This is a modern masterpiece and my favourite song (hence the username). It is shockingly underrated and should have been HUGE! The song is an anthemic 21st century ‘I Will Survive’, which everyone who hears loves; just not enough people have heard it!
The song tells the story of a woman (Lisa Kekaula, of the BellRays, who also features on the Jaxx single ‘U Don’t Know Me’) whose boyfriend/husband has been cheating on her and lying to her ‘no more lies!’ He is ‘so totally deluded’ as he thinks he can get away with cheating. It would also appear he is perhaps a criminal of some sort, an idea suggested by the line, ‘you’ll end up old and lonely’, [a reference to his cheating ways], ‘if you don’t get a bullet in your head’. This idea is perhaps linked to the hint that he has been beating Kekaula ‘No more crying, crying leaving me so black and blue’.
This criminal theme is expanded on in the excellent video which casts Kekaula as a prison officer who, whilst driving to work sees her other half (photos seen in the video suggest they are married) everywhere. Once she gets to work, he is among a group of new prisoners who gets of a bus. At the climax of the song, she completely ignores him as she guides him through the prison to his cell, once there he sits with his head in his hands.
It is such a shame so few other people have commented on it, as it is Basement Jaxx’s best song by a long way. In addition, just to point out, it has not been confirmed that story is either true, or about Kekaula herself.
This is a modern masterpiece and my favourite song (hence the username). It is shockingly underrated and should have been HUGE! The song is an anthemic 21st century ‘I Will Survive’, which everyone who hears loves; just not enough people have heard it!
The song tells the story of a woman (Lisa Kekaula, of the BellRays, who also features on the Jaxx single ‘U Don’t Know Me’) whose boyfriend/husband has been cheating on her and lying to her ‘no more lies!’ He is ‘so totally deluded’ as he thinks he can get away with cheating. It would also appear he is perhaps a criminal of some sort, an idea suggested by the line, ‘you’ll end up old and lonely’, [a reference to his cheating ways], ‘if you don’t get a bullet in your head’. This idea is perhaps linked to the hint that he has been beating Kekaula ‘No more crying, crying leaving me so black and blue’.
This criminal theme is expanded on in the excellent video which casts Kekaula as a prison officer who, whilst driving to work sees her other half (photos seen in the video suggest they are married) everywhere. Once she gets to work, he is among a group of new prisoners who gets of a bus. At the climax of the song, she completely ignores him as she guides him through the prison to his cell, once there he sits with his head in his hands.
It is such a shame so few other people have commented on it, as it is Basement Jaxx’s best song by a long way. In addition, just to point out, it has not been confirmed that story is either true, or about Kekaula herself.