Oh, I still know that song!

I was listening to Seona Dancing’s “More To Lose” the other day, which was part of DJ Joey Alba's new wave mix, and I found my self singing the lyrics of the song.  Surprisingly, I still know the lyrics of the song. I remember, I was 14 when I got heart-struck with that new wave ballad.

“More To Lose” is a single of the British band Seona Dancing. It is composed of Ricky Gervais (Yes! He is the popular comedian nowadays) on vocals and Bill Macrae on keybords.  The song was originally released in 1983 but it flopped in the UK Singles Chart (only landing at 118). However, in 1985, the song became a massive hit in the Philippines and it became an anthem of youngsters that time.

In case you didn't know the tune, here it is:

And here’s the lyrics of the song:

MORE TO LOSE

By Seona Dancing

We used to cry

About the day when one of us might fall
Weak and blindly into another's arms
Demands are gained from jealousies
Would flow like water drowning us
But leaving us with just another
Lover's false alarm

And now it's overBoth of us free
But I feel colder

A thousand tortured lives have fallen
Wounded dying cut down by the
Questions that we've sharpened
Just to save our losing days

We thought we'd nothing more to lose
We'd tear our hearts with jagged truths
And everything we'd hung to for so long
Just slipped away

And now it's over
Both of us free
And I feel colder

I was tired of thinking that
Our love can shine your thoughts
Of our arrangements
Were really not like mine


I thought it over
And it was plain to see the love you said
You once needed
Could just not come from me

And now it's over
Both of us free
And I feel colder

And now we're moving to new beginnings
But as we move we looked once behind
To see what we might find out
Lost loves and old thoughts of our nights of winnings
That lunge, tear and grasp
At lost wanting minds

The dramatic piano riff perfectly matches the gloomy, bittersweet lyrics, that you can feel the emotions that this “break-up song” is all about. That’s why I really love this song. However, I could not entirely relate to it because I have never been in a tough “breakup” situation in my life. Hah! But this song has become a part of my playlist during my teenage years that is why it became a part of my life. As the English poet Edward Bulwer-Lytton once said, “Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.”