Comments on: I never slept last night (original song – redone)

By: xNefarious

xNefarious — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:10:42 +0000

I love it. 😀
I think you changed it just the right amount. The beginning was a bit shaky for me, but it got a lot better as the song went along. 🙂
What inspired you to write this?

By: dan892k7

dan892k7 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:57:39 +0000

Well, I’d actually been up all night working which inspired the first couple of lines. And then I though, “When has there been a dramatic time that I’ve stayed up all night” – and I thought back to when my Kim had fallen 36ft from her house, and me and my mate Mikey stayed up all night unable to sleep with the grief that she could die.

I decided to use that, but make it a girl who’d been hit by a car while out drinking with her mates. And it’s sung from the point of view of the lad who

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By: dan892k7

dan892k7 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:37:03 +0000

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stayed up with her all night worrying for her. Then the lines “The rain is blessing me, and I feel so bitter today”, “Tell me once again, how did I end up in this mess?”, “Ive never hurt so much, and Ive never been so sure.”, and “The emergency room is such an uncomfortable place” are the girl talking back to the guy, what it’s like for her being in this situation. And if I ever sing it with a band I’m going to try and get a girl to sing those lines, and maybe the chorus too :-),

Dan