Troye Sivan Releases Heartbreakingly Gorgeous 'The Good Side'
It's a far cry from 'My My My!' and it'll probably make you cry too...
Can we all just take a moment to gush over Troye Sivan, please?
The Blue Neighbourhood singer has released ‘The Good Side’, his second new song of the month, and it's a stunning song of heartbreak and healing.
Troye previously revealed that the song is an open letter to an ex-boyfriend "to express apologies and sympathy" following their break-up, and boy is it tough.
Don't make me wait another day
'Cause passion is passion
You know it just as well as me
Now, let's stop running from love
Running from love
Let's stop, my baby (my baby)
Let's stop running from us
Running from us
Let's stop, my baby
Oh my, my, my!
I die every night with you
Oh my, my, my!
Living for your every move
Spark up, buzz cut
I got my tongue between your teeth
Go slow, no, no, go fast
You like it just as much as me
Now, let's stop running from love
Running from love
Let's stop, my baby (my baby)
Let's stop running from us
Running from us
Let's stop, my baby
Oh my, my, my!
I die every night with you
Oh my, my, my!
Living for your every move
Oh my, my, my!
I die every night with you
Oh my, my, my!
Living for your every move (every move)
Oh my, my, my!
My, my, my!
Should be the last night ever
Should be the last night we're apart
Got my name on this treasure
On this treasure
Oh my, my, my!
(My, my, my!)
I die every night with you
(I die, I die, I die, I die, yeah, yeah)
Oh my, my, my!
Living for your every move
(Living for, living for, yeah)
Oh my, my, my!
I die every night with you
(Oh my, my, my! Oh my, my, my!)
Oh my, my, my!
Living for your every move
(Living for your every move)
Oh my, my, my!
"I got the good side of things / Left you with both of the rings," he sings. "My fingers danced and swayed in the breeze / The change in the wind took you down to your knees."
The dreamy track is the most acoustic thing Troye has ever released, although the guitars still exist in his dreamy electro-synth universe, making it a song of two extremes in every sense.
Singing of how he got to escape from their break-up by going on tour, he apologises to his ex-lover, singing "I got the good side of you / Sent it out into the blue / The people danced to the sound of your heart / The world sang along to the sound of it falling apart."
'The Good Side' may well be his most cinematic song to date and is a testament to his songwriting, as his direct and honest storytelling punches harder than clunky metaphors that could have been used.
Speaking to Zane Lowe about the song, he said he hopes "that this song, now a couple of years down the line, is gonna serve as a sort of cathartic experience for the both of us."
The second song from Troye's upcoming second album, and the second excellent song from the album.
He is set to perform the lead single 'My My My!' on Saturday Night Live this weekend and we reckon we'll hear this one too.
Words: Ross McNeilage
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And lately, everyone feels fake
Somewhere I lost a piece of me
Smoking cigarettes on balconies
But I can't do this alone
Sometimes I just need a light
If I call you on the phone
Need you on the other side
So when your tears roll down your pillow like a river
I'll be there for you, I'll be there for you
When you're screaming, but they only hear you whisper
I'll be loud for you
But you gotta be there for me too
(Gotta be there for me too)
(Gotta be there for me too)
(Gotta be there for me too)
But you gotta be there for me too
Last year took a toll on me
But I made it with you next to me
Around the world and back again
I hope you're waiting at the end
But I can't do this alone
Sometimes I just need a light
If I call you on the phone
Need you on the other side
So when your tears roll down your pillow like a river
I'll be there for you, I'll be there for you
When you're screaming, but they only hear you whisper
I'll be loud for you, I'll be loud for you
I got you, I promise
Let me be honest
Love is a road that goes both ways
When your tears roll down your pillow like a river
I'll be there for you
But you gotta be there for me too
(Gotta be there for me too)
(Gotta be there for me too)
(Gotta be there for me too)
But you gotta be there for me too
Boy, I'm holding on to something
Won't let go of you for nothing
I'm running, running just to keep my hands on you
There was a time that I was so blue
What I got to do to show you?
I'm running, running just to keep my hands on you
Running, running just to keep my hands on you
Running, running just to keep my hands on you
So I'm running, running just to keep my hands on you
But you gotta be there for me too
(Gotta be there for me too)
(Gotta be there for me too)
(Gotta be there for me too)
But you gotta be there for me too
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