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Delights – Tender (2022) | Track profile | Dork

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Cool Sports
Tender

TRACK

Tender

Release date: 27th July 2022

From Cool Sports

Track 2

3:16

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About This Track

'Tender' by Delights is a 2022 pop track from the album 'Cool Sports'. The lyrics cast an unrequited love, with the narrator trying to “make exceptions” while asking for some kind of response. There is a push and pull between wanting to remember and refusing to wait, then a shift into a more reverent, almost idealising attention, captured by images like looking through a prism. The repeated idea of tenderness frames the song as both pleading and romantic, turning uncertainty into something clingingly specific.

"Tender" is a track by Delights, from the album Cool Sports, released 27th July 2022. The track is 3:16 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Delights.

About the Artist

Delights

Delights

Lyrics

Tender

I paint a picture
Trying to find it, love unrequited
I would remember
But in this moment, I'll make exceptions

So don't say nothing, at least say something
She's so tender, at least forever
Addicted to loving, I find it so hard
She's so tender, at least forever

Look through a prism
Don't try fighting your desires
My thoughts go wander
But each hour, my heart grows fonder

Do you wanna find love again? Can't live without it
Do you wanna be in love again? No doubt about it
Do you wanna find love again? Can't live without it
Do you wanna be in love again?

So don't say nothing, at least say something
She's so tender, at least forever
Addicted to loving, I find it so hard
She's so tender, at least forever

So don't say nothing, at least say something
She's so tender, at least forever
Addicted to loving, I find it so hard
She's so tender, at least forever

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Cool Sports

3:162022

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Album

Track number

2

Release year

2022

11989
3:46
2Tender
3:16
3Iris
4:06
4Under Your Spell
3:11

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Writer: Adam Maxwell, Ben Kirkland, Ben Squires, Leo Willis
Producer: Tom Roach

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Delights have shared frustrated new single 'What's On Your Mind' ahead of their Blossoms support slot

Delights have shared frustrated new single 'What's On Your Mind' ahead of their Blossoms support slot

The track arrives ahead of their debut album 'If Heaven Looks A Little Like This', set for release in January 2025.

31 Oct 2024 • 5:19 pm

Delights have dropped a new track, 'And It Goes'

Delights have dropped a new track, 'And It Goes'

The Manchester quartet's new single explores music industry pressures, with bassist Ben Kirkland on lead vocals.

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