Rescue Me (Acoustic)

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This version, released over the 2019 American Independence Day weekend, eliminates the original’s danceable electronic beat and focuses on the guitar line and other organic… Read More

Jul. 5, 20191 viewer

Rescue Me (Acoustic) Lyrics

[Chorus]
Would you rescue me? Would you get my back?
Would you take my call when I start to crack?
Would you rescue me? Ah, would you rescue me?
Would you rescue me when I'm by myself?
When I need your love? If I need your help?
Would you rescue me? Ah, would you rescue me?

[Verse 1]
We don't talk much, not anymore
Broken bottles and slammin' doors
But we still care about each other
Say we care about each other
I know life took us far away
But I still dream 'bout the good old days
When we took care of each other
We were livin' for each other

[Pre-Chorus]
And I start to wonder, wonder
If I'm slipping under, under (Oh, oh)

[Chorus]
Would you rescue me? Would you get my back?
Would you take my call when I start to crack?
Would you rescue me? Ah, would you rescue me?
Would you rescue me when I'm by myself?
When I need your love, if I need your help
Would you rescue me? Ah, would you rescue me?
Would you rescue me? Would you get my back?
Would you take my call when I start to crack?
Would you rescue me? Ah
Would you rescue me?
Would you rescue me when I'm by myself?
When I need your love, if I need your help
Would you rescue me? Ah, would you rescue me?

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[Verse 2]
Yeah, I miss all the times we had
Can't forget what you can't get back
And you can't find it in another
Man, time, it ain't your lover
I don't care what you thought before
I'll be there anytime you call
Don't you ever call another
No need to call another

[Pre-Chorus]
And I start to wonder, wonder
If I'm slipping under, under (Oh, oh)

[Chorus]
Would you rescue me? Would you get my back?
Would you take my call when I start to crack?
Would you rescue me? Ah
Would you rescue me?
Would you rescue me when I'm by myself?
When I need your love, if I need your help
Would you rescue me? Ah, would you rescue me?

[Bridge]
Would you rescue me?
Oh, rescue me
Would you rescue me?
Oh, rescue me

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This version, released over the 2019 American Independence Day weekend, eliminates the original’s danceable electronic beat and focuses on the guitar line and other organic sounds.

Ryan Tedder has described in an interview how quickly the lyrics were written and what the song is about:

‘Rescue Me’ was written very quickly, 10 minutes or less almost a stream of consciousness,“ Tedder said in a release. "It was me telling Brent, our bass player and cellist, ‘I wanna write a song with a concept I had started a few years ago (called ‘Rescue Me’). He started playing this lonely sounding guitar riff and the first thing out of my mouth was the chorus as it is now. The concept: in every friendship, there’s a give and take, but sometimes you have to wonder if the love you give is the love you’ll get.”