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Paul Simon - Graceland

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Album: Graceland
Released: 1986

Graceland Lyrics

The Mississippi Delta was shining
Like a National guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I'm going to Graceland
Graceland
In Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poor boys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In Graceland

She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

I'm going to Graceland
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poor boys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland

And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

There is a girl in New York City
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

In Graceland, in Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

Writer/s: SIMON, PAUL
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Graceland

Graceland is the mansion in Memphis, Tennessee where Elvis Presley lived; it is where Elvis is buried, and it is now a museum and popular tourist attraction. Paul Simon started calling his song "Graceland" after he came up with the track, which reminded him of the Sun Records sound where Elvis recorded.

Simon says this song is an example of "how a collaboration works even when you're not aware of it occurring." He traveled to South Africa in February 1985 and recorded with a variety of local musicians. One of these sessions was with an accordion player named Forere Motloheloa, who played on the song "The Boy in the Bubble." These sessions produced a drum sound that Simon liked, which he described in the 2012 Graceland reissue: "The drums were kind of a traveling rhythm in country music - I'm a big Sun Records fan, and early-'50s, mid-'50s Sun Records you hear that beat a lot, like a fast, Johnny Cash type of rhythm."

Simon put together a rhythm section comprised of three African musicians: guitarist Ray Phiri, fretless bass player Baghiti Khumalo, and drummer Isaac Mtshali. Simon played the drums for Phiri, and asked him to play something over it. Phiri started to play his version of American Country on electric guitar, which were chords not frequently used in African music: minor chords. When Simon asked him why he played that, Phiri responded, "I was just imitating the way you write."

Simon asked him to overdub it with a lick, and along with Khumalo and Mtshali, they came up with the basic track. Said Simon, "The track has a beautiful emptiness to it. That's what made me think of Sun Records when it was nothing but slapback echo and the song."

With Phiri playing his approximation of Amercian country, and Baghiti playing a straight ahead African groove on bass, Simon felt there was a commonality in the music, and he wrote a lyric to express that.

At first, Simon considered the word "Graceland" a placeholder title until he could come up with something better - maybe something that had to do with Africa. After a while, he realized the title wasn't going away, and he got comfortable with it. Said Simon: "I couldn't replace it. I thought, Maybe I'm supposed to go to Graceland. Maybe I'm supposed to go on a trip and see what I'm writing about, and I did."

Simon describes that trip in the song; he drove to Graceland from Louisiana on Route 61, and the lyrics were his thoughts of the countryside: "The Mississippi Delta is shining like a national guitar." When he finally got to Graceland, he took the famous tour.

This is the title track of Simon's most successful album, selling over 15 million copies and winning a Grammy for Album of the Year. It is an album focusing mostly on African music, but it also explores other forms of non-mainstream music, like Zydeco. Simon considers this song to be less African-sounding than most of the other African-based tracks. The single also won Simon his third Record of the Year award - he previously won for "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

Paul Simon's visit to South Africa was no easy task, as many nations were boycotting the country because of their racist apartheid policy. However, the United Nations Anti-Apartheid Committee supported his efforts since he only recorded with black South African musicians and did not collaborate with the government in any way. This didn't appease some critics, who felt that violating sanctions undermined efforts to effect change in the country, no matter his artistic intentions. Ultimately, the Graceland project helped raise awareness to the apartheid struggle and expose many South African musicians to a global audience. The sanctions were put in place mainly to prevent entertainers from performing lucrative gigs at the Sun City resort, and Simon did nothing to support the corrupt government there.

Regarding the lyrics, "There's a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline," Simon explained to SongTalk magazine: "That line came to me when I was walking past the Museum of Natural History. For no reason I can think of. It's not related to anybody. Or anything. It just struck me as funny. Although that's an image that people remember, they talk about that line. But really, what interested me was the next line, because I was using the word 'Graceland' but it wasn't in the chorus. I was bringing 'Graceland' back into a verse. Which is one of the things I learned from African music: the recapitulation of themes can come in different places."

Explaining the World Music component of this song in the album reissue, Simon explained: "The part of me that had 'Graceland' in my head I think was subconsciously reacting to what I first heard in the drums, which was some kind of Sun Records/country/blues amalgam. What Ray was doing was mixing up his aural recollections of what American country was and what kind of chord changes I played. So the whole song really is one sound evoking a response, and that eventually became a lyric that instead of being about a South African subject or a political subject, it became a traveling song. That's really the secret of World Music is that people are able to listen to each other, made associations, and play their own music that sounds like it fits into another culture."

Several months after the initial recording sessions, Nigerian pedal steel guitarist Demola Adepoju was added to the track. This added a sound familiar to both American and African music, as the pedal steel guitar is a popular instrument in West Africa.

This song has stood the test of time, but when it was released as a single, it only charted at #82 in the US and didn't crack the charts in the UK. It didn't fit neatly into any radio formats like "You Can Call Me Al," so it lacked hit potential. It did find an audience as part of the album, which went to #1 in the UK and stayed on the charts for nearly two years. In America, the album peaked at #3 but stayed on the chart for 97 weeks.

According to an article in the London Times, part of this song is an account of Paul Simon's marriage breakup with his first wife Peggy Harper. The nine-year-old "traveling companion" he refers to is their son Harper, who three years later, at the age of 12, accompanied his father on the Graceland tour. Harper Simon, born in 1972, developed into a singer-songwriter. He teamed up with his stepmother Edie Brickell for the 2008 album Heavy Circles, and a year later released his first solo album, which is called Harper Simon.

Don and Phil Everly of the Everly Brother sang backup on this track. Paul Simon and his musical partner Art Garfunkel idolized the Everlys and recorded their song "Bye Bye Love" for their Bridge Over Troubled Water album. Simon said he heard "Graceland" as "a perfect Everly Brothers song."

In a 1993 interview on Larry King Live, Simon said this was his favorite song.

The B-side of the single was "Hearts And Bones," which can be found on the album of the same name, released three years prior to Graceland.

Ed Sheeran - Shirtsleeves

Ed Sheeran - Shirtsleeves Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: x
Released: 2014

Shirtsleeves Lyrics

Shirtsleeves

This guitar-driven ballad finds Sheeran singing about offering up his shirtsleeves to wipe away his girlfriend's tears, even after she admits she's been cheating. It is one of several songs in Sheeran's oeuvre where his sings of his heart being ripped out, most notably on his UK Top 10 single "Drunk,"where he drowns his sorrows in drink.

Sheeran had the song in his back pocket for quite some time before recording it for x. He'd tweeted out the lyrics to the chorus back in August of 2011, one month before his debut album + was even released.

Rush - Red Barchetta

Rush - Red Barchetta Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Moving Pictures
Released: 1981

Red Barchetta Lyrics

My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And now on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the turbine freight
To far outside the wire where my
White-haired uncle waits

Jump to the ground as the turbo slows
To cross the borderline
Run like the wind as excitement shivers
Up and down my spine
But down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me
An old machine
For fifty-odd years
To keep it as new
Has been his dearest dream

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant Red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
We'll fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime

Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge

Well-oiled leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air

Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me two lanes wide
Oh, I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase

Ride like the wind
Straining the limits
Of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan

At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside

Writer/s: NEIL PEART, GEDDY LEE WEINRIB, ALEX LIFESON
Publisher: OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT
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Red Barchetta

This is a futuristic song about a farmer who keeps a Red Barchetta in his barn even after motors are outlawed (Before the Motor Law). The kid comes, takes the car for ride and ends up being chased by Gleaming Alloy Air car (Police is assumed). He outruns and ditches the law and returns to the barn, hides the car and goes to dream with his uncle by the fireside. During the Moving Pictures Tour, Rush used a video to bring the story to life. (thanks, Mike - Sturges, PA)

The Barchetta is a classic example of a car built for speed, a hot rod, made by Ferrari. For more information on the car, including some photos of a red one, check out the Song Image .

This was the second song from Rush's best selling album to date, Moving Pictures.

This was inspired by the story A Nice Morning Drive, written by Richard S. Foster. (thanks, Jeff - Haltom City, TX, for above 3)

The harmonics in the intro were played by guitarist Alex Lifeson. (thanks, Chris - Brookfield, CT)

According to the book The Complete Ferrari by Godfrey Eaton, the name of the car is pronounced "Barketta." Geddy Lee admitted that he had incorrectly pronounced the word after an Italian friend pointed out the correct pronunciation. (thanks, Stuart - Suffolk, England)

Alex Lifeson ("In The Studio" for Moving Pictures): "That was the intention with Red Barchetta - to create a song that was very vivid, so that you had a sense, if you listen to it and listen to the lyrics, of the action. It does become a movie. I think that song really worked with that in mind; it was successful with that intention. It's something that I think we've tried to carry on-- become a little more visual with our music, since then. But that one in particular was very satisfying. It was always one of my favorites. I think it's probably my favorite from that album. I like the way the parts knit together. I like the changes. I like the melody of the song. I love the dynamics of it, the way it opens with the harmonics and creates a mood, then gets right into the driving, right up to the middle section where it's really screaming along, where you really feel like you're in the open car, and the music's very vibrant and moving. And then it ends as it began with that quiet dynamic, and lets you down lightly. So it picks you up for the whole thing and drops you off at your next spot." (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, Washington)

There is a 1981 movie starring Lee Majors and Burgess Meredeth called The Last Chase, which was inspired by the same story. The movie left a lot to be desired, but the final showdown scene is straight out of "Red Barchetta." (thanks, Mike - San Francisco, CA)

On the Exit Stage Left DVD, guitarist Alex Lifeson says, "Well it seems to me that a car has been one of the standard metaphors and volumes have been written about the sociological and cultural impact of the car and what it represents, but, it also has a very fundamental, sensual appeal, and it's a metaphor for sexuality and for freedom." (thanks, Jamin King - Puyallup, WA)

Example - Next Year

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Example - Next Year Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Live Life Living
Released: 2014

Next Year Lyrics

Next Year

Example wrote this when he was staying in Beverley Hills with Stuart Price, who is best known for his for his production work with such artists as New Order, Madonna and The Killers.

Example explained the song's meaning to The Daily Mirror: "The track is all about my mates, who work hard all year then look forward to this one huge weekend in Ibiza, or a weekend at V,2," he said. "When they let off steam at these big, hedonistic weekends, they forget the world, that's what this track is about."

"It's about being here same time next year," Example added. "It's like a ritual. I wanted to channel Chemical Brothers in that synth, and maybe a bit of Oasis as well. People can hear it in my voice, it goes a bit Gallagher. The album's about letting your hair down, it's about the summer, and parties, and the nineties. This song sums all that up."

The song features a breakbeat from James Brown's "Funky Drummer." Other songs that have borrowed from the perennial drum sample favorite include "Let Me Ride" by Dr. Dre, "Fools Gold" by The Stone Roses and "Jump" by Kris Kross.

Incubus - Aqueous Transmission

Incubus - Aqueous Transmission Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Morning View
Released: 2001

Aqueous Transmission Lyrics

I'm floating down a river
Oars freed from their homes long ago
Lying face up on the floor
Of my vessel
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow

Further down the river

Two weeks without my lover
I'm in this boat alone
Floating down a river named emotion
Will I make it back to shore?
Or drift into the unknown

Further down the river

I'm building an antenna
Transmissions will be sent
When I am through
Maybe we can meet again
Further down the river
And share what we both discovered
Then revel in the view

Further down the river

I'm floating down a river

Writer/s: Boyd, Brandon Charles / Einziger, Michael Aaron / Katunich, Alex / Pasillas Ii, Jose Anthony / Kilmore, Christopher E
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Aqueous Transmission

Lead singer Brandon Boyd: "Perhaps our most ambitious work to date, was first conceived with an instrument quite alien to Incubus and all of rock music to be precise. A 'Ko-kyu' is what was used here and it was donated by a very generous and talented man by the name of Steve Vai . One late evening we began conjuring and experimenting with this track and it quickly brought to mind the image and analogy of floating freely down a river; hence the content of the song. Our friend Suzi Katayama, who has in the past worked string arrangements with the likes of Björk, Madonna and even Yours Truly for an acoustic performance in LA, lent her classical finesse to this story. And in doing so helped it become exactly what we envisioned; a song so atmospheric and vibratory, it would make those who listened to it doze off into a land of rivers, kung fu and unicorns, eventually making the listener pee in her/his pants. (Attainable goals I think, but please don't operate any heavy machinery while listening to this one.)" (thanks, Landon - Effingham, IL)

The noises at the end are thousands of frogs that were recorded outside the Malibu mansion where Incubus recorded Morning View. It wasn't easy to get the sound - every time they'd come out to record, the frogs would shut up. (thanks, Tim - Pittsburgh, PA)

Example - Only Human

Example - Only Human Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Live Life Living
Released: 2014

Only Human Lyrics

Cause it's Only Human!
How do you live when it's nothing to live
When you strive for a world where are soldiers?
How do you live when it's nothing to give
To a man when he lives like he's show biz
So little things that you need to know
Don't disown me, cause I'm only human!
Travel fast all my' and I'm only
Cause I'm only human!

Come along with me, get to know me!
Come along with me, get to know me!
Come along with me, get to know me!
Guess I'm only
Guess I'm only human!

Are we ever gonna change our ways?
Or are we looking for a great escape?
You don't know, you're living life
You said you don't know as I take your time
You said you don't know, you're living life
Cause I'm only human!

How do you live when it's nothing to give
Can you lie to a saint when he knows you?
How do you live when it's nothing to give
Do you act like you think you're supposed to?

So little things that you need to know
Don't disown me, cause I'm only human!
Travel fast all my' and I'm only
Cause I'm only human!
Come along with me, get to know me!
Come along with me, get to know me!
Come along with me, get to know me!
Guess I'm only
Guess I'm only human!

Hold me, hold me
Hold me, hold me
Cause I'm only,
Cause I'm only human!
Are we ever gonna change our ways?
Or are you looking for a great escape!

Said you don't know, you live your life
You said you don't know cause I take your time!
Said you don't know, you live your life
You said you don't know cause I take your time!
Cause I'm only human
Drive a path all my life, I'm only
Cause I'm only human!

Writer/s: GLEAVE, ELLIOT JOHN / SHELDRAKE, ANDREW
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Only Human

Example told The Daily Mirror about the song: "This was produced by my bass player, Sheldrake. Andy has been playing bass for me for seven years, and he was the best man at my wedding, too. He's come a long way!"

"I wanted to make a song that everyone in a field could put their hands up to or put their arms around their mates and just... let go. It's one of those lyrics. 'Cos I'm only human' it's like, accept me for who I am. If the world was coming to an end, like a great flood was coming, you'd want to be at a festival wouldn't you? This is my favourite track on the album."

Example first performed this live at a pre-festival warm-up show at the O2 Academy Bristol on June 6, 2013.

Tool - Prison Sex

Tool - Prison Sex Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Undertow
Released: 1993

Prison Sex Lyrics

It took so long to remember just what happened.
I was so young and vestal then,
You know it hurt me,
But I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive
Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise.
I've got my hands bound,
My head down, my eyes closed,
And my throat wide open.
Do unto others what has been done to you
I'm treading water,
I need to sleep a while.
My lamb and martyr, you look so precious.
Won't you come a bit closer,
Close enough so I can smell you.
I need you to feel this,
I can't stand to burn too long.
Released in this sodomy.
For one sweet moment I am whole.
Do unto you now what has been done to me.
You're breathing so I guess you're still alive
Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise.
Won't you come just a bit closer,
Close enough so I can smell you.
I need you to feel this.
I need this to make me whole.
There's release in this sodomy.
For I am your witness that
Blood and flesh can be trusted.
And only this one holy medium brings me piece of mind.
Got your hands bound, your head down,
Your eyes closed.
You look so precious now.
Show me something
Thought I could make it end
Thought I could wash the stains away
Thought I could break the circle if I
Slipped right into your skin
So sweet was your surrender
We have become one
I have become my terror
And you my precious lamb and martyr.
I have found some kind of temporary sanity in this
Shit blood and cum on my hands.
I've come round full circle.
My lamb and martyr, this will be over soon.
You look so precious.

Writer/s: D. CAREY, P. D'AMOUR, A. JONES, J. KEENAN
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Prison Sex

At least in its most upfront interpretation, this is about child abuse. In early interviews, lead singer Maynard James Keenan apparently was quite vocal about his dislike for his stepfather, and the video supports this theory quite well. However, the autobiographical nature of this song is purely speculative.

When discussing the release of "Prison Sex" as a single, drummer Danny Carey had this to say: "It will annoy a lot of people... which is half the fun." (thanks, Landon - Effingham, IL, for above 2)

This song is definitely about abuse, but not only from the perspective of the victim. Throughout the piece the lyrics change from the frightening realization of what is happening to the individual to the insatiable appetite to force the same on another. It is about the cyclical nature of abuse and the reason that certain learned behaviors are perpetuated. (thanks, greg - Memphis, VT)

According to Tool guitarist Adam Jones in Revolver Magazine Presents Tool, "Contractually, the record label was supposed to talk to us about any sort of publicity stunt they pulled on our behalf, especially with us paying for part of it. But without telling us, they made little kid T-shirts for the single 'Prison Sex' with our Tool wrench logo on there, which is actually a phallic symbol. So the label was going to send the shirt to all the radio stations because Nirvana did that with one of their songs. And we're going, 'Well, first off, you didn't even talk to us about this.' And they went, 'No, you don't understand. Nirvana did this and it was a huge hit with radio.' And Maynard goes, 'Do you know what that song's about? It's about getting f--ked in the ass as a little kid.' They never sent the shirts out." (thanks, Jamin King - Puyallup, WA)

Example - Can't Face The World Alone

Example - Can't Face The World Alone Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Live Life Living
Released: 2014

Can't Face The World Alone Lyrics

I was knocking on the wrong damn doors for ages
On the nigh-shift looking for a brighter day
Every single sweethearts face had faded
They'd decided there was not much left to say

I was guilty for sure
Lost in the war
Can't Face The World Alone
You wash up ashore
Wasn't lost anymore
Can't face the world alone

The world alone
The world alone
The world alone
Can't face the world alone

All the things they promise me sound amazing
Grass is always meaner on the other side
Living like a lost soul did my brain in
You found me and I had no place to hide

I was guilty for sure
Lost in the war
Can't face the world alone
You wash up ashore
Wasn't lost anymore
Can't face the world alone

Don't live your life a maybe
There's somebody out there waiting now
Who'll break it down
And build you up again
No ifs or maybes
Don't let em call you crazy
Aim for a blue sky gazing
We settle down
Can't face the world alone

The world alone
The world alone
The world alone
Can't face the world alone

Don't live your life a maybe
There's somebody out there waiting now
Who'll break it down
And build you up again
No ifs or maybes
Don't let em call you crazy
Aim for a blue sky gazing
We settle down
Can't face the world alone

The world alone
The world alone
The world alone
Can't face the world alone

Writer/s: SMITH, FRASER T. / GLEAVE, ELLIOT
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Can't Face The World Alone

This is one of several tracks on Live Life Living inspired by Example's wife, Australian model and actress Erin McNaught. "It's obviously about me being lost before I met Erin," he told The Daily Mirror, "and now I'm in a much better place."

"When the second chorus comes in, it's purely channeling Oasis," Example added. "'Don't live your life for maybeeee, Somebody out there waiiitng now, breeak it down, build you up agaaaaain,' it feels like a 'Champagne Supernova' sentiment in that lyric, it's a good line to belt out at the top of your voice. It's a sing a long moment."

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tearjerker

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tearjerker Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: One Hot Minute
Released: 1995

Tearjerker Lyrics

My mouth fell open
Hoping that the truth
Would not be true
Refuse the news

I'm feeling sick now
What the fuck am I
Supposed to do
Just loose and loose

First time I saw you
You were sitting
Backstage in a dress
A perfect mess

You never knew this
But I wanted badly for you to
Requite my love

[Chorus]
Left on the floor
Leaving your body
When highs are the lows
And lows are the way
So hard to stay
Guess now you know
I love you so.

I liked your whiskers
And I liked the
Dimple in your chin
Your pale blue eyes

You painted pictures
'Cause the one
Who hurts
Can give so much
You gave me such

[Chorus]

Writer/s: Kiedis, Anthony / Smith, Chad / Navarro, David / Balzary, Michael 'Flea'
Publisher: MoeBeToBlame
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Tearjerker

This was written about the life and death of Kurt Cobain and the effect he had on lead singer Anthony Kiedis. (thanks, Laura - Newport, Wales)

Example - Take Me As I Am

Example - Take Me As I Am Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Live Life Living
Released: 2014

Take Me As I Am Lyrics

I know I mess around, cos' of all I did before
I always seem to spoil myself, of that you can be sure
And if you want this journey, reach out and take my hand
I'm so so far from perfect Will you Take Me As I Am, as I am

Fight me, fight me, then ignore me
Don't look back, you know the story
Forgive me, hold me, say you'll see me
Hate me again, but never leave me
If you want this journey, reach out and take my hand
I'm so so far from perfect Will you take me as I am, as I am

Take me as I am

Take me, take me, take me, don't leave me
Take me, take me, take me, don't leave me
Take me, take me, take me, don't leave me
Take me as I am

Fight me, fight me, then ignore me
Don't look back, you know the story
Forgive me, hold me, say you'll see me
Hate me again, but never leave me
If you want this journey, reach out and take my hand
I'm so so far from perfect Will you take me as I am, as I am

It's happened again, back in the same place
It's happened again, back in the same place
Same place, same place, same place

Take me as I am

Take me, take me, take me, don't leave me
Take me, take me, take me, don't leave me
Take me, take me, take me, don't leave me
Take me as I am

If you want this journey, reach out and take my hand
I'm so so far from perfect Will you take me as I am, as I am

Writer/s: ALFIE BAMFORD, ELLIOT JOHN GLEAVE
Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC.
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Take Me As I Am

Example told The Daily Mirror the story of this song. "The key thing was wanting to start the song like a piano ballad, and I actually wrote the piano bit you can hear at the start," he said. "And then it goes into a trancey techy build up, and then there's this sudden, aggressive release. You have this gentle piano and people definitely don't get it, your first instinct is 'Is this some f--king Adele cover?' And then halfway through it goes a bit Laidback Luke and then it drops and you're like "f--k!"

New Found Glory - Sonny

New Found Glory - Sonny Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Sticks And Stones
Released: 2002

Sonny Lyrics

I'm sorry
I heard about the bad news today
A crowd of people around you
Telling you it's okay
And everything happens for a reason

When you lose a part of yourself
To somebody you know
It takes a lot to let go
Every breath that you remember
Pictures fade away
But memory's forever

An empty chair at all the tables
And I'll be seein' you when all my days boil down
But it's better where you're goin' anyway

I'm sorry
I heard about the bad news today
It's really hard to get through
Tough times and long days
But it really just depends on the season

When you lose a part of yourself
To somebody you know
It takes a lot to let go
Every breath that you remember
Pictures fade away
But memory's forever

An empty chair at all the tables
And I'll be seein' you when all my days boil down
For now we'll say goodbye
We know it's not the last time
I've lost the best part of my day-ay-ay...
But it's better where you're goin' anyway

An empty chair at all the tables
And I'll be seein' you when all my days boil down
For now we'll say goodbye
We know it's not the last time
I've lost the best part of my day-ay-ay...
This is the last thing I
I will remember
It's better where you're going anyway

Writer/s: BOLOOKI, CYRUS WILLIAM / GILBERT, CHAD EVERETT / GRUSHKA, IAN R. / KLEIN, STEPHEN LEE / PUNDIK, JORDAN I.
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Sonny

This is about the death of lead singer Jordan Pundik's grandfather. His grandfather's nickname was Sonny. (thanks, lauren - new york, NY)

Example - Longest Goodbye

Example - Longest Goodbye Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Live Life Living
Released: 2014

Longest Goodbye Lyrics

I don't know where we go to when we fade away
I've asked a thousand times on the road to mandala
We live to tell the tale and fight another day
I told an atheist that now's the time to pray
The sun has disappeared for all my life
And it won't reappear for all my life
We're changing world so slowly
I know this chain so well
We're only friends till morning
Well we'll figure it out ourselves
We'll figure it out ourselves
We're bigger than they can tell
Before the eclipse has come again
So we're up against the world

Don't waste a second
Go, go choose a weapon
Don't waste a second
Go, go choose a weapon

We're changing world so slowly
I know this chain so well
We're only friends till morning
Well we'll figure it out ourselves
Before the eclipse has come again
Before the eclipse has come again
Before the eclipse has come again
So we're up against the world
Against the world
Against the world

The sun has disappeared for all my life
And it won't reappear for all my life
Don't waste a second
Go, go choose a weapon
Don't waste a second
Go, go choose a weapon
Before the eclipse has come again
So we're up against the world

We're changing world so slowly
I know this chain so well
We're only friends till morning
Well we'll figure it out ourselves
Before the eclipse has come again
Before the eclipse has come again
Before the eclipse has come again
So we're up against the world

Writer/s: PRICE, STUART / GLEAVE, ELLIOT JOHN
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Longest Goodbye

This fluety, atmospheric album closer is a tribute to Example's late pal. "It's about a friend of mine who was in a bad way, and he ended up taking his life," he explained to The Daily Mirror. "When you hear the lyrics, it starts to make sense. I was trying to understand what might be going through someone's head as they make their last walk before they take their life. He was under a lot of pressure, my friend, and he was an amazing guy. He spent his whole life making other people happy, but it got too much for him. Imagine having 15 people relying on you, your mother, your brothers and sisters, your kids. It's at the end because it is the end, really."

"The inspiration came from Massive Attack, Aphex Twin," Example added. "It's a tribute to him, and a fitting way to close the album. His family have said they really love it, which means such a lot to me."