KURATED NO. 228 – B
THE LYRICS
I Am by Alice Russell
PLAYLISTS
I Am on Spotify and YouTube
ONE SONG I Am
ONE VIDEO 56 seconds of powerhouse singing on Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy
from Russell’s Instagram.
MAIN POST On Kurated No. 228-A
I AM TRACKLIST
1 Agreement
2 Gravity
3 Square
4 I Am
5 I See You
6 Rain
7 Things
8 Sinner [Explicit]
9 Light
Songs and lyrics by Alice Russell and Alex Cowan
Agreement
Are we, in agreement, not always best to go
A heart in your handshake, seeing eye to eye
Did they hurt you or did you feel peace
Where you just waiting for the pause, to speak
In colours set up before your eyes
Draw a blank one more time, you’re out of the game
Find yourself before the next time we meet
We don’t get forever to grieve
To grieve, awake, awaken to grieve
I
I feel
In time
We’ll let go
And we’ll feel
The pain
That holds us
It may feel unholy, It may feel that It’s taken aim
It may feel hard, and tired, weary
But it’s here, knocking at your door
All line, right here
Or it will bury you bury you
Bury you bury you before your time
For your time
Hold to the heart, the rider
Away return to the whole
The right way through
Been waiting inside
Open it up and hold your shadow
Open it up and hold your shadow
Open up and face your shadow
Gravity
[Verse 1]
Waiting for your weight to fall, but you’re an angel
Now every day that I hold on to is unstable
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s like a change of gravity that I’m unable
To hold on to the things I learnt, things I knew
Weightless holds on only you
You know we can take control
Can’t, can’t stop
[Chorus]
Movement through this air not breathing
Movement through this air not feeling
Feeling fall beneath, I’m weightless
Gravity’s gone home, now I’ll take this
[Verse 2]
Hands grip tight while eagles fight
Time frozen
Brick by brick, foundation, crumble
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s like a change of gravity that I’m unable
To hold on to the things I learnt, things I knew
Weightless holds on only you
You know we can take control
Can’t, can’t stop
[Chorus]
Movement through this air not breathing
Movement through this air not feeling
Feeling fall beneath, I’m weightless
Gravity’s gone home, now I’ll take this
Movement through this air not breathing
Movement through this air not feeling
Feeling fall beneath, I’m weightless
Gravity’s gone home, now I’ll take this
[Post-Chorus]
Feeling fall beneath, I’m weightless
Gravity’s gone home, now I’ll take this
Square
What will they say when it gets to their turn?
Singing every word of a song they don’t know
It’s not our fault who’s to blame
Well we smash and we grab and fight and we love under siege
Seeing through each other’s eyes you can’t just roll it
Roll the dice on love
All of those things you just know
Remind us of home remind us remind us of home
Maybe that’s why these four lines meet
There’s no-one to show us
It’s not for the faint, it’s hard this work, you must work your heart
Others drifted far from loveOooo oooooowahhhhhhh!
They’ve been talking like we’re losing the fight for the soul
Who’s to say who is giving right?
we just don’t know
Till you go
Back to the story of a gentle heart
Back to the start
OooooWho knows, who knows
We care
We love
And we love and we learn and we love and we fight
Seeing through each other’s eyes
Seeing through each other’s eyes
And we love and we fight, we love, do we change?
Seeing through each other’s eyes
See it from the other sideWe love
See it from the other side
I Am
[Intro]
Mm, mm
Mm, mm
[Verse 1]
Now it has all gone
Peeling back one by one
I didn’t know any different from this
That night you gave my name
It wasn’t your fault
But you never change
[Pre-Chorus]
You passed on all your hurt
In the memory, you carry
We’ve got to break the chain
[Chorus]
You made the story strong
You passed on all that hurt
Now l move apart, so I can breathe
Who’s there for me?
I am, I am, I am, I am
[Verse 2]
Made to play your game
One golden rule we just can’t break
You wouldn’t feel
What you carried inside
And now he’s left your side
See R&B shows near VancouverGet tickets as low as $15You might also likeI See YouAlice RussellSquareAlice RussellBeautiful LosersHocus Pocus[Pre-Chorus]
The space is wild and lonely
But nothing’s changed
You passеd on all your hurt
In the memories you carry
Wе have to break the chain
[Chorus]
You made the story so strong
You passed on all that hurt
Now I move apart, so I can breathe
Who’s there for me?
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am
[Outro]
I must watch my heart
I must watch my heart
I must watch my heart
([?])
I must watch my heart
([?])
I See You
Be tender with this heart
No surrender till this part
Cards gripped tight, changed to skin
Your kingdom who comes in
Be still with your heart
If they be tender from the start
Show you your splendour
How to start
Cards gripped tight, changed to skin
You decide now who comes in
Be still with your heart
Now I see you
I forgive you
Now I know this
What you gave
(What you had in me)
You are here
You are seen
And so wanted
You are here
You are seen
And so wanted
Rain
[Verse 1]
And if you hear all and what you knew was not, that may feel strange
And if you saw and if you heard, then it will make you change
Left open wide, how did you not see that you’d come this far?
Put back your mask, it’s all you know
Time and time again
[Chorus]
So why you always chasing your tail?
Always changing where you belong
Picked up the chain and run
But how long, how far before you let go?
Why you always chasing your tail?
Always changing where you belong
Picked up the chain and run
But how long, how far before you let go?
[Verse 2]
So in you go, the walls you scale to find your way back in
Those precious thoughts, flesh, blood, and bone you slowly start to feel
The light will break how did you not see that you’ve come this far
Put back your mask, it’s all you know, time and time again
[Chorus]
So why you always chasing your tail?
Always changing wherе you belong
Picked up the chain and run
But how long, how far bеfore you let go?
Why you always chasing your tail?
Always changing where you belong
Picked up the chain and run
But how long, how far before you let go?
Things
Laying all the blame, at each other′s feet again
Lifting all our hearts, trying not to disconnect
Counting all the names, the list is long
Mask is fierce, cover up strong
We look up to the stars, remind us of our place again
We get up and we go, is that all we’re doing
No one cares (care cares)
That′s what you believe
We remember all the names, remember all they did
And oooo, ooo what is it you believe?
Are you open
You are
(Feels too hard to hold)
(Waiting for that change again)
But we’ll fly
We’re still here
You′re still here and we′ll start again
But we’ll fight
We′re still here
You’re still here and we′ll start again
OooooooOOOOOO WAAAAAooo
Sinner
You can′t deny this feeling
Who would ever know?
What is there to know?
I can’t disguise what I feelI
t′s taken all I have, to keep hold of these words so long
All I have
All I need
All this change, inside of me
Stronger now to take the pain on my own (on my own)
All I have
All I need
All this change, inside of me
Stronger now to take the pain on my own (on my own)
Same old ideas about owning love when
Just keep your own path clear (judge your own shit)
Same old ideas about owning love when
Just keep your own path clear (judge your own shit)
Same old ideas
Just see yourself
You can’t stop this struggle
Left out of your hands
What powers made me stay here so long?I can’t be no otherKeep telling me to leave, with stillness comes with time
All I have
All this change, inside of me
Stronger now to take the pain on my own (on my own)
All I have
All I need
All this change, inside of me
Stronger now to take the pain on my own (on my own)
Light
Take it down to that moment
Feel your way back to past times already flown
Where did they go
Who really knows
Time won’t wait
It’s here for us all
It’s how we learn
It’s why we’re here
And we’re still here
Hold your light, Hold your light
Hold your light,
Hold your light Hold your light
Remember the part of the story
Not the one you were fed or
Told how it should be
The one that connects you
The one that teaches you
Reminds you, you belong
Time won’t wait It’s here for us all It’s how we learn It’s why we’re here And we’re still here Hold your light,
Hold your light
Hold your light,
Hold your light
Hold your light
