"You broke my heart into smithereens....and that took Genius!"
Warren was a rather cold hearted and self serving individual. Don't get me wrong, he's my personal songwriting God but read "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon" and you'll be amazed.
That line......"You broke my heart into smithereens...and that took Genius" speaks to me as a man who thought he'd always be the 'heart breaker' but had the tables turned on him and felt the 'stomach punch' that anybody who's ever had a their heart broken will understand.
I find the true GENIUS line in the song is this;
"You broke my heart into smithereens....and that took Genius!"
Warren was a rather cold hearted and self serving individual. Don't get me wrong, he's my personal songwriting God but read "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon" and you'll be amazed.
That line......"You broke my heart into smithereens...and that took Genius" speaks to me as a man who thought he'd always be the 'heart breaker' but had the tables turned on him and felt the 'stomach punch' that anybody who's ever had a their heart broken will understand.
RIP Warren. We miss you man.
"...felt the 'stomach punch' that anybody who's ever had a their heart broken will understand..." - Exactly how it felt like. Sir, YOU are The Genius.
"...felt the 'stomach punch' that anybody who's ever had a their heart broken will understand..." - Exactly how it felt like. Sir, YOU are The Genius.
@Okemo Agreed. Wise words.
@Okemo Agreed. Wise words.