Tell Me It's Not Over

Album: All The Plans (2009)
Charted: 73
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was written by the band in 2007 and initially they considered titling it "Lights Out."
  • In a posting on the Starsailor message board, singer James Walsh described this tune as having "a massive drum beat, reminiscent of Doves and U2."
  • Starsailor performed this for the first time in June 2007 at the Music in my Head Festival at Paard van Troje, Den Haag in Holland.
  • Lyrically, the track refers to the ending of a relationship because of infidelity.

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