Split Screen Sadness

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"Split Screen Sadness" is a melancholic pop-rock song by John Mayer, featured on his 2003 album *Heavier Things*, that reflects on emotional distance and the breakdown of a relationship.

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instanceOf song
album Heavier Things NERFINISHED
artist John Mayer NERFINISHED
belongsToDiscographyOf John Mayer NERFINISHED
composer John Mayer NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresGuitarStyle clean electric guitar tones
featuresProductionStyle layered atmospheric production
featuresVocalStyle soft, breathy vocals
followedBy Daughters
follows New Deep NERFINISHED
genre melancholic ballad
pop rock
soft rock
hasEra early 2000s pop rock
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar
bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
keyboards
vocals
hasMood introspective
melancholic
hasNarrativePerspective first-person
hasNotableLyric "All you need is love is a lie"
"I called because I just need to feel you on the line"
"I know you think that I moved on"
hasSubjectMatter communication over distance
romantic separation
hasTheme breakdown of a relationship
emotional distance
heartbreak
long-distance relationship
hasType album track
includedIn studio album Heavier Things
isNonSingleTrack true
isPerformedIn live concerts by John Mayer
isTrackNumber 7 on the album Heavier Things
language English
lyricist John Mayer NERFINISHED
partOf Heavier Things NERFINISHED
performer John Mayer NERFINISHED
producer Jack Joseph Puig NERFINISHED
John Mayer NERFINISHED
recordedBy John Mayer NERFINISHED
recordLabel Aware Records NERFINISHED
Columbia Records
releaseYear 2003

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Heavier Things hasPart Split Screen Sadness