[아메리칸 아이돌]의 스위트 하트! 아메리칸 아이돌이 배출한 최고의 스타 "켈리 클락슨"! 전 세계 1천만장이 넘는 판매고를 올리며, 그래미 위너의 자리에 올려놓은 전작 [BREAKAWAY] 이후 3 년만에 발매하는 그녀의 3집 앨범 [MY DECEMBER]! THE STROKES, BANGLES, SUGAR RAY, SUBLIME, MCCARTNEY 등 초특급 뉴웨이브 락커들을 프로듀싱한 DAVID KAHNE과의 작업으로 더욱 완성도를 높여주고 있다. 첫 싱글 『NEVER AGAIN』 BILLBOARD HOT 100 차트에서 #8위, BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL TRACKS CHART #4위, MTV TRL CHART에서 #1으로 핫샷 데뷔하면서, 2007년이 "켈리 클락슨"의 해가 될 것임을 예견하고 있다. 크리스틴 맥비를 연상시키는 보컬과 감미로운 바이올린 선율이 인상적인 『BE STILL』, 92년 엔보그의 히트작 『FREE YOUR MIND』를 떠오르게 하는 『YEAH』, 그리고 에이브릴 라빈의 느낌을 주는 『HOW I FEEL』등 다양한 색깔의 곡들이 가득하다. 또한, 예전의 곡명들과는 사뭇 다른 거친 타이틀과 업템포의 『HOLE』, 『JUDAS』 곡은 날카로운 기타 리프와 때때로 들리는 일렉트로 클래쉬 비트로 마치 팝메탈의 느낌을 주기도 한다. 이러한 변신은, 자신의 이미지가 사람들에게 단지 스위트 하트, 아이돌스타의 이미지로 규정지어지는 것을 슬기롭게 피해나가려는 시도로 보이기도 한다. "켈리 클락슨"의 목소리는 이번 [MY DECEMBER] 앨범의 모든 것을 말해준다고 해도 과언이 아니다. 촉촉하면서도 어둡고 우울한 그녀의 알토톤의 보이스는 이번 앨범의 기조를 이루고 있는 “락”이라는 장르와 절묘하게 어우러지고 있고, 또한 갑작스런 유명세를 타면서 겪었던 괴로움과 아픔들을 자신이 직접 작사한 가사들 속에 진솔하게 담아내고 있다. .... ....
I hope the ring you gave to her turns her finger green I hope when you're in bed with her you think of me I would never wish bad things, but I don't wish you well Could you tell by the flames that burned your words?
I never read your letter cause I knew what you'd say Give me that Sunday school answer. Try to make it all okay
Does it hurt to know I'll never be there? Bet it sucks to see my face everywhere It was you who chose to end it like you did I was the last to know You knew exactly what you would do Don't say you simply lost your way She may believe you, but I never will Never again
If she really knows the truth, she deserves you A trophy wife, oh how cute. Ignorance is bliss But when your day comes, and he's through with you And he'll be through with you, you'll die together but alone
You wrote me in a letter, you couldn't say it right to my face Give me that Sunday school answer, repent yourself away
Does it hurt to know I'll never be there? Bet it sucks to see my face everywhere It was you who chose to end it like you did I was the last to know You knew exactly what you would do Don't say you simply lost your way They may believe you, but I never will Never again
Never again will I hear you Never again will I miss you Never again will I fall to you Never Never again will I kiss you Never again will I want to Never again will I love you Never!
Does it hurt to know I'll never be there? Bet it sucks to see my face everywhere It was you who chose to end it like you did I was the last to know You knew exactly what you would do Don't say you simply lost your way They may believe you, but I never will I never will I never will Never again
We're going crazy Running on empty You can't make up your mind You tried to hide but But you had to say it Restless all this time So, completely drained from everything that's in your life It's so wrong but you had to scream every thought you kept inside
One minute you laugh The next minute you're slowly sinking into something black I get the feeling that lately nothing ever really lasts I keep trying to get up but I keep falling back And you love and you hate and you wait One minute goes fast
You just can't escape it You're losing your patience You wondered what went wrong Everything changes Happy then jaded Always a different song Playing in your head Just when you think you got it down Out of nowhere You realize it's different music playing now
One minute you laugh The next minute you're slowly sinking into something black I get the feeling that lately nothing ever really lasts I keep trying to get up but I keep falling back And you love and you hate and you wait One minute goes fast
One minute goes fast...One minute goes fast...One minute goes fast
One minute you laugh The next minute you're slowly sinking into something black I get the feeling that lately nothing ever really lasts I keep trying to get up but I keep falling back And you love and you hate and you wait One minute goes fast
And I don't know, this could break my heart or save me Nothing's real until you let go completely So here I go with all my thoughts I've been saving So here I go with all my fears weighing on me
Three months and I'm still sober Picked all my weeds but kept the flowers But I know its never really over
And I don't know I could crash and burn but maybe At the end of this road I might catch a glimpse of me So I won't worry about my timing I wanna' get it right No comparing, second-guessing, no, not this time
Three months and I'm still breathing Been a long road since those hands I left my tears in But I know it's never really over, no
Wake... up
Three months and I'm still standing here Three months and I'm getting better, yeah Three months and I still... mmm, oh
Three months and its still hard enough Three months of living here without you now Three months and three months I, oh...
Three months and I'm still breathing Three months and I'm still remembering Three months and wake... up
Three months and I'm still sober Picked all my weeds but kept the flowers
It seems you can't hear me When I open my mouth you never listen You say stay, but what does that mean Do you think I honestly want to be reminded forever
Don't waste your time trying to fix What I want to erase What I need to forget Don't waste your time on me my friend Friend, what does that even mean I don't want your hand You'll only pull me down So save your breath Don't waste your song On me, on me Don't waste your time
It's not easy not answering Every time I want to talk to you But I can't If you only knew the hell I put myself through Replaying memories in my head of you and I Every night
Don't waste your time trying to fix What I want to erase What I need to forget Don't waste your time on me my friend Friend, what does that even mean I don't want your hand You'll only pull me down So save your breath Don't waste your song On me, on me Don't waste your time
You're callin' You're talkin' You're tryin' Tryin' to get in But it's over, it's over, it's over Friend
Don't waste your time trying to fix it So save your breath, don't waste your song On me, on me Don't waste your time
You held me You felt me You left me But it's over, it's over, it's over You touched me You had me But it's over, it's over, it's over my friend Don't waste my time
The only one who took you in The only one who held your hand Defended you against the others Had your back on everything Never let you down You turned around betrayed your only brother
Forgetting me, you took things in your hands and left me out After we'd been through so much, how could you let me down?
I didn't know, I didn't know I couldn't see, I couldn't see Never thought you'd forget me Couldn't believe, couldn't believe How you deceived, you deceived I never thought you'd do that to me
I will never be like you I'll never do the things you do Selfish and lonely, what's your problem Letting go of you and this Is harder than I thought but I will not be poisoned by your actions
Forgetting me, you took things in your hands and left me out After we'd been through so much, how could you let me down?
I didn't know, I didn't know I couldn't see, I couldn't see Never thought you'd forget me Couldn't believe, couldn't believe How you deceived, you deceived I never thought you'd do that to me
Forgetting me, you took things in your hands and left me out After we'd been through so much, how could you let me down? Down, you let me down
Louder, louder The voices in my head Whispers taunting All the things you said Faster the days go by and I'm still Stuck in this moment of wanting you here Time In the blink of an eye You held my hand, you held me tight Now you're gone And I'm still crying Shocked, broken I'm dying inside
Where are you? I need you Don't leave me here on my own Speak to me Be near me I can't survive unless I know you're with me
Shadows linger Only to my eye I see you, I feel you Don't leave my side It's not fair Just when I found my world They took you, they broke you, they tore out your heart
I miss you, you hurt me You left with a smile Mistaken, your sadness Was hiding inside Now all that's left Are the pieces to find The mystery you kept The soul behind a guise
Where are you I need you Don't leave me here on my own Speak to me Be near me I can't survive unless I know you're with me
Why did you go? All these questions run through my mind I wish I couldn't feel at all Let me be numb I'm starting to fall
Where are you? I need you Don't leave me here on my own Speak to me Be near me I can't survive unless I know you're with me
Far, away from it all You and me with no one else around A brand new start Is all we need, it's all we need to mend these hearts Back to the beginning
Be still Let it go
Before we lost hope When we still touched and love wasn't so hard
Be still I already know
Foolish one with the smile You don't have to be brave Every time we fall down But we're falling from grace I'll gladly climb your walls if you'll meet me halfway
Slow, slow it down Why do we run, we're missing so much babe Just lay in my arms for a while
Be still We should've known
Foolish one with the smile You don't have to be brave I'll gladly climb your walls If you'll meet me halfway Every time we fall down But we're falling from grace Here's my hand and my heart It's yours to take
I'm strong But I break I'm stubborn And I make plenty of mistakes Yeah I'm hard And life with me is never easy To figure out, to love I'm jaded but oh so lovely All you have to do is hold me And you'll know and you'll see just how sweet it can be If you'll trust me, love me, let me Maybe, maybe
Someday When we're at the same place When we're on the same road When it's okay to hold my hand Without feeling lost Without all the excuses When it's just because you love me, you let me, you need me Then maybe, maybe All you have to do is hold me And you'll know and you'll see just how sweet it can be If you'll trust me, love me, let me Maybe, maybe
I'm confusing as hell I'm north and south And I'll probably never have it all figured out But what I know is I wasn't meant to walk this world without you And I promise I'll try Yeah I'm gonna try to give you every little part of me Every single detail you missed with your eyes Then maybe Maybe, yeah maybe
One day We'll meet again and you'll need me, you'll see me completely Every little bit Oh yeah maybe you'll love me, you'll love me then
I don't want to be tough And I don't want to be proud I don't need to be fixed and I certainly don't need to be found I'm not lost I need to be loved I just need to be loved I just want to be loved by you and I won't stop ‘cause I believe That maybe, yeah maybe Maybe, yeah maybe
I should know better than to touch the fire twice But I'm thinking maybe, yeah maybe you might
Looks like I made a mess again Heartbreak everywhere I step This fire is getting hot again But I touch the flame ‘cause I'm a curious cat Creeping where I don't belong Finding out what I knew all along Crying all alone And it's all my fault, all my fault
Yeah, I did it again...again
Oh, I'm getting tired of believing Even sicker of pretending That it's not so bad, just wait it out Oh, I think you're feeding me lies again The only good man left wasn't him And that's how I feel right now so just let me be Let me be
It seems every time I find a good man He's got a good little wife I'm not jealous but I won't lie I don't want to hear about your wonderful life And babies everywhere I look Trophy wives with their little black books At this rate I'm gonna end up alone It's probably all my fault, all my fault
Oh, another dead end…again
Oh, I'm getting tired of believing Even sicker of pretending That it's not so bad, just wait it out Oh, I think you're feeding me lies again The only good man left wasn't him And that's how I feel right now
Bitter pill that I've swallowed Just how low can my heart sink Fairy tales from so long ago Save them for someone that's not smart enough to know
‘Cause I, I'm getting tired of believing I'm through pretending Yeah I'm broken and sad so I'll sit this one out Oh I think you're feeding me lies again The only good man left wasn't him And that's how I feel right now
How I feel right now How I feel right now How I feel right now Let me be How I feel right now How I feel right now How I feel right now Let me be
Lay back, enjoy the fall lover I won't hurt you I take it all on if you trust me Don't hesitate let it go, let me know, baby show me I don't read minds but I'm trying my best to read yours
Yeah Let me know, let me know Yeah Let me know, it's all for you
Help me help yourself I want to give it all to you but Don't make me second guess, I don't want to play games no more For sure I've got your back, I've never wanted anything more than you and your sexy smile I love you so try not to blow it this time
Yeah Let me know, let me know Yeah Let me know, it's all for you
Everything inside you, about you I want to know, taste, hold, love you anytime I want to Let me show you, let me give you everything I have saved just for you I know you love me but I'm gonna need more than what you're giving me I want to feel you but I feel empty You gotta help me, you gotta meet me halfway There I see you, can you see me, closer now Just tell me, show me, what it's gonna take to get you to trust me, love me like I know you can
Yeah Let me know, let me know Yeah Let me know, it's all for you
Excuse me for this I just want a kiss I just want to know what it feels like to touch Something so pure Something I'm so sure of What it feels like to stand outside your door I'm unworthy I can see you're above me But I can be lovely given the chance
Don't move I want to remember you just like this Don't move It's only a breath or two between our lips
I know why you left I can't blame you myself Must be hard living with ghosts and such an empty shell I tried to warn you I've been a mess since you've known me I can't promise forever But I'm working on it If I can't hold you Can I give you a kiss Can I have a kiss
I see that you're torn I've got some scars of my own Seems I want what I know is gonna leave me hungry
Don't move I need to remember you just like this
I know why you left
I can't blame you myself Must be hard living with ghosts and such an empty shell I tried to warn you I've been a mess since you've known me I can't promise forever But I'm working on it If I can't hold you Can I give you a kiss Can I
All I have All I can give to you I will Just promise this If I can't have forever Can I have a kiss
I know why you left I can't blame you myself Must be hard living with ghosts and such an empty shell I tried to warn you I've been a mess since you've known me I can't promise forever But I'm working on it If I can't hold you Can I give you a kiss Can I give you a kiss Can I, can I Can I have a kiss
Vocals: Kelly Clarkson Guitars: Jimmy Messer Bass: Mike Watt Drums: Shawn Pelton Keys: Jason Halbert & David Kahne
Are you there? Are you watching me? As I lie here on this floor They say you feel what I do They say you're here every moment Will you stay? Stay ‘till the darkness leaves Stay here with me I know you're busy, I know I'm just one But you might be the only one who sees me The only one to save me
Why is it so hard? Why can't you just take me? I don't have much to go Before I fade completely
Can you feel how cold I am? Do you cry as I do? Are you lonely up there all by yourself? Like I have felt all my life The only one to save mine
How are you so strong? What's it like to feel so free? Your heart is really something Your love, a complete mystery to me
Are you there watching me? As I lie here on this floor Do you cry, do you cry with me? Cry with me tonight