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Screamadelica
Damaged

TRACK

Damaged

Release date: 22nd September 1991

From Screamadelica

Track 8

5:37

Alternative Music Dance Pop

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About This Track

‘Damaged’ by Primal Scream is an alternative track from the album ‘Screamadelica’ (1991). The lyrics look back on bright, sweet summer days and a love that feels initially uplifting, with the speaker moving from doubt and pain towards a kind of emotional wreckage, returning to the line, ‘Got damaged, I got damaged’. There is a sense of being undone by attachment, followed by the unsettling intimacy of waking up with it still on the mind.

"Damaged" is a track by Primal Scream, from the album Screamadelica, released 22nd September 1991. The track is 5:37 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Primal Scream.

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Lyrics

Damaged

Sweet summer days when I was feeling so fine
Just you and me, girl, was a beautiful time
Ah, yeah
Said I felt so happy, my, my, my

I was through with doubt and pain
All the love I felt hadn't been in vain
Got damaged, I got damaged
I got damaged, I lost myself in you

I'd wake up beside you, you'd hold me in your arms
Nothing and nobody's gonna do me any harm
Ah, yeah
Said I felt so happy, my, my, my

And the way I felt inside
Made me feel so glad to be alive
Got damaged, I got damaged
I got damaged, I lost myself in you

(Tu-tu-tu) I'd never felt so happy
(Tu-tu-tu) I never felt so happy
(Tu-tu-tu) I never felt so happy
I'll never feel that way again
No, no, no, no, no, no

My, my, my
Hmm-mmm

People can be precious, but they ain't for keeping
I got too possessive, but souls ain't for stealing
You were my addiction, I got strung out and crazy
Hit me like a fever when you left me, baby

Stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you
I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you
I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you
I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you

I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you
I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you
I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you
I was stoned, stoned, stoned in love with you, was stoned

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Track details

From Screamadelica

5:371991

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Album

23rd September 1991

Track number

8

Release year

1991

1Movin' On Up
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2Slip Inside This House
5:15
3Don't Fight It, Feel It (feat. Denise Johnson)
6:51
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Writer: Andrew Innes, Bobby Gillespie, Robert Young
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Producer: Jimmy Miller
Bass: Henry Olsen
Drums: Philip Tomanov
Guitar: Andrew Innes, Robert Young
Keyboards: Martin Duffy
Vocals: Bobby Gillespie
Mixing Engineer: Jimmy Miller

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