1) Roanoke was… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Roanoke was an American band formed in Rockford, Illinois;
2) Roanoke was an American bluegrass band from California active in the 1990s;
3) Roanoke was an American bluegrass band from Texas active in the 1970s;
4) Roanoke was an American three-piece sludge-doom act formed in Portland, Oregon in 2005;
5) Roanoke was an American quintet from Kansas City, Kansas;
6) Roanoke was an American alt-country rock band consisting of Josh Crawford, Joel Bond, Tim Buskey and drummer R.J.;
7) Roanoke is an American indie-rock band fronted by Taylor Dupuis (vocals/acoustic/songwriter) and Joey Beesley (vocals/electric guitar/songwriter).
1) Roanoke was an American four-piece band formed in Rockford, Illinois, that merged screamo, post-hardcore, post-rock ambience and emotional yells while experimenting with odd notes and chords.
2) Roanoke was an American bluegrass band from California active in the 1990s. The band released "Thoughts of Home" in 1996.
3) Roanoke was an American bluegrass band from Texas active in the 1970s. The band released a self-titled album in 1977.
4) Roanoke was an American three-piece sludge-doom act formed in Portland, Oregon in 2005 by Todd Janeczek (guitar and vocals), James Kosharek (bass), and Larry Pike (drums). They generally played slow, noisy and downtuned sludge-doom in the vein of Buried at Sea, though some tracks show a quicker style in the vein of Corrupted.
5) Roanoke was an American quintet from Kansas City, Kansas, that melded alt-rock with elements of hardcore, metal, and prog-rock. After selling out of its initial run of Distaste, the band's debut full-length, in May of 2006, the band released a new six-song EP in June of 2007. Produced by Aaron Crawford (Flee The Seen, Hang Glider Empire).
6) Roanoke was an American alt-country rock band consisting of Josh Crawford, Joel Bond, Tim Buskey and drummer R.J. .
7) Roanoke is an American indie-rock band fronted by Taylor Dupuis (vocals/acoustic/songwriter) and Joey Beesley (vocals/electric guitar/songwriter), with Richard Bennett on bass, and B.L. Reed on electric guitar. The band released the digital EP "Wolf Motel".
This Love
Roanoke Lyrics
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Come soft come quietly
Come now if you're ever gonna come at all
My heart is breaking
I'm coming soon so wait for me
In the cold of a sleepy December morning
When we forget about the way it hurts
We try to win but then only lose
This love, this love is gonna break me
And it's gonna hurt so bad
We try, we try but we cant seem
To turn it around
This love, this love
This love, this love
Has gone bad
Held on to pictures
Held on to memories
Baby we were young and so in love
Now we only fight and curse
We sleep alone and it makes it worse
Two hearts, one beat just wasn't enough
This love, this love is gonna break me
And it's gonna hurt so bad
We try, we try but we cant seem
To turn it around
This love, this love
This love, this love
This love, this love
Has gone bad
Last night you showed up at four A.M.
I beat down your door crying I can't take this
This love, this love
This love, this love
This love, this love
This love, this love is gonna break me
And it's gonna hurt so bad
We try, we try but we cant seem
To turn it around
This love, this love
This love, this love
This love, this love
This love, this love
This love, this love
Has gone bad
The lyrics of Roanoke's song "This Love" convey a sense of heartbreak and despair as the singer tries to come to terms with the end of a once beautiful, but now failed relationship. The opening lines "Come slow, come easy, come soft, come quietly" suggest a plea to the ex-partner, asking them to come back into their life - but with no such assurance. As the song progresses, the singer reveals that they will be coming back soon and urges their ex to wait for them, but with a somber resignation that it's probably already too late.
As they look back on their time together, the singer remembers how they were once young and in love, but now they only fight and curse, unable to halt the inevitable decay of their relationship. The lines "Two hearts, one beat just wasn't enough" offer a poignant statement about the limitations of what was once possible for them. They seem to find solace in holding on to memories and pictures, but they know that these reminders cannot save what they had.
The refrain of "This love, this love..." becomes a lamentation, a desperate mantra for something that was once beautiful but had come to an end. As the singer cries out in the final chorus, "This love, this love is gonna break me, and it's gonna hurt so bad," it is clear that this is a love that has run its course, and there is no going back.
Line by Line Meaning
Come slow come easy
Come into my life slowly and without complications.
Come soft come quietly
Come into my life gently and peacefully.
Come now if you're ever gonna come at all
Come into my life now or never.
My heart is breaking
My heart is in pain and sadness.
I'm coming soon so wait for me
I'm coming to you soon so please wait for me.
In the cold of a sleepy December morning
The specific time and place where I'm going to see you again.
We're only gonna make it worse
Our actions will only make the situation worse.
When we forget about the way it hurts
When we ignore the pain and suffering that our actions bring.
We try to win but then only lose
We try to succeed but end up failing miserably.
This love, this love is gonna break me
Our love is so intense that it will cause me to break and suffer.
And it's gonna hurt so bad
It will bring me so much emotional pain and suffering.
We try, we try but we cant seem
We are trying hard but cannot seem to succeed.
To turn it around
To fix our problems and make our love work.
This love, this love
Our love, our relationship.
Has gone bad
Our love has turned into something negative and destructive.
Held on to pictures
Stuck with memories from our past.
Held on to memories
Held on to the past times when we were happy and in love.
Baby we were young and so in love
We were young and in love, but things have changed.
Now we only fight and curse
All we do is argue and use bad language towards each other.
We sleep alone and it makes it worse
We don't sleep together anymore and it only worsens the situation.
Two hearts, one beat just wasn't enough
Our hearts used to beat for each other, but now it's not enough to sustain our love.
Last night you showed up at four A.M.
A specific time when my partner was with me.
I beat down your door crying I can't take this
I am overwhelmed and can no longer deal with the situation at hand.
This love, this love
Our love, our relationship.
This love, this love is gonna break me
Our love is so intense that it will cause me to break and suffer.
And it's gonna hurt so bad
It will bring me so much emotional pain and suffering.
We try, we try but we cant seem
We are trying hard but cannot seem to succeed.
To turn it around
To fix our problems and make our love work.
This love, this love
Our love, our relationship.
This love, this love
Our love, our relationship.
This love, this love
Our love, our relationship.
Has gone bad
Our love has turned into something negative and destructive.
Contributed by Arianna V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.