
You stare at her, but she won’t look at you. She knows all too well that if she does, she will give in, again, like all the other times. You beg and plead but she continues to stand firm. You ask her to please look at you, but she won’t; she is done. As you try to understand this ending that your stomach can’t fathom, you see a single tear building up in her eye. Hoping that it comes down because it will give you some leverage, you watch and continue your pleas, and the tear never comes down. Instead, it dries out and she gets up and walks away.
No more fighting! you think to yourself, as he heads out the door yet again. Your heart breaks every time he does this, but you stay because your heart also loves him so much. But for as much as you love him, the fights just keep getting worse and you don’t know why. You have tried to talk about it, and wouldn’t even dare suggest therapy. ”We are way too young to be going through this”, you think, and then finally you decide that it is time to leave.
Perfect Blue by Brooklyn based band, Lemonade, is a simple tune about a breakup. It’s a chilly tone with warm sounds, tempo, and a groove. It is somewhat of a sonic contradiction that makes us love it that much more because so. The lyrics are painful in a way, if you have ever found yourself in this same situation, or even one completely similar, yet, the sounds feel summery and the harmonies so warm. For as mellow and care free as the vocals carry on throughout the track, the electronic synths and R&B percussion give it a heartbeat that’s just trying to escape.
Close to the horizon now
It doesn’t look the same to you
and you just need to get away.”










