NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - TORN
I Thought I Saw A Man Brought To Life
He Was Warm He Came Around Like He Was Dignified
He Showed Me What It Was To Cry
Well, You Couldn't Be That Man I Adored
You Don't Seem To Know Or Seem To Care
What Your Heart Is For
I Don't Know Him Anymore
There's Nothing Like He Used To Lie
Our Conversation Has Run Dry
That's What 'S Going On
Nothing's Fine, I'm Torn
I'm All Out Of Faith, This Is How I Feel
I'm Cold And I Am Shamed
Lying Naked On The Floor
Illusion Never Changed Into Something Real
I'm Wide Awake And I Can See The Perfect Sky Is Torn
You're A Little Late, I'm Already Torn
So I Guess The Fortune Teller's Right
I Should Have Seen Just What Was There
And Not Some Holy Light
But You Crawled Beneath My Veins And Now
I Don't Care I Have No Luck
I Don't Miss It All That Much
There's Just So Many Things
That I Can't Touch, I'm Torn
I'm All Out Of Faith, This Is How I Feel
I'm Cold And I Am Shamed
Lying Naked On The Floor
Illusion Never Changed Into Something Real
I'm Wide Awake And I Can See The Perfect Sky Is Torn
You're A Little Late, I'm Already Torn
Torn
There's Nothing Like He Used To Lie
Our Conversation Has Run Dry
That's What 'S Going On
Nothing's Fine, I'm Torn
I'm All Out Of Faith, This Is How I Feel
I'm Cold And I Am Shamed
Lying Naked On The Floor
Illusion Never Changed Into Something Real
I'm Wide Awake And I Can See The Perfect Sky Is Torn
I'm All Out Of Faith, This Is How I Feel
I'm Cold And I Am Shamed
Lying Naked On The Floor
You're A Little Late, I'm Already Torn
Torn, Oh
Oh, Yeah, Oh, Yeah
Oh, Yeah, Oh, Yeah
...
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley
Producer(s): Phil Thornalley
In 1991, The Songwriters Anne Preven And Scott Cutler Wrote This Song With Phil Thornalley, A Producer Who Had Worked On Albums By The Cure, Xtc, And Edwyn Collins. The Song Was First Recorded By The Danish Singer Lis SØRensen As "Braendt," With Danish Lyrics Written By Elisabeth Nielsen, Appearing On SØRensen's 1993 Album Under Stjernerne Et Sted. Preven And Cutler Formed A Band Called Ednaswap, And Released The First English Version Of "Torn" On Their 1995 Debut Album. Ednaswap Got Little Attention, But The Song Was Released In Denmark Again In 1996, This Time By The Norwegian Singer Trine Rein And With The English Lyrics.
This Song Is About A Woman Who Thought She Found The Perfect Man, Only To Find Out He Was Mr. Wrong All Along. To Say She Is Taking It Hard Is An Understatement: She's So Upset That She Ends Up Cold, Shamed, Lying Naked On The Floor.
This Song Was A Hit In The Uk Long Before It Made Any Impact In America. Released As A Uk Single On October 27, 1997, It Went Straight To #2, Where It Stayed For Three Weeks (Held Off By "Barbie Girl" By Aqua). It Didn't Top The Us Airplay Chart Until May 16, 1998.
Before It Exploded On The Uk Charts, Imbruglia's Version Was Shopped Around To Record Labels In The Us, And Was Turned Down By Every One Of Them. That Is, Until The Song Became A Hit And Everyone Wanted A Piece Of The Pie. Phil Thornalley Recalled In A Songfacts Interview: "Everybody In The Us Said, 'No Thanks.' And Then, Of Course, It Became A Massive Hit Here In The Uk, And The Very Same A&R Man Who Had Said 'I Don't Want It' In New York Was Now Trying To Get His Name Put On The Album To Say That He Was The Executive Responsible For It. And That's The Music Business. That's Quite Cynical But That's True. That's How It Works."
The Video Was Directed By Alison Maclean, A Canadian Filmmaker Who Also Did Imbruglia's Clips For "Big Mistake" And "Wishing I Was There." Maclean Was Mostly Known For Her Short Films Kitchen Sink And Crush, And Her Time Working On Films Informed Her Approach To The "Torn" Video, Which Has A Very Casual Feel, Intercutting Off-Action Scenes (Crew Members Giving Direction, Imbruglia Stretching And Getting Ready) Throughout. The Result Is Part Acting, Part Outtake, Which Created A Very Intimate Feel As It Was All Shot On The Same Set.
In Many Cases, The Best Footage On Any Shoot Comes When The Actors Think The Cameras Aren't Rolling, Since They're Relaxed And Genuine. Maclean Got This Footage By Keeping The Camera Going During Some Of These Down Times. The Acting Parts Were Based On A Scene From The Film Last Tango In Paris.
This Was The First Song One Direction Sang As A Group When They Formed On The X Factor (Uk) In 2010.