" Set my midnight sorrow free/I will give you all of me/Just leave your lover, leave him for me." The music takes it a step further and makes it about a heterosexual friend. Unable to reel in his feelings, he basically begs for his love to choose him.
Sam has fallen for someone in a relationship, and he's fallen hard. I think I’m even more single than I was when I released In the Lonely Hour, so I’m insanely single." "It’s basically about getting good at getting dumped," he explained. He told Zane Lowe it was about a past relationship he was in. In the first single off his new album, Sam sings about closing himself off emotionally to protect his heart. The chorus includes one of his most heartbreaking lyrics " But when you call me 'baby'/I know I'm not the only one." Whew.
Sam realizes his boyfriend has been cheating on him, but doesn't quite know how to stop loving him. While the guy makes him happy, Sam's only hurting himself in the long run by not moving on.īorn out of the anger and frustration that comes along with not being able to tell your crush how you feel, "I've Told You Now" sounds like that drunken phone call you immediately regret the next morning. Perhaps his most cinematic song, Sam cuts himself off from an unrequited love to maintain his sanity. One day the love of your life will make their way to you, but Sam's loneliness seeps through the seams of this song as he patiently waits for the one. Sam Smith's yearning over a Grindr hookup underscores his loneliness and desperation for someone to love. We at PRIDE decided to take this opportunity to rank his saddest songs.
The 25-year-old has already had his fair share of heartbreak, made painfully clear with his debut album In The Lonely Hour, and he isn't afraid to transfer his listeners to an incredibly vulnerable and raw place. Sam Smith has returned to the pop world after a two-year hiatus, and his music is more emotionally charged than ever.