Broken Heart (Star Wars song)

[DulcisTerra.mp]

Bro’s specialty is turning memes into epic emotional bangers and I’m all here for it. Thank you sir

[Chris-dmb]

Padme always loved Anakin, despite what he’d done. When I first heard of Padme’s fate, I was so sad, I was so sad about it it took me months to get over it. But I do love how Padme and Luke shared the same feeling: there was still good in Anakin, despite what he’d done. They were the only ones to never give up on him and offer him redemption.

[kristy]

Seriously, you have outdone yourself with this one. I see a lot of people joke about how weird it is for Padme to have died of sadness, or complain about her death being unfair, but you approach it with an almost unbearable empathy—what is it actually like for a brave idealist to lose everything she stood for and held dear? The song feels designed so carefully to highlight the star-crossed agonies that Anakin and Padme endured. The vocals are top-notch too—I feel like I can hear real pain in your voice, and that high note right after the bridge goes crazy! As intensely as I love all your songs, I think your ballads are always my favorite because your songwriting skill shines so clearly in them. All songwriters have to be good observers of the human condition, but you particularly excel at writing about the Star Wars condition (if that's not a thing, it is now!).

I also think not enough people are appreciating that this opens with an Anakin quote from Attack of the Clones when they're on Naboo. Like, yeah, this is gorgeously and painfully applicable to anyone's life, which makes it so listenable and belt-along-with-in-the-car-able, but the subtle nods to Star Wars throughout make it feel that much more authentic and real. I think this might beat out It's Like Poetry to get into my top 5? It's just that good. I'm actually so grateful that you love the same things about Star Wars that I do, but in such a fulfilling and creative way.

[mounibj]

We are being spoiled today by this man’s talent

[ARxAHS]

with or without Star Wars attached to this song, it’s incredible writing.

[ahsokaventriss]

A broken heart can absolutely kill our souls, that is why we must learn to let go of everything we have learned to love.

[javarenee]

I like how the first half of the video is about Anakin's pains and heartaches, symbolizing he was already dying of broken heart, a heart that was gradually being chipped in half. I believe the first chip was carved out when he left his mother and went with Qui-Gon. His heart then fractured even more, missing his mother and having the nightmares, and then his mother dying in his arms put Anakin's cracked heart almost to the breaking point. But he found a light in Padme, and he when he thought that light would die too, he did everything he thought was needed in order to achieve the power to save Padme; only in the process, he broke her heart, thus finally breaking his own. As Darth Vader, the heart was completely split in two, and there was no more light. Everything was lost. If you watch Anakin closely throughout his journey from a boy to a jedi to a sith lord, you can see the heartbreak as it gradually takes over, piece by piece.

I also like the second half of the video then seeming to focus on Padme's sorrows, sorrows caused by Anakin because he had a broken heart. She had to watch him suffer and struggle, and though she was there for him, there still wasn't anything she could do to really help him. Her heart started being chipped away as the pain became more and more obvious in Anakin's eyes. All she wanted was for him to be happy, to finally find some sort of peace. It finally broke her heart entirely to realize that the man she cared for, loved so entirely, had become a man possessed. All the pain was gone from his eyes, replaced by the lust for power, and for Padme, that was worse than seeing the pain, because the man before her was no longer the one she knew.

In the end, both Anakin and Padme died of broken hearts. They shared the same fate, as they once shared the same love 💔

[geraltzrivii]

That song... is a truly mastepiece. I'm litteraly crying.
I don't understand why some people don't like Anakin and Padme's relationship. Their love is beautiful and at the same time sad and tragic.
Great job Roy.Thank you for this song.
Greetings from Poland

[Kyber]

This guy is going to bring balance to the internet one day.

[MadMax-zyld]

There is a good reason why the music of this man was my number one on Spotify last year. Incredible stuff! Love every single song!

[dueloftheducks]

“It can’t be real don’t wanna believe” 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

[meagab]

Love this song I’ve always loved Anakin and Padme. She loved him even though he did terrible things. She says there’s good in him. He still loved her too even in the comics after revenge of the sith.

[sophiafisher-tpek]

Great song. It was so sad, but so beautiful. Keep up the great work. I wanted to add that I love it when the lyrics go "light turns into dark" and it shows Padme and then Vader. Beautiful.

[BMW-bhzx]

Oh… just go right for the heart why don’t you. This was awesome, incredibly sad, but really freaking good

[filipavionic]

Listening to this masterpiece made me think if this had to end like that. I believe that their love was the purest in series and that tragic end was the worst think they could’ve imagined

[martingeorgiev]

The transition 2:58 between padme dying after birth and vader in his new suit as you sing, , light turns into dark" . Padme dressed in white as vader is covered in black . This is POETRY.

[piki]

I come back to this in my hard times. this song isint just a star wars song. Its a real love song, pain song, all the emotions you feel in this song is just so painful and beautiful at the same time. Roy is the goat don't change man.

[sheevpalpatine]

I like the way you wrote the song such that it makes perfect sense in a Star Wars context, but could also be a standalone song on the radio. I seem to remember you mentioned on your podcast a ways back writing "Mind Tricks" like this too. Good work man!!

[NateHeadleyOfficial]

This song legitimately makes me want to cry more than any other song....and it's about Star Wars. Well done once again!

[britishlion]

I love your songs and always will. It's a shame Disney doesn't hire you. Love from Great Britain 🇬🇧✝️❤️
And never stop singing from the Heart ❤️