Music Review: Sugababes "Too Lost In You"
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Too Lost In You
Album: Three
Year: 2003 (U.K. only)
Keisha Buchanan is captivated by her boyfriend in the leaden ballad "Too Lost In You."
A sentimental piano opens the single, setting a cardboard tone. In the first verse, whenever he stares into her eyes, the world around her evaporates. She explains her bliss is everlasting. She's overwhelmed by her feelings for him. She's powerless against his smile and charm.
She trembles with nervousness around him and her mouth gets cottony.
In the chorus, she says it's the most emotionally involved she has ever been. He asks her about her day and makes sure she gets in her house safely after he drops her off. She lays awake at night, thinking of his kisses on her cheek and lips. She can't concentrate on her everyday activities.
In the second verse, she gets goosebumps when he speaks softly to her. She is able to open herself up easily around him. He's the only man she's yearning for. Without him, she would whittle down to nothing.
In the pre-chorus, she is wrapped up in him. As they embrace, she's weightless and euphoric. She thinks she will melt into him and never find her way back.
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, she says her love is pulling her to him and she can't be free of it. No one will be able to convince her out of the relationship.
The chorus is sung twice to close the single.
Songwriter Diane Warren puts Buchanan through each love cliche. There is not one which is left unmentioned. Then, once Warren is finished she starts ripping off current phrases like "crazy in love" to sound modern. It's as she though she skimmed a "Love4U" website featuring the signs when someone is in love and listed them all. In the 80s, Warren penned some wonderful ballads (Belinda Carlisle's "I Get Weak"). Now, it's shocking to even know she once wrote wonderful songs, given her new ones are subpar.
The throbbing drum machine and spacious strings entwine onto the other, pulsating. It culminates into a breathless awe.
The Sugababes try to salvage the single and err on the side of caution. Despite their efforts, the song is dead weight.
"Too Lost In You" is dimmed by lackluster songwriting.
Album: Three
Year: 2003 (U.K. only)
Keisha Buchanan is captivated by her boyfriend in the leaden ballad "Too Lost In You."
A sentimental piano opens the single, setting a cardboard tone. In the first verse, whenever he stares into her eyes, the world around her evaporates. She explains her bliss is everlasting. She's overwhelmed by her feelings for him. She's powerless against his smile and charm.
"You look into my eyes/I go out of my mind/I can't see anything/Cause this love's got me blind/I can't help myself/I can't break the spell/I can't even try."
She trembles with nervousness around him and her mouth gets cottony.
"I'm in over my head/You got under my skin/I got no strength at all/In the state that I'm in/And my knees are weak/And my mouth can't speak/Fell too far this time."
In the chorus, she says it's the most emotionally involved she has ever been. He asks her about her day and makes sure she gets in her house safely after he drops her off. She lays awake at night, thinking of his kisses on her cheek and lips. She can't concentrate on her everyday activities.
"Baby, I'm too lost in you/Caught in you/Lost in everything about you/So deep, I can't sleep/I can't think/I just think about the things that you do (you do)/I'm too lost in you (Too lost in you)."
In the second verse, she gets goosebumps when he speaks softly to her. She is able to open herself up easily around him. He's the only man she's yearning for. Without him, she would whittle down to nothing.
"Oh/Well you whispered to me/And I shiver inside/You undo me and move me/In ways undefined/And you're all I see/And you're all I need/Help me baby (help me baby)/Help me baby (help me now)."
In the pre-chorus, she is wrapped up in him. As they embrace, she's weightless and euphoric. She thinks she will melt into him and never find her way back.
"Cause I'm slipping away/Like the sand to the tide/Flowing into your arms/Falling into your eyes/If you get too near/I might disappear/I might lose my mind."
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, she says her love is pulling her to him and she can't be free of it. No one will be able to convince her out of the relationship.
"I'm going crazy in love for you baby (I can't eat and I can't sleep)/I'm going down like a stone in the sea/Yeah, no one can rescue me (No one can rescue me)/Oh, my baby/Oh, baby, baby."
The chorus is sung twice to close the single.
Songwriter Diane Warren puts Buchanan through each love cliche. There is not one which is left unmentioned. Then, once Warren is finished she starts ripping off current phrases like "crazy in love" to sound modern. It's as she though she skimmed a "Love4U" website featuring the signs when someone is in love and listed them all. In the 80s, Warren penned some wonderful ballads (Belinda Carlisle's "I Get Weak"). Now, it's shocking to even know she once wrote wonderful songs, given her new ones are subpar.
The throbbing drum machine and spacious strings entwine onto the other, pulsating. It culminates into a breathless awe.
The Sugababes try to salvage the single and err on the side of caution. Despite their efforts, the song is dead weight.
"Too Lost In You" is dimmed by lackluster songwriting.