Released in 2013 as the final single from its album, “Broken” continues in the simple vein of Bugg’s other songs. The song itself is downbeat and has been interpreted as unrequited love, or dealing with a lost love, perhaps through death or suicide.
[Verse 1]
I'll wait here
For you
For I'm broken
Down, coming down
This town
For my heart lies
[Chorus]
Far and away where they took you down
Led them over to your house
Where I'm broken
Down by the people if they let you breathe
Don't give a damn if you still can't see
Still my heart beats for you
[Verse 2]
Have become all I lost
And all I hoped for
But I must carry on
Always one
Never broken
[Chorus]
Run to the lobby where I saw you try
Don't give a damn for your reasons why
Where soul feels
Down in the valley where the church bells cry
I'll lead them over to your eyes
Woah, I'm one
I am one
[Verse 3]
Break a story of
Peace and love in a future
Bright sacrifice
Came around
Never broken
[Chorus]
Down by the people if they let you breathe
Don't give a damn if you still can't see
Travelin' street that I did not go
Wheels locked on to the winter lope
Down in the valley where the church bells cry
I'll lead them over to your eyes
Woah, I'm one
Woah, I'm one
I'm one
Broken was written by Crispin Hunt & Jake Bugg.
Broken was produced by Crispin Hunt.