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Riff: Christina Aguilera – “Sing for Me”

Nov 13, 2012

I stand and believe who I am/Take shots at my heart but who am I to give up/Everybody needs a melody to set their souls free

from Sing for Me lyrics by Christina Aguilera

Sing for Me” is a well written seemingly heartfelt ode, but in the larger dialogue of the album it seems artificial. As a single it could stand for a much larger idea – one with much more emotional depth – but as it stands it fizzles out long before it even has a chance to take off.

 

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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