Musical Monday #133 - Nobody's Perfect

I am not usually one to "keep up" with music. I don't pay any attention to the charts - as a teenager, I used to sit recording songs to tape, pausing it to just cut the DJ off in time, then making a "new music" mix tape of those songs via a tape-to-tape recorder.

Classy.

After my early-to-mid twenties, I sort of gave up on music. Most of the charts seemed to be filled with rap or one-hit-wonders, and worse, the sort of bands that teens scream over made their incessant creep into the mainstream.

Yuck.

However, every now and then, someone releases songs that I seem to enjoy, and they do so consistently. Don't get me wrong, I don't "follow" bands, and the only group I tend to pay attention to on a regular basis is The Prodigy.

Jessie J has been around for a while now, and each of the songs that have appeared in the charts I have quite enjoyed. I'm not sure why. I can't place what it is about her I enjoy. Possibly, she's a bit of the same category as P!nk - another one of these I don't take crap type singers. She has a powerful voice, with quite a range too. No, I don't pay attention to anything about her in the press.

Whatever the reason, I enjoy her music. Yes, I'm a 35 year old man. Sue me.

Today, we ripped our room apart. The "Clothes Being Put Away" section of our daily life had become relegated to "Bung The Clothes On My Desk" and so we spent a while upstairs with the radio on, clearing up the disaster zone. This song came on, and has been stuck in my head all day since, and while washing up I was humming away to it.

Enjoy: Jessie J - Nobody's Perfect

When I'm nervous I have this thing, yeah, I talk too much
Sometimes I just can't shut the hell up
It's like I need to tell someone, anyone who'll listen
And that's where I seem to fuck up

Yeah, I forget about the consequences
For a minute there I lose my senses
And in the heat of the moment my mouth starts going
The words start flowing, oh

But I never meant to hurt you
I know it's time that I learned to
Treat the people I love like I wanna be loved
This is a lesson learned

I hate that I let you down
And I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around
'Cause now I'm the one that's hurting, yeah

And I hate that I made you think
That the trust we had is broken
Don't tell me you can't forgive me
'Cause nobody's perfect
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody's perfect, no

If I could turn back the hands of time
I swear I never would've crossed that line
I should of kept it between us
But, no, I went and told the whole world how I feel and oh

So I sit and I realise
With these tears falling from my eyes
I gotta change if I wanna keep you forever
I promise that I'm gonna try

But I never meant to hurt you
I know it's time that I learned to
Treat the people I love like I wanna be loved
This is a lesson learned

I hate that I let you down
And I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around
'Cause now I'm the one that's hurting, yeah

And I hate that I made you think
That the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
'Cause nobody's perfect
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody's perfect

I'm not a saint, no, not at all, but what I did, it wasn't cool
But I swear that I'll never do that again to you, oh
I'm not a saint, no, not at all, but what I did, it wasn't cool
But I swear that I'll never do that again to you, yeah

I hate that I let you down
And I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around
'Cause now I'm the one that's hurting, yeah

And I hate that I made you think
That the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
'Cause nobody's perfect, no

I hate that I let you down
And I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around
'Cause now I'm the one that's hurting, yeah

And I hate that I made you think
That the trust we had is broken
So tell me you can forgive me
'Cause nobody's perfect, yeah, yeah, whoa

Don't tell me, don't tell
Don't tell me you can't forgive me
No, no, no, no
'Cause nobody's perfect, no