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Jason Mraz- I'm Yours - Top Rhapsody Track

Verdict: All Ears
Rating 5/5
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

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If you are looking for "your song", this one may very well be it! Very, very well done! This song works on so many levels. Most importantly, it has the biggest element of a hit: it says something so many people feel deeply in their lives. It connects.
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If you are looking for "your song", this one may very well be it! Very, very well done! This song works on so many levels. Most importantly, it has the biggest element of a hit: it says something so many people feel deeply in their lives. It connects.

Music: 5/5
The melody is engaging all the way through. The composition is extremely clever, and uses the melody to support the lyrics. There is hidden humor here. For example, the chorus of "I won't hesitate" melodically hesitates! I love that.
It also serves the mood of the singer. He is gushing his thoughts, which come fast and furious. But when it comes to the main point, to love, is long and coming straight from the heart. Sometimes when you explain something, you talk fast than try to use a lot of different words and images. When you get your main point, you stress it and relish it. Excellent.

Lyrics: 5/5
Just read the following verse:

"I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed"

We can forgive the false rhyme, and there are some lines that don't make any sense to me. But a fantastic image like this? Game over! This alone is worth the whole song.

Recording/performance: 5/5
Jason's voice is beautiful. It has just the right innocence and sincerity to make this song work. I love the guitar playing, and the way the song builds. First you hit me with an interesting verse, a more interesting chorus, and it continues to get more interesting. Then, you roll out the fact that it is a round, when the backup singers are singing the refrain while Jason is singing the verse.
A brilliant piece of writing and arranging.

Go get this track.

I'm Yours Lyrics:
Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to get you but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We're just one big family
And It's our God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love loved

So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Scooch on closer dear
And I will nibble your ear

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm be saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait
I'm your's

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours
Please don't, please don't, please don't
There's no need to complicate
Cause our time is short
This this this is out fate, I'm yours!

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If you are looking for "your song", this one may very well be it! Very, very well done! This song works on so many levels. Most importantly, it has the biggest element of a hit: it says something so many people feel deeply in their lives. It connects.

28 Oct, 2008 | reviewer

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