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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Love Me or Leave Me}} {{Infobox music |title= Love Me or Leave Me |image1= COVER - Love Me or Leave Me.png |type= Song |artist= [[Kerli]] |album= [[Utopia (EP)|Utopia]] |released= March 19th, 2013 |genre= Ballad |length= 04:10 |label= [[Island Records]] |writer= [[Kerli]]<br>[[Jakob Hazell]]<br>[[Svante Halldin]] |producer= [[SeventyEight]] |previous=COVER - The Lucky Ones.jpg |previous link=The Lucky Ones (song) |previous name=The Lucky Ones |current=COVER - Love Me or Leave Me.png |current name=Love Me or Leave Me |next=COVER - Utopia.JPG |next link=Sugar (song) |next name=Sugar }} '''Love Me or Leave Me''' is a song performed by [[Kerli]]. It was written by her, [[Svante Halldin]] and [[Jakob Hazell]] for Kerli's second studio EP ''[[Utopia (EP)|Utopia]]''. It was supposed to be the third single for the EP, yet no music video was shot for the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/64459695|title=PopBytes Interviews Kerli on Vimeo|date=Saturday, April 20, 2013}}</ref> ==Background and composition== In an interview, Kerli spoke on the song's lyrical themes: <blockquote>''Love Me or Leave Me'' is someone else’s story but every time I sing it, it makes me cry. I put myself in a lot of different bodies when I write.</blockquote> ==Lyrics== {{Scroll Box |content=<poem> Sitting here watching you go And for all I know, this could be it It's been a while since You have kissed me like you mean it You've been working out You smell so good, it's not for me I don't mean to push you But just say that you don't feel it Love me or leave me Quit me or keep me Whatever it is you're feeling I just need to know Love me or leave me Grip me or free me I know that you're out of love So say it isn't so Or please just let me go Or please just let me go Minutes turn hours And I keep waiting, staring at the door I don't wanna lose you But I can't hold on forever All these love affairs Where no one cares are not for me So give me your everything Or give me nothing ever Love me or leave me Quit me or keep me Whatever it is you're feeling I just need to know Love me or leave me Grip me or free me I know that you're out of love So say it isn't so Or please just let me go Kills me every time You can't say it back I pretend I'm fine But I'm about to crack Bleeding dry of faith I just miss you so Pull me closer now Or please just let me go Love me or leave me Quit me or keep me Whatever it is you're feeling I just need to know Love me or leave me Grip me or free me I know that you're out of love So say it isn't so Or please just let me go Or please just let me go Or please just let me go </poem>}} ==Credits== *Writing: Jakob Hazell, Svante Halldin and Kerli *Mixing: Phil Tan *Mastering: "Big Bass" Brian Gardner *Additional Assistant Engineer: Daniela Rivera *Recording: SeventyEight *Strings Performed By: Tomas Lundström, Fredrik Syberg, Erik Holm and Claudia Bonfiglioli *Strings Arrangement: Carl Bagge *Programming: SeventyEight *Drums: SeventyEight *Keyboards: SeventyEight *Background Vocals: Kerli *Vocals: Kerli *Recorded At: SeventyEight Studios, Stockholm, Sweden & Westlake Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA ==Gallery== <gallery spacing="small" position="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="222" bordersize="none"> Kerli - Love Me or Leave Me (Livestream) Kerli - Love Me or Leave Me (Live at Dancing With The Stars) Kerli - Love Me or Leave Me (Live at ClevverMusic) Kerli - Love Me or Leave Me (Live at Monter Music Festival) Kerli - Love Me or Leave Me (Live at SXSW 2013) Kerli - Love Me or Leave Me (Live at Equality Forum SummerOut! Festival) Love Me or Leave Me (Explanation) </gallery> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Music]] [[Category:Songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Kerli]] [[Category:Songs written by Jakob Hazell]] [[Category:Songs written by Svante Halldin]] [[Category:Utopia]]
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