Song of the Day: Emeli Sandé - Somebody

Saving the best for last, in this group of songs that I've recently posted.  Heard this song on the plane, too, and it blew me away.  I listened and listened and listened.

We all want to feel like we're somebody, but this song really expresses it perfectly.

Final silly point: I love the pauses in the studio version of the song.  Such a perfect way to emphasize what she's singing.  I hope they are intentional, and not just a placeholder so she can fill in other words during concerts.

I have several versions of this song, all of them wonderful to listen to, in my opinion.

Somebody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-R4-_LgNg

Emeli sande somebody live in Dublin march 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPhrmSo79W8

Emeli Sande 'Somebody' 02 Leeds Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ZEJoIG1pM

Song lyrics from AZLyrics.com:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/emelisand/somebody.html

"Somebody"

I swear there's something different
In this cigarette
Helpin' us get lifted
Helpin' us forget
I swear there's something extra
Runnin' in our blood

We're in a hatchback party with the music turned up
Got my head out the window throwing two fingers up

Like I'm somebody
As if I'm really somebody
Tonight I am a big fucking deal
Tonight I just know how it might feel
To be somebody
Like I'm really somebody
Tonight I am a big fucking deal
Tonight I just know how it might feel

Runnin' from the city
Up the motorway
You know you can't have me
But you kiss me anyway
They can come and get us
This time we won't run

And I say a little prayer that the morning never comes
And I'm screaming over here from the top of my lungs

I am somebody
As if I'm really somebody
Tonight I am a big fucking deal
Tonight I know just how it might feel
To be somebody
Like I'm really somebody
Tonight I am a big fucking deal
Tonight I know just how it might feel
To be somebody
As if I'm really somebody

Tonight
Tonight
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
I am somebody
I'm really, really somebody
I'm tellin' you, I'm somebody
I swear to God, I'm somebody

Song of the Day: Ella Mai - Naked

I didn't even know who Ella Mai was until I was randomly sampling music on an airplane audio system during a trans-Atlantic flight.  Wow, you never know where you'll find great music.

I love the raw emotion of this song.  The pure desire to be accepted fully for who you are.  Naked in every sense.  At least that's how I hear the song.

Ella Mai - Naked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmPzGjCeG4

Song lyrics from AZLyrics.com:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ellamai/naked.html

"Naked"

Take away the big shirts, the tattoos, the sweatpants and Vans

Okay, I don't wear no makeup, no purse in my hands

My resting bitch face is mistaken for the mean girl

But what if I told you

There's nothing I want more in this world

Than somebody who loves me naked

Someone who never asks for love

But knows how to take it

Are you that somebody

Who sees a wall and breaks it

Are you ready to fight just to see what's lost behind my flaws

Can you love me naked

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Naked

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Naked

Ooooooh yeah yeah

Might be a bitch in the morning so catch me at night time

Some of my friends think I'm moody but I think I'm just fine

I could be pissed but I'll act like I'm not

I really remember when I say I forgot

No matter how hard I try

To run away from love at the end of the night

I need somebody who loves me naked

Someone who never asks for love

But knows how to take it

Are you that somebody

Who sees the wall and breaks it

Are you ready to fight just to see what's lost behind my flaws

Can you love me naked

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Naked

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Naked

I need someone who loves me when I wake up

Who thinks I'm beautiful when I'm looking fucked up

I want that perfect love, am I asking too much

Someone who shoots for the stars, know when

I think I'm not even good enough

I need somebody who loves me naked

(Who loves me naked)

Someone who never asks for love

But knows how to take it

(Knows how to take it)

Are you that somebody

Who sees the wall and breaks it

Are you ready to fight just to see what's lost behind my flaws

Can you love me naked

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Naked

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Naked

Song of the Day: Lauv - Superhero

I've posted a song or two from Lauv before (I think, maybe I haven't).  This is another that caught my ear.  And the video is really cool, too, in my opinion.

Lauv - Superhero [Official Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_e5UkI7ak

I kind of love this line in the song:

She did things to me that no one else could and

I miss that

Lyrics from AZLyrics.com:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lauv/superhero.html

"Superhero"

I met a superhero
I lost her
I want her back
She did things to me that no one else could and
I miss that

Ohhh
Don't wanna talk about it
Ohhh
I was so wrong about it
Ohhh
Can't do a thing about it now
Now

Cause they say if you love her let her go (go)
And they say if it's meant to be you'll know
Know

I met a superhero
I lost her
I want her back
She did things to me that no one else could and
I miss that
Yeah

I met a superhero
I lost her
I want her back
She did things to me that no one else could and
I miss that
I miss that

I miss that
I miss that
I miss that
I miss that

Ohhh
Don't wanna talk about it
Ohhh
I was so wrong about it
Ohhh
Can't do a thing about it now
Now

Ohhh
Don't wanna talk about it
Ohhh
I was so wrong about it
Ohhh
Can't do a thing about it now
Now

And they say if it's meant to be you'll know
I met a superhero
I lost her
I want her back
She did things to me that no one else could
And damn, I miss that

Song of the Day: Lord Huron - The Night We Met

Another sad song about things slipping away.  Why is it so hard to make that initial magic last?

Lord Huron - The Night We Met LYRICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQh9eDcS1-0


Song lyrics from AZLyrics.com:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lordhuron/thenightwemet.html

"The Night We Met"

I am not the only traveler
Who has not repaid his debt
I've been searching for a trail to follow again
Take me back to the night we met

And then I can tell myself
What the hell I'm supposed to do
And then I can tell myself
Not to ride along with you

I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you
Take me back to the night we met
I don't know what I'm supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you
Oh, take me back to the night we met

When the night was full of terror
And your eyes were filled with tears
When you had not touched me yet
Oh, take me back to the night we met

I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you
Take me back to the night we met
I don't know what I'm supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you
Take me back to the night we met