MANIC STREET PREACHERS & NINA PERSSON (CARDIGANS) – Your Love Is Not Enough (live) | Glastonbury (2007)

“Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” by the Manic Street Preachers, was released in 2007 as the lead single from their album Send Away the Tigers. The song is a duet between Manic Street Preachers’ vocalist James Dean Bradfield and Swedish singer Nina Persson from The Cardigans.

“Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” has a lively, anthemic rock sound with emotionally resonant lyrics that touch on themes of love, despair, and resilience. The song explores feelings of insufficiency in love and the idea that sometimes, love alone can’t fix everything. It’s known for its catchy hooks and powerful chorus, making it one of the band’s more mainstream hits. The collaboration with Persson adds a haunting contrast to Bradfield’s voice, amplifying the song’s emotional depth.

The track was highly successful, reaching #2 on the UK Singles Chart and earning critical acclaim for its strong melodies and lyrical depth, resonating with listeners due to its themes of vulnerability and the limits of love.

Your love alone Is not enough, not enough, not enough When times get tough Oh, they get tough, they get tough, they get tough

Trade all your heroes in for ghosts In for ghosts, in for ghosts They’re always the ones that love you most Love you most, love you most

Your love alone Is not enough, not enough, not enough It’s what you felt It’s what you said, what you said, what you said

You said the sky would fall on you Fall on you, fall on you Through all the pain your eyes stayed blue They stayed blue, baby blue

But your love alone won’t save the world You knew the secret of the universe Despite it all you made it worse It left you lonely It left you cursed

You stole the sun Straight from my heart, from my heart, from my heart With no excuses Just fell apart, fell apart, fell apart

No, you won’t make a mess of me Mess of me, mess of me For you’re as blind as a man can be Man can be, man can be

I could have seen for miles and miles I could have made you feel alright I could have placed us in exile (I could have written all your lines) I could have shown you (I could have shown you) How to cry

Your love alone Is not enough Your love alone Is not enough

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la I could have shown you Shown you how to cry

Your love alone Is not enough Your love alone