Haunt Me (Heartbreaker Duet #2)

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IssyWOO4life : Here is a breakdown of the new Isaiah album track list, along with a short explanation of what each song is about. The explanations are my own. You’re welcome.

The Coal

Enough Love

I’m Calling This A Date

Pierce Me

Shooting Star

Real

Laconia

What If

June

Cathedral

No One Has Fantasized About This More

Explanation:

Track 1 : The coal. ‘The coal, the coal, the coal has touched my lips.’ The coal is the truth, which is burning him up. He is committed to telling the truth in this album (hence his real name on it).

Track 2: Enough Love. This is about getting enough love in your life so that you’ll be able to deal with the pain of heartbreak. This song will break you.

Track 3 : I’m Calling This a Date. Just break our hearts until there’s nothing left, and be done with it, don’t you, Isaiah? I mean, what else did he want to accomplish by unleashing this song upon the world? It is so sad, it should be illegal. Another rip-me-to-pieces track. The person speaking in the song is sitting in his car, watching a girl go inside her house after they spent an evening together. He wishes it was a date. It wasn’t—they probably never will happen .

Track 4 : Pierce Me. No explanation necessary. Please stand for our national anthem. Now scream it.

Track 5: Shooting Star . ‘I don’t mind the pain—I’m used to it anyway. But how many times can a man turn to the sky and scream, why have you forsaken me?’ I haven’t fully understood this one yet—too deep for me, I guess. I think it’s about grief and loss? Or about losing faith. Loved the music, though. It’s credited to his brother.

Track 6 : Real. He is asking himself if this is real or not while kissing the girl of his dreams. Wondering whether he’s dreaming or not. We don’t get an answer. The melody is like a feral scream and a classical symphony at the same time. How does he do that every time? Just… how.

Track 7 : Laconia. The lyrics are nothing but the phrase ‘I’m sorry’ repeated over and over again, with very few extra words added in. The music is gorgeous—composed by James Pan again. It’s named after a place in Ancient Greece, where people used as few words as possible. It features intricate alt rock melodies and very few lyrics, repeated over and over. There are Greek words whispered throughout, mixed in with the vocals. Must look up their meaning. He’s credited two Greek guys as well—apparently, they co-wrote the melody? Anyway, the sound is new and sad and makes you want to bang your head into a wall. In a delicious way.

Track 8 : What If. Arguably the deepest song in the album, this has many layers to it. It’s philosophical, and then it turns really human really fast. It’s mostly about missing someone so much you can’t function properly. It is a masterpiece. I can’t stop listening to it over and over.

Track 9 : June . This is next summer’s bop, mark my words. I am obsessed. The lyrics are sad, but you don’t notice because the music is so addictive and upbeat.

Track 10 : Cathedral. Oh, yes, he went there. He’s describing—singing about— the face of the girl he is in love with. Just that, her face. An ode to her beauty. (Dude wrote an entire song only about a girl’s face ? Help. Who is she? )

Track 11 : No One Has Fantasized About This More. Self-explanatory. Talks about wanting someone so much he’s dying of it. Hot as all heck, yet surprisingly poignant. Just watch me cry over a song that’s basically about lust.