Alec Benjamin

Songwriter: Alec Benjamin

Producer: Alec Benjamin

[Verse 1]
Here there is no future, here there is no time
Here you're moving backwards with your fingers on rewind
A place where there is money, a place where there is greed
To bring us all together as a happy family
Maybe that's the answer, maybe we're machines
Maybe we were meant to live out other people’s dreams
But I don't think that I am ready to live out my own life
And I don't think I know the balance
Between what is wrong and right

[Chorus]
And here we are, this ordinary life
We've come this far, but nothing turned out right
We stand, and we march, we all walk the same line
We are the army of a nation, the army of a nation, yeah
Americana's vacation, we are the army of a nation

[Verse 2]
How can you see the difference when everyone's the same?
And everything you know is just the price you choose to pay
And if you wanna go there, I hope you wanna stay
'Cause once they let you in you find that there is no escape
I think I see the difference; that everyone's the same
The only alteration, only with another name
But I don't think that I'm ready to live out my own life
But I don't think I know the balance
Between what is wrong and right

[Chorus]
And here we are, this ordinary life
We've come this far, but nothing turned out right
We stand, and we march, we all walk the same line
We are the army of a nation, the army of a nation, yeah
Americana's vacation, we are the army of a nation

[Bridge]
This ordinary life, this ordinary life, this ordinary life
This ordinary life
This ordinary life, this ordinary life, this ordinary life

[Chorus]
And here we are, this ordinary life
We've come this far, but nothing turned out right
We stand, and we march, we all walk the same line
We are the army of a nation

After getting dropped by Columbia Records at 18 years old, singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin built a following by playing in parking lots outside of Shawn Mendes and Troye Sivan concerts. The Phoenix, Arizona native caught the attention of Jon Bellion, earning a songwriting credit on Bellion’s debut album and later joined him on tour.

To build on the momentum, Benjamin began uploading new songs to his YouTube channel at a rapid clip and eventually earned on a viral hit with “I Built a Friend” and a deal with Atlantic Records.

Benjamin connects to listeners by incorporating using his life struggles to tell stories and give meaning to his songs. You can see this in “Let Me Down Slowly,” “Paper Crown,” “I Built a Friend,” “Death of a Hero,” and “If We Have Each Other.”

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