09. Mended By You
Written by: Heidi Range, Keisha Buchanan, Jony "Rockstar" Lipset, Karen Poole & Jeremy Shaw
Produced by: Jony Rockstar

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Mended By You is one of the softest ballads on the album and was written with long time co-writers Jony Rockstar and Karen Poole.

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LYRICS

I tried to make it work
I learnt the hardest way
I lost him in the end and it was over
I turned my back on love
I switched off at the mains
I cried night and day 'cause it was over

You came up I swear that it was just like something from a movie scene
When we met we connected I never expected you'd be everything to me

Chorus
You are... Everything I wanna say
Nothing that I wanna lose
Feel like I will never break
I've been mended by you
You're the reason that I wanna stay
The places that I wanna go
'Cause I know
I've been mended by you

He never held me close
You never let me go
Just when I lost the fight
You were my soldier
And now we're standing here
In such a different place
August 23rd, do you remember? Oh

You came up I swear that it was just like something from a movie scene
When we met we connected I never expected you'd be everything to me

Chorus
You are... Everything I wanna say
Nothing that I wanna lose
Feel like I will never break
I've been mended by you
You're the reason that I wanna stay
The places that I wanna go
'Cause I know
I've been mended by you

I've been mended by you
I've been mended by you

Chorus
You are... Everything I wanna say
Nothing that that I wanna lose
Feel like I will never break
I've been mended by you
You're the reason that I wanna stay
The places that I wanna go
'Cause baby I know
I've been mended by you

I've been mended by you
I've been mended by you

Umm just a quick question, do we know what happened August 23rd? or is it just a random date?

I think its a random date. Songs tell a story in a sense and I think that tied in with the story of the song.

By far the best ballard they have ever sung.

It's one of my favouite Sugababes songs of all time.

I LOVE IT
IT'S SO SWEETY..
I LOVE THIS SONG..

It's my birthday! :D

I guess something personal happened on August 23rd. Maybe looking back at gossip we could find it, but it's only a guess.

Karen Poole has to be one of my favourite song writers (and she's a lovely lady, too!). I loved Alisha's Attic, and she's written past beautiful Suga songs, (Follow Me Home, Conversation's Over etc) as well as writing for the likes of KYLIE!

I can't really remember much about this, but I will listen to it a few more times. I'm sure I'll grow to love it, as I do with most of Karen's WORK.

As suspected, I HAVE grown to love it!


It's shifted up to become one of my favourites. It's beautiful, only the ending lets it down, too abrupt. A nice orchestral outro would make it perfect!

Love the song. Im starting to appreciate the Sugababes. They've become a really successful girl band. Depsite not having consecutive top 10's, they really know how to make a GREAT comeback. Congrats to them! Love the album!

Nice song, really. It's much more enjoyable than 'Undignified' or 'Change', but doesn't come close to 'Back When'. Overall it's quite mediocre and they could have done much more with it. I personally miss a climax. 7.5/10

COMPETELY AGREE! The Ending Is Not Very Good. The Harmony Bit Going On For 5-10 More Seconds Would Have Made It Brilliant.

Lol, This Song Is WAY Too Simple.
:P

Almost made me cry when I heard this first time :'(

The introduction reminds me of Whole Lotta History by Girls Aloud. :P

It's very emotional. Heidi's very suited to her verse and I love the part when it gets slightly rockier for Amelle's part.

I really don't like this song. It's just too soft and reminds me of a ballad that NeYo would have written. For me Mended By You is the worst track of the album.

I love this song. It's fantastic!

I really like it when Amelle's verse kicks in. The lyrics for it are really good.

I love the whole feel and meaning overall, really good.

this song is simply amazing :wub:

this song is one of my faves
i just love it :)

its one of those songs you can love forever i think... its always makes you think.

"Mended By You" is quite nice, but i hope they won't ever think of releasing it as a single. It's not worth it. But it's good anyway, though not their best ballad effort.

Had this song on a few times today on repeat. Such a great ballard.

I Made A Pretty Dodgy Karaoke And I Sung To It For My Assessment Task.
2 Girls Cried :S

You made the girl cry Blake as she could not hold in what a wonderful voice you have and she was crying tears of happiness for you... not to mention the song is a bit of a tear-jerker

This is my favorite song of Change, along with Undignified. These songs really made me cry when i first listened to them, i mean real tears! They're so beautiful.

(I know its the same comment :D)

you took the words right out of my mouth......hands down favorite track along with Undignified for me as well.

I think the keyboard intro made me love this song before Heidi even began singing the opening verse.

Awww Thankyou Pete.
That Was So Nice To Read :)
:wub:

Hehe no problem Blake