why cross your mind by niall horan is without a doubt one of the best songs written of all time and should be more appreciated (a thread):

first of all, the relatableness of it all. everybody has that 1 person that messes u up so badly that you'd let them hurt u a MILLION times if it just meant that you could see them again. niall conveys that emotion PERFECTLY through the lyrics. truly POWERFUL

the feeling of wanting someone so badly that u'd let them hurt u is demonstrated not only in the lyrics but in the melody/production too. lets appreciate the instrumental track. even without hearing the lyrics u can STILL feel that hurt yet desiring emotion that the song portrays

im no musical prodigy or anything but the way that the background music/chords go back & forth between happy/sad sounding within the same line along with that bass instrument (?) playing those decreasing notes every now & then....just WOW! it makes you feel the pain in ur CHEST

and the VERSES. how niall keeps singing lower within each set of 2 lines. like he's just falling deeper into the TRAP! OF! THIS! PERSON! the intelligence. the power of his mind.

the PRE-chorus. "if you leave me like a message in a bottle and you don't come back tomorrow...at least you came tonight" THE WAY THAT HE IS ABLE TO CONVEY THE DESIRING EMOTION THAT BASICALLY JUST SAYS "fuck it. i dont even care if u hurt me" with such grace...WHO ELSE COULD EVER

"but when u get hot and bothered...i can't give up the fight" need i say more??? NEED I SAY MORE ABOUT THESE LYRICS??? he makes it so easy to understand by putting the lyrics in such a get-to-the-point way but he does it in a way that really makes u FEEL THE POWER OF THE EMOTION

AND! the way that this song was originally wtitten as a ballad. YET! when he converted it to a song u can dance the HELL out of, he still was able to keep the powerful emotions with it. like u can just dance ur heart out to this song while also crying??? idk. u know what i mean.

and. let's talk about the BRIDGE. THE WHOLE BRIDGE. are we kidding?! are we kidding!!! i want to scream those lyrics at the top of the highest building in the world. no matter how hurt he is by this person....he's just never GONNA! GIVE! UP! damn that HURTS

and. may i just say. the WOO-OO-OO in every chorus. THANK YOU. that deserves a grammy alone

THIS is the type of song you can just feel every emotion to. if u want to happily sing it out bc u have accepted u will always forgive this person, fine. if u wanna scream out angrily bc someone keeps hurting u, FINE. if u want to cry ur eyes out while having a dance party, FINE!

THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING!!! from the lyrics, the production, the vocals, the emotion, the BUILD UP to the bridge/last chorus, EVERYTHING. these are my points. this is why cross your mind by niall horan is one of the best songs of all time. thank you.