For this week’s blog, I want to take a look at a song that looks at a long lost love that the singer wishes he still has. This song is you were good to me by Jeremy Zucker.
The first verse of this song is very short and goes, “Lyin’ isn’t better than silence. Floatin’, but I feel like I’m dyin'”. Essentially, he feels as though the only time his girl talks to him is to lie to him and he wishes that she would just stay silent than just lie to him since he can see right through it and this makes him feel like he’s dying it’s hurting him so much.
The chorus then goes “Still, no matter where I go, at the end of every road you were good to me. You were good to me, yeah. I know it’s easier to run after everything I’ve done. You were good to me, you were good to me”. Even despite this, everything else in this relationship was wonderful and made him feel good about himself because she was good to him despite the way it ended. The last lyric “after everything I’ve done” makes it seem like he’s done something that triggered the girl in this relationship to become distant and withdrawn from the relationship and that’s why he’s saying she was good to him and doesn’t sound that bitter.
The second verse goes “Leavin’ isn’t better than tryin’. Growin’, but I’m just growin’ tired”. Something to note is that this song features Chelsea Cutler and this verse is sung by her, so this verse is supposed to be sung by the woman in this relationship. She admitting that simply leaving a relationship is worse than trying to make it work. She’s trying to grow into it but she’s just getting more and more tired of trying to make an impossible thing work.
The chorus then goes “Now I’m worried for my soul and I’m still scared of growin’ old, you were good to me, you were good to me, yeah. And I’m so used to lettin’ go but I don’t wanna be alone. You were good to me, you were good to me, yeah, oh”. She’s worried about being so hurt by this relationship that her soul itself will never recover but she’s also terrified of having to grow old alone. This verse is sung by both Zucker and Cutler so this a sentiment reflected by both of them which makes it even more gut-wrenching.
The bridge then goes “God only knows where our fears go. Hearts I’ve broke, now my tears flow. You’ll see that I’m sorry, ’cause you were good to me, you were good to me”. They know that they’ll realize that they’re both sorry that they both contributed to the relationship ending.
The outro of the song goes “And now I’m closin’ every door ’cause I’m sick of wantin’ more, you were good to me, you were good to me, yeah. Swear I’m different than before. I won’t hurt you anymore ’cause you were good to me”. The first portion of the outro is sung only by Zucker and him saying that he’s trying to close all the doors on this relationship because he doesn’t want more pain. The second part of the outro is sung by the duo and is obviously meant to be them begging with each other, trying to convince one another that they should give “them” another chance because they’re “different than before”.