“A Part Of Me” is about a man who every now and then gets reminded of his ex, the way he felt for her and how it ended. He is now trying to stop himself from getting hurt again over her.
Throughout the track, there is a recurring contradiction between Ben and the girl he is talking about. In a trac...
[Verse 1: Ben Barlow with Laura Whiteside]
I'll paint you a picture with words
“I miss her”
We still talk like every day
But we don’t talk in the same way that we used to
I’ll move on and forget you
We could never see eye to eye
But either way
[Chorus: Ben Barlow with Laura Whiteside]
I like her 'cause she’s smart, headstrong, and independent
She puts me in my place, but I don’t know where I stand
And if only I could find the words, or muster up the nerve to tell her
I’ll never forget her
And she’ll always have a part of me
[Verse 2: Ben Barlow with Laura Whiteside]
Don’t let me go down this road again
We both know where this ends
In a storm of feeling, I’m so unappealing
I can’t play these games
[Chorus 2: Ben Barlow with Laura Whiteside]
I like her 'cause she’s smart, headstrong, and independent
She puts me in my place, but I don’t know where I stand
And if only I could find the words, or muster up the nerve to tell her
I’ll never forget her
And she’ll always have a part of me
I like her 'cause she’s smart, headstrong, and independent
She puts me in my place, but I don’t know where I stand
And if only I could find the words, or muster up the nerve to tell her
I’ll never forget her
And she’ll always have a part of me
She'll always have a part of me
She'll always have a part of me
[Verse 3: Ben Barlow]
I was falling for a girl who would ask me to come over
Just for a day, when her parents were away
Now all I can do is lay in my room
Fall asleep, dream of you
Then wake up and do nothing about it
[Verse 4: Laura Whiteside]
I fell for a boy who could never ever let me walk home that way
‘Cause you gotta be safe
So hold back your views
We’re both leaving soon
I can’t fall back on you
‘Cause that’s not what I do and
[Outro: Laura Whiteside & Ben Barlow]
I fell for a boy who could never ever let me walk home that way
She hates it when I shout these words but, I still sing for you
'Cause you gotta be safe
I'll still sing for you
I'll still sing for you
So hold back your views, we’re both leaving soon
She hates it when I shout these words but, I still sing for you
I'll still sing for you
I can’t fall back on you, 'cause that's not what I do and
I'll still sing for you
I fell for a boy who could never ever let me walk home that way
She hates it when I shout these words but, I still sing for you
‘Cause you gotta be safe
I'll still sing for you
I'll still sing for you
So hold back your views, we’re both leaving soon
She hates it when I shout these words but, I still sing for you
I'll still sing for you
I can’t fall back on you
I'll still sing for you
A Part of Me was written by Neck Deep & Laura Whiteside & Ben Barlow.
A Part of Me was produced by Seb Barlow.
Neck Deep released A Part of Me on Sun Jan 01 2012.
In a track by track of Rain In July Ben said:
“A Part Of Me” is just a typical sort of love song. It was kind of the last one I wrote before me and “the girl” parted ways and moved away to different unis. We’d stopped talking at this point, and I guess I didn’t want to write a “fuck you” kind of so...