"Broken", sebuah lagu yang ditulis dan dibawakan oleh David Archuleta, mengeksplorasi tema kehilangan, perlawanan, dan harapan dalam menghadapi kesulitan. Lirik lagu ini mengungkapkan kesedihan mendalam atas kepergian orang yang dicintai dan mempertanyakan makna hidup dan kemampuan seseorang untuk bertahan menghadapi kesedihan. Melalui metafora tentang bunga yang layu di padang pasir, serta gagasan tentang "anak-anak tak terlihat", lagu ini mengulas dampak menghancurkan dari trauma dan kerugian pada individu dan masyarakat secara keseluruhan.
Broken Lyrics
David Archuleta
I know you don't wanna say goodbye yet,
But she can't survive here with just a petal
You still have one wish but it'd be useless,
More than roses have died in this desert.
Child, it seems that younger and younger,
They start to wipe your minds clean.
But how, I wonder, just barely under,
Do your eyes continue sparkling?
And I-I never want to open up your eyes, everything's broken.
And I-I never want to open up your heart, everything's broken.
I don't understand why they are gone,
Or what reason there is to be strong.
I still try to love but I'm in a place where
Doing what's right is so wrong.
But if you see me ignore the gun,
We are still fighting for life.
Here's our wish just to exist
In more than our eyes.
And I-I never want to open up your eyes, everything's broken.
And I-I never want to open up your heart, everything's broken.
Do you see what I see? Do you feel what I feel?
It doesn't matter until we see broken lives heal
Do you see what I see? Do you feel what I feel?
It doesn't matter until we see broken lives heal
Oh oh oh oh oh...
And I-I found it hard to open up my mouth, will they hear what's spoken?
But I-I saw when I opened up my eyes, invisible children.
Broke, but not broken.
Broke, but not broken.
But she can't survive here with just a petal
You still have one wish but it'd be useless,
More than roses have died in this desert.
Child, it seems that younger and younger,
They start to wipe your minds clean.
But how, I wonder, just barely under,
Do your eyes continue sparkling?
And I-I never want to open up your eyes, everything's broken.
And I-I never want to open up your heart, everything's broken.
I don't understand why they are gone,
Or what reason there is to be strong.
I still try to love but I'm in a place where
Doing what's right is so wrong.
But if you see me ignore the gun,
We are still fighting for life.
Here's our wish just to exist
In more than our eyes.
And I-I never want to open up your eyes, everything's broken.
And I-I never want to open up your heart, everything's broken.
Do you see what I see? Do you feel what I feel?
It doesn't matter until we see broken lives heal
Do you see what I see? Do you feel what I feel?
It doesn't matter until we see broken lives heal
Oh oh oh oh oh...
And I-I found it hard to open up my mouth, will they hear what's spoken?
But I-I saw when I opened up my eyes, invisible children.
Broke, but not broken.
Broke, but not broken.
