Why do you have to be a heartbreaker,
When I was bein’ what you want me to be?
Suddenly everything I ever wanted has passed me by..
Dianne Warwick’s “Heartbreaker” is a great song written by the Bee Gees. The Bee Gees would release their own version but it doesn’t compare to the version where they split the lead with Warwick. Warwick has a stronger voice than the Gibb brothers, and that works better for the verses. For the chorus, the Bee Gees Falsetto is perfect. The song’s melody is rather complex. It is another one of those songs that sounds like it could have been split into two songs, but as one song, it blends fantastically well.
The lyrics are outstanding. I don’t think the Bee Gees get enough credit as lyricists, songwriters or performers. They are an amazing band with tons of hits and great songs. The story of the song is simple, the narrator is in love with a man who is not present. She feels that love should be “everything or nothing at all”. What is this spell that she is under? She was being everything he wanted her to be. Another unrequited love song.
The change in the melody on the bridge is amazing: (Only to find any dream that I follow is dying.) And again, the melody change at the chorus is also fantastic. I think this song is one everyone knows, but not many consider great. It is time we reconsider that.
Lyrics Heartbreaker
I got to say it and it’s hard for me,
You got me cryin’ like I thought I would never be.
Love is believin’ but you let me down;
How can I love you when you ain’t around?
And I,
Get to the morning and you never call.
Love should be everything or not at all.
And it don’t matter what ever you do;
I made a life out of lovin’ you.
Only to find any dream that I follow is dying.
I’m cryin’ in the rain.
I could be searchin’ my world for a love everlasting,
Feeling no pain, when will we meet again?
Why do you have to be a heartbreaker?
Is it a lesson that I never knew?
Gotta get out of the spell that I’m under,
My love for you.
Why do you have to be a heartbreaker,
When I was bein’ what you want me to be ?
Suddenly everything I ever wanted has passed me by,
This world may end, not you and I.
My love is stronger than the universe.
My soul is cryin’ for you,
And that can not be reversed.
You made the rules and you could not see;
You made a life out of hurtin’ me.
Out of my mind, I am held by the power of you love.
Tell me when do we try, or should we say goodbye ?
Why do you have to be a heartbreaker,
When I was bein’ what you want me to be ?
Suddenly everything I ever wanted has passed me by.
Oh, why do you have to be a heartbreaker ?
Is it a lesson that I never knew ?
Suddenly everything I ever wanted,
My love for you, oh,
Why do you have to be a heartbreaker,
When I was bein’ what you want me to be ?
Suddenly everything I ever wanted has passed me by
Songwriters: Barry Alan Gibb / Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb