The Strangers' Love - a song by Ben Levin
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
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Lyrics:
I was young at the start
And they liked my songs
All the kids saw themselves
Reflected in me
Then we all grew apart
And the songs got lost
They moved on
And I tried to return to the way it once was
And my folks worried that I had grown too old
I should try to find some other way to live
But the praise I once heard
Made me too stubborn
I needed the strangers love
In the room with my friend
In my high school days
Turned up loud till the clipping
Was overwhelming
Then we burnt our CD’s
printed out our dreams
I was born
In the title on the sleeve
Guitarist and me
And my folks told me that I could be a star
If I played everyday and kept my good grades
So the praise moved me through
And my ego grew
I needed the stranger’s love
On the road with my band
Meeting all the fans
Shaking hands
Dancing cheering explosive grins
When the plague froze my face
I saw a cry instead
I moved on
Desperate not to return to the way it once was
And my folks worried that I had nothing left
Not a trace of the magical dreams I wished
So much change
Threw me round
And I hit the ground
I still needed the strangers’ love
In the car with my wife
As the snow fell down
Waiting parked
At the portal we both walked through
In the light shining life
All is grey and blue
In the room
I said here am I and you said I am here too
And my ears opened wide
Took your music in
Sounds of breath, tiny feet and a million laughs
In this home I have seen what my dream’s became
Not needing the strangers’ love
So magnificent
This Ben Levin song is loved by at least one stranger
Make it two
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This needed to exist.
Seriously, outstanding sir. Haunting and poignant. Music and words. Beautiful stuff. Thank you.
Beautiful song and such a great melody. Love that major sixth towards the end of the verses (“desperate not to return”/“i said here am I and”). It’s like a little hopeful lift.
Jesus this is beautiful. Thanks Ben
I like this song.
Listening to this was like having a javelin unexpectedly thrown through my heart as me and my 1 year old loaded up the tumble dryer. In retrospect, the javelin seems to have been coated with some sort of strong opioid thats coursing through my veins, so overall, thanks Ben Levin, 10/10 will listen to one of your songs again
This captures the strange and degrading yet true feeling relying on views and clicks births to the ones relying on it. Its beautiful yet terrifying that weve made something so fleeting like our attention be the decision in how people live. Whether they kept watching or not dictates our livelihood.
When you're reliant on a part of people that continues to be conditioned away more every day, you leave your fate up to it and i cannot imagine how terrifying that must be.
Defeating the lowest common denomination with anything and everything true to the self, or being swallowed by the abyss that is our collective forgetting memories as a species end up the only two options.
Just remember that the happy grey area in between the two is where most of humanity lies, being remembered by those close to us.
Im so proud of everything you make, and i know that doesn't fill empty stomachs, but in an ideal world it would.
I think wanting to be known and remembered is a very human notion, but should never be the goal since living how you need and want will fill that roll much better if youre good to yourself anyways.
If your music reaches a single ear and makes someone happy haven't you already succeeded?
It sure made me happy to hear this song.
Nice Ben! Very song
Very song indeed. Song plus!
A song song for people people
❤ Love this, also that drawing of Hineni is incredible
This a special song for all me. Thank u Ben ♥️ + Did Jessica do that Hineni drawing?
Oi mate this is pretty good writing aye innit Oi
mmm I like the chords.
I can't tell if this is 9:0 or 0:9... either way, unless I die really soon or it gets pulled, I'll listen again.
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