Born Domenica Costa on 4th June 1972 in Tokyo, Japan, she is relatively unknown in the United States, although she has achieved impressive commercial success overseas, most notably in Australia and Germany. She is the daughter of Don Costa, an arranger and producer of pop music, with whom she recorded several albums as a child, many of which have gone platinum. Frank Sinatra, a close friend of her father's, was her godfather. She is married to her songwriting partner and producer Justin Stanley.
Nikka has released 7 full length albums, 4 as an adult (Butterfly Rocket (1996), Everybody Got Their Something (2001), can'tneverdidnothin' (2005) and Pebble to a Pearl (2008)) as well as one EP PRO★WHOA! (2011).
She also had a career as a young singer starting in the 1980s, releasing 3 albums (Nikka Costa (1981), Fairy Tales (1983) and Here I Am... (1989)).
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Nothing
Nikka Costa Lyrics
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And you're breathing with someone else
You come home to call me
And I ask you what you've
Been doing with yourself
And you say nothing at all
You say nothing at all
And you conscience ain't no company
I'm there smiling and warm I missed you so
And can't wait to show you how I feel
But you feel nothing at all
You feel nothing at all
There we were
Never strangers before
There was a light that shined on us
But now there's nothing at all
You should've taken a look around
Before you laid that woman down
You better get a hold of yourself
Cause there's a woman here
Who's willing to try
Weeks go by
And you mind seems preoccupied
I feel a piece missing here
But when I ask you about what's going on
You say it's all me my dear
So I thought nothing at all
I thought nothing at all
You should've taken a look around
Before you laid that woman down
You better get a hold of yourself
Cause there's a man in you
About to die
With nothing
With nothing
In Nikka Costa's song "Nothing," she opens with the scene of a late evening where her partner comes home after having spent time with someone else. She notices her partner's breathing is different, implying they’ve been intimately connected with someone else. When she asks about their whereabouts, her partner responds with "nothing at all." She repeats the phrase several times throughout the song, symbolizing the avoidance and denial of their actions.
Line by Line Meaning
It's late in the evening
The time is at night when people are expected to be settling down
And you're breathing with someone else
You're spending time with someone else
You come home to call me
You come back to me after spending time with someone else
And I ask you what you've been doing with yourself
I ask you what you've been up to while you were away
And you say nothing at all
You say that you haven't been doing anything of consequence
You say nothing at all
You repeat that you haven't been up to anything
You flight is longer that usual
Your flight is taking longer than expected
And you conscience ain't no company
Your conscience is not comfort to you
I'm there smiling and warm I missed you so
I greet you warmly and express how much I missed you
And can't wait to show you how I feel
I am eagerly looking forward to expressing my affection for you
But you feel nothing at all
You don't reciprocate my feelings of affection for you
You feel nothing at all
You repeat that you don't have any emotional response to my affection
There we were
We used to be close
Never strangers before
We knew each other well
There was a light that shined on us
We used to have a positive energy between us
But now there's nothing at all
Now there is no positive energy between us
You should've taken a look around
You should have considered the consequences of your actions
Before you laid that woman down
Before you had sex with that other woman
You better get a hold of yourself
You need to take responsibility for your actions and emotions
Cause there's a woman here
Because I am here
Who's willing to try
Who is willing to work things out
Weeks go by
Time goes on
And you mind seems preoccupied
You seem distracted
I feel a piece missing here
I feel like something important is lacking in our relationship
But when I ask you about what's going on
But when I ask you about your emotions and thoughts
You say it's all me my dear
You blame me for the problems in our relationship
So I thought nothing at all
So I thought that nothing was wrong with me or our relationship
I thought nothing at all
I repeat that I thought everything was fine
You better get a hold of yourself
You need to take control of your life and emotions
Cause there's a man in you about to die
Because you are on the brink of emotional collapse
With nothing
With no hope or positive emotion
With nothing
I repeat that there is nothing positive in our relationship
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: NIKKA COSTA
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