Shaun Morgan wrote this song, which deals with the pain you experience when you’re leaving someone behind. Seether originally recorded this song on their 2002 CD Disclaimer. The hit version, which was later released on the soundtrack to the movie The Punisher featuring Shaun Morgan’s prior girlfrien...
[Verse 1]
I wanted you to know, I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph, I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open
And I don’t feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
[Verse 2]
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open
And I don’t feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open
And I don’t feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
Broken was written by Shaun Morgan & Dale Stewart.
Broken was produced by Jay Baumgardner.
Shaun Morgan, who wrote this song, explained in 2004:
I wrote it two-and-a-half years ago for my daughter, she was just born and I had to come to the States (from South Africa) and I wrote the lyrics for her, it’s about leaving somebody behind, you know that is really painful to do, and ultimately...