That's temporary
Tapi itu mungkin yang sejati
But that may be the truth
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Maple Woods
Ni lagu musiknya keren... Partnya sangat meliuk2 td tetep manis bgt didenger.. Cakep nih lagu n musiknya asik..
Ahmad Zaini
Memang bdai ini bisa dibilang master of lirik lgu 🙂🙂👌👌👌👍
Lady Richiana
dulu sering banget ngplay lagu ini:)
Ando Armando Handoko
Lagu lama yang enak di dengerin
Rahmat Qodri
Dan akhirnya,adalah kita yg trsakiti oleh cinta...
Edo Martha
Babooo,waktu tdk bs membatasi rasa rindu ini,setiap diri ini menyakiti hati,jauh di dalam bahagaia yg di samarkan datang...aku rindu kamu babo...
Yogie renditya basarah
Inget" jaman SMK dulu
Su Mardi
Semua lagu krispatih pasti ciptaan badai
sewan alamsyah
Nice song
Adhitya Hermawan SMRD
for real ? no one comment for this wonderfull song ?