Liam Payne sang ‘I am broken’ in gut-wrenching last single ‘Teardrops’ before death

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his shocking death on Wednesday, Liam Payne’s last single, “Teardrops,” will be giving you just that.The former One Direction member released the track in February, months before he died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16 at age 31. “Teardrops are falling down your face again/‘Cause I don’t know how to love you/When I am broken too,” a pained Payne sings.Admitting that “I could be the problem,” he expresses his regret: “I’m hating on myself ’cause I hate it when I make you cry.”In his tender lyrics, the former One Direction singer confesses his own suffering: “I’m struggling to see the sunrise lately/I really wish that I could mend.”But Payne pledges to heal the heartbreak: “I’ll make you love me again, I swear/I’m gonna learn how to be a better man.”As The Post previously reported, officials initially stated that Payne “jumped from the balcony of his room” at CasaSur Palermo.

However, the autopsy report said the singer had fallen. Pablo Policicchio, communications director for the Buenos Aires Security Ministry, told Page Six that investigators are still working to determine if the fall was accidental or intentional.Payne fractured his skull and died instantly of “very serious injuries,” medical officials confirmed on Thursday.“Teadrops” — which Payne co-wrote with former *NSYNC member JC Chasez and frequent One Direction collaborator Jamie Scott — was released as the first single of what was supposed to be his second solo album.