Listen to this when
Bent
Asking for help when you're bent, not broken 🫂
Who it's for
Matchbox Twenty's number-one ballad is a plea from someone damaged who asks for help instead of pretending to be whole.
Fragile and breaking→Reaching out
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Bent" is the lead single from Matchbox Twenty's second album, Mad Season, written by Rob Thomas and released to radio in April 2000. Thomas described it as a hopeful love song in which someone admits their flaws and asks to be loved anyway, portraying two troubled people who choose to be together in a relationship he called co-dependent.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3
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