In this song, James Blake contemplates a breakup. Being aware of how it may be scary to do so, especially for the other person, he defends himself by saying that, “True love lets you break and stays around”. This is supposed to be an assurance that he’s still going to stick around because couples us...
[Intro]
Asking to break
Asking to break
Asking to break
[Chorus]
Asking to break
All this time
So go ahead
We'll be just fine
Asking to break
All this time
So go ahead
So go ahead
[Bridge]
True love lets you break
True love lets you break
And stays around
Stays around
True love lets you break
True love lets you break
And stays around
Stays around
[Outro]
Asking to break
Ooh
Asking to break
Ooh
So go ahead
Asking To Break was written by James Blake & Dom Maker.
Asking To Break was produced by James Blake.
James Blake released Asking To Break on Fri Sep 08 2023.
I made this with [Mount Kimbie’s] Dom Maker. He started it off with a loop of me playing piano and singing, which is the first thing you hear. The refrain and the song came from that. It happened pretty naturally, pretty quickly. I’m not sure what word it is that the chord sequence evokes, but it ev...