Lyrics | Sam Lyon - SAM LYON | ACOUSTIC SINGER-SONGWRITER

EVERY SECOND COUNTS

Once we get to walk upon this Earth
Twice we get to make a mistake and learn
Three times is enough to realise you're stronger than all of your doubts
And, for me, live your days like every second counts

Fire and be fired at
Wear your love as a shield and a charm
And know not all can be saved but all can be loved
And, for me, live happy here on

'Cause when I'm 99 and I'm looking back on my life
I wanna know I made it all that I could have
Know I made some bad decisions but they made me wiser
And I'll smile and roll my eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know I made every second count

'Cause we're all faced with choices and we might choose wrong
It's a war path of consequences and lessons learned
But if you hide away at risk of failing
Then there'll be no sunshine to light the road

'Cause when you're 99 and you're looking back on my life
You wanna know you made it all that you could have
Know you made some bad decisions but they made you wiser
And you can smile and roll your eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know you made every second count

Every second, every second, I'll make every second count (repeat)

'Cause when we're 99 and we're looking back on our life
We wanna know we made it all that we could have
Know we made some bad decisions but they made us wiser
And we can smile and roll our eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know we made every second count

ALMOST ENOUGH

You can tell me what you want
Tell me what you think’d make it right
But almost enough is never enough
But you’re too blind to realise

All I have is on the ground
Watch me walk away
I’ll keep my distance, you won’t reach me
I’ve got nothing to say

And now, it’s over
You chose to leave than love rather slow
I had it
You closed your eyes and loved, darling
Hoping for the best
But never learning from it
Going for a hit
But you got me

And you can keep on so obliviously
Playing in the shadows
But almost enough is never enough
And it’s about time I said so

All I have is on the ground
Watch me walk away
I’ll keep my distance, you won’t reach me
I’ve got nothing to say

And now, it’s over
You chose to leave than love rather slow
I had it
You closed your eyes and loved, darling
Hoping for the best
But never learning from it
Going for a hit
But you got me

These little stories don’t add up
I had my heart set on you
Well I suppose it’s just another mistake on my part
Well now you don’t have to choose

'Cause now, it’s over
You chose to leave than love rather slow
I had it
You closed your eyes and loved, darling
Hoping for the best
But never learning from it
Going for a hit
But you got me
Going for a hit
But you got me
Going for a hit
But you got me

STUPID GIRL

I’ve always bitten my tongue and
Let you do what you want
In the hope that maybe
You’d see that lately
You’ve been pushing me closer to the edge
Cause you know I’m full of chances but
You’re pushing me too far
Well now it’s my turn

Too late, where you gonna run to
Oh babe, who you gonna look to this time
You got yourself in this mess fine
And now you’re old news, I wish you could see that
Go use another girl who’ll play that game right ‘Cause I don’t wanna feel bad tonight

I changed my ways to make you feel
Like you’d want me to stay forever here
But looking back
I think I was trying to convince myself
I was always what you wanted
You were always what I needed
I was so blind
To your angel eyes

Too late, where you gonna run to
Oh babe, who you gonna look to this time
You got yourself in this mess fine
And now you’re old news, I wish you could see that
Go use another girl who’ll play that game right ‘Cause I don’t wanna feel bad tonight

And it’s not fair, you’ve got the face of an angel
Makes it ten times harder to leave
But I’ve grown stronger to see past your beauty
And realise your words are hurting me
And I know I’m a stupid girl for ever loving you
But now would I be a stupid girl for leaving you

But it's too late, where am I gonna run to
Oh babe, who am I gonna look to this time
I got myself in this mess fine
But you're still old news, I wish you could see that
Go use another girl who’ll play that game right ‘Cause I don’t wanna feel bad tonight

And I’m sorry, that I didn’t realise quickly
Guess it just takes time to see
I can do better than you, you’ll see
‘Cause you’re old news, I wish you could see that
Don’t use another girl and break her heart dear Just like this stupid girl here

PRETENDING

I always did lose myself in your eyes
Never enough hours in the day when you were around
And though you’d tell me off for staring
I could never bring myself to look away
And now I’m glad I chose to stick around

But what was it like, what was it like
Knowing you were changing your sweet mind
Did I fall beneath your feet too many times

I never thought I’d be your burden
I didn’t ever want to lose you

I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending
Even though that I knew just where we were heading
I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining
But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing
But I just hope that once the day is through
You’ll hold on to how much I loved you

I always knew when I wasn’t on your mind
You never had enough time for me any more
And though we’d still stay up for hours talking
I used to fall asleep in your arms
But as time went on we began to feel more torn

Do you know what it’s like, do you know what it’s like
Feeling like I couldn’t change things
‘Cause your mind was already decided
And I was already abandoned

But still I kept coming back
‘Cause I wanted you to want me back

I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending
Even though that I knew just where we were heading
I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining
But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing
But I just hope that once the day is through
You’ll hold on to how much I loved you

I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending
Even though that I knew just where we were heading
I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining
But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing

I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending
Even though that I knew just where we were heading
I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining
But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing
But I just hope that once the day is through
You’ll hold on to how much I loved you

WHAT I REALLY THINK

You have this manner of making me smile when you’re around
And loving you is effortless, but you keep my feet on the ground

And while I’m sat here with all this adoration for you
You stay silent, ‘cause words don’t come easy to you
And though I understand, I just want you to take my hand
And tell me

Baby, how we ended up here
How I ended up with you in my arms
It’s still a revelation
Baby, how I lose myself
How I lose my mind when you’re near
You’re my salvation

Everything’s so easy when you’re here with me
But I don’t know your humour when I’m reading from a screen

And my mind’s filled with all your little beautiful things
But you’re sat there and you don’t say a thing

Baby, how we ended up here
How I ended up with you in my arms
It’s still a revelation
Baby, how I lose myself
How I lose my mind when you’re near
You’re my salvation
La da, la da da da da, la da da da
La da, la da da da da, la da da da

How we ended up here
How we ended up in doubt and misery
How can we get it back
Pour your heart out to me, I just need to know how you feel

Baby, how we ended up here,
How I ended up with you in my arms
It’s still a revelation
Baby, how I lose myself
How I lose my mind when you’re near
You’re my salvation

Forgive me though I cannot speak
I can love you with everything
You’ll just have to trust me
‘Cause you’re the only thing that I need
You’re the air that I breathe
And that’s what I really think

HUMAN

It’s not the fall that hurts, it’s not the sting in your eyes
It’s not your name that keeps me awake all night
It’s not this tendency to drift back into that dream
It’s not the way you left me, it was all or nothing anyway

Say my name, say my name like you used to
It’s not the same, not the same, but I’d still know you

Say you know it all, and now you got the ball rolling
It’s a vicious call, a figure eight that keeps on going
Round, round, round, round
Cut the chord, you’re digging a hole for yourself
I won’t back you up, I’ll watch in bliss as you’re let
Down, down, down, down

You hide your truths with your wit and your humour
But you let me in, now I see you’re still human

Quit the endless stories, you do yourself no favours
Wasting your time thinking up lies that no one even remembers
Stop this dishonesty, this false pretence
When will you realise you’re no better than anyone else

Say my name, say my name like you used to
It’s not the same, not the same, but I’d still know you

Say you know it all, and now you got the ball rolling
It’s a vicious call, a figure eight that keeps on going
Round, round, round, round
Cut the chord, you’re digging a hole for yourself
I won’t back you up, I’ll watch in bliss as you’re let
Down, down, down, down

You hide your truths with your wit and your humour
But you let me in, now I see you’re still human

You're still human

Yeah, you made your mistakes, and I’ve been wrong too
So let’s forgive and forget, cause we’re only human

ANCHORS

We’ll take a boat down by the river, and lie back and look at the clouds
We'll make ripples in the water with our fingertips
I’ll catch the sun in my hands while you catch my lips
And we’ll dance like it’s over, and sing like it’s just begun, loud, loud, loud

And we’ll love like heaven
And we’ll run like hell
‘til we lose our anchors
And we’re free again

We’ll throw pebbles over the waves and see whose is last to go under
We’ll make little boats out of newspaper pieces
And race them to the old bridge to see whose is fastest
We’ll get caught in the rain and have to row home in wet clothes and thunder

And we’ll love like heaven
And we’ll run like hell
‘Til we lose our anchors
And we’re free again

But we’ll love like heaven
And we’ll run like hell
‘Til we lose our anchors
And we’re free again

And we’ll love like heaven
And we’ll run like hell
‘Til we lose our anchors
And we’re free again
’Til we find our wings
And we learn to fly
And we’ll live like it’s possible to never let love die

PLAYING WITH FIRE

The swallows are leaving the south at last
The cold winter months have passed
Ice coated leaves turn a shade of alive
The sky becomes a keepsake of your eyes

So darlin’, love me like you did
I’ll hold you like I would
We’ll try and make it better
But it’s just touchwood

So touch my skin
I’ll be whatever you desire
We’ll try and make it happen
But we’re playing with fire

Our hearts long for the love we once bled
And our souls are fading, fading, fading

So darlin’, love me like you did
I’ll hold you like I would
We’ll try and make it better
But it’s just touchwood

So touch my skin
I’ll be whatever you desire
We’ll try and make it happen
But we’re playing with fire

And watch me as I grow with the colours of the sun
The life left in my soul
And watch me as I fall out of this state of love
Maybe that’ll make us strong

So darlin’, love me like you did
I’ll hold you like I would
We’ll try and make it better
But it’s just touchwood

So touch my skin
I’ll be whatever you desire
We’ll try and make it happen
But we’re playing with fire

We're playing with fire

STAY

The story starts with your lips
And it ends with a goodbye kiss
The day starts to fade
And so does your face

So play me your chord
And write each word for me
So I can pray you’ll stay

It starts with a smile and a twinkle in your eye
And now it ends with a tear and it ends when you say goodbye
And now I watch the sunset and the dark come around
And now I stand in the night hoping for your sound

So play me your chord
And write each word for me
So I can pray you’ll stay

Here with me today, promise me there’s no way
That you will ever leave and take the best of me

And I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you dear
And I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you here

And I know we’re not perfect because you are miles away
But I’ll give it my best shot if you stay

SHELBY'S SONG

She has eyes like butterflies
And a heart of fantasies
She's got a mind so vulnerable
In a world of make believe

She's got her head in the clouds
But she's got the world at her feet
And she has innocent eyes just like a child
And she wears her heart on her sleeve

In the land of the lost, imagination
Say what you think, this is your creation
Live like you've never lived before
Don't fear to be naive
Welcome to the land of make believe

She has a tendency
To fly away with the wind
She's made a promise to the golden moon
That she will shine until the end

In the land of the lost, imagination
Say what you think, this is your creation
Live like you've never lived before
Don't fear to be naive
Welcome to the land of make believe

And ask her what she wants from me
She says nothing, I've taken what I need
And ask her which way the west wind blows
She says the air is still in the only place I know

In the land of the lost, imagination
Say what you think, this is your creation
Live like you've never lived before
Don't fear to be naive
Welcome to the land of make believe

ECHO

I didn't know what I'd find
When you offered me your heart and soul on a line
And I tried and I tried and I tried to act like I wasn't surprised
But you blew my mind

But you take my sense
Take my whole life too

And I'd give up my heart at your feet
Cause nothing says love like loving you all night
And I'd give up my life
For the beat of your heart to eternally echo

And I tried, ooh I tried
To not lose touch with my wondering mind

But you take my sense
And you take my doubt
And you take my strength
Take my whole life too

And I'd give up my heart at your feet
Cause nothing says love like loving you all night
And I'd give up my life
For the beat of your heart to eternally echo
Mine, mine, mine, to eternally mine

But you take my sense
And you take my doubt
And you take my strength
Take my whole life too

And I'd give up my heart at your feet
Cause nothing says love like loving you all night
And I'd give up my life
For the beat of your heart to eternally echo
Mine, mine, mine, to eternally mine