Elena Tonra / Ex:Re - Crushing (Live at Songwriter Showcase)

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  • Elena kindly performed "Crushing" as a special guest at our Songwriter Showcase at Watford School of Music on 16th August 2018, before having a 30min Q&A with our young songwriters.
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  • @reon-larth
    @reon-larth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This song is so deep and personal, holy shit, I'm in love

    • @RonLambily
      @RonLambily 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      can u please tell me the meaning of the song?

    • @reon-larth
      @reon-larth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@RonLambily I guess you can interprete it in many ways, but I view this song as some kind of extension of what she did in "How" with Daughter (this one is really explicit in what she tries to say), about someone that she loved, but this person does not, and it's not "mature" enough for her. She tries, and stays there ("it's clear I waited too long"), waiting for the person she loved to commit, to be there for her, which was not the case ("longing for you to please be an adult"). She was in love with someone that didn't saw her the way she saw this person, probbably was some kind of "one night" thing ("we were drunk once"), or some kind of one sided love with a friend ("it's not like we were some dream combination, we were made as friends"), but still, none of it was an obstacle to stop her from falling deeply in love with this other person. It's kinda sad cause besides all of that, she still hoped for this person to change for apparently a long long time, and stayed there hoping for this person to love her in the same way she did ("all adventures, they were in my head, I created life for them"), even if that was destroying her inside, feeding up this illusion. It's even more sad cause after all that, the song implies that she closed herself up to love ("I lift myself up, now I don't get hurt"), and all the "machine" references, which for me, it's a metaphor for feelings being "made" and fed by us, humans, and that she shut herself down to all these kinds of feelings, like a robot who can't feel anything.
      It's just the way I see it btw, Idk if it really is what this is about, but I can feel every word of this song in this kind of way cause reflects something I already experienced, and makes total sense to me lol.

  • @cordial
    @cordial 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The mistakes make it even more wonderful.

  • @smileyface702
    @smileyface702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Playing guitar and singing like a queen. But damn, those lyrics. If they don't fit my recent situation like a glove, damn. Such an amazing songwriter!

  • @user-xo3tr8fs4v
    @user-xo3tr8fs4v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such love! Thank you Elena. You are , what i feel. Dont stop!

  • @lcorso
    @lcorso 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't remember how much time has passed since I discovered this session but she always sounds so raw, so fragile and so magical that I can't (I won't) stop surprising myself a bit when coming back. How I love the way Elena sings... 🥹❤️‍🩹🎶

  • @yasminebelaid9743
    @yasminebelaid9743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    God i love her so so much...

  • @jorgeverbel7885
    @jorgeverbel7885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Lean back half-rolled cigarette
    Not speaking at all
    There's no one else out here
    It's clear I waited too long
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)
    Where did you go?
    I can't wait more hours, I'm ever so low
    Longing for you to please be an adult
    And use your mouth
    In ways that I can't right now
    'Cause I'm choking up
    I'm crushing, crushing
    I'll loosen up, it's not like it meant a lot
    We were drunk once, it's not like we were some dream
    Combination, we were made as friends (I'm crushing)
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines (Crushing)
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)
    All adventures, they were in my head
    I created life for them
    Sleepless wonder in the eyes
    I lift myself up, now I don't get hurt
    I'm crushing (Who, who, who, who)
    Crushing (Who, who, who, who)
    I'm crushing
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines (Crushing)
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who, I'm crushing)
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines (Crushing)
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)

  • @joshywhvick
    @joshywhvick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such a good musician, cry’s through her mouth not her eyes

  • @ApoloSh71
    @ApoloSh71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love to come here just to sit and play the guitar and sing along with her, wish I could do it half as gifted as she :P

  • @canchicomuelamachinery6176
    @canchicomuelamachinery6176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Why is this so little viewed and liked? IT'S FREAKING AMAZING!!! And I'm still loving the Elena Tonra solo thing... though I still feel Ex:Re should have its own channel. 💙💙💙💙 keep it up Elena!!!

    • @yasminebelaid9743
      @yasminebelaid9743 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      vegalonso 43 it does !! Look up elenatonravevo ;))

    • @tearwordmelody
      @tearwordmelody 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've been a fan for more than ten years and I've just found this. It makes me sad that it took me so long lol

  • @torche8803
    @torche8803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Elena, stunning as always

  • @NatureXKPT
    @NatureXKPT ปีที่แล้ว

    I think this is my favourite song of all time

  • @rainwatercasey
    @rainwatercasey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the better songs I've heard in a while. The lyrics and chords are one of the same.

  • @vipalpha8699
    @vipalpha8699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm crushing on her

  • @saintsinatra3
    @saintsinatra3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't... stop... litstening... 💝

  • @Derpfy
    @Derpfy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    gorgeous ♥

  • @moises9090
    @moises9090 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful.

  • @NatureXKPT
    @NatureXKPT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Girl needs her flowers❤❤
    [Verse 1]
    Lean back half-rolled cigarette
    Not speaking at all
    There's no one else out here
    It's clear I waited too long
    [Chorus]
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)
    [Post-Chorus 1]
    Where did you go?
    I can't wait more hours, I'm ever solo
    Longing for you to please be an adult
    And use your mouth
    In ways that I can't right now
    'Cause I'm choking up
    I'm crushing, crushing
    [Verse 2]
    I'll loosen up, it's not like it meant a lot
    We were drunk once, it's not like we were some dream
    Combination, we were made as friends (I'm crushing)
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    Romance
    Ex:Re
    [Chorus]
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)
    [Post-Chorus 2]
    All adventures, they were in my head
    I created life for them
    Sleepless wandering the earth
    I lit myself up, now I don't get hurt
    I'm crushing (Who, who, who, who)
    Crushing (Who, who, who, who)
    I'm crushing
    [Chorus]
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who, I'm crushing)
    [Outro]
    I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in humans using machines
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)

  • @luciendejong8571
    @luciendejong8571 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spot on song

  • @csheridan7364
    @csheridan7364 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this song so much

  • @joaovitorlimadesouza2301
    @joaovitorlimadesouza2301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you elena

  • @dex5514
    @dex5514 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this song

  • @geburahsworld2050
    @geburahsworld2050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your upload!

  • @tree0429
    @tree0429 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know it's totally not the case, but somehow I can't stop picturing this song as a Sci-Fi love tragedy montage in my head😂
    “And use your mouth
    In ways that I can't right now
    'Cause I'm choking up
    I'm crushing, crushing”
    “I guess attention spans are lessening
    It's a lesson in human‘s use in machines (Crushing)
    To show their feelings
    (Who, who, who, who)
    All adventures, they were in my head
    I created life for them
    Sleepless wonder in the eyes
    I lift myself up, now I don't get hurt
    I'm crushing (Who, who, who, who)
    Crushing (Who, who, who, who)
    I'm crushing"

  • @DelReys
    @DelReys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😍

  • @iownamemepage5511
    @iownamemepage5511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone got a good tab for this? Struggling to find one that sounds right :/

    • @HawkOfGP
      @HawkOfGP 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The tab at Ultimate Guitar seems correct, you just need to have the guitar tuned to C# G# C# F# G# C#

  • @the_relm
    @the_relm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The little laugh tho

  • @statom985
    @statom985 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crushing like having a crush on someone or like falling apart ?

  • @julesinacoma
    @julesinacoma 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i lit myself up so i don’t get hurt
    bruh

  • @ShoeGazer
    @ShoeGazer 4 ปีที่แล้ว