Sam Smith

Released: January 1, 2013

Songwriter: Two Inch Punch Sam Smith

Producer: Two Inch Punch

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 1]
If you ever need me
Just tell me, and I’ll be there
‘Cause I was built for you
Yes, I was built to carry all your feelings

[Pre-Chorus]
‘Cause I won’t let them know
I won’t let you go, baby
I don’t care what your past is
I don’t need no answers
Just have faith in me

[Hook]
Don’t you know your secret’s safe with me?
(My heart it would beat)
All your worries can be put to, can be put to sleep
(My heart it would beat)
Don’t you know your secret’s safe with me?
(My heart it would beat)
All your worries can be put to sleep
(My heart it would beat)

[Verse 2]
No need to step back
Don’t be scared, I got you, you know that
I’m here when you’re sad
When all of your clouds turn black

[Pre-Chorus]
‘Cause I won’t let them know
I won’t let you go, baby
I don’t care what your past is
I don’t need no answers
Just have faith in me

[Hook]
Don’t you know your secret’s safe with me?
(My heart it would beat)
All your worries can be put to, can be put to sleep
(My heart it would beat)
Don’t you know your secret’s safe with me?
(My heart it would beat)
All your worries can be put to sleep
(My heart it would beat)

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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