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Latch (Acoustic)Sam Smith

Released: May 13, 2013

Songwriter: Sam Smith Howard Lawrence Jimmy Napes Guy Lawrence

Producer: Jimmy Napes

[Verse 1]
You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down
You, you enchant me even when you're not around
If there are boundaries, I will try to knock them down
I’m latching on, babe, now I know what I have found

[Pre-Chorus]
I feel we're close enough
Could I lock in your love?
I feel we’re close enough
Could I lock in your love?

[Chorus]
Now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
Got you shackled in my embrace
I’m latching on to you

[Verse 2]
I’m so encaptured, got me wrapped up in your touch
Feel so enamored, hold me tight within your clutch
How do you do it? You got me losing every breath
What did you give me to make my heart beat out my chest?

[Pre-Chorus]
I feel we're close enough
Could I lock in your love?
I feel we’re close enough
Could I lock in your love?

[Chorus]
Now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
Got you shackled in my embrace
I’m latching on to you

[Chorus]
Now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
Got you shackled in my embrace
I’m latching on to you

I’m latching on to you

Sam Smith

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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