Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - The Sweetest Punch [1998] Music & Lyrics - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Chord Shapes: Gadd9  = 320203 Bbmaj7 = x13231 Am7/G  = 3x2010 D/F#   = 2x0232 D/E    = xx2232 F#/E   = 044322 Bm/D   = xx0432 Cmaj7  = x32000 Cadd9  = x32030 Am/D   = xx0210 [Intro] | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | [Verse 1] You   only saw red After I said "how can we continue?" Hidden from your  view In the blue corner that I painted myself in-to      Then we started to fight And it changed everything here’s the ring [Bridge] You dropped the band I can’t understand it Not after all we’ve been through Words start to fly my glass jaw and I Will find one to walk right in-to. You knocked me out It was the sweetest punch the bell goes... | /  /  /  / | [Chorus 1] I can hear it ringing but I didn’t see it coming We all say things we don’t mean You can’t take it back Now the room is spinning but was I the last to notice? I can see I’ll never win So if you’re going Then you better go to him Then you better go to him. e ------------|--3---5-----9------| B --3---3---------|------------| G --0---2---------|---------7--6------| D ---------0------|--5---7--0---------| A -----------4----|------------| E ------------|------------| [Verse 2] I     only saw stars I dropped my guard and that’s how it en-ded What was I to do In the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspen-ded?    Then with seconds to go You delivered the blow here I go... [Bridge] You dropped the band I can’t understand it Not after all we’ve been through Words start to fly my glass jaw and I Will find one to walk right in-to. You knocked me out It was the sweetest punch the bell goes... | /  /  /  / | [Chorus 2] I can hear it ringing but I didn’t see it coming We all say things we don’t mean You can’t take it back Now the room is spinning but was I the last to notice? I can see I’ll never win So if you’re going Then you better go to him Then you better go to him. [Outro] | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |[Fade out] [End]                                    

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque des tensions dans une relation, où une conversation difficile révèle des malentendus et des sentiments non exprimés. Le protagoniste se rend compte qu'il a été pris au dépourvu par les paroles, ce qui a entraîné une rupture inattendue. La métaphore du "frappe douce" symbolise à la fois la douleur d'une séparation et la beauté des émotions contradictoires, où l'affection et le chagrin s'entremêlent. Le monde décrit est solide, où les couleurs et les émotions sont vives, mais les conflits et les luttes internes alourdissent l’atmosphère. On ressent cette lutte entre l'amour et l'acceptation de la réalité, où la douleur s'avère parfois plus douce qu'on ne le pense.