12. Undignified
Written by: Tom Nichols, Flex Turner, Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range & Amelle Berrabah
Produced by: Flex Turner

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Undignified closes the album

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LYRICS

Swollen eyes
Know better
To let you see them now
My wasted heart
Will never learn to drive the demon down

When you love the devil
You sell your soul
And it's hard to make him go

Undignified
I am tonight

Chorus
So give me false hope
And promise me you'll try
To redeem yourself for the hundredth time
Lie to me if you must my dear
Give me a reason to have you here
Even false hope
Allows me to still believe
In this powerful love that's consuming me
I'm hooked on a drug
That steals your pride
It's hard not to seem
So undignified

It terrifies me to think
I am not the only one
You'd be surprised
How much I cry when you are gone

When your angel's the devil
Your church is a tomb
But I need to be with you

I'm undignified
Enough for two

Chorus
So give me false hope
And promise me you'll try
To redeem yourself for the hundredth time
Lie to me if you must my dear
Give me a reason to have you here
Even false hope
Allows me to still believe
In this powerful love that's consuming me
I'm hooked on a drug
That steals your pride
It's hard not to seem
So undignified

I'm addicted to the pain and pleasure you give
It's not how I wanna live
Controlled by him

Chorus
So give me false hope
And promise me you'll try
To redeem yourself for the hundredth time
Lie to me if you must my dear
Give me a reason to have you here
Even false hope
Allows me to still believe
In this powerful love that's consuming me
I'm hooked on a drug
That steals your pride
It's hard not to seem (use your mind)
So undignified

the last chorus makes me cry... its so sad! shame the album is a let down to me =(

love this song... reminds me so many things... i agree with Kiku

Lyrically.... an amazing closing to the album.

BUT the music just doesn't express the emotion?

Where are the strong, angsty vocals? the piano? the strings?

I think if this song was produced differently, the album would close in a better way.

I think the music compliments the lyrics perfectly, I love this song.

When the album leaked and I was reading people's views of this song I wasn't expecting too much from it. I read things like "snoozefest" and "forgetable" so I thought it was going to be a boring "slow jam" sort of track like Mutya has on her album.

But how wrong was that assumption! This is a really good song. I love the lyrics especially the angel/devil bits. One of my favourites.

The song does end a bit suddenly I guess for an album closer. It would have been nice to have had a longer instrumental bit at the end.

No! Just no. ;)

:mutya: :wub:


I agree though, this track is really REALLY underrated! It's like possibly my fave track on the whole album.

I don't get all the negativity surrounding this track!

It's definitely one of those songs that take you to a sad place and makes you think, but it's a cute song at the same time.

I agree we've had better album closers, but I prefer Undignified to some other album tracks on Change, Back Down as one example, and the less serious tracks when I'm not in a fun mood: MLIP, 3SOS etc.

Sometimes I just fancy listening to serious songs, rather than up-beat Sugababes tracks, and this song is definately being added to my playlist of sad, slow, beautiful songs by the girls.
It fits perfectly with songs like Breathe Easy, Too Lost In You, 2 Hearts, New Year, Mended By You, Shape etc.

Maybe it could have been better, but I like it the way it is!

Also, in track listings on some websites and in the booklet, it's listed as Undignified (Album Version).
Does that mean there is a slightly different version somewhere?

As an album closer I like it.

As I said in my review is slightly dull in places but overall its a track I have grown to love more the more I listen to it.

I love this song. It was stuck in my head for the whole day after just one listen. I especially love the lyrics and the chorus. One of my favorites on the album. It does end kinda suddenly, but other than that I love it.

I Love The Harmonies In This Song.

yeah it would be better if it faded out... but thats not such a bad thing.

At first I agreed with most and thought this song was boring, and barely listend to it. Now I LOVE it and can't stop. Once again Amelle's few lines are my favorite part of the song

At first I thought it was quite banal, but then I changed my mind. Now I'm really loving it. It's one of the tracks I heard the most. Especially the first verses are ace. Only the abrupt end is kind of stupid and not too good for an album closer. But nevertheless: this song is gorgeous and sad at the same time!

I think thats a good point.

Change as a whole is the Sugababes showing the otherside of music. You have some songs that are happy-go-lucky as I call them and then a few others make you feel more about the music as the way the song is written in a sort of somber mood.

Tracks like NGDA, Denial and Undignified prove this. They seem to have struck a chord with both sides of the coin.

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

Great album ender :)

Ive officially fallen in love with this song after last week. Did something Im not too proud of and now I cant stop playing it. Lyrics are genius!

you are not the only one... I love it so much to ;)

It doesnt quite beat Now Your Gone as an albium closer for me but it is indeed a very good and moving song.

I've grown to think this is a great album ender, kind of happy and sad at the same time.

2 HEARTS was way better

yes 2 Hearts is better ending song...but still Undegnified si amazing song

This is my second favourite album closer by the Sugababes, behind 'Now You're Gone'.