This is one of Savage Garden's most powerful and moving songs. Not their first, but quite possibly their last. It has a dark, cold, bleak, and miserable feel to it. You can literally feel Darren's heartbreaking desperation to hold on to a single spark of something pure and good. He cries out "Love don't leave me" several times, each time crooning it devastatingly. This song feels as if he is clinging desperately to one small hope that this incredible pain won't leave him jaded forever. He knows his marriage is over and the sad part is that he doesn't seem to be dwelling on that. His pain and sorrow in this song seems to be geared more toward his losing faith in love itself and he's trying so hard not to give up on it. Even through all the jaded and bitter words and lines, you can see that he still has hope; that he's still trying not to fall apart, and that's what makes "GDR" so incredibly moving. You can literally see how strong his will is throughout this song. In the beginning he is bitter and angry and in the end it seems he's reached a revelation. All through the song he takes you through this dark and cold journey and then at the end he shows you this light and all at once you feel warm. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's the best I can describe it. It's as if through this song, he's recieved enlightenment.
Definately an underappreciated song. Most people think it's an angry rant of a song, but I think it's Darren's version of therapy and you can see his changes and progress throughout it.
This is one of Savage Garden's most powerful and moving songs. Not their first, but quite possibly their last. It has a dark, cold, bleak, and miserable feel to it. You can literally feel Darren's heartbreaking desperation to hold on to a single spark of something pure and good. He cries out "Love don't leave me" several times, each time crooning it devastatingly. This song feels as if he is clinging desperately to one small hope that this incredible pain won't leave him jaded forever. He knows his marriage is over and the sad part is that he doesn't seem to be dwelling on that. His pain and sorrow in this song seems to be geared more toward his losing faith in love itself and he's trying so hard not to give up on it. Even through all the jaded and bitter words and lines, you can see that he still has hope; that he's still trying not to fall apart, and that's what makes "GDR" so incredibly moving. You can literally see how strong his will is throughout this song. In the beginning he is bitter and angry and in the end it seems he's reached a revelation. All through the song he takes you through this dark and cold journey and then at the end he shows you this light and all at once you feel warm. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's the best I can describe it. It's as if through this song, he's recieved enlightenment.
Definately an underappreciated song. Most people think it's an angry rant of a song, but I think it's Darren's version of therapy and you can see his changes and progress throughout it.