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Selfish heart, leave him alone.
He’s not yours, he’s not yours to own
It’s hard I know but let him go
Selfish heart, you wanted him from the start
You saw a good man and you put him on a shelf
So you could keep him for yourself
A house by the sea, dog on the beach
Feeling your hand in mine even when you’re out of reach
In our house by the sea, but it’s a
Selfish dream,
Cracked and broken bursting at the seams
You know I hold it down so hard I want to scream
So you don’t know about my selfish dream
What if what if what if what if this love is real
It’s been so long since I met you it’s how I feel
What if what if what if it could be real love
What if what if what if it could be enough
For you for you for you I’d a lifetime
But for now I’ll just dream it’s fine
But for now I’ll just dream it’s fine
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You wrap it up like it’s a precious thing
You tie it up with string
But I hope it won’t last
Since it’s a piece of someone else’s past
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little smarter I’d be
With the men upstairs in their suits
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little taller I’d see
What’s going on in that room
Oooo…
I hear the rain falling hard on the window pane
And everything, stops for a while
I hear your words carried on the drops falling on the ground
And I try not to, remember the sound when
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little smarter I’d be
With the men upstairs in their suits
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little taller I’d see
What’s going on in that room
Room…
Words get trapped here deep in my bones
Weighing me down,
They don’t make sense or feel like my own
I’m trying not to hear the sound when…
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little smarter I’d be
With the men upstairs in their suits
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little taller I’d see
What’s going on in that room
Ooooo….
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little smarter I’d be
With the men upstairs in their suits
Somebody told me that if I was
Just a little taller I’d see
What’s going on in that room
Gotta light up the dawn when the dark night
Keeps us from finding our way through the trees
If we don’t fight it then we’ll never be free
Gotta light up the dawn when the dark night
Keeps us from finding our way through the trees
If we don’t fight it then we’ll never be free
Gotta light up the dawn when the dark night
Keeps us from finding our way through the trees
If we don’t fight it then we’ll never be free
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3. |
LOVE // in progress
05:36
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LOVE // in progress
Verse 1
He doesn’t love anymore
He doesn’t love anymore
He took his things and he walked out the door
He doesn’t love me anymore
Verse 2
She left yesterday
She bought a ticket and she flew away
She said that she’d stay, suddenly she had no more to say
Now she’s gone away
She left yesterday
Chorus
What is a love
The kind of love that leaves you weak
What is a love
A love that makes it hard to speak
What is a love
That lifts you up to let you down
I don’t want that now
Verse 3
Feel like a stranger in this space (space)
Starting to feel like I’m out of place (out of place)
You got me thinking, that I could be erased
Now I’m out of place
I’m running out of space
Chorus
What is a love
The kind of love that leaves you weak
What is a love
A love that makes it hard to speak
What is a love
That lifts you up to let you down
OUTRO
What is a love
Leaves in then night without a sound
What is a love (love)
Builds a home just to burn it to the ground
What is a love (love)
Makes you stranger in your hometown
I don’t want that now
No
What about a love
That puts both feet on the ground
What about a love
That makes you sing out loud
What about a love
That has your back when you’re falling down
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4. |
Aria
04:24
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Aria
Intro (spoken)
Can you say, I am beautiful? - “I’m beautiful”
I can do hard things. - “I do hard things.”
I am kind. - “I’m kind.”
I am strong. “And strong.”
And brave. “And brave.”
I love myself, “I love myself.”
I love my mummy, “I love my mummy.”
I love my daddy, “I love my daddy.”
And I love auntie Em. “and I love Auntie Em.”
Okay, good job.
Verse 1
Your mind is a story book
Ready for adventure everywhere you look
I call you up so we can go out and play
Or talk about all you learned today
Chorus
Aria, Aria
When life gets hard,
We will never be far apart
Verse 2
Waited for you for such a long time
For so long you were on our minds
You came into the world just like a flash of light
You were the sun on a dark December night
Chorus
Aria, Aria
When life gets tough
You will always be enough
Verse 3
Will you go sailing on the open sea?
Or fly around the world like a bumble bee?
Will you grow tall just like an apple tree?
The one in your garden that started from a tiny seed
Chorus
Aria, Aria
When life gets tough
You will always be enough
Bridge
There may be times when you feel small
Or get a feeling you don’t like at all
Remember that this will always get better
The sun will come out after the stormy weather
Aria.
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Easier
05:19
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Without you, I was walking uphill both ways in the snow
Without you, I was hitting every red light on my way back home
Without you, the days would slip by fast and the nights so slow
Without you, the leaves on the trees were green but they wouldn’t grow
You make it easier
You make it easier
I still find it dark these days when the clouds roll in and they won’t go away
But this rain weighing me down that makes it hard to stay in this town
It feels lighter when you’re around
You make it easier
You make it easier
Easier
Easier
Don’t get me wrong, I could sing a song
With just one voice
Don’t get me wrong, I could do it all alone
But if I had the choice, you I’d want it to be
Easier
You make it easier
Easier
Easier
Without you, I was walking uphill both ways in the snow.
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6. |
If You Were Dead
04:36
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Verse 1
There must be some kind of reason for this
There must something that I missed
Like a bird on a wire, you watched as I caught fire
Verse 2
There must be some kind of mistake
Cause this is so much more than I can take
You were someone I adored now I don’t know you anymore
Chorus
If you were dead, if you had died instead
I think it might worse to see a ghost in a body that still works
In a body that still works but refuses to be kind
In a body that still works, but left the man I knew behind
Verse 3
I used to hope your dreams would come true
You know I really wanted them to,
Now I don’t wish anything for you.
I never wanted it to be this way,
I hoped it would look different today
But you can’t take back what you didn’t say
Chorus
If you were dead, if you had died instead
I really wonder if it’s worse to see a ghost in a body that still works
In a body that still works but doesn’t know how to love
In a body that still works, but will never be enough
It will never be enough
Outro
You change the truth, you change your mind
Change it all inside
Change the story every memory so you can sleep at night
You change the truth, you change your mind
Change it all rewrite
Every memory, change the past so you can sleep at night
You change the truth, change your mind
Change it all inside.
Change the story, every memory
You keep telling lies
You change the truth, you change your mind
Change it all rewrite
You keep lying to yourself so you don’t have to be kind.
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Emily Best Vancouver, British Columbia
A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Vancouver B.C., Emily Best’s distinctive melodies and orchestral leanings paint a backdrop that intermingles the driving energy of jazz and rock with the familiar nostalgia of 1960's southern country-soul. Her songwriting delves unassumingly through jazz, pop, folk and rock with earnest lyricism that ponders the human condition. ... more
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