Sam Smith

Released: May 15, 2015

Songwriter: William John Pearce John Conlon Victoria Hemmings

Producer: Genji Yoshida

[Verse 1]
So I'm a sinner
Isn't everyone?
Everybody wants to be the god they love
I've seen sweet heaven turn into something else
But I've seen sweet heaven

If it gets you by it's precious
But one thing's playing on my mind

[Chorus]
All this madness
That's out of nowhere
Your confessions are best untold
I can't leave you now or ever
My resolution has been sold

[Verse 2]
Heroes and heroines embrace in the sun
Blind lead the blind as the sighted run
They've seen sweet heaven turn into something else
But they've seen sweet heaven

She could be my drink or poison
But here's what's playing on my mind

[Chorus]
All this madness out of nowhere
Your confessions are best untold
I can't leave you now or ever
My resolution has been sold

[Chorus]
All this madness out of nowhere
Your confessions are best untold
I can't leave you now or ever
My resolution has been sold

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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