#40 BWO, "Gomenasai"

The world is full of pain and heartache
But I was sure I was immune
I never thought I'd make your heart break, oh-oh

I've had a suspicion for a while that this song was rejected from Melodifestivalen 2007--how many Swedish songs named "Gomenasai" can there be?--but I've never been able to convince myself that a BWO song actually wouldn't make the cut, especially the best one from their third album (though oddly not made a single until after they'd released several singles from the greatest hits that followed that third album). "Gomenasai" is prime BWO, their usual electronically created pop sound but still fresh. I may return to Fabricator less than to Prototype or Halcyon Days and not really liked "Barcelona" or "The Bells Of Freedom," the new tracks on their greatest hits, but as long as the group can keep making songs like "Lay Your Love On Me" and the even better "Gomenasai," I'll keep listening--the ending "I didn't mean to hurt you, I didn't mean to harm and make you cry" and the chorus coming in to overlap on top of it still gets me just as excited as it did on the first listen.

Find it on: Fabricator