"Sometimes" (the Very Last Song)
So …
I don’t know if you’ve ever had one of those nights: your girlfriend just asked for a “relationship break,” you had maybe one beer too many, and you’re sitting alone at the piano … and suddenly everything just comes pouring out.
That was over ten years ago. The song that came out of that night was “Sometimes (The Very Last Song)” – my final big heartbreak song, or at least that’s what I told myself back then. It’s about loneliness, about how life keeps moving on, and maybe about the hope that someone out there will someday say: “I won’t break your heart again.”
Funny enough, my girlfriend came back to me not long after that night. We’re still together. And honestly? As much as I can laugh about it now, I still think it’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever written. Maybe because it came straight from the heart (and the beer 🍺), without overthinking anything. Sometimes music just happens.
I wrote music and lyrics
Sometimes (The Very Last Song) –
Sometimes I feel so lonely
So I have to tell myself
I love you
How I wish there was somebody I could say it to
The most precious things we own
In our lives got shattered, broken
Then somehow we found a way
To mend them back together
To mend them back together
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Sometimes I feel a bit scared
Of facing this life alone
All the way
I keep wondering if you’ll ever find me someday
Then I look at my generation
We were once so young, but the years keep moving on
Those who were our age back then are almost gone
Those who were our age back then are almost gone
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Sometimes I feel so lonely
And I wish that someone’d say
I won’t break your heart again
I will mend it back together
Yes, I will mend it back together
La la la la la la
La la la la la
And if anyone wants to listen to the song … here’s the link:
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Oh, I am no longer allowed to edit the post... Track was updated, new link
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Lovely! Lot's of emotion there. Not just the breakup, but the fear of being alone and growing old alone..
I like the swell of strings at the start. Then the sparse instrumentation, piano and guitar. Gives it a very intimate atmosphere. And that's a good match for the raw lyric.
And the female + male vocal on "To mend them back together" it perfectly in sync with the lyric.
I can imagine lots of people turning to this song when they are feeling a bit down.
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo honest. Lovely music. Incredible lyric. I left you a comment on your soundcloud account. I thought this was incredible.
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Thats very pretty and a pro recording
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Thanks so much for the feedback, everyone — I really appreciate it!
RainyDayMan — glad you picked up on that intimate atmosphere, that was exactly the feeling I was chasing.
Hardtwistmusic — thank you also for the SoundCloud comment, that really means a lot.
ElvisNash — thanks you. Very pretty - I’ll take that as high praise 🙂
This one actually started with just the piano intro running around in my head. Once I found the chords for the melody, the lyric began with “Sometimes I feel so lonely, I have to tell myself I love you.” My first reaction was honestly: “What kind of crap is this?” 😅 But then it stuck, and the rest followed.
I recorded a pretty raw demo in my little music room back then — Bösendorfer plug-in for the piano, Guitar Rig, EZDrummer, EastWest strings, and a single vocal track. Later it got a slight overhaul
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Es una canción preciosa, really moving, loneliness has so many faces.... one of them is the beauty of the sadness with which she paints our tears. Precious work! @groundhog
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@MoraAmaroLaLoba : Es muy especial leer algo así, muchas gracias. Your description was so poetic — “the beauty of the sadness” really touched me. I’m very grateful that the lyric spoke to you in that way
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You do a good job for a home recording
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@ElvisNash : Thanks! Just to clarify — the version I posted here isn’t a home recording. The first version of the song was a rough home recording I did back then. I could always post that one too, if you fancy a good laugh.0
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Where did you record it at ?
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