Welcome back everyone! This week I have another Original song - and this is an Acoustic / Alternative Version - be such to wait for the Guitar Solo :)
The Real You is an original tune of mine, is is about sticking to who you really are inside, no matter what external pressures may arise. This is track 8 on my debut album 'TIME?' which was released a year ago. Now, I am happy with how the original track turned out, but I must admit, I feel it might be the weakest track on my album. It's cool to listen through and reflect, right? I just felt like there was something more to get out of this one - and this is where the acoustic version fits in :) I think this is more what I had in mind when I wrote this song originally, on my $40 acoustic guitar I purchased some years back whilst working in Guangzhou, China. I wrote all of my songs on that guitar and still write today on that. I have not used it to record as the sound isn't great haha. Anyways... spiel over - enjoy!
Lyrics:
*What’s left inside of me, nothing left behind to see
I know I’m running on my own
I just want you all to see, nothing but the real me,
I don’t have to feel alone
Oh, I know that you can feel alone,
But go your own way,
I know there are times when it feels like hope,
Has gone away,
Light the fire in your soul again,
Never look to nobody else,
Say that you are alive again,
You’ve found your own way out,
I just want you all to see, this isn’t some conspiracy,
So don’t believe it all when you’re told,
I just want you all to see, what is real and then you’ll be,
Free from all the lies that you’re sold
Oh, I know that you can feel alone,
But go your own way,
I know there are times when it feels like hope,
Has gone away,
Light the fire in your soul again,
Never look to nobody else,
Say that you are alive again,
You’ve found your own way out
Light the fire in your soul again,
Never look to nobody else,
Say that you are alive again,
You’ve found your own way out
Oh, I know that you can feel alone,
But go your own way,
I know there are times when it feels like hope,
Has gone away,
Light the fire in your soul again,
Never look to nobody else,
Say that you are alive again,
You’ve found your own way out
Light the fire in your soul again,
Never look to nobody else,
Say that you are alive again,
You’ve found your own way out*
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Verse 1
00:42 Pre-Chorus 1
01:04 Chorus
01:24 Interlude
01:44 Verse 2
02:07 Pre-Chorus 2
02:29 Chorus
02:46 SOLO (Extended Version)
03:32 Outro
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