樂曲內容
My one heart hurt another
So only one life can't just enough
Can you give me just another
Lonely I, I'm so alone now
There'll be no rest for the wicked
There's no song for the choir
There's no hope for the weary
If you let them win without a fight
If one heart can mend another
Only then can we begin
So won't you hold on a little longer
Don't let them get away
Lonely I, I'm so alone now
There'll be no rest for the wicked
There's no song for the choir
There's no hope for the weary
If you let them win without a fight
I let my good one down
I let my true love die
I had his heart but I broke it every time
There'll be no rest for the wicked
There's no song for the choir
There's no hope for the weary
If you let them win without a fight
If one heart can mend another
Only then can we begin
So won't you hold on a little longer
Don't let them get away
Lonely I, I'm so alone now
There'll be no rest for the wicked
There's no song for the choir
There's no hope for the weary
If you let them win without a fight
I let my good one down
I let my true love die
I had his heart but I broke it every time
樂曲背景
“No Rest For The Wicked”的由Lykke Li和Björn Yttling共同創作,收錄於Lykke Li的第三張錄音室專輯《I Never Learn》。歌手在一段長期的戀愛關係結束後花費兩個半月的時間於洛杉磯寫下了這張專輯。“No Rest For The Wicked”是這張專輯的第二首歌曲,寫於瑞典,在她搬到洛杉磯之前。對於這首歌,她告訴衛報:“我在瑞典寫的這首歌,當時我在收拾我的東西,而且我剛剛結束了這段關係,真的是是一個可怕的時間。我只是有傷痛、羞辱、悲傷、內疚、渴望。”在最後的一首歌中所使用的聲音軌道是一個demo
樂曲評價
“No Rest For The Wicked”獲得了眾多音樂評論家的積極評價。衛報的麥可·克拉格稱之為“vintage Lykke Li”。他指出,雖然它是“明顯令人難以置信的悲傷”,但它仍然能永遠是“陰鬱或膩煩”地作為“有一些幾乎令人振奮地沉迷於Li的痛”。時代周刊的賈米森·考克斯覺得這首歌是《I Never Learn》的“strong preview”。