Sam Smith

Released: March 19, 2021

Featuring: Jade Anouka

Songwriter: Burna Boy Jimmy Napes Sam Smith

Producer: Steve Fitzmaurice David Odlum

[Intro: Jade Anouka]
This is where we belong
Stood in an empty space
The centre
You are my core
An oasis in the middle of a storm we created
This vessel, empty
Space filled with nothing but longing and hope
You left me with ache
But I am magic
You left me in pain
But in my oasis there is space to dream again
Oh, I have suffered to with those that I saw suffer
Not a hair perished, that may be true
But my mind perishes without the possibility of you

[Verse 1: Sam Smith]
Keep thinkin' that I'm seein' water
You're playing tricks on me in the sun
See your shadow in the courtyard
Stays until the day is done
The desert don't end, the rain don't fall
And I can't pretend I don't want you all
'Cause I want you all
You all, you all, you all

[Pre-Chorus: Sam Smith]
Oh, babe, I really need you (Need you)
My feelings gettin' deeper (Deeper)
My mind is in a free fall (Free fall)
But there's nothing I can do when it comes to you
You play with my emotions (Emotions)
I'm flowin' like the ocean (Ocean)
I pray for your devotion (Devotion)
'Cause there's nothing I can do when it comes to you

[Chorus: Sam Smith]
My oa, my oa, my oasis
My oa, my oa, my oasis
My oa, my oa, my oasis
There's nothing I can do when it comes to you

[Verse 2: Jade Anouka]
Stuck inside with me
The turn
But I need you
We do
This is a space for all
We yearn
Not for back to how it was
But for a future atypical and new
We've been closed for so long
Let's open the view

[Pre-Chorus: Sam Smith]
Oh, babe, I really need you (Need you, oh, baby)
My feelings gettin' deeper (Deeper)
My mind is in a free fall (Free fall)
But there's nothing I can do when it comes to you
You play with my emotions (Emotions)
I'm flowin' like the ocean (Ocean)
I pray for your devotion (Devotion)
'Cause there's nothing I can do when it comes to you

[Chorus: Sam Smith]
My oa, my oa, my oasis
My oa, my oa, my oasis
My oa, my oa, my oasis
There's nothing I can do when it comes to you
My oa, my oa, my oasis
My oa, my oa, my oasis
My oa, my oa, my oasis
There's nothing I can do when it comes to you

[Outro: Sam Smith]
Give it up for Jade
Everyone
You're wonderful

Sam Smith was born on 19th May 1992 and grew up in a rural village on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the nearest town being Bishops Stortford. They’re the oldest of three siblings and are said to be close to their younger sisters. Their mother is a successful City of London trader and their father a stay-at-home dad who brought up the children.

Smith showed an early talent for singing, and their parents responded by arranging singing lessons from the age of eight with professional jazz singer and songwriter, Joanna Eden. At the early age of seventeen, they left school to pursue their dream, living in a small one-bed flat and working in a London pub, but ended up isolated and beset by loneliness.

Sam knew they were gay, they said, for as long as they could remember. They suffered bullying at school and were shocked to find that even in London—close to gay communities—they were subjected to homophobic attacks. These negative experiences, combined with an inherently emotional nature, inform their songwriting and delivery. The soulful, beautifully rich tone of their voice and the subject of the lyrics ‘speak’ to many people and have led to their success.

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