Broken Rings

*Broken Rings* is the tenth officially released NetNobody song. It was posted to Soundcloud on June 22nd, 2017, and a music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on July 20th, 2017. According to the descriptions for the song on both platforms, the song was intended to be released as part of a copyright-free album titled *Life,* but this never happened.

## Production

On a Periscope live stream on December 21st, 2016, Adam, at the time known for his *Minecraft* related gaming videos on YouTube, previewed various songs they had been working on, making this the first time their music had ever been shared publicly.[1] The songs were said to be about 10% finished and are assumed to be produced by Jason Probst, as he was the only producer Adam was known to have worked with up to that point. After playing the first song, *Wings,* Adam stated, "You want to hear some deep shit?" They continued, "It's called *Rings*. It's about previous relationships. Dawn, Alesa, blah blah blah, etcetera, ones I didn't make public." This original version of the song had mostly the same lyrics as the finished version but had a completely different beat and a more depressing tone. A section of the song before the final hook saying, "All of these broken rings keep dragging me down" is the most notable difference in the lyrics, with this line not being present in the final version.

## Music Video

*Broken Rings* was the first NetNobody song to have a 3D animated music video, with *Sounds*, *Drink*, and *Paranoia* only having lyric videos. It was animated by Liam Bevin, making it the first collaboration between them and NetNobody. The video was released on July 20th, 2017, over one month after the audio's release on other platforms. NetNobody once said in a Twitter post that, "The only ring that survives in broken rings, is a singular diamond ring at the end. A metaphor for [his son] Mason." NetNobody also wrote that the music video had "lots of symbolism," but went into no further detail.

## Lyrics

**Chorus:**

So I’m handing back another broken ring

Can’t unhear the screams

Yeah you’ll be the death of me

Swear to god I’ve gone through so many of these things

All this wasted bling

All these broken rings

Yeah

Yeah

All these broken rings

Yeah

Yeah

**Verse 1:**

My life thrown ‘cross the floor

All riddled doors

It’s no fun no more

I couldn’t keep my head above ground

The sounds

That came from you

(Made me say those things to you)

I just hope you

Find someone who treats you like I used to do

I just hope you

Find someone who loves you like I know you knew

I did, I did, I did, I did, I did

I did, I did, I did, I did, I did

**Chorus:**

So I’m handing back another broken ring

Can’t unhear the screams

Yeah you’ll be the death of me

Swear to god I’ve gone through so many of these things

All this wasted bling

All these broken rings

Yeah

Yeah

All these broken rings

Yeah

Yeah

**Verse 2:**

Just promise me

One tiny thing

These broken rings

Won’t break you

So set me free

From memories

I can’t unsee

And make new

Yells and screams

And lies and schemes

I’m questioning

What I knew

Behind the scenes

My broken dreams

Are killing me

Hurting you

Yeah

**Chorus (x2):**

So I’m handing back another broken ring

Can’t unhear the screams

Yeah you’ll be the death of me

Swear to god I’ve gone through so many of these things

All this wasted bling

All these broken rings

Yeah

Yeah

All these broken rings

Yeah

Yeah

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [2]*Broken Rings* music video.
2. ↑ [3]*Broken Rings* SoundCloud page.
3. ↑ [4]A Periscope livestream that previews *Rings.*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 [5]A Tweet about symbolism in the *Broken Rings* music video.