Get Hurt - The Gaslight Anthem

Get Hurt - The Gaslight Anthem
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Get Hurt, 2014 
Written by Brian Fallon, Alex Rosamilia, Alex Levine, and Benny Horowitz

Title trax!

A song probably stemming from Fallon's divorce.  The narrator has "wounds without a bandage" (cf. Romeo's "He jests at scars that never felt a wound"), but declares he came to get hurt.  "Once I could tell all the hurt apart from myself / Now all I can see is the need."  The song is a rather moody departure from the band’s usual heartland-punk sound, embracing instead an atmospheric, brooding alt-rock with bluesy undertones. The song builds on haunting, echoing guitars and restrained verses before exploding into a cathartic, emotionally raw chorus. But those verses!  "Maybe you needed a change / Maybe I was in your way."  Off.  Hits hard for those of us that have been there.  One of the most brutal lyrics in the band's catalogue, I think.