Sam Smith

Released: October 3, 2013

Songwriter: Craze & Hoax Jimmy Napes Sam Smith A. K. Paul

Producer: Harry Fraud Steve Fitzmaurice Craze & Hoax

[Verse 1]
Oh baby, Oh, baby
Oh, we both know the truth
If it were the real me and you
This wouldn't be the right thing to do
Now the room is all hazy
We're too lost in the fumes
I feel like it's just me & you
And we got nothing to lose

[Pre-Chorus]
It's too late to run away from it all
It's too late to get away from it all
I'm done with running so
I give it to you

[Chorus]
This moment has caused a reaction
Resulting in a reattachment
Girl, you take me to Nirvana
I don't think this will last
'Cus you're in my arms

[Verse 2]
Oh baby, Oh baby
Oh, we both feel the same
I'm not gonna give you my name
And I don't think you want that to change
We're in this together
We don't know who we are
Even if it's moving too fast
Maybe we should take it too far

[Pre-Chorus]
It's too late to run away from it all
It's too late to get away from it all
I'm done with running so I give it to you

[Chorus]
This moment has caused a reaction
Resulting in a reattachment
Girl, you take me to Nirvana
I don't think this will last
Cause you're in my arms
Well you take me to Nirvana
I don't think this will last
Cause you're here in my arms

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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