Shawn Mendes

Released: November 3, 2017

Songwriter: Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Geoff Warburton Ido Zmishlany

[Prelude]
This is, uh, one of those really special songs
Something, uh, a song that showed me how important lyrics are when writing music
And how important talking about something that actually happened to you
And talking about something that is true to your heart makes a great song and that's why I love this
And I hope you do too, this is called Three Empty Words

[Verse 1]
I'll pick you up at the same time
At the same place, the same old drive
We'll just talk about our day
To try to fill the awkward space tonight
We'll play the songs we used to love
While we try to fall in love again
We don't know who's wrong or right
We don't even care enough to fight

[Chorus]
We're going through the motions
Cause we can't fix what's broken, yeah
And I know it's gonna hurt
But darling I'll go first
Cause I won't keep on saying those three empty words
No, I won't keep on saying those three empty words

[Verse 2]
We're still talking everyday
I'm running out of things to say to ya
What's really gonna break my heart
Is to have to tell your little brother
And it might be easier to stay
But it'll never be the same, no, yeah
And if something doesn't change
Then we'll keep on sinking further

[Chorus]
Woah, we're going through the motions
Cause we can't fix what's broken, yeah
And I know it's gonna hurt
But darling I'll go first
Cause I won't keep on saying those three empty words
No I won't keep on saying those three empty words

[Bridge]
Those three empty words
Will only make things worse
I'm tired, I can't take this anymore
Those three empty words
Will only make things worse
We're tired, we can't take this anymore

[Chorus]
We're going through motions
Cause we can't fix what's broken, yeah
And I know it's gonna hurt
But darling I'll go first
Cause I won't keep on saying those three empty words
We don't have to keeping on saying those three empty words
No I won't keep on saying those three empty words

[Postlude]
Thank you so much

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He spent his early days learning to play guitar by watching YouTube tutorial videos, when Shawn was younger he was judged for being so invested in watching youtube influencers. He started doing covers on youtube but then, gained millions of followers in a few months for singing on Vine in 2013, becoming the third most-followed artist on the platform in 2014. He was in magcon in 2014 with Jack Gillinsky, Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas, Matt Espinosa, and Jack Johnson.

He officially signed with Island Records in May 2014 and released his first single “Life of the Party” on June 26, 2014. His debut album Handwritten, which included hit single “Stitches”, reached the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada, and number one in the UK. He went to re-release that album under Handwritten Revisted with four new tracks, including collaboration with Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

His second studio album Illuminate delivered three hit “Treat You Better”, “Mercy”, and “There’s Nothing Holdin' Me Back”. The latter single peaked in the Billboard Top 10 and also reached number one on the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. In August 2017, he became the first artist under 20 to have three number-one songs on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.

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