FrankM posted:What I really dislike about a song like this is how bare-bones the lyrics are. He took the title and appended "walking away" to it and added one more lyric, "look what you've done" and repeats them over and over. Ok, there is one decent section he probably dug out of his notebook: "The book of love holds its rules
disobeyed by fools, disobeyed by fools." If the rest of the album is like this, then he is really written out, lyrics-wise.
I agree. There is no meat lyric wise. No lines to hang anything onto. By that's pop.
To play devil's advocate, we all know Bruce can clutter up a melody with stream of consciousness lyrics that can sometimes have the opposite effect. The trick is to find the right balance.
I'd be surprised if the rest of the album is as vapid but I don't think that a writer as great as Bruce can lose the ability to craft good lines. The songs are being described as "character-driven" and some of the other titles hold hope for that.
But like you, Frank, I'm waiting for them! Where are they?