Oh I broke when I realized I was yet to fall asleep. The weight of the many tears she shed nearly woke me from my bad dream,Īnd I broke when I realized I was yet to fall asleep. The crack in my mother’s voice when he said he would not stayįed down into her tired heart, she did not want him to go away. I was met with the helplessness of being only 12 years old I surrendered to a silence that I could not hear before. Until now I’d never longed for that house down the road.Īs I faced the disappointment of my dug up kitchen floor, The house down the road, all gilded and old.ĭoe-eyed through the years I watched glad families come and go.īut never as glad as mine, or the home that we’d grown. Like a dram on a damn cold winters night. Now I’ve chased your love cause I thought it might feel woolen. The bars on my window didn’t leave me safe at night. Perhaps the fear of splitting open, showing some parts of yourself that you don’t even really want to know.Īnd I’ve been grieving since I left old Carolina. Some things they just like leaving, like people love and money and I don’t know what it’s all running from. Now i’ve chased your love cause I thought it might feel woolen. My own hurting masks the way I feel about the world and all the little things I wish were differentĪnd I’ve been grieving since I left old Carolina. Maybe I just like hurting, building up walls and then ripping them down with my own disposition. I left the howling winds and the prairies to find some kind of idea, am I full or am I empty? The lights pouring through my window dressing everything all up in gold and I don’t know what I’m doing I was raised to turn the other cheek and now all I’m left with is my own shame. Why do you always get to be the child? Your mama brought you up that way. You act as if you got the best of me, but we both know your acting small. Like a little girl with wide eyes and curls I didn’t know it was just a game. I’ve watched the time melt on by now, dripping down on me again Why do you always get to be the child? We all want to play those foolish games. The rivers thawed but you’re still frozen, the words I write to you are still the same. It’s hard to watch you look away from me though I know I'm not to blame. In the notion of the disbelief that what will be will be. My name is something that my parents gave to me,īut lately I disassociate when it’s hollered out at me.Īnd I’ve been tangled up in the dichotomy, They might not see me for a while, for I’ve gone in a hurry. I often think I could hop on a plane and it all would go away,īut I'd be a fool to think my burdens are something I don't carry.įor I can’t leave them at the gate with the rest of my worries, Though I know there's nothing, nothing left for me there no more.Īt night I take to walking down lonely dead end roads I’ve been highballing through a playground zone "Just the Way You Are" was the best selling digital single of 2011, selling more than 12.5 million copies, thus joining an elite group of best-selling singles worldwide.So I took to drinking with the hopes of getting lost.įor when you’re always losing it’s hard to see your wins, It was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), seven and six times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Music Canada (MC), respectively. The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and in the United Kingdom charts and peaked in the top five in other countries. It won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2011 ceremony. The debut single received mixed reviews from music critics, who praised The Smeezingtons’ production, but dubbed its lyrics as sappy and corny. The song's lyrics compliment a woman's beauty. The track was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010, as "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)". It was released in the United States to Contemporary hit radio on August 10, 2010. The song was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton and Needlz and produced by the former three, under their alias, The Smeezingtons along with Needlz. It is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). "Just the Way You Are" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars.
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