BULELENGPOST.COM - Tema tentang hubungan percintaan yang kandas kerap diangkat oleh para musikus pada beberapa karyanya. Seperti yang dilakukan oleh Alexander 23.
Pada awal tahun 2022 ini dia merilis lagu bertema patah hati miliknya yang bertajuk Hate Me If It Helps, yang baru dirilis Jumat, 11 Februari 2022 kemarin.
"Hate Me If It Helps" diawali dengan vokal pria bernama asli Alexander Glants tersebut. Bermula dari petikan gitar yang terasa sunyi, belakangan lagu ini meledak dengan dentuman musik pengiring yang terasa seperti katarsis.
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Terasa sejalan dengan lirik lagunya yang menyiratkan kepasrahan untuk melepas seseorang yang beranjak meninggalkan semua kisah masa lalu di belakang.
Walaupun untuk itu, sang penyanyi mesti dianggap sebagai sang penjahat dalam hubungan mereka.
Berikut adalah lirik lagu "Hate Me If It Helps" yang dipopulerkan oleh Alexander 23:
I wonder if your therapist likes me
I guess it depends on how much of the truth you tell to her
And I wonder if your brother wants to fight me
Would he change his mind if he saw his big sister at her worst?
So tell your friends I'm evil
Write songs that say I suck
And roll your eyes when people ask about us
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You can hate me if it helps
Make me out to be the villain
Say you're better by yourself
So it feels like your decision
You can tell 'em I'm the bad guy if it helps you sleep okay
Because all you want is closure, but there's nothing left to say
So you can hate me if it helps
You can hate me if it helps
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Do you wonder if I'm with someone new now?
If her clothes are in the drawer you used to take up in my room
Yeah, I bet you think I never think about
You anymore and, God, I wish that that were true
But I tell my friends I miss you
I write songs about how much
Yeah, I know we had our issues so if you want
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You can hate me if it helps
Make me out to be the villain
Say you're better by yourself
So it feels like your decision
You can tell 'em I'm the bad guy if it helps you sleep okay
Because all you want is closure, but there's nothing left to say
So you can hate me if it helps
You can hate me if it helps
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I'm sorry I stayed up with you every night
For making you laugh when you wanted to cry
I'm sorry I paid for your SSRI's
For making you happy I apologize
I'm sorry I put you in front of my friends
Yeah, my bad forgiving you for what you said
So go and be angry but you can't pretend
'Cause I know that you never would
'Cause I know that you never could
Yeah, I know
But you can hate me if it helps
Yeah you can hate me if it helps.***