I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

Wilco * Track #1 On Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco

Release Date
Tue Apr 23 2002
Performed by
Wilco
Produced by
Wilco
Writed by
Jeff Tweedy
About

The opening song on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot looks at a man who feels isolated and alone in the big city after a tumultuous relationship, seemingly ended by his own misdeeds.

In Sam Jones' documentary named after this song, Nonesuch Records executive David Bither was excited about Yankee Hotel Foxtrot...

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I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I am an American aquarium drinker
I assassin down the avenue
I'm hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?

[Verse 2]
Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning
Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers
This is not a joke, so please stop smiling
What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?

[Verse 3]
I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming
Take it from the inside, baby hold on tight
You were so right when you said I've been drinking
What was I thinking when we said good night?

[Verse 4]
I want to hold you in the Bible-black predawn
You're quite a quiet domino, bury me now
Take off your Band-Aid because I don't believe in touchdowns
What was I thinking when we said hello?

[Verse 5]
I'd always thought that if I held you tightly
You'd always love me like you did back then
Then I fell asleep and the city kept blinking
What was I thinking when I let you back in?

[Refrain]
I am trying to break your heart
I am trying to break your heart
But still,​ I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy
I am trying to break your heart

[Verse 6]
Disposable Dixie-cup drinking
I assassin down the avenue
I'm hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?

[Outro]
(... Loves you
I'm the man who loves you)

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Q&A

Who wrote I Am Trying to Break Your Heart's ?

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was written by Jeff Tweedy.

Who produced I Am Trying to Break Your Heart's ?

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was produced by Wilco.

When did Wilco release I Am Trying to Break Your Heart?

Wilco released I Am Trying to Break Your Heart on Tue Apr 23 2002.

What did Wilco say about "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"?

Jeff Tweedy on the lyrics in a 2021 interview at the Connecticut Forum:

Well, mostly they’re nonsense… but they mean something to me that I couldn’t say at the time. And I still can’t quite say it, but I feel it every time I sing it. And that’s kind of an element, to me, of poetry, and if I could s...

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